#chart delineation

[stylishanachronism]

What iffffffffff size charts had actual measurements on them

Like…………………… just a thought

[crunchybees]

saturn = your duties.

this applies to any chart. natal, solar, lunar, transits, composite, etc etc. if delineating a synastry chart, the saturn person will pose a challenge to be overcome by the house person, which will lead to growth in the house.

saturn in the 1st house.

your duty is to discover who you are, without trying to be other people (stop idolizing and just exist as you are).

saturn in the 2nd house.

your duty is to build material security for yourself. to put yourself in a position where you understand and attract what you value.

saturn in the 3rd house.

your duty is to refine your communication skills, and to understand your place in social settings.

saturn in the 4th house.

your duty is to build a home for yourself. figuratively or literally. you had issues with feeling nurtured in your home, so you need to make sure you take extra measures to cultivate that feeling.

saturn in the 5th house.

your duty is to create. to learn that what you have is worth sharing with the world.

saturn in the 6th house.

your duty is to take care of your health and be really serious about making healthy choices for yourself.

saturn in the 7th house.

your duty is to learn what it means to exist outside of yourself. to know the other.

saturn in the 8th house.

your duty is to do everything you can to transform and elevate yourself. to turn your pain into power.

saturn in the 9th house.

your duty is to dissolve any boundaries between yourself and the journey.

saturn in the 10th house.

your duty is to carefully!! cultivate a public image. to be a boss ass bitch. naturally, saturn is at home here.

saturn in the 11th house.

your duty is to connect to the masses.

saturn in the 12th house.

your duty is to understand the things which we cannot see. saturn exalts here because these things are the governing force of our world.

[toskarin]

one thought that the game awards actually did solidify for me is something that I've felt for a while, but haven't been able to pin down until just now

like.. the western games industry at large definitely seems aware that something called "mecha" is popular right now, and they seem aware that it involves giant robots, but there isn't quite a connection on what is meant by it?

the best way I can chart this out is to describe it as the industry correctly noticing real robot, but not delineating it from super robot, and also not really fully understanding that the appeal is in the real robot genre rather than the presence of the physical object as a trope. so the end result is a bunch of giant robots out-of-genre

[hoodreader]

𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒜𝒮𝒯𝑅𝒪𝐿𝒪𝒢𝒴 𝒪𝐹 𝐵𝒫𝒟 .ᐟ

what i write below aren’t sole chart identifiers for the manifestation of the disorder, just because i write a placement below doesn’t mean u have the disorder. u know urself best though. and don’t come up in here talking bout “waaaa u can’t use astrology like this.” correction! YOU can’t. but i can.

discretion is advised. bpd is a disorder with complex traits that may be triggering for some readers. such as self-harm, suicide, or addiction. source i’m using: one

❤︎ 𝒫𝒜𝑅𝒯 𝒪𝒩𝐸: 𝒟𝒮𝑀 𝒞𝑅���𝒯𝐸𝑅𝐼𝒜

bpd is defined as a pervasive pattern of instability in the following three main categories areas:

instability in relationships

instability is neptunian, but i’d also extend to an afflicted saturn especially if it’s forming a hard-aspect to mars. this is because saturn is the planet of stability: an affliction indicates the lack thereof or a struggle with it. ( saturn in aries, saturn aspecting nodes, saturnian 2h/6h/8h or 12h. . . ) — let this inform the 3h/5h/7h, & also the 1h/4h.

moon rules changeability, so an afflicted or weakened moon will indicate that the nature of change may be instability. venus represents our securities. and both planets reserve delineations over how we emotionally connect to others in intimate relationships. afflictions to either one cause strain with relationships. ( moon in scorpio, capricorn, or aries, venus in aries or pisces, moon/venus aspecting the nodes, lunar/venutian 8h/12h especially, moon/venus harsh-aspecting saturn/neptune/mars/uranus, moon & venus harsh-aspecting each other, etc. . . ) — let this inform the 3h/5h/7h, & also the 1h/4h.

i’d also add in pisces, due to pisces being modernly ruled by neptune. even though pisces is venus’ exalt, exalt doesn’t mean ‘good’ & pisces venus natives tend to struggle with instable relationships. nodes, uranus, mars, moon, & neptune in the third, fifth, & seventh.

instability in self-image and emotions

basically the same as above, but instead, centered on the first house & moon ( nodes in the first/fourth house or aspecting the moon, nodes aspecting mars, moon aspecting mars, first house or fourth house lord(s) aspecting the nodes/mars, or in the 8h/12h especially, etc. . . )

marked impulsivity

an affliction to mars is one of the strongest indicators i’ve seen for poor impulse control ( mars aspecting the nodes, mars in the 8h or 12h especially, mars in cancer, sun in very close conjunction to mars [an orb of 2° or less], mars harsh-aspecting saturn etc. . . )

the nodes in & of themselves though can show whether or not the querent struggles with impulsivity - especially the north node, as the north node represents insatiablity. . . how u are almost consumed by what u “desire.” asc containing the north node, north node aspecting mars, north node in any of the malefic hoises ( second/sixth/eighth/twelfth ). . .

general houses & planets of interest. . .

first house is the house of the mindset & general health. sixth house is the house of illness & disease (but typically of the body). eighth house is the house of mental sickness & illness.

moon, saturn, and mars are planets i typical read for mental, mood, psychological, or emotional disorders. mercury. . . to a lesser degree. the nodes are not planets but they are also very relevant! treat their significance as a planet as well.

❤︎ 𝒫𝒜𝑅𝒯 𝒯𝒲𝒪, 𝒯𝐻𝐸 𝒩𝐼𝒩𝐸 𝐵𝒫𝒟 𝒞𝑅𝐼𝒯𝐸𝑅𝐼𝒜

to meet the criteria for BPD, five of nine symptoms must be present in multiple contexts and cause significant suffering or impairment in relationships and overall functioning.

one abandonment reaction

frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment.

abandonment is saturnian in nature, as saturn is the planet responsible for exile / seclusion / loneliness & more. so look for wounds in the chart relating to feeling abandoned ( chiron aspecting saturn, chiron in capricorn / aquarius, chiron in the twelfth house, moon in capricorn / aquarius, moon aspecting saturn, saturn in the twelfth house, chart ruler / moon dispositor in the twelfth, etc. . . )

the moon is of significance due to it representing safety and security in the chart. a compromised moon will reflect in the native’s sense of security, including in their relationships (fear of abandonment) such as moon aspecting a malefic, moon in scorpio or capricorn, moon in the twelfth, moon dispositor in a malefic house, etc. . .

someone with a saturn-ruled chart or the first house containing saturn can be someone who anticipates abandonment / isolation. this is because the first house shows our mindset & our expectations of our environment. i also think the seventh house is significant as well, because it shows what we think of those closely intimate with us, & the expectations they mirror back.

this hypervigilance of perceived abandonment is also a manifestation of paranoia. so i stress an overactive mars, an afflicted mars, or an afflicted moon ( aries / scorpio ascendant, mars in the first, mars in cancer especially, mars in aries or scorpio, moon in scorpio, moon in capricorn, moon aspecting mars, mars aspecting saturn, saturn aspecting moon, etc. . . )

two idealization and devaluation

a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.

aka, splitting. black & white thinking — things are wholly one thing or another ( either all bad or all good; all loving or all hateful; all fair or all unjust; etc ). but neither are founded in reality, since they are contingent on how the person is triggered.

afflictions to mercury can impair the native’s ability to reason ( mercury aspecting pluto or mars, mercury aspecting the nodes. . . mercury aspecting an afflicted moon, etc. . . )

idealization is neptunian because it’s a bit delusional in nature ( neptune in the first, neptune aspecting mercury + moon + venus especially if it’s a hard aspect ).

affliction to venus, as venus is the planet responsible for balance & harmony. so someone whose venus is afflicted can struggle with balancing seemingly conflicting information. . . likewise, maybe a chart shape of see-saw or having a chart full of oppositions can cause this “black & white” thought pattern.

three unstable self image

identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.

this will be the first house, as this is the house of the self but also how the querent perceives themselves. saturn present in the first will cause a barrier for the native to understand themselves ( this is alleviated with age, but bpd is a disorder that manifests before saturn’s maturity ). uranus, neptune or pluto influencing the first house can cause instability in self image.

this also goes for those planets ( saturn, uranus, neptune, or pluto ) aspecting the chart ruler and/or planets within the first house.

the first house lord in the malefic houses ( second/sixth/eighth/twelfth ) since these are the invisible houses — but more specifically the eighth and twelfth houses. can cause the native to struggle “seeing” or “understanding” themselves.

