Some astrologers will cast a progressed chart in their birth city. I believe this is the default setting on astrodienest. Provided you have your own program, it’s more common to cast a progressed chart in the current city. This is my preference but I’ve never explained why. Today, I’ll fix this. If you move a […]
Hi Elsa, I’m desperately trying to make the transition from the prison of a day job to a self-employed gig. So far one effort’s gone down in flames and the second one turned out to have problems. Some of the problems I created with my own actions, and some of them stemmed from my boss’
Lately, I’ve been trying to figure out why people maintain what amounts to a death grip on their denial. I understand the truth can be earth-shattering but the lies people will cling to are often quite silly. It occurred to me that pride would be one reason. A person may not want to experience regret.
This weekend, I came across a story I wrote in 2002. I asked about it here but no one responded in five or six hours. I don’t know how to parse that kind of void. It’s definitely not encouraging. I spoke with a friend about the story – it’s my personal favorite of everything I’ve
I have a lifelong habit of falling from grace. I don’t think this can be avoided with a chart like mine, with Neptune on the Midheaven among other things. I am always nervous when people elevate me in some way because as hard as I try to do well in my life, I am guaranteed
Something has been dogging me over the last few months. I’ve not been able to resolve it. It’s done nothing but get worse! I finally drug out my chart to diagnose the problem. As it turns out, Saturn in Aquarius is opposing my natal Uranus in Leo. Transiting Saturn and Uranus are squared off at
I used to live in the middle of the desert. I didn’t necessarily want to be alone, but being free and independent was a lot more important to me than having a partner. I didn’t want to be hindered in any way. I didn’t want my work interfered with. I wanted to read and study
Most everyone is stressed at this time. I’ve not seen anything like this in my lifetime. I suppose you may have some area of life where you are “zen” or comfortable; but when you’re hanging in that realm, something else is happening. Something deepening, erasing, degrading, expanding, imploding, whatever. Depending on your chart; the stress in
