Daily Planets- A bit about Lizzy, Libra and Liaw

It is a long weekend here in Sydney. The occasion? The Queens’ Birthday long weekend. Now, I am not one to knock back a long weekend, but Queen Lizzy’s birthday is actually April 21- yes, Betty is a Taurus…just… Her husband, Prince Phillip is, …

Transits In The Sky vs. Transits To Your Chart

“The Sun don’t beam, the Moon don’t shine;
The tide don’t ebb and flow–
a clock won’t strike, a match won’t light.
When love goes wrong, nothing goes right.”
–When Love Goes Wrong, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Saturn Goes Direct in Libra

By special request…. Responsibilities and boundaries (Saturn) in relationships (Libra) are being tested while Saturn is retrograde. Anytime a planet is retrograde there’s an emphasis on going back to re-do or concentrate. It’s hard wo…

The Cave and the Arrow: Chiron Beyond the Wound

  This is an article on Chiron in aspect to Mars.  For general comments on Chiron, please see “Chiron, an Overview.” I’ve always thought that too much has been made of Chiron’s infamous wound, and not enough of his wisdom, his teaching, his skill, his role as guide to the muses, and his crucial role […]

When Venus is in Gemini…

Evoke a mood Catch an eye Spark a thought Invoke desire …flirt. With a sun beam A grumpy cat An idea. Maybe two. Or anything else you fancy. Make love With …words. Come here Flit away. Wispy yellow scarves Jingling phones And citrus …get fresh. Butterfly kisses Always constant In inconsistency Will o’the wisp  A […]

Gemini Sun in the 8th House

ou are becoming interested in deeper and more complicated subjects. You discover personal power by being informed beyond a superficial level. Your central purpose is to have a variety of intense experiences. You shine when you demonstrate that you have something of depth to say on nearly any topic. Coming into your own requires remaining […]

Sun trine Ceres

Sun trine natal Ceres has a similar feel to the sextile, but where the sextile has the excitement of blossoming flowers, the trine is more about lying back and gorging on their sweet, ripe fruit. The problem then is the slide of the trine into complacency and decadence, then the bigger problem is natures cruel way of having to balance the books. So Ceres in trine aspect can be a little too much of a good thing. If  also aspected dynamically Sun trine Ceres bestows great artistic creativity and sometimes musical genius. When you experience a particularly hot and halcyon summer, a normal winter will seem devastating in it’s bitterness by comparison. More evolved souls with Sun trine Ceres somehow know that their good fortune or gifts need balancing, so they impose onto themselves a “bleak winter” every now and then. These subjects will not shy away from trying to understand and help those in poverty, pain or suffering. A more materialistic Sun trine Ceres will define himself by accumulating wealth and being rather ostentatious, that is until a Pluto transit comes along and strips them of everything. Another manifestation of this aspect could be over identification with the mother […]