the nodes are significant: be present in the first or aspecting the lord of the chart. possibly the sun consuming the ruler of the chart as well ( aka, combustion ). and the moon is naturally significant ( the nodes are dependent on the moon ), so an afflicted moon relating to the ascendant as well.

four self-damaging impulsivity

impulsivity in at least two potentially self-damaging areas ( e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating ).

the twelfth house is the house where the querent causes harm to themselves, so this is a house of significance. mars & uranus rule our impulses, so connection between them both can denote poor impulse control that harms the native ( mars / uranus in the twelfth, twelfth house aries + scorpio, mars / uranus dispositor in the twelfth, twelfth house lord harsh-aspecting mars / uranus, mars-pluto, mars-uranus, mars-saturn, twelfth house pluto ).

since the self is the ascendant / 1h, also look for connections between the 1h and the house of self undoing - these are core to the manifestation of the disorder, & 1h rules the mind / mindset / mental health of a native ( connection between the first house and the twelfth or eighth, eighth house and the twelfth, etc. . . )

because self-damaging impulsivity can be a broad category ( as indicated above: sex, drugs, driving, etc can all be ways you damage yourself ), i’d observe the nodes but particularly the north. the nodes in the first / twelfth / eighth are overall indications of self-damaging impulsivity. connection between a node and a respective planet can help delineate how a querent self-damages: node-venus can be sexually or financially, node-mars can also be sexually ( but in more violent contexts, imo ) or physical brutality / mutilation, the north node itself can be representative of addiction, and both nodes can delineate disordered eating ( especially if they are relating to moon, mars, the second house, the sixth house ), etc. . .

five recurrent suicidal behavior / self-harm

recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures or threats, or self-mutilating behavior.

when you get your diagnosis for bpd, it’s actually advised that the healthcare provider inspect you for self harm scars: cutting, burning, etc. but self harm is more nuanced than that. it’s any way you may cause harm to yourself. the indicators here will mirror a lot of the indicators from the above fourth section ( “self-damaging impulsivity” ).

but this is particularly suicide, suicidal behavior, & self mutilation. we will also look to the twelfth house ( connections between first and twelfth, twelfth containing malefics, twelfth containing nodes especially considering the nodes are ‘severed’, etc. . . ) suicide itself is neptune, pluto, and saturn ( in the twelfth, ascendant, etc. . . ), and a connection between the twelfth and eight could perhaps suggest self harm.

node connecting to neptune, pluto, saturn, or mars.

six emotional instability

instability is neptune, and the emotions / emotional state are going to be found in the moon, first house, and fourth house. so neptune present in those houses, connected to the lord of those houses, or moon to neptune can denote emotional instability, especially if the moon is afflicted ( in a malefic house, in detriment or fall, etc. . . )

but i’d also say the same essentially for mars, pluto, or a harsh-aspect to saturn ( such as mars-moon, pluto-moon, or moon square / opposite saturn ). connection between the moon’s dispositor / fourth house lord to the eighth house or twelfth house i feel especially can show some sort of instability.

and of course, the nodes. node aspecting moon, node present in the fourth house, in the first house, etc. . .

seven chronic emptiness

emptiness is something that feels saturnian and plutonic to me, so the feeling of being ‘empty’ or ‘devoid’ of something can be first house containing saturn or pluto ( or the first house in capricorn or scorpio, depending on conditions of the chart ruler ) - chronicness is explained through pluto & saturn, as they are the planets representing long periods of time or things that reoccur.

i think nodes are significant as well - bpd’s chronic emptiness is due to a feeling of (1) insatiability or (2) dissociation. i’d ascribe the former to the north node ( i.e, constantly feeling hungry for a feeling, chasing ‘highs’ because nothing satisfies an urge ) and the latter to the south node ( i.e, the body detached from the head is kinda floating through its own senses ). let them be present in the first house or aspecting the ascendant / chart ruler.

eight inappropriate anger

inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger ( e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights ).

an afflicted or overactive mars. especially cancer mars, since their mars is disposited by the moon. it causes a certain defensiveness; a need for “protection” that causes their lashing out to be rooted in survival. similar for moon, though - both planets are guarded and are responsible for protection. bpd manifests because of insecurity & a wound from the home environment ( mars aspecting moon, mars in cancer, mars harsh aspecting saturn, aspecting pluto, mars in first house, etc. . . ).

i think a harsh aspect between mars / moon and saturn is significant because it denotes a struggle with mood regulation.

nine paranoia & dissociation

transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms.

paranoia is saturn and pluto, but i’d also say overactive moon and perhaps general neptunian energy. paranoia is like a ‘wounded intuition’ spiritually. . . so i’d say twelfth house containing saturn, pluto, neptune, or moon can show paranoia. i’d also add a connection between moon and saturn, moon and pluto, or moon and neptune. . . and of course, the nodes - moon and north node, specifically.

for the dissociation. . . dissociation is described as “the state of being disconnected.” so i find significance in twelfth house lord in first or vice versa, the chart ruler aspecting twelfth house lord or planets, and a heavy stress on the south node. the south node is the planet of dissociation due to it being the headless body - this is an energy that is difficult to work with, so the south node in the twelfth / in the first / aspecting ascendant or chart ruler / aspecting moon can definitely cause the native to “be out of their own bodies.” i’d also add connection between the south node and saturn.

❤︎ 𝒪𝒱𝐸𝑅𝒱𝐼𝐸𝒲

the most recurring traits i feel there is in my interpretation are harsh aspects between mars and saturn, an afflicted moon or mars, and connections between the first house and the twelfth house.

a strongly placed north or south node also seems extremely significant, especially for the context of self harm / self damages / addiction.

don’t sleep on reading the fourth, first, and moon to understand how a disorder manifested: bpd is highly environmental and highly genetic. the first house is ruling over your environment as well, your fourth house is your familiar environments ( such as home ), and your ancestry is indicated through both the moon and the fourth.

thank you for reading! if you have another disorder you’d like to see me try, please comment down below. i’m open to any psychological disorder, provided i am well-read & studied on it. time to take a nap! byeee🩶

[saturnianoracle]

How to learn real astrology: what it is and is not

As above, so below, as within, so without, as the universe, so the soul.

It is VITAL that if you want to understand astrology properly, you come in with an open mind and forget everything you think you know. Especially, remove yoruself from the belief that astrology is some occultic mystical spiritual practice, and/or that it is solely some psychological tool.

I used to be quite the hater of astrology. None of it 'resonated', and it seemed like wishy washy hippie shit. In lockdown, astrology stuff kept coming onto my feed, and some of it made sense, but most still did not. I then initially wanted to debunk astrology. But when I properly stated looking into it, the deeper I went the more accurate it started to become. Equally, parts still remained highly inaccurate. But this was due to a mismatch of how 'influencers' out there synthesised and understood the traditional foundations of astrology and modern information. Thus, I committed myself to truly understanding astrology, and my life has significantly improved for it and I've only just started.

As an introductory post to what astrology really is, I have formatted it into the following sections: i. the problem with pop culture astrology, ii, the history of astrology, iii. how astrology works, and iv. where meaning in astrology comes from.

The problem with pop culture astrology

This is the type of astrology we see in newspaper horoscopes, online articles, tiktok viral posts, instagram horoscopes, etc.

This is borne out of the allure astrology holds for desperate individuals seeking an easy and quick answer to their life problems, and using it as a form of confirmation bias for hating their ex (for example). But this misuse of astrology will undoubtedly hit for most people, due to the barnum effect, but is ultimately inaccurate and those who think it true have now misleadingly correlated the pop culture reasons for why X happened to what astrology is.

The new moon in your 7th house is not a sign that your crush will leave his partner for you. Being a gemini sun does not mean you are a two faced, loyal-less individual. Having your sun sign the same as their venus sign does not mean you two are compatible. And so on and so forth.

Here are some key things to understand about astrology:

✎ Stop using co-star, and those websites which give you your astrology information like this:

-> This does not tell you anything remotely significant aside from standard archetypal and superifical meanings of having a sun in Sagittarius or whatever (which you might not even 'relate' to, because of a multitude of other factors this does not show). Your chart instead, should, at the very least look like this:

-> Even better, make a chart and add in decans, asteroids, and considers more aspects. Viewing your birth chart like this is essential for gaining a better understanding. Aspects are what brings everything in your chart together to give it more significant and individualised meaning, the houses and the angles are also explicitly identifiable this way. Also, always make sure your chart is in whole sign houses, I will make a post on this later on why, but you will have to go to settings for this as popculture astrology has made placidus the default (as well as other inaccurate takes).

