Ralph's Spiritual Stuff

Astrology and Metaphysical Theory, I Guess? 

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Free Reading Opportunity

Hello ^_^  I am currently conducting a research project and will be selecting about 30 charts to do a video chat reading on. Usually I would only offer a free reading to someone I know personally, but the particular aspect I want to look at requires that I’m reading a stranger. 

If you’ve always wanted to try an astrology reading but had doubts about doing so, this would be a great chance to try one out. Whether you’re a long-time believer or a skeptic, I want to hear from you!

I have a brief screening survey to see if you fit the criteria I’m looking for. If you do, I’ll send you an email (within about a week, give or take) to schedule your reading.  To be considered, please fill out this survey. I will be selecting eligible participants on a first-come-first-serve basis.  I can only do this project if I have a minimum of 30 eligible participants (preliminary results show that about 1 in 5 people meet the criteria I need), so please share or send the survey to people you think might be interested in a free reading!

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the opportunity of the saturn return

okay so here’s the thing. I’ve noticed many people fear deeply their saturn return as it’s often represented as a life-changing event that will completely wreck your set structure. some astrologers are more than happy to fuel this notion because it means people are gonna come to them and pay them for advice on how to handle this horrible disaster. stress and fear makes us seek help more than anything else, i admit.

I’m kind of sad it’s less of a common knowledge that the saturn return is actually a huge opportunity and it usually isn’t something sudden and disruptive, it’s just a build up of the way you’ve lived so far. saturn is not an unpredictable force that throws you in the dark - for such events you might wanna look at uranus or pluto transits (uranus can indicate a totally unpredictable event and pluto may show an erruption of something that you couldn’t realize was happening beneath the surface). it’s actually quite easy to predict if not the details, then at least the main theme of your saturn return.

here are some basic guidelines in case your saturn return is happening/approaching or if you’re just curious in general:

during your return, you’re going to face two things for sure - a big opportunity for change and a choice that seems very final and demanding commitment. the opportunity for change won’t appear magically out of the blue, it’s going to be the outcome of your lifestyle and choices so far.

this opportunity/choice is going to be connected to the house in which the saturn return is happening.

the sign of your saturn is showing you the energy you need to develop, lean on and express positively in order to make that opportunity for change work in your best favor and not drag you down in the gutter. the saturn return works also as a test for how much you’ve developed the archetype of its sign during the years cuz the sign of our saturn placement is one we frequently have difficulties accepting and working with.

the natal aspects to saturn will show you different energies that may help you in owning the change that’s about to come - the harmonious ones (trine, sextile, sometimes conjunction, semisextile if it’s particularly tight) give you ways of understanding and accepting your situation, and the challenging ones (square, opposition, sometimes conjunction, quincunx if it’s particularly tight) give you energy and motivation to work things through. in general, use your aspects as swim rings and don’t forget if you don’t utilize them, they can be the chains on your feet dragging you to the bottom of the ocean.

the transiting aspects to your saturn will show you details about the events around your saturn return and how they will affect you. which doesn’t mean your reactions are predetermined, no - it means there will be a certain energy pinned to your return and it’s up to you what you can do with it and how you’re going to see it and wield it. 

check aspects to saturn in synastry from people in your life, esp ones who have appeared in it around the time of your saturn return. frequently people serve as triggers for change/opportunity.

if you’ve analyzed your natal chart before, you probably know some charts indicate a higher tolerance to change, a bigger susceptibility to grasping opportunities without giving it much thought, an inclination to indecisivenes, etc. even tho saturn rules an earth sign, i’ve still noticed people with earth dominance are likely to experience their saturn return with more difficulty due to their ingrained fear of change, esp unplanned ones. analyzing your chart in order to know yourself and how it’s best for you to approach and make use of change/opportunities is certainly very helpful with major transits like the saturn return.

you’re certainly going to be shaken up during this transit and it’s cathartic to allow yourself to experience those emotions but also it’s best to not give in to the feeling that you’re Doomed tm or to forget this whole thing isn’t about losing control, it’s about regaining it fully.

now, since i loooove giving examples and talking about personal observations, i’m just gonna talk a bit about saturn returns i’ve analyzed and how the guidelines stated above apply to them.

house placement of saturn:

a woman i know went through her saturn return recently. it happened in her 6th house and it touched on themes connected to building personal everyday habits, making a structure out of them, and being able to independently stick to it. also to work and finding balance between service to the self and service to the community. another theme was taking care of her health and realizing the connection between having a healthy body/mind and being able to help others.

basically, she had to leave her parents’ home (she was very attached to her parents and thought she couldn’t make it on her own but becoming independent has been a thing popping up in her agenda more and more as time passed by) and manage to deal with her own household and to take care of all the work one has to do to maintain a living. all by herself for the first time. she was working herself out just to prove she can be of help to people and is worth something, but when her saturn return happened it found her in an extreme burnout for not taking time for herself and mental and physical health. however, she managed to clarify what kind of job (remote one + part time with people) can allow her to both take care of herself and to be of use to society. this is her lesson: you can’t help others if you don’t help yourself first. 

