Mars trine the Ascendant is a subtle agreement between your will and the outer shell of your personality. The part of you that says “I want” isn’t at odds with the part of you that says “Here I am.” They Continue reading Mars Trine Ascendant Natal Aspect
Question: I recently realized one possible reason why my dad and sister were always such a united front and did so much together: they had a tight Mars–Mars conjunction in synastry. Interestingly, my son and daughter have the same aspect,...
In the mystical realm of Venus in Cancer, we find emotion, nostalgia, and homemade lasagna. If you’ve got this placement, you don’t fall in love, you submerge into it, only to find it’s filled with moonlight and the scent of Continue reading Venus in Cancer
Question: Why is the 7th house considered the house of open enemies, while the 12th house is associated with secret enemies? Where does this idea come from in astrology? The 7th house is diametrically opposite the 1st (which is “me,...
Chiron’s house placement in your birth chart can point to a painful area. In the 1st house, you might feel like you’re never quite “enough” just as you are. It’s the wound of identity. But from this you can develop...
Saturn is the mentor of time and when this transit unfolds, you’re invited into the shadowy corners of your life: the commitments left unkept, the boundaries frayed at the seams, the unlived dreams. This is rarely a moment for airy, Continue reading Surviving a Saturn Transit: What to Do When Life Gets Heavy
Water shapeshifts. It reflects the moon, it consumes the earth, it carries the weight of memory in every droplet. While astrology often teaches us that water signs are inward, sensitive, and bound to emotion, the truth is far more nuanced....
Question: Can someone explain how Jupiter functions as an enlarging or expanding influence in astrology? Let us speak of Jupiter as the gas giant of astrology. Full of expansion, luck, and long-distance learning. When one says “Jupiter enlarges,” we’re speaking...
Question: I don’t want things to be this way. I don’t want people to feel jealous of me. When I get dirty looks, I tell myself it’s just in my head. I’m being paranoid. I want to believe it. But...
When we come to the sign of Aries, we’re talking about primordial fire, unfiltered energy that erupts from the void, unapologetic, bold, and beautifully impatient. It barges in, still steaming from the womb of the universe, eyes wide with wonder Continue reading The Mystical Zodiac: Aries
Mercury and Pluto in conjunction, square, or opposition. Whatever the configuration, it’s a meeting of mental agility and subterranean intensity. When Mercury, the winged messenger, the god Hermes of intellect and communication, joins forces with Pluto, the ruler of the Continue reading Mercury-Pluto: Only the Paranoid Survive
Venus opposite Pluto is a tug-of-war between the goddess of love and the lord of the underworld. Imagine your heart is a drama, and every romance is Macbeth, dripping in intensity, obsession, and longing for something realer than real. You Continue reading Venus Opposite Pluto Natal Aspect: The Kiss Felt Like Air