Your Natal Mercury and Your Intelligence Natal Mercury is your chart’s key to intelligence… Mercury in your chart is the Thinker, Learner and curious, questioning Communicator in you. Thus your natal Mercury’s sign and house contain worlds of information about how you think and what...
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Juno and Mercury Retrograde: Relationship Retrospection Guideposts Juno and Mercury Retrograde is a Time For Deep Spiritual Reflection in Relationships September-October, 2022 What Happens When Juno and Mercury Are Retrograde At the Same Time? What is the Juno and Mercury Retrograde? It is a time...
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March’s Full Moon is also a Lunar Eclipse, with Shadow Agents Mars and Mercury in attendance. Mercury aligns with the Sun in Aries, demanding logic and swift thought. Mars cheers from the sidelines in support. But the Moon in Libra wants balance instead of impulsivity....
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September’s Full Moon is a total Lunar Eclipse featuring a battle between Vesta in Aries and Juno in Libra. With a retrograde Mercury joining Juno and the Sun in Libra, will infidelities come out? This one could be messy and you’ll have to talk it...
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Do you love a Virgo? Are you a Virgo in love? Human relationships are complex, layered things. Every sign responds to love differently and has needs that are particular to it. Also no individual can be categorized by their Sun sign alone. Every person is...
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Do you love a Gemini? Are you a Gemini in love? Human relationships are complex, layered things. Every sign responds to love differently and has needs that are particular to it. Also no individual can be categorized by their Sun sign alone. Every person is...
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Whew—I don’t know about you, but for me, this year’s season of multiple-retrogrades-in-a-row is absolutely relentless! Venus retrograde followed by Mercury retrograde—and look out people, because Mars retrograde is just about to begin and that’s the longest one of all. It’s thrown me off balance...
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This eclipse has more energy moving through it than Grand Central Station! An emotionally fragile baby Moon in Scorpio must contend with the harsh realities of Saturn and the cold logic of Mercury, but fortunately Mars helps bring in some self-assertion, Chiron brings healing and…
To all the Virgo sign types (born between August 23 and September 22) of the world: if you’re ambivalent about your perfectionistic ways, it’s no wonder. On the one hand, your attention to detail means that your work life tends to run in a very...
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Gemini sign types (usually born between May 21 and June 21) are famous for their wit and their love of words and communication. But Gemini, how do you know when you’re talking too much and boring your listeners? Communication is a two-way street every Gemini...
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Hi Pandora Astrology blog readers! Sara here again. This month I'm going to speculate about the chart of one of my favorite TV characters. Here’s why. . . Since I last spoke to you all, I had my birthday! I turned 24 on January 18th,...
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This month's Full Moon (Dec 21) is also a Lunar Eclipse, bringing emotional intensity even though it’s in emotionally light Gemini. Gemini’s desire to skate across the surface of emotions may conflict with the Moon’s need to look at emotional shadows during an eclipse. Several...
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I can hear the response already: “What? Virgo sexy? You’ve got to be kidding.” But I’m not. Prepare to be shocked as you discover why. If you’re a Virgo type, you probably already know that some Virgo habits are viewed by potential partners as un-sexy. …
June’s full moon is also a lunar eclipse, and a complex melting pot of influences it is too. The Capricorn moon likes to keep a lid on all things emotional, while the Cancerian Sun says, “let ‘em rip!” Toss intellectual Mercury and passionate Pluto into…
People who have a lot of the Mutable Air sign Gemini in their chart often appear smart. But why are Gemini types so smart? And are they smart or do they just look smart? How do they hold all those facts in their head? How...
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(Note to educators: In the following article, I use astrology to present a non-pathologizing view of differences in learning style among individuals. I hope you find it useful.) Mercury, ruler of Gemini, is the part of your chart that tells what your learning style is. …
The Messenger God The Mutable Air sign Gemini is ruled by Mercury, messenger of the gods. Mercury’s nickname was Quicksilver, which is what we sometimes call the metal mercury. If you’ve ever broken a thermometer and held a ball of mercury in your palm, you...
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In yesterday’s post I talked about the significance of redoing Barack Obama’s oath of office and the new chart that came of it. Today I want to say a little more about the challenges in the noon chart and how the 7:30 pm chart overcomes...
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Why Is An Inauguration Chart Worth Looking At? Historically, when astrologers want to understand a monarch’s reign, they look at the chart of the coronation of that monarch. Similarly, when astrologers want to understand the administration of a president, they look at the chart that...
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Mercury retrograde epiphany day is here—have you had your epiphany yet? If you’ve read my blog much, you probably know by now that Mercury moves in cycles lasting four months, or three cycles a year. Mercury moves retrograde (or backwards) for about three weeks of…