another woman i know has saturn in the 5th house and went through her saturn return recently. it was connected to themes regarding sex, sexual oppression, social norms connected to sex, and playing. as in “playing around” and “not taking things seriously”, also “mind games”. it was also related to relationships and commitment and to the theme of like…children, the concept of having them, being one, acting like one, needing to be one.

she had a complicated relationship with sex and said she didn’t wanna have it but also wanted to play it like a game. she used to describe herself as a “PUA for men”. this is a difficult path for any woman to take and she was challenged by a lot of social norms and sexism and met a lot of judgement about being sexually open, free and direct. during her saturn return, a guy appeared in her life and tried to seduce her and control her through sex. he was trying to brainwash her she “deserves” this because she met with him for sex and was openly sexual in general. at the same time she met another guy she started dating, kind of trying to put distance between herself and the first guy. on one side she was pushed to play mind games connected to sex with a very high stake, on the other - to be in a relationship with someone with a very sexist & conservative approach to the “role” of women in relationships, how they should act and be proper, etc. both of these were sex related and connected to taking sex/relationships as a game, just from different points of view. and she realized none of this PoVs is her own. she had to review her approach towards committment and realize what it means to her, also to explore her own sexuality and separate it from what has been pushed on her by society and her partners. the theme about her childhood shaping her, her needs to feel like a child again, also issues connected to her having children ever popped out during that transit. her lesson to learn: playing a game you don’t really wanna play is the same as playing yourself.

a guy i know is having his saturn return in the 4th house. it’s connected to his mother, their relationship, his connection to his family in general and how this shaped his subconscious. also to his homes - the home where he’s been living for years with his mom and all the places where he lived before that and what happened there in the past.

he feels committed to being by his mother’s side as if he’s serving some sort of duty, repaying her with service for raising him and taking care of him. trying to become autonomous and separate from the mother, as well as moving out and finding a place of his own, has proven to be extremely difficult. there are all sorts of family ties that keep him bound to his mother and he is basing most of his life around exploring them with her. during his saturn return, the need for him to find a home of his own that he can use to his pleasing and to maintain stronger relationships outside of his family life (which isn’t so easy when you devote most of your time to an overly demanding mother) has pushed him to start separating from his mom and to seek out ways to relieve himself from the guilt of “leaving” her. his lesson to learn: to feel at home, you need to build your home.

sign of saturn:

the first woman has saturn in capricorn. during her saturn return, her ability to create and maintain a sustainable structure/system was tested. what was of help for her during this transit was staying focused, working hard and with consistence, and being disciplined. she needed to push strongly in order to achieve her goals and remain set on them, limiting her time for play and pleasure.

the second woman has saturn in capricorn as well. during her saturn transit, her ability to focus on things that don’t bring immediate satisfaction and short term satisfcation were tested. she needed to remain stable and centered and to find something besides playing games that made her feel alive. also to figure out what job field she is interested in. this was a huge struggle for her - running away from job offers that are being pushed on her that she didn’t want to work and finding a calling of her own.

the guy has saturn in aquarius. during his saturn transit, his ability to maintain and protect his own autonomy and independence will be tested. he needs to establish and defend his right to make his own choices and to take less of a personal approach to the people around him, who are becoming an obstacle towards his independence.

natal aspects to saturn:

the first woman has natal venus trine saturn. she often asked the close people around her about ways to deal with her situation and this helped her create her own system that will work the best for her, tho it also kinda enabled her at times to get stuck in adopting other people’s ways of dealing which didn’t work for her. also a new romantic interest fueled her desire to become more self-suficient and be her own person.

the second woman has natal venus square saturn. her understanding of what it means to be a woman was challenged by her situation and she found motivation to deal with it in determining and defending her personal values. also this return really put into light all the negative models she was experiencing and also expressing in her romantic relationships.

the guy has natal venus square saturn too. he had a romantic relationship that met a lot of obstacles due to him not being independent and this made him realize he won’t be able to have a relationship the way he wants it if he doesn’t do something to change his situation. also that most of his issues with self-love are connected to him not being self-sufficient so he needs to do something about it.

aspects to saturn in synastry:

(i’m not giving any examples about interpreting transiting aspects to saturn cuz those from transiting personal planets pass by quite fast and such dynamic circumstances are difficult to explore shortly)

the first woman fell in love with someone whose moon is conjunct her saturn. this person made her feel emotionally safe enough to start building her own structure and work hard to sustain it, also to break ties with her mother and develop her Inner Mother.

the guy who tried to control through sex the second woman has his sun conjunct her saturn and the guy she dated has sun square her saturn. both of their egos were wounded by her and they were trying to take away her independence which was a main catalyst of the changes happening during her return.

the person with whom the guy had a romantic relationship which triggered his realizations has uranus conjunct his saturn - a catalyst of sudden change and “wow” moments.

this got pretty long so i’m gonna finish up the guidelines with a quote from grant lewi’s “astrology for the millions”,

“You stand freed, when this transit is past, of many erstwhile inner restrictions. You will have swept your nature clean of dead wood and cleared the decks for action that now proceeds less impeded by internal complexes and personal difficulties. You will, in short, have matured— ” put away childish things” —and you will be ready to take your place in the world as an adult. 

