Aries, the Ram, is our fierce harbinger of new beginnings, eternal Spring, and fresh morning dew. Truly, Aries is a rare embodiment of vitality: the one who charges forward without hesitance, not only taking risk but thriving on it. The Sun, in all its blazing glory, finds its home here, exalted in the Ram’s domain…...
Year: 2017
Neptune Transits Mercury: Sensory Defects
When Neptune transits the planet Mercury in the natal chart, it invokes a mystical and sometimes perplexing transformation in our mental landscape. The connection between Neptune and Mercury bridges the gap between the realm of dreams and intuition and the world of intellect and communication. At this astrological juncture, Neptune, the ruler of the enigmatic…...
You are the Universe
Question: Are our charts given to us randomly like a random roll of the dice? Astrology, with its roots tracing back countless millennia, has held a profound and enduring fascination for humanity. Plato, one of history’s most renowned philosophers, contributed to the early development of astrological thought when he proposed a captivating concept that connected…...
Venus in the 5th House: Relating and Creating
Question: If I could choose to have Venus in one of 12 houses, I would like to have Venus in the 5th house. Venus in this position gives many opportunities for relations with the other sex and, most of all, very beautiful children. Any thoughts? Venus here is artistic talent, fan adulation, gifts in art,…...
Haunted 3 (Neptune/Pluto)
One of the most influential modernist poets from Argentina and Latin America, Alfonsina Storni wrote during the height of the literary revolution that marked the region. Storni’s final poem, titled “Voy a dormir” (which translates to “I’m going to sleep”), was published in La Nación newspaper in 1938, almost two years after her friend Quiroga…...
Moon-Jupiter: Top Ten List
1 Moon-Jupiter, you are the little girl or boy who came into the world bursting with good feelings and intentions. There is something very touching in your childlike enthusiasm. It would seem that there are some people who are always in an extremely cheerful mood. They go to great lengths to live their lives in…...
Neptune Rising: Feeling Fooled?
Since this pivotal point in the chart represents how someone approaches others and how one attempts to place their own personal stamp on reality, it naturally deals with the ability to express oneself in an outward manner. Any planet rising on the Ascendant can mask a multitude of other qualities that remain behind the social…...
Haunted 2 (Pluto in the 8th House)
Pat Montandon is an American writer, TV hostess, fashion expert and retail executive who rented a San Francisco house that became haunted in 1968; she moved into the house in 1960. When the ghostly disturbances drove her to move elsewhere, her secretary-friend took up temporary occupancy. In 1969, there was a fire in her house…...
Haunted 1 (Mostly 8th House Stuff)
Shirley Jackson was an American Gothic novelist, known as the “Virginia Werewolf of séance fiction,” a prolific and disciplined writer whose typewriter kept going from day into night. Jackson enjoyed a tremendous following of horror fans delighted with her chilling thrillers. On the downside, Jackson was an alcoholic who took tranquilizers and Dexedrine. She suffered…...
Neptune Transits: Awash in a Sea
Question: Neptune is the most difficult transit. I feel worn, useless, and I can’t recognize myself. I have a sort of excessive sensitiveness that makes me imagine false things that distort everything. I can’t talk anymore and every word disappears from my mind. It’s the most depressive transit in my opinion. Any thoughts? When Neptune’s…...
Moon in Scorpio: Dark Chocolate for the Soul
Forever maintaining its mystery in our overexposed world, the Moon in Scorpio is rendered at once the most fascinating and engaging creature in existence. Possessing a very rich inner life, there is the capacity to experience emotions to an unusual level of depth, complexity, and intensity. This makes those born under this lunar position feel extremely…...
The Bubblegum Babe’s Guide to Virgo
Meet the maestro at making lists, thumbing through the details, cataloging, quoting sources of information, reading voraciously, and studying what others think about a particular subject. It’s all in service of sorting through all kinds of information and discovering what is really helpful. Virgo knows stuff. Inside her head, it is lined with knowledge. The…...