𝖉𝖔𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖊𝖕𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖊𝖘

✩ an enigma ✩

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✦ Worshiped by the stars ~ the tragedy of fame ✦

The axes of fame – angular power in celebrity charts 🔥

*tw this post contains mentions of death, drug use, violence, and suicide.

I think those of us who could only wonder what the experience of being famous is like have a natural curiosity about those who have lived their lives in the spotlight.

They become almost mythic-like figures in the public sphere ~ untouchable, adored, and placed on pedestals of worship. The elevation and infatuation of celebrities feels like a 12H/Neptune sphere to me ~ being known (but never truly), mystery, obsession, confusion, projection, beauty and art. And this is only amplified when celebrities meet tragic or mysterious fates ~ like people still talking about how Princess Diana died almost 30 years on.

But recently I got curious thinking about celebrities who have died young, or under circumstances where their cause of death is hazy.

I analysed 21 celebrity charts to discuss the interplay of fame and power, beauty, obsession, and mystery.

Firstly, let’s talk about the celebrities I chose (here is a list):

☆ Amy Winehouse – died at 27 from accidental alcohol poisoning

☆ Marilyn Monroe – died at 36 from barbiturate overdoes

☆ Sinead O’Connor – died at 56 from COPD (though there was initial mystery surrounding her death, so I still included it)

☆ Princess Diana – died at 36 in a car accident

☆ Kurt Cobain – died at 27 by suicide (this is still highly debated)

☆ Aaliyah – died at 22 in a plane crash

☆ River Phoenix – died at 23 from an accidental drug overdoes

☆ Vincent Van Gogh – died at 37 from suicide

☆ Karen Carpenter – died at 32 from heart failure caused by anorexia

☆ Christina Grimmie – died at 22 by murder

☆ Sid Vicious – died at 21 from a heroine overdose

☆ Lil Peep – died at 21 from accidental drug overdose

☆ Tupac – died at 24 by murder (legally pending as solved)

☆ Jimi Hendrix – died at 27 from asphyxia after choking while intoxicated on barbiturates

☆  Elliot Smith – died at 34 (this one’s still a mystery)

☆ Lisa Lopes – died at 30 in a car accident

☆ Elvis Presley – died at 42 due to cardiac arrest (thought to be attributed to drug abuse)

☆ Edgar Allen Poe – died at 40 (multiple conspiracies surrounding death)

☆ Jim Morrison – died at 27 (found in bath unresponsive – lots of speculation)

☆ Nicole Brown Simpson – died at 35 by murder (unsolved)

☆ Michael Jackson – died at 50 of intoxication

Every celebrity on this list has been highly worshiped or empathised with, or had mass public interest in their death ~ they have also had speculation and conspiracies surrounding their deaths.

When I pulled their charts, I noticed in 19 of the 21 charts the angular axes fell along Leo/Aquarius (fixed) or Gemini/Sagittarius (mutable) as either the Ascendant/Descendant or Midheaven/IC.

In astrology, the angular houses are the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th. These are the most activated and powerful houses of the birth chart. They are also cardinal houses or houses of initiation. 

*I have also seen people debate whether stating they are the most “visible” houses is correct as the 4th is more private, but I would still say the angle marks visibility to the 10th by acting as the foundation or support for public perception.

☆    1st house cusp = ascendant – the self-image

☆    7th house cusp = descendant – how the native relates to others

☆    10th house cusp = midheaven – the public image

☆    4th house cusp = IC – the natives’ inner aspects of the self

Basically, there are relational differences across ac/dc, and public/private differences across MC/IC.

☆ If we take Marilyn Monroe as the perfect example of a Leo ac/Aqua dc, she captivated the world. She was charming, regal, and charismatic. She was a performer, a symbol of glamour and femininity. Here Leo is not just concerned with getting attention, they want to be remembered and honoured. She was also polarising and had many notable struggles with interpersonal relationships. This is seen with her Aqua dc; her private and public life became widely consumable media for the collective.

☆ Princess Diana had a Sagittarius ac/Gemini dc. I think this is why she was the “people’s princess” ~ she had a great humanitarian aspect about her and is known for being attentive and compassionate. On the other hand, her life was extremely curated and stories about her circulated constantly (rumours and gossip etc, even conspiracies surrounding her death). She was also intensely harassed by the paparazzi (a mercurial field).

☆ Kurt Cobain had a Gemini MC/Sag IC. He was known for his voice and song writing, but also multifaceted nature (Gemini as the twins or two faces). He was extremely anti-establishment, and the nature of his Sag IC suggests this ~ restless and seeking truth or meaning in his private life.

☆ Edgar Allan Poe was a Leo MC/Aqua IC. I mean, do we have a bigger icon?? In classic Leo fashion he shaped an entire genre of storytelling. He is a symbol of gothic horror. He also had intense struggles with personal relationships, detachment and instability (aqua IC).

Using these examples, we see themes emerge between how these celebrities are seen and perceived:

·       between Leo/Aqua - mass public consumption and a polarisation between adoration/projection and interest/critique.  

·       between Gemini/Sag - narrative construction and a polarisation between truth-seeking/scrutiny and meaning/belief.

But I didn’t stop here ~ I also looked at planets in the angular houses and themes arising between charts.

Firstly, I found between the 21 charts, the 10H was the dominant angular house having the most planets here. These planets were predominately the Sun, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn.

·       Sun in the 10th house are ambitious and power-driven. They can be very successful and well-known. They can be perceived as naturally confident thus their identity is also very open to scrutiny.

·       Mercury in the 10th can be perceived as very adaptable and have the ability to change their career often or wear many faces, making them good at networking. They can also come across as deceptive or selfish.

·       Mars in the 10th house are perceived as driven and energetic, and though they may have confidence and surety in themselves, this placement leaves them open to scrutiny for being perceived as demanding. They can also encounter a lot of conflict (especially with authority or others).  

·       Saturn in the 10th house are perceived as independent and successful. They may have worked hard over a long time to gain their reputation. This placement can lead to burn out and feelings of extreme pressure if others assume they can handle more than they really can.

I also found out of the 19 charts with either a Gemini/Sag or Leo/Aqua axis, 18 had the planetary ruler of at least one of their angular points in an angular house ~

Basically, there is strong activation of the angular energies and themes I stated above playing out in these celebrities’ charts. These all correlate with their personal expressions, public and private events, perception, performance and popularity, and their careers. The expression of these planets are forced into visibility.