Saturn’s transit of his own place is the most important point at which free will operates in the life, untrammeled and as free of circumstances as it ever will be…. You will not stand so free again. The choices you make are yours: make them wisely, for here it is that your free will in a very real sense forges your fate for a long time to come, if not indeed for the rest of your life.”

hope this was helpful for someone!

[astroismypassion]

Oh dear, this was MORE than helpful! Honestly? Despite being so aware of astrology and my work with it, I still fear my Saturn return? Mostly, because it’s in my 4th house. I don’t have many Saturn aspects, but I’m just curious how things will turn out. Would you mind elaborating on Saturn in houses? Like what would be possible scenarios or interpretations?

[ralphsspiritualstuff]

What does it mean if you have a Juno in Gemini in the 12th house?!✨

Manic pixie dreamgirl. 

[cheshirelibrary]

Sometimes classics can be improved upon.

The Tree Who Set Healthy Boundaries : an alternate ending for Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree by Topher Payne 💯🌳❤️

https://www.topherpayne.com/giving-tree?

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And so he did.

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This is literally me when I made my first Tumblr text post. 

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Zodiac Signs and Presents

Winter holidays are nearly upon us, and a lot of those holidays include giving presents. If have someone who’s hard to shop for, here’s a handy list of presents for each sign and house. 

*Note: To get them the ideal gift, combine more than one placement into a gift*

Use their…

Sun sign/house to find a gift that will make them feel happy. 

Mars sign/house to find a gift that will excite them.

Venus sign/house to find a gift they will appreciate.

Moon sign/house to find a gift they will remember. 

Aries/1st House is going to like gifts that EXCITE their sense of ADVENTURE. Some ideas include:

Fast-paced video games

Hiking/sporting equipment, more specifically solo sports equipment like good running shoes or a punching bag. 

Weapons, pocket knives and hatchets especially since they can be used while camping.

Tickets to a sporting event (some concerts like heavy metal function similarly)

Board games or other competitive toys. 

…But whatever you give them, make sure it’s something THEY want. An Aries will not use or appreciate anything they haven’t already decided they like. 

Taurus/2nd House is going to like gifts that PLEASE their SENSES.  Some ideas include:

Stones/jewelry

Posters/wall art  

High-quality sweets, bought or home made.

Crafting materials such as legos or a hot glue gun.

A musical instrument  

Scented items like candles or cologne

… But whatever you give them, make sure it reflects how much you think they’re worth. It doesn’t have to be expensive, but nothing will upset a Taurus like a cheap gift. 

Gemini/3rd House is going to like gifts that help them EXPLORE their CURIOSITY.  Some ideas include:

Books

Music (CD’s, gift cards)

Tickets to a social event

Heart felt notes (words mean a lot to them)

Car related items 

A bike/skateboard 

… But whatever you give them, make sure it has more than one use or focus, or even take your present budget and split it to get them more than one thing. While Gemini appreciates quality gifts, they enjoy having things to jump between (such as a series of books or a present with a heartfelt note attached). 

Cancer/4th House is going to like gifts that REMIND them of GOOD TIMES.  Some ideas include:

Anything that brings up a memory for them

A camera or scrapbook

Home decorations (scented candles and photos especially)

Dolls and stuff animals, particularly cute ones that can be used decoratively. 

Cook ware

Something you make for them

… But whatever you give them, make sure the word “sweet” applies. Cancer cares MUCH more about the thought behind a gift than the gift itself. 

Leo/5th House is going to like gifts that SHOW OFF their STYLE.  Some ideas include:

Movies/movie tickets

A video camera and/or microphone. 

Graphic t-shirts or other outfits that show their interests/style. 

Hair care products or makeup, particularly in fun styles and colors. 

Sunglasses 

…But whatever you give them, make sure it makes them feel special. Never give Leo the same gift as somebody else. 

Virgo/6th House is going to like gifts that are PRACTICAL and WELL MADE.  Some ideas include:

A really nice version of something they have a not so nice version of (get them a nicer mop if they have a not so nice one). 

Tools to help them organize and clean their space such as a craft box or good duster. 

High quality, skilled-artisan artwork that they can appreciate the detail in.

Grooming supplies like strong hair gel or makeup that are inexpensive and work well. 

Comfortable but professional clothes.  

