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Discover the myriad advantages awaiting you when you embark on the transformative journey of astrology coaching with Alison Price. This personalized coaching experience is designed to elevate not just your understanding of astrology but various aspects of your life. Here are ten profound benefits that await you:

1. Enhanced Understanding

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An astrology coach can provide individualized support, addressing your specific questions and concerns about your astrological journey.

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Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison specializes in guiding Aspiring Astrologers. Her aim is to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

To learn more about Alison’s journey, visit this page.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

Starzology Astrology Podcast

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New Moon in Pisces

Forecasting

As an astrologer, it’s always interesting with a group of planets in one sign. This happens in February 2025 with five planets in Pisces.

Solstice Turning Points

Gain insights on the symbolism of the Solar cycles, and focus on the solstices. Let’s explore the significance behind these celestial events and delve into the meaning they hold.

Pluto in Aquarius

Author: Alison Price – Originally published: January 2023 – Revised: January 2024

Pluto in Aquarius

Astrological News for 2024

The biggest Astrological update for the year 2023 is that the dwarf planet Pluto, ruler of Scorpio, will leave cardinal earth Capricorn and enter the new sign of fixed air sign Aquarius the Water Bearer.

This is huge and will affect everyone for many years to come.

When an outer planet (Uranus, Neptune of Pluto) shifts signs it changes the background energy for all charts and horoscope work.

Pluto’s Orbit

Pluto’s Time Scale

Pluto takes around 240 years to go around the Zodiac, so it was back in. 1798 when Pluto last left the sign of the Water Bearer.

Because Pluto takes so long to transit through each sign, we generally have twenty to thirty years of one Pluto influence by sign.

The Pluto in Capricorn influence is beginning to fade.

Listen to podcast >>> Pluto in Aquarius

Pluto in Aquarius Fireside Chat – Video

In this video, I chat with my good friend and research astrologer Arwynne O’Neill about the Pluto Aquarius ingress. You can see Arwynne’s mini bio and contact details at the end of this post.

Planets in Transit

The book which Arwynne references in the above video is Planets in Transit by Robert Hand. This is truly the forecasting astrologer’s bible. Highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ And if you look closely at the banner at the top of this screen, Robert Hand has been a favorite author of mine and his books have been on my bookshelf for many years.

Pluto in Aquarius – Three Ingresses

First Ingress

For the first time in living memory, Pluto initially ingressed, or entered, Aquarius on March 23, 2023. Pluto then retrogrades back into Capricorn on June 12, 2023, where it remains for around six months.

Second Ingress

Next Pluto enters Aquarius for the second time on January 21st, 2024 to remain for four months. Then it again retrogrades back into Capricorn.

Third Ingress

Pluto finally moves into Aquarius on November 19th, 2024 to stay for a long time. From this point onwards Pluto will transit Aquarius for nineteen years until it leaves to enter Pisces on March 9, 2043. This means that Pluto will be in Aquarius for around twenty years give or take a whisker.

Explore more >>> The Leo Creator Economy in the Age of Aquarius

Explore more >>> Pluto

Pluto’s Symbolism

Power

The concept of power, and personal power is a theme for Pluto. Where you have personal power, or you give it away is shown by the Pluto placement in your chart. As Pluto transits through Aquarius, it will trigger power issues, power plays and power imbalances, particularly between the sexes, in life.

Transformation

The main symbolism I use for Pluto is when a boring, green, nondescript caterpillar stuck on one tree, turns into a fabulous, colorful and delicate butterfly, which can fly away and mate. Pluto is the transformational planet in astrology as it changes or metamorphoses everything it touches.

Lifecycles

The cycle of birth, life and death is attributed to Pluto. We all are born, will live and eventually die and this ongoing life cycle is ruled by Pluto. This concept can also be applied to self-regeneration and making yourself over like you, but 2.0. Pluto’s ability to birth a vibrant phoenix from the ashes is a powerful image for this process. Every time you do a makeover, or change yourself inside or outside, consciously, it is under the influence of Pluto’s regenerative energy.

Aquarius’ Themes

Society

Aquarius has an affinity with society and the faceless people in general. This means Aquarius pertains to the resources that should be for everyone like water, food and shelter. You can go one step further and say health care and prosperity options.

The Collective

It is concerned with the collective and humanity in general. This is not a sign worried with selfish egos.

Discrimination

Aquarius is the sign associated with stamping out discrimination in all forms. Human rights, women’s rights, children’s rights and all other “rights” are the remit of Aquarius. Freedom of speech as the core tenant of democracy is a feature of Aquarius.

Pluto in Aquarius Themes

As Pluto begins to transit through Aquarius, we can anticipate themes of transformation in several areas.

Social Reform

We can expect major and deeply effective social reforms for everyone. This may play out as protests and riots in the streets of first world countries to raise awareness of exactly what goes on in the rest of the world. The entitlement bubble that many people live in will be truly popped, and reality will come knocking at everyone’s door.

Gender Realignment

We can anticipate full gender realignment and acceptance throughout the world. This will not be without its challenges.

Burial Practices

There is likely to be a reform in burial practices and how we honor the dead. It is not easy to predict just how this area may change as I do not know that much about it in general. I would postulate that the huge cost for funerals and cremations will be addressed so everyone can have the send-off they desire.

Pluto in Aquarius for All Ascendants

Below is a list of how the Pluto in Aquarius Transit will probably affect each Ascendant sign. If you know your Ascendant sign, read that. If not, you can read the Sun sign and ask yourself when you are going to get to grips with astrology, get your chart cast and discover your Ascendant sign which is arguably the most sensitive point in your birth chart?

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Pluto in Aquarius for Aries Ascendants

Friendships

You can anticipate finding deeper friendships and acquaintances who turn into life-long friends during this time.

Social Consciousness

There is the likelihood that you will develop a social conscious if you don’t really have one, or you extend your involvement in social issues which affect humanity.

Group Involvement

Anticipate more involvement in groups or causes close to your heart.

Pluto in Aquarius for Taurus Ascendants

Career

This ingress will probably allow you to dig deeper into your career and what it is you truly should be doing with your life. If you are in politics, you can expect some support from the silent majority now.

Public Domain

Everything you do in the public domain will be scrutinized, so make sure your social profiles are squeaky clean or they may come to haunt you later.

Reputation

Your reputation can be rejuvenated now. If you are in the need of a resurrection in some form this period will grant you the chance to show up as your authentic self.

Pluto in Aquarius for Gemini Ascendants

Vision

Now you can explore your visions and discover your inner strengths.

Life-path

This is a great time to replan your life path and ensure you are living the life you want and aspire to and not one wanted for you by your parents, partner or other people.

Higher Education

If you are thinking about taking some higher education the loose fields of surgery, psychology or waste removal may appeal.

Pluto in Aquarius for Cancer Ascendants

Intimacy

This will be the period in your life when you can connect intimately with someone special.

Debt

Pluto will provide you the power to overcome any debt, like credit card debt which may be burying you already. If you get an offer for financial help now, take it.

Taxes

Be scrupulous with your taxes as this is likely to be the time when you go under the microscope and get an audit.

Pluto in Aquarius for Leo Ascendants

Partnerships

Marriage and your main committed relationships will be of primary importance for you now. You are likely to connect with someone who will transform your life.

Business Collaborations

Choose wisely and do as much background checking as you can before taking on a business partner or getting into a financial relationship with someone else. It may be best to avoid all such arrangements unless you are totally convinced of their viability.

Other People

Your relationship with other people may take on a deeper note now. It could be that you emphasise with people in the street or become embroiled in their lives in some way. There is the feeling about the Good Samaritan about this placement.

Pluto in Aquarius for Virgo Ascendants

Day-to-Day Activities

This is the time to plunge into your daily activities and live life to the full.

Health

Take good care of your health and don’t ignore any little niggles now. You may be called upon to donate or receive a donation from someone else.

Occupation

The areas of life that will interest you now are all related to Pluto. Such as uncovering hidden facts or researching at an archaeological dig for example.

Pluto in Aquarius for Libra Ascendants

Risk Appetite

Now your appetite for risk could go either way. You may decide it’s all or nothing or abstain completely.

Children

This is a time in your life when children will profoundly change you.

Projects You Birth

Now you can give birth to projects that truly mean something to you. As obscure as they may be, now is the moment to put your plans out there.

Pluto in Aquarius for Scorpio Ascendants

Life Foundations

Now is the time to rewrite your history or backstory if it is not doing you any favors. If your background is holding you back then refresh it like a phoenix rising from the ashes.

Family Dynamics

Anticipate people coming and going from your family. Your family will look very different at the end of this period to what it looks like now.

Home Life

Your home life will receive a transformation.

Pluto in Aquarius for Sagittarius Ascendants

Self-improvement Short Courses

Take the time to delve into many area that interest you. You will soak up information now. Research will appeal to you as well.

Siblings and Cousins

Connections with siblings and cousins many take a turn. You can bring your powerful energy to the situations to save a fraught relationship with these people.

Local Area

How you exist in your neighborhood and with local people like teachers, neighbors and local people will undergo a revolution now. Be wary of starting a neighborhood issue and remember that good fences make good neighbors. Avoid confrontation with locals at all costs.

Pluto in Aquarius for Capricorn Ascendants

Money Earned

For Capricorn Ascendants, Pluto enters your life area concerned with net worth. This covers money you earn and more importantly the money you keep. Expect to find new ways of earning and keeping your cash and also digging up buried income streams that you may have ignored in the past.

Self-worth

Your own impression of yourself through your self-worth will be transformed when Pluto energizes this sector of your chart. This indicates there will be a recalibration of how you see your value in life and the lives of others. You can anticipate a shift of perspective in this area now.

Values

What, and whom, you value will be converted as Pluto moves through this area of life for you.

Pluto in Aquarius for Aquarius Ascendants

Personality

At some point in the next twenty years Pluto will directly conjoin you natal Sun. This will be the most dynamic, life-changing transit that you have ever experienced. For some people there will be multiple contacts from Pluto to their natal Sun.

Self-awareness

How you see yourself will change. Deep down you know who you are and during this period the true you will stand up and be counted.

Physical Body

Anticipate being thoroughly altered both physically and visually now. This could be by losing weight, getting fit, having a style make-over or attaining a personal color analyst, so you can present yourself in a particular way, which is more in line with your authentic self.

Pluto in Aquarius for Pisces Ascendants

Private Place

For Pisces ascendants Pluto will transform your private life. This could present as more “me time” or down time to recharge your batteries. Having a retreat will be the best way for you to navigate this powerful cosmic energy. Plan at least one retreat or weekend away every year.

Psychological Burnout

Watch out for psychological burnout by giving too much of your life-force to others. Be mindful of sacrificing yourself at the altar of other people’s whims and needs. Know that you cannot save the world. Be aware of stepping into the role of savior or enabler for family and friends. Awareness of your default attitudes and responses, ingrained or buried over many years, will help you now.

Lifelong Health

Pay attention to every health issue that comes up. Do not hesitate to get a proper diagnosis as soon as possible. Pay attention to people around you who say they see changes in you which you have not yet noticed. Be aware and all will be well.

Final Thoughts

Multiple Manifestations

Over the next twenty years as Pluto will be in Aquarius, obviously many things will happen. There will be multiple manifestations of the Plutonic energy expressed in an Aquarian manner and through the lens of your own Ascendant and birth chart.

I have provided some ideas here, usually three per Ascendant sign, to whet your appetite. As I share with you some bite-sized chunks of astrology my hope is that it will give you something to ponder and encourage you to explore this interesting topic further.

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Author Bio

Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

Author Bio

Arwynne O’Neill: Research Astrologer

Arwynne O’Neill works as a research astrologer in Vancouver, with a focus on delving into historical cycles and how they relate to societal transformations as influenced by the energies of the outer planets.

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Yule

Yule

Wheel of the Year

My Yule page is an acknowledgement of the Wheel of the Year as the Sun enters Capricorn on December 21 we are at the solstice.

I have the symbol for Yule in the top left and on the top right has an oakleaf to symbolize the movement from the Holly King to the Oak King which happens on Yule.

Yule and the solstice is the actual beginning of the Wheel of the Year.

Yule Log

It’s the dead of winter. In my drawing that I have a yule log burning in the fire.

The idea is that you get one long big tree which is your you’ll log and you stick the fat and into the fireplace and you liked it on December 21 and as it slowly burns you push the tree into the great and I delete should be in for at least 12 days.

Dark to Light

Yule is a time where we are symbolizing the shift from the dark and we start to slowly move into the light.

This time of the year is symbolized by candles the fire and brightness.

Saturnalia

December 21st is the shortest day of the year it is also known as the Roman festival of Saturnalia.

Saturn rules Capricorn so it all fits in quite neatly.

Author Bio

Alison encourages you to explore your unique creativity and live a satisfying life through your personal astrology. She offers her insights from the heart and with a sense of humor.

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9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

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Aspect Orbs

Aspect Orbs

In astrology, aspect orbs play a significant role in interpreting the relationships between celestial bodies in a birth chart. These orbs are essentially a range of degrees within which an aspect between two planets or points is considered to be effective. Understanding aspect orbs is crucial for a more nuanced interpretation of an individual’s astrological profile.

Each planetary aspect has its own specific orb range. The orbs influence how strong or weak the connection between two planets or points is.

The most common aspects include conjunctions, sextiles, squares, trines, and oppositions. Let’s delve into each of these and explore the importance of aspect orbs.

Standard Aspect Orbs

To start with use these orbs. They are the standard aspect orbs I use..

Astrologers debate aspect orbs as a matter of course and it is one of the constant topics for discussion (along with houses systems) when astrologers get together.

Ultimately every astrologer finds the orbs that best resonate with their type of astrology, research or work.

But in the meantime…

Aspects of Longitude

Conjunction 0° – orb 8°
Square 90° – orb 8°
Trine 120° – orb 8°
Opposition 180° – orb 8°
Sextile 60° – orb 4°
Semi-sextile 30° – orb 2°; Quincunx 150° – orb 2°
Semi-square 45° – orb 2°; Sesquiquadrate 135° – orb 2°
Quintile 72° – orb 2°; Bi-quintile 144° – orb 2°

Explore more >>> Conjunction Aspect

Explore more >>> Opposition Aspect

Aspects of Declination

Parallel – orb 1°
Contraparallel – orb 1°

Forecasting Aspect Orbs

For transits and secondary progressions use an orb of 1° applying and separating.

As you become more experienced you can tighten this orb down to 30′ coming and going.

Explore more >>> Why Transits are Different for Everyone

Note for Solar Fire users

If you have Solar Fire you will need to set up these aspect details as an Aspect set and save the settings.

Read more >>> Aspects applying and separating

Polish Your Readings

It’s important to note that while these orb ranges provide a general guideline, individual preferences among astrologers may vary. Some astrologers may use smaller orbs for a more precise analysis, while others may prefer larger orbs for a broader perspective.

