Venus is the planet of love, the magnetism of a well-timed compliment, and inexplicable joy. She governs the way we attract, the sweetness of connection, beauty, and harmony. Now throw Neptune into the mix, a planet that doesn’t walk but Continue reading Venus-Neptune Aspects: The Trouble With Aphrodite
In Liz Greene’s Dark of the Soul, the author speaks of Moon square Mars as a psychic “sting” that resonates with unresolved childhood wounds, the sensitive places that, like a drop of poison, can trigger our most primal fears. Whether Continue reading Scorpio’s Stinger
Aquarius’ motto is: Don’t just do things differently to be different; do them because the old ways no longer serve. Maya Angelou’s timeless wisdom also fits in here: Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you Continue reading The Burden of Knowing: Aquarius and the Trouble with Consciousness
In the Jungian-flavored realm of introspection, feelings govern the impact of reflection: we may not see our own expression, but we can hear it in someone else’s laughter… or silence. Now, if we bring the water signs into it, well,...
When transiting Pluto aspects the Sun in your natal chart, you may feel stripped bare. You might face ego deaths, identity shifts, or confront the places where you’ve been living out someone else’s expectations. Perhaps you’ll experience loss or find...
Transiting Jupiter opposite Neptune teeters on the edge of enlightenment… or delusion. Or both. See, Jupiter, our great cheerleader, is blowing up everything it touches—optimism, dreams, meaning. And Neptune, the planet of smoke machines, fairy tales, and full-blown fantasies, is...
When Saturn transits your Sun, it’s energy is corrective. It says: “Lovely dreams you’ve got there, but can they pay the rent? Can they withstand a crisis?” You may feel hemmed in, your freedom clipped, but these limitations, whether imposed by Continue reading Saturn Transiting the Sun: When the Weight Arrives
When transiting Neptune opposes your Sun, you may find yourself looking at your job, your relationships, or even your own reflection with a sense of confusion and uncertainty. You’re not lost, you’re being dissolved. Dissolved into a larger ocean of understanding....
When the earth type (planets in Taurus, Virgo or Capricorn) overidentifies with control, with the practical, with the here-and-now, the exiled intuition (fire) creeps into the subconscious. And when intuition isn’t consciously developed, it gets a bit feral. It doesn’t...
Unaspected planets are rogue, they don’t have allies or adversaries in the classical sense. Enigmatic loners in the chart, they neither mingle nor oppose, but remain curiously aloof, and thereby draw immense intrigue. Geoffrey Dean says that these planets swing...
Neptune can be soft and beautiful and then turn about face and seems more trick-like, akin to being trapped in a private twilight zone.
Jupiter square Uranus in synastry—is a standoff of ideologies. Jupiter wants expansive understanding, it wants to believe in something, whether it’s a religion, a moral code, or the latest talk on faith. Uranus, meanwhile, has no time for dogma—it’s the Continue reading Jupiter Square Uranus Synastry