The Mother’s Story: Ceres/Demeter We often forget as women of a modern era that in the ancient world that as many 1 in a hundred women died from childbirth and as many as 30 infants died for 100 births. This … Continue reading →
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The Astrology of Venus in Scorpio: Persephone and Pieces of Rose, Part 1
(Astrology Explored) Venus in Her Courses Shortly Venus in the heavens to retraces her steps in retrograde motion. In the divine dance of our heavenly sister around the Sun inside our own orbit around it, she appears to move, stop, … Continue reading →
Synastry Studies: Chiron, an Overview
This is part one of an occasional series on Chiron in Synastry. I’ve already addressed Chiron/Venus here, and will be going through inter-aspects of Chiron with all of the relationship planets, the lights, and some interesting sensitive points. This is a little overview of Chiron’s function in a chart in terms of partnership. I’ve had […]
30 September 2010: Recognizing the Seeds
We move in the wake of our power issues (see previous post for the 29th) all the way through 7-ish PM Pacific, when the Cancer Moon conjuncts the South Node, joining the Nodes in forming a Grand Cross with the Sun/ Earth … Continue reading →
23 September 2010 Full Moon: Glimpsing Intentions of the Soul
The women were like beings made of moon milk, and their skin shimmered with little silver dots like those of the salmon in springtime, and the women’s feet and hands were long and graceful. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Phd, WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE …
The Astrology of Disasters: “A Hellish Night”—The San Bruno Fire
(Astrology Explored) In what TV Anchor Robin Meade called a hellish night America wakes to news of a terrible gas explosion and horrific fire that at this moment has destroyed 53 homes, damaged about 120, and claimed 28 casualties and … Continue reading →
6 September 2010: The Saturn Butterfly Effect
We all know about the ‘Butterfly Effect’ theory, right? How could we not, after its repeated mention in popular culture; with everything interconnected at a quantum level, the flap of a butterfly’s wings in South America ripples and m…
Venus/Pluto Aspects
Transformational love. Intense artistic presence. Undermining love. Suffocating love. Depraved love. Controlling love. Attracted to controlling people. Attempting to control the people you love. Intense relationships. Intense artistic involvements. Transformation through artistic expression. Transformation through relationships. Buried treasure. Gold diggers. Hidden jewels. The depth of attraction. An intensely attractive person. Attracting situations that have the[Continue…]
Synastry Studies: The Fixed Cross and the Urge to Merge (Part Two)
Please read Part One of this piece here. The one thing that is guaranteed to surprise students is when you tell them that there is more than one Venus/Mars polarity in the chart. Sometimes I tell them what it is, and sometimes I’m Virgo-cruel enough to ask them to go find it. After they sweat […]
I Survived the August 2010 Cardinal (Anti-)Climax and all I got was this stupid t-shirt
When the Moon entered Cancer and Venus entered Libra on Friday, the astrological world held its collective breath. These two fast-moving celestial bodies were, we felt, the catalysts that would galvanize the slow-building and long-anticipated cardina…