For pretty much the entirety of 2010, Neptune has been playing cat-and-mouse with my natal Mars. I have Mars in the 1st house near the end of Leo (26°) so I am on my third (and final, thank #@*&) pass of Neptune opposing it. February, and then the end of September through now have been [...]
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Farewell to Mars in Leo
There’s a lot of vigor in the sky today, with Jupiter and the moon fresh into Aries to join Uranus (late last night over here, early Sunday morning for east coast folks). Mars is at 29 Leo and about to slip out the back door into Virgo, but today is full of fire. You can [...]
On the Ascendant: Transiting Mars Redux
This post is part of an occasional series about the Ascendant in your horoscope. Today Mars finally leaves the retrograde shadow after being stationary, Rx, or shadowed in some way since last October. All my chart angles—ascendant, midheaven, descendant, and nadir—are in fixed signs. My ascendant is at 14.48 Leo. Back in late November of [...]
Mars Retrograde’s Parting Gift
In my earlier post on Mars retro, I was a little apprehensive about going about my day-to-day work while Mars was backing up over my ascendant. I have Mars in Leo by birth so I’ve been getting knocked around for the last couple months just due to that, never mind the angle. But, thinking that [...]
On the Ascendant: Transiting Mars and Mars Retrograde
This post is part of an occasional series about the Ascendant in your horoscope. The Mars retrograde hullaballoo is bulldozing right over my ascendant, so I’ve been paying attention to the changes as it moves around my chart lately. I have Mars in late Leo in the 1st house, so Mars had crossed my ascendant [...]
The Secret Astrology Decoder Ring Club
I was teaching a tarot class last night, and since I had a kabbalah enthusiast and another astrologer we veered off into zodiac symbolism after a while (note: I love talking about the astrology/tarot intersection. It just turns my crank). We were sitting around the table talking about significators and archetype goodness, and at one [...]
