The enigmatic 1st House—it’s the mysterious front door of the chart. While the other astrological houses are like rooms stuffed with furniture, activities, and the equivalent of old shoe boxes labelled “childhood trauma,” the 1st house seems… sparse. A bit...
Question: Can death be seen in the chart? This is a macabre curiosity you’ve brought forth—“Can death be seen in the chart?” A question that dances on the grave of certainty, and upon the bones of fate. It also hints...
Venus square Saturn in synastry: Venus offers love with open hands, expecting warmth, flow, maybe a bit of banter. And what is received? The subtle emotional equivalent of a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign. It’s not that Saturn doesn’t care—on the Continue reading Venus Square Saturn Synastry
In our modern world, we herd children like sprightly little lambs into the paddocks of performative sociability. “Smile for the nice man! Be a good girl! Share your sweets even if you don’t want to!” The goal: produce charming little...
The Sun in aspect to Pluto represents the unrelenting force of transformation. This entanglement is mythology turned inward. You’re burning through a series of incarnations. Every decade or so, you molt, shedding the skin of who you once were. As...
Mars trine Saturn in the natal chart doesn’t shout “Run faster!” it calmly says, “Pace yourself, we’ve got time.” You see, Mars is our inner spark, the fire that urges us forward, the part of us that wants to do, to Continue reading Mars Trine Saturn Natal Aspect
Mercury in the 1st house is about immediacy. You analyze before others have even finished observing. You’re always piecing things together with speed. But such swiftness of mind can also breed restlessness. You may find yourself bored in a world...
In astrology, the square isn’t the hold-you-like-a-dream Trine, nor the heady, spark of the conjunction, but the angular agitator of the astrological world. The square is a friction point that screams, “You will grow — but not without a bit...
Sartre, the brooding existentialist with a cigarette and a shrug, was always ready to poke holes in our comfortable categories. And how right he was, in a shadowy, 8th house sort of way. “I am not fond of the word...
The 8th house is the shadowy part of the zodiac, where the secrets of the soul live behind closed doors. It’s Pluto’s domain – the god of the underworld, and this is a house of taboos. It’s rules the unmentionables...
The Full Moon in Scorpio has a drama of its own, steeped in emotional intensity, death, rebirth, and the shedding of skins. Scorpio, ruled by Pluto and Mars, speaks of transformation, secrets unearthed, and the unsettling pull towards the taboo. Continue reading The Full Moon in Scorpio: Medusa’s Stare and Persephone’s Descent
With Venus in Capricorn, love ceases to be a frothy, sentimental kind and becomes a serious business—a vocation, even. You don’t pine under moonlight, you are too busy fantasizing about a joint pension plan with someone who actually files their Continue reading The Weight of Wanting: Venus in Capricorn’s Hidden Longing