… But whatever you get them, make sure it is a good one. Get Virgo something they can reasonably use, nothing unreasonably expensive but nothing too cheap it’s not worth having. Think of the gift as a thank you for everything they probably do for you and make sure it reflects how much you think that’s worth. 

Libra/7th House is going to like gifts that are BEAUTIFUL and FAIR.  Some ideas include:

Grooming supplies like hair products or makeup, but only the high quality stuff. 

Dressy clothes, especially shoes. 

Fair trade and other locally sourced products. 

Tickets to something they can dress up at. 

Wall art and other beautiful decorations. Frames are a great choice. 

… But whatever you get them, make sure it’s exactly what they’d want or be prepared to return it. Don’t get Libra something unless they’ve expressly said they like that kind or variety. 

Scorpio/8th House is going to like gifts that are both SECRET and OCCULT.  Some ideas include:

A tarot card deck

Essential Oils

Crafts made of bones such as a skull lamp. 

Something they’re not supposed/allowed to have.

A dressy black outfit. 

A mask or other costume

… But whatever you get them, make sure it’s something they’ve either been told they can’t have or shouldn’t have because it’ll make someone uncomfortable. Scorpio loves the idea of keeping a gift a secret just between you and them or having something that makes other people a little scared. 

Sagittarius/9th House is going to like gifts that are ADVENTUROUS and NEW.  Some ideas include:

A surprise, particularly if it’s something they don’t think is possible or real. 

Tickets or a gift certificate to an event or restaurant from another culture. 

Amusement park tickets

A gag gift or inside joke

Silly toys that they can do tricks with/on such as a unicycle or balls for juggling. 

… But whatever it is, make sure it’s something they’ll either say “wow!” or “haha!” to. Sagittarius doesn’t care much for material items, they’re more about experiences. 

Capricorn/10th House is going to like gifts that help them ACHIEVE their AMBITIONS. Some ideas include:

A tool to help them do what they’ve gotten good at even better. 

A “trophy” commemorating an achievement they didn’t receive an award for, but should have. 

Toys that take a lot of practice to get good at or use. Make sure it’s something that with practice they can become better at than their peers. 

An investment in their future, whether it be classes for a skill they’d like to acquire or savings bond. 

… But whatever it is, make sure you make them they feel like they’ve earned it. To Capricorn, a gift is an extension of your respect for them. 

Aquarius/11th House is going to like gifts that are QUIRKY and NEW. Some ideas include:

New technology, particularly electronics

Electronic versions of things they already have

Unusual machines to help them do one very specific job, such as specialized dog poop scooper or bread machine. 

Indulging in them something you see as useless that they’re really into.

A device/information to help them solve a problem they have. 

… But whatever it is, make sure it’s not something they’re expecting. Ideally, help Aquarius solve a problem they didn’t even know they had. 

Pisces/12th House is going to like gifts that are UNEXPECTED and UNUSUAL. Some ideas include:

Things they like to eat when relaxing

Pop culture fiction media like books, posters, music, and movies. Or, if they already have a collection of media, a good media player like good headphones, a meditation blindfold, speakers, or a high definition screen are also very appreciated. 

Items for self discovery such as spiritual readings or self-help books. 

Tea and incense 

Art of just about any kind and supplies for them to make art. 

… But whatever it is, make sure it’s something that helps them feel calm. Pisces likes to space out, and gifts that help them do that are their favorite. 

Hopefully this list helps you come up with something special for your gift recipient! Have a good Solstice season, everyone ^_^ 

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Watch out if Pluto is in the house. Try a different method then

[ralphsspiritualstuff]

Hm, I’d never considered impactions to this list, that might be a good idea of a post to make. I’ve never met anyone with Pluto in the same house as their Sun so I haven’t really done a lot of thought on what that would look like. 

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I was expecting something weird to happen in July 2020 (like every other month so far) but... a coin shortage?

[astroismypassion]

In relationship which placements and houses should we focus on? I only know Venus and 7th house

Hi!

Hmm, in your own natal chart?

That would be:

Venus

Mars

5th house

7th house

8th house

In synastry:

Relationship houses could be 5th, 7th, 8th. Sometimes 11th house.

[ralphsspiritualstuff]

This is a good list of things to look at for your relationships. I also strongly recommend looking at Mercury aspects.  While attraction tends to come in oppositions, it helps to have more traditionally synergistic mercury placements so that the “similarities in your differences” with a partner don’t get lost in translation. 

[ralphsspiritualstuff]

Free Reading Opportunity

Hello ^_^  I am currently conducting a research project and will be selecting about 30 charts to do a video chat reading on. Usually I would only offer a free reading to someone I know personally, but the particular aspect I want to look at requires that I’m reading a stranger. 

If you’ve always wanted to try an astrology reading but had doubts about doing so, this would be a great chance to try one out. Whether you’re a long-time believer or a skeptic, I want to hear from you!

