When you have Mercury opposite Neptune, your mind is beautiful, suggestive, full of hidden shapes. You are mentally porous. Impressions seep in. A mood in the room, a half-said sentence, a strange look on someone’s face, the emotional meaning beneath Continue reading Mercury Opposite Neptune Natal Aspect
People with planets in the 8th house aren’t built for the shallow end of life. Their nature is drawn toward what most people avoid looking at for too long: desire, fear, grief, obsession, intimacy, death, power, betrayal, surrender, transformation, all...
One of the most revealing things astrology can do is hold up a mirror to the weird little ways we trip over our own feet and then act shocked there was a floor. Self-sabotage is rarely dramatic at first. It...
When Jupiter moves into contact with your Venus, the part of you who tries to be reasonable, modest, self-contained, and emotionally well-behaved suddenly remembers life is meant to be tasted. Enjoyed. Occasionally over-ordered from the menu. There can be a...
With Sun trine Uranus, there is something different in you. It was never quite built for the standard-issue version of being a person. You may have learned early, or simply known without needing to learn, how your spirit has always Continue reading Sun Trine Uranus Natal Aspect
With Moon trine Venus, there is something naturally soft and hospitable about your emotional nature. Your inner world comes furnished with good lighting, fresh flowers, and a kettle already on the stove. You tend to carry warmth without needing to...
As a Virgo, you carry a quiet magic. It is the magic of the well-placed hand, the corrected detail, the improved system, the medicine measured properly, the drawer finally organized in a way that makes civilization feel possible again. You...
When Mercury is conjunct Pluto in synastry, there is a mental voltage between two people. It goes beyond “good conversation,” which can mean anything. This is sharper than that. The conversation doesn’t just pass time; it opens trapdoors. Something in Continue reading Mercury Conjunct Pluto Synastry
When your progressed Moon comes to meet your Sun, your inner world begins to move in the same direction as your deeper purpose. Your feelings, instincts, hungers, fears, needs, and private emotional rhythms start drifting toward the center of who...
When Jupiter touches Mercury in your life, your mind begins to stretch its legs. It is as though some cramped little room inside you suddenly gets windows, big ridiculous, sunlit ones that make you wonder why you were ever sitting...
The Sun and Moon are the great lights of the personality. In astrology, they are called the luminaries, which already sounds important enough. They are not planets in the technical sense, but symbolically they hold enormous power because they describe...
When Jupiter moves across your Moon, something in you begins to loosen. You may find yourself breathing a little deeper, trusting life a little more, softening in places you didn’t even realize had been braced for impact. Your inner world...