Why Some Inner Conflicts Feel Like a Wall (Square) and Others Like a Tug-of-War (Opposition): Part Two

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Squares and oppositions share an important developmental purpose. Both represent tensions between psychological functions without a cooperative relationship. Both need inner harmonization, although the nature of their difficulties differs. The square presents the problem through frustration, and defensive habits obstructing...

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Why Some Inner Conflicts Feel Like a Wall (Square) and Others Like a Tug-of-War (Opposition): Part One

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A square aspect in astrology is conflict. Two parts inside the same psyche have different goals. In the chart it can show an area of blockage. It may not be a clear inner dilemma. It often appears first as frustration....

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The Square Is Driving Me Mad, and the Opposition Is Watching

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I’m currently writing about the difference between squares and oppositions, those wonderfully maddening hard aspects in astrology, and I have to say, it’s driving me slightly mad. I’m not always happy with what I’ve interpreted, mostly because the more I Continue reading The Square Is Driving Me Mad, and the Opposition Is Watching→

Saturn and the Shadow: The Future You Never Got to Try

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Saturn in the birth chart has an uncomfortable relationship with the parts of ourselves we were taught to hide. It is described as a shadow planet as it points towards those hidden aspects of our nature. It represents those qualities...

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A Mercury–Mars Mind Needs One Rule: Stop, Look and Listen

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When you have Mercury in conjunction, square, or opposition to Mars, your mind isn’t exactly a peaceful little garden where thoughts float about like butterflies and everyone agrees over a cup of herbal tea. Good God, no. Your mind is...

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Cancer: My Inner World Is More Haunted Than You Think

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Being born under Cancer means you belong to the Moon in the old astrological language, which is dramatic when you think about it. Your ruling body is the enormous pale thing hanging over humanity every night, staring down at everyone...

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Uranus Transits Venus: Why Am I Suddenly Attracted to Everything Different?

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When Uranus transits Venus, you are entering an emotional upheaval, and it makes you question whether you have been living your own life or playing a convincing supporting role in everyone else’s. And until recently, you probably thought you were...

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The 10th House: Who You Are When the World Is Watching

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The 10th house sits at the top of the chart. It is exposed. Visible. Public. There is very little hiding up there. Whatever lives in this part of the chart is pulled toward the world beyond the private self, toward...

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Saturn: Fifty Years of Feeling Inadequate, Followed by a Modest Improvement Before Death

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In astrology, Saturn has a way of touching the places within us where confidence is least natural. Here, our sense of competence is perpetually under construction, and even our genuine accomplishments struggle to silence the doubt that we are somehow Continue reading Saturn: Fifty Years of Feeling Inadequate, Followed by a Modest Improvement Before Death→

Is the Earth Element Opposed to Modern Life?

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An innate wisdom is found in the earth signs. These people understand how life is meant to be touched, tasted, inhabited, and enjoyed. In astrology, this element represents a deeply instinctive relationship with the tangible world. Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn...

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