I have a brief screening survey to see if you fit the criteria I’m looking for. If you do, I’ll send you an email (within about a week, give or take) to schedule your reading.  To be considered, please fill out this survey. I will be selecting eligible participants on a first-come-first-serve basis.  I can only do this project if I have a minimum of 30 eligible participants (preliminary results show that about 1 in 5 people meet the criteria I need), so please share or send the survey to people you think might be interested in a free reading!

https://www.survio.com/survey/d/R0Y8Y8C5U8B5U5S4U

[ralphsspiritualstuff]

So far, I haven’t gotten many responses, so I still have plenty of openings!

[ralphsspiritualstuff]

Moon Sign Interpretations

I used to not be a huge fan of pre-made interpretations, but I remember when I first started studying astrology how helpful they really were in getting me to where I am now. So, that being said, here we go.  *If you resonate with this post (or if you do not), please drop a comment and/or share. Feedback is always helpful! Plus, it’s always fun to hear what people who HAVE a certain placement have to say about their experience with it.* What is the moon? It represents our intuition, of course. How we see the unseen, how we feel what we can’t directly view. Each sign has its own way of doing that.  Moon in Aries: This placement tends to see things as they are. In fact, of all the moon signs, they’re the least likely to assume or read into anything. This is a double edged sword, as they read into something, but they are also extremely likely to miss something “between the lines” in another person’s actions. They also have a tendency to assume that everyone is as direct as they are, and can become frustrated by the roundabout other moon placements go about things. Their simplicity, however, allows them be firm in their opinions and devote less time to forming them and more time to acting on them. Sometimes Aries moons are inaccurately judged as mean or trying to be hurtful when they are simply unaware something was expected of them. This sign is almost never devious, and when they are upset, they are well aware and will make sure you are as well.  Moon in Taurus: This placement tend to decide very quickly whether or not they like something. It takes quite a bit to get them to change their mind, since their instincts are going to insist that they stand their ground. Even when they do change their minds, Taurus moons can be prone to harboring a lingering sense of their original judgement call. This rootedness in their opinion, however, makes them much more difficult to deceive, as they don’t forget their original perception of how something was once they see it. 

Moon in Gemini: This placement tends to be the hardest for other moons to pin down. Gemini is possibly the most versatile placement for the moon, as someone with this placement can feel one way one moment, and then completely different later on. This emotional range can cause them to be prone to a bit of an identity crisis, as they easily identify with very different groups of people. As quickly as they arrived at an opinion, they’ve found someone else with a new way to look at it to listen to. 

Moon in Cancer: This placement has an amazing capacity to gain an intuitive feel for just about anything. It analyzes and feels situations in great depth, far more than other moon placements do. Because of the amount of emotional energy this placement expends in gaining a strong understanding of its initial experience with something, it can become upset when it has to redo this learning in a new environment.  Their strong understanding comes from a tendency to estimate, because they instinctively know they don’t always see the whole picture. So, they fill in the details with their imaginations. On one hand, their estimations can seem almost psychically accurate, but occasionally they get too much in their own heads trying to figure something out and are a bit off. While it is capable of adapting, it takes it much longer to do so than faster placements because of the amount of work that goes into gaining real understanding rather than cursory knowledge. Cancer moons can be prone to “rejecting the new” (people, ideas, ect) as a result, but eventually do warm up to it. 

Moon in Leo: This placement is often hyper-aware, subconsciously, of how precious their time is. They can sometimes appear to other placements as conceited or too self-important to be bothered, but they are probably the only placement who realized how precious life is. Now, they tend to direct this thought more towards their own life, but they can also have extremely warm and inspiring opinions for those they care about because they intuitively feel how precious and amazing those people are. 

Moon in Virgo: This placement, while actually quite peaceful by nature, is easily stressed out. Once they are made aware of an issue (contrary to popular belief, they do not LOOK for things to correct, those things are forced into their awareness) they have an intense compulsion to fix it. Virgo is quite spiritual by nature and has a natural understanding that small things are best handled before they become bigger things. This sense of how things incur over time leads them to want to do everything NOW, despite their frustrating human limitations. They can also feel bitter because they are painfully aware of how many things they can’t control are going to snowball, but without them so many things that are in their control do NOT snowball, and most other placements do not realize how frequently this is the case. 

