CompatibilityAries and Capricorn Compatibility: The Honest Version
Aries and Capricorn are a square, 90 degrees apart. Here is what that structure genuinely means, what strains, and why comparing two Sun signs is the weakest form of this.
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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Love & RelationshipsVenus in Leo and Mars in Scorpio: A Square
Venus in Leo is drawn to warmth and confidence. Somebody who is glad to be seen with you, and Mars in Scorpio goes after it quietly and completely. You decide first and act later, and you rarely change your mind. The two signs are three signs apart, which is what decides whether the wanting and the chasing agree.
AspectsMoon Sextile Venus: What This Aspect Means
Moon sextile Venus puts the two 60 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.
Finding Your Birth TimeHow to Find Your Birth Time in West Virginia
The hour is on the certified copy of the original West Virginia birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what West Virginia clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.
Transits & ForecastsPluto Transiting Your 8th House: 12 to 31 Years
Pluto through your 8th house puts between twelve and thirty years, depending on the sign 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.
CrystalsSmoky Quartz Meaning, Uses and Care
Smoky Quartz is quartz, Mohs 7, used for grounding, letting go, steadiness. The mineralogy, whether it is safe in water and sunlight, what gets substituted for it, and what a stone can honestly do.
Solar Return & BirthdaysFebruary 15 Zodiac Sign: Aquarius, and the Exact Degree
February 15 is Aquarius 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.
TarotQueen of Wands: Tarot Meaning and Water of Fire
The Queen of Wands means warmth, confidence, pull. What it means upright and reversed, the four ways readers handle reversals, and the Water of Fire attribution behind it.
Rising SignsPisces Sun Sagittarius Rising: Your Sun Is in the 4th House
Pisces Sun with Sagittarius rising puts your Sun in the 4th house, which is about home, family and the private self. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
Angel Numbers616 Angel Number: The Meaning, and the Arithmetic Behind It
616 reduces to 4, the number of structure, work, stability. 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 SignsJupiter in Taurus: What It Means in a Birth Chart
Jupiter governs growth, luck and belief, and Taurus is an earth sign in fixed mode. Here is what the placement does, its shadow, and the real dates Jupiter is in Taurus.
Moon PhasesFull Moon in Pisces: Dates, Degrees and Meaning
Full Moon in Pisces is a culmination: what you have absorbed that was never yours. Every date for the next six years computed from the ephemeris, which ones are eclipses, and how to tell whether one is yours.
Moon SignsScorpio Sun Aries Moon: An Awkward Angle
Scorpio Sun aims to understand what is really going on, including the parts nobody says; Aries Moon needs to act on a feeling immediately, and to not be managed. 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 & BirthdaysMay 31 Zodiac Sign: Gemini, and the Exact Degree
May 31 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.
Dreams & SymbolsDreaming About Stairs: Meaning and Research
Dreaming about stairs is usually read as effort toward something, and the direction tells you which way, and tends to show up during deliberate work on a goal, including therapy and recovery. What is actually known about dreams, why dictionaries do not work, and how to read your own.
Planets in HousesMercury in the Third House: What It Means
Mercury in the third house puts thinking, speaking and learning into the department of communication and siblings. Here is what it does, where it strains, and which sign that means for your rising sign.
Solar Return & BirthdaysMay 24 Zodiac Sign: Gemini, and the Exact Degree
May 24 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.
Rising SignsLibra Sun Aquarius Rising: Your Sun Is in the 9th House
Libra Sun with Aquarius rising puts your Sun in the 9th house, which is about belief, study and the long view. What people meet first, what you are actually aiming at, and why the house matters more than either sign.
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