With Mars in the 8ᵗʰ house — what a tempestuous little cauldron of energy you’ve been handed. This placement is like having a kettle constantly on the boil, but with the lid clamped tightly shut. Anger, desire, power — all…...

The Sun sign is our core identity, our ego, the essential “me” behind the me. Relying solely on Sun sign compatibility for your relationship hopes is kind of a narrow view. It tells you something, sure—like, “This person’s a Virgo,…...

When you have Jupiter in the 3rd house, this placement suggests that your mind aches to float toward the heavens of meaning, language, and connection. Imagine your thoughts wrapped in golden optimism, asking, “But what does it all mean, really?”…...

This placement is where Mercury, on some level, leaves the airy realms of ideas and idealisms and dives into the mechanics of life—into actually doing something with all of them. The mind wakes up in a body, in a home,…...

When transiting Neptune trines Jupiter, it’s a time of unity, purpose, and seeing through the illusory veil of this mad little mortal drama we’re caught in. Neptune, the dreamy planet of the universe, says, “Let’s dissolve boundaries. Let’s melt a…...

When Pluto is in the 7th house, it’s where relationships are soul-shaking reckonings. You’re magnetized—utterly drawn—to intensity. You want relationships that transform you, devour illusions, and spit out the purified essence of who you are. This placement suggests that people…...

In astrology, the planet Pluto is the great revealer, the destroyer of illusions, and the brutal midwife of your darkest transformations. When Pluto is angular (first, fourth, seventh, or tenth house), or when it’s aspecting all over your chart with…...

In astrology, Pisces, Neptune, and the 12th House form a triad of related symbols often associated with compassion, sacrifice, and victimhood. Modern astrologers consider Neptune the ruling planet of Pisces and link both to the 12th house, the domain of…...

Neptune, Pisces, and the 12th house are the holy trinity of the unconscious, the numinous, and the wounded victim within us all. From a Jungian perspective, these symbols represent the collective unconscious — the vast psychic sea where all our…...

Astrology interprets Venus–Pluto aspects in the natal chart as symbols of intense transformational forces in love, values, and relationships. Venus represents love, attraction, beauty, pleasure, and our values; Pluto represents depth, power, the unconscious, and transformative processes of death and…...

Imagine Aphrodite descending willingly into Hades’ kingdom, drawn by fascination. This is beauty uncovering the beast within. With Venus-Pluto, love becomes a shadow play. You meet someone, you fancy them. You think it’s their smolder, their charisma, their mysterious past—but…...

In a natal chart, Mercury’s placement in the Twelfth House (the house of hidden matters, the unconscious, and spiritual transcendence) imbues the mind and communication style with an aura of mystery and depth. Traditional astrology dreaded the 12th as the…...