Moon in Libra: This placement has the unusual ability to understand both sides of an issue and simultaneously empathize with both points and neither of them at the same time. While most people assume those with this placement are stuck between seeing two ideas as equally good, they are more often in the precarious position of seeing both options as equally bad, and are forced to come up with an alternative. To reiterate, they do not have a hard time deciding. Most of the time, when given two choices, a Libra moon’s instinct is to sort of “nope” out of them both, giving the illusion of indecision. This is because they intuitively know there is a better option to be found somewhere. This can, however, take a lot of time to discover, and sometimes opportunities where taking the lesser of two evils would have been preferable to inaction pass them by. Just as often, though, they find an option that is better than either original proposition.  Moon in Scorpio: This placement tends to be pretty chill. While outwardly, they may seem sad, they typically just have resting bitch face (I’m sorry, but you know it’s true.) and are in a calm state. Scorpio moons understand that everything in our world is temporary. They’re actually capable of feeling immense joy because of how present they can be in an imperfect moment. Other placements can’t seem to understand why something makes them so darn happy, while they seemingly don’t care about anything else in the world. The simple answer is that when they’re happy, they know they weren’t owed it and there’s no guarantee it’ll happen ever again, so they feel it all at once. This can also leave them apathetic to others’ pain, because to them, the awareness of something’s temporary nature is so plain it’s almost funny to them when someone else thought something would last forever. They aren’t as callous as they appear, but they will always be reserved around those who do not share their understanding of how fleeting things really are. 

Moon in Sagittarius: This placement has an intuitive understanding that there is always something more to be found, whether it be in a person’s actions, an event they watch happen, or even their own understanding and existence. They are constantly trying to figure out how things relate. The world, however, has many layers and while Sagittarius moons accurately connect some of those layers, sometimes they miss others and think they have the whole picture before they do. Often times, they have enough of the picture put together to make something work that everyone else assumed would fail, but other times they have to completely redraw their mental map from scratch, which they do with surprising glee and fervor. That forward drive allows them to recover from things that would cripple other placements, although they may find those situations are often self made. 

Moon in Capricorn: This placement embody’s survival of the fittest. They can seem cold, but really, the just have a strong sense of what will work and what will not. They are often ashamed of their own flaws far more than other placements, and tend to cope by compensating heavily with growing stronger. Capricorn moons have a very hard time ignoring facts for their own comfort, much less the comfort of others. Concrete truths ring true to their core, and as much as they may try to bend them, they always come back to what they know will work and what will not based on the facts. 

Moon in Aquarius: This placement has a natural curiosity unparalleled by other placements. They can be prone to intrusive thoughts and impulsive actions because they simply want to see what will happen, and may do things that go against widely accepted social codes both intentionally and unintentionally. They learn how to intuitively find solutions to a multitude of life’s problems, but are much more interested in finding the solutions than implementing them. This can leave them in a great position to give advice to other people and even themselves, but unless the circumstances are compelling, their unlikely to follow their own good advice. They simply prefer to find a different way to do something. It looks like reinventing the wheel from the outside, but for Moon in Aquarius folks, life is simply begging to be played with, and doing something the simple way isn’t living at all. It may take them years, but they almost always find a workaround. 

Moon in Pisces: This placement instinctively reverses everything it feels. While they do connect to the opinions and feelings of others, their tendency to also acknowledge the opposite position can leave them feeling equally connected and isolated, as if they have a second personality. Pisces moons can exist in two worlds at once completely, which tends to manifest as inaction on their part. While they may outwardly act one way, their imagination compensates by wondering how things would go if they did they exact opposite of what they do. Their dual nature can make them easy to connect with halfway, but almost impossible to connect with fully. They can seem a little melancholy on the outside because they feel a sense of sadness that other placements can’t keep up with how fast their imagination works and how crucial understanding their imagination is to understanding not just how they interact with the world, but how they feel about those interactions. 

FREE READING OPPORTUNITY

If you liked this interpretation of your moon (or someone else’s moon) and are curious about a reading with me, I’m actively screening for participants in a research project that includes doing a free reading for anyone selected. I have a survey to find candidates who meet the criteria I’m doing research on. 

https://www.survio.com/survey/d/R0Y8Y8C5U8B5U5S4U

I strongly encourage you to share this link with your friends who are maybe on the fence about astrology, as I’m trying to get a decent sample size. If everyone I survey are astrologers themselves it could impact my results. Normally I do not offer free readings to people I don’t know, but it’s essential I don’t have a personal relationship with the person I’m reading for this particular study. 

Anyhoo, I hope to hear from you soon!

-Ralph

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What new astrological things are y’all studying these days? 

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Caterpillar looks like a walking gummy bear

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I know this isn’t astrology related but GUYS LOOK AT THIS CATERPILLAR. 

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Moon Sign Interpretations

I used to not be a huge fan of pre-made interpretations, but I remember when I first started studying astrology how helpful they really were in getting me to where I am now. So, that being said, here we go.  *If you resonate with this post (or if you do not), please drop a comment and/or share. Feedback is always helpful! Plus, it’s always fun to hear what people who HAVE a certain placement have to say about their experience with it.* What is the moon? It represents our intuition, of course. How we see the unseen, how we feel what we can’t directly view. Each sign has its own way of doing that.  Moon in Aries: This placement tends to see things as they are. In fact, of all the moon signs, they’re the least likely to assume or read into anything. This is a double edged sword, as they read into something, but they are also extremely likely to miss something “between the lines” in another person’s actions. They also have a tendency to assume that everyone is as direct as they are, and can become frustrated by the roundabout other moon placements go about things. Their simplicity, however, allows them be firm in their opinions and devote less time to forming them and more time to acting on them. Sometimes Aries moons are inaccurately judged as mean or trying to be hurtful when they are simply unaware something was expected of them. This sign is almost never devious, and when they are upset, they are well aware and will make sure you are as well.  Moon in Taurus: This placement tend to decide very quickly whether or not they like something. It takes quite a bit to get them to change their mind, since their instincts are going to insist that they stand their ground. Even when they do change their minds, Taurus moons can be prone to harboring a lingering sense of their original judgement call. This rootedness in their opinion, however, makes them much more difficult to deceive, as they don’t forget their original perception of how something was once they see it. 

