Mercury in the 12th house is a great position for writers. Communicating from behind the scenes is easy for you. This does not mean that everyone with Mercury here is automatically an author, but many famous writers share this position…....

Something precious needs protection, and it’s up to you to take care of it. That’s your mission in the world. As befits the nature of Mars, that mission is warrior work. You are likely to make enemies in the process…....

Vocational activities involving the arts or beauty industries can be described by Venus here, as can a career utilizing diplomatic skills. More characteristically still, Venus here says that this person is keen to look good when in the public arena…....

Stressful work and stressful responsibilities wear people down. Given a long run of that kind of pressure, you will tend to get snappish, even cold and brutal. With Mars in the sixth house, there is a tendency for you to…...

With this placement, it is important that the individual really values their work, not only that they like the work itself but that they are happy with their co-workers. Congenial working relationships are considered to be crucial. The work itself…...

Here’s a very traditional reading of Mars in the second house: conflict and trouble over money. Sometimes fate or karma would have it that with this configuration you run into nasty “random” issues with domestic finances: job losses, accidents, fires,…...

Strength: The Lovely One. Confidence in one’s own taste as talent. Business acumen in dealing with art, jewelry, and everything that is beautiful, or that makes a person beautiful. Joy in comfortable surroundings and possessions. Seeks and loves emotional material…...

Many a traditional astrologer would cast a nervous glance at Mars in the twelfth house, viewing it as portending secret enemies, surprise attacks, and injury. That view is unnecessarily grim, although we will integrate it – optionally! – into our…...

Vanity is often discouraged at an early age with this placement; some people are taught to think of themselves as having missed out in the looks department. One woman I know won a scholarship to go to a prestigious school…...

Nothing is so effective as intimacy at bringing our craziest, most emotionally charged issues bubbling up to the surface. The eighth house is traditional astrology’s house of death – and the title gets us in the right mood! Something always…...

People sometimes try to think of sex as a biological need, like our need for food. But nobody has yet died from a lack of sex! Others try to spiritualize it and make it something almost otherworldly. That’s closer to…...

Home, ideally, is a place where one can relax. But with Mars in the fourth, it tends to magnetize hassles in your home. You may have more than your fair share of simple mechanical or existential misfortune there – burst…...