✎ Sun sign is astrology is fake, no matter how much you think it resonates with you it is the wrong footing to base your understanding of astrology off of. Astrology is extremely complex, one thing might resonate for one person and not for another, because of house placements, condition of the planet, aspects to the planet, etc. Consequently, all basic and simplified delineations of a chart are unhelpful and will put you on the wrong footing for future proper readings you might wish to do. This is how astrology can be so inaccurate.

✎ Astrology is not about resonating. Although, this is a part of how we can test astrology, it is linked far too much with resonating with personality. Your birth chart is not a map of who you are specifically, we evolve all the time (as the universe, so the soul), it is a map of your entire life. It is a map of the sky and its energies the minute you were born. Some things you think you do not resonate with is because those energies have not yet played out in your life.

✎ Astrology is not a psychological tool, although it can give us insight into psychology when used and understood properly. Again, it is the blueprint of our life.

✎ Astrology is not spiritual. It is not a belief system, either. Although, one can use astrology to advance their spiritual practices.

✎ Free will exists. I will likely go into this in another post but the energies of our bith chart, solar return chart, profection year, progressed charts, transits etc, are merely indications of how things are likely to unfold. The energies are malleable within their themes' ambit, and it is up to us to decide how we choose to interpret what is/will happen and what to do with that information. A transit might indicate difficulty in a law suit, ok, how can I mitigate that then? What other charts, energies, and transits can I use? If I did not know of this then I would not know how to alter my behaviour to yield a better results, even if it might not mean a completely opposite result.

✎ Your natal chart will not show you everything. There are relocated charts, progressed charts, solar return charts, profection years, etc. All this goes into a holistic assessment. Your natal chart, however, will always remain the anchor of it all.

A brief history

Astrology is not some woo-woo, spiritual, new age, belief system. Astrology's history and use goes back to the Babylonians. It used to be intertwined with astronomy; Galielo and Kepler, for example, were simultaneously astrologers and practised it widely (even as court astrologers). People in positions of power have always consulted astrologers to time events, in the modern era many Royal families, celebrities, and politicans still consult astrologers. Carl Jung, JP Morgan, Nancy Reagan, and Roosevelt are examples of this. Of course, it might be argued that just because famous people have used/use astrology does not give it any more credit to which I say: ok please read my post below pls and ty xo.

Astrology's history has been relatively tumultuous, however. I have condensed this timeline from an article I found below:

- Astrology was a widely accepted practice but, in Europe, after the fall of the Roman empire and much of Europe, it fell into decline along with other disicplines. - The middle ages saw a renaissance of intellectualism with a particular focus on science and thus the astronomy part of it. This was largely due to the Church who viewed astrology as divination and going against free will. - However, in other parts of the world astrology was still a crucial element of daily life, and those in power would use astrologers to time events. - Astrology did re-enter the curriculum, though, in the 14th century, with a focus on being used for medical astrology in part due to the recently available Hippocratic Corpus. These texts were crucial to advancing our understanding of medicine, but Hippocrates emphasised that "a physician without knowledge of astrology has no right to call himself a physician". Astrologer still had a healthy dose of criticism back then, though. - Astrology was a major field of study in universities in Europe, well ingrained in daily life. - It died out in the 17th century, mostly due to the increasing emphasis on science being increasingly and misleadingly viewed as separate from astrology, the church, and astrologers falling into disrepute due to political involvement. - Its resurgence in the 19th century saw an oversimplified, and largely 'spiritualised' version of astrologer. This is because this period also saw an increased interest in the occult and mystic. - Since becoming conflated, astrology has become even further diluted, but this is not to say that every new discovery has been wrong; modern interpretation is crucial to informing the bigger picture of astrology and how we can utilise it. But it is vital to be critical and separate it from pop culture nonsense, aimed at lost and desperate people looking for quick answers and confirmation bias, and have some media literacy.

So, how does astrology work?

: ̗̀➛ Astrology has NOTHING to do with the physical constellations. Astrology is based on the signs on the ecliptic (the path of the sun amongst the constellations, which is the plane of the earth's orbit).

: ̗̀➛ The equator has 15 constellations, and the ecliptic has 13. So why do we have 12 zodiac signs? This is because babylonians divided the ecliptic into 12 equal segments of 30 degrees each thousands of years ago. The ecliptic was divided into SIGNS. 12 constellations were just used to identify where in the sky each sign would be, at the time for ease of astronomical mapping/calculation - it is merely symbolic. This is why Opphiuchus is not the 13th Zodiac SIGN, although it is a constellation (and has always been known).

: ̗̀➛ Another reason why they are not based off the physical constellations is because the actual size of the constellations vary massively in size. Below is a representation of this:

: ̗̀➛ As you can see, Virgo, for instance is huge, and on a literal view overlaps into the next segment because the constellations do not all equally fit a 30 degree division. Yet, we do not give scorpio like 5 days for its season, because the physical constellation does not dictate anything meaningful.

This gives us the tropical zodiac, which is to do with the earth's seasons:

: ̗̀➛ The solstices are therefore reference points for Capricorn and Cancer (tropic of capricorn and tropic of cancer), not the constellations themselves. Accordingly, the spring equinox is marked by Aries (with the sun entering the segment of Aries at 0 degrees until 29), and the autumn equinox by Libra.

: ̗̀➛ The precession of the equinoxes, are therefore irrelevant to astrology (and this is why vedic/sidereal is, in my opinion inaccurate). The slow change of the direction of the earth's axial tilt, over around 26000 years, cause a precession of the equinoxes. This means, the segment of the sky that used to be identified by the Aries constellation from the earth's position at the time, is now looking at Pisces. But as we know, astrology has nothing to do with the physical location of the constellations. Vedic astrologers use sidereal positioning, aka taking into account the precession of the equinoxes, yet they still divide the ecliptic in the same way. This causes problems, leading to many branches in vedic because few agree on where aries actually even starts. But, I will write an extension of this segment in a future post on tropical vs vedic/sidereal astrology.

Where does astrological meaning come from?

As explained above, constellations do not give us meaning, the planets in the signs do (of which the signs' names just derive from where the constellations were at the time, i.e. are merely symbolic).

Astrology operates in a heliocentric context, in that its setting is derived from the solstices (as the sun is what gives us life) and the ecliptic etc, but is geocentric in function in that the meaning comes from how the celestial bodies going through the signs affect us on earth; it is all about OUR relation to the planets, not constellations.

Returning to the quote above (as above so below...), what happens up up there reflects its energies down on us below. For thousands of millenia, astrologers have developed an accurate pattern recognition framework which aligns with the maths and astronomy. This was done using the ephemeris, which tracked the trajectory of celestial bodies against the context of worldly (mundane), or natal events. Eventually, this knowledge could be used for predictions, (to understand transits, or for electional and horary astrology), by utilising the knowledge of how the trajectories of the planets and their interactions with eachother in what sign and house affected what.

Why does it affect us? Well, all the things that happen above us radiate energies. But when I talk about energies, I do not mean it in some spiritual sense, it is quite literal. Everything has frequencies. As mentioned above, astrologers, since the Bablyonian times, have studied these patterns and created an objective framework to align with it. Physical energies or not there is direct causation. The moon for instance, affects the tides on the planet because of its gravitational pull. We are 70% water, there is little reason to deny that the moon cannot affect us either (it does). Perhaps you might understand your broken leg as because of being hit by a car. But astrology can assess the chart of the event, and transits to your own chart to provide further explanation of why you got hit by a car in the first place, and why it caused a broken leg etc. Subsequently, the energies of what happens above relate to the themes found in planets, signs, houses, aspects, asteroids etc - but these energies are not set in stone as explained above.

Ultimately, it is disappointingly small-minded to think that there is nothing 'greater' than the physical reality we tether ourselves to. We are in fact part of something bigger; and again I do not mean this in some culty spiritual hippy sense. It is literally a fact, the world and cosmos at large is so vast, mysterious, and beautiful, how could anyone deny the interconnected web we are all collectively a part of. We might never fully understand the mechanisms of the universe, but what we can do is use the information we do have to make use of it and help inform us on how to live better lives. The fact there is something 'greater' inherent in our lives, connecting everything, which is objectively difficult to truly grasp, is not a reason to reject it. A lot of people who are averse to astrology (which used to be me) are those who pride themselves on rationality and objectivity, yet are restricting themselves to a very particular interpretation of what rationality and objectivity means.

With all this said, I hope it has helped someone understand and appreciate astrology better. There is such a fascinating rich and deep history to it, spanning various cultures and eras, making it difficult to at least not enjoy learning about even if one still chooses to not practise it. I would like to reiterate, however, that to truly embrace astrology and its millenia of knowledge, evidence, and practice behind it, one must divorce its concept from pop culture astrology.