As a professional astrologer, your creative and upbeat approach can bring a unique flavor to the interpretation of aspect orbs. Consider the orbs as the varying degrees of a musical scale, with each aspect creating a distinct chord in the symphony of an individual’s life.

Mindfulness in considering the orbs allows for a more compassionate and holistic understanding of the complexities within a birth chart.

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Author Bio

Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

Astro Journal Flip Through

See how I created my Astro Journal to help align myself with the seasons and see a flip through of my month.

6th House

In astrology, the 6th HOUSE represents an area of life associated with many day-to-day activities related to health and work.

Starzology Astrology Podcast

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Saturn in Pisces: Limiting Beliefs

Saturn in Pisces

How Saturn’s Energy in Pisces will Manifest

The two-and-a-half-year transit of Saturn through Pisces from 2023 to 2025 will affect all Pisces folks as Saturn draws close and makes a conjunction to your natal Sun.

If will also affect anyone with other planets in Pisces or those people with a Pisces Ascendant or Pisces Midheaven.

To a lesser extent this dynamic energy shift will affect people with chart points, like the North or South Node, the Vertex or the Part of Fortune, in Pisces.

Saturn Transit Position

Only as Saturn moves to within 1°, both applying and separating to your Sun, planets or chart points in Pisces will there be a focus affect for you.

In general, it is not a two-and-a-half-year effect to your natal chart.

Transiting Saturn Conjoins North Node in Pisces

Listen to our podcast about transiting Saturn conjoining the North Node in Pisces in a guest chart.

Arwynne discusses the chart of her guest Sionnaine and how transiting Saturn stimulating her North Node in Pisces has unfolded in her life.

Saturn in Pisces: Video

Watch the video below where I chat with intergrative astrologer Christine Linwood about the transit of Saturn through Pisces.

Saturn in Pisces and Your Sun Sign

Saturn Aspects to Your Sun – Time Frame

While Saturn is in Pisces it will aspect every Sun sign and this will be different depending on the aspect being formed.

Some aspects are easy, some are challenging and some are neither.

Additionally, as Saturn moves quite slowly, its influence will only come into play when Saturn gets to be within one degree of the perfection of the aspect to your Sun.

Virgo Sun signs

Will receive an opposition from Saturn to your Sun which will probably present as authority figure like your parents, your boss or the government restricting your activities somehow.

Gemini and Sagittarius Sun Signs

Gemini and Sagittarians will receive squares to their natal Sun from Saturn. Squares usually show up as internal struggles with yourself. You may be stopped in your tracks as your make judgements about how you should move forward. Use this time to carefully consider and take your time. There is no rush where Saturn is concerned.

Cancer and Scorpio Sun Signs

The two water signs of Cancer and Scorpio will receive positive energy from Saturn as it make a trine to your Sun signs.

This is likely to present as mastering something in your life.

Aries and Aquarius Sun Signs

The two adjacent signs to Pisces, Aries and Aquarius, may not see much energy either up or down as Saturn moves through Pisces because Saturn will make a semi-sextile to your Sun position.

Leo and Libra Sun Signs

For Leo and Libra, this transit will probably manifest as many adjustments having to be made as Saturn make the irritating quincunx aspect to your Sun position.

Saturn in Pisces in 2023

During 2023 Saturn will only cover the first seven degrees of Pisces. This will specifically affect people born between the 19th and the 26th of February in any given year. These people will receive a triple conjunction from Saturn to their Sun in 2023.

As Saturn retrogrades in the early part of 2023 it brings a higher concentration of its energy to certain parts of the sign and particularly the first quarter or initial seven degrees of Pisces.

Saturn in Pisces What to Expect

Relaxing Laws into Guidelines

The very nature of Pisces is to water down and dilute things like stringent laws that have been in place for years.

Saturn is the planet that rules the government and the establishment so while it is in Pisces strictures will loosen.

Saturn in Pisces for All Signs

If you know your Ascendant sign then read that sign or if not, then read your Sun sign.

Saturn in Pisces for Aries

Saturn enters your private area suggesting you may be alone more. It will be easier to live in isolation and spend your time unaccompanied with your thoughts. You would do well to go on a retreat and spend some time secluded in some way. The lure of bright lights will fade a little for you during this period.

This is the time to look inwards and spend time on self-improvement.

Saturn in Pisces for Taurus

Saturn enters your friendship area suggesting you need to hang with others and find some groups with interests like yours. It is always easier to meet people when you have a common hobby.

Perhaps activities like photography, hiking, cooking or gardening would appeal to you now. You will benefit from associations with individuals like yourself and those who challenge you in some way. You may decide to volunteer at a food bank or soup kitchen to help your fellow man or woman.

Saturn in Pisces for Gemini

This period will probably be a huge boost for your career as Saturn is the natural ruler of the Midheaven and so your tenth house of career and public life.

Your reputation will be cemented now and you may want to spruce things up a little and remove any juvenile photos, expressions or unsuitable comments that detract from the impression you are trying to project.

You will want to be taken seriously now and you may be attracted to politics, the government or other similar avenues.

Saturn in Pisces for Cancer

Saturn enters your vision area which suggests you are likely to cement your life path and where you are going.

Saturn brings form and structure to solidify what it touches, so in your life-goals and life-path zone you can anticipate some firm commitments with yourself and clarity on what you are doing with your life.

You can also expect to take a few courses or some further career training in preparation for the following years when Saturn stimulates your career sector.

Saturn in Pisces for Leo

Saturn enters your debt and taxes area suggesting as one this is the time to get organized with your taxes. If you owe anyone, it will be come due now. If your papers are in order, you will be dealt with fairly receiving neither more nor less that what you are due.

This is the best time of your life to crush any credit card debt or pay back what you owe to others.

It may be a frugal existence for a while, but at the end of the two and a half years you will have a far better understanding of how borrowing affects many areas of your life.

Saturn in Pisces for Virgo

Saturn enters your partnership zone. This may be when you decide to tie the knot as you strive for a relationship with someone who is stable and respectable now. You may marry an older person.

If you are single, there are likely to be offers to get together which at first may seem a little dull but secure. This will be something you have to consider now.

If you are already in a meaningful relationship, you could decide to call it a day as boredom pervades your marriage. Think long and hard before throwing in the towel.

Saturn in Pisces for Libra

Saturn enters your work sector to bring honors, recognition and promotions if you are worthy. This is the period when you can achieve good results in your profession. The efforts of past years will be recognized and conferred upon you now. If you still need time to build your career, these two and a half years as Saturn passes through Pisces, will lay the foundations for prosperity yet to come.

If you want to open your own business, the cosmos will support that for you now. Just make sure to build your company on sounds principles and good work ethics. This is not the time to cut corners where owning a business is concerned.

Saturn in Pisces for Scorpio

Serious Saturn enters your fun-loving zone which can be quite a contradiction at times. Now you want to play by the rules and stay in your lane. Pleasure will be all the sweeter if you have earned it. Work hard and play hard will be your motto now.

Games of strategy which utilize the long game will be of benefit for you now. The board game of Monopoly epitomizes this time of your life. Slow and steady wins the prize.

Saturn in Pisces for Sagittarius

Saturn enters your home and family sector. There may be issues with your parents or other older people on your family who lean on you now.

You will be turned to by your family to provide so make sure your own reserves are stocked up plenty. Anticipate requests for handouts by family now. They will look to you for practical solution to their own problems.

More than most now you must pace yourself or you may find your reserves depleted and still demands are being made on your purse.

Saturn in Pisces for Capricorn

Saturn is your sign ruler and where it exerts its energy will always be important for Sea Goats.

This will be a great period to learn something new. You may enjoy taking a short course or attend a few weekend conferences where you can master skills that interest you.

Saturn enters your neighborhood sector. This is a time when good fences make good neighbors. Avoid conflict with people in your street and always maintain some distance.

Additionally, your relationship with any cousins or siblings will probably take a serious tone now.

Saturn in Pisces for Aquarius

Saturn enters your money area and you can expect some restrictions on both earning and spending now.

If you have established savings and good money management plan all will be well. However, if you are living pay cheque to pay cheque that will be some hard lessons to be learned as the planet of discipline passes through your earning area.

Even if you want to contribute it is better to give one dollar than to ignore others. ‘

Your money must work hard for you now.

Saturn in Pisces for Pisces

This planetary shift of the ringed planet, Saturn, passing through your sign will benefit Pisces folk. Saturn enters your personal life and how you see yourself area to bring a grown up flavor to your life.

If you are young, you may mature over these two years. If you are over 30 you may find that responsibilities weigh heavily now.

Shift unwanted stuff and free yourself if commitments both financial and personal that no longer serve you.

Author Bio

Alison encourages you to explore your unique creativity and live a satisfying life through your personal astrology. She offers her insights from the heart and with a sense of humor.

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5th House

In astrology, the 5th HOUSE suggests your creative side. It rules recreation and procreation as well as gambling and the stock exchange.

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5th House

In astrology, the 5th HOUSE suggests your creative side. It rules recreation and procreation as well as gambling and the stock exchange.

This Month’s Horoscope Overview

August 2024 Monthly Overview

I center my attention on the astrological energy shifts unfolding in August 2024. My first focus lies in understanding the pivotal moments when planets change signs, as this can greatly affect their optimal functioning.

Moving forward, I look into the influence of New and Full Moons, along with any eclipses that might manifest during this month. These celestial events can have a significant impact on our lives and emotions.

Additionally, I examine the retrogrades of the planets, which signal a decrease in energy and call for a reevaluation of past situations associated with those specific planets. It’s a time to reflect and gain insights from the past.

Lastly, I will highlight some key astrological moments that will shape the month, offering valuable insights into the prevailing energies and their potential impact on our lives.

Here are the main planetary energy shifts and changes that will be in effect during August 2024.

Ingresses

This month, four planets change signs.

The Sun: Pisces Season

In the third week of the month the Sun leaves Leo and enters Virgo.

This is known as Virgo season even though it only lasts around thirty days.

Where the Sun travels Mercury and Venus are not far behind which brings a lot of planetary energy to the sign.

Mercury

Mercury Retrograde in Virgo: August 6, 2024

Mercury retrograde in Virgo emphasizes review and reassessment in areas related to daily routines, work and health.

Expect possible delays or misunderstandings, particularly in communication and organizational matters.

It’s a good time to revisit and refine existing plans rather than starting new projects.

More about MERCURY RETROGRADE

Mercury Retrograding into Leo: August 12, 2024

On August 12, 2024, Mercury retrogrades into Leo, marking a period of introspection and re-evaluation, particularly in areas related to self-expression, creativity, and communication.

This retrograde phase may bring back unresolved issues from the past, offering a chance to revisit and refine old ideas or projects.

It’s a time to be cautious with new commitments, as misunderstandings or delays can occur.

Instead, focus on reflecting on personal goals and how you present yourself to the world.

This period encourages a deeper understanding of your motivations and a reassessment of how you express your individuality.

More on JOB SEEKING WHEN MERCURY IS RETROGRADE

Mercury Stationing Direct in Leo: August 28, 2024

On August 28, 2024, Mercury stations direct in Leo, marking the end of its retrograde period.

This shift brings clarity and forward momentum, particularly in areas related to communication, creativity, and self-expression.

After a period of introspection and re-evaluation, this is a time to move forward with renewed confidence and clarity.

Issues that may have felt stalled or confusing during the retrograde phase will start to resolve, allowing for smoother communication and decision-making.

It’s an opportune moment to finalize plans, clarify intentions, and embrace new opportunities with a fresh perspective.

Venus

Venus Entering Virgo: August 5, 2024

With Venus moving into Virgo, focus shifts to practical aspects of love and beauty.

This transit encourages you to express affection through acts of service and attention to detail.

It’s a favorable period for improving daily routines, relationships and finding beauty in simplicity.

Venus Entering Libra: August 29, 2024

Venus entering Libra brings a focus on relationships, harmony and aesthetics.

This transit favors diplomatic interactions, beautifying your surroundings and enhancing partnerships.

It’s an excellent time for fostering balance and creating harmonious connections in both personal and professional spheres.

Lunations

New Moon in Leo: August 4, 2024

The New Moon in Leo marks a fresh start in areas related to creativity, self-expression and personal projects.

It’s an excellent time to set intentions for new ventures and embrace opportunities for personal growth.

Focus on areas where you wish to shine and make a bold impact.

Full Moon in Aquarius: August 19, 2024

The Full Moon in Aquarius brings illumination and culmination to themes of innovation, community and individuality.

It’s a time to assess your social connections, group activities and any progressive ideas you’ve been working on.

Use this period to bring projects to fruition and embrace new, unconventional perspectives.

New Moon Wishes

New Moons are always a time for setting personal intentions and making New Moon Wishes.

Read more on NEW MOON WISHING

August Special Focus

This month’s special focus is on Lammas.

More on LAMMAS

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Author Bio

Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

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About Our Horoscopes

Author: Alison Price – Published: November 2022 – Revised: January 2024

Starzology Horoscopes

Which Sign to Read

These horoscopes are written for Ascendant signs. If you know your Ascendant sign then read that horoscope. Otherwise, read your Sun sign, and while you’re at it, think about getting your chart cast so you will know your Ascendant sign for the future.

About My Horoscopes

These horoscopes consider the changing planetary energies throughout each month.

In general, I look at three things:

Ingresses
Lunations
Stations

If there are other important events happening during a month, I may write about them as well, it just depends.

Horoscope Themes

I like to look on the positive side and find something uplifting to say for each sign. When I prepare my horoscopes, I consider planetary movements, planetary energies and shifts that occur in the natural rhythms. I also like to pay attention to New Moons and Full Moons when they impact a particular sign significantly.

I do consider planets stationing retrograde or turning direct as these movement shifts do make a difference in the way the planet can express its energy especially if they impact the sign as well. All my horoscopes are written with love and care.

Astrological Overview

Time Zone

Starzology horoscopes are set for Universal Time Zone (UT) which is the old Greenwich Mean Time. (GMT). If you live in the eastern hemisphere, like some of Europe, Asia, Australia and most of Africa, these dates may occur the day after the ones mentioned. If you live in the western hemisphere, like the USA, Canada and South America, these dates may occur the day before the ones mentioned.

What to Look For Each Month

As the planets move through the zodiac, they change signs and adjust their direction. Each planet has a couple of particular signs that they really love to be in and with which they resonate well. These shifts of planetary energy are what we astrologers look at.

Ingresses

These horoscopes consider the planets changing signs or ingressing. Several planets change signs each month and this can vary. When a planet goes from one sign into the next it may benefit or have its energy reduced. How well a planet is placed in a sign is known as essential dignity.

Lunations

I look at the New Moon and the Full Moon or any Solar or Lunar Eclipses when they occur. Eclipses only happen in a couple of months each year. You can get a PDF copy of the full list of the 2024 Lunations below.