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Out of the 19 charts, 12 had their Moon aspected by Pluto or Neptune (I only counted conjunctions, oppositions, or squares).

I wanted to analyse the Moon as a source of fame, popularity and the emotional reactions ones Moon placement can bring about in others. In this context Neptune is related to the arts ~ but also mystery, projection, and illusion. Pluto is related to power, obsession, and profound crises.

·       Amy Winehouse had her Sagittarius Moon conjunct Neptune in the 7th house. Amy related to others because of her emotional depth. Her art was heartbreaking and she had a transcendent voice. But she had her personal struggles amplified by the voice of others often and she was exploited. A lot of people also projected their own ideals of her onto her.

·       River Phoenix had his 7th house Taurus Moon opposite a 1st house Scorpio Neptune. He was very intensely charismatic and attracted people to him emotionally through his mysterious and sensitive demeanour. He was also a talented artist. Unfortunately, like Amy, he was very idealised.

·       Karen Carpenter had Moon conjunct Pluto in the 3rd house. She was (and still is) very known for her powerful emotional expression through her music and voice (personally, I feel she has one of the most recognisable and beautiful voices ever). What is interesting about her is she was perceived as very soft spoken but had incredibly intense drive and was a perfectionist (masking her struggle with anorexia).

On a final note, 8 out of the 21 charts analysed overall had Moon in the 7th house (an angular house).

I thought this was an interesting point as 7th house Moons can be polarising because they can either be extremely popular with other people, or very unpopular. Projection from others is high with this Moon placement. And though the risk of scandal is higher for Moon in the 10th, I would still consider it a factor in the 7th due to this house’s relational nature.

Across the 21 celebrity charts I analysed, patterns emerged linking fame, obsession, mystery, idealisation and public perception.

The angular axes across Sag/Gemini and Aqua/Leo point to the tension between private and public life, the self and others, and how celebrities are perceived through the signs and their planetary rulers.

Moon house placement and aspects play a part too ~ I have always thought of the Moon as a source of popularity and fame through idealisation and projection of others ~ adorning them with lasting speculation and obsession long after their deaths. 

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𓁿 The Eye of Aquarius 𓁿

Saturn and Uranus...co-rulers?

During the years of my own astrological observations, I often encounter confusion in the way people interpret the expression of Aquarius energy ~ its function, purpose, and disposition. This is mainly due to its planetary rulers, Uranus (modern) and Saturn (traditional).

Expressions of these planets are at opposite ends of the spectrum ~

☆ Uranus energy is usually expressed as being innovative, disruptive, concerned with shock value, quirky and unusual, individualistic, and eccentric.

☆ Saturn energy is usually expressed as stoic, conservative, disciplined, binding, bridging, and authoritarian.

We can think of Saturn as the foundation of a building. It is built upon slowly over time, using high quality, tried and tested materials and methods. Uranus acts as the freak weather event that hits the building directly, creating chaos and disrupting plans. Exposing a bare foundation that may have already been unsound to begin with.

Uranus doesn't care whether you have a back up plan or insurance, but Saturn would have sorted all of that before building began. And whether or not Aquarius natives are disturbed or excited that everything changed in the blink of an eye...well, that depends on their ability to find cohesion internally.

~ they are on the same axis as Leo, and just as prone to theatrics. Yet while Leo worries about themselves on performance day, Aquarius is concerned with the audience.

When attributing both Uranus and Saturn to Aquarius, knowledge transmission and consolidation converge.

Stereotypically, Aquarius are seen as know it alls ~ people picture the mad scientist scrambling in some sterile scientific lab concocting the revolution. Or they are the rebels ~ outcasted from society, existing in alienation. Yet Saturn is missing from this interpretation.

If Aquarius as a fixed air sign are the innovative intellectuals concerned with collective knowledge transmission, working against the grain (Uranus), they must also be systems driven ~ concerned with coherent integration, preservation, and sustainability (Saturn).

Here, Saturn is concerned with inheritance ~ where does knowledge come from? Who knows things? The power here is critique and discernment.

Uranus then asks ~ who benefits from what we know?

Aquarius locates knowledge across space and time, creating fundamental change institutionally and systemically.

Through this integration, Aquarius becomes revolutionary.

But Saturn does not stop here ~ if knowledge is power, and legitimised through systems and institutions, then who has the authority to preserve it? What knowledge systems reign supreme and which ones are ignored entirely?

Aquarius natives learn through Saturn that knowledge is never neutral, it is gatekept, it is inherited, and it is structured. Uranus then asks why these limitations are imposed? Why are some systems of knowledge completely disregarded? And how does this privilege certain groups and disadvantage others?

Aquarius then go beyond knowledge transmission and consolidation ~ they must reimagine and reorganize knowledge to challenge entrenched beliefs, constructs, ideas and concepts. To challenge authority from the inside out. In doing this they expand collective understanding, and leave behind legacies for future generations.

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♀ The eye of a Taurus Venus ♀

✶⋆.˚ The simple beauty in existence ✶⋆.˚

Artists, have you ever been in the middle of creating art and thought to yourself ~ 𝘸𝘰𝘸 I really am a *insert relevant placement*??

As a Pisces stelli it is difficult not to look at anything I create and see the piscean dream haze casted over my work, but what I have noticed more particularly in my own photography is the influence of my Taurus Venus.

The sensual, earthy richness, the slight aroma of patchouli and lavender oil that radiates off the skin of a Taurus Venus. In Taurus, Venus is floating on a silky smooth river of lilac and endless gold horizons. She holds a diamond to her heart (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺), while she basks in the most luxurious of existences ~ 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Here, Venus lends the eye of beauty to the one who holds her. In Taurus's hands, the senses slow, the fingers clasp comfort, and the tongue penetrates deep into the sweet intoxication of indulgence.

When a Taurus Venus creates, the senses are engaged. The slow and intentional act of creation reveals itself and is reflected in the prioritization of natural beauty. To a Taurus Venus, that which is naturally existing can be made beautiful ~ 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦.

Take these photographs I took:

In both we see the effortless poise and beauty of the body. Through a Taurus Venus lens, sensuality is at the forefront ~ the body becomes the place of soft indulgence and rest. There is beauty in this existence, the point is simply to be a witness, to use this gaze as extraction of what already exists.

Taurus Venus have an innate knack for invoking in their viewers the ability to experience sensory immersion. The sun warming the skin, the feeling of grass blades tickling shoulders, water caressing hands, the weight of wet fabric gliding across legs. The viewer should feel 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 than they see ~ this is the power of a Taurus Venus artist.

