Libra & Modern Decorum Libra is associated with good manners.  The other day, I randomly recalled being taught to never write a letter when I was in a bad mood.  My grandfather, who was an English professor and an all around good dude, taught … Read More…

Qualities Of People With A Strong Opposition In Their Chart Does an opposition dominate your chart?  My son was here for a visit; he’s got a strong opposition in his chart. It lies one the ascendant / descendant axis so it’s even more emphasized. My husband has a Taurus sun … Read More…

Shadow Behavior In Relationships: Spreading Pain Around vs Containing It I know people who never, ever, spread their pain around. Clearly, they have pain. All kinds of calamities fall on people like this and they never reach out and smear you with it. Somehow they manage to carry their burden … Read More…

When Things Aren’t Going Your Way Many if not most are facing opposition right now, pressured to do things that are very difficult for them. I’m talking about a naturally conforming person who now have to break out and innovate.  Or maybe a non-conformist is pressured … Read More…

The Façade Is Cracking: Mars In Libra Square Pluto In Capricorn I’ve been prattling on about the veil lifting and hey! It’s happened but now I feel another process underway. It’s tied to the Libra eclipse, taking place mid-month, but this event is already in motion. Libra represents veneer. The pleasant … Read More…

Solar Eclipse in Libra: October 14, 2023 – Discordant Event With Consequences The solar eclipse will take place, midday on October 14th at 21 degree Libra. It looks juiced up, if not flat out throbbing. You can expect to be made acutely uncomfortable. Also, rather than see this energy rise and peak … Read More…

Funny Writing From Back In The Day I promised some funny writing. Here it is!  But you need a fast back story first. Scott and I met when I was fifteen years. I was working in his mother’s bar. I’d lied about my age, obviously. His sister … Read More…

Weekly Forecast: October 2-6, 2023 – Mercury Changes Sign With August and September’s Mercury retrograde, Mercury has spent AGES in Virgo. That’s been a good thing, a stabilizing influence alongside so many other simultaneous retrogrades (Jupiter, Uranus, Chiron, Saturn, Neptune, Pluto). Even Venus shared some retro time with Virgo … Read More…

More On Unusual Experience & Authority I am just off the phone after a long conversation with, Scott, who I have written about over the years.  We met when I was fifteen, he was nineteen. We dated on and off for seventeen years. We have continued … Read More…

Gaining Authority Via Experience Far Outside The Norm I covered this topic in 2014. I’ve learned a lot since then. I now understand how my unusual life experience has set me up as an authority on a number of fronts.  I’m not sure I’d have caught on, had … Read More…

Weekend Love Forecast – Powerful Beyond Our Current Understanding Friday night, the post-full Aries Moon moves into conjunction with retro Chiron. Culmination leads to learning. Simple, straightforward, true… painful. Good pain, but sometimes truth hurts. Events where we really feel the outcome? The gains stick with us. They have … Read More…

Pluto Direct In Capricorn: Turning Point In Your Relationship Pluto will turn direct in the evening on October 10th at twenty-seven degrees.  Mars in Libra will be tightly square Pluto so I expect this to be pointed in some way. It could easily mark a change in a relationship. … Read More…

Mars in Libra Square Pluto: Potential Upside Mars is in detriment in Libra.  Mars Pluto aspects have a bad reputation but I’m not sure it’s entirely deserved. I say this because energy is neutral until it’s directed. Focused (Pluto) effort (Mars) is good thing! Mars is currently … Read More…

Observation: Who’s Moving? Who’s Stuck? A lot of people are struggling with Saturn in Pisces, especially since it went retrograde.  Gemini and Virgo seem to be moving well since Mercury turned direct. Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces are all thwarted to some degree, with … Read More…

The Sycophant – Part Seven – Tortilla! Catch up here – Part one – Introducing The Players Several years passed. I was twenty-six and I’d left the city. I was in a grocery store in my new little town of 30,000 doing my Frito gig. I was … Read More…

Full Moon: Tense Today: Pressure Building – Widespread I woke up this morning; I could immediately feel the tension.  Granted, the current planets hit my chart pretty well, but I this the effect here is widespread. Matter of fact, with the moon conjunct Neptune and boundaries failing aka … Read More…

Solar Return Of My Wedding aka Anniversary Chart This is the solar return chart of my wedding, which will take place next month. You can click the chart to enlarge it. If this chart belonged to a random couple, I would probably wince.  But it’s my husband and … Read More…

The Sycophant – Part Six – “Hey Hey Bo Diddley, STOP!” This is a true story. Catch up here – Part one – Introducing The Players Lover Boy left to go to Mary Ann’s house. I didn’t go because I had no connection to Mary Ann. I thought it would be … Read More…

The Sycophant – Part Five: Mary Ann Catch up here – Part one – Introducing The Players Cruella took my boyfriend out in fine style. I couldn’t complain because I was invited, remember? Lover Boy and I were on the thinnest of thin ice. “She’s really sorry … Read More…

The Sycophant – Part Four: Things Progress and the Plot Thickens Catch up here – Part one – Introducing The Players I dropped it but he didn’t. The next time we saw Cruella she addressed the situation. It seemed she and Lover Boy had a conversation. “Lover Boy and I are … Read More…