Stations

Considerations is given to any planet that stations in a month. A station is when a planet appears to stop and turn direction. Planets can either station retrograde (begin to move backwards) or station direct (begin to move forwards). It depends on the planet and your own Sun sign whether a station may heavily affect you or not so much.

Horoscopes for All Signs

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Author Bio

Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

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Neptune

Planets

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9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

5 Planetary Complex Tips Chart Reading

Chart Complexes

There are many techniques which you can use to read a birth chart and one highly popular method is with chart complexes.

A complex contains everything to do with a particular feature in a chart

You can have house complexes, point (Ascendant, Lunar node, Part of Fortune etc.) complexes and planetary complexes.

In this post we’re going to look at planetary complexes.

A Planetary Complex

Each planet in your chart will have its own complex.

There will be the Sun complex, the Moon complex, Jupiter’s complex and even Eris’ complex.

Planetary Complex Components

The five components that go to make a planetary complex are the planet’s:

Meaning
Sign
Aspects
Position
Influence

Let’s have a look at each planetary complex component in detail.

1 Planet’s Meaning

The planet in question always retains its core meaning.

For example, Mercury will always have the urge to communicate, and Mars will always have the urge to initiate actions.

Pay attention to a planet’s keywords.

2 Planet’s Sign

When considering a planet in a sign you always want to find if there is any essential dignity.

This feature itself is probably the most prominent influence when considering a planets complex.

Rulership

A planet in rulership is resilient.

Planets in rulership can work at their full potential 100% of the time.

Any planet in its own sign has the urge to dominate and express itself in the person’s life.

This is likely to be one of the top planets in the chart.

Exaltation

A planet in exaltation, is robust and walks towards the light.

If there is an exalted planet and there are no planets in rulership, the exalted planet will push itself forward into the person’s life.

Fall

A planet in fall, will benefit from support from other planets to achieve its potential.

Planets in fall can easily be dragged down by challenges from the malefic planets.

Detriment

A planet in detriment will struggle to express itself in this person’s life.

This planet will need a lot of work to see its positive energy.

A debilitated planet is likely to effortlessly turn towards the dark side.

Face

A planet with face, steps forward and wants to help the person.

Term

A planet with term, is usually a nice-to-have and will support any planet struggling to move forward.

3 Planetary Aspects

Challenges or support from other planets are shown by the aspects.

Most planets have aspects to the other planets.

Consider the nature of the aspects themselves and the planet making the aspect.

Hard Aspects

The hard aspects are the opposition, the contra-parallel, the square, the semi-square and the sesquiquadrate.

Hard aspects bring challenges and energy is required to overcome the friction or obstacles expressed by the aspect.

Soft Aspects

The soft aspects are the trine and the sextile.

Soft aspects bring ease and support and boost the planet in the nature of the other planet making the aspect.

Neutral Aspects

The neutral aspects are the conjunction and the parallel.

Impartial aspects may be supportive or non-energetic.

These unbiased aspects add robustness to the planet in question.

Unaspected Planets

A planet is unaspected if it does not receive a Ptolemaic aspect from another planet.

Do not consider aspects from the points when determining unaspectedness.

4 Planetary Position

There are some positions that planet may have in a chart which are more important than other placements.

It’s like being in the right place at the right time.

High in the Chart

When a planet is high and near the top, at the most elevated position or in the Midheaven Gauquelin sector in a chart, it becomes more significant.

A planet in this position supports what you do in the outside world and in the public domain.

East in the Chart

When a planet is placed in the east, at the Ascendant position, either rising or in the Ascendant Gauquelin sector or bothit attains more significance.

A planet in this position supports your personal brand, message and the impression you make on others.

Proximity to the Sun

When a planet has solar proximity by being either cazimi, combust or under-the-beams it may add to, or detract from, the planet’s ability to express itself.

A planet in this position needs further consideration.

5 Planetary Influence

Through the principle of chart division, we can slice the chart up in several ways.

A planet may have influence over several sectors of the chart although some planets have no sway through chart division.

Hemisphere Ruler

There are four hemispheres in each chart, the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern hemispheres.

When a planet is a hemisphere ruler by being on the cusp of the hemisphere, it brings a broad influence over half of the chart.

Either the self (Eastern hemisphere), others (Western hemisphere), the public life (Southern hemisphere) or the private life (Northern hemisphere).

If it is a tenant in the hemisphere that it rules, it increases its authority.

Quadrant Ruler

There are four quadrants in each chart the first, second, third and fourth quadrants.

When a planet is a quadrant ruler by being on the cusp of the quadrant, it has influence over one quarter of the chart.

If the planet is a tenant in the quadrant which it rules, it gains dynamic power.

House Ruler

There are twelve houses in each chart.

When a planet is a house ruler by being on the cusp of the house, it impacts the area of life shown by the house.

If the planet is a tenant in a house which it rules, is intensifies its dominance.

Triple Division Ruler

There are three triple divisions in a chart, the first, second and third triple division.

When a planet is a triple division ruler by being on the cusp of the division, it impacts the Me (first triple division), We (second triple division), or You (third triple division), message shown by the division.

If the planet is a tenant in a triple division which it rules, is intensifies the main keyword of the division (Me, We or You).

Influence Assessment

When analyzing a birth chart, go through and work out every planet complex and determine which are the dominant planets within a chart.

Having attained a full picture of each planet’s complex you can decide just how influential each planet is in the chart.

This may bring up some surprising results.

It is often at this time that you realize that perhaps the Sun and the Moon are not as influential as you thought and maybe Uranus is a dominant planet within a chart.

Example Chart Steve Wozniak

Sun Planetary Complex

Meaning: Identity, ego and self-awareness.

Sign: Leo dignity sign ruler

Aspects Soft: Trine Chiron and sextile Neptune.

Aspects Neutral: Conjoined Pluto.

Position: 11th House. Dispositor tree top line.

Influence: Rules and is in the 11th House.

Moon Planetary Complex

Meaning: Feelings, reactions and needs.

Sign: Cancer in dignity sign ruler.

Aspects Hard: Square Mars.

Aspects Soft: Trine North Node

Aspects Neutral: Conjoined Venus.

Position: 10th House. Dispositor tree top line.

Influence: Cancer is intercepted so the Moon has no place to rule.

Mercury Planetary Complex

Meaning: Languages, ideas, thinking and trade.

Sign: Virgo dignity well placed.

Aspects hard: Semi-square Mars and square Chiron.

Aspects neutral: Conjunct and parallel Saturn so a double whammy.

Position: 12th house. Dispositor tree top line.

Influence: Rules Chart, rules and is in the Eastern hemisphere, rules and is in the Northern hemisphere, rules 1st quadrant, rules 4th quadrant, rules 1st house, 10th house and 12th house.

Jupiter Planetary Complex

Meaning: Growth, vision and luck.

Sign: Pisces retrograde, in dignity, has face essential dignity and is traditional sign ruler.

Aspects soft: Water Grand Trine with Mars and Uranus. Note these are the only Jupiter Aspects.

Position: In 6th house. Dispositor tree top line.

Influence: Rules and is in the Western hemisphere, rules and is in the 2nd quadrant and rules and is in the 6th House

Uranus Planetary Complex

Meaning: Computers and the internet, lateral thinking and breaks.

Sign: Cancer, no essential dignity.

Aspects soft: Water Grand Trine with Mars and Jupiter.

Aspects hard: Square Neptune.

Aspects neutral: Parallel Pluto.

Position: Most Elevated, Midheaven Gaquelin Sector and 10th house.

Influence: Rules 5th house.

Transiting and Progressed Planets

The planetary complexes indicate how that planet will fare and express itself for this person when it influences the chart by transit or progression.

Any planet which is weaker in the natal chart, when transiting or progressing the chart by aspect is likely to be weaker as well.

To know a planet’s natal strength can help determine whether as a forecast indicator it will be influential or not for this individual.

This shows up in instances where perhaps in a chart with a weak Saturn complex, and therefore their Saturn Return is not as challenging for that person as it is for the person whose Saturn is the most dominant planet in the chart by complex.

Warmly,

Alison

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Aspiring Astrologer Activity

In your astrology journal and referencing your birth chart and a current ephemeris, please do the following:

Natal

List the five key features of Planetary Complexes.
Choose every planet from the Sun to Pluto and list their Planetary Complexes.
Select the planet with most substantial and important Planetary Complex and fully analyze and get to know this planet.

Transits

See which house your most important planet (by planetary complex) is transiting today.
List the aspects it will make to your natal chart in the next twelve months and enter them in your calendar.
On a monthly basis, monitor these transits and ponder how they are unlolding in your life.

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The Aspiring Astrologer 52 Self-paced Astrology Lessons: Book

Author: Alison Price – Published: June 2022 – Revised: January 2024

The Aspiring Astrologer – 52 Self-paced Astrology Lessons

I’m excited to share with you information about my new book The Aspiring Astrologer – 52 Self-paced Astrology Lessons now available on Amazon.

I’m going to give you a bit of a history of the evolution of this book and how it came about.

I’m also going to be sharing with you who this book is for and whether it would interest you or not.

eBook Edition

Now available in eBook form.

Many of your have asked for an ebook edition of this book and now I’ve finally got one for you.

The physical book from Amazon is only available at Amazon.com and .uk becasue of its size. So people around the world could not get a copy.

The content is the same.

Alison

May 2024

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Video Flipthrough

Watch the video below on YouTube.

Here I go over the main points of this astrology book and I provide a full-page flipthrough of every page in the book so you can see if it is for you.

Who This Book is For

New Astrology Students

This book is suitable for new astrology students. If you have decided to learn a little astrology, then this is the book to help you get there. Many people choose to know some astrology, and a few take the next step and discover a wonderful world of insights which astrology can provide. This book will guide you to focus on key pointers in a birth chart, so you can read a chart quickly and confidently.

New Astrology Teachers

This book is suitable for new astrology teachers. Use it as a guide to bring structure to your classes. If you are just starting out as an astrology teacher, use this book as a guide to pace your classes for your astrology students. Typically each chapter will be a two hour class.

Time and Energy Management

If you have reached a period in your life when time is critical, and you do not have three years to spend learning something new, then this book is for you. If you are at the start of your astrological journey this is for you.

It is for anyone who wants to get to grips with astrology fast and who does not have time to waste. You can learn about the importance of staying on the highways and leave the roads less travelled for another day.

You can spend the rest of your life learning more about astrology, but you do not need to know everything right now. You are at the start of your astrological journey and this book will guide you towards details which are immediately important and the things that can be left for the future.

Self-paced Astrology Lessons

This book combines all the astrology lessons I have taught for the past twenty-five years to my private students. Each chapter is one lesson. Typically when I teach the lessons in a classroom they take about two hours to complete. However some classes are a little longer specifically the Houses lesson and the Synasty lesson. I usually have a week to a fortnight between classes so my students can digest the information, practice on many charts and do some more research by themselves.

Evolution of This Book

When I began teaching astrology to three women one Saturday afternoon at my kitchen table, I wrote out a one-page guide for each lesson. Every person received the one-page class note. They went away and returned the following week for the next class at which time I provided the second lesson one-page class note.

Over time, I developed each one-page into multiple sheets and included more information. I increased the page count for each lesson to about ten pages whilst fleshing out every topic into broader paragraphs which became the discussion points in the lesson. By now I had made sixteen beginner, intermediate and advanced forecasting classes with around ten individual pages each for the forty-eight classes with a total page count of 480.

Then I created a mini eBook for each stage. Later when I began to teach the Relationship and Vocational astrology courses with six classes each, I wrote more class notes. Only earlier this year did it occur to me to bring everything together into one book. This book. In the past I had toyed with multiple smaller books but decided to amalgamate all the class notes I had created over the years into this one volume. Through the editing process, I condensed the Houses lessons into one class even though I had taught it over two.

I had forty-seven main classes including six Relationship and six Vocational classes, with around ten pages per class. This brought the class count to fifty-nine. I wanted to have fifty-two classes which is of course one class for every week in the year. I compressed the two Relationship and Vocational courses into five classes, three for Relationships (thus the Synastry class has parts 1, 2 and 3 and is the biggest class) and two for Vocational. Now I had fifty-two classes in total. Some classes are longer and some are shorter than others.

Page Design

Each page is sourced from my early one-page layouts. Each page usually has a main heading and several paragraphs, diagrams, tables or charts. These are all discussion points and can be explored further by the student and certainly developed by the teacher. I encourage you to source other supporting material around each class.

I have endeavored to keep the style of the page layout similar to the original one-page class notes as that is how you learn the subject and how it is taught. Where there is space available on some pages, I have added diagrams or illustrations as inspiration. Most drawings are my own creations however some are free images for public use from Pixabay.

How to Use This Book

This is a working book. You are invited to write in it, make notes and draw diagrams as you learn. Perhaps you have other keywords you want to bring into your astrological practice and you may add them to these pages. Color things in, add collage and make it your own.

Aspiring Astrologer Activities

There are Aspiring Astrology Activities after each chapter. This is your class homework and the activities are about the content you have learnt in the lesson. These activities are important as they are a guide about what to do for every chart that you ever cast or interpret.

Astrological Defaults

This book teaches western tropical psychological astrology and mainly Placidus house cusps.

Where to Get Your Copy

The Aspiring Astrologer – 52 Self-paced Astrology Lessons book is available at Amazon. This is quite a huge book with 570 pages and measures 8” by 10” or 20cm by 25cm. The size makes it heavy.

The actual publication costs at Amazon are quite hefty themselves and of course you will have to add on the shipping to your area. This makes the cost of the book slightly more than most astrology books but it’s due to the sheer volume of information you receive. To get your copy from Amazon click here.

Typos and Errors

I wrote, designed, formatted and self-published this book myself. I have had two editors go over it, but as I’ve learned in the past, errors do creep in. If you find an error or typo, please let me know and I will fix it for the next person.

Warmly,

Alison

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Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

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Color of the Year

Pantone – the Color People

Color of the Year

Towards the end of each year, Pantone announces a new color for the forthcoming year.

The publication of the Color of the Year is highly anticipated, mainly by artists, graphic designers, trend setters and the New Age community.

Because this is such a big deal in the world of color, the color which Pantone chooses usually invokes the potential that each New Year heralds.

As someone who loves astro art and color in general I find this interesting.

2023 Viva Magenta

The Pantone color of the year for 2023 is Viva Magenta a rich magenta color.

Colors

Rainbow Colors

The seven colors of the rainbow or spectrum are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Chakra Colors

The seven chakras are the root, sacral, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye and crown chakras.

The chakras are related to the spectrum colors thus:

Red – root chakra

Orange – sacral chakra

Yellow – solar plexus chakra

Green – heart chakra

Blue – throat chakra

Indigo – third eye chakra

Violet – crown chakra

Crown Chakra

Anyone familiar with chakras will know that the Viva Magenta color is related both the Root (red) and Crown (violet Chakra.

Aquarius

Astrologically the colors are related to the signs.

The 2023 color of the year seems to be associated with the sign of the the Fish, Pisces.

