Question: I have Venus square Pluto in composite with someone, and I’m struggling to understand him. How do I stop the power games without stirring up bad feelings? Is that even possible? For context: we both have Venus square Pluto...
Who is the zodiac’s most prolific bean-spiller, the one most likely to blurt secrets? Now, there are certain signs and placements who simply cannot resist the compulsion to share, to tell, to speak. It isn’t always out of cruelty or...
Venus in Gemini is akin to a butterfly in a botanical garden of intellect, flitting from flower to flower, dancing in the delight of ideas, intrigue, and repartee. This placement is the flirt, the lover who woos with wit and...
The 8th house is astrology’s very own basement, the place where all the skeletons are kept, occasionally rattling their bones to remind you they’re still there. It’s the domain of the taboo, the hidden, and the transformational. This is the Continue reading The 8th House Astrology: The Shadow Side of Human Beings
The Moon in aspect to Jupiter is undeniably fabulous. These folk, astrologically speaking, have a big inner world: grand, expressive, and full of yearning. It’s about feeling feelings on a grand scale. Joy is exaltation. Sadness is Shakespearean. And freedom...
Mars trine the Ascendant is a subtle agreement between your will and the outer shell of your personality. The part of you that says “I want” isn’t at odds with the part of you that says “Here I am.” They Continue reading Mars Trine Ascendant Natal Aspect
Question: I recently realized one possible reason why my dad and sister were always such a united front and did so much together: they had a tight Mars–Mars conjunction in synastry. Interestingly, my son and daughter have the same aspect,...
In the mystical realm of Venus in Cancer, we find emotion, nostalgia, and homemade lasagna. If you’ve got this placement, you don’t fall in love, you submerge into it, only to find it’s filled with moonlight and the scent of Continue reading Venus in Cancer
Question: Why is the 7th house considered the house of open enemies, while the 12th house is associated with secret enemies? Where does this idea come from in astrology? The 7th house is diametrically opposite the 1st (which is “me,...
Chiron’s house placement in your birth chart can point to a painful area. In the 1st house, you might feel like you’re never quite “enough” just as you are. It’s the wound of identity. But from this you can develop...
Saturn is the mentor of time and when this transit unfolds, you’re invited into the shadowy corners of your life: the commitments left unkept, the boundaries frayed at the seams, the unlived dreams. This is rarely a moment for airy, Continue reading Surviving a Saturn Transit: What to Do When Life Gets Heavy
Water shapeshifts. It reflects the moon, it consumes the earth, it carries the weight of memory in every droplet. While astrology often teaches us that water signs are inward, sensitive, and bound to emotion, the truth is far more nuanced....