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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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On the Ascendant: See the World Your Way

This post is the second in an occasional series on the Ascendant in your horoscope. Your ascendant is your eyesight- you see the world through it. Many people speak of the ascendant as a mask, a cover story. But when you learn to work with your ascendant instead of hiding behind it, the world pulls [...]

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On the Ascendant: Moon Rising

This post is the first in an occasional series on the Ascendant in your horoscope. Contradictions- that’s what this aspect is all about. The moon conjunct ascendant is a sign of emotional tension in a person; longing to be close to people, but keeping them at arm’s length out of fear. Distant and reserved on [...]

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