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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                 The Scorpio(8th House)/Taurus(2nd House) axis has been a point of generational woundedness and healing in my family--and so I’m always interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how each sign/house operates.  I want to better understand how they function both distinct of each other as well as how they integrate their opposing energies (just as all oppositions challenge us to find a point of convergence). The film The Invention of Lying provides an excellent Piscean len...

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Understanding Lunation Cycles

    The New Moon marks the beginning of each lunation cycle.  It is the moment when the moon lines up with the sun in the same degree of the same sign of the zodia).  From the perspective of Earth, the moon is not visible at the "new moon" phase because it cannot reflect the sun's light in our direction.  Though seemingly cloaked in darkness, the moon does still receive and reflect the sun's light back towards the sun--an exchange of energy that vitalizes and ener...
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