How to learn on this blog

You are here because you want to learn astrology. On this blog, there is a large and growing number of posts on many topics in astrology, aimed at different levels of learning requiring varying amounts of background information. Where exactly to start your learning, and how to acquire a cohesive and meaningful repertoire of knowledge? This special post will show you how.

Horoscopes

There are two essential tools you need to analyze horoscopes. One is the ephemeris, and the other is a horoscope charting program. This post tells you how and where to get them.

20 Apr 2021

“Why the rose is the symbol of the love?” asked a friend of a friend during one of the many late night hangouts in when I was in grad school. “Why not orchida?” Behind the general amusement and friendly ribbing this produced, we recognized there was definitely something there. Why indeed? We are all tuned […]

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24 Feb 2021

Pisces is the mutable water sign. The symbol for Pisces is the fish. Its horoscope glyph depicts depicts a pair of fish swimming in opposite directions, connected by a chord. Like the other water signs of Cancer and Scorpio, Pisces is feeling-oriented in its approach to life. But being a mutable sign, these feelings are not as direct as the […]

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22 Feb 2021

Aquarius is the fixed air sign. The symbol for Aquarius is the water bearer. Its horoscope glyph depicts waves of water or electricity. The water in the water bearer symbols actually repesents ideas flowing like water. Aquarius is an air sign, and like Gemini it also deals with ideas and thoughts. But unlike Gemini, the Aquarian ideas have a larger […]

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31 Jan 2021

Cancer is the cardinal water sign. The symbol for Cancer is the crab, and its horoscope glyph is the sidewise depiction of the claws of a crab. The symbol of the crab is very telling – like the crab that retreats into its shell when it is threatened, Cancer disengages and retreats from contact when its feelings are hurt. Being […]

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25 Jan 2021

Gemini is the mutable air sign. The symbol for Gemini is the twins, and its horoscope glyph shows two vertical bars that represent the duality of the twins, as well as the roman numeral two. The quality of duality is characteristic of Gemini, an indication of its versatility. It also speaks to the mutability of […]

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9 Jan 2021

We all know our Sun sign. And when we acquire some knowledge of what our sign means, it is quite a thrill.  Going deeper, there is a sense of how we can guide our lives in a way that is authentic, how we can express more of who we really are. But the world is home to […]

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