Pisces is associated with many things one of which is that it is a sign of intuition and blending in.

Saturn is shortly going into Pisces to stimulate this color .

Interesting ly Saturn was in Aquarius for the Veri Peri of 2022.

Color Theory and Healing

That color can influence us is well documented and many practitioners will use color to invoke emotional, spiritual and even physical healing.

2023 Potential

I wonder how the choice for this year’s Pantone Color of the Year will unfold during the next 12 months for the world.

Author Bio

Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

Astro Journal Flip Through

See how I created my Astro Journal to help align myself with the seasons and see a flip through of my month.

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Astro Journal Flip Through

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Astro Journal

I’m sharing with you my December Astro Journal flip through.

I’ve been journaling for years and I do dabble with all sorts of journals spreads, but this month I got a bit more organized and have got some images to show you of the journal pages I created for December 2021.

Cover Page

Astro Info

This page shows all the important astrological ingresses, lunar phases and planetary retrogrades for the month.

I also draw the zodiac in the natural position with Aries at the Ascendant point.

Sign Colors

You’ll notice that I colour my zodiac signs in specific colours and these are related to the colour wheel.

The fire signs are the primary colours, so Aries is red, Leo is yellow and Sagittarius is blue.

The air signs are the secondary colours so Gemini is orange, Libra is green and Aquarius is violet.

Then the earth and water signs become the tertiary colours, so we have Taurus is tangerine Cancer is apricot, Virgo is chartreuse or lime green, Scorpio is turquoise, Capricorn is purple and Pisces is magenta.

Ingresses

On the outer ring I show how all the planets move during December.

Many planets stay in the same sign, some planets change signs and one planet is stations retrograde.

Main Lunar Phases

I also indicate the four main Lunar phases of New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon and Last Quarter.

Yule

Wheel of the Year

My Yule page is an acknowledgement of the wheel of the year as the Sun enters Capricorn on December 21 we are at the solstice.

I have the symbol for Yule in the top left and on the top right has an oakleaf to symbolize the movement from the Holly King to the Oak King which happens on Yule.

Yule and the solstice is the actual beginning of the wheel of the year.

Yule Log

It’s the dead of winter. In my drawing that I have a yule log burning in the fire. The idea is that you get one long big tree which is your you’ll log and you stick the fat and into the fireplace and you liked it on December 21 and as it slowly burns you push the tree into the great and I delete should be in for at least 12 days.

Dark to Light

Yule is a time where we are symbolizing the shift from the dark and we start to slowly move into the light.

This time of the year is symbolized by candles the fire and brightness.

Saturnalia

December 21st is the shortest day of the year it is also known as the Roman festival of Saturnalia.

Saturn rules Capricorn so it all fits in quite neatly.

Month Calendar Full Page Spread

The monthly full spread is where I will put all my student classes and events.

It also works as a content calendar for my videos and blogs.

I have colored in every planetary movement and the Moon’s phases.

Planets on the Move

Here I’m listing all the planets that change sign and a little interpretation for each one.

Sun enters Capricorn

Sun enters Capricorn on December 21st, Complete all public festivities to concentrate on special people. Especially past year. Make a plan.

Mercury enters Capricorn

Mercury enters Capricorn on December 13 get all seasonal shopping in the bag early. Gift self-improvement classes and education.

Mars enters Sagittarius

Mars enters Sagittarius on December 13 this will energize all outgoing personalities. The bright bold and confident now.

Jupiter enters Pisces

Jupiter enters Pisces on the 29th make space in your life for some whimsy. Grow big dreams. Meandering is the name of the game.

Venus stations Retrograde

Venus going retrograde is there too. Reassess romantic and love relationships for viability. Practice financial austerity for a brighter future.

Lunar Phases

Solar Eclipse

On December 4th, there is a Solar eclipse at 12° Sagittarius.

Follow your instincts.

This eclipse squares Neptune as well.

Internal dilemmas around visions and atmosphere’s may be the case.

The solar eclipse also sextiles Saturn.

Work your inherent talents.

The solar eclipse is trine Chiron.

Be guided by the events of the day.

First Quarter

On December 11th, the First Quarter is at 19 Pisces.

Growth through art and music.
Build meaningful attitudes.
Face your crises.

Full Moon

On December 19th, is this month’s Full Moon at 27 Gemini.

Journal for clarity.
Have your eyes wide open to reality.

Last Quarter

On December 27th, is the Last Quarter at 5° Libra.

Reorientate personal relationships.
Readjust your plans now.
Pioneer plans as well.

Planet of the Month – Jupiter

This month’s planet of the month is Jupiter as it moves finally into Pisces.

Jupiter did move into Pisces earlier in the year and then retrograded back into Aquarius, but now it has finally moved and Pisces and will remain there for the next year.

Jupiter is the traditional ruler of Pisces and it is very comfortable in the sign of the Fish.

What to Expect or Great Expectations

This movement of planetary energy will bring:

A higher awareness of your spiritual journey.
Openness to teaching and learning that creates a perception shift.
Growth through understanding more than at other times.
A blurring of international connections now.
Expansion in your life if you follow your inner voice.
Trust in your own judgement without following public opinion.

Conclusion

If you enjoyed seeing my Astro Journal flip through let me know.

Share Your Astro Pages

If you are inspired by some of my Astro Journal Pages send me a copy of your image or use the hashtag #StarzologyAJP to share your work on social.

My Process

If you would like to see the actual process I use and how I design each page each month, let me know as well.

There and innumerable videos on monthly journal spreads by talented artists which have amazing artwork and design.

I just bring a focus to the astrology in my spreads.

If you would find it interesting to see my process let me know and I will certainly share a video with the background information as well.

Have a prosperous day,

Alison

Author Bio

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Go here to read more about Alison’s story.

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Zodiac Sign Notebooks

Zodiac Sign Notebooks

I am excited to share with your my latest venture in creating Zodiac Sign Notebooks. I loved designing these colorful notebooks.

Each one has what I call “light astrology” (so nothing highly technical and tricky as astrology can often get), which will appeal to the person in the street.

Perfect for all who have a Sun Sign, oh right, that’s everyone in your life.

These handy ruled notebooks are specially written and designed by myself.

They are themed and tailored to the individual zodiac sign.

Benefits

Each Zodiac Sign Notebook focusses on one sign.

There are twelve individual Zodiac Sign Notebooks in the whole collection.

Choose the book for your sign and the signs of your loved ones.

When you reach for your Zodiac Sign Notebook, you are automatically learning more about your sign.

Newbies can trace the glyphs for their sign which are printed on every page.

Aspiring astrologers will appreciate the snippets, at the bottom of every right-hand page, which contain interesting information about the specific sign.

Star Giving

If you are the star astrologer in your group (that’s the only person who knows the difference between a bull and a fish), consider your family, friends, and the people whom you love and stimulate their interest in astrology with the gift of a Zodiac Sign Notebook.

They will love you for it.

The goodness is in the giving. You will benefit as others begin to understand why you love astrology as well.

People can get a glimpse into your world and the astrology that you love.

Features

The sign glyph is on every page.
Ruled pages.
Every other page has an interesting snippet especially about the sign.
The books have the sign’s affinities like the planetary ruler, precious metal and minerals, angel, trees, plants, herbs, compatibilities with the other signs and more.
Suitable for anyone with a Sun sign.
These medium sized (6″ x 9″) softcover notebooks contain 120 pages and are perfect for everyday use.
Available from Amazon.

How to Order Your Zodiac Notebooks

To order each book from Amazon, simply click on the image below.

Please note that as this is a brand new project.

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9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

New Moon Wishing – a self-care guide book for wishful thinkers

New Moon Wishing – A self-care guidebook for wishful thinkers

The New Moon Wishing self-care guidebook for wishful thinkers by Pearl Pendragon contains pages that you fill in with your New Moon wishes each month.

There are “New Moon in zodiac sign” prompts to help you align your wished with the current New Moon position.

Additionally, there are “New Moon in house” prompts so you can focus your wishes on the dynamic energy in your own unique birth chart.

This guidebook has enough pages for five years of New Moon Wishing which means you can create a record of the wishes you made and reflect on how things turned out.

The self-care aspect of New Moon Wishing surrounds writing your wishes and intentions to bring them forth through the act of hand penmanship which embeds your wish deeper into your consciousness.

You are encouraged to color in, embellish and add related ephemera to each month’s pages to create a beautiful record for yourself.

Who This Book is For

This is an ideal gift for the new-age and enlightened people in your life who enjoy creating with journals and notebooks.

Available now from Amazon.

Further Resources

Read my thoughts on New Moon Wishing and get some more ideas on how to use them in this video on Nadia Shah’s Channel.

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To learn more about Alison’s journey, visit this page.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

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12th House

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7th House

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Starzology 2024 Astro Guide and Planner

Starzology 2024 Astro Guide and Planner

Astrology for Self-care

Available now.

A few years ago, I began writing horoscopes for various publications, including a print magazine, an online app, and a new age website.

However, each outlet required a different approach, as one catered to women, another started their week on a Monday, and the third targeted a trendy millennial audience.

As a result, I needed to organize my astrological data and focus on three specific events in the astrology calendar each month: the New and Full moons, the planetary stations, and the ingresses.

By noting these movements on a monthly chart and setting my chart on the zero Aries house system, I could see where each event would occur for each sign.

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Evolution

To make this process easier, I created a mini-PDF for clients with each month’s data, which I built up over five years with more valuable information, data, and tables.

However, people often had trouble printing or losing the file, so I eventually published a handy book on Amazon, which customers could easily purchase and return if necessary.

The Starzology 2024 Astro Guide is now available on Amazon, and it includes short interpretations for each lunation, station, and ingress.

These mini-insights are similar to what I would write for a horoscope column, and they can be used as a basis for creating horoscope insights for yourself or your clients.

Who This Book is For

This book is for people who wish to embrace the art of astrology into their everyday self-care practice.

The Starzology 2024 Astro Guide and Planner contains information for anyone interested in astrology.

It has material on the 2024 New and Full Moons, retrograde and direct dates and planetary ingresses (when the planets change signs) for the whole year.

Horoscopes Writers

If you write horoscopes or forecast for yourself, family and friends it will help you plan.

There is a page for you to draw in your own birth chart, so you can follow along and a few blank chart wheels.

Track Transits

Each month has a handy list of astro events including planetary ingresses, retrogrades and lunation information.

There is a lunar mood checker diagram for you to fill in each day to monitor your mood.

This is great for women and their cycles.

The handy weekly pages can be used to track, and make notes about, the transits and progressions to your own birth chart.

Personal Growth

This book will inspire you to find out more about astrology, your chart and how the celestial energy changes affect you.

As your astrology knowledge grows, you can add other astro related details which interest you.

Keepsake

This is a working book. You are encouraged to make it your own.

You can color in this planner, collage special days and make notes which mean something to you.

Create yourself a beautiful keepsake for the year 2024 which you can look back on later.

Customize Your Planner

The idea is that you make this planner your own.

Colour in the months pages and add your transits on the weekly pages.

Watch the Video

To get more inspiration on how to get organized to write horoscopes, or to forecast for yourself, watch the video below.

I explain how I use this planner and you can add your information, color and embellishments as well.

Practical Astro Forecasting

The spreads are the exact ones that I use each month for horoscope work and forecasting, which I draw in my journal and you can see more of that in this video.

It has material on the 2024 New and Full Moons, Eclipses, retrograde and direct dates and planetary ingresses (when the planets change signs) for the whole year.

If you write horoscopes or forecast for yourself, family and friends it will help you plan.

There is a page for you to draw your own birth chart, so you can follow along and a few blank charts.

Monthly Planner Pages

Each month lists the astro events like planetary ingresses, retrogrades and lunation information.

There is a lunar mood checker diagram and other fun pages.

Weekly Planner Pages

The handy weekly pages can be used to track the transits and progressions to your own chart.

Moon Mood Tracker

Each month has a 28-day Moon cycle tracker that you could use to track:

Your mood
Your lunar transits
Your monthly cycle

Personal Growth

This planner will inspire you to find out more about your chart and you can add other astro related details that interest you.

In this planner, you can color in and make notes that mean something to you and create yourself a keepsake for the year 2024.

Astro Guide

The Starzology 2024 Astro Guide is not only a planner with monthly and weekly calendar pages, but it also includes specific pages for the eclipses of 2024 and the retrograde periods for every planet in 2023.

Additionally, it features a short piece about the Wheel of the Year and the eight pagan festivals.

If you’re interested in learning more, you can visit my website or check out the link in the show notes.

And if you know someone who would be interested, it makes for a great holiday gift.

Thank you for spending time with me.

With love,

Alison

7th House

In astrology, the 7th HOUSE suggests your partnerships, marriages, contracts and public relations. It also covers open enemies and the general public.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

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5th House

In astrology, the 5th HOUSE suggests your creative side. It rules recreation and procreation as well as gambling and the stock exchange.

1st House

by Alison Price | Basic Natal Astrology

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7th House

In astrology, the 7th HOUSE suggests your partnerships, marriages, contracts and public relations. It also covers open enemies and the general public.

4th House

In astrology, the 4TH HOUSE suggests your family, home, ancestors, foundations and roots. The sign on the cusp will influence this.

11th House

In astrology, the 11th house suggests your friends, groups and social conscious. It shows who you associated with.

Saturn in Aries

by Alison Price | Transits

In astrology, as SATURN transits ARIES from 2025 to 2028 we will see major shifts in personal dn public influence. Make sure you align with this developing energy.

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Lammas

Lammas Dates

Lammas is typically celebrated on August 1st each year.

However, it is more correct to say that Lammas is when the Sun reaches 15º of the fixed sign of Leo the lion.

In 2021, the Sun will be at this position in the zodiac on Sunday, August 8th.

To be honest, it does not really matter that you celebrate Lammas at the exact time, but that you celebrate at all.

Close Enough

Often in the civil calendar, if a public holiday falls mid-week we celebrate it on the Sunday that follows or the Sunday beforehand.

An example of this is Remembrance Sunday which technically occurs on November 11th every year, but which is always taken as the closest Sunday to that date.

Lammas: Astrology Journal Page

I’ve drawn a page for Lammas in my astrology journal.

It is a sheaf of wheat that symbolizes the early harvest of the first sweet ears of cereal in August that is used to bake the Lammas Loaf of bread.

I’m trying to focus on one symbol for each festival in the Wheel of the Year.

Lammas Celebration

Lammas celebrates the baking of the first loaf of bread with the current year’s wheat.

It signifies bounty and good food and prosperity to come.

But let’s face it, in the modern world if you live in a city like I do you just go down to the corner store and pick up some bread that’s already baked.

Personally, I’m not in the habit of making my own bread, but when I do, it is at Lammas that I bake.

Lammas Loaf Recipe

My daughter has recently started baking bread and I’m going to share the recipe she uses with you here.

This simple method uses three ingredients bread flour, yeast and salt.

