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The 8th House, Money, Death and Sex
Q. I have never fully understood why the 8th house in the birthchart is a house of money, of sex, death and of transformation all at the same time. What has going to a bank for a loan got to do with sex and death? A. It's worthwhile considering that the 8th is a house...
Critics at Work
Q. My biggest area of limitation and absolute frustration (to the point where I have a very violent temper) is work where I feel that my individuality and sense of power and potential is crushed by idiotic authority figures in the work place. A. Initially your work...
The Astro-Psychology of Accidents
Q. My small son had a very bad accident this year, with horrific external wounds which fortunately should heal in time. I'm having a hard time dealing with that as I blame myself and the other person involved. Everyone keeps telling me it was an accident but I can't...
Trouble with the Ex’s
Q. My past three partners have had unresolved issues with their ex-partners, with hurtful and damaging effects. I feel I can trust no-one anymore. Why am I attracting this and how can I change the pattern?A. Firstly, you have a Juno/Saturn conjunction in the 5th House...
Preparation for Healthy Relationship -Part 2
Q. You write about creating healthy relationship but this is seems so far from my own experience that I truly wonder what that would look like for me or how to get there!?Continued from 'Preparation for Healthy Relationship - Part 1'Continuing our discussion from last...
Men and Midlife Crises
Q. I have a number of male friends who are in varying degrees of inner turmoil and some are either recently separated or juggling joint custody of their kids. Are there some astrological events that go with the so-called “mid-life crisis”?A. In my early years of...
Progressed Moon and Relationships
Q. The recent New Moon in Gemini occurred exactly on the current position of my progressed moon, which is in my 7th House of relationships. I’m having some significant shift in the way I feel about them in general and am wondering what this means in the long run.A....
Break Out the Champagne, A Jupiter Return!
Q. I have my Jupiter return coming up in September and I am wondering what this means.A. Jupiter has a 12 year cycle and its return to the birth position is both the end of an old cycle and the beginning of a new one, in terms of how this part of self operates in your...
Child with the Same Birthday?
Q. What is the significance of having a child on the same birthday and what do her challenges and differences mean to me and to her. I feel that we are the same person. She was born last year and has a rare genetic disorder which has slowed her development and I feel...
Astrology and Christianity
Q. I was brought up a fairly strict Christian and yet am attracted to astrology because I feel some important truths are found in it despite its apparent polytheistic worldview. How can I reconcile the differences between these two belief systems?A. This is a great...
Adoptions, Conception and Other Cosmic Mistakes
Q. I was adopted at six weeks of age. My adopted family was OK but not close. I have always felt alone, never belonging and lacking trust in anyone. My birth mother objects to any contact. I miss a sense of family line. Any ideas on working this through?A. Despite all...
The Jupiter/Chiron/Neptune Conjunction and the Chiron Return
Q. On the very day of this conjunction (of Jupiter/Chiron and Neptune) it was also be conjunct my Sun and Chiron in the 4th, trine to my Neptune in Scorpio in the 12th house, opposite Pluto in Virgo in the 10th, square to my Ascendant in Sag and opposite my North Node...
Shiva and Shakti in the Chart?
Q. Are there astrological correlates to Shiva and Shakti? I’m reading a lot about tantra and am wondering if this relationship is represented in the birthchart and whether there are peak times for enhancing my connection to either or both of them?A. There are, and...