When Neptune transits Mercury, its mist floats in between your ears, and your brain becomes completely useless for storing anything sensible. This transit activates a kind of mystical mind-melt, where intuition surges but logic packs up and takes a spiritual Continue reading Mercury-Neptune Transits: The Inspired Mind
According to Expanding Astrology’s Universe: The mutable or cadent quality (formerly called “common”) represents different aspects of the mind, so people with a strong mutable emphasis in their horoscopes live a lot in their heads. If they also have strong Continue reading Mutable People: The Shape Shifters
After being at the center of phone hacking claims all week, the News of the World has announced that it will discontinue publication as of July 10, 2011. After it came to light that the tabloid had hired a private Continue reading News of the World (Mercury-Pluto): Last Issue
Do you remember the great cosmic drumroll that was the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Aries? The fanfare! The fervor! Astrologers everywhere practically doing cartwheels, all aflutter with predictions of epiphanies, liberation, and jetpacks of destiny strapped to our weary backs. And Continue reading Jupiter-Uranus Transits: Free Ride
The arrival of Pluto in Aquarius in 2024 signifies a massive astrological shift, anticipated to bring transformative changes across multiple dimensions of human existence. It is associated with deep, systemic transformations affecting societal structures, political systems, and even universal order. Continue reading Pluto Transits in Aquarius
During Pluto’s transit through Capricorn we are now seeing all old retail establishments closing down for good. In astrology, Capricorn is the sign of tradition, familiarity, and time honored values. It would seem these long standing traditional structures are losing Continue reading Everything Must Go: Pluto in Capricorn
I remember when I first discovered astrology, it was an incredibly exciting time. The subject found me in my early teens, but its deeper meaning didn’t truly land until later. The psychological weight of this language hit me around age Continue reading Discovering Astrology
The Outer Planets are Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Dane Rudhyar calls them planetary powerhouses, as a trinity — a spiritual evolution that mirrors our own awakening to dissolution to rebirth. They are movements of consciousness, shifts within the soul and Continue reading The Outer Planets & Compulsion
With the Sun rising in your chart, it’s like being born with a spotlight fixed upon your very essence. With great solar glow comes great scrutiny. These folks might struggle with the weight of expectation, others expect them to lead, Continue reading Sun Rising
Planets in the 1st house are the immediate energetic signature we carry. A Moon there? Emotions are visible. A Saturn? Might seem reserved or severe at first, but underneath there’s a lot of discipline. Mars? It’s a person who walks Continue reading Rising Planets
Mercury in the 7th house gives you an ability to serve as counsellor and confidant in the rich, soulful, kitchen-table kind of manner. You don’t impose your knowledge; you offer it, often with a disarming curiosity that makes even the Continue reading Mercury in the 7th House: The Communicative Mirror
With Mercury in Gemini, your brain runs at lightning speed, picking up knowledge, then cartwheeling into the next topic without missing a beat. Your mind is a bustling place where ideas flirt, argue, and make alliances. You have trivia and Continue reading Mercury in Gemini