You may have a family recipe and that would be an ideal one to use for your Lammas first loaf.

Lammas Bread Baking

In the week running up to Lammas, my daughter baked several loaves which our whole family enjoyed.

She brought a Lammas loaf over to my home by travelling on the train, as the trip is quite far, but I truly appreciated her gesture.

When to Eat Your Lammas Loaf

Your Lammas loaf is best consumed when still warm.

I like it slathered with butter or, for a special treat, honey.

It is the type of food you can keep snacking on long into the evening.

Next Day Bread

The next day bread can be a litlle harder as it has lost its initial softness and springability.

I choose to cut next day bread into thinner slices and toast them.

Always try to get your Lammas toast “golden” and not charred.

Enjoy your slices with tea or coffee as a great mid-morning snack.

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Aspiring Astrology Activity: Lammas

In your astrology journal, book of shadows or grimoire please do the following:

Draw a page for Lammas and include a symbol of wheat or the first loaf.
If you have a family recipe for bread then include it as well.

Share your page on social with the hashtag #starzologywheeloftheyear or email me the link to startzology@gmail.com.

Wheel of the Year Quack-Quack

by Alison Price | Astro Art, Natural Cycles

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9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

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5th House

In astrology, the 5th HOUSE suggests your creative side. It rules recreation and procreation as well as gambling and the stock exchange.

1st House

by Alison Price | Basic Natal Astrology

In astrology, the 1st HOUSE suggests is all about you as an individual it’s like your personal brand in astrology.

7th House

In astrology, the 7th HOUSE suggests your partnerships, marriages, contracts and public relations. It also covers open enemies and the general public.

4th House

In astrology, the 4TH HOUSE suggests your family, home, ancestors, foundations and roots. The sign on the cusp will influence this.

11th House

In astrology, the 11th house suggests your friends, groups and social conscious. It shows who you associated with.

Saturn in Aries

by Alison Price | Transits

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Quintiles: Aspects of the Fifth Harmonic

by Alison Price | Advanced Natal Astrology, Aspects

As an astrologer, you need to understand QUINTILE and BIQUINTILE aspects of the fifth harmonic in your client’s chart.

Wheel of the Year

The Wheel of the Year

Diagram

The wheel of the year is a diagram that shows the Sun’s movement through the twelve signs of the tropical zodiac from Aries to Pisces.

You can draw a wheel of the year in many ways, but they still represent the passing of time throughout a twelve-month period.

Flow

Typically, the diagram flows clockwise like time on a clock face, but astrologers flow them counterclockwise to align with the zodiac from which the dates originally come and the rising of the Sun at the Ascendant.

The special eight celebration days have been used for centuries in many cultures around the world.

If you draw your own wheel of the year, you can color it and add the symbols that resonate with you.

In the modern world, there is no right or wrong way to tap into this ancient calendar.

Follow your instincts and create a wheel of the year diagram that speaks to you.

Astrology Journal

As an astrologer you would typically draw the wheel of the year in your astrology journal.

If you are more of a pagan, you can create your wheel of the year in your book of shadows or grimoire.

The Sun’s Path

We have watched the Sun mark time as it rises and sets every day.

At a broad stroke, the Sun’s rising position on the horizon moves slightly each day.

The daylight hours are longer in summer and shorter in winter.

Every year the Sun transits through the 360º of the tropical zodiac, and in its passing, marks special days in the year.

Cardinal Points and the Four Seasons

The Sun’s path crosses the four cardinal points each year which mark the beginning of the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Please note that these dates are for the northern hemisphere.

Quarter Days

The four quarter days divide the year up into four quarters.

They are the dates of the two equinoxes and two solstices.

March 21st – equinox
June 21st – solstice
September 21st – equinox
December 21st – solstice

Cross-Quarter Days

The cross-quarter days divide each of the four quarters of the year.

The cross quarter days are midway between the equinoxes and the solstices.

These dates are around the 8th of the inbetween months and each year is slightly different.

The definition of a cross-quarter day is when the Sun reaches fifteen degrees of the fixed signs.

February 8th
May 8th
August 8th
October 8th

Spring Equinox – Ostara

Around March 21st, the Sun crosses the celestial equator at 0º Aries, moving north for three months.

It is the Aries ingress and this is springtime.

The pagan celebration of Ostara is aligned with the equinox when the day and night is the same.

Beltane

The pagan festivity of Beltane is the day the Sun reaches 15 º of Taurus.

This is often celebrated on May 1st each year.

Midsummer Solstice – Litha

Around June 21st, the Sun reaches its highest declination at around 23.5º north at 0º Cancer.

Now the Sun moves back towards the celestial equator for three months.

The Cancer ingress heralds summer.

The pagan celebration of Litha is on the midsummer’s day which is the longest day of the year and the day with the most sunlight.

Lammas

As the Sun reaches 15 Leo, which is typically on August 8th, it is the cross-quarter day of Lammas.

However, the pagan celebration of Lammas is usually celebrated on August 1st.

Autumn Equinox – Mabon

Around September 21st, the Sun crosses the celestial equator moving south at 0º Libra and continues for three months during autumn or fall.

The Libra ingress happens at the autumn equinox and the start of the new season.

The pagan celebration of Mabon is usually celebrated on October 1st which is a date close to the equinox.

Samhain – Halloween

The pagan celebration of Samhain is when the Sun passes over 15º of Scorpio, which is around November 8th.

In general, this special day is usually celebrated on October 31st as Halloween.

All Saint’s Day follows of November 1st.

Midwinter Solstice – Yule

Around December 21st, the Sun’s declination reaches around 23.5º south as it enters 0º Capricorn.

Now the Sun moves back up towards the celestial equator which takes three months and it is wintertime.

As the Sun enters Capricorn it is known as the Capricorn ingress when the winter season begins.

The pagan celebration of Yuletide is celebrated on midwinter’s day.

Imbolc

Imbolc occurs when the Sun reaches 15 degrees of Aquarius which is usually around February 8th, although Imbolc is celebrated around February 1st each year.

One symbol for Imbolc is Brighid’s cross made from wheat sheaves or corn dollies.

Listen to podcast episode >>> Imbolc for 2024

Conclusion

As an aspiring astrologer, it is valuable to understand when the dates for the cardinal signs and the cross-quarter days happen as they shift a little each year.

These special days are not just plucked out of thin air.

Often at the start of a new season, the news channels will state that, “Spring is starting on March 21st at 4:37pm” and this statement may seem weird.

Now that you know how each season is timed (by the Sun’s ingress into a cardinal sign), you can fully understand the seasonal changes and the cross-quarter days that occur at around six-week intervals.

If you are just starting out, pay attention to the equinoxes and solstices first.

Then explore the cross-quarter days afterwards.

The whole year begins at the vernal equinox when the Sun enters Aries around March 21st every year.

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Aspiring Astrologer Activity: Wheel of the Year

In your astrology journal and with a compass and protractor, please do the following:

Draw the diagram for the wheel of the year with four concentric circles.
Divide the outer wheel into the four seasons.
Divide the second wheel in, into the months of the year.
Divide the third wheel in, into the twelve signs of the zodiac starting with Aries in the ascendant position.
Divide the center wheel into the eight celebrations of the wheel of the year.

Extend Yourself

Color in your wheel of the year and decorate it as you see fit. Use your intuition as a guide.
For the next celebration that is coming up, give some thought and list what you want to manifest for your life during that period.

Share your drawing on social with the hashtag #starzologywheeloftheyear or send a link to your artwork to me at starzology@gmail.com.

The Lunar Nodes

Author: Alison Price – Published: June 2021 – Revised: February 2024

Lunar Nodes

The Lunar Nodes are points in a chart and they are an interesting part to the whole story when you read a chart. When I first started doing astrology I was not thrilled with lunar nodes as a concept as I was more interested in solar astrology being a Leo. Over time I learned to understand the Moon’s nodes better. It just goes to show that not everything in astrology is interesting to everyone. You need to find your focus as well.

Lunar Nodes Changing signs. Listen to our podcast episode.

The Luminaries Path Intersection

The Sun’s path is called the plane of the ecliptic. The Moon’s path is angled at close to five degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. The Moon crosses the plane of the ecliptic twice a month, once traveling north and once going south.

The Moon’s north node is found at the point where the Moon crosses the ecliptic moving north (NN). The Moon’s south node is located at the point where the Moon crosses the Sun’s path moving south (SN).

Eclipses

When the Sun is near the conjunction to the nodes there is the chance of a solar eclipse or a lunar eclipse. This occurs roughly every six months as the Sun moves halfway around the zodiac and goes from one node to the other node.

Interpreting Solar Eclipses

Lunar Nodal Axis

In your chart, the Moon’s nodes are an axis with the north node at one end, and the south node at the other end. Some charts only show the north node and you can determine the South Node’s position as it is always directly opposite the north node.

Mean and True Nodes

The mean node is the average placement of the Moon’s nodes. The Moon’s mean nodes are always retrograde as they precess through the signs in longitude. The Moon’s true nodes can be direct, stationary or retrograde.

Lunar Nodal Speed

The Moon’s nodes precess (or move backward) at a rate of approximately 18.6 years through the whole zodiac. At age 19, 38, 56, and 75 when the nodes return to their birth position, you will experience a nodal return.

Lunar Nodes Transit the Signs

The lunar nodes spend around eighteen months in each sign.

Planetary Nodes

All the planets (except the Sun) have north and south nodes. For example, Pluto’s nodes are at +/- 20 degrees Cancer and Capricorn. The planetary nodes are not exactly opposite each other in the chart.

The Meaning of the Nodes

North Node

The North Node

The north node is also known as the dragon’s head or Caput Draconis. Connections to new people are shown through your north node. Meetings, get-togethers, and rendezvous are likely to happen. The north node is concerned with things that occur at a hub (computer routers, airports).

The north node shows your current incarnation in this life. It suggests your karmic objectives. The north node is related to consciousness. The north node indicates your future path and where you can grow and evolve.

The South Node

The south node is also known as the dragon’s tail or Cauda Draconis. The south node suggests connections with people from your past. It indicates the things that you already know. The south node shows your past incarnations – past lives.

This point is related to unconsciousness and sub-consciousness. The south node clearly shows your past and your past lives. It is a place where stagnation can take place.

Lunar Nodal Interpretation

The Nodal Complex

The north and south nodes are usually interpreted as an axis.

Note the zodiac sign polarity is it active or passive.
Note the two houses as a pair.
Note any aspects from the Moon to the nodes as they need careful consideration.
Note and planets that conjoin a node, and thus opposes the other node, as they are significant.
Note any planet that squares to the nodal axis as they will square both nodes, and this needs some consideration.

Personal Eclipse Points

In your natal chart, the nodal positions are referred to as personal eclipse points as they show where the eclipses would have been that year.

Nodal Degrees

The zodiac degree of the north and south nodes is known as your nodal degree, and any planet on that degree is vital in the nodal interpretation.

Aspects to the Nodes

If a planet aspects one node it usually also aspects the other node, except for some of the trine/sextile combination as the sextile aspect orb is only 4°and the trine is 8° degrees.

Conjunctions and Oppositions

Any planet conjunct a node will influence the nodal axis in a meaningful way. This planet suggests that you are being pulled forward in life (north node conjunction) or by being held back by your past (south node conjunction).

Squares to the Nodal Axis

Planets square will aspect both the north and the south nodes in a square and will in a way stop either future or past dominating the life. This person may not move forward without significant challenges.

The Lunar Nodes in the Signs

Aries – Libra

The north node in Aries fears but should push towards, independence.

The south node in Libra falls back to the partner to find balance.

Taurus – Scorpio

The north node Taurus fears but should push towards, stability.

The south node in Scorpio falls back on reliability.

Gemini – Sagittarius

The north node in Gemini fears but should push towards communication.

The south node in Sagittarius falls back on adventure.

Cancer – Capricorn

The north node in Cancer fears but should push towards self-reliance.

The south node in Capricorn falls back on the tried and tested.

Leo – Aquarius

The north node in Leo fears but should push towards creativity.

The south node in Aquarius falls back on being awkward.

Virgo – Pisces

The north node in Virgo fears but should push towards, kindness.

The south node in Pisces falls back on the sympathy of others.

Libra – Aries

The north node in Libra fears but should push towards, finding a partner.

The south node in Aries falls back on attacking others.

Scorpio – Taurus

The north node in Scorpio fears but should push towards, transformation.

The south node in Taurus falls back on resisting change.

Sagittarius – Gemini

The north node in Sagittarius fears but should push towards, philosophy.

The south node in Gemini falls back on empty comments and gossip.

Capricorn – Cancer

The north node in Capricorn fears, but should push towards, setting goals in life.

The south node in Cancer falls back on withdrawing to home.

Aquarius – Leo

The north node in Aquarius fears, but should push towards, being humble.

The south node in Leo falls back on arrogance.

Pisces – Virgo

The north node in Pisces fears, but should push towards, empathy and support.

The south node in Virgo falls back on criticism.

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The Lunar Nodes in the Houses

First and Seventh houses

The north node in the first house is the quest to take a leadership role.

The south node seventh house is the quest to influence others.

Second and Eighth houses

The north node in the second house is the quest to establish personal security.

The south node in the eighth house is the quest to enable others financially.

Third and Ninth houses

The north node in the third house is the quest to know before speaking your mind.

The south node in the ninth house is the quest to realize that knowledge is already in you.

Fourth and Tenth houses

The north node in the fourth house is the quest for security in life.

The south node in the tenth house is the quest for a status-conscious family.

Fifth and Eleventh houses

The north node in the fifth house is the quest to procreate and take risks in life.

The south node in the eleventh house is the quest to find allies.

Sixth and Twelfth houses

The north node in the sixth house is the quest to have a satisfying work ethic.

The south node in the twelfth house is the quest to understand the meaning of life.

Seventh and First houses

The north node in the seventh house is the quest for a partner.

The south node in the first house is the quest for self-happiness.

Eighth and Second houses

The north node in the eighth house is the quest for deeper understanding.

The south node in the second is the quest for self-respect.

Ninth and Third houses

The north node in the ninth house is the quest for knowledge. The south node in the third house is the quest for learning.

Tenth and Fourth houses

The north node in the tenth house is the quest to do well in life. The south node in the fourth house is the quest to be supported by your family.

Eleventh and Fifth houses

The north node in the eleventh house is the quest to collaborate with others.

The south node in the fifth house is the quest to be sure about things.

Twelfth and Sixth houses

The north node in the twelfth house is the quest for understanding.

The south node in the sixth house is the quest for daily work.

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Aspiring Astrologer Activity: Lunar Nodes

In your astrology journal and referring to your chart or the chart of a potential client do the following:

Determine the Moon complex.
Name the Lunar phase.
List the Lunar Nodal complex.

Extend Yourself

Interpret the Lunar Nodal complex and consider the signs, houses, and important aspects (conjunctions and squares) (250 words).

