I’ve seen charts before of people setting themselves on fire. The patterns have often involved Mars, Uranus, and Pluto in some kind of configuration. A chart I researched recently had Mars conjunct Uranus. Mars being in the second house in…...

Never lend your car to Mars in Sagittarius, especially if it’s in the 3rd house of transport. In fact,  they shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near it. I know it’s cliché to go and blame Sagittarians for being irresponsible again. There…...

A natal Sun opposite Pluto aspect in a woman’s chart is a strong indication for “death of the father,” but it most often represents a man who struggles with powerful feelings. In this particular case, the dad had committed suicide…...

When we are in the position of Saturn, we begin to have sympathy for the devil, so to speak. Or, on the other side, we'll continue to think of bosses as heartless monsters. Stuffy, rigid, and playing too much by the rules. I guess dealing with those in authority are all part and parcel of the hard lessons of life.

Question: Can death be seen in the chart? Most astrologers would give you a lecture on the unethical nature of answering this question. However, that’s assuming they could even answer it in the first place. Predictive astrology can’t predict any…...

Susan Butcher was a champion Dogsled racer. What’s interesting in this chart is part of the isolating life she lived. When she was 8 years old she wrote an essay entitled “I Hate the City.” Susan’s mother and father were professionals at work…...

Question: Can you see in the natal chart if a person is prone to depression? For the darkest kind of depression—the kind that feels like being dragged underground—much of it can be traced to heavy influences from Capricorn or Scorpio,…...

Here is a tale as tragic as a moth drawn to a flame—Mary Jane Bennett, poor soul, fell for a mirage cloaked in human skin. John Bennett, a man whose moral compass spun wildly, would do anything for money—lie, cheat,…...

“In 1976, Jake Garn was working in his Salt Lake office when he received a phone call from the Highway Patrol in Nebraska. His first wife, Hazel, and three of his four children had been killed in an automobile accident,…...

How do I analyze religion and spirituality in the birth chart?  Jupiter, Sagittarius, and the 9th house are the expansive, law-seeking, wisdom-thirsty travelers of the universe, forever chasing the truth of reality. The philosopher-kings of the zodiac! And then there’s…...

Vesna Vulovic was a young 22-year-old flight attendant working for Yugoslav Airlines. Due to a mix-up on her work schedule, she boarded a flight by accident only to find herself in the middle of a terrorist attack/hijack. A bomb exploded…...

In his book How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, Mike Brown shares his thoughts on Pluto in the months leading up to its reclassification as a dwarf planet. The catalyst for this shift was his discovery…...