As I was reflecting on the Venus-Pluto contact, it reminded me of a similar synastry aspect I had years ago with a partner around my age. I have the natal Venus square Pluto aspect, so jokingly, I might say I’m…

The drama of Venus conjunct Pluto in a synastry chart is a cocktail so potent that it can leave one drunk on the heady fumes of desire, transformation, and a bit of obsession too! When Venus, the deity of love,…...

If Mercury is the messenger of the gods, darting about with ideas and insights, Mars is the warrior, slicing through nonsense with the precision of a blade. Together, they make you a linguistic fighter, parrying irrelevance and thrusting toward honest…...

The Moon opposite Mars aspect in your natal chart is an internal tug-of-war. This alignment can create a bit of tension between your softer, squishy emotional side and the fiery, action-driven part of you that wants to charge ahead and…

Jupiter lives on abundance, expansion, and optimism. This happiness is the boisterous kind—imagine a wise but jovial teacher, throwing open the doors of a classroom to the universe and shouting, “Learn everything! Experience it all!” It’s joy derived from growth,…...

With Neptune in the 9th house, it means your bound for the outer edges of comprehension, yet unsure if the destination is a place, an idea, or an illusion. This placement practically begs for a life spent pondering the ineffable,…...

In astrology, Mercury is the zippy little planet that’s both the smallest and fastest, gliding around the Sun as if it were late for an appointment. It’s a veritable embodiment of movement, transformation, and cunning intelligence. Mercury as both a…...

With the Sun conjunct Neptune, you’ve got a chart lit with the otherworldly glow of Neptune’s soft-focus lens, which speaks to your identity (the Sun) in mysterious, compassionate, and intuitive ways. You’ve have a foot in this world and a…

With Mercury and Venus—these two planets, bound by proximity—can only form the most intimate and harmonious of aspects. Their potential aspects—conjunction, sextile, and semi-square—each carry a sense of amiability, social grace, and artistic skill. When Mercury (the messenger) comes into…...

With the Sun square Jupiter aspect in your natal chart, you have a jubilant energy. Your boundless Jupiterian energy is beautiful, but also prone to galloping off into the sunset without so much as a glance at the roadmap. You…

Question: I don’t know where to start, but lately I have been all over the place emotionally, and I don’t know how to control it. I know that this isn’t a place where you tell other people your problems, but…...

Question: My sister has her Moon in the 8th house and becomes psycho when people end relationships. I would like to learn more about the influence of planetary positions in the 8th house. Why is there such a strong reaction…...