Buried Alive in the Blues: the 12th-House of Janis Joplin The 12th-house Sun in Capricorn can be troublesome when the rising sign is Aquarius. It is a special problem in the charts of women. And it was unusually worrisome for Janis Joplin. Let me point out that the Aquarius ascendant is rare in populations north…
DetailsThere is no such thing as a critical degree. You hear about this all the time. “My Sun is in critical degrees,” or “My Venus is in anaretic degrees.” That’s another thing. You always hear about these mysterious critical degrees as being “anaretic degrees.” What people mean when they make this reference is: the final…
DetailsBecause it is the house which succeeds the Ascendant. Planets in the 2nd are trying to move deeper into their sign, and eventually into the next sign, and the next. They desire progress in the direction of the red arrows in the attached chart (which belongs to celebrity golfer Tiger Woods). But the rotation of…
DetailsUsually the 11th is a house that doesn’t get much attention. It’s just sort of there, and it’s nice, and we know enough to like it. It’s the house of hopes and dreams, and we all understand that hopes and dreams are nice things to have, and are even nicer things to have when they…
DetailsOne feature of the Moon that is rarely discussed is her ability to give us information about the history of our soul. Usually the lunar effect is described in terms of habits and reflexive reactions. But these habits are really soul habits. We become attached to both our virtues and our shortcomings from simple repetition,…
DetailsIn honor of Saturn recently turning direct I would like to discuss two of my favorite Saturnesque topics—meditation and skin. The immovability of Saturn, its stillness, makes it a match for meditation practice. You can make the case that one can meditate while doing anything, that life itself is a species of meditation, and I…
DetailsThank you for visiting. I have carefully chosen the hour and minute for this site to be born, and that time is now. This blog will serve as a catch-all for my observations, notes, and opinions on the art of modern horoscopy and occultism, and at times it will function as a personal journal, as…
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