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MASTERLIST

SIGNS IN THE HOUSES

Leo in the houses

ASTROLOGY OBSERVATIONS

Astrovation 1

Astrovation 2

Astrovation 3

Astrovation 4

Solar Return (2024)

ASKS n ANSWERS

MC in Aquarius, 10H uranus

Saturn and jupiter natal retrograde

Chart rulerships

Cancers and sociality

Mercury and communication style

Natal jupiter retrograde

Pisces risings?

COMMUNAL Q & A

Mercury, mars and communication

ASTEROIDS

Vibilia🛩️ (part 1)

Vibilia🛩️ (part 2)

Vibilia🛩️ (part 3)

Novalis📖

Abundantia🌟

Glo☀️

PLANETS THROUGH THE SIGNS

Mars☄️

PLACEMENT AESTHETICS

The essence of a cancer venus🦀🐚

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Astrology Observations Part 2

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Please pay attention!

These are just patterns I have noticed while looking at charts. One placement or aspect does not tell the whole story so you still need to look at the full chart, the aspects, the house rulers, everything. So please do not take this as a guide or a diagnosis. It is just me sharing what has stood out to me over time, mostly for entertainment. If something resonates, great. If not, that is totally fine too.

Natal Chart Observations

Chiron in Capricorn in the 4th house.

I have seen this placement in people who grew up feeling like they had to be the responsible one at home, or like there was nobody actually in charge and they had to step up. Capricorn is about structure and the 4th house is family, so when Chiron is here there is often a wound around not having that solid foundation. Maybe a parent was absent physically or emotionally, or the home environment felt cold and achievement-oriented rather than warm. What I find interesting is that these people often build really stable homes as adults, almost like they are trying to give themselves what they missed. But there is usually this lingering feeling that they are still performing adulthood rather than actually feeling at home anywhere. Also this placement gives me strong "eldest sibling" vibes.

Sun in Cancer in the 10th house square Lilith in Aries in the 8th house.

This is a tense combination in my opinion. The Sun in Cancer in the 10th wants to be seen as nurturing, caring, maybe even motherly in their public role. But Lilith in Aries in the 8th is raw, angry, sexual, and hidden. The square means these two parts of the person are fighting each other. What I have noticed is that people with this aspect often have a public persona that is really soft and accommodating, but in private they have this fierce, independent side that they are kind of afraid of. They might attract situations where their anger or assertiveness gets projected onto others, or they might have moments where the Lilith side bursts out and then they feel guilty because it does not match their Cancer Sun image. The 8th house makes it even more complicated because the Lilith energy gets tied to shared resources, intimacy, or power dynamics. So there might be this pattern of being the nice one in public and then having these intense, almost scary confrontations in private relationships.

Neptune in Pisces in the 1st house.

I have noticed people with this placement often get described by others as having something ethereal or hard to pin down about their appearance. Not necessarily beautiful in a conventional way, but memorable in a way that is hard to explain. Neptune in the 1st blurs the edges of identity, and Pisces adds this soft, almost floating quality. So you might get someone who looks like they are not quite from here, or who changes their style so often that people have trouble describing them. I also noticed a tricky thing about it. Neptune here can also mean the person does not really know who they are, so they kind of absorb the identities people project onto them. The "angelic" look is one projection, but there are others.

Pluto in Sagittarius in the 4th house.

Pluto in the 4th house is always heavy for home and family, and Sagittarius adds this quality of expansion and belief systems. What I have seen with this placement is that the family environment was often dominated by strong beliefs: maybe religious, maybe political, maybe just a very particular worldview that the person had to adopt or rebel against. The Pluto intensity means it was not just "my parents were religious," it was more like the beliefs were enforced with an intensity that felt suffocating or transformative. I have also noticed that people with this placement often physically leave home early, like they need geographic distance to sort through what happened there. The Sagittarius need for freedom clashes with the Pluto need for deep roots, so there is this tension between wanting to explore and being pulled back into family intensity.

Aries Moon in the 3rd house.

The Moon needs to feel safe, and Aries needs to act. In the 3rd house of communication and daily environment, this creates someone whose emotions come out fast and direct. I have noticed these people often have siblings or early environments where they had to fight for attention, or where emotional expression was immediate and maybe a bit competitive. The 3rd house makes it about talking so they might say what they feel right away, sometimes before they have really sat with it, and then regret it. Or they might have grown up in a household where people yelled and that became their emotional baseline. What stands out to me is that they often need physical movement to work through feelings, like going for a walk or doing something with their hands while they talk. Sitting still and going through emotions does not really work for them.

Synastry Chart Observations

Moon in the 7th house overlay.

I have seen this go a few ways. In one pattern, the Moon person becomes emotionally dependent on the house person, like they need the house person to validate their feelings and the house person ends up feeling responsible for the Moon person's mood. In another pattern, the house person starts to express their own emotions more because the Moon person creates a safe space for it. The sign matters a lot - Moon in Cancer in the 7th might create a really nurturing bond, while Moon in Aries in the 7th might make the house person feel like they are always being pushed to react emotionally. I think the common thread is that emotions become the main language of the relationship, for better or worse.

North Node in the 1st house overlay.

The North Node person often feels like the house person represents who they are supposed to become. It is not always comfortable, but sometimes the North Node person feels exposed or pushed to grow in ways they did not plan. The house person might feel like they are being watched or idealized, or they might not notice anything at all and just be themselves while the North Node person is having a whole transformation. I have seen this in friendships where one person literally changes their appearance or behavior after meeting the other, like the house person unlocks something. If the North Node is in a fire sign, the growth might be about confidence and action. If it is in an earth sign, it might be about stability and self-worth.

Venus square Mars in synastry.

This creates friction that can be really attractive but also really annoying. The Venus person wants harmony and pleasure, the Mars person wants action and conquest, and they are not quite aligned. I have seen this in couples where they are constantly negotiating, in example: one wants to relax, the other wants to go do something, and they end up compromising in a way that leaves both people slightly unsatisfied. The sex is usually good because the tension creates heat, but the day-to-day can be exhausting. I think the square works better if both people have their own outlets for Venus and Mars energy, so they are not expecting the relationship to provide everything.

Saturn trine Venus in synastry.

This is one of those aspects that does not get enough attention because it is not "dramatic". The trine means the flow is easy, so the Saturn person provides stability and the Venus person brings warmth, and they kind of just fit together. What I have noticed is that these relationships often last a long time because there is mutual respect built in from the start. The Saturn person might be older or more established, or they might just have a calming effect on the Venus person. The Venus person helps the Saturn person relax and enjoy life more. It is not fireworks like type of thing, but it is solid and more stable. I think the danger is that it can get boring if there is not enough challenge elsewhere in the chart.

Jupiter conjunct North Node in synastry.

This feels like the Jupiter person expands the North Node person's path in a really positive way. I have seen this in relationships where one person literally opens doors for the other: introduces them to new ideas, people, opportunities. The Jupiter person might not even realize they are doing it, they are just being themselves. The North Node person feels like their life gets bigger because of the connection. I think the risk is that the North Node person might become dependent on the Jupiter person's optimism, or they might take risks that are not actually right for them because the Jupiter energy makes everything feel possible. But mostly I have seen this as a genuinely lucky connection.

Composite Chart Observations

Uranus in the 4th house in Aquarius.

This is a double dose of Uranus energy in the house of home and roots. I have seen this in relationships where the couple does not have a traditional home life and it may play out in different ways. Maybe they prefer to live apart, or they move around a lot, or their living situation is unconventional in some way. Aquarius adds this quality of needing intellectual space even within domesticity, so the relationship might have separate rooms or very clear boundaries around alone time. What I find is that these couples often create a home that looks weird to outsiders but works perfectly for them. The challenge is when one person suddenly wants more stability and the other is still fine with the unconventional setup. That is usually when the relationship gets tested.

Moon in Gemini in the 8th house.

The emotional core of the relationship is about talking through deep stuff, which sounds good but can be tricky at some point. Gemini wants to keep things light and moving, and the 8th house wants to go all the way down. So there is this pattern where the couple talks about intense things but never quite lands anywhere, or they analyze their feelings instead of actually feeling them. I have noticed these relationships often have really good communication about stuff like sex and shared resources, but the emotional intimacy might stay at a mental level. They might need to remind themselves to stop talking and just be with each other sometimes.

Saturn in the 7th house in Gemini.

The relationship itself feels like work, and the work is communicative. These couples might feel like they are always negotiating, always defining terms, always making agreements. Gemini makes it more intellectual than emotional, so the responsibility feels like an agreement rather than a burden. I have seen this in business partnerships and marriages where the couple runs a company together - the structure of the relationship is built on shared mental work. The danger is that it can get dry, like two colleagues who happen to share a home. But if there is warmth elsewhere in the chart, the Saturn structure actually gives the relationship bones.

Juno in Leo in the 10th house.

Juno is about commitment, and in Leo in the 10th house the commitment becomes public. I have seen this in couples who are seen as a power couple, or who define their relationship through shared public achievement. Leo wants recognition, so the partnership might need applause to feel valid. The 10th house makes it about status and career, so these couples might build something together that gets them noticed. What I find interesting is that the commitment itself becomes part of their public identity and being married or partnered is not just private, it is part of who they are in the world. The risk is that if the public image cracks, the relationship feels unstable.

Chiron in Scorpio in the 1st house.

The relationship itself carries a wound around power, trust, and transformation. Scorpio makes it deep and the 1st house makes it visible so this is why people might sense that this couple has been through something intense even if they do not know what. I have seen this in relationships that start after some kind of crisis, or where both people have significant trauma that gets activated by the connection. The healing potential is huge because Chiron in the 1st forces the relationship to confront its own pain directly. But it is not easy. These couples often go through phases where everything feels like it is falling apart, and then they rebuild stronger. The key is that the relationship itself becomes the healing container, which is beautiful but exhausting.

Solar Return Chart Observations

Sun in the 10th house in Leo.

This is a year where your public identity gets really bright. Leo in the 10th wants to be seen as confident, creative, maybe even a bit dramatic in your career. I have seen people with this solar return get promoted, start a business, or just become more visible in their field. The body seems to want more attention, like you literally feel more comfortable being looked at. But Leo can also mean ego clashes at work, or you might realize you have been playing small and now you want the spotlight. I think the key is to own it without stepping on other people, which is harder than it sounds.

Mars in the 6th house in Virgo.

This year your daily routine probably gets more active, more competitive, or more annoying. Virgo in the 6th is already about work and health, and Mars adds urgency. You might take on too many projects, or your work environment gets suddenly busy, or you develop a health issue that forces you to pay attention to your body. I have seen this in people who start a new fitness routine and get obsessed with it, or who get into conflicts with coworkers over small things. The energy is precise but relentless. I think the thing is channeling it into something you can improve bit by bit, rather than trying to fix everything at once.

Jupiter conjunct Mercury in Cancer in the 1st house.

This is a year where your thinking expands and your identity grows, and it all feels personal. Cancer makes it emotional, so the ideas you have this year are tied to your sense of self and maybe your family history. Jupiter expands Mercury, so you might learn a lot, write more, talk more, or just think bigger. In the 1st house, this changes how you see yourself. I have seen people with this placement start a blog, go back to school, or have conversations with family that shift their whole perspective. The body seems to want to express what is going on inside, like talking becomes a physical need.

Vertex in the 8th house in Taurus.

Fated encounters around shared resources, intimacy, or transformation. Taurus makes it slow and solid, so the fated event might not feel dramatic at first. Maybe you meet someone who changes your financial situation, or you inherit something, or a relationship deepens in a way you did not expect. I have seen this in years where people merge finances with a partner or start a business with someone. The 8th house makes it intense even if Taurus tries to keep it grounded. I think the key is being open to change without forcing it.

Venus in the 4th house in Cancer.

This year home becomes really important for love and comfort. You might want to nest, redecorate, or just spend more time with family. Cancer makes it emotional, so your living space probably needs to feel safe and nurturing. I have seen people with this placement move in with a partner, buy a home, or just get really into cooking and making their space cozy. The body seems to want to be at home more than usual. But Cancer can also get clingy, so watch out for wanting to keep people in your space who actually need to leave.

Lunar Return Chart Observations

Vertex in the 3rd house in Gemini.

This month might bring a fated conversation or a chance meeting through communication. Gemini makes it fast and possibly digital, so maybe an important email, a text that changes something, or meeting someone through writing. I have seen this in months where people have a conversation that shifts their perspective, or they start a project with a sibling or neighbor. The 3rd house is daily life, so the fated event might seem small at first but turn out to matter later.

Moon in Capricorn in the 11th house.

This month your emotions might feel more serious around friends and groups. Capricorn Moon wants structure and achievement, and the 11th house is community. So you might feel responsible for a group, or you might pull back from social stuff because it feels like work. I have noticed people with this lunar return placement often take on a leadership role in a community or they realize their friend group is not really supporting their goals. The body seems to want less social noise and more purposeful connection.

Sun in the 12th house in Leo.

This month your identity gets hidden or private in some way. Leo wants to be seen, but the 12th house keeps it behind the scenes. You might be working on something creative that you are not ready to show, or you might feel like your usual confidence is not there. I have seen this in months where people need more alone time to recharge, or they are sorting through something that they do not want to talk about yet. The body seems to want rest and privacy, even if the mind is still performing.

Mercury in the 9th house in Sagittarius.

This month your thinking expands. Sagittarius in the 9th is already about big ideas, travel, and philosophy, and Mercury here makes you want to talk about all of it. You might have conversations that change your worldview, or you might feel restless and want to plan a trip. I have seen people with this placement read a book that shifts their perspective, or they get into debates about big beliefs. The body seems to want movement and new input, like sitting still feels wrong. If Mercury is 4th house ruler then it usually also play out as moving houses.

