Let’s set the scene. The 12th house is the womb, the amniotic fluid where ego is dissolved in the sea. It’s where we float in liminal longing, bound only by karma, dreams, and forgotten memory. In this place, boundaries are...
The Sun Rising (i.e. Sun in or conjunct the Ascendant/Sun as the chart’s rising energy) is a rich placement. When we say “Sun Rising” we typically refer to a natal chart in which the Sun is very close to the Continue reading Astrology: The Rising Planets
The Ascendant ruler can be seen as the patron of one’s incarnation, a midwife, if you will, who leans over the cradle of your soul and says, “Here’s your path. Do with it what you will.” The Ascendant is the Continue reading What Does It Mean If Venus Is My Ruling Planet?
The enigmatic 1st House—it’s the mysterious front door of the chart. While the other astrological houses are like rooms stuffed with furniture, activities, and the equivalent of old shoe boxes labelled “childhood trauma,” the 1st house seems… sparse. A bit...
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
When you have the Moon opposite the Ascendant, it literally means that your Moon is facing off with the your outward mask, your social self, the face you show the world. The inner tides of your emotional world often rise Continue reading Moon Opposite Ascendant
The First House is the mask we wear upon entering the great theater of life. This is the house of you, the primal “I am,” the moment of emergence, where you burst forth from the infinite into the finite, screaming, Continue reading Unmasking the Ascendant: How the World Sees You
The older and more traditional perspectives on the ascendant reflect a somewhat narrow understanding, predominantly viewing it as a facade or superficial layer of an individual’s personality, observable by others. Nowadays, the Ascendant is often seen as more than just...
In astrology, the ascendant, also known as the rising sign, holds major psychological implications, serving as the symbolic boundary between our inner and outer worlds. It marks the cusp of the first house and is considered the doorway through which...
If Jupiter is square to the ascendant in your birth chart, it suggests that there will be ongoing challenges and opportunities for growth in how you express yourself and interact with the external world. In astrology, Jupiter is often considered the...
Uranus trine the Ascendant suggests you give off the kind of liberated ease that many people spend years trying to cultivate. You’re free. Not the “I’ve-got-the-weekend-off” kind of free, but an existential, soul-deep freedom that lets you be delightfully, irrepressibly...
Any aspect that works in harmony with your ascendant and the way you move through the world and interact with others is likely to be welcome by the majority of people. Pluto’s trine to the ascendant is no exception. The...