With Mercury in aspect to Saturn, your mind is shaped by criticism, self-doubt, and fear. Mercury, the messenger, desires to share thoughts, learn with curiosity, communicate with ease. Saturn demands discipline, and at times doubts one’s worth. Together, they create...
Question: One thing I’ve noticed about all fire sigs is a certain kind of spontaneity about them that no other element has. There’s a twinkle in the eye at all times and they can never stay down for too long. Every...
Question: Does Saturn in Virgo have to take work, health, and routine more seriously? Saturn in Virgo is the taskmaster. It gives relentless drive to fix, perfect, and self-flagellate over anything less than exemplary. Saturn doesn’t do light touches. And...
When you learn even a little physics, you have a vertiginous moment when the floor of reality turns out not to be a floor at all, but a trampoline made of stardust and questions. Boing! Up you go. And once...
Neptune in the 12th house dissolves the door of reality. This placement throws the psychic windows wide open. The trouble is, no one hands you curtains. You feel everything. You sense undercurrents, atmospheres, and moods. Neptune says, “Here, hold the universe...
With Jupiter in the 3rd house, you’re the conversationalist that says, “More, more, more!” You have the kind of curiosity that never gets tired of asking, “But why?” This placement creates someone who is a literary explorer. You like to...
The Mercury-Uranus aspect is the in realm of electro-thought. It’s brilliant, erratic, and unwilling to accept the premise of a “box,” let alone think inside or outside of it. These minds can be so fast, so fractured, so far ahead...
In the year 1901, astrology was a heady blend of mysticism and melodrama. Enter Edgar De Valcourt-Vermont. His book, Practical Astrology, ambitiously sought to chart the course of human destiny using the Sun Sign alone. While the Sun Sign can...
Scorpio is the cryptic creature of the astrological underworld, prowling the edges of every social gathering like a panther with secrets and scores to settle. You’ve arrived here uninvited, no doubt, yet entirely expected. We knew you’d come, Scorpio. You...
The realm of the 7th house is the dance of “me” with “thou.” And Pluto is the planet transformation, obsession, and the power of psychological depth. Liz Greene and Howard Sasportas dive into the idea that Pluto in the 7th...
The astrologer, once again, emphasizes Aries‘ independence and fierceness, sentiments echoed for, like, the eleventh billionth time. After millennia of obsession with astrology, is there anything left to say about the Arian character? But let’s not be dismissive; let’s delve...
Capricorn stands tall amidst the blustery chaos of existence. While others might frolic in the whimsical meadows of “good vibes only,” they are rolling up their sleeves and building empires. You don’t avoid the hard path, you pave it. Pain...