Oppositions are far and away my favorite thing in astrology. This is a story about people on separate sides with something in common. Genius, friend and criminal mind, Arie, joined Special Forces as a teenager. He retired after one term … Read More…
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A lot of people need a villain in their life. They need a bad guy; someone to carry the shadow or the blame. Someone they can be above or feel better than. This is an awful handicap over time because … Read More…
moonpluto asks on How Do Oppositions Work: “What about a chart without oppositions? Or a chart that has only one, for example — compare that with a chart that has many…” If a chart has no oppositions then it has … Read More…
Many people feel that oppositions between two charts are problematic. You don’t see things eye to eye (Mercury). Your values oppose (Venus. Your way of going about things (Mars) is very different. Simply speaking, these things are true. But there … Read More…
The Cancer Mars – Capricorn Pluto opposition has really been drawing my attention, so wanted to explain a little more about what’s going on. Mars – Pluto oppositions can manifest in one of two basic patterns. The ideal that this … Read More…
Do you have an opposition in your chart? Planets in Libra or a heavily tenanted 7th houses? If so, you’re going to be inclined to project various things onto others. Here’s a good reason to curb your propensity: It makes … Read More…
I wrote this in 2009. It’s eight years later – nothing has changed. Get a load at how clear cut this is. This is how you learn astrology! I wrote about the opposition in my son’s chart here: Strife Between … Read More…
Hi Elsa, Do people without oppositions in their chart not have committed (marriage) partners? Is it hard for them to partner? I have had no oppositions in my progressed chart for nine years. Suddenly when Saturn got aspected again relationship … Read More…
Hi, Elsa Can Saturn in opposition negate? I use my Saturn opposition to solidify and empower- but can it negate/take away the other planet or asteroid it is aspecting in natal or synastry? Example: Saturn opposition asteroid lie – person does not … Read More…
There was a popular thread in the forum, Do You Have A Song For Your Ascendant? I didn’t post to it but was trying to think of a song that summed up my reality much of the time. That is people … Read More…