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If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

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The Dispositor Tree

Author: Alison Price – Published: July 2013 – Revised: January 2024

Dispositor Trees

Your Chart’s Backstory

There are many techniques that you can use to read a chart and one method that I particularily enjoy is the dispositor tree. Your dispositor tree shows the back story and how the energy is flowing behind the scenes of your chart.

When you draw a dispositor tree, you lift the veil and can see dynamic links joining planets that are not seen on the main chart. This can provide you, as an aspiring astrologer, insights to the person and how they really operate.

A Dispositor Tree

A dispositor tree is a diagram that shows the connections between the planets in a chart. This is done by their essential dignity position and specifically their dignity or rulership of signs.

A planet that rules a sign is the dispositor to any planet in that sign.

Typically, we only use the visible planets for dispositor tree creation as dispositors, although we do add the outer planets, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto into the tree.

Planetary Rulerships

The seven visible planets are; the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

The Sun rules Leo.
The Moon rules Cancer.
Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo.
Venus rules Taurus and Libra.
Mars rules Aries and Scorpio.
Jupiter rules Sagittarius and Pisces.
Saturn rules Capricorn and Aquarius.

Dispositor trees have a top tier, middle tiers and bottom tiers. The stronger placed planets are at the top of the tree. A dispositor tree can have a little as one planet or as many as ten planets in it.

Trees: 5 Types

There are only five types of dispositor trees and they are:

Final dispositor trees.
Mutual reception dispositor trees.
Single planet in rulership dispositor trees.
Planet in rulership dispositor trees.
Committee dispositor trees.

Tiers: Multiple Layers

Within all the five types of trees there are multiple tiers, or layers, which the planets may be on.

The tiers represent some of the planetary hierarchy.

Your tree could have two layers or nine it depends.

How to Draw a Dispositor Tree

Planetary Dispositor

A planet will dispose any planet in its own sign. Planets in the sign of their dignity cannot have a dispositor. Planets that dispose others are drawn vertically. The disposing planet is placed on a level above the planet being disposed.

Example:

Venus disposes Uranus in Libra and Venus is Uranus’ dispositor as Venus rules Libra.

Mutual Reception

Two planets are in mutual reception when they are in the signs of each other’s dignity. Mutual reception relates two planets even if they are not in aspect. Mutual reception joins the pair in a supportive relationship and allows their energies to work together.

Planets in mutual reception are drawn on the same level horizontally. They have equal strength to each other. A double ended arrow joins them.

Example:

The Sun in Cancer and the Moon in Leo are in mutual reception.

Circular Dispositorship

Circular dispositor chains can be found in a chart. Three or more planets can be in a circular dispositorship chain. You still draw them on the same level as they have equal weight in the dispositor tree.

Example:

Mars in Leo, Jupiter in Scorpio, and the Sun in Sagittarius form a circular dispositorship.

Positions: 3 Locations

Each planet may be in one of three positions.

I like to color these locationsl like a traffic light.

The dispositor tree positions are:

Top (red).
Middle (amber).
Bottom (green).

Final Dispositor

A disposed planet will also dispose any planets in its sign. This can form a chain of dispositorships.

In some charts there is a final dispositor. This is the planet which is in its own sign and the dispositor chain falls below.

The final dispositor is a powerful placement for any planet and it should be noted in the chart analysis.

Example:

The Sun disposes Jupiter in Leo, Jupiter disposes Saturn in Sagittarius etc.

Top Dispositor Tree Planet

Position

This planet is only found on the top line of the dispositor tree.

Location Definition

A top planet may link to other planets through links below only. Possible planets in this location are the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn. In other words, the visible planets only. The top planet may only be the final dispositor, a planet in rulership, or a top line mutual reception planet, or a top line committee tree planet.

Interpretation

Top planet location keywords; leads, takes, drives, extroverted, masculine and positive.

Additionally, all top planets have affinities with; the cardinal mode, the angular houses, the Midheaven and the fire element.

The top planet energy is expressed through; taking action, beginnings, the future and being available.

Middle Dispositor Tree Planet

Position

A middle dispositor tree planet is only in the middle of the dispositor tree.

Location Definition

A middle planet must link to other planets through links both above and below. Possible planets in this location are the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter or Saturn.

In other words, the visible planets only. A middle planet may not be in dignity, but may be in exaltation, detriment, fall, or peregrine.

Planets found in the middle section may also be a “Gateway” planet, which is one with three or more planets below it, so it acts as a gateway for their energies.

Interpretation

The location of a middle planet suggests keywords; does work, gives and takes, a conduit, links, connects. joins and neutral.

Some affinity for a middle planet is indicated with the astrological meanings of; fixed mode, succedent, the air element, nodes, and 1st/7th axis.

The planetary energies of a middle planet are expressed through: Being acted through, within and the present.

Bottom Dispositor Tree Planet

Location

This planet is only in the bottom of the dispositor tree. Location definition; a bottom planet must link to other planets through links above only.

The possible planets in this location may be all the visible planets and outer planets Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, including Chiron, the Asteroids, TNO’s and Eris etc.

A bottom planet may not be in dignity, but may be in exaltation, in detriment, in fall, or peregrine.

Interpretation

Some bottom planet location suggested keywords are; supports, serves, gives, introvert, accepts, feminine and the negative polarity.

Some affinity for a bottom planet is indicated with the astrological meanings of the mutable mode, cadent houses, the IC, the water element, and the northern hemisphere.

The planetary energies of a bottom planet are expressed through being acted upon, endings, the past, and waiting to be asked.

Links: 3 Types

Finally, the links themselves between the planets which form the tree may, or may not, also be aspects.

If a link is also an aspect in the regular sense, (longitudinal or by declination), it adds weight to that connection in the tree and aids the energy flow.

Final Dispositor Tree

Details

Number of planets in a Final Dispositor Tree = ten.

Fnal dispositor trees relate directly to the natal chart’s planetary energies, cohesive energies and works as one unit.

Some suggested keywords for a Final Dispositor Tree structure are; A focused individual, pulls towards the common good, the whole chart is connected, subjective, and works as one “team.”

Internal decisions are made by; dictatorship, president and hierarchical.

Single Planet in Rulership Tree

Only one planet in the single planet in rulership tree.

Single Planet in Rulership Trees relationship to natal chart’s planetary energies.

This is an important planet. It is not integrated and you must carefully consider any aspects to it.

Single Planet in Rulership Tree structures suggested keywords are, the purest form of energy, a wild card, uninhibited, highly specific house meaning and similar to an unaspected planet.

Internal decisions are made by; a wild card and can be the joker?

Planet in Rulership Tree

Number of planets in the tree is less than ten.

The planet in rulership’s dispositor tree’s relationship to the natal chart’s planetary energies; this is a strong placement, always check the link aspects to confirm any connection.

Some keywrords for the planet in rulership dispositor tree’s satructure are; independent and solitary.

Internal decisions are made by the vice president and the second in command.

Gateway Planets

Some planets in a tree will be in the special position of being a gateway planet.

A gateway planet is in a chain and has one planet above and three or more planets below it.

This special planet may (or may not) create a bottleneck for the energy of the planets below and could throttle these celestial urges of the lower planets by restricting the flow to the planet above.

Mutual Reception Tree

In this tree there will be from two to ten planets.

The mutual reception dispositor tree’s relationship to natal chart’s planetary energies suggest there are two teams with related alliances.

This person may be conflicted by the two sides of the mutual reception as the planets below will be on their team.

Mutual Reception Tree structure suggested keywords; objective, dual “sides”, two distinct wings of the personality, and one side may dominate over the other usually the side with more planets and thus weight.

Internal decisions are made by; debate and mutual respect.

Committee Dispositor Tree

The number of planets in the tree will be from three to ten.

Interpretation

Committee dispositor tree’s relationship to the natal chart’s planetary energies; confusion, lack of focus, and always look to any exalted planet for guidance.

Tree structure suggested keywords; multi-dimensional, varied interests, motivations are flexible, and they cannot see the wood for the trees.

Internal decisions are made by democracy and a committee.

Extend Yourself

I believe my role in astrology is to inspire you to stretch yourself. This is why I provide some ideas on how to extend yourself astrologically.

For some first steps with dispositor trees you need a sense of where the planets are by sign and essential dignities.

Watch and Listen

Just to get you in the mood and to get some geneal ideas on dispositor trees please do the following:

Activity

Turn your attention to essential dignity now. In your astrology journal please do the following:

List the seven visible planets and which signs they rule. You will have seven planets and twelve signs.
Note any planets in your chart in their own sign. Example: Mercury in Virgo.
Look for mutual reception pairs. Mutual reception happens when planet A is in planets B’s sign and planet B is in planet A’s sign. Example: Jupiter in Capricorn and Saturn in Pisces.
If nothing comes up in the previous two bullet points, begin with the Sun and follow the rulership chain back from the Sun’s sign ruler. This is how you will find the committee.

Extend Yourself Further

To really get to grips with dispositor trees you need to draw, analyze and yes, love them.

Start with your own tree, your close families’ trees, friend’s trees and then move onto your client’s trees.

In your astrology journal please do the following:

Draw your dispositor tree. You can start or some scrap paper to see the final layout then redraw it perfectly in your journal.

Note how many trees you have. Perhaps you have multiple small independent trees which make up a mini forest.

Decide which of the five types of dispositor tree you have. Perhaps you have a combination. If you have a final dispositor tree then name the final dispositor. If you have mutual receptions then name the pairs.

Find any gateway planets and note them.

Decide how many levels deep (2-9) your tree or trees go.

Search for any links which are also aspects. Write the aspect glyph next to the link. Here you can include the Ptolemaic aspects and aspects of declination (the parallels and contra-parallels).

Highlight the chart rulers in yellow. This makes them easier to see.

Spend some time studying the tree, its hierarchy and general shape. In time this step can become as a meditation as well.

Interpret your tree by discussing each point from above. Write at least 100 words for each point (total 700 words).

Reflect on your dispositor tree. Was it easy to draw? How does if feel? What is the general shape? Which planets stand out? Are there any planets that have come forward which are a little surprizing for you? Do you need to go back a learn the rulerships again? Does your tree align with what you already know about the basic interpretation of your chart? If not, how can you bring focus to the dominant planets and themes brough up in your dispositor tree in the future? Which planet complex will you research further in your chart?

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Author Bio

Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

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Retrograde Planets

Author: Alison Price – Published: May 2021 – Revised: March 2024

Retrograde Motion

Let’s have a look at retrograde planets.

Retrograde motion is a phenomenon that occurs due to our vantage point here on Earth when we look at the planets in our Solar system.

When astrologers use the term retrograde, they are referring to apparent retrograde motion. Definition: To go or to seem to go backwards, to become worse or to decline.

In a chart a retrograde planet has the letters or symbol “Rx” next to their glyph and degrees. In some charts the planet and degrees are written in red to indicate the planet is retrograde.

A planet that is retrograde is seemingly moving backwards but it is that the Earth is moving forward swifter than the planet in question. There may be several retrograde planets in each chart or there may be no retrograde planets, it depends on the chart.

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Astronomy of Retrogradation

Retrograde motion affects all the planets with the exception of the Sun and Moon. The luminaries are always direct and never retrograde.

When a planet is retrograde it is closer to the Earth than at other times.

As an outer planet draws towards the opposition to the Sun, it becomes well placed for viewing through a telescope, as the full light of the Sun is on the planet.

Station Retrograde and Station direct

In a birth chart, the station retrograde, and station direct points are marked with an “S” symbol for stationary.

Typically, planets are considered to be stationary when they are within an orb of 0°10’ of the station. The orb depends on the aspect set settings in your computer program.

The slower the planet, the longer it lingers in the orb of the station.

How Retrograde Periods are Shown in an Ephemeris

In an ephemeris all retrograde periods are indicated by a capital “R” and are shaded.

When the retrograde period is complete a capital “D” for direct is printed.

Retrograde Interpretation

Retrograde Planet Expression

A retrograde planet in a natal chart is retracing its steps over the same degree and minutes of the zodiac as it passed before birth.

The planet would have crossed that spot in the zodiac previously (moving direct) and is now retrograding back over a previously passed area of the sign. It is going back over what has gone before and symbolically this imparts a reduced energy flow to the planet.

Retrograde motion is as if you are jogging down the road quite confidently, and then you realize you dropped your keys, so you stop and walk backwards looking for them, then pick them up and then once again start to jog forwards again. This shows that retrograde motion is much slower than direct motion.

Reduced expression of the planet

The state of being retrograde appears to change a planet from its natural urges and direction and cause it to manifest effects similar to its opposite planetary pair attributes such as; Venus and Mars (female/male), and Jupiter and Saturn (expand/contract).

The Sign of the Retrograde

The sign in which the planet retrogrades needs to be considered. A planet may sometimes retrograde over one or two signs.

A Retrograde Sign Ruler

When a retrograde planet in a birth chart rules a sign, it takes momentum from that sign and makes it harder for that planet to rule the sign in a confident way.

Any planets in a sign ruled by a retrograde planet may show their own urges more so than the sign placement may indicate.

A Retrograde House Ruler

When a retrograde planet in a birth chart rules a house, the affairs of that house may initially be thwarted and held in abeyance until later in life when the retrograde planet stations direct by progression.

Sun and Moon Retrograde

This is a joke so do not get caught. The Sun and Moon are never retrograde! To say someone has a retrograde Sun is an old astrology joke.

How to Interpret a Retrograde Sun

Retrograde Motion Cycle

Normally a planet which is direct moves along at a regular pace. As planets approach their retrograde period their movement changes in the following way:

The planet enters its pre-shadow period. This is at the point where it will station direct later in the retrograde cycle.
The planet slows down.
The planet appears to stop, and this is the station retrograde.
The planet begins to move retrograde at a slower speed than when direct.
After a few weeks or months, the planet slows down again.
The planet appears to stop at the station direct.
The planet begins to move direct again and gets back up to speed in its after-shadow period.
The planet leaves the shadow period at the point of the original station retrograde point.

Retrograde Motion Sequence

Direct motion (D) enters the shadow
Stations retrograde (SRx or S)
Retrograde motion (Rx)
Stations direct (SD or S)
Direct motion (D) still in the shadow, but leaves

Retrograde Period

In each retrograde period a planet will make its two stations at particular degrees and minutes of the zodiac. Each retrograde period will cover a different part of the zodiac and will last for a varying amount of time.

The Shadow

The section of the zodiac where the planet will retrograde is known as the shadow period. The planet enters the pre-shadow or shadow, moving direct, before the actual retrograde period starts.

After the retrograde period at the point when the planet stations direct, the planet remains in the after-shadow or shadow, moving direct, until the planet passes the original station retrograde point again.

The Inferior Planets Retrograde

The pattern for the inferior planets when retrograde is specific. In the diagram the Sun is in the center. The orbit of either Mercury or Venus is shown in the next circle out. The Earth’s orbit is shown by the outer circle.