Taurus Venus have the power to seduce the willing into experiencing existence embodied.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.

[doublepiscesss]

☾ The 12H Moon ☾

‧₊˚ ☾. ⋅ Oh, but I want to feel known ‧₊˚ ☾. ⋅

If you have a 12H moon you may be familiar with the undeniable need to be 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯. As if existence acts as a mirror to stare into oneself and be the reflective haze to the masses. Here, you find everything, everywhere, staring back at you. Sometimes in confusion, other times in ways that demand you redefine yourself through their lens, and often in ways that feel all encompassing and disillusioned.

So, what is it about a 12H moon native that seems to conjure mysticism from thin air??? 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥??

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If we consider the theme of isolation associated to the 12H, we could think of the moon here as 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦. At times it feels like a tidal wave, yet it never breaks on a shore. Instead, this overwhelming fluidity remains suspended ~ a cresting head threatening to crash at a moments notice. A 12H moon is sopping wet (*𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺*), and flailing for air more often than not. To others they appear with rounded edges and this human form, to the 12H moon native they are, in fact, an endless stream of consciousness floating between constructed realities. Mysticism isn't something they have conjured, it is permeated. There is no mystical being to capture, thus none up for tangible explanation (𝘺𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧!!:))

A 12H moon can't hide or isolate themselves from others when they are literally felt in the atmosphere. When a 12H moon native begins to feel that their existence is misconstrued, it becomes the job of everyone else around them to fill in the blanks. Perhaps a 12H moon native is rude, distant, a loner in their briefness. Perhaps they are confusing, and their words never seem to line up with their body language or vague and blank expression. Or sometimes they are seen as the ones with the heart big enough to shoulder the heaviness of caring and giving without reciprocation. Ever heard of being a friend to everyone but never having anyone to call a friend? (𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘺 12𝘏 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ~ 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 (*𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨) 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶).

12H moons are perceptive, they are aware of their moon placements disposition as the paradox ~ 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. They can expect to be understood in hazy fragments and made-up boxes constructed by those who seek understanding to exist in surety. A 12H moon must see themselves in this way ~ 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴.

[doublepiscesss]

☯ PISCES/12H ENERGY ☯

Pisces as the most misunderstood sign in the zodiac 𓁼

After posting on other insufferable social media platforms for years, this is my first ever post here on Tumblr ~ I make observations and intuitive interpretations. Enjoy ♡

I have never read anything discussing Pisces/12H energy that actually resonates with me fully, or that doesn't just aim to reduce Pisces to being delusional and lacking awareness. As someone that has a 12H Pisces stellium with my Mercury, Moon, Mars, Saturn and Sun, I feel like Pisces is the most misunderstood sign in the entire zodiac — and this is for good reason.

Pisces is the 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 point, it sits on the threshold, end and beginning, Pisces to Aries.

This is different in the way where we see themes of transformation, death and rebirth associated to the 8H or Scorpio/Pluto. Dissolution is imminent in the 12H, it's actually a constant—"death" may be seen here as liberation from the constraints of the self and the world. Everything else falls away, all that remains is the energy of experience.

This is where people get their view on Pisces as martyrs, or view this energy as inconsistent in logic or thought. But what really happens is 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, the transmutation of the self from the cycle. Because the journey of oneself ends here, it's not martyrdom in an escapist sense, it's freedom from the material world, and this is misinterpreted as an attempt to escape "realism." Pisces energy doesn't need to be 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 to know, to experience, to be whole.

Johfra talks about Pisces as the mystic that sinks into the 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦, referring to the modern rulership of Neptune over Pisces as God of the sea. Similar to Davison who said 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. Life came from the ocean, literally originating from the depths, and it is here that consciousness and energy return as whole, integrated, and experienced. Ready to begin another cycle in an elevated state of being.

There is also the association of Jupiter as Pisces traditional ruler, sharing rulership with Sagittarius. Here, a higher sense of purpose is instilled, vision becomes expansive, and Pisces vision of the world becomes one moved through with a 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 ~ an understanding that there are forces behind the mundane.

The glyph of Pisces ♓️, the two fishes, the yin and yang, all covey the apparent contradiction in their experience. This is where you get the 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩-𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 assumption and contradiction. The band in their glyph acts as a bridge. Just as the fishes are tied, Pisces is the missing link. They are there to hold or disolve contradiction because they see things others miss. Logic is useless here, the language becomes spiritual, emotional, intuitive and full of symbolism.

In this way, Pisces are seen as "unrealistic," or to have ideals and visions of themselves and the word that do not make sense. But this is precisely the point. Piscean energy is intangible, and lacks substance in the way of explanation.

The 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 of Piscean existence doesn't ask for proof, or for one to show how they know something ~ there is no need for explanation in a technical sense. It is conveyed simultaneously as a return and emergence to oneself and the world.

Knowledge flows like a tide, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.

[bardopluto]

Me: “Purva Bhadrapada is actually prob the scariest nakshatra imo” staring right at my gf as her smile turns sinister staring back at me saying “that turns me on”

For context she has 3 PB personal planets lmao

[doublepiscesss]

Not my double chitra partner exposing me rn

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It may be my Martian ass but seeing how this Scorpio full moon has people on some negative shit I just wanna say I simply can't relate. I don't overly resonate with softness and under this full moon the most real thing you can do is be rageful.

Martian energy is so misunderstood because people do not know what to do with anger. It makes people uncomfortable, it is pathologised and internalised as shame. It is filtered through whatever lens the audience brings to it and most of the time anger in women is illegitimate.

But it really is so easy to suppress the rawness of rage when it means you bypass the responsibility of keeping people accountable and in check when they've fucked with you in some way. Because are you really "healing" when you're avoiding confronting someone for being on some shit?

Your voice is amplified under this Martian full moon. Mercury and Chiron are conjunct in Aries too.

People will and have talked endlessly about release and transformation but it is empty and devoid if you're unwilling to engage with your anger. Anger is a source of energy and it is essential for boundary setting.

If you refuse to engage with your inner rage you are avoiding a powerful part of change, a powerful and essential part of yourself. And if this full moon is intended to reveal what has been suppressed, ask YOURSELF what you are refusing to feel because it would require more of you than passivity and reduction.

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The Princess Bride as astrology placements 👑

One of my favourite movies ever so you know I had to make some memes

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Mars dominant women

~ the violence of clarity

Mars dominant women always get the most pushback and scrutiny because they act in direct opposition to avoidance. They prioritise authenticity and action over insecurity and passivity.

