Take your mind back to what was unfolding for you at the start of the year. Where were you mentally? Where were you professionally? Where were you in your home and family life? Where were you with your relationships and friendships? Reflect on the energetic space you were in at the start of the ye

Saturn “I achieve” Best quality: System and Organization Worst quality: Selfishness Astrologers of the past regarded Saturn as "evil" and malignant, indicating dire misfortune and misery wherever it was found in a chart. When Venus wishes for love, Saturn denies her. When Jupiter promises good fortu

Venus “I love” Best quality: Affection Worst quality: Pliancy (bending too easily, taking the easy way out) Venus is the planet of love, pleasure, and beauty. It represents your capacity to express affection and to enjoy beauty. This includes your capacity to attract and appreciate the things of the

Astrology is about observing the planets. This is not to say that the planets (or the signs) cause anything to happen. What we observe is synchrony – that things are taking place in sync. One movement is flowing throughout our space, heavens, and Earth. Instead of causing, the planets indicate thing

Uranus “I evolve” Best quality: Originality Worst quality: Rebellion Uranus represents the unconscious urge to become aware of your true inner individuality (the Sun). Like a lightning bolt, Uranus symbolizes sudden flashes of insight, moments of revelation, and spurts of creativity. Uranus’s energy

Mars “I act” Best quality: Initiative Worst quality: Harshness Mars is the exact opposite of Venus. Whereas Venus represents the female, Mars is all male. Whereas Venus is about harmony, Mars is conflict, aggression, and outright war. Mars is the planet of physical energy. It governs your sex drive,

The Sun “I am” Best quality: Rulership Worst quality: Dictativeness The sun represents your ego, the inner you, your essence, the unchanging part of you – the calm, steady, deep and lasting force felt within you, enabling you to exert willpower, make decisions and direct all the other parts of you l

Pluto “I empower” Best quality: Transformation Worst quality: Inversion (turning things upside down) (See Why Pluto is still valid even though it’s not a planet anymore) Pluto represents the unconscious urge to transform repressed ego-desire energies into group-desire energies in order to live out y

Mercury “I think” Best quality: Expression Worst quality: Restlessness Mercury is the planet of intelligence and communication. It governs our rational and intellectual faculties, perception and reason, memory, speaking, and writing. Mercury reflects your capacity to collect, sort, and communicate t

Neptune “I dream” Best quality: Idealism Worst quality: Vagueness Neptune represents the unconscious urge to dissolve the boundaries of your ego-centeredness in order to ‘lose yourself’ in other realms of being. While Uranus breaks into our dimension to allow momentary flashes of insight into other

Jupiter “I grow” Best quality: Benevolence (kindness) Worst quality: Conceit Jupiter is the planet of good luck, optimism, success and generosity. Jupiter brings joy to life. Think expansiveness and abundance, as Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. Jupiter signifies knowledge, higher

The Moon “I feel” Best quality: Adaptability Worst quality: Inconstancy The Moon is as important as the Sun in your natal chart. The Sun sign is a part of you that is apparent to others; it is what others see. The Moon sign is the part of you that yousee. The Moon represents your emotional nature an