Living with the Stars

  This is just a short note to let you know that the blog post for the upcoming New Moon on the 29th March 2025 - also a solar eclipse - will be up after the weekend.  For those of you who know something about chart reading... I'm posting the chart below.  Cheers! 

  As promised, we'll take a look at the chart of the Lunar Eclipse on the 14th March 2025 and what story the sky was offering at that point in time. Lunar eclipses are said to bring closures, revelations, and transformative shifts. This particular eclipse in Virgo encourages the letting go of perfectionism and outdated systems that no longer serve you. It’s a moment to declutter both mentally and physically, creating space for sustainable growth and harmony. The Virgo-Pisces axis, activated during this eclipse, highlights the need to balance practicality (Virgo) with intuition and spirituality (Pisces). That's the gist of it. But wait, there's more.  One of the first things one notices about this lunar eclipse is that many of the planets seem to be on one side of the chart, and indeed they are splayed between Pisces and Aries. If you think of it as a bus, with the front wheels and the back wheels, it looks like (with the exception of the Moon) Mars the warrior is leading, p...

  Pluto in Aquarius: Revolutionizing the Future Pluto, the planet of transformation and rebirth, takes approximately 248 years to orbit the Sun, spending around 20 years in each sign. On the 23rd March 2023, Pluto will enter Aquarius, marking a significant shift in the way astrologers look at and interpret astrological charts with this new placement.  Aquarius is the sign of innovation, technology, and social change. It is associated with progress, revolution, and unconventional ideas. When Pluto, the planet of power and intensity, enters Aquarius, it brings with it a wave of transformative energy that will challenge the status quo and push us towards a more progressive future. One of the key themes of Pluto in Aquarius is the idea of collective empowerment. Aquarius is a sign that values the power of the collective, and Pluto will amplify this energy, encouraging us to work together to create meaningful change in our communities and in the world at large. At the sam...

  This is just a short post to comment on what the skies are offering us. Isn't it beautiful? Jupiter and Venus have met in the heavens and will soon be moving away from each other.  There is so much happening in the skies this month, and this is just one of those events. When Venus and Jupiter - the two benefics - meet,  this portends positive things. Both are in the sign of Aries, which signals new beginnings, and indeed, with both Saturn and Pluto changing signs this month we can expect new sky narratives to take shape.  But more about that in another post - just enjoy the picture!  The Full Moon post will be up around the 7th - so stay tuned!  Blessings, Cindy

  Evenin' all! Astrologers all over the world are busy comparing charts - that of Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia's national chart, Ukraine's national chart, the date of the invasion of Ukraine, just to mention a few. Based on the premise 'As above, So below', astrologers look at the stars to try to chart patterns. Of course, one might ask whether what is written in one's birth chart is fixed and unchangeable. If you are born with a Sun Saturn aspect are you destined to always experience that throughout your life? It brings back the old argument of character versus destiny. Are we our charts?  Let's look at Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chart. This guy was an actor, a comedian, who became the President of Ukraine and who currently enjoys (though I think he rather wishes he didn't) hero status. Look at his natal Sun; it is conjunct Venus. This aspect is what makes him so charming, and I don't think anyone would deny that. Both as an actor and ...