Gender and Astrology

Something to keep in mind when evaluating gender in astrology is that gender is primarily a cultural thing. Gender norms and the ways that people identify with gender will change when there are cultural changes. That means that, if you are an immigrant, that you are trans-gender because you are trans-national.

Tips for Reading Your Natal Chart

Chart interpretation is a little like portrait sketching. When you’re drawing a picture of someone, the last thing that you want to do is start with a detail, like an eye or a mouth, no matter how tempting it is to just zero in on your favorite thing about that person. When you start from the details, you can’t capture the likeness of someone.

February 2020 Horoscopes

In February, just be that gross subway rat that is inside all of us. Wipe your fingers off your pants, stop styling your hair and look to see what you really look like, and put your legs up when you have a trapped fart. Just live and let live.

BTS Natal Chart Analysis

Almost everyone in BTS has Mars in either Cancer (RM, Suga, Jin) or Scorpio (Jimin, Jungkook). Mars is in fall in Cancer and in its rulership in Scorpio. This means that everyone in BTS either has a Mars that keep pushing itself to the extreme or a Mars that tries its best to resist its own impulses.

Book Recs About Occult Shit

In the occult section of the bookstore, it can sometimes be hard to tell which books are worth a read, which books are full of orientalism, which books are full of white man speculative bullshit, and which books are going to actually challenge you.

January 2020 Horoscopes

If you have no sense of proper nationalism, then at least wear a mask.

Sagittarius Rising Breakdown

Every house for Sagittarius rising, explained

December 2019 Horoscopes

Saturn is actually the biggest ruler breaker of all. This is because its rules do not attempt to serve power. Rather, it tries to define reality despite power.

Taurus Venus, ____ Mars

Blended Venus-Mars combos, for Taurus in Venus and Mars in all twelve signs

Capricorn Rising Breakdown

Capricorn risings are gatherers. They gather people, resources, and connections to build something that gets bigger and bigger over a huge amount of time.

November 2019 Horoscopes

November is about flagging and essentialism. When we have a lot of things going on at once, it can feel like we are just going through the motions. When does stripping away become a depressive episode?

Aries Venus, ____ Mars

How every Aries Venus, with Mars in the twelve signs, behaves

Aquarius Rising Breakdown

A house by house breakdown of an Aquarius rising, done by the whole sign house system

The Questions We Should be Asking Andrew Yang

Without a strong stance on what the role the government should play in an entrepreneurial society, a stimulus which only replicates existing class structures into the future is what we will get.

Pisces Rising Breakdown

A breakdown of every whole sign house of a Pisces rising

October 2019 Horoscopes

October 2019 wants us to consider two things: 1) how we’re feeding ourselves in a primal and naive way and 2) how we’re feeding ourselves in a ceremonial and ritualistic way.

The Signs You Should Not Date

Here are a couple of synastry aspects to watch out for because they may flag a relationship that needs a lot more work.

Everything You Need to Know About Retrogrades

There’s a huge basic difference between a Mercury or Venus retrograde and a retrograde of Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn.

Astrological Easter Eggs in Harry Potter

A deeper read into books four and five actually provide us with three different ethos of astrology. While many characters describe Divination in general as a “woolly” subject little easter eggs hidden in the text imply that astrology has a far more serious meaning in Harry Potter than it appears on the surface.

September 2019 Horoscopes

The reason why our ancestors are called ghosts and monsters are because they’re full of the things that people have learned to fear.

What you should never look for in the natal chart of your crush

Never assume that you know a person’s sexuality or sexual availability based off anything other than what they communicate to you. And that includes astrology.