When Jupiter is conjunct Neptune in the natal chart, it’s a mythic meeting. Jupiter – the big benevolent balloon of belief, expansion, and adventure – meets Neptune – the nebulous net of dreams, illusions, and transcendence. What happens when they…

When Neptune transits Venus, your heart hears violins, and your eyes mistake a mirage for a savior. Neptune is the slippery trickster of the seas, it dissolves boundaries, and when it touches Venus, goddess of romance, you might find yourself…

The progressed Sun trine Jupiter is your inner light expanding. The progression of the Sun is the symbolic representation of your evolving self. It is in a harmonious aspect with Jupiter, the planetary equivalent of your biggest fan. What does this…

The water signs – Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces – are the emotional trio of the zodiac. They’re energy often flow inwards. Intuitive, secretive, and sensitive to the undercurrents of life with a psychic antennae permanently raised, seeking out the unseen…

In Virgo, there is a maddening maze of neurosis, a kind of itch you can’t quite scratch, but you must clean under your fingernails before trying. It’s compulsion to  create order in the soul, to perfect the person. Neurosis is…

When you have Mercury trine Saturn in your natal chart, you think inside the lines. This aspect gives you a sort of mental gravitas, your thoughts don’t flit about like butterflies; they move with purpose. There’s a kind of solemnity…

When Neptune trines the Ascendant in synastry, it is one of those connections that feels less like a relationship and more like a mutual daydream. Neptune is the dreamy planet of the zodiac, and when it trines the Ascendant– the…

The Sun Rising (i.e. Sun in or conjunct the Ascendant/Sun as the chart’s rising energy) is a rich placement.  When we say “Sun Rising” we typically refer to a natal chart in which the Sun is very close to the…

When you have Mars square Pluto in your natal chart, there’s a volcanic, primordial, thunderous cry from the base of your being crying out “Transform or be torn asunder!” You’ve got Mars—our inner warrior, the planet of will, action, and…

When you have Neptune in the 6th house, the earthy realm of daily drudgery, alarm clocks, and gym routines. It can be a paradox! This house, traditionally, is the workshop of the zodiac. It’s where we meet routine, ritual, service,…

Scorpio is a moody, magnetic, secretive sign of the zodiac, forever lurking in shadowy corners of parties, sipping red wine like it’s the blood of truth itself, eyeing the crowd as though it were a gallery of ghosts. The thing…

This past weekend, and the one before it, I found myself immersed in the most soul-satisfying, chaos-reducing way to do my reading and notetaking. Notes, you see, were already living cozily in my Samsung—great for sorting, archiving, color-coding. Under the…