Diagram

It is only as the inferior planets move into the most westerly and most easterly position that the retrograde cycle starts. Positions 1 and 3 show the station retrograde and the station direct respectively.

Sun Conjunctions

During a retrograde cycle there are three conjunctions to the Sun. The first direct pass, the retrograde conjunction, and the final direct conjunction with the Sun.

Retrograde Time Period

The time in days for the retrograde period depends on the positions of the inferior planets and the earth and how far each body is from the Sun. This is why each retrograde period may be slightly longer or shorter than the previous one.

Mercury Retrograde

Mercury is probably the most well-known retrograde planet where it is even common knowledge outside astrological circles. Mercury is usually retrograde for three weeks and about three times a year or every four months. In any one year Mercury will typically retrograde in the same elementthen the retrograde period shifts into another element.

Mercury Retrograde Keywords

Suggests a hesitation in learning and school life
Indicates that learning to read and write may be slower
Considers thoroughly before contracting or speaking
Rehearses to eliminate imperfect speech

Mercury rules the nervous system delivering messages to and from the brain.

Mercury Retrograde Morning Planet

Quiet and retiring.
Reviews and weighs all angles before speaking.
Deep thinker and someone who contemplates.
Reviews information and files for the future.

Mercury Retrograde Evening Planet

Halting speech and may lisp or stutter
Shy
Nervous
Ultimately accomplished in education.

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Venus Retrograde

Venus is retrograde about every eighteen months for about forty days (six weeks). Venus’s retrograde motion begins when she is one sign ahead of the Sun, and direct motion resumes when she is one sign behind the Sun. Venus rules the feminine principle and is a receiver of both material goods and love.

Suggests a hesitancy in giving and receiving love
Indicates time is needed to appreciate money
Seems like another Mars
Ability to acquire material possessions
Early in life financial reversals, then acquires financial savvy
May be tactless and rude, learns social skills the hard way

Venus Retrograde as Morning Planet

The urge to connect
Sensitive and easily hurt
Financially careful

Venus Retrograde Evening Planet

Beauty is appreciated later
Wealth growth later in life

The Superior Planets Retrograde

The superior planets have their obits outside that of the Earth’s. They are the planets from Mars to Pluto. The superior planets are retrograde every year except Mars, which is on an almost two year retrograde cycle.

The superior planets begin their retrograde periods when they are near the trine to the Sun. Whilst the Sun travels the four months (i.e. one third of the chart) towards the next trine, the superior planets are retrograde. Around the point when the Sun passes the perfect to the trine to a superior planet, the superior planet again begins direct motion. When a superior planet is in opposition to the Sun it is always retrograde.

Mars Retrograde

Mars is retrograde every twenty-two months for about eleven weeks. This means it is retrograde about every second year.

Mars Retrograde Interpretation

Suggests a hesitancy in assertive matters. The individual is likely to retain anger inside.

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Jupiter Retrograde

Jupiter is retrograde for around four months and direct for around nine months every year.

Interpretation

Suggests a hesitancy in vision, expansion, and philosophy.
The ability to build bridges is reduced.

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Saturn Retrograde

Saturn is retrograde for about four and a half months each year.

Interpretation

Suggests a hesitancy in establishing boundaries, and limitations.
Indicates that maintaining boundaries is reduced.

Uranus Retrograde

Uranus is retrograde for about five months each year.

Interpretation

Suggests a hesitancy in expressing uniqueness and original ideas.
The urge to step outside the norm is reduced.

Neptune Retrograde

Neptune is retrograde about six months every year.

Interpretation

When Neptune is retrograde it suggests a hesitancy in sleep patterns and dreams.
The urge to be artistic is reduced.

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Pluto Retrograde

Pluto is retrograde for about six months each year.

Interpretation

Suggests a hesitancy in establishing a personal power base.
The urge to purge the unwanted is reduced.

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Aspiring Astrologer Activity: Retrogrades

In your astrology journal please do the following:

Name two types of planetary station.
State how a the retrograde period shown in an ephemeris.
Note at what two points in the retrograde cycle a planet enters and leave its shadow period.
Name any planets that are never retrograde.
Note how often Mercury goes retrograde each year.
Name which planet is generally retrograde every second year.
Note which planet has the shortest retrograde periods.
Name the typical aspect at which the superior planets go retrograde.

Referring to your chart, please do the following:

Note which planets are retrograde.
Note if any planets are stationary.
Decide if you have a retrograde chart ruler.
Write out all your retrograde planet complex’s using astrological short form code.

Extend Yourself

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Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison wants to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart with a touch of humor.

If you’d like to get in touch with Alison, you can reach out to her via email at starzology@gmail.com.

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Astrology Houses

Advanced Natal Astrology, Aspects

Author: Alison Price – Published: May 2021 – Revised: February 2024

The Astrological Houses

Introduction

Houses pertain to different areas of life. They are like the backdrop or stage of a play. There are twelve houses in every chart. The houses are numbered from one to twelve anti-clockwise starting from below the ascendant.

Houses can be any width; some are as small as twenty degrees wide and some are as large as forty-five degrees wide. It all depends on the house system being used and the place of birth for which the chart is set.

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House Systems

All the charts on this website use the Placidus house system. It is recommended that you stay with one house system (these days most astrologers use the Placidus house system mainly because there have been Placidean Tables of houses available for years, which may not be the ideal, but it is the reality).

For the first year of your astrology study or until you can make an educated decision by exploring other house systems to decide which one you may feel resonates better with your own chart. Other house systems in common use are Equal house, Koch, Morinus, Porphry and Regiomantanus.

House Cusps

House cusps are measured in degrees and minutes and are the dividing line between two houses. The house flows anti-clockwise and ends at the next house cusp. A house has a cusp at both sides, but the anti-clockwise cusp is the one that pertains to the house. A planet is in one house or another it is never in both although it can be very close to a cusp (within one degree).

House cusps are derived from the birth time. It follows that a correct birth time is required for exact house cusps. If you do not have a firm birth time, then the houses cannot be used.

House Rulers

Every house has a ruler. The ruler of a house is the planet which rules of the sign found on the house cusp. For example: The ascendant sign’s planetary ruler is the ruler of the first house. This is a special case as the ruler of the ascendant is also the chart ruler.

The Sun and the Moon usually rule one house as the rulers of Leo and Cancer. Mercury and Venus usually rule two houses each Gemini and Virgo for Mercury and Taurus and Libra for Venus. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn usually each rule one house and co-rule another (traditional) house.

Mars rules Aries and co-rules Scorpio, Jupiter rules Sagittarius and co-rules Pisces and Saturn rules Capricorn and co-rules Aquarius. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto usually co-rule one house each. Uranus rules Aquarius, Neptune rules Pisces and Pluto rules Scorpio. Chiron does not rule a house because it does not rule any sign.

If a house is thin (less than thirty degrees wide) then one planet may rule two consecutive houses as the same sign may be on both adjacent house cusps. A house ruler (by its sign, house and aspects) imparts its energies onto the affairs of the house.

Intercepted Signs

If a house is very wide (more than thirty degrees) there is the possibility that one sign is on the house cusp, the next sign is fully within the house and the third sign is on the following house cusp. The middle sign does not have a house cusp. This is known as an intercepted sign.

If the intercepted sign is Cancer or Leo it means that one of the luminaries does not have a house to rule. Intercepted signs are always in pairs and are found opposite each other.

The planetary ruler of the intercepted sign is a moot point for that house’s interpretation. It is as though it has no voice in the chart. That planet does not have as much weight.

Three Types of Houses

There are three types of house; angular, succedent and cadent.

Angular Houses

The angular houses are the 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th houses. They are found anti-clockwise from each angle. (Ascendant 1st, IC 4th, descendant 7th and MC 10th). Planets in angular houses are dynamic, front and center and are present.

The ANGULAR HOUSES podcast episode.

Succedent Houses

The succedent houses are the 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th houses. They fall behind the angular houses. They are also known as support houses as they support the angular house next to them, usually financially. Planets in succedent houses are paused, on hold and are pending.

The SUCCEEDENT HOUSES podcast

Cadent Houses

The cadent houses are the 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th houses. They fall behind the succedent houses. Planets in cadent houses are passive, retiring and are mute.

The CADENT HOUSES podcast episode.

The Houses

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General

Referring to your chart and in yoru astrology journal please do the following:

State which house system is used.
List the planets that are in angular, succedent and cadet houses.
Note houses which have tenants and are vacant.
List any pair of intercepted signs.
Note which planet(s) rule each house.
Note which planet is your chart ruler.
Note your chart ruler’s hemisphere, quadrant, triple division and house.
Note which planet(s) rules the most houses.
Note any planet(s) which do not have a house to rule.

Extend Yourself Further

Write a short piece on each of your houses (100 words per house).

Author Bio

Alison Price: Astrology Coach

Alison specializes in guiding Aspiring Astrologers. Her aim is to help you uncover your individual creativity and lead a fulfilling life using your own astrology. She shares her wisdom from the heart, often sprinkled with a touch of humor.

To learn more about Alison’s journey, visit this page.

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Quintiles: Aspects of the Fifth Harmonic

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Venus Retrograde

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Astrological Ethics and Privacy

“It is not possible that particular forms of events should be declared by any person… it is necessary for [astrologers] to adopt inference. Only God can predict particulars.” ~ Ptolemy

Introduction

We as astrologers would certainly be wise to adopt inference about our readings especially in regard to our clients. Here we will discuss some ethical predicaments in which an astrologer, or student, can easily find themselves.

Privacy

The privacy laws are always in effect and you need to be aware that they affect your work as an astrologer. You cannot discuss the chart details of one person with another – even another astrologer.

Permission

If you want to use an individual’s chart details and personal storyline you may not do so without first obtaining their written permission and clearly stating whether the data will be used for research, teaching or for publication. The public do not know the breadth and depth that an astrological interpretation can entail and how chart analysis will reveal features and motivations in someone’s life. As an astrologer, you need to tread carefully here.

Children

A new mother comes to you and wants her baby’s chart read. What do you do? Obviously, parents make decisions for their offspring all the time. Perhaps one way of dealing with interpreting children’s charts is to be found in the transits. Prior to the first Jupiter return (age 12) the parents may request a child’s chart to be read and after the Jupiter return the child should agree to you doing the reading.

“Is he the one?”

A woman arrives at your office clutching the birth details of Mr. “Fifth Boyfriend this Year” and demands, “Is he the One?” What do you do? This really is an ethical situation where you are being asked to interpret charts for those who are not there and are unaware that it is happening. There may be justification in some instances, but you will have to decide where to draw the line.

The Deceased

We often select famous people who are dead for chart interpretation practice such as Alexander Graham Bell, Albert Einstein or Michael Jackson. If a private person has died and you wish to work with their chart details this usually is acceptable unless the death has occurred recently, and the family is still working through their grief. You have to decide what type of astrologer you are and again you have to make the call.

Hit-and-Run

You have just left an energetic astrology meeting and are standing at the door casually chatting about the weather and someone thrusts their chart into your face and says breathlessly, “I have no planets in the seventh house, I was told it means I won’t get married, what do you think?”

Well, what do you think? For a start you can’t stand there discussing her chart in front of other people. What gets me about this scene is that during some point in her past someone told her the grim news and she has been carrying the baggage with her up until now. There is no point to respond with another hit-and-run consultation as you stand at the door.

The way to handle this situation is to explain that many factors influence marriage and invite her to make an appointment to meet with you at a more appropriate time where you can gently go over how it all works and put her straight on this matter.

You are the Authority

Remember, as an astrologer (and as an astrology student) you are deemed the authority in all matters of an astrological nature. From the point of view of your clients and the general public you are the wizard and as such you need to be careful to do no harm.

Your Chart

Look at your chart to see what your Saturn (respect and boundaries), Uranus (astrology) and Pluto (secrets) reveal about you and your approach to ethics and privacy.

Give some thought to the issues discussed above and it could help you decide where you stand.

Conclusion

Every astrologer has their own opinion on these introductory matters. It would do you well to think about what your views are before attempting a chart interpretation.

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Aspiring Astrologer Activity: Ethics and Privacy

In your astrology journal, please do the following:

Consider three possible ways you may be challenged in your astrology business with family and friends surrounding ethics and privacy.
Decide if you will reveal information about a client’s chart to the person who pays for the consultation.
Consider which types of requests you will decline e.g. “Why did he die, can you look at his death chart?” “I’m sixteen years old, will you read my chart and not tell my parents?” “I think my partner is having an affair, will you read their chart for me but not tell them, I have the details for you?”

Extend Yourself

Write an astrological personal privacy statement which can be used on your website and in correspondence with potential clients (100 words).

9th House

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The Asteroids

Author: Alison Price – Last updated: January 2025

The Asteroids

The asteroids orbit the Sun and they are solar system bodies. They are smaller than the planets and their paths lie mainly between Mars and Jupiter. They are found in what is called “The Asteroid belt” which is a space between the personal planets (Sun to Mars) and the social planets (Jupiter and Saturn). Bode’s Law states that there will be a planet found in the space between Mars and Jupiter. The earlier astronomers looked for it, and that is how Ceres the biggest and was the first asteroid to be discovered.

Podcast Episode

Listen to our Asteroids podcast episode on the link below.

The Big Four Asteroids

The four largest asteroids are Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas Athene. The big four asteroids were discovered first because they are so large, and they could be seen with the early telescopes. These are the main asteroids and they are the ones you will learn about here. In 2006 Ceres, was reclassified as a dwarf planet (just like Pluto) due to its mass. This special status conferred onto Ceres has brought Ceres into many astrologer’s main practices and you will often see it in printed charts.

The Asteroid Belt

The main asteroid belt lies between Mars and Jupiter and contains millions of varying sized objects some as large as the planet Pluto and some the size of a potato. There are three areas where asteroids are found. The main belt is where most of the astrology asteroids lie, and the Greeks and the Trojans which are groups that lie equally before and after on Jupiter’s orbit path at a sextile.

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The Asteroids

The asteroids orbit the Sun and they are solar system bodies. They are smaller than the planets and their paths lie mainly between Mars and Jupiter. They are found in what is called “The Asteroid Belt” which is a space between the personal planets (Sun to Mars) and the social planets (Jupiter and Saturn). Bode’s Law states that there will be a planet found in the space between Mars and Jupiter. The earlier astronomers looked for it, and that is how Ceres the biggest and was the first asteroid to be discovered.

Introduction to Asteroids in Astrology

Asteroids have emerged as powerful tools in astrology, offering nuanced insights that complement the traditional planets. These celestial bodies were largely overlooked in astrology until their discovery in the 19th and 20th centuries. With advancements in astronomy and an expanded awareness of their symbolic potential, asteroids have become an integral part of modern astrological interpretation. The most well-known asteroids used in astrology are Ceres, Pallas, Juno and Vesta. These are often referred to as the “Big Four Asteroid Goddesses” and represent archetypal feminine energies. However, there are thousands of named asteroids, each offering unique insights based on its mythology or namesake.