[annabelle--cane]

I got into tma in 2022 on a road trip with no internet and then only tangentially interacted with the fandom (light hcs, fanart) and I am. so compelled to understand what the fandom was like in 2020. what were the takes. why was it so awful. does it explain why every time I try to look into protocol I get a rancid Vibe and jump back 5 feet.

to preface: on scale, it really wasn't any worse than your average fandom, it just A) got Very popular over a short period and B) that period was during a time of particularly high stress where many people suddenly could only experience a social life online. tma is also a fairly political and progressive work, which inevitably leads to certain kinds of Takes. it also got Very popular right at the point where the episodes were reaching their peak of explicit social commentary and sustained morbid tone, which, especially combined with point B from above, drew out some really visceral reactions from a lot of people. nothing was actually inherently rancid about 2020-2021 tma fandom, there was just a bit of a perfect storm of factors.

having said that. some common discourse themes:

the perennial shipping discourse. georgie is the only one of our leads to have never killed a person, but really, I pinky promise that your ship between two unrepentant serial killers is 100x more problematic than my ship between two unrepentant serial killers.

asexuality: how dangerous is it? on a scale of 1-5, with 1 being "mostly" to 5 being "completely," how humiliating is it to be asexual? what is the singular true asexual experience that is unproblematic to write about?

wow, jonny was so out of line for writing this episode, what gives him the right to--oh he said it's directly based on personal experiences? so sorry, my bad, I'll learn for next time. wow, jonny was so out of line for writing this epi--

I did not like this episode. this is obviously a direct act of violence against me. why would an episode be Not Good when there is, in the world, Sadness?

hello, I have sorted all of the characters into a simple chart that clearly delineates which of them are completely irredeemable monsters with no interiority or motives and which of them are perfect angel victims who have only ever been nice and never hurt anyone, ever (and if they did hurt someone then that person deserved it). if I see you adding nuance to any of my rulings, I will kill you. this also extends to the podcast writers. #ilovebinaries.

the characters... are queer... and maybe even other marginalized identities as well... and yet, they do bad things? there's not even a single completely morally innocent character? by god, did they not think about the implications this might have!

web!martin. lol people are so stupid for thinking that the theory is at all plausible, media comprehension much? that would lichrally imply that a queer, poor, mentally ill character might be capable of badness. what do you mean we are currently listening to an arc where he's an accomplice to serial murder.

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Energy Update: Venus retrograde Spring 2025

We are coming up fast on another Venus retrograde cycle. This time, Venus will retrograde from 10° Aries on 3/1 to 24° Pisces on 4/12. This is a complicated retrograde, including the switchover between two signs; in this case, the switchover from Sign 12, Pisces, to Sign 1, Aries. This line between Pisces and Aries represents the ending (Pisces) and the beginning (Aries) on the horoscope wheel. This point between 29° Pisces and 00° Aries is central to the astrology of the entire year, and Venus is our groundbreaking planet.

The Set Up

Venus retrograde is comprised of three stages:

This is the reason many people associate retrogrades with lessons: as Venus changes directions in the sky, it moves over each point it crosses thrice: first in forward motion in the pre-retrograde phase, a second time in backward motion through retrograde, and a third time in forward motion in its post-retrograde phase. It tends to put any planet it aspects (in the skies or in your charts) under a microscope as you get a deep dish serving of how that planet interacts with Venus.

Venus is exalted in the mutable water sign of Pisces and at her fall in the cardinal fire sign of Aries. Pisces, as sign 12, is concerned with the collective - the eternal other; Aries, as sign 1, is concerned with the self. If Pisces is the theoretical desolvation of ego death, Aries is ego birth. They sit side by side with one another - this is one of the great mysteries of our astrological story.

Several other major astrological things are going on around the border between Pisces and Aries that are worth mentioning here. Saturn and Neptune are moving to exit Pisces in the next couple of months. Mercury will be moving through Pisces to then retrograde in Aries at 09° (only 1 degree off from Venus) during Venus's retrograde. Additionally, the North Node has just entered Pisces and is working backward through the sign (it naturally moves retrograde the planets). The Sun will do this, too, on our Spring Equinox. This is putting a huge amount of emphasis (and pressure) on this degree - 00° Aries - which is the first degree of the entire horoscope wheel.

As Venus moves through her retrograde cycle, she will conjunct Saturn twice and Neptune and the North Node thrice. She will also sextile Pluto in Capricorn thrice, trine Mars in Cancer, and conjunct both the Sun and Mercury.

The Details

All eyes are on the crossover between 29° Pisces and 00° Aries, which will experience a whopping 25 planetary transits over 2025. The demarcation delineates the end of the horoscope wheel (Pisces, sign #12) from the beginning (Aries, sign #1) and is, at once, both an ending AND a beginning. This is one of the mysteries of astrology - as it tracks the wheel of life (time and the seasons), everything comes back around again. Normally, planets move across the boundary in a forward direction, going from 29° Pisces (an ending) to 00° Aries (the beginning). This year, though, four planets - Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Neptune - all retrograde backward across these degrees.

Although planetary retrogrades are "business as usual" (just a different expression of the planetary energy), four retrogrades over the same degrees are not. This is highly unusual and, therefore, highly significant astrologically.

The bulk of this post is going to be about Venus, but I would be remiss if I didn't mention that she isn't retrograding in a vacuum. She is merely the vanguard, the forward scout, the first of our planetary grouping to cross the threshold into 00° Aries this year.

The planets will cross over the threshold of 00° Aries (not counting the moon, which does so at least once every month) in the following order: Venus, Mercury, Sun, Venus (retrograde), Mercury (retrograde), Neptune, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Saturn (retrograde), and Neptune (retrograde). All of our personal planets will be moving through Aries this spring, while Saturn and Neptune will continue to do so throughout this year and into the next. This shows us that we are in the beginning phases of something but not quite ready to move forward. There will be a lot of missteps and false starts in this process. We will all need to pause and realign, perhaps over and over again throughout this year. This is quite in line with 2025's numerological "9" energy (2+0+2+5=9); 9 is a completion number. It is often called on by repetitions of threes. As mentioned above, there are three phases in every retrograde cycle.

Speaking about every planet involved in this year-long transit is outside of the scope of this article. instead, we focus on our first hit of this lesson through Venus, our planet of pleasure and getting what we want. Venus, along with Mars, is one of our two relationship planets. Traditionally, she is viewed as our receptive planet, although as we continue to revise our ideas of masculinity and femininity, this is beginning to change. She is the Divine Feminine, not in a woo new age way but in the way or in a way that discludes her use to non-femme identifying folks, but in the sense that she rules the archetypes of femininity: beauty, comfort, and love. She is a She because she CHOOSES to be, and she is a fierce defender of anyone's choice to be whatever they wish to be. She is feminity divorced from the yolk of motherhood (generally associated with the moon); she is the divine shapeshifter, and her art is beauty,

That said, like all of the signs, She is not confined to one ideal of what is beautiful, as in each sign, she expresses a different face to beauty. She is the reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and she encourages you to be the beautiful person YOU want to be. Although we associate her with peace and negotiation (she was traditionally known as the Lesser Benefic), she will go to war to defend the right to be the woman (or man, or nonbinary folk) that you really are. That seems important to point out in these times.

In Pisces, Venus carries the sacred heart - she has realized that everyone in the entire world is worthy of love just as they are. She is the ideal - the exalted expression of Venusian energy. In Aries, she is a holy terror, fierce and wild in her need to defend anyone's right to be their whole and completely imperfect selves. Venus is in her exile in the cardinal fire sign, but this retrograde cycle shows us that we need both - the best and the harder-to-handle expressions of Venus during this time. As we move forward and backward between these two signs, we need both - the lover AND the fighter - for the path that lies ahead of us.

It is worth noting here that for the last year and a half, the North Node - the point of forward-facing fate - was pointed towards Aries and the individualized self, but in January 2025, it moved on and into Pisces. We all, as a collective, will be forced to confront the reality of our shared future. Although we walk as one, we all live as a whole far more than modern life likes to acknowledge. Right now, most of us are far more comfortable in Aries energy. Still, we are about to have a distinctly Piscean moment, especially in and around the upcoming eclipse cycle (which coincides with this retrograde).

While Venus enters her pre-retrograde shadow at 24° Pisces on 1/28, she will already be in conjunction with the North Node, and that conjunction won't break until after her post-retrograde shadow ends. This affirms for us what should already be quite obvious: this retrograde cycle matters. It matters quite a lot. It will likely be life-changing for some people.

