Sagittarius is rumored to be the “lucky” sign of the zodiac and it’s true that people with a lot of Sagittarius in their chart (or people who have Sagittarius’ ruler, Jupiter, placed strongly) tend to get their way an awful lot in life. Today I...
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To have Scorpio rising (i.e. on the Ascendant) in one’s birth chart is an essential dilemma. Why is that? The Rising Sign, or Ascendant, represents how you present yourself to the world. If you were a house, your Ascendant would be the front door. It’s...
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Let me tell you a little story about the phoenix. The phoenix was a mythical bird who built itself a fire, then allowed itself to be consumed by the flames until it died. It then rose from its own ashes, shining and new. Fans of...
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There’s been a wonderful alignment of planets in 2008 that I want to tell you about because it’s almost over, and this way you can take advantage of it before it ends. The alignment is a trine between Jupiter and Saturn. Jupiter has been moving…
Venus, archetype of love, beauty and relationship, has a dual nature: one side of her is the sultry sensualist (hedonistic and self-indulgent at the worst) and the other side is the cool, unapproachable beauty (or ice princess at the worst). How can one archetype have…
On my Mercury Retrograde page, I’ve said that trying to complete projects with normal efficiency during Mercury retrograde is like having a picnic in a rainstorm. You may want to go through with the picnic, because it’s what you planned, but if you’d realized it...
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Libra is one of the Cardinal signs. Cardinal means active, motivated, driven. Cardinality is the quality of beginnings. This means that Libra is a motion-oriented leader, a sign that starts things. But how can that be? Everyone who knows something about Libra knows that Librans...
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There stands Saturn, one of the old, established ones. Perhaps he’s a corporate type, perhaps he’s a banker, perhaps he represents government. In any case, he is the ultimate authority figure. He steps into the ring and puts on his boxing gloves. Opposite him is...
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When Venus, goddess of love and beauty, claimed Librans for her own, did she curse them to perpetually be taken advantage of in relationship? Libra, why do you give too much? It’s true that Libran types are relaters. It’s also true that someone with strong...
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Be Afraid—Be Very Afraid! In astrology’s infancy, about four to five thousand years ago, eclipses were a terrifying phenomenon. The experience of day suddenly becoming night, of the moon covering and temporarily hiding the sun and the sun inexplicably disappearing brought terror to human beings….
Newspaper horoscopes: Everyone has seen them. Everyone knows how ridiculous they are. You pick up the newspaper and read a short paragraph under your sun sign. You go there for a laugh or maybe you go there secretly hoping for guidance, but the result is…
In my previous article You’re Not Just Your Sun Sign I pointed out that human beings are too complex to be reduced to a single sign of the zodiac. I hope also that I made it clear that it’s possible for a person to be…
This article is part of a series of articles on Power Tools of Manifestation, which begins here. Detachment—a power tool of manifestation. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? You have to pour your passion into this thing and then let go of attachment to the outcome. Funny…
This article is part of a series of articles on Power Tools of Manifestation, which begins here. Feelings are the Engine of Manifestation Manifestation requires passion, plain and simple. When there’s something you are trying to bring into your life, you need to feel great…
One simple and interesting way to understand the astrological four elements is to see their parallels in an orchestra. As the twelve zodiacal signs are divided into four elements, the orchestra is divided into four sections. Each of these sections is distinct in the kinds…
Why Is Your Imagination a Power Tool? Daydreaming is important, not just a waste of time. More than that, it is a skill, which can and should be developed. If you are serious about manifesting your desires, you must be able to create detailed, realistic…
It is an ancient theory in astrology that the signs of the zodiac parallel the parts of the body. They do so in sign order, from head to toe, from the spring equinox sign of Aries which launches the solar year through the tail-end-of-winter sign…
In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill calls this “burning desire” and he’s right when he says it’s absolutely essential. When you are out to create something, the thing you desire must feel thoroughly good to you, on every level. It has to feel good…
Think carefully, because this is not a rhetorical question. There are many benefits to both. Let’s take the real estate analogy further, shall we? Life As A Renter If you rent your house, you are paying rent in exchange for space provided by the owner,…
How do you know when you’ve reached clarity? The key to clarity is certainty. You are certain. Certainty is a sense, a knowing, and as such, it is often tagged to the physical senses. How do you know you are certain? You see it, hear…
