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Dear star lovers, I want to give you a few suggestions now for good astrology habits, using the first eleven cards of the tarot as a template and guide. The Rider-Waite-Smith deck was my inspiration here, from the Fool through the Wheel of Fortune. Why astrology and tarot together? If you decide to include them in your collection of cool stuff, you'll discover how well they complement each other while expanding your intuition. Also, right now is a perfect opportunity to do a little more tarot talk (although if you ask me, it's never a bad time to add a card or two). The FoolThe Fool is bold. The Fool is brave. The Fool is a little impulsive. The Fool loves something new, striking out on ...
As we approach the beginning of the astrological year in the first house, Aries, March 21 – April 19, there are elements of this sign that are helpful to know. For example: The symbol of the sign is the Ram. The ruling planet is Mars, the element is Fire, the mantra is "I Am," the colors are Red and Golden Yellow, and the Tarot card is The Emperor. But what about the chakra, the crystal for Aries, or the essential oil? Aries is filled with passion, drive, and the desire to be number one. Aries people are confident, cheerful, and highly motivated, and they like things done now. Mostly these traits are due to the fact Aries is the first sign of the zodiac. Aries represents the seed ...
In the context of natal astrology, each of us is born during a particular "planetary hour," which can offer important information in delineating the birth chart. In electional astrology, planetary hours can assist in finding a favorable time to engage in a particular type of activity. In predictive astrology, the Persians made use of planetary hours as "lord of the orb" when interpreting the annual solar return for individuals. In horary astrology, we pay special attention to the planetary hour of the moment the chart is cast to help determine whether it is "radical" and able to give a proper answer to our question. To quote from my most recent book, Horary Astrology: The Theory and ...
Deborah Houlding's The Houses: Temples of the Sky presents us with a bleak picture of the Twelfth House. Holding uses sources from Hellenistic and medieval astrology to inform her interpretations. Of the Twelfth House, she says, "It is a very unfortunate house, associated with sad events, sorrow, anguish of mind, tribulation, captivity, imprisonment, persecution, hard labour, all manner of affliction and self-undoing." She also writes that the Twelfth "represents matters that are hidden, restrained, secret, incapable of action or of being fully understood."1 Modern texts are only slightly more hopeful. In The Astrologer's Handbook, Frances Sakoian and Louis S. Acker write that the people ...
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