Many astrologers will talk solely about how Venus retrogrades affect Big "R" Relationships, which is fair as Venus, along with Mars, does rule romantic and sexual attraction, but this is fairly short-sighted. Venus rules pleasure in all forms and most especially, esthetic pleasure. She is the patron of the arts and of all things that make us feel good: good food, good drink, luxurious clothing, objects of beauty, and so much more. She is also one-half of all conflicts – the half that seeks to find common ground and compromise (the other half being Mars, who almost always wants to fight it out). When Venus is poorly aligned in our skies – either by planetary placement, by aspect, or in retrograde – it is harder to do Venusian things. It is harder to make art. It is harder to find patronage or get tips. It is harder to seek out a compromise and avoid conflicts or war. It is harder to find joy or just enjoy your life as a whole.

As one of the personal planets, Venus retrogrades are felt - to a greater or lesser degree - by everybody. Those that will feel this retrograde the strongest are likely to be Libras (Sun, Moon, Ascendant, Mercury, Venus, and Mars), especially first decan Libras, as their sign is ruled by Venus AND they will be impacted by an opposition to retrograde Venus. Followed by that would be anyone with a planet between 24-29 degrees Pisces or Virgo, and 00-10 degrees Aries. Then, the same degrees Gemini/Sag and Cancer/Capricorn, respectively. Luminaries, personal planets, and Jupiter and Saturn only here (unless Venus is crossing over your outer planets in exact conjunction).

Venus retrogrades are break-up weather; that much is unavoidable. This one may be doubly so because it follows so close on the heels of our Mars retrograde, but it could be the opposite, as everyone who needed to break up may already have done so. You don't need to fear that if you are in a healthy relationship where both parties are committed to working things out. This will trigger some Aries and Libra types who are still nursing their wounds from the Aries-Libra lunar node shit that rocked our world throughout 2023-2024.

The big flex with all retrogrades is to pay attention to what is coming up in your own life. Something needs tending. Tend to it.

This will be easier done when Venus is in Aries, who likes to be direct and get to the point, and less so when she is in Pisces, who - in its immature form - would rather hide its head in the sand and pretend that conflict doesn't exist. Watch out for the stories we tell ourselves. Are they true? Are they kind? Are they serving the person that we want to become?

This retrograde cycle is likely to feel extremely uncomfortable at varying times. It also overlaps with Mercury's retrograde cycle. We might not be telling the truth out of a desire to keep the peace, but it's not working as intended.

It's worth noting here that Mercury and Venus will retrograde over almost exactly the same degrees - Mercury from 09° Aries to 25° Pisces and Venus 10° Aries to 24° Pisces, this is going to put a HUGE amount of pressure on these degrees. If you have a personal planet in this zone - pay attention. Both of these retrogrades will conjunct Saturn, Neptune, and the North Node.

I don't think we need to worry about Neptune here; he may muddy the waters a bit, but Piscean energy will do that anyway. Saturn, though...

Saturn was traditionally known as the Great Malefic because his energy is so damn intense. He is consequences coming right back around to show you what you did wrong. Or what you did right. We don't talk about that as often. A reward is as much a consequence as a punishment is.

If you are prone to depression, be aware that Saturn almost always makes this worse and take actions now to support yourself through this transit - ESPECIALLY if you are a personal planet or luminary between 24-29 degrees or 00-10 degrees OF ANY SIGN. Saturn is just so heavy. The combination of Saturn + Venus weighs heavily in Saturn's favor; it can feel like all of the light has gone out in the world.

There aren't a lot of ways to remediate this. Any way that you can get or stay in your own heart energy will help here. If you work with crystals, rose quartz or lepidolite could be a girl's best friend (nongendered). Schedule time to do the things that you love. Look for the little glimmers that give you happy brain chemicals wherever you can. Heart-opening yoga poses can be helpful here, as can remembering to get outside in nature and move your body. We're all different: make a list of things that work for you now and refer to it early and often.

People tend to be excessively unkind when Venus is in retrograde, and Saturn will extenuate this - work at remembering that other people's reactions are not a reflection of you. Holding personal boundaries will probably be a must. Make time to see the people who make your heart grow two sizes, and limit time with people who turn you into a Grinch.

In the end, it is what it is. We are all going to have to live through these rough transits, whether we like them or not. But, with so much emphasis on 00° Aries, I can't help but believe that this IS working to our advantage; it may simply take a while before we get there. We ARE starting something. A new beginning IS on the horizon. Maybe it doesn't matter if we're taking two steps back as long as we took three steps forward in the first place.

The Details

1/28 - Venus enters her pre-retrograde shadow 24° Pisces 2/1 - Venus conjunct Neptune 27° Pisces (1) 2/3 - Venus conjunct North Node 29° Pisces (1) 2/4 - Venus enters Aries 2/7 - Venus in Aries sextile Pluto in Aquarius (1) 3/1 - Venus retrogrades 10° Aries 3/11 - Mercury conjunct retrograde Venus 08° Aries 3/14 - Lunar eclipse 23° Virgo 3/15 - Mercury retrogrades 09° Aries 3/21 - Retrograde Venus in Aries sextile Pluto in Aquarius (2) 3/23 - Sun conjunct Venus 03° Aries 3/27 - Retrograde Venus enters Pisces, Retrograde Venus conjunct Neptune in Pisces (2) 3/29 - Solar eclipse 09° Aries, retrograde Mercury enters Pisces 3/30 - Neptune enters Aries 4/2 - Retrograde Venus conjunct North Node 26° Pisces (2) 4/6 - Retrograde Venus in Pisces trine Mars in Cancer 4/7 - Mercury stations direct 26° Pisces, Retrograde Venus conjunct Saturn 25° Pisces (1) 4/8 - Retrograde Venus in Pisces sextile Uranus in Taurus (1) 4/12 = Full moon 23° Libra, Venus stations direct 24° Pisces 4/20 - Venus conjunct North Node 25° Pisces (3), Venus in Pisces sextile Uranus in Taurus (2) 4/22 - Venus conjunct Saturn 26° Pisces (2) 4/17 - New moon 07° Taurus 4/20 - Venus enters Aries 4/21 - Venus conjunct Neptune 01° Aries (3) 4/6 - Venus in Aries sextile Pluto in Aquarius (3) 4/16 - Venus exits her post-retrograde shadow 10° Aries

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Hi do you have any brainy thoughts on the disney movie inside out (and the sequel). My family and i went to go see inside out 2 today and i kind of hate it. Theres something about presenting an office, its warehouse and all the associated mechanisms as the objective truth of our minds that i dont especially like, but i dont really care about that ultimately. But what i do hate is the idea that we all feel the exact same emotions which can each be neatly identified and delineated, to the point that they act as entirely separate people in our heads. People who dress and look the same no matter who you as an individual are outside of extremely surface level changes (maybe). But I'm having a hard time articulating precisely what I dont like about it. In your studies have you read about like ... the taxonomy of emotions or sensations ? Many therapists value the idea of each emotion being readily identifiable with a name. They have charts about it. It feels all in service of an understanding of ourselves rooted in flawed psychological frameworks. One in which the literal "mood disorder" exists

congrats on the only disney anon i would probably ever answer. yeah i saw the first inside out in like 2018 or 19 really stoned and this also pissed me off. in general when people start trying to present living things in really tidy taxonomical schemata i am immediately suspicious; what's being done is not 'reading' this or that out of nature but actively interpreting a phenomenon according to some set of predetermined rules or distinctions. in psychology this especially gained popularity toward the end of the 18th century and into the 19th: the notion of discrete brain 'functions' was the foundational assumption of phrenologists, and also intimately tied up with the idea that 'emotions' / affective states could be neatly distinguished, delineated, named, and ordered.

it's a really curious sort of dualism that ends up taking hold, esp in much of the anglo and german literature, where you the subject are configured as, on the one hand, a conscious experience resulting from your material brain, and yet, on the other hand, distinct enough from that very brain to experience a kind of dysphoric disjunction from its operations. in inside out, this is dramatised quite literally, as a conflict between the protagonist and the independent entities that 'are' her emotions (where the medium even allows each to be protrayed by a different actor!)---a better work might interrogate this schizophrenic conception of selfhood and ask, for instance, if such a portrayal of a split self is intended to resonate with many people's everyday experience, what is it that distinguishes the 'pathologically' fractured consciousness, and what does this suggest about what's at stake for those who seek to understand affective experience by naming and categorising it...?

& i do also find the warehouse metaphor odious haha. such a throwaway choice on the part of the filmmakers, but one that really speaks to both a failure of imagination (all forms of social organising must be one that i am already familiar with, even in a fully fictional and animated story) and a somewhat disturbing conception of human interiority (i would argue there's a continuity here from using the labourer-owner metaphor in a dramatisation of the mind, to broader attitudes about human dominion over 'nature').