Asteroids Size

Asteroids are typically smaller than planets, with most ranging from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. The largest asteroid, Ceres, is about 940 kilometers across and is also classified as a dwarf planet.

Asteroids Composition

Asteroids are primarily composed of rock, metal, and minerals. They are remnants of the early Solar System, leftover building blocks from planet formation.

Asteroids Astrology

In astrology, asteroids like Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta represent specific archetypal energies. They are often related to personal growth, relationships and nurturing themes. Smaller asteroids are sometimes used to add layers of detail to a natal chart.

Centaurs

Location

Centaurs are a class of small celestial bodies that exist in a transition zone between the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) and the inner Solar System. They typically orbit between Jupiter and Neptune in a region that overlaps the orbits of asteroids and the outer Solar System. Centaurs have unstable orbits that are highly eccentric and often cross the orbits of both the outer planets and the asteroid belt. Their paths can sometimes be affected by the gravitational influence of Jupiter and Saturn, making their orbits more erratic than the relatively stable orbits of asteroids.

Centaurs Size

Centaurs tend to be larger than most asteroids, with diameters ranging from 50 to 200 kilometers. Their size is typically large enough to be classified as small Solar System bodies.

Centaurs Composition

Centaurs are considered icy-rocky bodies, with a mixture of ices (such as water ice, methane, ammonia) and rock. This composition reflects their position in the Solar System, beyond the asteroid belt but not quite in the Kuiper Belt, where the icy bodies are more common.

Centaurs Astrological Meaning

Centaurs, with their mixed qualities of planet and comet, are associated with healing, transformation, and spiritual growth. For example, Chiron, the most famous centaur, represents the Wounded Healer and is often used to explore themes of healing and deep emotional wounds in an individual’s chart.

Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs)

Location

TNOs are objects that lie beyond Neptune, mainly in the Kuiper Belt and scattered disk. Some TNOs are further out in the Oort Cloud. These objects orbit at much greater distances from the Sun, past the orbit of Neptune.

Size

TNOs vary greatly in size, from relatively small objects to much larger ones. Many TNOs are dwarf planets, with some, like Pluto, Haumea, and Makemake, reaching diameters of over 1,000 kilometers.

Composition

TNOs are primarily composed of ice, rock, and dust, as they are located in colder regions of the Solar System. They are remnants of the early Solar System, much like asteroids, but contain a larger proportion of volatile materials (like water ice).

Astrology

In astrology, TNOs are seen as symbols of deep, long-term, and transformative energies. They often represent deeper, more collective themes, such as identity, spiritual growth, and transformation over extended periods of time. Pluto, though now classified as a dwarf planet, is one of the most influential bodies in astrology, along with Eris and Haumea.

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Asteroids and the Feminine

The Feminine Aspect in Astrology

Asteroids in astrology carry a uniquely feminine energy, as they are predominantly named after goddesses. These celestial bodies provide an essential counterbalance to the male-dominated energy of the traditional planets, such as the Sun, Mars, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and Chiron. By incorporating asteroid influences into a chart, we gain a richer, more nuanced understanding of the feminine archetypes and their roles.

The Female Family in Mythology

The four primary asteroids in astrology are deeply connected to the feminine roles within a mythological family. Each asteroid is named after a significant female figure in the myth of Jupiter (or Zeus in Greek mythology):

Ceres represents Jupiter’s mother and sister(?), embodying themes of nurturing, caregiving and the cycles of life.
Vesta, Jupiter’s sister, symbolizes focus, devotion and sacred dedication.
Juno, Jupiter’s wife, highlights partnerships, loyalty and the dynamics of committed relationships.
Pallas Athene, Jupiter’s daughter, is associated with wisdom, strategy and creative intelligence.

These asteroids offer a lens through which we can explore the complexities of feminine energy and its interplay with the broader chart dynamics. They enrich our understanding of the roles women play, both mythologically and astrologically, within the fabric of life.

Ceres

Ceres was the first asteroid to be discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi on January 1, 1801 in Palermo, Sicily. Associated with nurturing, motherhood, and abundance, Ceres reflects how we give and receive care.

Ceres Keywords:

Mother and Earth mother.
Physical nurturing, food, cooking, nutrition and eating disorders.
The parent/child relationship, parental kidnapping and custody battles.
Food production in general.
The nurturing principle and where and how you feel nurtured.
Love and comfort.
Infertility and barrenness.
Fear of abundance.
Cereals and the harvest.

Body Parts

Uterus and upper intestine.

Pallas Athene

Discovered in 1802. Linked to wisdom, strategy, and creative intelligence, Pallas represents the balance of logic and intuition.

Pallas Athene Keywords:

The father/daughter relationship and your relationship with your father.
Mental nurturing.
Your ability to weave, see patterns and link ideas.
Your survival instinct.
The arts.
Creative intelligence.
Intelligence, cerebral.
Creative intuition and defense.

Body Parts

The kidneys and the immune system.

Juno

Juno is the third asteroid and was discovered in 1804. The asteroid of marriage and commitment, Juno symbolizes partnership dynamics and fidelity.

Juno Keywords:

Wife, marriage, commitment and your soul mate.
Beauty, fashion and flowers.
Relationship renewal and committed partnerships.
Betrayal, denial, and inequality.
Wife issues and powerlessness.

Body Parts

Female genitals.

Vesta

Vesta was the fourth asteroid to be discovered in 1807. Vesta is the second largest asteroid after Ceres. Representing devotion and sacred work, Vesta connects us to our inner flame and sense of purpose.

Vesta Keywords:

Sister, virgin, goddess, chastity, pure, and perfect.
Keeper of the hearth. Sorority.
Locks and keys.
Investments and insurance.
Self-renewal.
Dedication, devotion, and self-sacrifice.
Promiscuity, segregation, apartheid, and denial.
Fear of intimacy.

Body Parts

The hymen.

Asteroid Names

There are hundreds of asteroids and many of them have names which can be used in chart interpretation. You may discover that there is an asteroid with your name and if so, it may have a special meaning for you in your chart.

Below I explain you how I explored named asteroids for the natal charst for myself and Arwynne.

Asteroid Alice

Name Origin

The name Alison has roots in several linguistic and cultural traditions. Here’s a breakdown of its origins and root meaning:

Germanic Origins

Alison is derived from the Old French name Aalis, which itself is a diminutive form of Alice.
Alice originates from the Germanic name Adalheidis, which combines the elements:
“adal“meaning “noble.”
“heid“meaning “kind,” “type,” or “sort.”
Together, the root meaning of Alison is often interpreted as “noble one” or “of noble kind.”

Medieval Popularity

Alison gained popularity in medieval France and later in England, where it became a common name for girls. It was sometimes used as a nickname for “Alice” but eventually evolved into a distinct name.

Modern Interpretations

In modern usage, Alison is associated with qualities of grace, dignity, and nobility, reflecting its historical roots. The name has a timeless elegance and continues to be a popular choice worldwide.

Asteroid Alice

Example: Asteroid Alice 291 is the root of my name Alison. Asteroid Alice is placed at 19°38′ Virgo in my birth chart.

Asteroid Arwynne

Name Origin

The name Arwynne is a variation of the name Arwyn or Arwen, and its roots can be traced to Welsh origins.

“Ar” means “noble” or “fair.”
“Wyn” or “Wynn” means “white,” “blessed,” or “fair” in Welsh.
Combined, the name Arwynne can be interpreted to mean “noble friend”, “blessed fair one”, or “noble and pure.”

Feminine and Masculine Usage

In Welsh tradition, names ending in –wyn are typically masculine, while –wen endings are feminine. The variation Arwynne may have been adapted to have a more distinctly feminine feel.

Tolkien Influence

The name Arwen from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings shares similar roots. Tolkien constructed Arwen to mean “noble maiden“ in his Sindarin (Elvish) language, which aligns with its Welsh linguistic heritage.

Tolkien

The root meaning of Arwynne is rooted in nobility, fairness, and purity, reflecting qualities of grace and elegance. Its association with Tolkien’s Elvish naming conventions adds a layer of fantasy and literary charm. Arwen Undómiel is a prominent character in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium. She is an Elven princess, the daughter of Elrond, and known for her exceptional beauty and wisdom. Arwen is also the love interest of Aragorn and chooses to forsake her immortality to be with him. The name “Arwen” comes from Sindarin (a language created by Tolkien), meaning “noble maiden.”

Asteroid Tolkien

Because there is not an asteroid specifically named Arwynne, I’ve chosen the origin which is Tolkien. Example: Asteroid “Tolkien” is at 11°33′ Aquarius in Arwynne’s birth chart.

Book Recommendation

Here are some asteroid books to get you going.

Asteroid Goddesses by Demetra George.
The Divine Feminine in Ancient Europe: Goddesses, Sacred Women and the Origins of Western Culture by Sharon Paice McLeod
Laurentia: A Dictionary of 21000 Asteroid Interpretations for Astrologers by Ajani Abdul-Khaliq
The Asteroid Ephemeris for 1900 to 2050 by Rique Pottenger

Aspiring Astrologer Activity: Asteroids

In your astrology journal do the following:

On your birth chart, note the sign and house positions of the big four asteroids Ceres, Juno, Vesta and Pallas Athene.
List any asteroid conjunctions to other planets.
Find out if there is an asteroid named after you, and if so, get the position and draw this special asteroid in your chart.

Share on social with hashtag #Starzclass.

9th House

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Quintiles: Aspects of the Fifth Harmonic

by Alison Price | Advanced Natal Astrology, Aspects

As an astrologer, you need to understand QUINTILE and BIQUINTILE aspects of the fifth harmonic in your client’s chart.

The Astrological Modes

Modes

There are three modes (modality, quadruplicities or qualities). The three modes are cardinal, fixed, and mutable. Each sign has one mode. Every mode has four signs associated with it.

The four Cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

The four Fixed signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. 

The four Mutable signs are Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces.

Modal Emphasis

Balanced Mode

The modes are balanced when they are spread evenly (as much as you can evenly spread seven into three).

For example, three planets in cardinal signs, two in fixed signs and two in mutable signs are considered in balance.

Strong Mode

A mode is considered strong when there are at least two more planets in the mode than the next best mode.

For example, four planets in cardinal signs, two in air and one in a mutable sign makes the cardinal mode strong.

Weak Mode

A mode is weak when there are no planets in the mode.

For example, three planets in cardinal, four in fixed and no planets in a mutable sign makes the mutable mode weak.

Cardinal Meaning

Strong Cardinal

People with many planets in the cardinal signs usually start things.

They are self-motivated, have goals and are the leaders of the zodiac.

Cardinal signs initiate change.

Weak Cardinal

A lack of planets in the cardinal signs suggests the individual is not one for starting things or getting things going.

For a weak cardinal person procrastination may be an issue.

Fixed Meaning

Strong Fixed

Those with many planets in fixed signs stick to things and can complete things.

They are tenacious, reliable, stubborn and steadfast. They are resistant to change to the extent that they may have to overcome inertia.

Weak Fixed

A shortage of fixed planets in the signs indicates the person has a certain wavering in life.

Mutable Meaning

Strong Mutable

Strong mutable signs are flexible, adaptable and inclusive.

They are accommodating, adjustable, amenable to change and they can move things along.

Weak Mutable

When there are no planets in a mutable sign it imparts some rigidity to the individual.

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Aspiring Astrologer Activity: Modes

In your astrology journal, and only counting the seven visible planets from the Sun to Saturn, do the following:

Note which planets are in the cardinal mode.
Note which planets are in the fixed mode.
Note which planets are in the mutable mode.
Decide if there is a modal emphasis or a lack of any mode.
Write a brief interpretation of your chart’s mode strengths and weaknesses (50 words).

Share on social with hashtag #starzclass.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

9th House

In astrology, the 9th HOUSE suggests your general knowledge, religion, travel, philosophy and what you publish.

Mars in Gemini

Planets

Mars in Gemini. Arwynne talks about what to expect from this transit, and what Mars in Gemini looks like in the birth chart.

The Astrological Elements

Astrological Elements

Elements

There are four elements or triplicities in astrology; fire, earth, air, and water.

Each sign is attributed to one element.

Every element has three signs.

The elements show how we experience and process the world around us. 

Fire

The three Fire signs are Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

The fire signs are masculine.

Earth

The three Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn.

All earth signs are feminine.

Air

The three Air signs are Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

Every air sign is masculine.

Water

The three Water signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.

Each water sign is feminine.

Which Planets to Count?

Only count the seven visible planets which are, the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Your total will add up to seven.

The reason for this limited count is that you want a quality count and not a quantity count.

The visible planets have been in human consciousness since man (and woman) evolved.

We are fully aware of them.

Whereas the other planets are relatively new.

Elemental Balance

The elements are considered to be in balance when the planets are equally spread amongst them.

For example, one planet in a fire sign, two in earth signs, two in air signs and two in water signs shows the elements are in balance.

Elemental Strength

An element with two planets more than the next best element is considered strong.

For example, four planets in fire signs and two in earth signs, zero in an air sign and one in a water sign will give a fire emphasis as there are two planets more in fire than in earth.

Elemental Weakness

An element without planets is considered weak.

For example, in a chart where there are no planets in fire, none in earth, four in air and three in water, fire and earth are both weak.

Fire Element Meaning

Strong Fire

Strong fire people will make things happen by creating a spark.

They use their intuition to make decisions.

Generally, fire people are optimistic, enthusiastic, inspirational, faithful, stimulating and positive.

Weak Fire

A lack of planets in fire indicates that inspiration and visualization may be in short supply.

Earth Element Meaning

Strong Earth

Strong earthy folk will bring things into reality and give them form.

They use sensations (touch, smell and taste) to make decisions. They are practical, realistic, useful, and can be slow moving.

Weak Earth

A shortage of planets in earth suggests the person is not well-grounded and may have an airy-fairy approach to life.

Air Element Meaning

Strong Air

Strong air individuals determine what things are, label them and then they inform others.

They use their thoughts and minds to process information, knowledge, ideas and concepts to make decisions.

They are often intellectual, good communicators, thoughtful, objective, positive, theoretical and they can deal in abstractions.

Weak Air

No planets in the element of air hints at an inability to think things through and to find a conclusion.

Water Element Meaning

Strong Water

Strong water souls experience feelings about things and they may give them care.

They use their feelings to accept or reject things depending on their likes and dislikes to make decisions.

Generally, they are sensitive, aware of atmospheres, introverted, impressionable and flexible.

Weak Water

When the water element is without planets, it implies an inability to understand emotions and what things and situations upset themselves and others.

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Aspiring Astrologer Activity: Elements

In your astrology journal, and only counting the seven visible planets from the Sun to Saturn, do the following:

Note which planets are in the element of fire.
Note which planets are in the element of earth
Note which planets are in the element of air.
Note which planets are in the element of water.
Decide if there is an element emphasis or a lack.
Write a brief interpretation of your chart’s element strengths and weaknesses (50 words).

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