Planets in SignsAries First Decan: March 21 to March 30
The first decan of Aries runs 0 to 10 degrees, roughly March 21 to March 30, ruled by Mars. What a decan is, where the idea came from, and the tarot card that shares these ten degrees.
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 Signs
Solar Return & BirthdaysJune 15 Zodiac Sign: Gemini, and the Exact Degree
June 15 is Gemini 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.
Angel Numbers1144 Angel Number: The Meaning, and the Arithmetic Behind It
1144 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.
Your Age in AstrologyAge 66 in Astrology: Your 7th House Year
At 66 your profected house is the 7th: partnership and marriage. How the age gives you the house, which planet runs your year for each rising sign, and the Saturn square that lands at this age.
Planets in HousesVenus in the First House: What It Means
Venus in the first house puts love, beauty, money and worth into the department of self and first impressions. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
Moon SignsAquarius Sun Gemini Moon: A Trine
Aquarius Sun aims to think for yourself and to be useful to more people than you know; Gemini Moon needs to talk it through, out loud, before knowing what you think. 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.
AspectsMercury Sextile Mars: What This Aspect Means
Mercury sextile Mars puts the two 60 degrees apart. Mercury governs thinking, speaking and learning, Mars governs drive, anger and desire, and the pairing is about thinking and acting, and specifically how fast the gap between them closes. Here is what the angle does to it.
TarotQueen of Swords: Tarot Meaning and Water of Air
The Queen of Swords means honesty, experience, boundaries. What it means upright and reversed, the four ways readers handle reversals, and the Water of Air attribution behind it.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Leo and Mars in Aquarius: Opposite Signs
Venus in Leo is drawn to warmth and confidence. Somebody who is glad to be seen with you, and Mars in Aquarius goes after it unconventionally, and often by becoming friends first for a long time. The two signs are opposite each other, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
Finding Your Birth TimeHow to Find Your Birth Time in Illinois
The hour is on the certified copy of the original Illinois birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Illinois clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.
Spiritual PracticeSmoke Cleansing: The Method, and What Is Known
Smoke Cleansing is burning a herb and moving the smoke through a space with the intention of clearing it. How to do it, why it works when it works, and an honest account of the evidence.
CompatibilityTaurus and Pisces Compatibility: The Honest Version
Taurus and Pisces are a sextile, 60 degrees apart. Here is what that structure genuinely means, what strains, and why comparing two Sun signs is the weakest form of this.
SynastryMercury in the 11th House Synastry
Their Mercury in your 11th house lands on friends, groups, allies and the future you are hoping for, 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.
Solar Return & BirthdaysMay 16 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and the Exact Degree
May 16 is Taurus 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.
Rising SignsAries Sun Sagittarius Rising: Your Sun Is in the 5th House
Aries Sun with Sagittarius rising puts your Sun in the 5th house, which is about creative work, romance and children. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
RetrogradesVenus Retrograde: Real Dates and the Evidence
Venus goes retrograde about every eighteen months, for roughly six weeks, read as a review of relationships, money, taste and what you value. The computed dates, what retrograde motion physically is, and an honest account of the evidence.
Dreams & SymbolsDreaming About Death: Meaning and Research
Dreaming about death is usually read as an ending, and almost never a literal one, and tends to show up during the end of a role, a job, a phase or a version of yourself. What is actually known about dreams, why dictionaries do not work, and how to read your own.
Chiron & AsteroidsChiron in the 12th House: Solitude and the Unconscious
Chiron in the 12th house puts the sore spot in rest, grief and the things you do not say. What Chiron is as an object, why the house matters more than the sign, and the Chiron return at fifty.
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