Moon conjunct Saturn in Gemini in the 2nd house.

This month your emotions and your sense of security get tied together in a serious way. Gemini makes it mental, so you might be thinking a lot about money, values, or what you actually need to feel safe. Saturn makes it heavy, so there might be a reality check around finances or self-worth. I have seen people with this lunar return make a budget, confront a spending habit, or realize they have been undervaluing themselves. The body seems to hold tension around resources, like physical anxiety about having enough.

Transit Observations

Venus transiting the Sun in the 10th house in Sagittarius.

This transit usually brings a moment where your public image gets a boost. People see you as more attractive, more approachable, maybe more fun. Sagittarius adds this quality of expansion and optimism, so you might get opportunities through being visible and maybe a social event leads to a career connection, or someone important notices you. I have seen this transit coincide with people getting compliments at work or being asked to represent something publicly. The effect is temporary but it can open doors.

Jupiter transiting the 2nd house in Cancer.

Your resources and sense of security are expanding, and Cancer makes it emotional. You might earn more, or you might just feel better about what you have. I have seen people with this transit buy something that makes them feel safe, like a home or a car, or they get a raise that allows them to take care of family. The body seems to relax around material stuff, like you finally feel like you have enough. But Jupiter can also make you overspend on comfort, so maybe check your budget before you redecorate everything.

Saturn transiting the 4th house in Aries.

Home and family life are getting a reality check, and Aries makes it confrontational. You might feel like you need to assert yourself more at home, or there might be tension around who is in charge. I have seen this transit bring situations where people have to take responsibility for their living situation like maybe a parent needs care, or a roommate situation falls apart, or you realize your home is not working and you need to make a change. The body seems to hold tension around safety and belonging, like you are always slightly on guard at home.

Neptune transiting the 8th house in Aries.

This is a long transit, but it dissolves boundaries around shared resources, intimacy, and transformation. Aries makes it impulsive, so you might make decisions about joint finances or deep emotional bonds without fully thinking them through. I have seen people with this transit get confused about money they share with others, or they idealize a sexual partner and then feel disappointed. The body seems to get weird signals around trust, like you want to merge with someone but you are not sure if it is real. I think the key is waiting before making big commitments, but Aries does not like waiting.

Sun transiting the 7th house Moon in Pisces.

This transit lights up your partnerships and emotional needs. Pisces Moon is already sensitive and receptive, and the Sun passing through brings awareness to how your relationships are actually feeling. You might have a moment of clarity about a partnership, or you might feel more emotional than usual around the people closest to you. I have seen this transit bring conversations about feelings that have been buried, or a partner might reveal something that shifts the dynamic. The body seems to respond with either relief or overwhelm, like finally seeing something that was always there.

I would be really grateful for feedback if anything here resonates with your own chart or experience. And it would be great to know what placements you would like me to write about in the next observational post - just drop them in the comments or send an ask.

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bell hooks mentioned going through a time in her life where she was severely depressed and suicidal and how the only way she got through it was through changing her environment: She surrounded her home with buddhas of all colors, Audre Lorde’s A Litany for Survival facing her as she wakes up, and filling the space she saw everyday with reinforcing objects and meaningful books. She asks herself each day, “What are you going to do today to resist domination?” I also really liked it when she said that in order to move from pain to power, it is crucial to engage in “an active rewriting of our lives.”

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I have come to think of the suicidal impulse as the brain waving a flag to say three things:

something needs to change here

this is urgent

I don’t know how to do it

death is the ultimate metaphor for drastic change. it’s a general specific. whatever your problems are, it is very likely that dead people don’t have to deal with them. a real solution to your problems may demand a very narrow range of action that’s likely to be out of reach at this moment, but death is sold on every street corner, so it feels like a more realistic fantasy than happiness.

you don’t really want to die per se but it’s also not completely random chemicals swamping your brain for no reason. you want the pain to stop, you want to be somewhere else, you want to be someone else. it’s urgent. you don’t know how to do it. the end is not the end but a means that feels within your reach right now.

this is the wisdom of bell hooks: daily rituals of meaning and resistance and solidarity are part of slowly building a future where you can make the change you really need. and only alive people can do that. every step you take towards change and power is another step away from death.

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hair and the moon: cleansing and charging routines

the moon marks cycles of release and renewal. your hair follows a similar pattern: growth, accumulation, shedding, and care. align your hair routines with your natal moon, even simple acts like washing or oiling can then become intentional resets instead of autopilot habits.

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gemini moon (3°, 15°, 27°) and/or aspecting mercury: washing, brushing, and tending to hair is calming and grounding. you might mess with your hair as a method of clearing mental noise through physical repetition. washing every 2-4 days depending on how it feels (adjusting based on weather, stress, buildup, etc - embrace the mercurialness). brushing your hair at night to wind down, wash at the same time of day, and use the same scent or product consistently. over-cleansing for you might be a sign of anxiety... avoidance or under-washing might be a sign of mental overwhelm. to cleanse be wary of how you speak to yourself while caring for your hair and the environment (music, quiet, routine - hair is kinda like plants)!

leo moon (5°, 17°, 29°) and/or aspecting sun: you need 1-2 reliable wash routines, not to be constantly switching - find something and stick to it. do seasonal trims; not emotional cuts. stick to lightweight maintenance (oil, brush, leave-in - whatever just do not overload). have the same wash days each week. try soothing scalp care like massage, warm oiling, and slow brushing. as for cleansing, brush before washing it removes energetic buildup, let the water run longer than necessary, and opt for quiet washing (no rushing, no multitasking).

scorpio moon (8°, 20°) and/or aspecting pluto: wash 2–3x per week (not daily). focus on thorough scalp cleansing, not quick washes (get a scrubber and thank me later). occasionally do a clarifying shampoo (or apple cider vinegar) to break through buildup. whatever you do - avoid emotionally reactive cuts - schedule out your haircut. don't overdo products and don't ignore your hair until it's overwhelming to deal with. add a protective element to your styling - think sleek styles like braids and buns, something low manipulation.

8h moon: buildup happens quickly - your scalp can feel "heavy" when life is heavy. your hair often reflects emotional overload before you consciously notice it. what woulds for you is clarifying washes/shampoos, scalp detox treatments, and full reset cuts or shape changes OCCASIONALLY. you have to sus out on your own when these things are needed. it's important to cleanse your hair when you feel emotionally "heavy", like you've been around a lot of people, when something internal feels unresolved, and/or when you feel overstimulated.

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#0047 your imum coeli ruler in the different houses

the imum coeli, or the fourth house, makes up one of the four angular points in the birth chart, directly opposing the midheaven, or the tenth house. where the ascendent represents our individual identity, the descendent represents our duality in our relationships; where the imum coeli represents our inner family circle and childhood, the midheaven represents our social standing and our careers. the imum coeli, or the fourth house, then, is a very significant energy in our charts, as this angular point represents our relationship with our mother and our early family dynamics. where the ruler of the fourth house is, can help determine some underlying aspects that further affect and/or influence this fourth house.

to find your fourth house ruler means finding the ruler of the sign of your fourth house. if your fourth house is ruled by pisces, for example, then your fourth house ruler will be neptune. if ruled by aries, then mars. if scorpio, then your fourth house ruler will be both mars and pluto. your fourth house ruler will always oppose your tenth house ruler and, together, they make up a significant fraction of the relationship between the past and future.

this post will analyse fourth house rulers in general; it will not include single planetary rulers.

if interested, you can check out other posts like this one:

#0004 moon notes n.01

#0017 your relationship with your mother, based on your moon sign

#0021 reading a chart: (moon) aspects n.01

#0026 what your midheaven and imum coeli really mean

#0036 your emotional comfort zone, based on your moon sign

when the fourth house ruler falls in the first house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the first house, much of how these natives perceive themselves will surround their early family dynamics. for some, they may have felt their identity overlooked or undermined in some way, perhaps because the household was, to some extent, very controlling with how these people expressed their individuality and/or independence. maybe these natives felt very aware of their bodies (and perhaps even sexualities) and just how influential their family is on them. growing up, they may have struggled with asserting themselves or following their own path.

with more positive aspects, there may have been a very uplifting dynamic wherein their independence was positively reinforced with support from their family. the extremity of this placement can range, but usually these natives learn, or have to learn, a lot about following their own path in life, and establishing their own values and principles based on their experiences with their family. this also means that, for some, they may completely disregard their families when older because of the newfound freedom they have, that they never had when younger. with that, there may be feelings of wanting to leave the home early to find oneself. whatever the case may be, these individuals definitely perceive themselves a certain way because of how they grew up. their self-esteem will vary depending on their experience with the mother

when the fourth house ruler falls in the second house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the second house, much of how these natives perceive their personal values and own approach to money and material things will stem from their childhood dynamics, most notably if their mother was absent or involved in their development in this regard. some natives experience a good and stable financial dynamic within the household but lack immaterial values and a sense of understanding of oneself. this means that despite having their needs taken care of, they don't actually have any real values or sense of worth that extends beyond material meaning. it may also mean that they intentionally pursue material things thinking it gives them the validation they want. for others, they may have had a solid household dynamic wherein their creative and emotional needs were fulfilled, and thus understood themselves well, and have very strong values as a result of their childhood experiences.

some natives with this placement have a strong attachment to their family home, especially if the home was positive. they may be tied to their material things, possibly having very fond memories of their younger years and relatives. if the moon is here, for example, there most likely exists a very emotional attachment to the mother or the early childhood, where nostalgia is very strong

when the fourth house ruler falls in the third house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the third house, education and/or knowledge becomes of paramount importance. there may be an element of foreign-ness here, possibly due to the family being foreigners or from a different political background. there seems to be an emphasis on education and knowledge because this is what the family terms as important, and these natives inevitably start believing in good grades, high academic performance, and so on. depending on what planet the ruler is in, there may be different influences here also, as jupiter can sometimes suggest being a part of a monastery or going to a religious school; uranus can suggest being home schooled, so on and so forth. the understanding here however is that school makes up a good chunk of the family dynamic. along with that, the fourth house ruler in the third usually suggests a close relationship with siblings; perhaps siblings were very important to the upbringing of these natives in some way.

travel may be seen here, though is often more emphasised in the ninth house, as the ninth house is more indicative of foreign travel. still, however, the third house is still representative of movement, and natives with this placement may have travelled a lot or shown interest in cars, planes, etc., or even writing and education, which is something they may pursue in their own families going forward

when the fourth house ruler falls in the fourth house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the fourth house, family definitely becomes an integral part of these natives and who they are. most commonly, these natives continue their legacy going forward, possibly even being part of a family business or career lineage that honours their heritage and/or family history/reputation. there generally is a tight closeness within the family, though this will depend on the planet in the fourth house. if negatively aspected in some way, there may be strife or conflict within the home, that has deeply impacted these natives in their own perceptions of family. the mother may have been very important to the upbringing of these natives, often having an umbilical-like connection with her, and whether this be through love or trauma will, again, depend on the natives' own experiences

there can be a matter of wanting to stay at home for a long time or wanting to maintain a similar family dynamic as these natives grow older. they typically have strong views on marriage and family, good or bad, but will act accordingly to their experiences in childhood. how they view children, to some extent, will also stem from their experiences in childhood. more positively, however, there tends to be a deeply profound connection with the mother or within the family; she may be wise, perhaps, or just very knowledgable, and this is something these natives appreciate in their own lives

when the fourth house ruler falls in the fifth house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the fifth house, the way these natives perceive play and relationships will strongly reflect their own experiences with their family, wherein play and/or self–expression was encouraged or discouraged. for some, natives may have learned a lot regarding their sense of play through their families. perhaps they were encouraged to play and express themselves creatively, whilst others not so much. there may have been confidence issues during childhood; but as a whole, this placement should suggest some element of positivity. friends were paramount during childhood; friendships and social groups helped these natives learn who they truly are and how to express themselves. for others, they perhaps lacked this crucial element in their lives, possibly never finding their sense of play or creativity, which affects the quality of their relationships today.

the mother could have been popular and/or creative, possibly very emotionally driven. she could have been sexual or just very romantic. she may have had multiple partners. wholly speaking, she was somebody who used her children as a way of expressing herself, possibly even using her children as an extension of herself. confidence was important to her, as well as expressing herself creatively/sexually

when the fourth house ruler falls in the sixth house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the sixth house, matters of career, routine, and health are important throughout childhood, particularly if the mother in question was sick in any way, or had a very strict belief in good health and routine. she may have been of a holistic background, possibly working with nature or simply being involved in the medicinal field(s). as a whole, natives with this placement tend to learn a lot about discipline and work in their childhood, and whether this be through the mother or the general family dynamic will depend on the native's own experiences. how they learn to work, be disciplined, and improve their skills will generally come from what they learned from their childhood

for some people, they may have experienced a childhood wherein work and discipline were important, and their overall mental and emotional wellbeing was not prioritised as much. school may have been important too, but the general consensus here is that there is an element of maturity from young, where there is an awareness to possible financial and employment issues, as well as what it means to be materially and financially successful. natives may grow up thinking their worth or values are based on their productivity, materials, and/or career

when the fourth house ruler falls in the seventh house –

with the fourth house ruler in the seventh house, how these natives perceive their own relationships and/or marriages will reflect their experiences in the family home. for some, marriage may have been taught as an important thing to achieve, and this will be relevant for those who are from specific ethnic or religious backgrounds that value marriage and family. there may also be political or social traditions wherein marriage and/or relationships are seen as important and/or mandatory. whether a good or bad marriage was witnessed in childhood, the understanding here is that these natives are very aware of marriage and certain relationship dynamics.

