Chiron & AsteroidsChiron in Taurus: The Sore Spot and the Gift
Chiron in Taurus points at worth and security. What Chiron is as an object, why its signs are uneven, the Chiron return at fifty, and an honest note on how new this reading is.
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 & ForecastsUranus Transiting Your 8th House: About 7 Years
Uranus through your 8th house puts about seven years of pressure on shared resources and intimacy. The real dates for all twelve rising signs, computed from the ephemeris, including the retrograde wobble at the start.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Taurus and Mars in Capricorn: A Trine
Venus in Taurus is drawn to steadiness and physical presence. Somebody who is reliably there and comfortable to be near, and Mars in Capricorn goes after it patiently and seriously. You are playing a long game and you know it. The two signs are four signs apart, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
Moon SignsAquarius Sun Aquarius Moon: A New Moon Birth
Aquarius Sun aims to think for yourself and to be useful to more people than you know; Aquarius Moon needs room, and not to have your feelings interpreted for you. The two signs are the same sign, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Rising SignsGemini Sun Gemini Rising: Your Sun Is in the 1st House
Gemini Sun with Gemini 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 HousesMoon in the Third House: What It Means
Moon in the third house puts feelings, needs and home into the department of communication and siblings. It is also the house Moon traditionally rejoices in. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
Your Age in AstrologyAge 48 in Astrology: Your 1st House Year
At 48 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 why no major cycle lands at this age.
Solar Return & BirthdaysDecember 29 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, and the Exact Degree
December 29 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.
Birth Chart BasicsHow to Read a Birth Chart, in Four Passes
Read a chart in four passes: the Big Three first, then which planets sit in which houses, then the aspects between them, then the chart as a whole. Most people fail at charts because they start...
SynastrySaturn in the 11th House Synastry
Their Saturn in your 11th house lands on friends, groups, allies and the future you are hoping for, bringing weight, structure and seriousness. What it feels like from the house side, what it feels like from the planet side, and why those are not the same reading.
AspectsVenus Square Mars: What This Aspect Means
Venus square Mars puts the two 90 degrees apart. Venus governs love, beauty, money and worth, Mars governs drive, anger and desire, and the pairing is about attraction and pursuit, the classic pairing for how somebody does desire. Here is what the angle does to it.
Solar Return & BirthdaysJuly 27 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and the Exact Degree
July 27 is Leo 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.
CrystalsAquamarine Meaning, Uses and Care
Aquamarine is beryl, Mohs 7.5 to 8, used for courage to speak, calm, clarity. The mineralogy, whether it is safe in water and sunlight, what gets substituted for it, and what a stone can honestly do.
Planets in SignsSun in Libra: What It Means in a Birth Chart
Sun governs identity and purpose, and Libra is an air sign in cardinal mode. Sun is in fall here. Here is what the placement does, its shadow, and the real dates Sun is in Libra.
TarotTwo of Pentacles: Tarot Meaning and Jupiter in Capricorn
The Two of Pentacles means juggling, balance, two demands. What it means upright and reversed, the four ways readers handle reversals, and the Jupiter in Capricorn attribution behind it.
CompatibilityLeo and Aquarius Compatibility: The Honest Version
Leo and Aquarius are an opposition, 180 degrees apart. Here is what that structure genuinely means, what strains, and why comparing two Sun signs is the weakest form of this.
Moon SignsAries Sun Sagittarius Moon: A Trine
Aries Sun aims to be first, and to find out what you are capable of by doing it rather than planning it; Sagittarius Moon needs space, and the sense that you could leave if you wanted. The two signs are four signs apart, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Rising SignsCapricorn Rising: What It Means, and the Chart It Builds
A Capricorn rising sets your first impression and fixes every house in your chart. Your chart ruler is Saturn, your seventh house is Cancer, and your tenth is Libra. Here is the whole structure, and how to check yours is right.
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