Sometimes we can find ourselves caught between two, whether it’s two love interests, two job interests, two different projects or ideas, and you may wonder how that happens astrologically. The planet Mercury and the signs and houses he naturally rules – Gemini and Virgo, the 3rd and 9th houses – are the ones usually in Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comments Off on Caught Between TwoWhen Saturn is conjunct, square, or opposite (the hard aspects) one of your natal planets, it can be a difficult period where you feel very restricted, limited, confined, and stuck. You can be constantly frustrated, wondering why things aren’t changing when you want them to so badly, and you may feel like you’re constantly running Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comment (1)Every one of us has an emotional side, and astrologically, this is seen through our natal Moon, the natural ruler of our emotional selves. But some of us can be much more emotional than others, and this is usually thanks to strong water influence in the natal chart. The water signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comments Off on Under the (Emotional) InfluenceThere are times when we’re under a lot of stress in our lives, and it feels like we’re being put under way too much pressure. Sometimes the planets demand too much! Stress itself falls under the rulership of Mercury, Virgo, and the 6th house, so when you have hard aspects (conjunctions, squares, and oppositions) to Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comments Off on Periods of Stress and AstrologyA planet is retrograde when it appears to be moving backward from our view here on Earth, and Mercury is the only planet who retrogrades several times each year for a few weeks at a time. When a planet is retrograde, it’s operating in reverse, and we can struggle with whatever that planet rules. Mercury Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comments Off on When Mercury Retrogrades in Your SignWhen you want to focus on what your potential in life is, there are a few areas in your chart you can look at, but the most important is your North Node. The North Node is a part of the Lunar nodes, which are the points in the Moon’s orbit where the Moon crosses the Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comment (1)Being Saturnian can come about in a few ways. If your natal Saturn is very strong, you can come across as a Saturnian person. This would come about if your natal Saturn is conjunct your Sun, Moon, or angular house cusp, in the 1st house, is a singleton, the apex planet of a t-square, is Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comment (1)If you have a strong natal Jupiter, you may be Jupiterian. You may have a strong Jupiter if your natal Jupiter is a singleton, the apex planet of a t-square, at a critical or anaretic degree, in the 1st house, conjunct your natal Sun, Moon, or an angular house cusp, or is the most or Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comments Off on Being JupiterianWhen you have a strong natal Mars, you may seem a Martian (no, not like an alien!). You may have a strong natal Mars if your natal Mars is the apex planet of a t-square, a singleton, the most or least aspected planet, at a critical or anaretic degree, conjunct your Sun, Moon, or an Read More…
Written by: nic_gaudette | Filed under General Astrology, Learn Astrology | Comments Off on Being MartianTo be Uranian, you’ll usually have a strong natal Uranus, one that is at a critical or anaretic degree, is conjunct your natal Sun, Moon, or an angular house cusp, is in the1st house, is a singleton, the most or least aspected planet in your natal chart, or is the apex planet of a t-square. Read More…
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