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Astrology basics: House Ruler and Aspects

When figuring out the delineation of a certain astrological placement, start with the sign and house for its basic expression, and the ruler of the sign plus the aspects that the planet makes for the greater detail

Example: my moon is in Aries implying a fairly fast emotional process and an "it is what it is" attitude, and being in the 6th house gives a tendency to oversimplify daily tasks/rush through them or even start a structured routine and then give it up once that quick passion is gone, or perhaps even be enthusiastic about starting ur day and daily tasks etc. These are all possible interpretations but I will figure out which one it is based on the ruler and the aspects.

First of all, my moon trining Pluto/Mercury and squaring Saturn; highlighting the intensity and depth of my emotions (despite the fact that they are fast paced), how sharing them and talking about them helps me process them more easily, both positive things, AND my discipline when it comes to "controlling" them in order to keep up with my daily life and not like completely ruin it lol; okay but that's bad for my mental health I guess that is the square effect but it gets better with time and awareness.

Now the ruler being Mars is in Scorpio in my 12th house; leading me to believe that unless there is meaning, passion even obsession behind a certain action from my perspective, I will simply not do it. But like my head is also constantly in the clouds like I am always planning shit but not in a detailed way I'm just fantasizing ig? There needs to be a more tangible attitude to make it work.

So you see, while you may think that I'd be someone who gets excited to idk cook and clean and work and be productive, and I am to a certain extent, my action is inhibited because of the ruler in the 12th house placement.

Can u tell I went off track here lmao very moon in Aries of me but you get the point thank you for reading <3

Comment down one astrological placement in your chart with its details and I'll help you analyse it!!

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Part 2

Hello all! I just wanted to share what I have been learning while reading up on composite charts. The composite chart is a very interesting and helpful tool to show one what a relationship looks like with themselves and another person. The composite chart is casted by using the midpoint of each planet from each individual natal chart and creating a completely new chart for the individuals as one. This method can apply for just two people or multiple people. For a better understanding of midpoints in astrology, please click here.

In this post, I will be using the writings of Robert Hand, from his novel “Planets in Composite: Analyzing Human Relations” to explain the meaning and significance of each house in the composite chart. Please always keep in mind that this is only one vital step to reading an entire composite chart and should not be seriously considered without viewing everything as a whole. This is just one piece. Enjoy!

The Composite 7H

The composite seventh house, like the first, is a sign of a relationship in which the two people are truly trying to function as a unit. The seventh is the house of intimate one-to-one encounters. If a chart is on the whole favorable, a strong seventh house is a good indication that any kind of partnership, including marriage, can survive. A strong and well-aspected seventh house is not absolutely necessary for a marriage or business partnership, but it helps.

A clearly seventh-house relationship that is not well-aspected will still be an intimate encounter, but the people may be enemies or at least competitors. This is because the seventh is also the house of one’s open enemies.

Obviously a strong seventh house cannot guarantee a marriage between two people who love each other, but because they will think of themselves as a unit, it is quite likely that they will get married or at least live together.

A strong seventh-house chart is also favorable to any one-to-one relationship in which one person consults the other, such as a patient and doctor, patient and psychotherapist, client and astrologer, client and lawyer, or client and any other type of professional.

The Composite 8H

In traditional astrology, one meaning of the eighth house has been joint finances and property, or the “partner’s” finances and property. In a composite chart it is difficult to distinguish between the meanings of the second and eighth, because one cannot clearly distinguish between the two partners. One difference is that the eighth house can refer to finances and property of people outside the relationship. Otherwise it is difficult to separate the two houses, insofar as they both refer to value and things that are valued. Therefore the reader is urged to review the second house for further information.

Traditionally it is the house of death, but this meaning is not limited to actual physical death. It really means the passing away of an old order and the building up of a new one. Therefore we refer to the eighth house as the house of major transformations.

A strong eighth house may signify some great involvement with property, but it is more likely to mean a relationship of great significance that will bring about major changes in the lives of the two people, especially at the psychological level.

Whenever you encounter a strong eighth-house chart, be sure to keep in mind the double nature of this house. It’s effects can be manifested at either level or both at once.

The Composite 9H

The composite ninth house signifies the overall view of the world taken by the persons involved in a relationship. The phrase “consciousness-expanding” is often used in the delineations, because a ninth-house relationship usually broadens the views of the two people. They are exposed to new ideas and forced to think in terms of a broader spectrum of possibilities than before.

Since the ninth is the house of ideas and consciousness, a strong ninth house enables people to communicate at a very high level. They can really understand each other and share their views with one another. Of course, difficult aspects to this house, especially involving Saturn, can turn this around so that failure of communication becomes a major factor that weakens the relationship. Similarly, some planetary combinations, particularly Mars and Pluto, can create intense competition on the intellectual level and great resistance to each other’s views. The one certainty is that a strong ninth house will make it very important that the two people have a strong intellectual relationship. If they do not, that fact will be the major source of difficulty between them.

The Composite 10H

The tenth house in the composite chart has much the same significance that it has in the conventional natal chart. However, “career” seems to have little relevance for a relationship, unless it is a business or professional relationship. But even in an individual horoscope, the tenth house has a much deeper meaning. It tells about a person’s development as an individual, a unique human being, and how they establish that uniqueness in the world. Because of this, the tenth house refers to status and reputation. It also tells about the directions of a person’s evolution and the principal occurrences of that process. All these matters apply in a composite chart, especially the uniqueness and evolutionary purpose of a relationship, both for the persons involved and for the outside world.

A strong tenth-house relationship will be more than normally concerned with directions. The two people will often ask, “What purpose does this serve in my life?” And often the encounter with each other will help them find out exactly what they are doing in this world.

The issues of the tenth house are more than ideals and hopes, which are ruled by the eleventh. They are plans that will probably be realized, because they are the real intention of the relationship.

The Composite 11H

A strong eleventh house is very appropriate in a composite chart, for it is the house of friendship. It does not limit a relationship to friendship, but it helps two people to be friendly in whatever they are doing together. This is especially important in a sexual relationship; lovers who have a strong eleventh house will also be friends. A strong eleventh house is an excellent house for a marriage composite.

Because it is also the house of hopes and wishes, a good, well-aspected eleventh house gives a relationship a strong sense of shared ideals. Both persons are looking for the same things in life.

Difficult aspects, especially those of Saturn, may bring about conflicts of ideals in a relationship. Or friendship may be denied, limiting a relationship to a purely professional one or a purely sexual one, without friendship.

In any case, a couple with a strong eleventh house must be able to share with each other a great deal of their lives. Otherwise it is not likely to be a very successful relationship.

The Composite 12H

The composite twelfth house has many of the same meaning as it has in an ordinary birth chart.

Basically, the twelfth house represents repressed thoughts. It signifies once-conscious ideas that have been eliminated from the waking mind because the mind has chosen not to deal with them. The twelfth also clearly indicates the environmental factors that has caused the thoughts to be repressed. The traditional meanings concerning hospitals, prisons, and other places of confinement do not really apply here.

In a strongly twelfth-house relationship, the persons involved do many things to and with each other that do not make sense in terms of what is really happening between them. As a result, they wind up dealing with behavior patterns automatically when they should be making a thorough, conscious evaluation of them. Even when a couple makes a great effort to deal with problems consciously and openly, There is often more going on that is raw, intimate, and heavily psychological than most people can deal with in a personal relationship.

If people can handle what comes up in a twelfth-house relationship, fine, and some people even enjoy such a relationship. Marriage is not normally recommended for a couple with very strong twelfth house. But there are those who benefit greatly from intense, day-to-day psychological encounters.

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astro notes: daily transits & horoscopes 11/23

Saturday brings a mixed bag of energies as the Virgo Moon’s opposition to Saturn highlights frustrations with inefficiencies and imperfections. However, the mood shifts by evening with a harmonious Moon–Venus trine, fostering forgiveness, warmth, and connection. The day offers a progression from critical scrutiny to soothing affection, reminding us of the value of balancing discipline with compassion.

Rising Sign Delineations:

Aries Rising The Virgo Moon and Saturn opposition spotlights work or health routines that feel restrictive, urging you to refine your approach. By evening, the Moon–Venus trine in your 6th and 10th houses soothes career tensions, allowing for collaborative problem-solving and supportive interactions.

Taurus Rising The Moon–Saturn opposition between your 5th and 11th houses may surface frustrations in creative projects or group dynamics. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine restores harmony, encouraging joyful self-expression and romantic or social connections.

Gemini Rising Challenges at home or in private matters come to light as the Virgo Moon opposes Saturn in your 4th and 8th houses. By evening, the Moon–Venus trine helps smooth over emotional tensions, offering opportunities for heartfelt discussions or practical resolutions.

