The steadfast and sensual Taurus is deeply attuned to the pleasures of the soil. Ruled by Venus, the planet of love, beauty, and all things decadent. They are lovers of silk sheets, slow kisses, and a well-seasoned steak (or its plant-based equivalent, if they lean that way). To love a Taurus is to understand that…...
In astrology, Saturn serves as a poignant symbol for the trials and tribulations of human existence. It is a planetary realm where, figuratively speaking, we often find ourselves burdened with two left feet—awkward and uncoordinated in our journey through life. Symbolically, Saturn represents the inexorable passage of time, a teacher of lessons learned slowly, and…...
In astrology, Saturn is the karmic accountant keeping an eye on all our spiritual IOUs. There’s no sneaking past Saturn, no charming your way out of life’s necessary lessons with a wink and a grin. This planet says, “Right, enough mucking about—time to grow up, face the music, and pay your dues.” Saturn is the…...
Alan Oken brought forth something enchanting with his analysis of dispositorship in Rulers of the Horoscope. Neptune in Pisces as a final dispositor—a rare signature—suggests an era steeped in intuition, mysticism, and transcendental artistry. And if Oken was correct in his musings, then since 2011, we’ve been lost in deep empathy, psychic sensitivity, and a…...
The planets are the archetypal actors upon the great astrological stage, they lend their distinct energy to our existence. Without them, the horoscope is but a silent theatre—beautiful in nature but lacking the drama that gives it meaning. Each planet is a character, a force, an impulse—Mars, the fiery warrior; Venus, the divine seductress; Mercury,…...
Saturn in the 4th house is a placement that practically screams, “Here, carry this invisible but impossibly heavy suitcase filled with karma, childhood woes, and a perpetual feeling that something important is missing.” These individuals often grow up in environments where warmth was rationed, where emotional support felt conditional or absent, or where they were…...
Part and parcel of the urge to take on responsibility – and the most obvious Capricornian characteristic, in particular when the Sun or Mars falls in Capricorn – is the need for concrete achievement: Capricorn has no time for big talk without follow up either in itself or in others. This sign takes great pride…...
Libra is the creature who seems to glide through life on a gust of idealism, always looking upward, always searching for the beauty in the chaos. They are full of subtle light—never blinding or overwhelming, but soft and enchanting. Their vision of the world is painted on the whitest clouds, untouched by the grime of…...
Throughout ancient myth and history we feel the scorpion’s association with birth, death and healing. In this Scorpio is similar to Cancer, but Scorpio focuses far more on healing, death and regeneration. Birth for Scorpio is the end part of a process, the reincarnation that follows a previous death. Scorpio is the sign of all…...
This story, like all Venus-Pluto tales, lures us into the deep waters where love and power entwine, sometimes with a grip too tight for the soul to bear. There’s a peculiar magnetism to these charts. Venus-Pluto aspects seem to have the intensity of love’s most dramatic expressions—passion, obsession, transformation. But, of course, not every individual…...
Question: What does the 29th degree mean in the astrology chart? The fabled 29th degree is astrology’s potent degree. It’s the zodiac’s “do-or-die” moment, where the planet is determined to express every ounce of energy out of its sign before moving on. It carries the wisdom of the entire sign, but it also knows time…...
Question: What are the feminine or emotional planets in astrology? The Moon, Venus, Neptune, and Pluto—each represent feeling, intuition, and the unseen. These planets, projected onto women or the feminine principle, are deeply internal and wildly transcendent. Water, in its ceaseless ebb and flow, is the element of feeling, of knowing without speaking, of intuition…...