with regards to the mother, she may have been popular or very well liked by others. she may have been very graceful and empathetic, possibly even diplomatic and involved with certain social groups of people. she may have been very artistic. for some others, the mother may have been vain or emotionally elusive, possibly overlooking the needs of these natives. she may have been inconsistent or absent in her children's lives. depending on the planet, her absence or contribution will vary greatly. as a whole, however, there is a great set of lessons surrounding personal values and what marriage truly means for oneself because of these interesting childhood observations

when the fourth house ruler falls in the eighth house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the eighth house, natives may experience their families as a very transformative thing, perhaps because the eighth house introduces an element of loss and grief, or sudden change and transformation that alters how these people view themselves and their families from young. trauma is also usually seen in these kinds of placements. more positively, however, the fourth house ruler in the eight house may suggest a family that has an inheritance or a hidden wealth of some kind.

natives with this placement often experience a very deep connection with the mother, good or bad. there is often an element of intrusiveness, obsessiveness, or general attachment with the mother. natives may feel their independence or emotional space is not respected in some way; maybe they feel they never really had their own space to explore their emotional selves and identities. for others, they may actually feel they matured so young that they had to rely on themselves emotionally, physically, spiritually, and so on

for some natives, their families are healing and transformative in the sense that: family teaches them what it means to fully understand oneself, and to follow one's own intuition and purpose. family and children may be pursued (or not) in a way that follows their own values and experiences, rather than following the family legacy. in some instances, I would even see this as somebody who breaks certain traumas within the family lineage through following their own version of family

when the fourth house ruler falls in the ninth house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the ninth house, these natives may perceive religion and/or their faith as according to their early family dynamics, meaning the way in which these natives express their faith and/or spiritual beliefs will greatly depend on their spiritual or religious upbringing. for some, there may have been some form of religious or institutional influence, whereby the church and so on were heavily involved in how these natives perceived faith and the divine. there may have been some social or political influences, too. maybe an element of multiculturalism, where these individuals understand a lot about their own faith and beliefs because of the various beliefs and cultures they have surrounded themselves with during their childhood. it may be that these individuals have traveled a lot during childhood or were foreigners in a different country – whatever the case, being so open to different cultures or nationalities has most certainly influenced how these people form their own values and personal beliefs. there may have been an emphasis on school or education growing up.

sometimes this placement can suggest a very religious or spiritual mother. perhaps the mother was a traveler and enjoyed the spiritual ways of life. more broader, the family may have been very involved in religious or humanitarian matters. as a whole, however, individuals with this placement will experience a lot of change in their faith growing up because of how their own family approaches faith OR, on a more minor note, certain experiences (such as near death experiences or grief) that happen within the family that change the course of these people's lives into something more spiritual and/or religious

when the fourth house ruler falls in the tenth house –

with the court ruling falling in the tenth house, responsibility and work may have been of paramount value, often teaching natives maturity and working from young. these natives may have had to literally work from young or simply had a family dynamic wherein responsibility was important, and laziness or creative expression was not so important. these natives tend to have very materialistic childhoods, often having everything they need materially in their childhood, but lacking emotional and creative support and expression. thus, their later lives are usually spent trying to balance their creativity with their careers or their need for status. another thing on status, the family dynamic may have been so materially driven because of certain social or political influences, such as this family owning a big business, or just being very involved with society. as a whole, there tends to be a reputation to keep up here.

both the mother and father could have been very disciplined and successful workers, possibly with a drive for material and domestic success. natives feel they understand responsibility very well in their youth, but they feel quite creatively empty and unfulfilled. thus, a lot of their beliefs and values will revolve around material things, possibly even basing their worth around material values, but their lessons in life will involve needing to let go of material value and social status and simply pursuing their more creative and emotional affairs instead, such as being artistic or even pursuing more relationships

when the fourth house ruler falls in the eleventh house –

with the fourth house ruler in the eleventh house, how these natives perceive their society, community, and friendships stems from their own experiences with family and the mother. on the one hand, these natives may have been popular in childhood or their mother was popular in some way, perhaps involved with the community or simply had a lot of friends and connections around. she may have been very humanitarian in nature, possibly even volunteering or being a firm believer in equality or justice. for some of these natives, they may have relied on their friendships in their childhood, possibly because their own family and household dynamic lacked the closeness they would have liked. inevitably, their family dynamic may not have been so emotionally fulfilling; they may have felt overlooked in some way. for some other natives, they could have struggled with significant social issues

communication becomes important to these natives as they learn to be aware of society from young, and thus learning how to engage and interact with their communities as they grow older. the family doesn't necessarily have to be involved here; these natives could have simply just grown up in an area where they were aware of certain injustices or lack of fairness, and thus felt prompted to be more involved with society

when the fourth house ruler falls in the twelfth house –

with the fourth house ruler falling in the twelfth house, there may have been an element of grief or loss within the family, that has transformed the way these natives go about their lives. for one, the family dynamic may have been spiritual and/or religious; there may have been institutional or religious influences on an external level more than an internal one. travel may have been prominent throughout childhood. for two, because this house is mainly associated with loss and grief, the family dynamic may have been somewhat elusive, perhaps lacking emotional support or happiness. there may have been some element of death, too. the general experience with this placement is lacking a strong relationship with the family. there may have been a lot of trouble or escapist tendencies, such as alcoholism or drug abuse, or any other substance abuse, or misdemeanours. nonetheless, whilst this house is usually negative and sad in nature, there comes an incredible opportunity for spiritual healing. for some people their experience with this placement may revolve around happier themes of spirituality, unconditional love, and a deeply close family. the mother may have been religious or spiritual, maybe she enjoyed traveling. she could have been an inspirational role model who taught their children a lot about their own growth. for the majority of people, however, the general experience is that of sadness and grief, where the family may have had a lot of secrets or "skeletons in the closet"; there may have been a lot of things kept under wraps because of how disconnected the family was in reality.

these natives learn a lot about their own individuality and purpose in life through their experiences in the home. their spiritual journey will also heavily reflect their spiritual experience in the home. as a whole, however, the twelfth house for these individuals provided a good amount of grief and both healing

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Astro Observations XIII

💫When Pluto is in our 1st house during our solar return, it can be a year filled with many internal changes that guide the native toward a path of personal empowerment. This is a path that is not noisy and is even less noticeable to those around us. It's similar to planting a seed and feeling it germinate. It's about learning to feel, listen, and understand ourselves. Events that have been accumulating in past years can bring the cycle to a close, giving us reasons to move away from ways of thinking, ways of seeing and facing the world, and versions of ourselves that no longer helped us align with what we want to build for ourselves. The empowerment I mentioned earlier isn't necessarily linked to wealth or just being a magnet for attention. It comes from knowing ourselves so we don't let others have power over us, and so that the way they see us or want us to be doesn't have as much of an impact as it once did.

💫Mars in the 2nd, 4th, or 6th house in the solar return will present us with many opportunities or situations that push us out of our comfort zone. If it's in a fire sign, it actively represents movement away from environments we previously perceived as safe; or places that made us feel unmotivated, low or pessimistic. In an earth sign, it can signify job changes or a gradual shift towards what genuinely feels sustainable rather than simply safe due to familiarity. In an air sign, it represents leaving social or friend circles in search of something healthier; it can even symbolize a change in mindsets that keep us trapped in lifestyles and environments that drain us. In water signs, it often manifests as letting go of what we were attached to or what used to sustain us emotionally; we leave to prioritize our emotional well-being.

💫Having Air signs in the 5th house in your Solar Return can bring a strong need for contact with other people, even if you are an introvert. You may find yourself feeling loneliness a bit more intensely and gradually wanting to interact with friends, partners, family, or any circle you consider important. It could even represent an openness to meeting new people or many opportunities to form bonds that will bring you much happiness.

💫Moon in the 7th, 10th, or 11th house in your solar return chart can bring you a great amount of protection, care, and affection from others this year. You may feel very supported, understood, and listened to when you reach out to help. This last point is especially important if you have difficulty relying on others for support. If that's the case, then it's very likely that this year you'll gradually learn to do so.

💫Looking again at the Moon in the solar return, we can see sources of comfort not only from its position in this chart, but also from the house it falls in in our natal chart.

- If your Solar Return Moon falls in your natal 12th house, periods of solitude, creating art, music, or spiritual pursuits can bring you comfort.

- If your Solar Return Moon falls in your natal 6th house, building a routine that considers your moods or giving your emotions space to express themselves can be helpful. It's a perfect year for your body to stop being in alert mode and embrace the coziness of spaces for rest.

- If your Solar Return Moon falls in your natal 11th house, friendships, the internet, or taking small steps toward your aspirations and dreams can bring you not only comfort, but also satisfaction.

- If your Solar Return Moon falls in your natal 4th house, going to places you used to love, watching movies you really enjoy, or reconnecting with activities/hobbies you left behind due to stress or growing up too much can feel great.

💫Jupiter in the 3rd, 6th or 9th house in the solar return is usually a great indicator to learn something new this year, attend courses that catch our attention and even resume a language or skill that we used to be in the process of learning but left aside (this becomes stronger especially if Jupiter is retrograde).

💫For those who want to open themselves up to meeting a romantic prospect, we can see some indicators in the solar return, mainly involving the 5th and 7th houses: North Node in the 5th house (an active and/or very significant romantic life this year) or 7th house (the possibility of meeting someone with whom we connect romantically in a gradual way; it also opens the possibility of a serious and/or very important relationship). Venus in the 5th or 7th house, especially if it's harmoniously aspecting Saturn or Mars. Jupiter falling in the 5th or 7th house. Ruler of the 11th house in the 5th/7th house (shows the possibility of getting to know someone that could become our partner; from stranger to friend to partner). Ruler of the 7th in the 5th/7th house.

💫People with Ceres in the 3rd house have the ability to nurture others through their communication, and this goes beyond a soothing voice or empathic speech. It's the weight of their words. Even when they aren't trying to be deep, they can delve into the inner world of those they interact with. They have the ability to nourish the spirit of others with what they need to hear at that moment, something like a gentle wake-up call. It's precisely this calm and emotionally grounded demeanor that can lead them to be seen as "mom-friends" or very protective of those around them.

💫Now that I mentioned Ceres, those that have Ceres in the 3rd, 5th, or 11th house are often highly creative. Ceres in the 3rd house indicates very active minds with the ability to brainstorm ideas and develop projects that ignite their passion and that put into words what lies inside them. Since Ceres it's associated with productivity and fertility (even in the metaphorical sense), its placement in the 5th house greatly benefits creative minds, as they can bring to life numerous ideas that benefit both themselves and others. And finally, Ceres in the 11th house may lead to finding inspiration in things that go unnoticed by others. These individuals tend to be highly visual and possess the ability to nurture an idea until it becomes a reality.

💫When Ceres forms aspects with Juno (especially conjunction, trine or sextile), we find a person who views commitment as something where both partners strive to actively make the other feel good. The signed paper isn't enough, nor is simply living together, but they put a lot of focus on nurturing the bond. The other's well-being becomes a priority, and this is usually expressed equally. They may attract a future spouse who is very emotional and attentive to their needs, actively seeking to fulfill them.

💫A Juno harmoniously aspecting the ruler of your 8th house can signify a future spouse who is very financially stable. The same is true if Juno forms positive aspects with Venus, Jupiter, or Pluto. Venus, due to its direct connection with money. Jupiter, because of the abundance it represents. And Pluto, since it represents power.

💫Trines, as aspects, often represent things that come naturally to us. They can be qualities we possess from a young age or those that others readily recognize in us. And while the sextile is also a positive aspect, I agree with what I've read from some astrologers and practitioners: that sextiles represent character traits that develop with some work or effort. For example, those with a Sun-Mars sextile can feel the push to put their wants or ideas into actions, but they need to discipline, guide, and allow their energy to be expressed so that it can bring results to their lives. Similarly, I've noticed, both in the charts of those close to me and in my own, that the qualities of the sextile tend to become more pronounced as one gets older.

💫Your 7th house is closely connected to how you are perceived at work. While the 10th house alone highlights your overall reputation and the image you cultivate for yourself; using the derivative house system, the 7th house is the 10th house of your 10th house. This house specifically reflects your reputation in your work area and in the field you ultimately call your career.

- Those with their 7th house in Aries, Scorpio, or Capricorn can be highly respected in their work environment, even a bit intimidating. You may have that drive and the impression of being very ambitious, constantly seeking to grow. This can make you seem like someone who is difficult (or exciting, depending on the person) to compete with. Positions of power, prestige, or opportunities for advancement are likely.

- Those with Aquarius or Leo in the 7th house can excel in their work, innovate in some way, and become highly recognized. An authentic quality seems to shine through more easily in their work. The expressiveness of these individuals and the freedom with which they move in these environments even lends them the role of role model or trendsetter.

- Virgo or Gemini in the 7th house makes the native stand out for being very resourceful and even highly skilled in many diverse areas. When people at work, especially their bosses, talk about them, they highlight their astuteness and ease in learning new things and adapting skillfully to any environment. It's worth noting that they tend to be the ones who take on many different tasks, sometimes even those not originally assigned to them. Boundaries are crucial, as is ensuring that pay is commensurate with the workload.

💫The conjunctions or trines formed with the Part of Fortune in the natal chart can reveal professional areas or paths that may bring great success and opportunities. For example, with Uranus or Mars, jobs where we have significant decision-making power, where we lead a group of people, or even an entrepreneurial venture can be favorable. With Neptune, the Moon, or Venus, it could be an artistic field, something that allows us to express our sensitivity or through deep connection with others.

