I only recently discovered I have the Moon in the 8th house, after my mother’s birth time changed. Which is a very 8th house sentence, really. Even the birth chart had to keep a secret in the basement and reveal...
When you have Mercury opposite Neptune, your mind is beautiful, suggestive, full of hidden shapes. You are mentally porous. Impressions seep in. A mood in the room, a half-said sentence, a strange look on someone’s face, the emotional meaning beneath Continue reading Mercury Opposite Neptune Natal Aspect
When progressed Mars moves into the 9th house, your drive begins looking for a larger landscape. This part of you wants to act, pursue, push, fight, desire, and initiate. But it becomes less interested in circling the same familiar pond...
When Mercury trines Saturn in synastry, there is a steady, serious, quietly intelligent current running between the couple. This is not usually the sort of connection where every conversation turns into dramatically misunderstanding each other. Instead, there is a feeling Continue reading Mercury Trine Saturn Synastry
When you have the Moon sextile Mercury, there is often a quiet cooperation between what you feel and what you can put into words. Your inner moods and your thinking mind aren’t locked in some dramatic battle. Instead, they tend...
When you have Mars trine Uranus in your natal chart, a part of you moves fast. But this isn’t in the frantic, scattered way people usually mean when they talk about speed. Yours quickness comes from instinct meeting originality. You Continue reading Mars Trine Uranus Natal Aspect
When Saturn moves across your Sun, life can feel as though it has stopped being a casual conversation and started looking you directly in the eye. There is something solemn about this time, you may feel tested, but these tests...
Virgos aren’t all neat freak robots with label-makers for souls. They’re often reduced to this sanitized newspaper caricature. When in reality Virgo energy is more interesting than mere tidiness. It can be sharp perception, inner discernment, sensitivity to disorder, and...
When your Sun is opposite their Neptune in synastry, it’s like one person is a lighthouse (Sun) and the other is a fogbank (Neptune). Together, there’s a beauty, a longing, and a transcendental pull that says: “You complete me… or Continue reading Sun Opposite Neptune Synastry: Number One Fan
The 6th house is oft maligned, little celebrated, and regularly relegated to the astrological equivalent of washing the dishes of the soul. Someone said, “Right, where do we put the chores, the colds, and the small animals?” and everyone pointed,...
A Neptune–Sun transit seeps into the very core of who you believe yourself to be, dissolving the edges until even your reflection feels unfamiliar. It says, “You know that thing you call you? Let’s see what happens when we let...
When you have Mercury conjunct Pluto in your natal chart, it is a pairing that makes your mind fixate. This is the mind of someone who must know. Who feels the unrelenting pull of the truth. Mercury, our little messenger Continue reading Mercury Conjunct Pluto Natal Aspect: I Knit and Know Things