Cancer Rising The Virgo Moon’s opposition to Saturn between your 3rd and 9th houses could highlight communication breakdowns or travel delays. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine in earth signs helps mend misunderstandings, creating space for productive and meaningful conversations.

Leo Rising Financial frustrations or inefficiencies related to shared resources might arise under the Moon–Saturn opposition in your 2nd and 8th houses. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine brings relief, fostering cooperation in resolving these matters or simply indulging in well-earned comforts.

Virgo Rising With the Virgo Moon opposite Saturn in your 1st and 7th houses, relationship dynamics may feel strained as criticisms or insecurities come to the surface. Evening brings a shift with the Moon–Venus trine, encouraging reconciliation and mutual understanding.

Libra Rising The Moon–Saturn opposition in your 12th and 6th houses highlights hidden anxieties about work or health. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine provides a much-needed reprieve, offering emotional clarity and the chance to unwind in supportive company.

Scorpio Rising Group dynamics or collaborative efforts may feel tense as the Virgo Moon opposes Saturn in your 11th and 5th houses. By evening, the Moon–Venus trine inspires enjoyable social interactions and creative collaborations, reigniting your passion and optimism.

Sagittarius Rising Professional or public responsibilities may feel burdensome under the Moon–Saturn opposition in your 10th and 4th houses. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine lightens the mood, supporting connections that help balance work and personal life with grace.

Capricorn Rising The Virgo Moon’s opposition to Saturn in your 9th and 3rd houses could challenge your plans or beliefs, urging you to rethink your approach. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine offers a moment of reprieve, ideal for thoughtful conversations or inspiring creative pursuits.

Aquarius Rising The Moon–Saturn opposition between your 8th and 2nd houses might emphasize frustrations with shared finances or personal security. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine brings harmony to these matters, encouraging collaboration and trust in finding solutions.

Pisces Rising Relationship tensions may arise as the Virgo Moon opposes Saturn in your 7th and 1st houses, spotlighting critical or restrictive dynamics. Evening’s Moon–Venus trine restores balance, fostering affectionate exchanges and a renewed sense of partnership.

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Transcript:

Peter Apian (1495-1552) Michael Ostendorfer (ca. 1490-1549) Artist

Astronomicum Caesareum

Ingolstadt 1540

Rare Book Division

This work is considered to be one of the most beautiful and spectacular contributions to the art of I6th-century book making. Astronomicum Caesareum was published by Petrus Apianus (Peter Apian), one of the foremost mathematicians, astronomers, and cartographers of the ith century. The book's title translates to "Imperial Astronomy" and is a direct reference to its two dedicatees, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and King Ferdinand I of Spain.

This is a particularly vibrant, pristine copy of Astronomicum Caesareum, which is perhaps Apian's most notable published work. The book features more than 20 elaborately decorated rotating disks, called volvelles, which, when manipulated, represent the functions of the astrolabe and other astronomical instruments used to calculate the positions of stars and planets. As one might imagine, over time and with use, these moving paper elements do not often survive intact.

This book was extremely cool. You can’t really tell from the photo how thick that stack of discs is, but it is… uh…. thick.

Transcript:

Andreas Cellarius (ca. 1596-1665)

Harmonia Macrocosmica

Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius 1661

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

The only celestial atlas published in the Netherlands during the golden age of Dutch cartography, Harmonia Macrocosmica completes the multivolume history of all creation first conceived by Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It consists of 29 charts depicting the competing worldviews of Claudius Ptolemy, Martianus Capella, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. Engraved plates in the Baroque style illustrate more than 400 pages of text and depict the motions of the sun, moon, and planets, as well as delineations of classical and biblical constellations. In the preface, Cellarius notes his intention to create a second volume to address the new astronomical observations made available by the invention of the telescope. Unfortunately, this was never realized, due to his death in 1665.

[diasporicfemme]

Astrology of Situationships Pt 1

Ah, the dreaded situationship. A symptom of our post-capitalist malaise. I don’t want to spend too long diagnosing the origins of situationships and their normalization in our collective popular consciousness because that will take a whole set of blog posts 😩😂

In the first part of this post, I’m going to look at some astrological significations in natal charts that suggest the potential for situationships in romantic interactions.

DISCLAIMER: It’s worth noting that each of these placements might get into or end up in situationships for varied reasons, and they are not all tales of victimization. Some of these placements can actually be the perpetrator, or swing back and forth both ends of the spectrum like a pendulum.

As always, reading a chart is a holistic exercise, and these placements should not be analyzed in isolation, as it will not reveal the full picture. These are archetypical descriptions. You might have these placements but these delineations may not apply to you because of specific details in your own chart. 

Natal Placements

Venus

Venus in Aries

Simply put, venus in Aries can be selfish AF. As a cardinal sign, they are typically better at starting relationships than maintaining them. Venus is in detriment in Aries (a sign ruled by Mars) so this means that Venus is uncomfortable and not functioning how it prefers to. They can hop from one partner to the other, and may be reluctant to commit.

Venus square/opposite Moon

In a man’s chart, this can show that his relationship to the feminine is conflicted. What he wants from women or the energy he expects from the feminine is misaligned with what makes him feel emotionally safe. What he wants and what he needs tend to be two very different things. This can create a yo-yo effect in relationships as his confusion or indecision will ensure he remains non-committal in relationships. In a woman’s chart, her relationship to her own femininity is fraught, which can signify a lack of self-esteem and low self-worth, leading to people-pleasing and an inability to set boundaries in relationships.

Venus conjunct Mars (depending on what signs both are in)

Similar to Venus in Aries, Venus conjunct Mars can exhibit more martian traits in love and romance. They can be impulsive and their interest may not be easily sustained. However, this depends on the sign and house the planets are in.

Venus square/opposite Mars (depending on their mercury) 

With this placement, what a person wants may not appear to align with the actions they take. This can confuse their partner if the Venus square Mars person is not able to communicate clearly. This signification depends on the condition of their mercury, which shows how they express themselves. 

Venus aspecting Neptune 

Neptune is the planet of illusions so when a person’s natal Venus aspects Neptune, they might be prone to giving mixed signals or proceeding with unclear intentions in romantic relationships. On the other hand, they can be more prone to delusion, or to staying in illusive situations. 

Venus aspecting Pluto 

With this placement, power and control are highlighted in relationships. The native could be prone to exerting control or domination over partners, or could  attract people who attempt to do the same to them.  

Venus conjunct/square/opposite Jupiter 

Venus negatively aspecting Jupiter can signify untamed desires. The native can struggle with knowing when to stop and typically goes over the top in the pursuit of pleasure, which can manifest in dealing with multiple people at the same time and/or unclear boundaries in relationships.

Venus conjunct/square/opposite Lilith 

This placement is super sexy and easily attracts others to themselves. Despite this, people with this placement could repeatedly end up in situationships as potential partners fear losing control in the relationship due to the emotions this placement arouses in them. 

Venus aspecting Uranus

Uranus indicates sudden and unexpected shocks, so when this planet aspects Venus, relationships can end as quickly as they begin, or potential partners are liable to switch up on you with no warning.

Venus in the 2nd, 5th, 11th, and 12th houses

If Venus in the 2nd house is afflicted, the native could struggle with self worth issues which could lead to compromising themselves in relationships and a lack of strong boundaries.

Venus in the 5th house of pleasure could be a player, as they might be determined to pursue every viable option.

Venus in the 11th house is prone to getting into relationships with their friends, which could lead to friends-with-benefits situations.

Venus in the 12th house could experience people trying to hide their relationship or keeping them a secret. They could also be the one to do this to others.

Mars

Mars aspecting Jupiter

This can indicate a very high sex drive, and might show that the person is prone to pursuing multiple options at the same time. This also depends on what houses and signs the planets are in.

Mars aspecting Neptune

The person’s actions could have unclear intentions, and they might move in ways that disregard boundaries or may have issues setting appropriate boundaries with themselves and others. 

Mars aspecting uranus

This can point to someone with unpredictable behaviour. This could also signify someone that takes sudden shocking actions in relationships e.g sudden breakups and reconciliations.

Mars in the 1st house, 5th, 9th and 12th houses 

Mars in the 1st house can be extremely attractive and alluring, but also extremely selfish. 

Mars in the 5th house can be pretty lusty and also have a lot of success dating which could lead to being non-committal since they have a lot of options.

Mars in the 9th house can be non-committal since they aren’t focused on something as mundane as a relationship. They are concerned with their freedom first and foremost and this can externalise itself in an avoidance of commitment

Mars in the 12th house could experience boundary issues or issues with asserting themselves. 