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the way your chart takes over their mind and why they can’t look away

their pluto on your ascendant or descendant this is the signature of a physical and relational obsession. when their pluto touches your rising sign, they feel a visceral need to own the skin you live in. they don't just look at you; they are trying to memorize the way you move your hands and the way you breathe. if it lands on your descendant, you become the shadow they have been hunting for their whole life. they might feel a sudden and terrifying level of jealousy because they see you as a prize they need to guard from the rest of the world. to them, you look like a total soul transformation they are desperate to be part of. they watch you to see if you will blink, convinced that you carry a power that could either save them or destroy them.

their personal planets in your 8th house you are currently their favorite secret and their most dangerous addiction. when their sun, moon, or venus lands in your 8th house, they feel as though they have walked straight into your basement and found the jewels you’ve been hiding since you were a kid. they don’t want to talk about the weather with you; they want the raw truth and the parts of you that most people are too afraid to name. they stay obsessed because you represent the deep end they’ve always been afraid to swim in. they stalk your history because they are looking for evidence of your shadows, convinced that if they can just figure out your secrets, you will finally belong to them. they want a total soul merger or nothing at all.

their personal planets in your 12th house they see you as a ghost from their own past or a dream they haven't quite woken up from yet. you have a blurry and ethereal quality in their eyes that makes you the perfect canvas for their deepest fantasies. they don’t see the real you; they see the version of you they’ve been searching for since they were born. this creates a massive vacuum that they feel the need to fill with their own constant attention. they watch you from a distance because you feel unreachable and they are terrified that if they actually got close enough to touch you, the magic would dissolve. you are the secret poetry they write in their head at midnight, and they stay obsessed because reality feels way too grey without your presence.

their pluto aspecting your moon or venus this is emotional and romantic telepathy turned into a trap. they pick up on your moods and your desires before you even name them and it makes them feel like they are reaching inside your chest to move things around. they are addicted to the way you make them feel. if it is a square or an opposition, the tension is so high that they might try to manipulate the situation just to keep you near. they feel a psychic tie to you that escapes all logic. they stay fixated because you are the only person who makes their heart beat at a frequency they can’t find anywhere else. you are the ride-or-die contract they didn't even read before signing.

their chiron aspecting your sun or moon you are the medicine they can’t quit. their presence in your life forces them to face the shame and the outsider feeling they’ve carried for years, and they find a weird kind of healing in the way you see their wounds. they become obsessed with you because they think you are the only person on earth who can actually fix them. it is a heavy and sometimes painful attachment where they cling to you like a life raft. they stalk you because they are looking for a sign that you still care, terrified that if you leave, their pain will return ten times stronger. you aren't just a person to them; you are a sanctuary they never want to walk out of.

their saturn on your ascendant or descendant they feel a heavy and suffocating sense of responsibility for you. they might feel like they need to manage your life or protect you from the world, but really they are just trying to build a cage they can call a home. their fixation is quiet but absolute. they treat the bond like a debt they are determined to pay back through sweat and loyalty. they stay in your life long after the fun parts are over because they have zero idea how to walk away from the weight you carry. they are the ones who stay and finish the work, but their devotion can often feel like a total possession. they want to be the only rock you ever lean on.

their vertex conjunct your sun, moon, or angles they see you as an act of absolute fate that they could not have avoided even if they tried. meeting you felt like a sudden electric shock of inevitability that split their life into before and after. they are obsessed with the "destiny" of the connection. they stalk your digital footprints because they are looking for signs that the universe intended for you to find each other. you are the point of no return for them and they stay obsessed because they are convinced you are a turning point in their soul's mission. they feel like they have finally found the person they were promised in a dream.

their mars in your 8th house or aspecting your pluto your presence triggers their most primal and subterranean desires. there is a high-voltage heat in the room whenever you are around and they find your energy to be an immediate jolt of adrenaline. they become fixated because your fire feels like a permanent beginning a raw, honest hunger that they want to be part of. they want to fight with you, merge with you, and eventually consume your spirit. they watch you because they are waiting for that intensity to finally land on them and they refuse to be the one who blinks first. you are the fire they want to stand too close to, even if it burns them down to the bone.

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venus in cancer: come home to yourself || what this transit means for you

venus moved into cancer today and if you've been feeling a little more tender than usual, a little more nostalgic, a little more in your feelings about the people and things you love, that's why.

venus is the planet of love, beauty, values, and what you're drawn to. in cancer, all of that turns inward. cancer is a water sign. it's ruled by the moon. it's emotional, nurturing, protective, and deeply intuitive. when venus moves through cancer it's not asking you to go out and chase love or abundance. it's asking you to come home to it.

this transit runs until june 13. for the next few weeks the things that feel most meaningful to you are going to be the quiet ones. safety. belonging. being truly known by someone. taking care of and being taken care of. venus in cancer finds beauty in intimacy not performance.

where is this landing in your chart

find where cancer sits in your natal chart. that house is where venus is asking you to soften and open up right now. cancer in your 4th house and this transit is deeply personal, your home, your roots, your sense of safety. cancer in your 11th house and this energy is moving through your friendships and community. cancer in your 5th and romance and creativity are getting a tender, emotional upgrade.

how to move in this energy

let yourself feel it. venus in cancer doesn't reward emotional armor. if something or someone has been on your heart, this is the transit that asks you to stop avoiding that.

nurture what you love. your relationships, your creative work, your home environment. small acts of care go a long way right now.

don't mistake softness for weakness. cancer is actually one of the most resilient signs in the zodiac. it protects what it loves fiercely. letting yourself be vulnerable during this transit isn't losing ground, it's building real ones.

notice what feels like home. people, places, creative spaces, even certain music or routines. venus in cancer is asking you what actually nourishes you and whether you're letting yourself have it.

what this is really about

venus in cancer is a homecoming transit. it's not flashy. it's not about being seen by everyone. it's about being known by the ones who matter and knowing yourself well enough to receive that.

if you want to see exactly where venus in cancer is activating your chart and what it means for your love life, relationships, or sense of self worth right now, my natal chart and transit readings are in my etsy shop.

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Classical planets in or ruling your 11th house and if you gain more from individuals or groups in your social network.

[ 11th house = friends, social circles, communities, people who support you, connections that help you move forward to your goals ]

Day sect - natal Sun in houses 7-12

Night sect - natal Sun in houses 1-6

Sun in 11th — More from specific people inside the groups

Day sect: tends to get noticed faster by bosses or authority/high influence types & you move toward goals with less resistance

Night sect: slower recognition & usually only after disicplined effort

You usually get more out of people when someone actually sees you instead of just being another person in the room. Being around groups can help, but groups alone are not enough. You often become more motivated when someone notices your effort, remembers you, asks for your input, or includes you directly. If nobody knows who you are you may stop caring. That is why one person believing in you can sometimes do more than being around fifty people.

What does not work: trying to fit with everyone, staying too neutral socially, hoping the group will naturally reward you rather than putting in effort

What works: becoming recognizable/distinct from others, letting people know your personal strengths, building a few strong supporters

Moon in 11th — More from groups

Night sect: more steady emotional stability & more reliable support from other people

Day sect: more mood swings & less consistent help from people

Things work out better for you in groups because being around different people spreads things out emotionally. You’re less likely to depend too much on one person for support, attention, or connection. You often feel more stable when there’s more movement, conversation, and people coming in and out of your life. One anchor person disappearing can hit harder than losing touch with one part of a larger circle.

What does not work: putting all social needs onto one friendship, disappearing for long periods then expecting things to feel the same as before

What works: staying involved with others, having multiple connections, being around people on a regular basis

Mercury in 11th — More from lots of individuals

Day sect: clearer communication with others, fewer misunderstandings in conversations, faster decision-making here

Night sect: more confusion in communication & slower decisions made in social circles

Knowing a lot of people instead of getting deeply attached to a few works out way better for you. You tend to benefit through random conversations, hearing different opinions, and making connections between things. You may not even realize how often opportunities come from someone mentioning something casually. Your strength is typically just staying open and connected socially instead of building one tight-knit social world.

What does not work: locking yourself into one group identity, expecting closeness before connecting deeper

What works: talking to many different people, exchanging ideas frequently, keeping connections active

Venus in 11th — More from friendly groups

Night sect: relationships hold together more easily and affection feels more consistent

Day sect: connection quality changes more often and less reliable here

You usually gain when being around people feels easy and natural, rather than forced or performative. People are more likely to help you when the interactions feel pleasant and not heavy or tense. You often don’g need to push hard socially because support tends to come through having comfort and good feelings with others. When relationships become too competitive or transactional things often stop flowing well for you in this area of your life.

What does not work: networking in a cold or overly strategic way, trying to impress others

What works: mutual support situations, being pleasant to be around, choosing circles that feel natural rather than forced

Mars in 11th — More from select individuals

Day sect: actions are more controlled and less likely to turn into conflict

Night sect: more reactive behavior and higher chance of arguments

You usually gain more from having select people in your cicle because groups can feel too slow-paced for your adrenaline baseline (lol). Too many opinions, too much discussion, too much waiting. You often work better with people who move quickly in decisions and say what they actually mean. You may naturally trust action more than social harmony. A small team with high energy can feel better than having a big community of people to keep up with.

What does not work: waiting for everyone to agree on things, staying quiet to avoid influencing tension

What works: direct collaboration with others, friendships focused on actually taking action/making things happen, choosing people proven initiative.

Jupiter in 11th — Strong in groups

Day sect: more reliable good outcomes & easier growth opportunities to pursue

Night sect: less predictable results & more ups and downs

Just putting yourself around more people works best because more people means more favorable chances for you. More ideas, more introductions, more perspectives, more opportunities. You grow well here by exposing yourself to bigger environments instead of staying in familiar spaces out of comfort or convenience. You don’t always need particularly close relationships with others for something useful to come out of things.

What does not work: isolating yourself too much, thinking you must do everything alone

What works: joining social groups/networking opportunities, accepting support from people, staying socially available/open

Saturn in 11th — Few people over many

Night sect: long-term progress is steadier even if slow

Day sect: delays feel rather challenging to manage & progress is more stop-start than smoothly flowing

Usually you gain more from having a small social network because trust matters so much to you. You may not warm up fast or feel comfortable in big social spaces. You often want proof that someone means what they say. Because of that, your relationships may build slowly in life but become very dependable once they do.

What does not work: forcing yourself to be more social, collecting people for quantity over quality

What works: having patience, quality over quantity, investing deeply in those who prove they can be trusted (opposed to just words/empty promises)

Rahu (North Node) in 11th — Learning to benefit from groups

You learning how to exist in bigger social spaces even if it feels uncomfortable at first is the prize in this area of your life. You naturally focus too much on what’s familiar or very personal to you, but favorable outcomes here happens when you realize you don’t actually need direct closeness with everyone to benefit from being connected to others socially.

What does not work: obsessing over popularity, trying to know everyone (rather than genuine connection)

What works: entering bigger social spaces, learning how communities function in a healthy way, staying useful instead of chasing approval from social circle

Ketu (South Node) in 11th — More from selected individuals

Since you can feel detached from the idea of maintaining social circles, having chosen people works better because groups can start feeling “empty” after a while. You may not care much about being particularly known, included, or socially visible. You want your interactions with others to feel real and intentional instead of maintaining connections just because everyone else is doing it (what’s socially expected).

What does not work: trying to force excitement about social status or belonging in social circles

What works: keeping actually meaningful connections and letting groups be background support than necessities

Chiron in 11th — Individuals often feel safer

Groups often can make you feel too aware of differences or where you stand in them. One-on-one situations make it easier to feel understood and less like you need to figure out your place in bigger circles. You open up more when attention is focused instead of spread across many people socially.

What does not work: changing yourself to fit in with other people, staying where you feel unseen for who you are

What works: finding your type of people, having smaller circles, deeper genuine connections

Lilith in 11th | Selective groups, unusual people

You notice social pressures very quickly so focusing on select individuals to build supportive circles works better for you. You really dislike feeling expected to think, act, or react like everyone else is (basically being allergic to social conformity). Smaller groups or unusual people (compared to status quo) often feel easier for you to manage because there’s way less pressure to fit in and more room to just be honest.