Moon in Gemini: This placement tends to be the hardest for other moons to pin down. Gemini is possibly the most versatile placement for the moon, as someone with this placement can feel one way one moment, and then completely different later on. This emotional range can cause them to be prone to a bit of an identity crisis, as they easily identify with very different groups of people. As quickly as they arrived at an opinion, they’ve found someone else with a new way to look at it to listen to. 

Moon in Cancer: This placement has an amazing capacity to gain an intuitive feel for just about anything. It analyzes and feels situations in great depth, far more than other moon placements do. Because of the amount of emotional energy this placement expends in gaining a strong understanding of its initial experience with something, it can become upset when it has to redo this learning in a new environment.  Their strong understanding comes from a tendency to estimate, because they instinctively know they don’t always see the whole picture. So, they fill in the details with their imaginations. On one hand, their estimations can seem almost psychically accurate, but occasionally they get too much in their own heads trying to figure something out and are a bit off. While it is capable of adapting, it takes it much longer to do so than faster placements because of the amount of work that goes into gaining real understanding rather than cursory knowledge. Cancer moons can be prone to “rejecting the new” (people, ideas, ect) as a result, but eventually do warm up to it. 

Moon in Leo: This placement is often hyper-aware, subconsciously, of how precious their time is. They can sometimes appear to other placements as conceited or too self-important to be bothered, but they are probably the only placement who realized how precious life is. Now, they tend to direct this thought more towards their own life, but they can also have extremely warm and inspiring opinions for those they care about because they intuitively feel how precious and amazing those people are. 

Moon in Virgo: This placement, while actually quite peaceful by nature, is easily stressed out. Once they are made aware of an issue (contrary to popular belief, they do not LOOK for things to correct, those things are forced into their awareness) they have an intense compulsion to fix it. Virgo is quite spiritual by nature and has a natural understanding that small things are best handled before they become bigger things. This sense of how things incur over time leads them to want to do everything NOW, despite their frustrating human limitations. They can also feel bitter because they are painfully aware of how many things they can’t control are going to snowball, but without them so many things that are in their control do NOT snowball, and most other placements do not realize how frequently this is the case. 

Moon in Libra: This placement has the unusual ability to understand both sides of an issue and simultaneously empathize with both points and neither of them at the same time. While most people assume those with this placement are stuck between seeing two ideas as equally good, they are more often in the precarious position of seeing both options as equally bad, and are forced to come up with an alternative. To reiterate, they do not have a hard time deciding. Most of the time, when given two choices, a Libra moon’s instinct is to sort of “nope” out of them both, giving the illusion of indecision. This is because they intuitively know there is a better option to be found somewhere. This can, however, take a lot of time to discover, and sometimes opportunities where taking the lesser of two evils would have been preferable to inaction pass them by. Just as often, though, they find an option that is better than either original proposition.  Moon in Scorpio: This placement tends to be pretty chill. While outwardly, they may seem sad, they typically just have resting bitch face (I’m sorry, but you know it’s true.) and are in a calm state. Scorpio moons understand that everything in our world is temporary. They’re actually capable of feeling immense joy because of how present they can be in an imperfect moment. Other placements can’t seem to understand why something makes them so darn happy, while they seemingly don’t care about anything else in the world. The simple answer is that when they’re happy, they know they weren’t owed it and there’s no guarantee it’ll happen ever again, so they feel it all at once. This can also leave them apathetic to others’ pain, because to them, the awareness of something’s temporary nature is so plain it’s almost funny to them when someone else thought something would last forever. They aren’t as callous as they appear, but they will always be reserved around those who do not share their understanding of how fleeting things really are. 

Moon in Sagittarius: This placement has an intuitive understanding that there is always something more to be found, whether it be in a person’s actions, an event they watch happen, or even their own understanding and existence. They are constantly trying to figure out how things relate. The world, however, has many layers and while Sagittarius moons accurately connect some of those layers, sometimes they miss others and think they have the whole picture before they do. Often times, they have enough of the picture put together to make something work that everyone else assumed would fail, but other times they have to completely redraw their mental map from scratch, which they do with surprising glee and fervor. That forward drive allows them to recover from things that would cripple other placements, although they may find those situations are often self made. 