Moon

Moon aspecting Neptune

Moon aspecting Neptune could show an inability to set emotional boundaries, or a lack of clarity around one’s emotional needs.

Moon aspecting saturn 

Moon aspecting Saturn can find it hard to open up and connect with others as they sometimes feel that there is a barrier to their emotional self-expression. This can make them come across as ambivalent in relationships.

Moon aspecting Mars

This is a lusty placement, and depending on the house, the person could be more interested in initiating romantic relationships than maintaining them once the sexual passion has died down. 

Moon aspecting Uranus

Their emotions can be erratic. It can be hard to pin this person down emotionally, and the inconsistency of their emotional world can make it so that they find it hard to know what they want or provide clarity to others in relationships.

Moon-Chiron

This person is extremely sensitive and might have deep emotional wounding that could affect their self worth. This depends on what house this placement is in.

Moon in the houses

Moon in the 2nd house

If the Moon in the 2nd house is afflicted, the native could struggle with self worth issues which can cause them to make self-detrimental compromises in relationships.

Moon in the 7th house

If the Moon is afflicted in the 7th house, this person can display codependent tendencies in relationships.

Jupiter

Jupiter in the 5th house

Jupiter in 5th house could have many romantic or love options, and may take advantage of this to play the field.

Jupiter in the 7th house

This can indicate many partners or multiple partners, depending on the state of the planet, the aspects it makes and what sign it’s in.

[hoodreader]

astrology takes i disagree with the most. part one?

one: “the ascendant is the “persona” or “mask””

why i disagree: why would the ascendant/1H - the point that will set the precedent for all of the other houses… the house that represents ur soul/spirit’s manifestation into the physical realm… the house u read for ur birth… be something as superficial as ur ‘mask.’ if anything, the house that would be ur mask would be ur TENTH, b/c that’s where people see our surface. they assume about us based on this house. this is the house the non-intimate public interacts with.

two: “an empty house means u struggle with the themes of that house”

why i disagree: there is already an indicator of struggle or hardship in the chart, and that’s in general the malefic bodies (the nodes, saturn, mars but specifically saturn represents hardship). unless an empty house is afflicted otherwise through the conditions of the lord, then no. the empty house doesn’t delineate struggle. it more often delineates some form of relative ‘contentedness’ or ‘indifference’ by the native. someone with an empty 1st might not think about their selfhood/sense of self much. compared to someone with venus in the 1st. bc planetary energy isn’t brought there. now the native could be somewhat unaware of those houses’ themes, but that isn’t necessarily a struggle

three: “mars is the planet of sex” (tw mentions sa)

why i disagree: mars is about severing. and mars is displeasurable. it’s pain, war, divorce. etc. when we have consensual sex, we connect with someone so much their pleasure becomes our own and vice versa. we come together. that’s very venutian but it’s not martian.

mars is read for violent and unconsensual sex, because rape or sexual abuse feels more like being torn apart than conjoined. at best, mars can explain the biological aspects of consensual sex (like how u work up a sweat because sex is a very active thing to do. or how u secrete fluids such as sweat & cum / squirt / etc during sex). but that’s because mars in general is unpleasant. it doesn’t feel good to be sweaty, or feel ur own cum between ur butt cheeks. but that comes with sex lol. but sex overall? for pleasure? venus. & i’d list almost every other planet as sexual before mars to be honest.

maybe i’ll add more!!

[saturnianoracle]

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆THE 9TH HOUSE⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆

Welcome to my blog...aka the 9th house! I've named it this as my chart ruler, mercury, is in my 9th house which represents many important themes in my life . I am very saturnian, however; saturn is conjunct my ascendant, and my chart ruler's ruler is also saturn (mutual reception b/w my merc and saturn and they also trine lol)- hence my username ♥ ✭∞∞∞∞✷∞∞∞∞✭ So essentially, I've decided to finally make a place to info dump all the word vomit I hoard in my head; ramblings, vents, and most importantly - astrology stuff (my latest hyperfixation, especially since pluto entered my 9th house lol). So yeah, mostly a place to catalogue all that stuff for myself, but it would be nice to get to know other people in the tumblr community too.

ׂ╰┈➤ ✣ABOUT ME

◦ I started properly getting into astrology in 2023, after superficialy dabbling in it since 2021. What previously closed my mind off to ever taking astrology seriously was the garbage pop culture astrology permeating the internet, and its modern day linke and use as solely a psychological tool/personality descriptor (more of this will be disucssed in the first post). ◦ As I've been learning, I wanted to create a place to consolidate my thoughts, hence this blog. The information derives from an amalgam of different sources, and I will try to cite where necessary/possible. I consider myself a forever student, however, and it is still very much early days in my astrological knowledge. ◦ P.S. I use the tropical zodiac, whole signs, traditional rulerships, and practise by using a blend of traditional and modern techniques and ideas. All my information is taken from various sources e.g. books, reddit, tumblr, tiktok, discord, websites, youtube etc.

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Just for fun, I have a:

ׂ╰┈➤ ♓️☉, ♍️☽, ♊️ rising, ♒️☿, ♓️♀︎, ♈️♂︎

⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆ASTROLOGY MASTERLIST⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆

Introduction to astrology:

✦ How to learn real astrology - astrology as an observable science; what it is and is not.

✦ Tropical vs Sidereal astrology - why I use tropical

✦ Whole signs vs Placidus house system - why I use whole signs

✦ Traditional vs Modern rulerships - why I use traditional

✦ Why using the ABC house system limits your learning (and is inaccurate)

The foundations of chart interpretation:

✦ The 12 zodiac signs

✦ The planets

✦ The houses (angular,succedent, cadent)

✦ The houses (1 - 12)

✦ How to interpret empty houses

✦ Modalities

✦ The nodes

✦ Aspects (major and minor)

✦ Essential dignities

Delineation:

✦ How to read and interpret chart transits

Astro ramblings:

✦ Pop astrology pains me + resources to explore hellenistic astrology

[subir-astrologer]

WHAT IS MAHADASHA IN VEDIC ASTROLOGY

MahaDasha are the period the period ruled by a planet among the 9 planets of vedic horoscope. In layman’s language, the delivery of an event which is promised in the horoscpe is learned from the mahadasha period.

Derived from the Sanskrit terms Maha (great) and Dasha (period), Mahadasha delineates the planetary rulership over various aspects of a person's life for a specific duration, as per their natal chart (birth chart or horoscope).

The Mahadasha system is based on the Vimshottari Dasha, the most commonly used dasha system in Vedic astrology.

Vimshottari Dasha divides a person's life into 120 years, assigning fixed time spans to nine planets (including the two shadow planets, Rahu and Ketu).

These planets influence different areas of life such as health, career, relationships, and spiritual growth. The sequence and duration of each Mahadasha are determined by the position of the Moon in a particular nakshatra (lunar mansion) at the time of birth.

Sequence and Duration of Planets in Vimshottari Dasha

1. Ketu - 7 years

2. Venus - 20 years

3. Sun - 6 years

4. Moon - 10 years

5. Mars - 7 years

6. Rahu - 18 years

7. Jupiter - 16 years

8. Saturn - 19 years

9. Mercury - 17 years

The sequence always follows this order, starting with the planet associated with the nakshatra of the Moon at birth.

Understanding Mahadasha Influence

Each planet carries unique qualities and governs specific areas of life. The Mahadasha of a planet amplifies its significance in the birth chart, based on its:

Placement in the chart (house, sign, and strength).

Relationship with other planets (aspects and conjunctions).

Functional role (benefic or malefic, depending on the ascendant).

For instance, the Mahadasha of Venus might bring wealth, love, and luxuries if Venus is well-placed in the chart, but challenges in relationships if afflicted. Similarly, Saturn Mahadasha may bring hard work, delays, and discipline, teaching life lessons through perseverance.

Sub-periods (Antardasha)

Each Mahadasha is further divided into sub-periods called Antardashas or Bhuktis, where the influence of other planets operates within the broader period of the ruling planet. These provide a more detailed understanding of the unfolding events.

Key Effects of Mahadasha

Positive Outcomes: When the ruling planet is strong, well-placed, and benefic, its Mahadasha brings growth, prosperity, and harmony.

Challenges: If the planet is weak, afflicted, or malefic, the Mahadasha may trigger obstacles, health issues, or setbacks.

Spiritual Growth: Certain Mahadashas, like those of Ketu or Jupiter, often lead to introspection and spiritual transformation.

Mahadasha is a cornerstone of Vedic astrology, helping to understand life cycles and their impact. By analyzing the Mahadasha and its sub-periods, astrologers can provide guidance on navigating life's challenges and maximizing opportunities.