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What Is A Orb? What Is An Aspect?

When you hear, “Venus is in aspect to Mars” this means there is a mathematical connection between the two planets. We’re talking about standard geometry here. A 90 degree angle is a “square”, a 180 degree angle is an “opposition”… etc. You can see cheat sheet on aspect here. I urge beginners to focus on […]

Introduction To The Nadir

“Home, home is where you wear your hat. I feel so break up I wanna go home.” –Lord John Whorfin, Buckaroo Banzai The nadir, or Imum Coeli (IC), is one of the four angles of the chart, and probably the one least referenced. I tend to think that is because it is so internal and

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Mars

Mars And The Ascendant

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” –Viktor E. Frankl, Scorpio Mars No matter what else I’m working on I like to go back periodically and readdress my perspective on the basics. For instance I

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George and Gracie

What Are Planets In Mutual Reception?

“You complete me.” –Jerry Maguire Two planets are said to be in mutual reception when each planet is in the sign of the other’s rulership. An example of this would be the Sun in Cancer with the Moon in Leo. Leo is Sun-ruled while Cancer is Moon-ruled; they are in each other’s signs. This gives

The Glyphs for the Zodiac Signs

Astrology uses a lot of little symbols called Glyphs. If you want to be able to read a chart, it is imperative that you learn to read the glyphs. When memorizing something new it helps to make a lot of little associations to other things. This will give you more trigger points to recall the

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