Planets in HousesMars in the Third House: What It Means
Mars in the third house puts drive, anger and desire into the department of communication and siblings. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
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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Planets in Houses
SynastryMars in the 8th House Synastry
Their Mars in your 8th house lands on shared money, intimacy, and the things you do not say out loud, bringing drive, heat and friction. What it feels like from the house side, what it feels like from the planet side, and why those are not the same reading.
Transits & ForecastsSaturn Transiting Your 12th House: About 2.5 Years
Saturn through your 12th house puts about two and a half years of pressure on retreat and the hidden. The real dates for all twelve rising signs, computed from the ephemeris, including the retrograde wobble at the start.
Solar Return & BirthdaysDecember 30 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, and the Exact Degree
December 30 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.
AspectsMoon Conjunction Mercury: What This Aspect Means
Moon conjunction Mercury puts the two 0 degrees apart. Moon governs feelings, needs and home, Mercury governs thinking, speaking and learning, and the pairing is about feeling and articulation, which is to say whether you can say what is actually going on. Here is what the angle does to it.
CrystalsCitrine Meaning, Uses and Care
Citrine is quartz, Mohs 7, used for confidence, money, drive. The mineralogy, whether it is safe in water and sunlight, what gets substituted for it, and what a stone can honestly do.
Moon SignsVirgo Sun Libra Moon: One Sign Apart
Virgo Sun aims to be genuinely good at something useful, and to do it properly; Libra Moon needs the atmosphere to be alright, and somebody to think it through with. The two signs are next door to each other, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Solar Return & BirthdaysOctober 23 Zodiac Sign: Scorpio or Libra? Exact Times
October 23 is Scorpio in most years and Libra in others. The exact moment the Sun changed sign in each year, so you can check your own birth year instead of guessing.
Rising SignsScorpio Sun Scorpio Rising: Your Sun Is in the 1st House
Scorpio Sun with Scorpio 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.
Planets in SignsPisces Third Decan: March 11 to March 20
The third decan of Pisces runs 20 to 30 degrees, roughly March 11 to March 20, ruled by Mars. What a decan is, where the idea came from, and the tarot card that shares these ten degrees.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Sagittarius and Mars in Scorpio: One Sign Apart
Venus in Sagittarius is drawn to freedom and humour. Somebody who is going somewhere and does not need permission, and Mars in Scorpio goes after it quietly and completely. You decide first and act later, and you rarely change your mind. The two signs are next door to each other, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
CompatibilityAries and Scorpio Compatibility: The Honest Version
Aries and Scorpio are a quincunx, 150 degrees apart. Here is what that structure genuinely means, what strains, and why comparing two Sun signs is the weakest form of this.
AspectsMoon Trine Mars: What This Aspect Means
Moon trine Mars puts the two 120 degrees apart. Moon governs feelings, needs and home, Mars governs drive, anger and desire, and the pairing is about safety against action, and the specific question of what happens to anger when it meets a need. Here is what the angle does to it.
Solar Return & BirthdaysDecember 4 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius, and the Exact Degree
December 4 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.
Saturn Return & Life CyclesThe Saturn Opposition: The Real Ages and What It Means
The Saturn Opposition happens at about 14.7, then 44.2, then 73.6, on a cycle of 29.457 years. The arithmetic behind the ages, what the tradition reads into it, and how to check it against your own life.
Career & MoneyMidheaven in Capricorn: How You Are Seen at Work
Midheaven in Capricorn means the public sees somebody in charge, or on the way to it. The work it points at, the cost attached, which rising signs have it, and why the Sun is the wrong placement for a career question.
NumerologyLife Path 3: The communicator
Life path 3 is the communicator: expression, creativity, delight. Here is how to calculate yours from your birth date, what the number actually describes, and where numerology ends.
Your Age in AstrologyAge 12 in Astrology: Your 1st House Year
At 12 your profected house is the 1st: self and first impressions. How the age gives you the house, which planet runs your year for each rising sign, and the Jupiter return that lands at this age.
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