*+-It’s only through relationship that we find out who we are and where we’re at — at any given moment. I have a new post on Patheos Pagan that speaks to this somewhat. It’s about Leo Season coming up and also a reminder about the Eclipses this August. Yes, they are […]
pluto in the 1st house
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*+-And they actually do matter, common though they are, retrograde periods of the outer planets. Life doesn’t stop but I will be surprised if you are not visited by ghosts of Pluto past… or Plutos of ghosts past or Scorpios falling from the skies, particularly pensive skydivers, Healthcliff types. Basically […]
*+-We’ve been talking about Pluto transits in the “room” (the message board I run that still needs a new name), tracking where Pluto was during our childhoods and I’d never thought about it before — Pluto moving through my 3rd House coinciding with some *very* dark years. A Pluto transit […]
*+-I was watching a TED talk video (never seen one before — really!) on the the Power of Vulnerability and I recognized myself in this video – someone who makes herself vulnerable, but also someone with a lot of shame. Shame was a big topic in this talk. And it […]
*+-A transit I neglected to mention in this morning’s blog post: Mercury in Capricorn sextile Chiron in Pisces. It’s worth mentioning (even though this transit has passed) because Chiron needs all the help he can get 😉 And I’m not sure I can educate you anything special this morning on […]
*+-My natal chart is half social and half solitary. Strong 11th House (Aquarius, friendship) but also Pluto in the 1st House and Venus in the 12th — both of those placements need solitude and retreat. And I’m realizing that once the subways are truly back to normal and Brooklyn and […]
*+-You know what gives you perspective? REALLY gives you perspective? Having terrible things happen. Having ENOUGH terrible things happen. And if it doesn’t crush you, doesn’t crush you permanently, you do emerge not only stronger but… different. Your brain chemistry changes. I speak from experience. There comes a point where […]
*+-I wake up thinking, as always. But a bit slower this morning. May I be blunt? I’m menstruating. Any coincidence that this is Day 5 of the 7-Day “Cleanse”? And although I don’t like that word “cleanse” because it reminds of a Comet commercial, it’s also the name of a […]
*+-What are you passionate about? Do you even know? And, if so, how important is passion to your life? Do you need to feel passionate romantically? Or can you feel happy with passionate work or creative life or hobbies? Do you have it? Do you want it? Where is it? […]
I caught a glimpse of my aura this morning. It was a revelation. Saw it in the reflection of a shop window. There, around my head and how important it is to stand tall and not cower from challenge, which is your reflection. Stand tall. *** Transiting Pluto (check your […]
*+- I had a fight with my boyfriend last night. It seems (yes, seems) that our definitions and experience and need of sex or sexual expression… differs. I said to him: You have Moon in the 1st House. So do I. But I ALSO have Pluto there. Your cock […]
*+-I feel good. Knock on wood. The spirit of my mother around me and some warm weather in the Big City today. I just completed half a reading for someone by email and can take a break now and blog. When readings get busy, I have to grab the writing […]
*+-I’ve told this story before, but I know new people find the blog all the time so want to repeat it, why I named the blog what I named it: Moon Pluto Astrology: Astro Help for the Emotionally Intense. When I had my first astrology reading with my teacher, he […]
*+-As always, I’m thinking about process. Virgo types tend to do that. I’m not a Virgo Sun but I have a Virgo-heavy chart, and lately I’ve been thinking a lot about my readings, rituals or intentions to begin and end them and I realize the other day that I prefer […]
*+-I’m not a member of any astrological organization or governing body that awards astrological certification. And the thing is this: I don’t need anyone’s approval to do what I do. I know what I am. Somewhat 😉 And my clients are the true test. Do they come back? Does what […]
*+-No hugs necessary. Really. So I wrote these two posts today – raw, naked posts – or maybe they only felt that way to me. Maybe they didn’t come across that way at all. And all day, when I was away from home, I thought about deleting them. It’s like […]
*+-I was chatting with another astrologer on Twitter the other day and we were chatting about Pluto. About Pluto’s power to attract and Pluto’s power to repel. Others. What’s your take on your Pluto? What do you do more of? Repel or attract? Or both? And do you know why […]
*+-I’m not very good at the silent treatment. Giving it or receiving it. Not with someone I love. I always come back. My 1st House Pluto keeps getting reborn, keeps coming back. Call it The Zombie Aspect: Moon Pluto conjunction in the 1st House: hard to kill. But when someone […]
*+-I sent an email to a friend this evening: I fall in love with my own love. And I project this onto the other. I fantasize without realizing it. So then when I do actually see them? Reality. The veil drops. Wait. It’s not that I fall in love […]
*+-There’s this one Emmylou Harris song that I keep returning to so I thought I’d look up her chart. Well, it figures. Cancer Rising, Virgo Moon, Aries Sun. I love the fire-water combination: it’s like Mama and Papa in one body. And what’s not to love about insanely analytical Virgo […]
*+-Think of my blog as your home away from home 🙂 Yes, that’s another nod to the Sun, no longer in Cancer. So without further ado, drum roll please, I bring you… Meow. Leo! And while you’re thinking of my blog as your home away from home, think of it […]
*+-At the moment: Venus in Cancer at 0 degrees. Pluto in Capricorn, retrograde, at 6. The 4th of July‘s got me thinking about dead dreams. Dead dreams on the lawn like dolls’ heads. So many of them. I don’t know where this image came from. With a natal or transiting […]
*+-Pluto in the First House leads to regeneration of the self. The old self dies and a new one is born. Over and over, throughout a life. The first astrologer I ever consulted, shortly after my graduate school days, told me that the First House Pluto was like an onion, […]
*+-Do you realize how much we need bad shit to happen? It’s true. We need tough transits to… throw us where we belong. Yeah, hard transits can feel like being thrown, a life being blown to bits. And when does the upside come? Could be years later. Ouch.