What does not work: acting agreeable just to stay included in the status quo

What works: niche communities, honest, genuine connections, keeping independence while still connecting with others

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solar return moon: the emotional climate of your year

the moon in your solar return chart marks the room where your heart stays parked for the next twelve months. it tells the story of what you'll actually hunger for and where your intuition is currently high voltage. for this year, this area of your life is the primary source of your moods and your survival instincts. it's the specific part of your world that'll feel the most personal and where you'll be the most sensitive.

moon in the 1st house you feel like the lights have been turned up on your own face and you're currently an interrogation of your own identity. the mirror is a high stakes place this year because the version of you that used to fit no longer makes sense. your presence carries a weight that forces people to look twice and you're probably changing your style or your name because you're tired of being a ghost. this is the year of the raw start where you realize that your emotional transparency is actually your greatest form of intelligence. the only person you're trying to satisfy right now is the one looking back at you in the morning.

moon in the 2nd house your heart is currently parked in your bank account and your pantry. safety for you has become a visceral and physical requirement. you're looking at your self worth with a level of grit you didn't have last year and you refuse to settle for anything that feels cheap or temporary. abundance for you right now means a full fridge and a high quality silence. you're building a wall of comfort to keep the noise of the world away and you find your grounding when you realize that your actual value has nothing to do with what you can prove to others but how safe you feel in your own skin.

moon in the 3rd house your world is suddenly getting very loud and very busy. your brain feels like a radio station with fifty open tabs and you have this desperate need to talk to everyone and learn everything. you find your excitement in the local noise and the constant exchange of data. it's a mental reboot where the truth arrives in flashes of insight through a text or a random conversation with a neighbor. silence feels like a threat right now so you keep the air moving with new stories and information. you're the messenger of your own reality this year.

moon in the 4th house the windows are closing and you're heading into the midnight hour of your soul. you probably feel an overwhelming urge to stay home and lock the door just to breathe in the silence. your focus has turned inward toward your roots and the things that happened behind closed doors when you were a kid. you're healing the foundation and you have zero energy for the social games of the outside world. this is a private and deeply emotional year where you're remembering who you were before the world told you who to be. your house is your only real sanctuary right now.

moon in the 5th house you're finally coming out of the basement and into the sunlight. after a long time of being serious you're suddenly craving the sparks and the romance and the creative fire. your inner child is currently running the show and you refuse to follow a script you didn't write for yourself. you want to be seen and you want to fall in love with something just for the joy of it. whether it's a new hobby or a new person you're putting your whole soul into the play. you're here to leave your personal signature on the world and to remember why being alive is a celebration.

moon in the 6th house the party is over and now you're interested in the mechanics of your own survival. you find a weird kind of peace in the to-do list and the way you organize your day. you're refining your body and your habits because you realize that a good life is built on the small details that everyone else is too lazy to notice. your health and your work have become the primary source of your security. you show love through being useful and you find your grounding in the knowledge that because of your effort things are actually running like clockwork today.

moon in the 7th house you're tired of being a lone wolf and you're suddenly looking for your reflection in everyone else. your emotional weather depends entirely on the harmony of your closest bonds and you're figuring out where you end and the other person begins. you're learning the art of the soft compromise and the beauty of a pair that moves as one. your relationships are taking up all the air in the room and you're realizing that you need a witness to your life to feel like you actually exist. this is the year you learn how to be a we without losing the i.

moon in the 8th house you've entered the deep end of the pool and the lights have gone out. you're currently obsessed with the things people aren't supposed to talk about the secrets and the shared money and the psychological baggage you've been carrying for decades. you're undergoing a total soul transformation where the old version of you is being burned away to make room for something stronger. it's an intense and private year where you're performing an autopsy on your own feelings to see what's actually real. you're rising from the ashes and finding the jewels that stay hidden until the lights go out.

moon in the 9th house the heavy walls of the deep end have vanished and you're suddenly looking at the horizon. you feel a desperate need for freedom or a big idea that makes sense of the mess you just survived. your mind is expanding and you're taking leaps of faith that you were too scared to consider last year. you're the eternal student and the traveler who refuses to stay in a small mindset. this is a year of expansion and faith where you're realizing that the world is a massive playground for anyone brave enough to explore it. you're hunting for a truth that finally sets you free.

moon in the 10th house you've reached a peak where everyone can see your face. your focus is entirely on your career and your reputation and you carry a heavy sense of mission and authority. you want respect and you want your success to be a blueprint for everyone else in your circle. success is a public mission for you right now and you're outworking everyone to prove that you belong at the top of the mountain. you find your pride in the legacy you're building stone by stone and you realize that your name carries a weight you've spent years earning.

moon in the 11th house the pressure to be a solo success is starting to fade and you're looking for your tribe. your focus has shifted to your friends and the collective dreams you share with others. you want to belong to something bigger than just your own career. you're a visionary who is fueled by the group and you find your joy in the movements and the social circles that actually matter. you realize that you're much stronger when you stand together and your heart is finally opening to the idea that you don't have to carry the whole future by yourself.

moon in the 12th house the film is ending and the screen is going dark. you're in the final season of a cycle and you probably feel an overwhelming exhaustion and a need to surrender. you're letting go of the old ghosts and the old habits that no longer fit the version of you that's currently dissolving. your boundaries are thin and you're picking up on the collective sadness of the world like a psychic sensor. this is a time for solitude and dreams and total closure. you're floating in the mystery and waiting for a brand new spring to arrive.

[harmoonix]

Me And The Rhythm

Mercury Persona Chart

HAPPY GEMINI SEASON!! 🫶🏼💿

Sun in Leo/Aquarius/Sagittarius can indicate the native has an electric energy, they can be extrovert but not in all cases, best people to hang out with at a party, loud talkers

Imagine a room full of people who have Mercury in Sagittarius or Gemini in their mercury persona chart. THEEEE loudest room ever, very overwhelming, hard to be quiet, laughs a lot and lout, makes too many dirty jokes

Mercury in Pisces and Capricorn in the mercury p.chart can indicate the native might be a shy talker, someone who actually listens more than talks, and when they talk...they can struggle with finding their perfect words

Mars in Taurus/Scorpio axis can indicate the native can posses a seductive personality/energy, the native knows how to impress others, may have a liking for sultry music/sensual music

Having Sun in Sagittarius or Leo can make the person very friendly and outgoing but also that type of person people are shy to reach at first, they want you to do the first step and start a conversation for example, the native can seem unapproachable at first

Sun in Scorpio, very intimidating energy, esp if other people know few things about them, natives like this like to keep things private, secret, gossip may seem immature to them, they validate loyalty and make their boundaries clear from the start

Sun - Venus aspects (all) can indicate the native is liked by others, pleasent, good energy, good manners, good at making themselves appreciated by others, feel good to impress, likes to share their playlist with the people they love

Moon in air signs indicates the native may love deep - talk, long talks, late at night talks, they may love EDM music/remixes/electro pop music is pretty much an air moon genre

Moon in Capricorn loves a deep talk about their feelings, the native can appear cold at first but inside they´re some of the kindest people, intimidating personality

Neptune in Pisces natives may like soft music, soft pop, country music, music that makes them feel like flying, The native is so soft spoken, likes to share their music with others

Neptune in Aquarius natives wanna feel moved by music, they evaporate into thin air everytime their favorite song starts playing, heavy synth, dreamwave genres are heavy here

Neptune in the 3rd house, this is a very sirene placement in the Mercruy P. Chart because it indicates the native has a peacful, dreamy, voice. in this house the native may like whisper pop/alt pop/minimalist pop

Neptune in the 5th, 7th, or 8th house, this one can also be some soft placements in the mercury p.chart, usually with those they get inspired by things or experiences that happened in their lives, breakups, partnerships, situationships, something similar to Taylor Swift

Neptune - Ascendant aspects have a very siren - like personality, with the head in their clouds, can be prone to day dream a lot and fantasizes while listening to music, they may love multiple gernes of music

Having Moon in Virgo/Scorpio/Gemini in this persona chart can indicate that person who says the truth about a thing but is never trusted until that thing actually happens, is like a prophet

Pluto in the 1st house make their intention known from the start, they not the indecisive kind of people, they can be underestimated by others, no one truly knows what they feel inside, dark pop genre

Pluto in the 4th house in mercury persona chart can indicate someone who might be isolated from their family and not really talking with them, can indicate going off contact with people, ghosting, leaving, and moving once they do not feel safe, they can feel misunderstood

Venus in Cancer might get emotional if their favorite song hits too close to home in a bad day, like these people are very moody, so they can for example just put their favorite song and will be crying or feeling nostalgic to heal something in themselves

The rising sign in the mercury persona chart shows how you think and communicate, thoughts, voice, inner thoughts, overthinking, and more:

Fire Risings are known to be fast when talking, talking too loud, flirty type, casual, likes to chase, they may dislike dry conversation or when they feel is getting boring, they love gagging

Earth Risings are possibly the best at talking, because they take actual time to understand you and they can be great listeners, they may be a bit slower at understanding things sometimes and it can happen due to overthinking, things are not that hard as they think they are

Water Risings talk with their heart, they pour their heart for you, emotive type of talking, emotional while talking. If the conversation is too heavy they may choose to skip or change the subject

Air Risings have the communication skills in their blood, they love a great talk, talk that talk, they love to get along with people who share the same interests, likes to keep the conversation going

Uranus in the 1st house in a Mercury persona chart can indicate the native has a very open mind about the things they experience, rarely you can catch them being critical about something also very accepting

Mercury in the 1st house in a Mercury persona chart can indicate the native has a special place in this world, they can use their voice for so manyyyy things to help it, activism placement, rarely lies

Venus in Pisces or Libra can indicate the native can turn into a poet when they are in love, writing letters, sending little gifts being overly romantic is their gesture, they might also love to impress everyone they are talking with

Mercury in Leo can indicate the native can sound dramatic while talking or just having lots of dramatic jokes in general, they are very honest about what they feel so do not expect them to shut up if something feels wrong

Saturn in the 1st house in the mercury persona chart can indicate the native has strong boundaries when it comes to who they are talking with, they hate wasting time with the wrong people, the native can have an attractive voice all their life esp when they turn a bit older as well

Sun / Moon in the 2nd house can indicate these people actually spend a lot of on their hobbies, it can be arts, studies, people in their lives etc..and when i mean spending i do not mean only financial but also physical and vocal

Having Sun and moon in the same house/conjuncting can indicate a native who is very focused on themselves, in their own world or bubble, can indicate someone who has a pleasing, attractive voice, might be more isolated from the world while focusing on their internal one

Mars conjuncting Mercury/Mars and Mercury in the same house can indicate someone who might have anger issues or cannot control their feelings that good, violent music type, might be prone to using a lot of dirty words while adressing to someone or cussing a lot

Moon in the 12th house in the mercury p.chart can remember their dreams quite well if they involve talking, they may talk a lot in their sleep, and with the people within their dream realm. Feels like deja-vu when they wake up in the morning and remember about it

An empty 1st house in the mercury persona chart can indicate the loss of identity, the native is very mixed in what they like, they like mutiple things not just one, can find themselves in music but hard to explain it to others why they like it

Moon in Aquarius can indicate the native might like songs that are similar to their friends/people close to them. THEY LOVEEEE when someone shares the same music type as them, is friendly at first but can seem distant from time to time, better check up on them. Aquarius Moons like some emotional reassurance

Happy friday and Gemini ♊️ season l!! 🫶🏼🤍

[myun-saidthoughts]

⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ Astrology Observations 𝜗𝜚˚⋆⠀⠀ ⠀

❤︎ With 8th and 12th house synastry connections, you might never actually date the person, yet the emotions they evoke within you can feel as profound and intimate as if you had.

❤︎Un-evolved water dominant or water Moon individuals can become deeply attached to the experience of feeling something intensely, especially if they also have strong Earth placements in their Sun or rising sign. The emotional world becomes a source of validation, meaning, and identity, even when those emotions are painful.

❤︎ Pisces-dominant individuals may fixate on guilt, self-sacrifice, or emotional suffering. They can struggle with self-loathing, escapism, or unconsciously placing themselves in the role of the victim during difficult situations. While unhealthy, these emotional states can feel strangely safe because they are familiar. Pisces energy often absorbs emotional pain deeply, and over time, suffering itself can begin to feel emotionally recognizable or comforting. ❤︎ Scorpio-dominant individuals often seek emotional intensity because intense feelings make them feel alive and emotionally real. They may sit with sadness, longing, or emotional extremes because quieter emotional states can feel empty or disconnected to them. What appears to be “numbness” is not always emotional absence; rather, their nervous system may associate intensity with emotional validity. Without that deep emotional surge, they may interpret calmness as feeling nothing at all. As a result, they can unconsciously gravitate toward emotionally consuming experiences simply to reconnect with a sense of humanity and emotional depth. ❤︎ Cancer-dominant individuals tend to hold onto emotions internally rather than expressing them immediately. They often suppress feelings until they reach an emotional breaking point, at which emotions pour out all at once. Their moods can shift rapidly because they are highly emotionally responsive to their environment and inner state. Cancer placements may alternate between extreme warmth and emotional withdrawal depending on how safe or hurt they feel. In emotionally painful moments, their feelings can easily overpower logic or objectivity, causing them to react instinctively rather than rationally. (That can resonate with other water moons too)

❤︎ 12th House stellium/placements (especially Moon, Venus or Sun) oftentimes deal with being ostracized when they are interconnected with a group of people. This may not happen right away, but more oftentimes than not, if someone in the group doesn't isolate them from others, fear (usually based on past experiences) will cause the 12th House native to isolate themselves.

Usually, when the 12th House native isolate themselves it's because they have dealt with a similar situation before, to where if they didn't leave, they would have been left instead. 12th house placements deal with a lot of pain when it comes to building any relationship with others. Platonic, familial, romantic, there's always constant road blocks, or set backs. These people naturally chooses everyone over themselves and because of that, karmic lessons repeat.

It's self written and self sabotaging to where if they don't walk away from you, you will walk away from them, 9/10 walking away is beneficial because most people in your life are mirrors of your deepest fears and insecurities. It's hard to build a sense of self concept when you are constantly struggling to form any real authentic connection with another. You likely desire and yearn for a relationship (platonic or romantic) and it's hard to tell yourself you do deserve better when everyone around you shows you otherwise. Always talk to your guides or loved ones.

Advice: The universe does not want you to suffer, you are divinely protected however in the moment; when you compare yourself to the life of others, it won't feel that way. Write your feelings and make sure you validate any and all pain or hurt you carry❤︎

If you do not resonate with the above statements that is okay! I have a 12H Venus, Mercury, Pluto, Chiron, Lilith with my Scorpio Moon exactly squaring Neptune. If you don't relate I am glad!