When Jupiter or Neptune dominant women are heavily projected on and face scrutiny on a mass scale, it's because people genuinely have no idea who tf they are. They can't "read" them or figure them out so they have to theorise, and it's usually ridiculous and blown out of proportion to reality. These women are not easily located energetically and people do not like this.

But the difference with Mars dominant women is they know exactly who tf they are and they own it. They have no interest in being palatable.They don't care if they're brash. A lot of the time they'll utilise the extreme reactions they get from others as an opportunity to expose how avoidant people can be.

They get a lot of shit bc people see them as reactive and dedicated to burn-out with the hills they stand on, but their commitment to cutting through bs is necessary for people who rely on confusion and are dedicated to misunderstanding.

Like reducing mars dom women to just being sexually provocative, or sexualising dominance in women is so weird to me when this isn't done to mars dominant men ‼️ Even if they are sexually expressive it's more of an ownership thing than a performative thing.

*Don't even get me started on how much of a double standard it is that mars dom women get called provocative when they're just direct and autonomous 💀

Conflict is necessary when bs is afoot and you're not gonna dodge it when a Martian woman is around.

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When people say my astrology roasts are harsh I assume they've never read anything about their Vedic placements 💀

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Placements/aspects for women that do not gaf 💥

Since placements/aspects that make you so sexy and hot and irresistible have always been trending content, here's some placements for women that indicate you do not give a fuck

💥 Aries ac/sun/mars ~ who needs anyone to find you appealing when you're always on a mission to do everything yourself. The epitome of self sufficieny. Literally do not gaf about how you are perceived. Action over approval. Anyone that gets in your way can catch hands, no one is safe or excluded ‼️

💥 Capricorn mars ~ "mom, I am a rich man." Not out here worried about being liked when you're respected and PAID for it. You're busy building a life people wish they had access to.

💥 Aquarius ac/sun/mars ~ you actually give the least amount of fucks out of everyone (except maybe scorpio). You prefer when people don't get you or find you desirable in some cliche way because you know you're not basic.

💥 Scorpio mars ~ okay, also a placement with the least amount of fucks to give. You don't have to be loud about anything because you already know...you already know ‼️ you are not about to argue with anyone for a place in their life.

💥 Saturn dominant/Saturn on the luminaries ~ you have always known that being liked and desired doesn't mean shit, and a lot of the time it's not gonna give you what you want anyway. People think you're harsh because you have standards.

💥 Venus aspecting Uranus ~ this placement does not gaf when it comes to style and personal presentation. They also don't care about traditional values and norms when it comes to relationships and love. Would rather ostracize themselves socially than become a carbon copy of everyone else.

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How mercury through the signs wants to be understood ☿️

☆ Aries ~ they need your full and complete attention immediately which can frustrate others but it's just because they think so fast and need to get it out before they forget. They can be hot tempered and fiery tongued, but they think they're just being passionate and straight up. They are assertive but a lot of the time don't mean for it to come across so domineering. They are not trying to be malicious.

☆ Taurus ~ can be very slow to respond to others and this doesn't work well with a mercury placement who needs fast paced conversation or immediate answers to questions. Known as a struggle merc, they can come across blunt and speak very straightforward and plainly. They are methodical and observational, making them intentional with their responses. They require time and space often to think.

☆ Gemini ~ can be very chatty and switch between multiple topics of conversation easily. They can be interpreted as contradictory which sometimes gives them a reputation as liars. They need stimulating, engaging conversations and someone with the ability to banter. Be interesting to them and you'll gather their attention.

☆ Cancer ~ they are intuitive communicators so really how they interpret the vibe will dictate how they go about conversing with someone. They can be reserved and receptive, preferring to listen more than speak. Or they can express themselves very openly with people they feel are giving just as much as they are to the conversation. Sometimes it's best to give them space to write you something rather than make them talk.

☆ Leo ~ they are so theatrical and expressive when the speak. So much passion in their words and mannerisms, they really are very engaging speakers. Because they are quite self assured and speak with confidence people can think they're egotistical or selfish. They just want to be celebrated for their rawness and ability to be so much of themselves.

☆ Virgo ~ great at picking up the nuance of everything. They are thoughtful, critical, and internal observers who dive deep into their internal pondering more than they do in actual conversation. They can come across so critical that people find them abrasive, rude or closed minded. They just genuinely think they are helping because they know their methods of doing things are tried and true.

☆ Libra ~ Mercury is very relational here. They have an air about them that is hard for other people to put their finger on, and that's because Libra Mercury is great at knowing what other people want to hear. They are light hearted, curious, charming and sometimes flirty. People can interpret them as having no backbone due to their malleable and harmonious nature, or as shady because they love to hear all sides. But this is where this Mercury thrives, being the diplomatic decision maker, and leaving their mind open to being changed.

☆ Scorpio ~ very instinctual and intuitive thinkers and communicators. Are very calculated and often just know things without any real explanation (though it's mostly their pattern recognition). They can be very sharp tongued in a way others find unnerving. Very private and won't give away too much while somehow getting others to tell them their deepest secrets. Intrigued by the mysteries of life. They can come across abrasive and cynical. They are naturally skeptical so discernment is key for them ~ they need to really trust you before letting you in.

☆ Sagittarius ~ the big thinkers, always seeing the brighter side of life. They are naturally very funny and never take anything too seriously. The one with a lot of questions but no practical answers. You can speak to them for hours and feel like you've gotten nowhere. For this reason others can find them confusing to follow or very illogical. They thrive around those who can engage in philosophical conversations with no need for solid answers.

☆ Capricorn ~ methodical, practical, and reserved, Mercury here has clear goals and intentions when engaging with others. Even their thought processes are maximized and efficient. They are either 100% sure of what they are saying, or they are 100% not, and in the case of the latter, they won't say anything at all. They have a peculiar type of humor but are very sarcastic. They can come across as scrutinizing or positioning themselves as an authority. They really just need people open to challenging themselves in order to move forward and grow.

☆ Aquarius ~ brief and intellectual, they are the observers with a dissecting mind. Always receiving information from the environment around them, they are very interested in the how, not so much the why. In this way people think they are shallow or surface level. They are just very open minded and innovative, so often not too focused on going deep when they can expand outward. They will follow their own convictions before others and are not interested in conformity.

