TarotNine of Pentacles: Tarot Meaning and Venus in Virgo
The Nine of Pentacles means self-sufficiency, comfort, earned. What it means upright and reversed, the four ways readers handle reversals, and the Venus in Virgo attribution behind it.
Astrology, explained plainly
Your chart, your year and the people in it, written in ordinary English. Every date here is computed from an ephemeris rather than copied from another site, and every article says what astrology cannot tell you as clearly as what it can.
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Transits & ForecastsPluto Transiting Your 1st House: 12 to 31 Years
Pluto through your 1st house puts between twelve and thirty years, depending on the sign of pressure on identity. The real dates for all twelve rising signs, computed from the ephemeris, including the retrograde wobble at the start.
Rising SignsTaurus Sun Taurus Rising: Your Sun Is in the 1st House
Taurus Sun with Taurus rising puts your Sun in the 1st house, which is about your identity itself. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
AspectsVenus Conjunction Jupiter: What This Aspect Means
Venus conjunction Jupiter puts the two 0 degrees apart. Venus governs love, beauty, money and worth, Jupiter governs growth, luck and belief, and the pairing is about pleasure and more of it, the most indulgent pairing in the chart and often the luckiest. Here is what the angle does to it.
Solar Return & BirthdaysMarch 11 Zodiac Sign: Pisces, and the Exact Degree
March 11 is Pisces in every year from 1930 to 2035. The exact degree range, the decan and its ruler, the tarot card that shares it, and what a birthday can and cannot tell you.
RetrogradesMars Retrograde: Real Dates and the Evidence
Mars goes retrograde about every two years, for two to three months, read as a review of drive, anger, momentum and anything you are pushing. The computed dates, what retrograde motion physically is, and an honest account of the evidence.
Planets in HousesSun in the Seventh House: What It Means
Sun in the seventh house puts identity and purpose into the department of partnership and marriage. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
Birth Chart BasicsYour Chart Ruler: the Planet Running the Chart
Your chart ruler is the planet that rules your rising sign. It is the single most important planet in your chart, because wherever it sits is where the whole chart is pointed. Find your rising...
Solar Return & BirthdaysNovember 25 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius, and the Exact Degree
November 25 is Sagittarius in every year from 1930 to 2035. The exact degree range, the decan and its ruler, the tarot card that shares it, and what a birthday can and cannot tell you.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Gemini and Mars in Pisces: A Square
Venus in Gemini is drawn to a mind. Somebody who is interesting to talk to at two in the morning, and Mars in Pisces goes after it indirectly and hopefully, and often without declaring it at all. The two signs are three signs apart, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
Planets in SignsJupiter in Libra: What It Means in a Birth Chart
Jupiter governs growth, luck and belief, and Libra is an air sign in cardinal mode. Here is what the placement does, its shadow, and the real dates Jupiter is in Libra.
Moon PhasesNew Moon in Taurus: Dates, Degrees and Meaning
New Moon in Taurus is a beginning: putting something on a steady footing: money, the body, a routine you can keep. Every date for the next six years computed from the ephemeris, which ones are eclipses, and how to tell whether one is yours.
Moon SignsCancer Sun Aquarius Moon: An Awkward Angle
Cancer Sun aims to protect what matters and to be the one people come home to; Aquarius Moon needs room, and not to have your feelings interpreted for you. The two signs are five signs apart, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Rising SignsCancer Sun Cancer Rising: Your Sun Is in the 1st House
Cancer Sun with Cancer rising puts your Sun in the 1st house, which is about your identity itself. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
Career & MoneySagittarius and Money: Earning, Spending and Worth
Sagittarius earns well, in bursts, from something that grew and spends optimistically, on experience and on the bigger version. What the 2nd house says about self-worth, the one change that helps, and where this sits in a chart.
Solar Return & BirthdaysJanuary 6 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, and the Exact Degree
January 6 is Capricorn in every year from 1930 to 2035. The exact degree range, the decan and its ruler, the tarot card that shares it, and what a birthday can and cannot tell you.
CrystalsMalachite Meaning, Uses and Care
Malachite is copper carbonate hydroxide, Mohs 3.5 to 4, used for change, boundaries, the honest look. The mineralogy, whether it is safe in water and sunlight, what gets substituted for it, and what a stone can honestly do.
Spiritual PracticeMoon Water: The Method, and What Is Known
Moon Water is leaving water out under a full moon and using it for cleaning objects, watering plants or ritual. How to do it, why it works when it works, and an honest account of the evidence.
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