Oh My Stars

(This is a part of the “Astrology Of Love And Compatibility” series) AKA: The Virgin, Or So She Likes To Tell Everyone — Nudge Nudge Wink Wink Ruling Planet: Mercury, the most perfectly-functioning and detail-oriented planet in the Solar System. Go ahead, ask Mercury: it’ll give you more detail than you need on the issue.…

“Elevators keep crashing. Is Mercury in retrograde or what?”  “Elevators can be capricious. Sometimes it just seems like they’re out to get you….” -House, MD If you’ve spent any length of time around astrologers, you’ve likely learned that astrologers love to blame things going wrong on “Mercury Retrograde.” But what exactly is Mercury Retrograde, what…

Regardless of the astrology involved, most people don’t just wake up one morning and say “hey, I think I’ll break up with my spouse and move out” without some build-up to that event first. But the transits of any given day can certainly be an influence, and can tell an important part of the story.…

A Full Moon is prime time to bring out The Crazy in people, and this week’s Full Moon is also a Lunar Eclipse: an extra-special Full Moon with an bonus scoop of neurosis. In many parts of the world, this is the time of year when the weather gets colder, and bugs that would normally…

(This is a part of the “Astrology Of Love And Compatibility” series) AKA: The Lion, King Of The Jungle, Mr. Entertainment After Five Drinks At The Office Christmas Party Ruling Planet: The Sun, which shines all day long and doesn’t care that it’s causing you heat stroke because it’s doing its thing, baby! Identifying Features:…

Who you are and what you’re like as a person all comes from the planetary placements in your birth chart. It isn’t just your Sun Sign: it’s your Moon and Mercury and Venus and Mars and so on. Each planet represents a different function of your personality, and the Sign placement puts a certain spin…

(This is a part of the “Astrology Of Love And Compatibility” series) AKA: The Crab, Moon Child, That Schoolmarm Who Loves Kids But Is Always Cranky With Them Ruling Planet: The Moon, which stays up all night orbiting The Earth, waxing and waning and worrying about things beyond its control. Identifying Features: Frequently cheerful, creative…

In Part One of my coverage of the Celebrity Battle Of The Century (this week at least) I discussed how two very similar astrological transits separated by over a decade managed to bring both Miley Cyrus and Sinead O’Connor a lot of (largely negative) publicity: Sinead with her Saturday Night Live protest against The Catholic…

(FULL DISCLOSURE: I used to be a Stupid Young Sagittarius. I have successfully graduated into being a Cranky Old Sagittarius. I can empathize with both sides of this issue, but I know which side I’m on.) Miley Cyrus (born November 23, 1992, 6:32 AM, Franklin Tennessee) made headlines recently with her performance on the VMA…

(This is a part of the “Astrology Of Love And Compatibility” series) AKA: The Twins, Heckle And Jeckle, That Guy On The Bus Talking Loudly About His Prostate Exam To The Driver Ruling Planet: Mercury, fastest and most talkative planet in the Solar System. Identifying Features: Charming, outgoing, and well-versed in a number of fields……

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