Mercury in the 1st house is about immediacy. You analyze before others have even finished observing. You’re always piecing things together with speed. But such swiftness of mind can also breed restlessness. You may find yourself bored in a world...
In astrology, the square isn’t the hold-you-like-a-dream Trine, nor the heady, spark of the conjunction, but the angular agitator of the astrological world. The square is a friction point that screams, “You will grow — but not without a bit...
Sartre, the brooding existentialist with a cigarette and a shrug, was always ready to poke holes in our comfortable categories. And how right he was, in a shadowy, 8th house sort of way. “I am not fond of the word...
The 8th house is the shadowy part of the zodiac, where the secrets of the soul live behind closed doors. It’s Pluto’s domain – the god of the underworld, and this is a house of taboos. It’s rules the unmentionables...
The Full Moon in Scorpio has a drama of its own, steeped in emotional intensity, death, rebirth, and the shedding of skins. Scorpio, ruled by Pluto and Mars, speaks of transformation, secrets unearthed, and the unsettling pull towards the taboo. Continue reading The Full Moon in Scorpio: Medusa’s Stare and Persephone’s Descent
With Venus in Capricorn, love ceases to be a frothy, sentimental kind and becomes a serious business—a vocation, even. You don’t pine under moonlight, you are too busy fantasizing about a joint pension plan with someone who actually files their Continue reading The Weight of Wanting: Venus in Capricorn’s Hidden Longing
The word “journey” — once a fine descriptor of life’s great path is now trotted out to justify everything from online shopping to weight loss ads. “My fitness journey,” “my skincare journey,” “my journey to becoming a real person.” Life Continue reading Ascendant: Life Journey
With Venus in Cancer, you crave a love that says, “You’re safe here.” But you’re so attuned to emotional feelings that even the faintest cold shoulder feels like an arctic blast. If someone you’re loving turns a bit aloof, your...
Cancer is a scrapbook stitched by moonlight. Every trinket, every tattered note, every whiff of an old perfume is saved. Others may see clutter; you see chapters, the reflections of who you were and whom you’ve loved. You are possessive—not...
When you have Mars in the 4th House, the home is where inner battles rage and sometimes actual battles with landlords, neighbors, or even the central heating. Mars in this placement isn’t inherently malevolent – no more than fire is...
Neptune is the planet of dreams, illusions, and painful longings. You’re yearning for your other half of the soul, an elusive being who seems to be just beyond reach. This is love as transcendence, a dissolving of boundaries, a merging. Continue reading Neptune in Relationships: Song Choice
When you have Jupiter conjunct Neptune in synastry, it represents a merging of Jupiter, the planet of expansion, optimism, and higher meaning, with Neptune, the dreamer and great mystifier. One partner brings the telescope, eager to explore the heavens, while Continue reading Jupiter Conjunct Neptune Synastry