Solar Return & BirthdaysJuly 29 Zodiac Sign: Leo, and the Exact Degree
July 29 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.
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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TarotThe High Priestess: Tarot Meaning, Reversed and Moon
The High Priestess means knowing, secrecy, waiting. What it means upright and reversed, the four ways readers handle reversals, and the Moon attribution the Golden Dawn gave it.
Chiron & AsteroidsChiron in the 6th House: Work and Health
Chiron in the 6th house puts the sore spot in daily work, health and routine. What Chiron is as an object, why the house matters more than the sign, and the Chiron return at fifty.
Planets in SignsMars in Taurus: What It Means in a Birth Chart
Mars governs drive, anger and desire, and Taurus is an earth sign in fixed mode. Mars is in detriment here. Here is what the placement does, its shadow, and the real dates Mars is in Taurus.
Moon SignsTaurus Sun Sagittarius Moon: An Awkward Angle
Taurus Sun aims to build something solid and to be unshakeable about it; Sagittarius Moon needs space, and the sense that you could leave if you wanted. The two signs are five signs apart, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Solar Return & BirthdaysMarch 16 Zodiac Sign: Pisces, and the Exact Degree
March 16 is Pisces 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.
Solar Return & BirthdaysOctober 6 Zodiac Sign: Libra, and the Exact Degree
October 6 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.
Moon SignsAries Sun Gemini Moon: An Easy Angle
Aries Sun aims to be first, and to find out what you are capable of by doing it rather than planning it; Gemini Moon needs to talk it through, out loud, before knowing what you think. The two signs are two signs apart, which is what decides whether those two agree, and it also tells you the lunar phase you were born under.
Rising SignsAries Sun Aquarius Rising: Your Sun Is in the 3rd House
Aries Sun with Aquarius 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.
Planets in HousesSaturn in the Fourth House: What It Means
Saturn in the fourth house puts limits, work and maturity into the department of home and family. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
Finding Your Birth TimeHow to Find Your Birth Time in Maine
The hour is on the certified copy of the original Maine birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Maine clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.
SynastryMercury in the 2nd House Synastry
Their Mercury in your 2nd house lands on the money you earn, the things you own and what you believe you are worth, 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 & BirthdaysMarch 26 Zodiac Sign: Aries, and the Exact Degree
March 26 is Aries 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.
AspectsSun Conjunction Venus: What This Aspect Means
Sun conjunction Venus puts the two 0 degrees apart. Sun governs identity and purpose, Venus governs love, beauty, money and worth, and the pairing is about who you are and what you find beautiful, two things that are always close together and sometimes confused for each other. Here is what the angle does to it.
Zodiac SignsPisces Season 2027: Exact Dates and What It Means
Pisces season 2027 runs Feb 18 to Mar 20, computed to the minute. Here is what the season is about, the moons inside it, and which part of your life it lights up depending on your rising sign.
EclipsesSolar Eclipse in Aquarius: Every Date and Degree
A solar eclipse in Aquarius points at friends, groups and the future you are working toward. Every occurrence with exact dates and degrees, what an eclipse physically is, and the 18-year cycle that lets you check it against your own past.
Your Age in AstrologyAge 36 in Astrology: Your 1st House Year
At 36 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 and Saturn square that land at this age.
Love & RelationshipsVenus in Aries and Mars in Pisces: One Sign Apart
Venus in Aries is drawn to directness. Somebody who says what they want on the first evening rather than the fourth, and Mars in Pisces goes after it indirectly and hopefully, and often without declaring it at all. The two signs are next door to each other, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
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