☆ Pisces ~ symbolic, intuitive, receptive, and artistic. Mercury here loses logic and becomes more concerned with philosophical thinking and speech. They may simply know things without any obvious way of knowing. They tend to view the world in the softest light, making them naive and gullible. People can find them confusing, contradictory, and illogical. They need people to feel what they mean, and they need space to be vague and poetic.

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Lesbianism and Astrology?

I have tried SO hard to find any information on lesbianism within astrology and could not find anything discussing the topic beyond the whole “mutable dom = gay” trope that’s tired and overdone ~ pls, we don’t need more vague indicators of queerness in a birth chat, I feel like this content always misses the point!!!!

I’m not writing as some universal authority i am simply a person with an opinion. I don’t identify as a lesbian, but I am a queer woman with hands on experience. My experiences are subjective and specific (wait, y’all have had your heart ripped out by a dom femme too??? ;'((() but for the sake of this post, I will be using the term lesbian.

The main point of contention is how most astrology content is heteronormative by default.

I remember years ago someone looking at my chart and saying “your husband will be…” I thought, husband? Who said I want a husband?

And this isn’t isolated to personal experiences, I have seen “how to get him to like you back” content in the spiritual sphere as a dominant narrative forever. I don’t know how many posts I’ve read about Venus as how women receive love, Mars as how men pursue love (or sex), Jupiter as the husband in a woman’s chart, or the 7th house as husband/wife dynamics.

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I think some of this is to do with the oversimplification of feminine and masculine associations to planets since these are not meant to be interpreted as literal as they are through the gender binary. But the issue to me is that this inherently upholds the assumption and domination of heterosexuality.

If the man is the pursuer (Mars) and the woman is the receiver (Venus), what happens in the charts of lesbians? Are both people just receiving? Who does the initiating then????

I think we can see issues with oversimplifying energetic expressions regardless of sexual orientation ~ women can absolutely embody a Martian archetype, and men can embody a Venusian one. These are not inherently gendered functions; they are just consistently applied this way.

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If we look to the archetype of Pluto, what happens when the default script of male dominance is removed?

In women, what happens when we remove the inherently patriarchal archetype of the femme fatale for women who have no desire to seduce and consume lustful men?

In lesbian dynamics, Pluto does not just disappear, neither does Venus or Mars. The assumption of softness and mutual ease in lesbian relationships IS patriarchal because it relies on the stereotype of women as receivers, nurturers, and passive bystanders in sexual and romantic relationships.

If we remove the man from the equation, then what? How are the gender archetypes of the planets expressed?

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I pulled a bunch of charts for lesbian celebrities out of curiosity and without the aim of saying “this = lesbian” because I think that’s redundant. But I did notice Mars (a masculine coded planet) conjunct the angles was prominent throughout.

We can think of a planet in an angular house as being highly visibly expressed. So when Mars is angular, there is no passivity.

If we look to one of my queer awakenings, Queen Latifah, in her chart she has her Taurus Mars conjunct the AC.

-        where the planet is placed is important ~ in Taurus, Mars is in detriment and takes on a slower, steadier, and enduring disposition. But it is one that is embodied and tied to her identity.

-        She also has Mars and Venus in mutual reception, creating a harmonious relationship, easing internal conflict.

The binary assumption collapses here because planetary archetypes cannot be simplified to expressions of gender roles in relationships.

Her chart shows us (in a basic illustrative way) how planets interact as an integrated function within a person.

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I’m not saying that a lot of astrologers don’t already know that there is no explicit “Mars = man” and “Venus = woman,” just that in practice they are interpreted and applied through the gender binary and assumptions of heterosexuality.

The fact that lesbian dynamics disrupt interpretation exposes how the functions of planets are still being read as gendered roles.  

*pls read this with nuance

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9th House Horror

when belief goes unchallenged

* this is my second post for horror through the houses ~ you can find my post on Hereditary and the 8th house on my blog

* note – this is not a literal interpretation and much of what is depicted in Midsommar is not an accurate representation of cultural traditions.

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The 9th house is where we create meaning. It is the house of God, and where the Sun finds its joy in Hellenistic astrology.

We can think of it as the place we commune in worship ~ what gods are we in the process of creating? What experiences are we defining and making meaning through?

In this house we meaning-make through cultural expression, and we engage in spiritual, philosophical and religious teachings to make sense of our world.

We may seek teachers, prophets, or gurus, or we may find that we become the authority on divine interaction. How ever we come to conclusions about the world, we must do through others, broadening our horizons and engaging with foreign concepts, peoples, and cultures.

When I watched Midsommar for the second time over the weekend, I could not stop thinking about how perfect of a movie it is to explore the associations and archetypes of the 9th house through a horror lens ~ what happens when belief goes unchallenged? When it becomes dogmatic? when students are ignorant to the beliefs of other cultures?

Midsommar is a perfect symbolic rabbit hole to fall into when thinking through the lens of the 9th house.

The 9th house is also thought of as the house of symbols. When you think about it, everything acts as a symbol to be interpreted ~ language, the arts, astrology, are all symbolic. In Midsommar, symbols convey stories of one’s fate and destiny.

- In the first scene, the painting tells the entire story of what will happen to Dani. She is connected to her mother, father, and sister through cords with a skull and two black birds above. This depicts death, transformation, and resilience, foreshadowing her journey through the Hårga’s symbolic interpretation of the world

- Pelle functions as a scribe or “pied piper” archetype. He observes Dani and Christian, taking notes often, and embodies the 9th house theme of authority over shared knowledge.

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The 9th house also represents a progression from the 8th house. In the 8th house, magic and occult work are done in isolation. In the 9th house, this work is shared with other people. We see this with the opening scene:

- A woman is singing in Swedish in Hälsingland during winter and the scene cuts to Dani’s parents house in Winter where her family dies. While it’s never made explicit that the Hårga’s cult caused their deaths, the movie suggests that ritual, intention, and symbolic acts are forces that shape Dani’s destiny, drawing her to the cult.

This connects to the 3rd/9th house axis. The 3rd house is associated to the goddess where the Moon finds joy, therefore divination is associated to this house. Rituals and practices can be utilised to bring about or draw on beliefs founded in the 9th that influence larger groups of people. The Hårga’s cult uses symbolic rituals and acts to influence and transform outsiders according to their system of meaning the 9th house represents.

One of the most obvious ways Midsommar is symbolic as the 9th house is that the group of friends are students, and that they are outsiders invited to travel and immerse themselves in a foreign culture.

