Being a Capricorn, the goat-fish hybrid, you eternally climb the mountain with hooves steady and determined, yet possessing a mystical tail that swims through the sea of dreams and the unconscious. You are creature of paradox, a liminal being with...
The Moon in your chart rules your inner tides, the shifting moods and the deep well of your memories. It’s the emotional memory of your soul, it remembers every bump, bruise, cuddle, and trauma, then stores it in your psyche....
When Saturn transits the Moon, be it by conjunction, square, or opposition, it’s a rather disconcerting sense that the emotional scaffolding you once leaned on, be it relationships, routines, or self-image, is now being reviewed. The Moon is vulnerable, soft, Continue reading Testing the Soul: Emotional Heaviness during Saturn-Moon Transits
Galloping across the land with a flaming arrow and an insatiable itch for novelty, the Sagittarius cowboy or cowgirl chases the horizon. This sign has all the sparkle and swoop of a mythic tale told under starlight. And rightly so!...
When you have Saturn opposite Neptune in your chart, the soul is stretched between bone-dry realism and ecstatic transcendence. This aspect is the struggle between form and formlessness. Saturn says, “Make it real. Build it. Show me your receipts.” While Continue reading Saturn Opposite Neptune Natal Aspect
Uranus in the 7th house is the astrological equivalent of “you’re not here for the white picket fence and 30-year mortgage with matching pajamas.” This placement is unpredictable, liberating, a little chaotic, and exactly what your soul apparently ordered. Conventional...
Venus is the planet of love, the magnetism of a well-timed compliment, and inexplicable joy. She governs the way we attract, the sweetness of connection, beauty, and harmony. Now throw Neptune into the mix, a planet that doesn’t walk but Continue reading Venus-Neptune Aspects: The Trouble With Aphrodite
In Liz Greene’s Dark of the Soul, the author speaks of Moon square Mars as a psychic “sting” that resonates with unresolved childhood wounds, the sensitive places that, like a drop of poison, can trigger our most primal fears. Whether Continue reading Scorpio’s Stinger
Aquarius’ motto is: Don’t just do things differently to be different; do them because the old ways no longer serve. Maya Angelou’s timeless wisdom also fits in here: Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you Continue reading The Burden of Knowing: Aquarius and the Trouble with Consciousness
In the Jungian-flavored realm of introspection, feelings govern the impact of reflection: we may not see our own expression, but we can hear it in someone else’s laughter… or silence. Now, if we bring the water signs into it, well,...
When transiting Pluto aspects the Sun in your natal chart, you may feel stripped bare. You might face ego deaths, identity shifts, or confront the places where you’ve been living out someone else’s expectations. Perhaps you’ll experience loss or find...
Transiting Jupiter opposite Neptune teeters on the edge of enlightenment… or delusion. Or both. See, Jupiter, our great cheerleader, is blowing up everything it touches—optimism, dreams, meaning. And Neptune, the planet of smoke machines, fairy tales, and full-blown fantasies, is...