So I’ve been a fan of astrology since I’ve known what it was. I have my birthdate and place, I just don’t know what time I was born.
Would you rather face a blunt hammer or a precise switchblade? Mars in Virgo is a switchblade.
There are no hidden reasons or intentions with a Mars in Leo. If Mars in Leo is mad, then it will act angry. Immediately.
Last year, I did a workshop calling Processing 2021 Through Writing. I decided to do a review of 2022 using the astrology of last year as a written piece instead.
There’s three types of Aquarius Suns: Aquarius who have Mercury in Capricorn, Aquarius who have Mercury in Pisces, and Aquarius who have Mercury in Aquarius.
There’s one thing that I want you to enter 2023 with: I want you to devote yourself to the wondrousness, the mystery, the banality, and the absolute brutality of life.
There’s three types of Capricorn Suns: Capricorn who have Mercury in Sagittarius, Capricorn who have Mercury in Aquarius, and Capricorn who have Mercury in Capricorn.
Sometimes caring about what people think prevents you from doing things that you otherwise want to do.
It doesn’t like to let you go, this Mars. It is exceedingly patient with you and will never let you go. It’s a clenching Mars.
In any astrological consultation, there are two realities: there is the mundane reality of the astrologer and the client being two people who are talking and the reality of being possessed by meaning.
There’s a very influential definition of shame that comes from anthropology. The working theory is that the world can be divided up into three cultures: guilt culture, shame culture, and fear cultures.
I can think of one field of creativity that absolutely requires the persistence of copying: cooking.
There is deep intimacy in rivalry. You study your rival, wanting to know everything about them and sometimes even obsessing over them. You want your rival to succeed because their success also means that your success is possible.
Mars in Gemini will leave. Then, it will come back. It expects that you trust that it will do both of these things.
To talk about Mars in Taurus, we’ll have to talk about rage.
There is an industry around the image of health and that industry does want us to remain trapped by the image. They make more money if we do.
Let’s look a bit at the astrology of what’s going on with Twitter.
Mars in Aries is a placement that doesn’t need you to agree with anything that they are doing in order to get it done. In fact, they might even prefer that you don’t agree with them.
Your political identity, your social identity, your creative identities—these will always be more than your wounds.
I think that you have to be willing to be in a state of embarrassment and cringe in order to write a lot. There is no other way. Self enjoyment is embarrassing.
There’s someone I want you to be with in November. I want you to be with your inner detective and consider what you need to feel truly flummoxed at a good mystery.