Transiting Pluto aspecting Venus is where Venus, the goddess of sweetness, pleasure, aesthetics, and love – gets dragged down into the underworld by Pluto, god of shadows and transformation. It’s a mythological abduction played out across the psyche. And you,...
Mercury is the courier of the universe, darting between realms, tirelessly making connections between our conscious selves and the vast, uncharted territories of the unconscious. It is the archetypal trickster who, while a master of mischief, also holds the key...
True Crimes of Passion – When Love Hurts, is a collection of real-life tales soaked in jealousy, betrayal, and emotional carnage. One tale in particular caught my slightly horrified, slightly fascinated eye: the tragicomic, soap-operatic descent of Pamela Smart, a schoolteacher Continue reading Venus-Pluto: A Deadly Affair
Jupiter trine Neptune in synastry creates an atmosphere of transcendence, faith, and a quietly unfolding spiritual connection. It’s like a hidden doorway to love. This aspect softens the heart, expands trust, and makes the relationship feel guided by something larger Continue reading Jupiter Trine Neptune Synastry
The fire signs, Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, are forever dancing with the realm possibility. These signs engage with life passionately. Their intuition is a sixth sense for potential of what could be. They’re alchemists of the ordinary, turning the lead of...
When progressed Neptune moves into an earthy, practical house, get ready for it to disrupt the tidy little rituals of daily life. Neptune’s ingress into your 6th house can affect the area of health, habits, and service. The humble, repetitive,...
Pluto transits are long, slow, brooding crescendos of transformation, and I’ve had the full set? Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars. Collecting emotional scars in every shade of existential grey. Each transit, a ritual dismemberment. But one stood out in its...
With Mercury in the 8th house, these are the people who look you dead in the eyes and ask, “But are you truly happy, or just well-disguised?” They’re summoned by the soul’s deeper currents to find what’s buried, whether it’s Continue reading Mercury in the 8th House: A Little Birdie Told Me
With the Sun is trine Jupiter in your natal chart, it is the astrological equivalent of being handed the keys to optimism, abundance, and a buoyant disposition that might float you above the usual mire of mortal despair. What does Continue reading Sun Trine Jupiter Natal Aspect
Pluto transits to Mercury can bring paranoia and spiraling thoughts. Pluto digs; Mercury interprets. And sometimes the interpretation is, “Oh dear God, everything is doomed,” when really it is simply, “Something inside you wants to be heard.” Mercury naturally governs...
The Cancer man is the moon-kissed crab of the zodiac. A walking paradox in clawed formation: part battle armor, part nursery blanket. Imagine, if you will, a man who brings his home with him. His “home” is a realm of Continue reading How to Coax a Cancer Man Out of His Shell
Pluto transiting the Moon is no ordinary astrological affair. This is the soul’s foundations being summoned to a dark, transformative place by Pluto. The Moon in astrology governs the most vulnerable part of us: our emotional underbelly, the instinctive reactions,...