Moon in Capricorn: This placement embody’s survival of the fittest. They can seem cold, but really, the just have a strong sense of what will work and what will not. They are often ashamed of their own flaws far more than other placements, and tend to cope by compensating heavily with growing stronger. Capricorn moons have a very hard time ignoring facts for their own comfort, much less the comfort of others. Concrete truths ring true to their core, and as much as they may try to bend them, they always come back to what they know will work and what will not based on the facts. 

Moon in Aquarius: This placement has a natural curiosity unparalleled by other placements. They can be prone to intrusive thoughts and impulsive actions because they simply want to see what will happen, and may do things that go against widely accepted social codes both intentionally and unintentionally. They learn how to intuitively find solutions to a multitude of life’s problems, but are much more interested in finding the solutions than implementing them. This can leave them in a great position to give advice to other people and even themselves, but unless the circumstances are compelling, their unlikely to follow their own good advice. They simply prefer to find a different way to do something. It looks like reinventing the wheel from the outside, but for Moon in Aquarius folks, life is simply begging to be played with, and doing something the simple way isn’t living at all. It may take them years, but they almost always find a workaround. 

Moon in Pisces: This placement instinctively reverses everything it feels. While they do connect to the opinions and feelings of others, their tendency to also acknowledge the opposite position can leave them feeling equally connected and isolated, as if they have a second personality. Pisces moons can exist in two worlds at once completely, which tends to manifest as inaction on their part. While they may outwardly act one way, their imagination compensates by wondering how things would go if they did they exact opposite of what they do. Their dual nature can make them easy to connect with halfway, but almost impossible to connect with fully. They can seem a little melancholy on the outside because they feel a sense of sadness that other placements can’t keep up with how fast their imagination works and how crucial understanding their imagination is to understanding not just how they interact with the world, but how they feel about those interactions. 

FREE READING OPPORTUNITY

If you liked this interpretation of your moon (or someone else’s moon) and are curious about a reading with me, I’m actively screening for participants in a research project that includes doing a free reading for anyone selected. I have a survey to find candidates who meet the criteria I’m doing research on. 

https://www.survio.com/survey/d/R0Y8Y8C5U8B5U5S4U

I strongly encourage you to share this link with your friends who are maybe on the fence about astrology, as I’m trying to get a decent sample size. If everyone I survey are astrologers themselves it could impact my results. Normally I do not offer free readings to people I don’t know, but it’s essential I don’t have a personal relationship with the person I’m reading for this particular study. 

Anyhoo, I hope to hear from you soon!

-Ralph

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Free Reading Opportunity

Hello ^_^  I am currently conducting a research project and will be selecting about 30 charts to do a video chat reading on. Usually I would only offer a free reading to someone I know personally, but the particular aspect I want to look at requires that I’m reading a stranger. 

If you’ve always wanted to try an astrology reading but had doubts about doing so, this would be a great chance to try one out. Whether you’re a long-time believer or a skeptic, I want to hear from you!

I have a brief screening survey to see if you fit the criteria I’m looking for. If you do, I’ll send you an email (within about a week, give or take) to schedule your reading.  To be considered, please fill out this survey. I will be selecting eligible participants on a first-come-first-serve basis.  I can only do this project if I have a minimum of 30 eligible participants (preliminary results show that about 1 in 5 people meet the criteria I need), so please share or send the survey to people you think might be interested in a free reading!

https://www.survio.com/survey/d/R0Y8Y8C5U8B5U5S4U

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So far, I haven’t gotten many responses, so I still have plenty of openings!

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Astrological Research Project

*For individuals with the right charts, I will be doing a complimentary reading over zoom as a thanks for participation*

Hi all! I am going to be conducting a research project to look for trends in charts (I can’t tell you exactly what because I don’t want to spoil the results!) and am looking for around 30 volunteers to participate. The trick is, I need a bunch of charts with some specific configurations so I can isolate the pieces I want to look at.  I haven’t officially started said research project, but if you’d be willing to help me test this survey software so I can see if it’ll work I’d be really grateful! If it does, I’ll begin actively selecting participants within the next few weeks and will continue to leave this survey open until all the slots I have (around 30 for the initial test run, but I may do more if it proves successful) are filled.  Thanks!

https://www.survio.com/survey/d/R0Y8Y8C5U8B5U5S4U 

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Zystem likes cooking!

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I too enjoy cooking, as it also helps me feel closer to humans and their feeling of “joy”.  Anyone else feel like an alien sometimes?

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Cover art for my web comic: 21 World - The Party

I think it works very well with my story. There’s a lot of secrets hidden in this cover related to future chapters. Links to the comic: https://www.tapas.io/series/21-world-the-party/ https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/21-world-the-party/list?title_no=381320Remember to subscribe to get notified on every update!

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Out of curiosity, are any of my followers artists? If so, drop a comment so I can follow you!