The three main friends are anthropology students, with Josh writing his thesis on the Hårga. The 9th house is the knowledge you obtain through relationships and foreign cultures, expanding your worldview through exposure. But in Midsommar this becomes distorted.

They do not position themselves as immersed in the Hårga culture, but as separate and above it. They are individually motivated and use deception to extract their culture, knowledge, and rituals, rather than genuinely immersing themselves.

Josh embodies this clearly when he attempts to take photos of the Rubi Radr despite being told he is not allowed to. The Rubi Radr itself is a symbol of forbidden knowledge, and Josh pays the price for defiance when he is found dead with the rune Mannaz reversed carved into his foot. Symbolising his narrow-mindedness, selfishness, and hastiness in his search for knowledge.

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Their descent into Hälsingland is foreshadowed by an upside-down drone shot, followed by their entrance through a sunburst into the village. This inversion symbolises a shift where they are spiritually entering a new place of existence.

Belief and meaning are unearthed and realised in the 9th, and brought into contact with one’s identity (the Sun).

The sunburst imagery foreshadows their atonement to the Sun and banishment of darkness. But here illumination and enlightenment are taken to the extreme, the light is relentless. The cult’s rituals become forced and inescapable.

When they enter the community, they meet Father Odd who references the Norse God Ymir.

Ymir is a hermaphroditic giant and first creature to come into existence. He is the personification of chaos and represents the raw material of the Earth that has not been structured.

The function of the 9th house serves to structure the divine through social interactions (e.g., organised religion). For the Hårga, this served as a tell for the way they structure their beliefs ~ grief and emotion is highly ritualised and collectively acted upon, death is a natural cycle and often an honour, and violence is necessary to their function.

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This structure is seen again in the repeating patterns of the number 9.

The great feast occurs every 90 years, it is a 9-day festival, there are 9 sacrifices.

Even the way they perceive the 72-year life cycle as predetermined and based on seasons contains cycles of the number 9

- 0-18 (9 x 2), 18-36 (9 x 4) and so on

This reflects Norse cosmology where Odin was hung upside down for 9 days and nights in Yggdrasil (the World Tree) to bring about knowledge to the world and reveal Futhark (runic alphabet).

9 may also be a reference to the 9 worlds in Norse mythology. This is seen during the Ättestupa ritual where the elderly cult members jump off the cliff in ritualistic death.

They wipe their blood on a tablet with 9 grids to make a spell. Each rune is associated to the 9 sacrifices but basically states that they must give appropriate gifts as payment to prevent loss of divine favour.

This is the 9th house at its core ~ what at first appears chaotic, barbaric, and depraved to the outsiders is structured, intentional, and meaningful to the Hårga.

In the descent toward Dani becoming the May Queen, those who were ignorant, offensive, and selfish in their pursuit for knowledge of the cult’s culture became sacrifices ~ they were absorbed into the culture.

They didn’t understand because they still believe they existed outside of the cult, and this is another layer of the 9th house ~ the authority leader/s have over groups of people, and the public image of communities organised around belief. The Hårga have absolute authority.

That leaves me with Dani, who is the ultimate archetype of how one defines belief and faith through their own worldviews and perceptions in the 9th.

Dani was deeply traumatised from the death of her family, she was isolated, and in an unhealthy relationship with Christian.

Pelle began to create a wedge in her relationship early on, steering her toward this idea of finding a home within the Hårga cult. He acts as a sort of orchestrator or gatekeeper of the cults knowledge by shaping their experiences. Dani follows Pelle’s lead often without even realising it.

Her trauma is transformed through the cult’s beliefs and views on death. Where suicide and homicide were treated as the ultimate taboo in her culture, to the Hårga, they are culturally significant and honourable acts to commit in the cycle of life and death.

When the ending scene mimics the smiling Sun in the painting at the beginning of the movie, we see her core identity become fused with the cults.

She has found where she belongs, and most importantly, decided on what she believes.

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♀ Venus transit through Taurus ~ devotional acts of self love ♀

The archetype of Venus is generally *love* but we can also think of Venus as where in the birth chart one finds joy and beauty, how one feels nurtured and how they nurture others, what they desire, and how this manifests through relationships and the environment as a receptive source.

Below are some ideas to work with Venus in her domicile ~ becoming the devotee and the devoted.

*look to the house with Taurus on the cusp (you can also check where Venus is and her condition in your birth chart).

♀ Taurus 1H ~ slowly and intentionally massage and moisturise your skin. Take an everything shower and lather yourself in scented soaps and oils. Light candles and soak in a bath with epsom salts to relax your muscles. Engage in any physical wellbeing practice that is heart opening and emotionally balancing like yoga, meditation, deep stretching, or walking in nature. Adorn yourself with gold and silver jewelery/clothing, and wear perfume with notes of mint, rose, cherry, orchid and bergamot.

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♀ Taurus 2H ~ buy yourself something small but aesthetically beautiful that you will use often. Go to an art gallery, a garden (preferably rose), an antique/collectibles store, or a museum. Clean and organise your space so it feels intentionally curated and cared for. Spend time using your belongings instead of keeping them as pretty things to look at.

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♀ Taurus 3H ~ write a reflexive journal for a week, let yourself witness your thoughts, do not judge them. Limit mindless scrolling and instead curate engagement through poetry, photography, or reading literature. Take a small trip somewhere, go to a local event, engage with those around you and form meaningful connections. Indulge practical stimulation of the senses through clay, textile arts, mosaics and ceramics.

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♀ Taurus 4H ~ intentionally cook one meal from scratch that enhances physical and emotional wellness. Light candles, burn incense, or use oil diffusers in your home. Create an atmosphere that makes you feel cozy ~ think warm, soft blankets, freshly cleaned sheets, ambient lighting, your favourite music playing. Tend to any plants or anything in your home environment that needs care. Open windows and doors and air your space.

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♀ Taurus 5H ~ play your favourite songs and dance freely, let the music move your body without judging yourself through it. Create!!! Paint or draw, let yourself feel like a child again, engage in raw self expression. Devote yourself to having fun and experiencing joy, however this looks. Get out and socialize, go to parties, flirt with a stranger or your partner, indulge in connection.

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♀ Taurus 6H ~ be intentional in your daily life and refine/rework habits and schedules. Slow down ~ let the taste of food linger in your mouth, sip slowly, let oil run over your skin, notice how clothing feels rubbing against you. Play with pets. Take off your shoes and place your feet on the Earth, feel the dirt or grass among your toes, breathe deep and exhale slowly.

