Is Magic During Eclipses a Good Idea?
One of the common pieces of advice for working moon magic is to avoid working magic during eclipses. If you don't know what you're doing, this advice is a good way to play it safe, but there is order in the cosmic chaos. If you understand exactly how the normal rules of magic are suspended and why, it is perfectly reasonable to work magic during eclipses.
Venus in Aries: Uncomfortable Strength
When I learned that Venus was in detriment in Aries, I was devastated.
It felt like even astrology was saying I was ugly and my gender presentation was broken.
What Does Adulting Mean for You?: Saturn in the Signs and Houses
We need a better story of what it means to come of age that fits the world we actually live in, and there is no bigger expert on adulting than Saturn.
Rethinking Essential Dignity for the 21st Century
It has been 2000 years since the system of essential dignity has been codified. I think it’s due for a refresh, don’t you?
Essential Dignity in Astrology: What It Is and Why It Matters
What is essential dignity in astrology? What does it mean when a planet is in its sign of rulership, exaltation, detriment, or fall?
Mercury in Detriment in Pisces: Is That Good or Bad?
What does it mean that Mercury is in detriment in Pisces? What are it’s strengths, and how do you cope with its weaknesses?
Mercury in Pisces: The Mind of the Poet
Mercury is said to be in detriment in Pisces, but its greatest weakness is its greatest strength, the ability to think like a poet.
How Pisces and Virgo Can Make You More Creative
What can design thinking help astrologers understand the creative dance of Virgo and Pisces?
Capricorn Season: Learning Your Limits
I predicted when I joined that the gym would be the classroom when the sun was in Capricorn. This prediction turned out to be accurate. This is what I learned during Capricorn season.
Neptune in Capricorn: The Dream of Order
When I polled members of the Narrative Astrology who have Neptune in Capricorn about their relationship with Neptune in Capricorn, I got a wide range of responses, but they all circled around the idea of “the dream of order.”
Why You Never Seem to Remember the Full Moon
If you are annoyed that the Full Moon keeps on passing you like a train that has decided to go express to the end of the line just before it gets to your station, I have some ideas that might help.
Mercury and Saturn (Aspects and Transits): Writing Practice as a Spiritual Discipline
If you have an aspect between Mercury and Saturn in your natal chart or you are going through a transit, progression, or profection year involving those planets, you might benefit from a writing practice.
Full Moon in Cancer in the 12th House: The Healing Power of Art
Every New Moon, I set intentions for where I would like to be in the next six months. My New Moon in Cancer intention gave me more than I bargained for. Now, at the Full Moon in Cancer, I finally understand the healing power of cancerian art.
Eris in Astrology: What’s a Battle Goddess Good For?
Eris is one of the most difficult planets to work with in astrology. Lately, I’ve come to appreciate the need for her.
Why Your New Year's Resolutions Always Fail (and How to Fix It)
If you feel like you’re caught in a wheel, continually recommitting to New Year’s resolutions and failing, you’re not alone… or doomed.
Sagittarius Season: Rage Against the Dying of the Light
I stared into my light therapy lamp wondering: Why does a season ruled by Jupiter come at the darkest time of the year?
Mercury in Aries: Living with the Mind of the Warrior
What does it mean to have the mind of a warrior?
What Is the Difference Between Your Sun, Moon, and Rising Sign?
The sun, moon, and rising sign are some of the hardest things in astrology to tell apart, and they are also the most important!
Using Hobbits as a metaphor, I explain how they are different.
Talking About the 12th House with Astrologer Danielle Ventimiglia
In this interview, astrologer Danielle Ventimiglia and I discuss the 12th house and working with difficult placements.
What I Learned From a Month of Praying the Orphic Hymn to Mars
Most of the time Mars shows up in my life as, frankly, stupid shit. When I learned that praying a quick hymn on Tuesdays might improve my relationship with the red planet, I had to try it.