After looking back through old posts and coming across one about the transits/ significant changes in a person’s life and thinking more about the ten to twenty major events that occur in an individual’s lifespan. I decided to look more at our changing lives and fortunes. Jupiter and Pluto have a lot to say about our…
Year: 2011
Venus-Neptune Transits: The Perfect Relationship
When Neptune transits Venus we experience Neptune through our values, relationships, and possessions. The urge to be in a relationship is strong, and we may be drawn to a partner who is sensitive, romantic, and dreamy. Alternatively, Neptunian compassion and even pity motivate our choices in love at this time, and we could wind up…
Mercury-Neptune Transits: The Inspired Mind
When Neptune transits Mercury, it sets the stage for a period marked by heightened imagination but a notable lack of clarity in thought processes. This astrological alignment suggests that our perception becomes more vivid, almost as if our minds are infused with a dreamlike quality. However, this heightened sensitivity comes at a cost – the…
Neptune’s Alcoholism and Addcition
In any kind of addiction, there exists a world of hurt inside that drives individuals to seek relief through self-medication with substances. This distress can stem from various sources, such as past traumas, unresolved emotional issues, or the challenges of daily life. Often, those struggling with addictive tendencies find themselves trapped in a cycle where…
Moon-Neptune Transits: Powerful Feelings Rise to the Surface
When Neptune transits over the Moon, it heightens our capacity for compassion and makes us more perceptive to the feelings of others around us. This profound empathy for the plight of others extends far beyond our own families; we have a new appreciation for the importance of unconditional love. However, our underlying desire for affection…
Sun-Neptune Transits and the Longing for More
The Sun, as the center of our existence, holds profound psychological significance, representing our inner desire to radiate and express our authentic selves. It embodies our identity, vitality, and purpose, infusing our lives with meaning. Within each of us lies a calling, a profound purpose waiting to be fulfilled. It is through pursuing our passions…
Neptune: Underwater
Neptune rules over Pisces, the third water sign of the zodiac, according to modern astrology. One of the most fundamental symbols of the emotional realm is water. In Roman mythology, the Greek god Poseidon, the lord of the sea and the brother of Zeus, rules over the Neptunian energy in the natal chart. There appears…
Mutable People: The Shape Shifters
According to Expanding Astrology’s Universe: The mutable or cadent quality (formerly called “common”) represents different aspects of the mind, so people with a strong mutable emphasis in their horoscopes live a lot in their heads. If they also have strong earth, they will use their minds to produce tangible form in the world, but they…
Sun-Pluto Transits: Life, Death and Rebirth
Under Sun-Pluto transits, some part of our life changes, and nothing stays the same. Sometimes it happens suddenly, and the proverbial rug is pulled out from beneath our feet and all sense of security is lost. It may be a long drawn out process and our life changes completely by the end of the transit,…
News of the World (Mercury-Pluto): Last Issue
After being at the center of phone hacking claims all week, the News of the World has announced that it will discontinue publication as of July 10, 2011. After it came to light that the tabloid had hired a private investigator and hacked the phone of murdered teenager Milly Dowler, the authorities began investigating the…
Moon-Pluto Transits: Woman’s Evolution
When Pluto is in a transiting conjunction, square, trine, or opposition to the Moon, it is common for a period of our life to come to a close and a new one to begin. In particular, a woman’s psychological state undergoes a dramatic shift when she has her first child. This transition marks the end…
Jupiter-Uranus Transits: Free Ride
Do you recall how I, and all other astrologers, felt about the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Aries? Even though positive outcomes were anticipated, they appeared to have evaporated without a trace. In astrology, Jupiter-Uranus transits indicate a yearning for excitement and a desire to shake up routine by providing us with opportunities to travel, meet interesting…