Moon SignsMoon in Sagittarius: What It Means in a Birth Chart
Moon governs feelings, needs and home, and Sagittarius is a fire sign in mutable mode. Here is what the placement does, its shadow, and the real dates Moon is in Sagittarius.
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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Your Age in AstrologyAge 76 in Astrology: Your 5th House Year
At 76 your profected house is the 5th: romance and creativity. 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.
Rising SignsVirgo Sun Cancer Rising: Your Sun Is in the 3rd House
Virgo Sun with Cancer rising puts your Sun in the 3rd house, which is about talking, learning and the daily round. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
Solar Return & BirthdaysAugust 5 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and the Exact Degree
August 5 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.
Planets in SignsCancer Second Decan: July 2 to July 11
The second decan of Cancer runs 10 to 20 degrees, roughly July 2 to July 11, ruled by Mercury. What a decan is, where the idea came from, and the tarot card that shares these ten degrees.
AspectsVenus Conjunction Saturn: What This Aspect Means
Venus conjunction Saturn puts the two 0 degrees apart. Venus governs love, beauty, money and worth, Saturn governs limits, work and maturity, and the pairing is about love against fear of not deserving it, the aspect behind a great many quiet, durable relationships and a great many unnecessary ones. Here is what the angle does to it.
Planets in HousesMoon in the Fourth House: What It Means
Moon in the fourth house puts feelings, needs and home into the department of home and family. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
Angel Numbers2323 Angel Number: The Meaning, and the Arithmetic Behind It
2323 reduces to 1, the number of starting, independence, going first. Here is the working shown step by step, what each digit contributes, and an honest account of what the practice can and cannot tell you.
CrystalsGarnet Meaning, Uses and Care
Garnet is a group of related silicates, not one mineral. almandine and pyrope are the common red ones, Mohs 6.5 to 7.5, used for commitment, vitality, devotion. The mineralogy, whether it is safe in water and sunlight, what gets substituted for it, and what a stone can honestly do.
Birth Chart BasicsDay Chart or Night Chart: Sect, Explained
If you were born while the Sun was above the horizon you have a day chart; below it, a night chart. The distinction is called sect, it is one of the oldest things in the tradition, and it changes...
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Aquarius and Mars in Aries: An Easy Angle
Venus in Aquarius is drawn to originality. Somebody who thinks for themselves and is not performing a role, and Mars in Aries goes after it directly and at speed. You ask, early, and you do not spend long wondering. The two signs are two signs apart, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
Rising SignsTaurus Sun Scorpio Rising: Your Sun Is in the 7th House
Taurus Sun with Scorpio rising puts your Sun in the 7th house, which is about partnership and one-to-one dealings. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
Solar Return & BirthdaysJanuary 12 Zodiac Sign: Capricorn, and the Exact Degree
January 12 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.
SynastryMercury in the 7th House Synastry
Their Mercury in your 7th house lands on partnership, marriage, business and one-to-one dealings, bringing talk, questions and a steady supply of information. What it feels like from the house side, what it feels like from the planet side, and why those are not the same reading.
Moon SignsCancer Sun Scorpio Moon: A Trine
Cancer Sun aims to protect what matters and to be the one people come home to; Scorpio Moon needs privacy, and to be trusted completely before letting anybody in. 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.
Solar Return & BirthdaysOctober 16 Zodiac Sign: Libra, and the Exact Degree
October 16 is Libra 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.
TarotSix of Pentacles: Tarot Meaning and Moon in Taurus
The Six of Pentacles means giving, receiving, power. What it means upright and reversed, the four ways readers handle reversals, and the Moon in Taurus attribution behind it.
AspectsSun Quincunx Mercury: What This Aspect Means
Sun quincunx Mercury puts the two 150 degrees apart. Sun governs identity and purpose, Mercury governs thinking, speaking and learning, and the pairing is about identity and the mind, which in a chart are never more than a sign apart and so are rarely at odds. Here is what the angle does to it.
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