❤︎ 12th house placements also deal with intense admiration (usually from people who do not speak to them openly) to intense animosity (again from people who do not speak to them). If you are not admired by others, you are questioned by them. If you are too kind, one person may view you as "fake" or "inauthentic." Then the next person will view you as "perfect," and someone who can do or say no wrong. These constant idealizations or false projections can make it feel impossible to keep up with. This also ties in to the fact that you may have tendencies to self abandon yourself. If you have dealt with trauma from others misconstruing your character, or by feeling like a burden when you state your needs, you're likely not familiar with sticking up for yourself; or with saying what is on your mind. The more you abandon your internal needs or thoughts the harder it is to create a confident self concept. It's a cycle.

❤︎ Venus-ruled natives—Libra and Taurus risings/stelliums along with individuals who have Venus, the Sun, or the Moon in the 2nd or 5th House; often receive a significant amount of external validation, admiration, and social approval from others.These placements can create a natural sense of desirability, charm, beauty, likability, or emotional appeal that attracts people toward them without much conscious effort. Others may project value onto them automatically, viewing them as someone whose attention, affection, or approval feels important to obtain.

These individuals may rarely experience a lack of attention in relationships, friendships, or social environments. People are often willing to pursue them, maintain connections with them, or seek validation from them even when the Venus-dominant person is not giving the same level of emotional investment in return. In some cases, this can lead them to unconsciously put minimal effort into maintaining relationships because they are accustomed to others doing the emotional labor of keeping the connection alive. There is often an assumption whether conscious or unconscious that affection, interest, or admiration will continue to come to them regardless. This is especially noticeable with strong Taurus or 2nd House energy, where personal value and desirability can feel inherently stable, and with 5th House placements, which tend to attract attention, admiration, romantic interest, and social fascination naturally.

❤︎ 8th house synastry deals with constant loops and cycles. If you're not saying you are over them, you are wanting them.

❤︎ Neptune and 12th house synastry: "You are perfect for me; you feel like everything I could ever wish for in someone."

If you're avoidant, this feeling can be terrifying because it brings a sense of inadequacy, as if you could never live up to the idealized version of yourself they see. You'll long for them deeply, but the way they look at you may feel unsettling, foreign, or out of place. Even if they seem like your dream person, self-doubt can drive you to run. You might fear disappointing them or feel you’ll never measure up to the partner they deserve. You'll view them as some sort of prize from a distance and you'll search for them in other connections but you'll never allow yourself to choose them, not like they choose you.

If you're anxious, this feeling will strike a familiar chord, it'll resonate so deeply within and letting go will seem impossible. You'll feel this pull toward them, you'll feel as if they’re your muse, your catharsis, and you'll wish that they were your person. Even without words, you'll sense that they want you, and this silent connection will consume your thoughts. You’ll compare the way they make you feel to everyone else, and you'll search for that same intensity in other people's gazes. You’ll sit in your head, wondering if your wishes align with theirs, questioning if they feel the same. Over time, you’ll realize the emotions they stir in you are unmatched, which leads you to hold onto the connection longer than you should, you'll rather wish on the what could be's than accept what is.

❤︎ 1H Chiron indicates that the native has deeply struggled with their self image. Especially if they also have a 3rd house Lilith or a 10th/12th house Sun. Bullying was likely a theme in their early development, confidence lacked, and even if they blossomed into their looks, a part of them may struggle with accepting compliments. They likely will always feel like that insecure little kid who was told they were "not good enough."

❤︎ 12th House/Neptune synastry creates an echo that gets louder when words are not being used. Eye contact and body language holds more weight rather than tangible words.

❤︎ In 12th House synastry, the house person often struggles to fully trust or understand the planet person’s intentions, words, or emotional transparency. Even when the planet person openly expresses affection such as saying “I like you,” the house person may still question the sincerity, depth, or reality of those feelings.

This dynamic usually comes from the inherently unclear and subconscious nature of the 12th House itself. The connection can feel emotionally consuming, intuitive, or psychologically significant, yet simultaneously difficult to define or ground in reality. Because of this, words alone may hold very little weight for the house person. They often look for emotional proof, consistency, or tangible reassurance, yet the relationship may continue to exist in an ambiguous emotional space. This is especially common in connections that lack direct communication or a clear foundation relationships built more on lingering eye contact, unspoken tension, imagined meaning, emotional projection, curiosity, or silent emotional exchanges rather than explicit statements and defined intentions. As a result, the house person can become trapped in uncertainty, constantly analyzing what the planet person truly feels versus what is being projected or imagined. The connection may feel deeply significant internally while remaining externally undefined, which creates confusion, longing, mistrust, or emotional fixation. In many 12th House synastry connections, both people can sense something profound beneath the surface, yet struggle to articulate or fully validate it in a concrete, emotionally secure way.

❤︎ Karmic relationships often act as catalysts for emotional awakening and self-awareness. Before the connection, you may have moved through life with parts of yourself emotionally undeveloped, disconnected, or hidden beneath the surface. The relationship shifts something internally, altering the way you perceive yourself, others, and the emotional depth of life itself.

These connections tend to awaken introspection. Through the other person’s presence, words, energy, or even the pain of the relationship, you begin confronting emotions, fears, desires, and wounds that may have previously remained unconscious. It can feel as though the relationship forces you to look inward in ways you never had before. In many cases, the person becomes symbolic of transformation rather than just romance. Their presence unlocks aspects of your identity, emotional world, and inner complexity that may have otherwise stayed dormant for years. Even if the relationship itself does not last, the emotional awareness it awakened within you often permanently changes the way you experience connection and understand yourself.

❤︎ If you have natal 12th house placements (especially Venus with Chiron) and you deal with a karmic relationship; very often, the pain, longing, loss, or emotional intensity of the relationship becomes a catalyst for inner creation. Through heartbreak or emotional unraveling, you may suddenly develop profound artistic abilities, emotional insight, spiritual awareness, writing talent, creativity, or healing-oriented passions that were quietly waiting beneath the surface. Your pain with this relationship becomes a cathartic release for the collective.

You often become translators of emotional pain. Through art, writing, music, spirituality, psychology, advice, or emotional storytelling, you are able to articulate feelings that many people struggle to put into words themselves. Others may feel deeply understood by you because from this relationship, you have already confronted emotional depths that many people avoid or cannot fully explain. In this sense, the karmic relationship acts less as a simple romantic experience and more as an awakening. The connection pushes them into greater self-awareness, emotional depth, and purpose, eventually allowing them to guide others through similar emotional experiences with compassion and insight.

❤︎ 12th House placements, especially Venus's naturally can pick up what the collective will resonate with most when it comes to music/poetry/thoughts/opinions.

❤︎ One reason water dominant people or emotionally driven people especially those who deeply crave connection yet also fear it; hold onto relationships that do not serve them is because that connection may feel like their only access to emotion. Without feelings for that person, they can experience an overwhelming sense of emptiness or emotional numbness.

On a deeper level, maintaining the connection can create a sense of aliveness and humanity, particularly if they struggle to feel emotionally connected to others. The relationship becomes more than attachment to a person; it becomes attachment to the experience of feeling itself. As a result, walking away from the person can feel like walking away from the possibility of feeling anything at all.

❤︎ Pisces or 12th house placements often turn to writing or art as a means of expressing their inner thoughts, feelings, and longings. The more they feel, the more their creativity flows.

❤︎ If you have water placements or planets in water houses (4th, 8th, 12th), deep emotions are embedded within you. The more you avoid these feelings, the more likely physical symptoms such as anxiety or mental struggles will occur. It's your body’s way of processing the hidden emotions you’ve learned to suppress. These unaddressed feelings can manifest in subtle, physical ways, and it's a reflection of the emotional turmoil beneath the surface.

❤︎ With 8th house synastry, the second and I mean very second there's a emotional block between you two the deep seated desire for them becomes less intense.

Ex: If you also share 12th house synastry with them, parts of their actions will feel like subtle hints that are meant for you, in essence you want to believe you are more important to them than others, and you feel like you are. But once something comes to light or if you were shown that what you thought to be wasn't the case, the realization creates emotional distance and the desire for them (in that moment) shrinks. It feels as if the importance that you thought your presence gave them suddenly means nothing, and from that feeling creates a instant "I'm never speaking to them again" mentality.

❤︎ With the 12th house involved in synastry, their actions may reveal their actual character, and while you are able to clearly see these actions (in a objective sense), you might still feel deeply tied to the version of them you feel them to be exists. You’ll observe their behavior yet convince yourself that someone better lies beneath the surface.

❤︎ With 8th and 12th house synastry, there’s a part of you that feels you’ll never compare to anyone else they encounter. Even if you two never dated, there’s a deep sense that the way they feel when they’re with you is unmatched and it's something you intuitively will feel. It's likely that there will be no set actions or verbal affirmations to confirm this knowing.

❤︎ The natal 2nd House–8th House axis often reflects the difference between what is personally earned, owned, and built versus what is shared, inherited, given, or received through others.

People with strong 2nd House placements often develop security through their own resources, possessions, income, or family stability. The money connected to the 2nd House tends to feel personally owned whether it comes from a career, personal effort, or a family foundation that directly supports their material security. By contrast, strong 8th House placements can indicate resources that come through other people or external systems: inheritance, trusts, insurance, marriage, shared finances, government assistance, payouts, debts, investments, or even money tied to complicated family dynamics. The theme is less “this is mine because I built it” and more “this comes through entanglement, sharing, or dependency.” For example: ❤︎ Person A has an exalted Jupiter in the 2nd House. She comes from a wealthy family; her father is an actor, and she has never experienced financial instability. In adulthood, she also maintains a steady career that independently covers her lifestyle and necessities. Her financial security exists both through family background and through income she personally sustains. ❤︎ Person B has an 8th House stellium. Although she also comes from wealth, the money in her environment is tied to shared family resources, insurance, fraud-related circumstances, and a trust distributed among relatives. Her mother married a rich man and now most family members, including her, rely on that shared trust rather than individually accumulated wealth. Her fiancé now financially supports nearly every aspect of her life. Very little of what she owns comes from her own income or long-term career stability. Even the jobs she has occasionally worked such as atmosphere work—brought in money through tips or support from others, reinforcing the 8th House theme of receiving resources externally rather than generating them independently.

❤︎ People with a Capricorn Moon often grow up learning to approach emotions through control, restraint, or self-protection rather than open vulnerability. In many cases, there can be emotional distance or difficulty with the mother relationship, particularly around feeling emotionally understood, comforted, or validated. For these individuals, emotional transparency may feel unfamiliar or even unsafe. When they try to express deeper feelings, they may experience responses that feel dismissive, emotionally unavailable, overly practical, or disconnected from what they actually need. Over time, this can lead them to shut down emotionally, suppress vulnerability, or become highly guarded with their inner world.

Sometimes the mother may appear emotionally cold, overwhelmed, image-conscious, rigid in her beliefs, or unable to meet the child on an emotional level due to her own limitations. As a result, the Capricorn Moon child can internalize the idea that emotions should be controlled, hidden, or endured silently rather than openly processed. This dynamic can feel especially intense for individuals with strong water placements particularly water risings because they are naturally highly sensitive and emotionally absorbent. Internally, they may feel emotions very deeply, yet simultaneously believe they should suppress or ignore those feelings to maintain composure or avoid rejection. This creates a conflict between emotional depth and emotional inhibition: they feel intensely, but struggle to safely express what they feel.

❤︎ Virgo risings oftentimes will do a cleanse on their social media. They will either follow back a very small fixed amount of people, or they will randomly deactivate their account and remove people as followers. They likely limit their interaction with others from time to time. It's similar to 12th house placements however Virgo risings don't receive as much backlash for isolating or going "ghost."

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[lunadileo]

🌸 Venus in Houses 🌸

Venus in 1H: Makes you a walking embodiment of the planet of love, beauty, and harmony. Because the 1st House governs your physical appearance, self-identity, and first impressions, this placement grants you an effortlessly charming, magnetic, and aesthetically pleasing presence that draws people toward you naturally. You possess an attractive physical appearance or a highly captivating personal aura, and your approach to the world is peaceful, friendly, polite, and socially tactful. You express yourself heavily through fashion, personal style, and a love for visual harmony, often retaining a vibrant, graceful, or physically youthful look throughout life. Socially, people are drawn to help you, and you frequently receive opportunities simply by being likable. You naturally know how to charm others, preferring romance that is sensory, gentle, and highly visual, though you also carry a strong need to be appreciated and loved for exactly who you are, both inside and out. On the shadow side, you may compromise your true feelings or boundaries just to keep the peace and avoid conflict, or struggle with vanity, an over-reliance on physical validation, and insecurity about aging. Because blessings or social shortcuts come easily, you might also face challenges with motivation, laziness, or overspending on luxury items. Professionally, your natural charm and eye for aesthetics make you highly successful in public-facing fields such as fashion, beauty, cosmetics, styling, interior design, creative direction, music, acting, public relations, diplomacy, or mediation.

Venus in 2H: Directly links your personal value system, wealth, and material possessions with the planet of love, beauty, and pleasure. Because the 2nd House governs money, personal assets, and self-worth, this placement grants you a natural talent for attracting financial abundance, an excellent eye for quality, and a deep desire for material comfort and stability. You possess an innate ability to monetize your talents, often generating income through venusian fields like art, beauty, luxury goods, or real estate, and you have a strong instinct for lucrative investments. You express your affection by gifting beautiful items or providing tangible security to those you love, and you appreciate romance that feels stable, physically comfortable, and luxurious. On the shadow side, you may link your self-worth too heavily to your bank account or material possessions, leading to deep insecurity if your finances fluctuate, or you might struggle with overspending, extravagance, and hoarding beautiful things. Professionally, your financial acumen and eye for aesthetics make you highly successful in wealth management, luxury retail, interior design, art dealing, fashion, or any industry focused on sensory pleasure, comfort, and value appreciation.

