Dec

28

Venus in Scorpio: Queen of the Scorpions

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“I’ve intimidated men my entire life and it has nothing to do with fame.” -Anne Hathaway (Venus in Scorpio)

“It’s not that I’ve had a lot of lovers, it’s that I never hide them. It’s a different thing. I have not one day of regret.” – Carla Bruni Sarkozy (Venus in Scorpio)

If you were born when Venus was in the constellation of Scorpio, the Scorpion…

Never, ever judge a Venus in Scorpio on looks alone! The inner life of a Venus in Scorpio born is complex. Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl once said, What is to give light must endure burning which sums up this Venus sign’s intense need for both passionate involvement in her relationships and creative life, along with the necessity of periodic reinvention. Stasis and security are anathema for Venus in Scorpio because she must burn to feel alive…burning off old self-concepts, false messages about her beauty, deservedness and self-worth. Read more

Dec

20

Gemini Full Moon Lunar Eclipse: Turning Inward for Answers

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The Sagittarius/Gemini eclipse season is upon us, and just in time for the holidays. With retrograde Mercury hobbling along, squared by Uranus and Jupiter in Pisces, about whatever we can say ‘let it be’…we’d do well to let it be. Last minute changes, unpredictable weather, unexpected news, or crises, the challenge is to not get so distracted by busy-ness and temporary fallout that we miss the magic and wonder of the lunar eclipse and this solstice, this darkest night of the year. The winter solstice inspires our human need to go inward, if we so allow. Read more

Dec

10

Ten Tips For Surviving A Pluto Transit

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Julia Stiles in Persephone

My mighty Pluto-Mars-Sun T-square of the past several years nearly over (Pluto is now within orb of crossing my nodal axis), I still have questions. The main ones, Huh? What just happened? Did I miss something? Shouldn’t I have something to show for this? And, What have I learned here? You’d think that with the help of astrology, I’d be clearer, but as I’ve learned, trying to meaningfully interpret one’s own Pluto transit is like reading hieroglyphics -before the Rosetta Stone. We are most often, with Pluto, in the dark.

Today Mercury turns retrograde (thru 12/30) at 6 degrees of Capricorn, joining Pluto, giving us cause for pause and investigative reflection. Read more