This year has been interesting, and as it closes, I’d like to congratulate everyone for getting through it. Next year looks very promising, so hang in there. December looks to be a pretty quiet month, so take a deep breath, exhale, and enjoy the season, along with your friends and family. 12/3 Venus goes into […]
November 2018 Newsletter
November 2018 This is a busy month, with lots of astrological events occuring. Venus will still be retrograde for part of the month, with Mercury going retrograde the day after Venus goes Direct. This hasn’t been an easy year for most because of the retrogrades of personal planets. It’s not an overstatement to say, it’s […]
The Nature of Aspects
In Astrology, the term aspects refers to the relationship of one planet to another. Since the Zodiac is a 360 degree circle, aspects refer to the geometric angle one planet makes to another. These aspects have a numeric designation as well as an astrological term associated with the angle. Aspects from one planet to another […]
Venus Retrograde 2018
I’m the kind of astrologer who doesn’t think she knows it all. Consequently, I read the opinions of other astrologers, those I admire, and those I don’t know at all. They all have written about the upcoming Venus Retrograde in Scorpio. I’m not sure I disagree with them, but I don’t think that they have […]
What do Houses mean?
One of the most frequently asked questions in astrology is, what does a house mean. I could give you the complicated answer, but it’s really simpler if I explain it this way. Generally, a planet is the source of energy, a sign is how that energy will be expressed, and a house is where that […]
Retrogrades and the Personal Planets
Technically, there is no such thing as a retrograde. I mean, a planet never really comes to a complete stop and then goes backwards. We all know that. Actually, retrogrades are an interesting phenomenon. When seen from Earth, the planets appear to be moving backwards, but it’s an optical illusion due to the orbits of […]