Venus in 3H: Blends the planet of love and harmony with the house of communication, intellect, and local community. Because the 3rd House governs language, writing, short trips, and immediate surroundings, this placement grants you an exceptionally charming way with words, a diplomatic speaking style, and a love for mental stimulation. You possess a natural talent for putting others at ease through conversation, writing beautifully, or speaking with a pleasant, melodic voice, and you approach the world with an open, curious, and socially engaging mind. You express your affection through verbal affirmation, witty banter, and thoughtful text messages, preferring romance that is rooted in strong intellectual compatibility, shared ideas, and constant, lively communication. On the shadow side, you may use your silver tongue to flirt superficially, gossip, or smooth over conflicts dishonestly just to keep your immediate environment peaceful, and you might struggle with mental restlessness or a tendency to focus only on pleasant, surface-level topics to avoid deeper emotional discomfort. Professionally, your social intelligence and communicative grace make you highly successful in writing, journalism, public relations, marketing, teaching, pod-casting, local community organizing, sales, or mediation.

Venus in 4H: Deeply connects the planet of love, harmony, and beauty with your home, family roots, and innermost private life. Because the 4th House governs your domestic environment, childhood foundations, and emotional security, this placement grants you a deep desire for a peaceful, aesthetically beautiful sanctuary and a strong psychological need for domestic tranquility. You possess a natural talent for interior design, creating a warm, welcoming, and luxurious living space that serves as a haven for both yourself and your loved ones, and you likely hold affectionate, pleasant memories of your early childhood or a strong bond with your parents. You express your love through nurturing, cooking, hospitality, and creating a safe emotional nest, preferring romance that is private, intensely loyal, emotionally secure, and centered around building a shared home or family life. On the shadow side, you may over-idealize your family dynamics, swallow your true feelings to avoid domestic conflict, or become overly dependent on a peaceful home environment to feel emotionally stable, sometimes refusing to leave your comfort zone or overspending on home renovations and luxury decor. Professionally, your eye for domestic beauty and nurturing spirit make you highly successful in real estate, interior architecture, home staging, culinary arts, hospitality, family counseling, or creative businesses run directly from the comfort of your own home.

Venus in 5H: Dynamically infuses the planet of love, beauty, and pleasure into your house of creativity, romance, self-expression, and joy. Because the 5th House governs passion, hobbies, dating, children, and personal expression, this placement grants you a vibrant, playful, and deeply artistic approach to life, along with a natural magnetism that makes you incredibly popular and attractive to others. You possess an innate star quality, an effortless talent for creative arts like theater, music, or visual design, and a lifelong love for entertainment, parties, and the pure joy of celebration. You express your affection through grand romantic gestures, dramatic declarations of love, and a highly passionate, flirtatious courtship style, preferring romance that feels like an exciting, cinematic adventure filled with fun, regular date nights, and mutual admiration. On the shadow side, you may become addicted to the initial thrill of infatuation, leading to a dramatic love life or a tendency to treat romance like a game, and you might struggle with a constant need for external attention, validation, and applause to feed your ego. Professionally, your creative radiance and dramatic flair make you highly successful in the performing arts, entertainment industry, event planning, fine arts, toy design, working creatively with children, or any career that allows you to showcase your unique talents in the spotlight.

Venus in 6H: Integrates the planet of love, harmony, and beauty into your daily routines, work environment, acts of service, and physical health. Because the 6th House governs your day-to-day schedule, job tasks, wellness, and helpfulness to others, this placement grants you a deep desire for peace, pleasant relationships, and aesthetic harmony in your workplace and a natural inclination to find joy in daily tasks. You possess an innate talent for organizing your life beautifully, bringing artistic flair to ordinary chores, and creating a supportive, conflict-free environment among your coworkers or employees. You express your affection through practical acts of service, running thoughtful errands, helping your partner solve everyday problems, and maintaining a healthy, balanced lifestyle together, preferring romance that feels stable, grounded, helpful, and woven seamlessly into your daily life. On the shadow side, you may become a chronic people-pleaser at work, taking on extra tasks just to avoid professional conflict, or you might struggle with over-analyzing your relationships, demanding perfection from your partners, or using sweets, luxury indulgences, and comfort eating as a coping mechanism for daily stress. Professionally, your diplomatic nature, eye for detail, and desire to help make you highly successful in human resources, office management, wellness industries, nutrition, health and fitness counseling, beauty therapy, veterinary care, or any career focused on design, administration, and service to others.

Venus in 7H: Brings the planet of love, harmony, and beauty directly into its natural home, the house of committed partnerships, marriage, and one-on-one relationships. Because the 7th House governs your closest alliances, business partners, and legal unions, this placement grants you an exceptionally strong desire for companionship, a deeply romantic nature, and a natural talent for creating balance and fairness in your interactions with others. You possess an innate social grace and diplomacy that makes you an excellent mediator, and you view life through the lens of cooperation, feeling most complete and fulfilled when sharing your life with a supportive partner. You express your affection through total devotion, shared aesthetic experiences, and constant mutual support, preferring romance that is traditional, deeply committed, intellectually equal, and physically attractive. On the shadow side, you may become so terrified of being alone or causing conflict that you lose your own identity in your relationships, settle for toxic or incompatible partners just to have someone there, or stay in dead-end unions far longer than you should. Professionally, your interpersonal skills, charm, and natural sense of justice make you highly successful in relationship counseling, marriage therapy, family law, public relations, business partnerships, mediation, talent management, or any public-facing role focused on contract negotiation and diplomacy.

Venus in 8H: Merges the planet of love, beauty, and value with the intense house of transformation, shared resources, intimacy, and the occult. Because the 8th House governs deep emotional bonds, inheritance, psychological depth, and shared finances, this placement grants you a magnetic, mysterious allure and a desire for profound, soul-level connections that transcend the superficial. You possess a natural talent for managing other people's money, securing financial support from partners, or attracting unexpected inheritances, and you have an uncanny, intuitive ability to look past people's facades to understand their hidden motivations. You express your affection through total emotional surrender, intense psychological vulnerability, and fierce loyalty, preferring romance that feels all-consuming, highly passionate, and spiritually transformative rather than casual or lighthearted. On the shadow side, you may struggle with deep-seated fears of betrayal or abandonment, leading to issues with jealousy, possessiveness, emotional manipulation, or a tendency to use sex and shared money as a tool for control within your relationships. Professionally, your psychological insight, magnetism, and financial intelligence make you highly successful in estate planning, tax law, investment banking, psychotherapy, trauma counseling, crisis management, occult research, or any career focused on uncovering hidden truths and transforming shared assets.

Venus in 9H: Expands the planet of love, beauty, and harmony into the vast house of higher learning, travel, philosophy, and foreign cultures. Because the 9th House governs your belief systems, long-distance journeys, and spiritual exploration, this placement grants you a deep love for adventure, an open mind, and a natural attraction to people and places that broaden your horizons. You possess an innate appreciation for global art, diverse cultural traditions, and philosophical wisdom, often finding immense joy in exploring foreign lands, learning new languages, or studying higher wisdom and spirituality. You express your affection through shared intellectual adventures, traveling together, and exploring the meaning of life, preferring romance with someone who can be both your romantic partner and your philosophical guide, often drawing you to foreign partners, people from different cultural backgrounds, or intellectuals met through university or travel. On the shadow side, you may over-idealize foreign cultures or far-off goals while neglecting your immediate reality, struggle with a fear of commitment due to a constant craving for personal freedom, or become dogmatic, holding unrealistic and overly romanticized expectations of your partners and belief systems. Professionally, your global vision, charm, and love for wisdom make you highly successful in international relations, travel journalism, cultural anthropology, higher education, publishing, philosophy, tourism, immigration law, or any career that allows you to teach, inspire, and connect diverse groups of people.

Venus in 10H: Elevates the planet of love, beauty, and harmony to the highest peak of your birth chart, the house of career, public reputation, and life legacy. Because the 10th House governs your professional status, public image, authority figures, and how the world perceives you, this placement grants you an exceptionally charming public persona, a glowing professional reputation, and an innate ability to charm authority figures and the general public alike. You possess a natural charisma and social grace that make you highly respected in your field, often achieving professional success and career advancement with an air of effortless elegance and popularity. You express your affection by being a supportive, respectable partner, and you are often attracted to ambitious, high-achieving, or high-status individuals, preferring romance that feels stable, socially supportive, and publicly celebrated. On the shadow side, you may become overly obsessed with your public image, status, and what other people think of you, leading to choices in love or career based entirely on prestige and social approval rather than true personal fulfillment. Professionally, your diplomatic skills, visual eye, and magnetic authority make you highly successful in public relations, corporate diplomacy, fashion executive roles, art direction, public speaking, politics, luxury brand management, or any career where your charm and presentation are on display to the world.

Venus in 11H: Infuses the planet of love, harmony, and beauty into the house of friendships, social networks, communities, and long-term aspirations. Because the 11th House governs your humanitarian ideals, group dynamics, alliances, and hopes for the future, this placement grants you an exceptionally charming social presence, immense popularity within your circles, and a natural ability to bring diverse groups of people together in harmony. You possess an innate social grace and a welcoming nature that makes you a beloved friend, often attracting artistic, supportive, and visually or intellectually stimulating individuals into your life who help you achieve your dreams. You express your affection through shared group activities, championing social causes, and offering unconditional acceptance, preferring romance that is rooted in a deep, egalitarian friendship, shared humanitarian visions, and mutual freedom rather than possessiveness. On the shadow side, you may become a chronic people-pleaser within your friend groups, struggle to differentiate between platonic love and romantic interest, or maintain shallow, surface-level connections with many people just to feel socially validated while avoiding true emotional intimacy. Professionally, your networking skills, social intelligence, and community-minded spirit make you highly successful in community organizing, event hosting, public relations, non-profit leadership, social media management, group therapy, humanitarian work, or any career focused on large-scale collaborations and collective goals.

Venus in 12H: Submerges the planet of love, beauty, and harmony into the mystical house of the subconscious, hidden realms, solitude, and spiritual liberation. Because the 12th House governs the unseen world, dreams, secrets, and karmic completions, this placement grants you a highly sensitive, deeply empathetic, and private romantic nature with a powerful capacity for unconditional love. You possess an innate artistic or poetic imagination, a rich and beautiful inner fantasy life, and a quiet, mysterious allure that leaves a lasting impression on others even if you try to stay hidden. You express your affection through quiet devotion, spiritual or energetic bonding, and profound acts of selflessness, preferring romance that feels like a sacred, soul-level connection, which often draws you toward private love affairs, long-distance relationships, or partners who require deep emotional healing. On the shadow side, you may struggle with a tendency to idealize unavailable partners, play the martyr in toxic relationships, or hide your true feelings and desires out of a deep-seated fear of vulnerability and rejection. Professionally, your vast empathy, creative intuition, and comfort with isolation make you highly successful in behind-the-scenes artistic roles, film editing, creative writing, music production, psychology, art therapy, spiritual counseling, or humanitarian work within hospitals, retreats, and charitable institutions.

[ontologicalevil]

The trick is to be more curious than you're scared.

[themedialmercurial]

Ever since I consciously implemented curiosity as a life motto and follow where my random brain downloads take me, I’ve never once regretted it as a Virgo rising🌀

[aurorafromspace]

𓇳 solar return sun: the house that holds your year 𓇳

the house where the sun sits in your chart marks the specific room where your energy stays parked for the next twelve months. it is the primary theme of your current era plus the area of life where you are meant to be most visible. this is where you are spending your fire plus where you find the most meaning in the everyday.

solar return sun in the 1st house this is the year of the mirror plus the raw start. you cannot hide right now plus you have zero interest in playing a supporting role in someone else's story. your identity is currently a high stakes project plus you might feel a restless urge to change your name your style or the way you carry your body. you are emerging from the shadows plus the only person you are trying to impress is the one looking back at you in the morning. you find your power when you realize that your presence is the actual manifesto.

solar return sun in the 2nd house your focus has shifted to the ground beneath your feet plus the weight of your wallet. abundance is no longer just an idea; it is a visceral requirement for your peace of mind. you are looking at your bank account plus your self worth with a level of grit you didn't have last year. you want the high quality sheets the perfect coffee plus the sense that you are actually safe. this is a season of realizing that your stability is a luxury you finally have the resources to build.

solar return sun in the 3rd house the world is suddenly getting very loud plus very busy for you. your brain feels like a non stop radio station plus you have this desperate need to talk to everyone plus learn everything. you find your excitement in the local noise the short trips plus the constant exchange of data. it is a mental reboot where the truth arrives in flashes of insight through a text or a random conversation. you are the messenger of your own life right now plus you find your clarity in the variety.

solar return sun in the 4th house the windows are closing plus you are heading into the midnight hour of your year. you probably feel an overwhelming urge to stay home lock the door plus just breathe in the silence. your focus has turned inward toward your roots your family plus the things that happened behind closed doors when you were a kid. you are healing the foundation plus you have zero energy for the social games of the outside world. your private life is where the real magic happens right now.

solar return sun in the 5th house you are finally coming out of the basement plus into the sunlight. after a long time of being serious you are suddenly craving the sparks the romance plus the creative fire. you want to be seen you want to play plus you want to fall in love with something just for the joy of it. your inner child is currently running the show plus you are realizing that life is too short to follow a script you didn't write. you find your best self when you are playing a game that nobody else knows the rules to.