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♀ Taurus 7H ~ let yourself feel cared for by getting a massage, hair treatment, somatic body work or anything that requires someone else give you the gift of relaxation and beauty. Refine your social circles, spend time with close friends doing something that makes you feel connected. Engage in physical touch with someone you trust ~ a hug, hand holding, or cuddling.

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♀ Taurus 8H ~ explore vulnerability and safety, you can map where in your body feels unsafe or do a journal reflection on your intimate experiences. Prompt deep self reflection through grounding work ~ use visualization techniques, try listening to binaural beats, light a candle and focus on the flame. Reflect on your boundaries and where you may be giving too much of yourself/identify gaps where you need support.

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♀ Taurus 9H ~ learn about something new and interesting to you (particularly through the arts) or that teaches you through the body rather than thought. Cook a meal from a culture different from your own. Take a different route when you leave your house, pay attention to the sensory environment ~ walking is best to engage the senses. Read or listen to something that inspires you in a comfy space. Watch the sunset/sunrise.

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♀ Taurus 10H ~ engage in fields of art such as interior design, fashion, or entertainment. Dress in fabrics that feel good to you when in public. If working, apply a scent to your body before work as a devotional act, keep an item at your workplace that brings you joy, get outside on breaks. Celebrate small personal victories. Before engaging in a project set the mood, like lighting a candle before crafting.

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♀ Taurus 11H ~ go to a community event, particularly if it involves the arts or food. Host a crafts night with friends where you make something for each other, eat and drink together. Attend something rich in sensory experience like a concert or a movie screening. Create a vision board and map all your dreams, hopes and wishes onto it.

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♀ Taurus 12H ~ cleanse yourself spiritually in water, let it run over your body and picture all negativity running off you and leaving your body. Lie down in a quiet space and close your eyes, feel each part of your body, place your hands on your belly and feel your breath. Listen to a guided meditation for your inner child. Disconnect from the outside world each day for a while. Engage in sound immersion ~ listen to sounds of nature like waves, rain, birds. Paint, colour, draw, do this completely unguided.

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Astrology beyond the binary

is it Mercury?

I just wanted to start this astrological deep dive by saying that gender is a social construct and much of what we consider as belonging to the gender binary come from constructed norms.

Going through these celebrity charts I wanted to see if certain patterns emerged but I didn’t want to lock gender non-conformity to one specific (or mix of) placements and aspects because I feel like that is literally what the gender binary does ~ I’m not tryna be rigid.

But through analysing 17 celebrity charts whose identity and expression are gender non-conforming (I tried to look at more but lots didn’t have their birth time :( I found interesting planetary patterns.

Here is a list of the celebrity charts I analysed:

☆ K.D Lang

☆Annie Lenox

☆Grace Jones

☆Boy George

☆David Bowie

☆Prince

☆Kristen Stewart

☆Lady Gaga

☆Marlene Dietrich

☆Willow Smith

☆Jonathan Van Ness

☆Kehlani

☆Ruby Rose

☆Syd Tha Kid

☆RuPaul

☆Troye Sivan

☆Miley Cyrus

Every celebrity on this list either self identifies within the queer spectrum or is widely considered androgynous or fluid in self-expression and identity.  

Before looking at what I found in their charts ~ a little background on the planet Mercury

Mercury archetypally is thought of as possessing an androgynous or undefined gender.

If we look to Gnosticism as an example, androgyny is thought of as the divine state of humanity, and that differences in sex were a problem of the material world we must transcend.

Now, I’m not trying to paint those outside the gender binary as mythic beings, my point here is that androgyny in relation to Mercury should not be misunderstood as a correction to integration. Here, integration is nuanced, receptive, and expressed in a grounded (and creative) way. This can firstly be explored by looking at Mercury’s glyph.

David describes the glyph of Mercury as “the combination of the crescent, the circle and the cross, showing receptivity resulting from the exaltation of spirit over matter.”

~ In other words, Mercury understands how insight into oneself guides how one acts in the material world, and this is done with receptivity.

If the crescent bestows intuitive awareness, and the circle is the soul and consciousness, the cross grounds both into practical development and expression.

If we look to Johfra, his depiction of Gemini includes androgyne represented as a double headed eagle (a heraldic symbol). This can be thought of as a visual metaphor for transcending binaries or the merging of multiple perspectives. He also depicts androgyne as the mythical dual being where masculine and feminine merge.

Mercury (Roman) is also known as Hermes in Greek mythology. I was thinking about the story of Hermes disguising himself as a shepherd and playing the flute to kill a giant, helping Zeus see Io. This story is perfect for how I think about the archetype of Mercury ~ having great perception, the ability to morph and adapt, and to perform and communicate in a creative way.

We can also consider that Mercury is unable to orbit further than 28 degrees from the Sun. We can think of Mercury as borrowing the Sun’s light and communicating it.

~ If the Sun acts as the core and conscious nature that vitalises our individual potential, Mercury can be thought of as translating this within the birth chart (depending on its disposition) and also outwardly.

As seen in my analysis below, Mercury plays a central role in these celebrities’ charts, and imo, signifies a disposition to present oneself beyond the gender binary.

In 8 of the 17 charts I analysed, Mercury was the chart ruler ~ meaning their ascendant was either Gemini or Virgo (this is not all I found – I will talk more about Mercury’s influence in the other charts after this).

-        Lady Gaga: a Gemini rising with the chart ruler Mercury in the 10th house of Pisces. She has been very vocal about viewing gender as fluid (Pisces) but also as a performance (1st) tied to her public identity (10th).

☆As a performance artist, she views her performance as the most real thing about her. In this sense, there is no gender binary to adhere to, her expression is an integration of all.

        ☆I think the 10th house chart ruler is also why she has had rumours spread about her being a man. She responded with “I didn’t answer the question because I didn’t feel like a victim with that lie.” Turning it back on itself as something that doesn’t threaten her identity and perception.

        ☆She also embodied her male alter-ego Jo Calderone and said “how can we fuck with the malleable minds of onlookers and shift the world’s perspective on what’s beautiful? I asked myself this question. And the answer? Drag.”

-        Kristen Stewart: a Gemini rising with the chart ruler in the 12th house of Taurus. She identifies as fluid and embraces a gender non-conforming identity. But we can see her expression and experience is different from Lady Gaga (10th house), as Mercury resides in the 12th in Kristen’s chart.

