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Venus in Aries: Alexander McQueen

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The late Alexander McQueen said that he wanted people to feel afraid of the women who wore his clothes. His shows were legendary: shocking, emotional, Gothic, visceral — absolutely exquisite. In 1995’s The Birds — inspired by Hithcock’s movie — models stumbled down the catwalk, dresses torn and tire-marked as if they’d been run over. In 1999’s No. 13, the finale is a model being spray-painted by robots. The violence and the vulnerability (Pluto opposite Moon, Venus in Aries) were more or less explicit in every show. “People find my things sometimes aggressive. But I don’t see it as aggressive. I see it […]

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Mars’ Transit of Taurus: Deliberate Efforts

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Jan Lievens

Jan Lievens

Mars enters Taurus on March 9th. Action decreases, but has greater impact. Deliberate efforts and patience are the manifestors here – actions will have tangible results. This is a building transit, and you need to dig deeply into what you already have. Taurus is always about existing resources. How can you make the most of what you have? What are you trying to grow?

This is also about the basics. No convoluted plans or jet-propelled ascents. Keep it simple, slow and steady. 

Mars in Taurus will be in mutual reception with Venus Rx in Aries . There’s an energetic exchange happening between the planets of action and attraction. What do you want, and how do you get it? Mars can help you navigate Venus Rx, by grounding you with an instinctive understanding of who contributes to your stability, and what has maximum value. If you really want something, Mars in Taurus asks you to prove it with sustainable actions. Only do what you can keep doing for the long haul. 

With Mars in a Fixed Earth sign, and Venus moving in reverse, matters involving money, relationships, self-esteem and anger will slow right down. If you’re pushing for quick results, forget it. There’s more to evaluate in the Taurus and Aries sections of your chart. Aries is the sign of independence, and Taurus is about self-reliance. As you review or intensify your personal fire, you can build up your inner resources.

And this about you, not them. Forget about how you can attract Mr. X or make Mrs. Y happy. This is about what you want for yourself. Consider what turns you on, what makes you feel beautiful, what helps you thrive. Try to view external connections through this lens. These are the first two signs of the zodiac – you’re laying the foundation and trying this persona/lifestyle/job on for size. 

Here are the aspects Mars in Taurus will make:

  • March 14th: trine the North Node (3 deg Virgo)
  • March 14th: inconjunct Black Moon Lilith (3 deg Sagittarius)
  • March 27th: sextile Neptune (12 deg Pisces)
  • March 29th: trine Juno (14 deg Capricorn)
  • April 4th: inconjunct Jupiter Rx (18 deg Libra)
  • April 6th: trine Pluto (19 deg Capricorn)
  • April 10th: conjunct Ceres (22 deg)
  • April 13th: sextile Vesta (24 deg Cancer)
  • April 16th: sextile Chiron/Venus (26 deg Pisces)
  • April 17th: inconjunct Saturn Rx (27 deg Sagittarius)
  • April 21st: Gemini ingress

 

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DC Horoscope: Saturn-Pluto Conjunction January 2020

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Here is the horoscope set for Washington DC of the Great Conjunction of restrictive Saturn and powerful Pluto @22Cap46 on January 12, 2020; Moon in Leo and Venus in Aquarius are both unaspected and the Hour belongs to a Capricorn Jupiter strong in its natural 9th house of Philosophy and Foreign Travel:

Saturn conjuncts Pluto in the publicly visible 10th house of Public Status and Career with

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Virgo Full Moon: Meaningful Habits

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The Pisces/Virgo Full Moon asks the question: “Why have you turned the maintenance of your life into a drudgery to be avoided?” You can sweep the kitchen floor each evening and hardly notice doing it, beyond a vague desire to have it over with as quickly as possible. But imagine you instead give your full attention to sweeping the floor carefully and thoroughly, visualizing the debris and disorder of your mind being swept away with the bread crumbs. Feel the difference?

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Moon Opposite Pluto Synastry

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In the celestial cosmos of relationship astrology, a plethora of aspects exist between the planets and luminaries. Understanding these aspects in the context of synastry (astrological relationship analysis) can provide profound insights into the dynamics and potential challenges of a love affair or any relationship. Today, we turn our telescopes towards a particularly intense and […]

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In the Key of Pisces: Tom Chaplin

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Tom Chaplin, of the British band Keane, sings with all the tortured melancholy you’d expect from a fish-boy with Sun squaring Neptune, the planet of music. That Neptune is in Sagittarius, the sign of excess, so it also comes as no surprise that Chaplin has had his share of drug problems. One of his most beautiful compositions, Somewhere Only We Know, expresses all the nostalgic yearning that you’d expect from a Moon in Cancer — an emotional powerhouse, vulnerable and strong. His latest solo effort is, of course, called The Wave — and it’s an almost uncanny musical description of what it’s like to […]

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Pre-Natal Eclipse of the Clean Air Act repeats Aug 21, 2017

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Although I’d forgotten this post from 2010, tonight I ran across it and rediscovered that The Clean Air Act became law under the auspices of the 1 North Solar Eclipse Saros Series and if you were around back then you know how badly our air and the rest of the environment needed cleaning and protecting. And still does. But the Trump administration means to change all that.

Perhaps I’m

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