solar return sun in the 6th house the party is over plus now you are interested in the mechanics of your own survival. you find a weird kind of peace in the to-do list the workout routine plus the way you organize your day. you are refining your body plus your work habits because you realize that a good life is built on the small details that everyone else is too lazy to notice. you find your pride in your competence plus your health plus you realize that being useful is a form of self respect.

solar return sun in the 7th house you are tired of being alone plus you are suddenly looking for your reflection in everyone else. your focus has shifted to the people across from you plus you are realizing that you need a partner or a witness to feel complete. you are learning the art of the soft compromise plus the beauty of a pair that moves as one. your relationships are taking up all the air in the room plus you are figuring out where you end plus where the other person begins.

solar return sun in the 8th house you have entered the deep end of the pool plus the lights have gone out. you are currently obsessed with the things people aren't supposed to talk about like the secrets the shared money plus the psychological baggage you've been carrying for years. you are undergoing a total soul transformation where the old version of you is being burned away to make room for something stronger. you find your power in the dark plus the realization that the raw truth is the only thing worth holding.

solar return sun in the 9th house the heavy walls of the deep end have vanished plus you are suddenly looking at the horizon. you feel a desperate need for freedom a long trip or a big idea that makes sense of the mess you just survived. your mind is expanding plus you are taking leaps of faith that you were too scared to consider before. you are finally trusting the universe to catch you plus you show us all that the best way to find yourself is to get a little bit lost.

solar return sun in the 10th house you have reached the peak of the mountain plus everyone can see you standing there. your focus is entirely on your career your reputation plus the mark you want to leave on the world. you are the boss right now plus you are carrying a heavy sense of mission plus authority. you want respect plus you want your success to be a blueprint for everyone else. this is the highest point of your visibility plus you find your pride in the legacy you are building stone by stone.

solar return sun in the 11th house the pressure to be a solo success is starting to fade plus you are looking for your tribe. your focus has shifted to your friends your community plus the collective dreams you share with others. you want to belong to something bigger than just your own career. you are a visionary who is fueled by the group plus you find your joy in the movements plus the social circles that actually matter. you realize that you are much stronger when you stand together.

solar return sun in the 12th house the film is ending plus the screen is going dark. you are in the final season of a cycle plus you probably feel an overwhelming exhaustion plus a need to surrender. you are letting go of the old ghosts the old habits plus the old versions of yourself that no longer fit who you are becoming. your boundaries are thin plus you are picking up on the collective sadness of the world. you find your strength in the solitude plus the dreams plus the silence.

[astubborntaurus]

Locational Astrology Part III - Choosing the Best Places to Go

Part I - Relocation Charts

Part II - AstroCartography Maps

Welcome to the 3rd and final part of my Introduction to Locational Astrology lesson! In Part 1 we talked about why location matters in astrology and the role of relocation charts, in Part 2 we talked about AstroCartography maps, and now we’re going to use that knowledge to pick out the best places in the world for you to go. If you haven’t read Parts 1 and 2 yet, I highly suggest reading through those before continuing so this lesson will make sense. Also, again, these techniques depend on having an absolutely exact time of birth for your chart, down to the precise minute. Even just a several minute inaccuracy can completely throw off the entire interpretation.

Here we go!

Start with the natal chart

Now that we understand relocation charts and AstroCartography maps, we’re equipped to start answering the fundamental question of locational astrology: “where are the best places for me to go?” The first step in answering this is to look at your natal chart to get a sense of your most advantageous and most challenging placements. If you have any planets that are in their ruling sign, are exalted, or have trine and/or sextile aspects, make a note of that. If you have planets that are in their detriment or fall, or have squares or oppositions to other planets, make a note of those, too. What we want to do in the next step is find places that put your best-placed planets on top of your AC, MC, DC, or IC, and in ways that line up with what you want to achieve through relocation.

Getting to know the planets

First, let’s look at the planets. Remember, moving to a location on one of these lines could turn up the volume of any of that planet’s traits for you, including those that come from more personal configurations in your chart rather than just the planet’s “normal” archetype. Things like rulership, aspects, sign placements, and anything else from your natal chart can’t be accounted for in this general intro lesson here, but make sure to consider those when interpreting what one of your lines will do. Each line will turn up the volume of that planet in your life exponentially, so you’ll want to get to know the planet’s role in your life as intimately as possible when interpreting what that line means for you.

The general effects of each line

Once you understand the personal role of a planet in your life, it’s a great time to start thinking about what the lines mean. Below are some general interpretations for each planet and angles on the lines. Be sure to check the interpretation for both the planet and the angle. For example, to learn about the Mercury MC line, read both the “Mercury Lines” and the “MC Lines” interpretations below to see which theme is being amplified and where in life it’s being channeled. 

Planets: Which themes you’re amplifying

Sun Lines: If you have a well-placed and well-aspected natal sun, these lines can amplify your vitality and life force, making you feel bolder, energetic, empowered, and inspired in these places.

Moon Lines: These lines put more of a spotlight on your emotions, family, fundamental roots, and sense of security. If you have a well-placed moon, this can go very well on your DC or IC, but it’s typically best to avoid more public-facing moon lines unless you have a really good reason for wanting to go more public with your emotions.

Mercury Lines: These lines can make you much busier and immerse you in constant communication with others and intellectual stimulation.

Venus Lines: These lines put more of an emphasis on themes like beauty, romance, and indulgence. These also tend to be great places to develop your sense of charisma if you have a well-aspected Venus.

Mars Lines: These places can really stimulate your passion, energy, and willpower, but also make you more prone to anger, recklessness, and accidents. They’re exciting, but can be a bit of a wildcard. They’re typically safest if you have a very well-aspected Mars.

Jupiter Lines: These are ideal lines for adventure, growth, and expansion. Your activities on these lines will probably expand to things much vaster than planned. They’re fantastic places to go if you’re feeling restricted and looking to expand more on something in your life.

Saturn Lines: On these lines, you may be forced to work harder and develop a much more rigid sense of discipline and responsibility. They also can make you feel very trapped and restricted, though, and you may end up stuck in these places (literally or metaphorically) and stay for longer than planned

Uranus Lines: These places will make you feel more rebellious and unsatisfied, demanding that you act on your need for freedom and independence to make changes and fight the status quo. They require a large amount of self-motivation, or else you might end up feeling angry and unsatisfied.

Neptune Lines: These lines are excellent for escapism and artistic endeavors. However, things might not be what they seem to be here, and you may find yourself seeing the world through rose tinted glasses in these places if you’re not very careful.

Pluto Lines: These are very intense places that will put you face-to-face with themes of death, the taboo, and very intense transformation.

Lunar Node Lines: These are probably the weirdest of the lines, and visiting them will likely be very deep and karmic experiences that feel too strange to be coincidence. These usually aren’t ideal places to live long-term because they are so spiritually exhausting, but shorter trips to these places can be life-altering experiences in unexpected ways.

Angles: Where in your life that planet will be channeled

AC Lines: These relate to your self, identity, and expression. These put the corresponding planet on the forefront of your identity, allowing you to explore formerly repressed parts of your identity and express yourself more truly to that part of yourself.

MC Lines: These lines make their corresponding planet become extremely public to the world and prominent in your career and public image. If you’d rather keep the traits of a particular planet private, such as your moon, don’t move to its MC line.

DC Lines: These relate to your relationships, coworkers, close friendships, and enemies. The corresponding planets of these lines might manifest in two ways: in the way you experience your connections with others, or in the kinds of people who come into your life here.

IC Lines: These lines make their corresponding planet manifest very strongly in your home and family life. This is ideal for stability-seeking planets that can help you build a solid foundation in your home life in the new location, but planets like Mars and Pluto on the IC can make your home life more volatile and unstable.

Good lines for challenging placements

Some lines may be extremely beneficial for some people, but rathe dangerous for others because of how the corresponding planet is placed and aspected in their natal charts. Earlier in the lecture, I said to take note of the strongest and most challenging placements in your chart to avoid moving to a line that will put your more challenging areas of your life on a pedestal. If there’s a theme in life that you want to develop, but it’s connected to a more challengingly-placed planet in your chart, another way to get beneficial effects for planets that are more harshly placed or aspected in your chart is to click the “w. harmonious aspects” button on the AstroClick travel map from Part 2. This shows where you can go to form trines and sextiles between planets and your AC, IC, MC, or DC in the relocation chart, getting a softer and more mellowed-down but harmonious version of what you’d get on the conjunction line. These can still be very powerful places to go with an incredible impact on your life. Seriously, these lines are epic - don’t underestimate them. 

What to do next

Looking at your AstroCartography map, make note of some specific locations on lines that you like. Once you have a few places in mind, check out your relocation charts for those places more detailed information about how they could impact you, and there you have it! You’ve done a locational astrology reading!

Advanced AstroCartography

These are just a few techniques used in interpreting relocation charts and AstroCartography maps, but many astrologers have their own individualized approaches to it. Some astrologers use techniques such as Zenith Latitudes to Crossing Latitudes to create even more lines, and some people even cross-check planets in both tropical and sidereal charts to see if a planet is well-placed in one but debilitated in another. Also, looking at any transits and progressions impacting the planets you’re hoping to amplify can give you a much more detailed view of what’s going on, but that’s more advanced and outside the scope of this lesson. That only begins the list of many other locational astrology techniques, but I hope that this lesson helped you get a feel for the general idea so that you can start building an approach of your own!

Thank you so much for reading this lesson, and I hope that it was helpful. As always, I’m here if you ever have any questions. This is one of my favorite topics in astrology and I’m always happy to talk about it more.

[astubborntaurus]

Locational Astrology Part I: Relocation Charts

This is Part 1 of a 3-part introduction to one of my favorite astrology topics: Locational Astrology. In this lesson we’re going to talk about relocation charts and then apply that to AstroCartography. By the end of this lesson you’ll be able to use relocation charts and AstroCartography maps to explore how any place in the world could impact you astrologically and how you can use travel to sculpt your life like never before. My goal here isn’t to teach you a one-size-fits-all approach to locational astrology, but to help you understand how it works and how to start building up your own personalized toolkit to locational astrology interpretations.

Disclaimer: These techniques depend on having an absolutely exact time of birth for your chart, down to the precise minute. Even just a several minute inaccuracy can completely throw off the entire interpretation.

Without further ado, let’s begin!

Why location matters

Your natal chart depends on 3 pieces of information: the date, time, and location of your birth. The date and time is important in calculating the exact positions of the planets when you were born, and the location is important because the houses of your chart depend on how your location of birth lines up with the sky relative to the earth’s rotation. Your Ascendant (the cusp of your 1st house) and Descendant (the cusp of your 7th house) represent which sign the horizon lined up with when you were born, the Midheaven (the cusp of your 10th house) represents the highest sign in the sky when you’re born, and the IC (the cusp of your 4th house) represents the exact opposite point of your Midheaven. The other house cusps are calculated differently in different house systems, but ultimately all of the houses depend on your location of birth. This means that if you were born at the same time, but in a different place, all of the planets in your chart would be in the exact same position as they are in your actual natal chart, but your houses could be completely different.

Where relocation charts come from

A relocation chart is calculated by creating a chart with your date and time of birth, but instead of your location of birth, use any location. Your relocation chart for any location will look a lot like your natal chart since all of the planets will be in the same signs and in the same degrees, but the houses will be shifted, putting the planets in different houses. This chart examines how you and the environment of that location could interact, such as which traits it gives you the most opportunities to express, what parts of you might be repressed by the place, and which areas of life would be most prominent for you there.

Interpreting relocation charts

When interpreting the relocation chart, think of the planets’ placements in the houses in the context of what qualities our environment draws out from us rather than how they affect your personality (which is more in the realm of natal charts). For example, if you have a well-aspected Sun that’s in a more repressed house in your natal chart, such as the 12th, you probably have a very powerful personality, vitality, and drive that’s not getting to express itself fully and benefit you as much as it could. By moving to a location where, in your relocation chart, the sun is in either the 1st or 10th house, you would receive many new opportunities to make that vitality more visible to the world and outwardly active so that you could reap the full rewards of it. On the other hand, if you have a harshly aspected Moon, moving to a place that puts your moon in the 10th house would probably lead you to situations where your emotional turmoils are extremely public to the world and this could be overwhelming.

What to look for in relocation charts

The most dramatic relocation charts are ones that put planets on the Ascendant, Descendant, Midheaven, or IC. These are the most sensitive points of the chart, so putting a planet on them through relocation will put major emphasis on that planet in that place. Depending on which planet you’re putting on them, this can be extremely helpful, filling your live life with new opportunities and chances to let your best characteristics shine, or it can be very difficult, putting too much emphasis on traits that should stay out of the spotlight. For example, once somebody moved to Hawaii, a place putting his well-aspected Venus on his Descendant, and on the day that he arrived he met the woman who would later become his wife. This, in a nutshell, is the power of locational astrology.

The problem with relocation charts

Now, you should be able to look at the relocation chart for any location and come up with a general conjectures about how moving to that place would affect the native. In summary, an ideal locational chart puts the most well-aspected planets in the most prominent houses or (especially the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th) or conjunct the Ascendant (AC), Descendant (DC), Midheaven (MC), and IC, and keeps harshly-aspected planets away from them. Here’s a question, though: with so many locations in the world to choose from when generating a relocation chart, how are you supposed to find places that do that? Sure you could take on a trial-and-error approach and calculate relocation charts for a bunch of locations, but it’s a big world out there with countless places to choose from. In the next part of this lesson we’ll dive into AstroCartography, a technique to quickly pinpoint the places in the world that will impact you the most.

In the meantime, I hope you enjoyed this lesson, and if you have any questions at all I’m always happy to help to the best of my ability. Take care!

Part II - AstroCartography Maps