Solar Return & BirthdaysMay 10 Zodiac Sign: Taurus, and the Exact Degree
May 10 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.
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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Rising SignsCancer Sun Gemini Rising: Your Sun Is in the 2nd House
Cancer Sun with Gemini rising puts your Sun in the 2nd house, which is about money, possessions and self-worth. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
Moon SignsPisces Sun Gemini Moon: A Square
Pisces Sun aims to understand people, and to be kind about what you understand; Gemini Moon needs to talk it through, out loud, before knowing what you think. The two signs are three signs apart, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Scorpio and Mars in Pisces: A Trine
Venus in Scorpio is drawn to depth. Somebody with something underneath, and no interest in small talk, and Mars in Pisces goes after it indirectly and hopefully, and often without declaring it at all. The two signs are four signs apart, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
Angel Numbers1313 Angel Number: The Meaning, and the Arithmetic Behind It
1313 reduces to 8, the number of money, power, results arriving. 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.
Planets in SignsVenus in Scorpio: What It Means in a Birth Chart
Venus governs love, beauty, money and worth, and Scorpio is a water sign in fixed mode. Venus is in detriment here. Here is what the placement does, its shadow, and the real dates Venus is in Scorpio.
Solar Return & BirthdaysMay 28 Zodiac Sign: Gemini, and the Exact Degree
May 28 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.
RetrogradesMercury Retrograde in Scorpio: Every Date and Degree
Mercury retrograde in Scorpio brings something that was not said, surfacing. Every occurrence with exact dates and degrees, what retrograde motion physically is, and what the evidence actually supports.
AspectsMercury Trine Mars: What This Aspect Means
Mercury trine Mars puts the two 120 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.
Transits & ForecastsSaturn Transiting Your 4th House: About 2.5 Years
Saturn through your 4th house puts about two and a half years of pressure on home and roots. The real dates for all twelve rising signs, computed from the ephemeris, including the retrograde wobble at the start.
Your Age in AstrologyAge 35 in Astrology: Your 12th House Year
At 35 your profected house is the 12th: solitude and the unconscious. 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.
Solar Return & BirthdaysJune 16 Zodiac Sign: Gemini, and the Exact Degree
June 16 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.
Planets in HousesMercury in the Seventh House: What It Means
Mercury in the seventh house puts thinking, speaking and learning into the department of partnership and marriage. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
SynastryVenus in the 12th House Synastry
Their Venus in your 12th house lands on rest, grief, secrets and the part of you nobody sees, bringing affection, ease and a sense that the area is a pleasant place to be. What it feels like from the house side, what it feels like from the planet side, and why those are not the same reading.
Rising SignsAquarius Sun Libra Rising: Your Sun Is in the 5th House
Aquarius Sun with Libra 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.
CompatibilityTaurus and Capricorn Compatibility: The Honest Version
Taurus and Capricorn are a trine, 120 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 Venus: What This Aspect Means
Moon trine Venus puts the two 120 degrees apart. Moon governs feelings, needs and home, Venus governs love, beauty, money and worth, and the pairing is about what you need and what you want, which sound alike and routinely are not. Here is what the angle does to it.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Pisces and Mars in Pisces: The Same Sign
Venus in Pisces is drawn to gentleness and imagination. Somebody kind, who is not hard work, and Mars in Pisces goes after it indirectly and hopefully, and often without declaring it at all. The two signs are the same sign, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
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