I was recently inspired by Michelle at Astrofix.com's blog post wherein she explored the meaning of her south and north node placements as well as their sign rulers. One of the greatest tools an astrologer has is their own chart, but oftentimes it is the hardest to decipher! It's like looking at a painting when you're an inch away from the canvas. It helps to step back a bit, depersonalize a little (hard to do when you're looking at your personal chart!) and all...

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Then you say go slow
I fall behind
The second hand unwinds   

     I urge you not to expect much from this entry, were you to expect anything at all. I really just want to ruminate on the fact that my progressed Venus will enter Capricorn next year. I look forward to this transit in the same way I looked forward to my Saturn Return, which I realize is not the usual way to feel about Saturn Returns, but I'm a pretty Saturnine lady and I was so ready to be responsible for myself and my life. My...
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    Some astrologers don't consider minor aspects, but the energy of Venus today is very much wrapped up with them. The planet is making a sesquiquadrate (or 135 degree) aspect to both Saturn and Pluto, which are meanwhile in square to each other. This forms an aspect pattern that looks pretty similar to a Yod or "Finger of God," in which two planets in sextile both form quincunx aspects to a third planet. In a Yod, astrologer Eric Meyers writes, "the two planets in sextile are in harmonious ...
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    There's an entire thread at tribe.net in which contributors post links to music that reminds them of Venus in Scorpio energy.  ;)  I often hear music, read books/poems/stories, or watch films that I find resonating with a particular astrological archetype (with Saturn or Neptune, for instance, or on one odd occasion even the 2nd/8th house axis).  So I thought it might be nice to begin a series here at the MetaQuizzical Blog called "Planetary Poetry." This is a very Neptunian way of gettin...
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    As we discussed in Part 1 of this series on Solar Returns, interpreting your Solar Return chart is a good way to prepare for the year following each of your birthdays.  The point is not to be fearful or complacent about the year to come, but to prepare for and take advantage of the energy that will be availabl...
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What is a Full Moon?

If you think of the Sun and the Moon as the minute and the second-hand on the zodiac chart, like hands on a clock, then the Full Moon is the moment when the tips of the second and minute hands (the Moon and Sun) are at their most opposite points in the sky.  This happens about every 29 days, roughly once per month.

Full Harvest Moon September 22, 2009

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