        ☆She has talked about being able to perform femininity in a culturally accepted way, and although that performance is not fake, she has felt like she could not embrace a gayer or more butch presentation

        ☆She came out publicly almost ten years after her career began as she did not want to “live a partial life”

        ☆I think this ties into her chart ruler being in the 12th ~ her expression has developed privately over time and the articulation or announcement of it also took time to materialise externally.

        ☆I think this also has to do with her Mercury being ruled by a 10th house Pisces Venus ~ there’s still expression of a fluid and boundary-blurring identity that is publicly perceived.

- Marlene Dietrich: a Virgo rising with the chart ruler as a 4th house Capricorn Mercury ~ I am at heart a gentleman.” 

☆She is widely regarded as defying gender norms, and despite being known for wearing tuxedos, she wore clothes associated to either gender often. Her chart differs from the expression found in the other two, and I put this down to her Mercury being opposite a 10th house Gemini Neptune.

☆she literally said “I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men." She was very deliberate about the construction of her identity. It is not something even tied to herself, but apart of an image, and that image is up for projection and interpretation.

☆she has been described as having "sex but no particular gender." She really played into this aspect as someone who rejected an androgynous label but projected herself with these constructs of gender to appeal to everyone.  

That leaves 9 charts who did not have Mercury as their chart ruler. Out of those charts, I found that in 7 of them Mercury still played a significant role.

-        Grace Jones: a Sagittarius AC with the ruler (Jupiter) tightly conjunct. When looking at Mercury, it is in her 6th house in domicile (Gemini), opposite the AC and her chart ruler. So, what does this mean?

☆Her chart ruler is amplified and expression is highly visible, but her domicile Mercury creates tension in how that is internally experienced and expressed through the body

☆She wrote in her memoir about possessing two completely distinct selves internally, developing a strong male side to protect her female side. She also said, “I considered myself energy that had not been classified.”

☆I think her ability to convey herself as gender defying is seen heavily in her physical body, movement, and expressions. Mercury plays a role here as allowing her expression to exist and be perceived beyond labels.

 

-        Prince: Mercury is important in his chart as it is in the 7th house in domicile (Gemini) and is the ruler of his 8th house Gemini Sun.

☆As I mentioned earlier, the Sun and Mercury are never far apart, so they are often in the same sign or conjunct in the birth chart. In the 7th house, Mercury as the Sun’s dispositor enacts his core nature as one that is experienced and performed in relation to others

☆In his song I Would Die 4 U he says, “I’m not a woman, I’m not a man, I am something that you’ll never understand.” I think this is a perfect encapsulation (beyond his gender defying identity) of the self as mutable energy in relation to others. With his 8th house Sun, this is the transformation and transcendence of the self through intimacy.

 

-        Troye Sivan: a Cancer AC with a 2nd house Virgo Moon as the ruler. Mercury is the ruler of the Sun (both in domicile and conjunct in Gemini 11th house) but is also the dispositor of the chart ruler.

☆As Mercury is the chart rulers dispositor, the lens through which the Moon (feeling personality) expresses itself is consciously curated by intentional presentation of identity.

☆He talked about dressing in drag in his music videos as not something he wants to “do everyday” but that it unlocked something in him. And that he has always existed in a gray area when it comes to gender identity.

☆I find it really interesting that he has a Mercury-Sun cazimi in the 11th house (basically, the Sun (core identity) is fused with Mercury). They also form a t-square with his Virgo Moon at the apex (an opposition is occurring between the Sun/Mercury and a 5th house Sagittarius Jupiter):

☆While the 5th house can be associated to the arts and Jupiter here amplifies creativity, his 11th house projects his creative identity into the professional sphere

☆He was first publicly seen in drag during the release of one of his music videos. Here Mercury acts as the architect of perception and outward expression.

*if you’ve made it this far, thank you, that last one was a lot to get through.

Of course these weren’t the only patterns I found, just the ones that were most interesting to me.

I also came across Neptune making an aspect (conjunction, square, or opposition) to the Sun and/or Venus in 12 of the charts.

☆When Neptune touches personal planets (particularly the Sun), I think of it as projecting a kind of unclassifiable self-expression. I also think of it as influencing expression through an artistic lens.

I also found that 14 of the charts had planets conjunct the 1/7H cusp. These planets were mainly Pluto and Venus.

☆The self and the other axis are highly influenced by how identity is performed, and how this transforms their self-image and perception or their relationship to others.

Gender non-conformity is not something that can be astrologically defined by a chart or a certain set of placements, but the archetypal expression of Mercury shows us how identity can be fluid and adaptable in its conscious communication of the self. 

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12th houser thoughts ~

things I know about being a 12th houser

~ the 12th house is the house of hidden enemies and those with luminaries particularly in the 12th can experience betrayal often, usually by the people closest to them. They must learn to trust themselves and their intuition over everything.

~ expanding on the point above, they must also realise sometimes their biggest enemy is themselves. As the 12th house can skew perception and reality, a 12th houser can misunderstand things or not be able to see the truth of a situation, leading to internal confusion.

~ they really do just know things. There is no explanation sometimes.

~ they are prone to over thinking and anxiety because they struggle discerning their own feelings and thoughts from those of others. This is why 12th housers need strong boundaries and a lot of processing time.

~ they are profound writers and artists. They see the world differently. There is no black and white. I describe my lens as one where the world is a poem in motion.

~ they are shapeshifters and often fluid in identity, wanting to be multiple things at once. This comes across as confusing to people who seek to understand them rather than accept them. They need people who simply want to witness them.

~ similar to my point before, they can feel super misunderstood by those around them. They can struggle with the pressure of needing to act one way, or be one thing. Their energy is so intangible and malleable, they simply want to exist in expression. Therefore they can be prone to isolation—but they must learn to balance this!! otherwise they risk harming themselves further through their self imposed isolation.

~ they internalise a lot, and are always ruminating, thinking, remembering, and dreaming. They jump through space and time and all around. Nothing is linear. They're just in the flow.

~ they should pay attention to their dreams. As they are inherently drawn to symbolism, their dreams can offer great insight into their internal emotional landscape and mind.

~ they can be invisible or hyper visible. They can easily blend into a room. But as they are often misunderstood, others can project onto them very easily. They can be idealised and romanticized. Through this they can become topics of gossip and slander easily.

~ they naturally understand cycles, beginnings and endings, alpha omega. Here ones experiences come full circle, to return, to regenerate. They can and will find themselves beginning again and again throughout their lives.