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The Moon is associated with the mother and nurturing, Happy Mother’s Day! 

Aries Moon- Likely had a mom who encourages independence and empowerment.

Taurus Moon- Mother likely encourages reliability, practicality, and maybe a lot of financial sense.

Gemini Moon- Mother encourages communication, learning, and academics.

Cancer Moon- Mother was nurturing overall and encourages emotional protection and family values.

Leo Moon- Had/has a mother who nurtured their self-esteem and positivity.

Virgo Moon- Mother likely encourages specific lifestyles and health habits. She promotes practicality, efficiency, and can be demanding.

Libra Moon- Mother encourages fairness, expression, and cooperation.

Scorpio Moon- Mother encourages empowerment, intuition, and sometimes even unintentionally secretive behavior and manipulation.

Sagittarius Moon- Mother encourages exploration, honesty, and independence.

Capricorn Moon- Mother encourages hard work, practicality, and responsibility.

Aquarius Moon- Mother encourages independence, self-expression, and possibly unusual beliefs.

Pisces Moon- Mother encourages sensitivity, kindness, and flexibility.

Sun Placements

Sun Sign: the "core" of a person. This is your ego, your foundation. This placement describes your center. This is the sign most people will know when you ask them what they are. Even if you don't particularly connect to your Sun Sign, most of your thoughts and reactions are filtered through here at some point. Your guiding force and driving will.

Sun in Aries: enthusiastic, optimistic, and rash. Wears their heart on their sleeve, often will let you know what is on their mind. Their words and actions can be a bit clumsy, but they have a heart of gold and almost always mean well. Quick to anger, but forgives easily. Unless it was a personal matter that hurt their heart, then they remember always. Likes to play. Remains young at heart, infectious cheer. Takes people at their word.

Sun in Taurus: dependable and self-reliant, they have trouble asking for help. Often they take too much on at once, but somehow they always manage to do it all. Loud outside, gentle and loving inside. Stubborn. Does things their own way, always. Hard to change themselves, even when they want to. Holds on to things. Surprisingly tender. Fills up the room; big personality.

Sun in Gemini: witty and clever, a wearer of many hats. Jack of all trades, master of none (or maybe one). Hard to pin down, often on the move. Restless mind, very curious and likes to learn. Brushes things off and hides behind humor. Great to talk to, knows how to get others to laugh. Mentally engaged and engaging. Toes around commitment and taking things seriously, but is fully invested once they take the plunge. Fun-loving, makes little things an adventure. A thinker.

Sun in Cancer: caring, careful, and cautious. They like to make sure all their bases are covered. Plans ahead, even if they don't make plans. Says "I love you" by making sure you have an umbrella when it might rain later that day. Discerning and judgemental at first, but open-minded and learns over time. Likes comfort and safety, habitual. Sweet, thoughtful, and sentimental. Likes to look back while still moving forward. Private and intimate.

Sun in Leo: bright, bodacious, and embracing. Very full personality, they are bursting at the seams. Loud laugh. Determined and headstrong, they make their own path with their own strength. Act first, think later. Charismatic , draws others to them. Even if shy, they have an engaging personality and a light in their eyes. Not very subtle. Inner confidence that can guide them anywhere. Strong in heart and spirit, always growing.

Sun in Virgo: clear, calculated, and curious. They somehow have a very open personality, and a very reserved one. An over-thinker, tends to worry. Active mind, thoughts, and words. Quick witted. A helper, makes their actions count. Rather particular, sometimes finicky, they like to do things their own way. Can be a little stubborn, but surprisingly flexible mind. Reasonable, logical. Determined. Highly capable, highly caring.

Sun in Libra: tactful and thoughtful. They prefer peaceful environments but will stand up when things need to change. Balance of feeling and logic, they can see all sides of a matter. Gifted, gentle, and giving. Easy to get along with. Often artistic, in personality or in practice. Sometimes seems far away. Diplomatic. Has a hard time making decisions until they must.

Sun in Scorpio: powerful, passionate, and prepared. Learns from experience. Often watching, likes to observe and learn others before opening up. Trust is important. Big heart, tries to protect it. Goes from silly to serious very fast. Asks a lot of questions, seeks many answers. Can do and become anything they set their mind to. Depth of heart and thought, more than meets the eye. Likes to tease. Playful.

Sun in Sagittarius: active, adventurous, abstract. If their body isn't busy, their mind sure is. Loves to learn and explore. Embraces life, all the ups and down. Lives fully. Heart on their sleeve. Surprisingly sensitive at times. Good sense of humor. Can brush things off and keep moving forward. Engaging conversationalist. Will make you think. Prefers things to be light-hearted, seeks fun. Honest.

Sun in Capricorn: reliable, resilient, and ready. Has incredible reserves of willpower and strength. Determined. Able to do and see things others can't. Very honest with opinions. Straightforward. Has low tolerance in some areas, high tolerance in others. Trust is important. Seems stiff, but is just waiting. Rich personality. Strong, sensible, and capable. Not just talk.

Sun in Aquarius: universal yet unique. They are stubborn, but not without reason. Learns quickly, uses reason. A rebel at heart, they do things their way. Friendly and accepting. Not afraid to speak their mind or set their own path. Very thoughtful. A good friend, even when distant. Opinionated, wants to make things better. Varied interests. Takes their time and moves at own pace. Aware.

Sun in Pisces: sensitive and sweet. Responsive to their environment, empathetic. Dreamy. Believes in others and that good will happen. Hard to understand. Guided by emotions. Imaginative, lost in thought often. Just wants people to be happy and will try to help make it so. Receptive. Older than their years. Soft hearted. Knows people; more than you think.

A guide to... astrological aspects

I love studying astrological aspects so I decided to make a guide on it! Aspects are measured angles between the planets (and ascendant + MC) that have influence on you. They can also be off by a few degrees, this is called an orb and the smaller orb an aspect has, the stronger it is. They can be positive, negative, or neutral. Neutral aspects can either be positive or negative depending on the planets involved. There are major aspects, minor aspects, and aspect patterns. I’ll go over the first two of those in this post.

Major aspects are aspects that have a bigger significance. Major aspects are…

Conjunction - This is two planets 0˚ away from one another. This is a neutral aspect. The planet’s involved energies  are brought together with this aspect so depending on the planets it could either be good or bad.

Sextile - This is two planets that are 60˚ away from one another. This aspect is generally positive. The energies of the planets involved inspire, encourage, and cooperate well with each other.

Square - This is two planets that are 90˚ away from one another. This is a negative aspect to have. The planets energies don’t cooperate and they cause mutually exclusive desires and needs.

Trine - These are two planets that are 120˚ away from one another. This is a positive aspect. The planets involved’s energies work together harmoniously, enriching one another.

Opposition - These are two planets which are 180˚ away from one another. This is generally a negative aspect but it can also be viewed as a neutral aspect, depending on the planets involved. There is tension between these planets energies but this can be motivating.

Minor aspects are aspects that have lesser significance. Minor aspects are…

Semisextile - These are two planets that are 30˚ away from one another. This is a neutral aspect so it can either be positive of negative depending on the planets involved. It can symbolize that the planets involved’s energies can cause a hard-to-discover potential. 

Semisquare - These are two planets that are 45˚ away from one another. This is a negative aspect. The energies of the planets involved cause unapparent tension.

Quintile - This is two planets that are 72˚ away from one another. It is a positive aspect. The energies of these planets work together to unleash talent and potential They can point to purposeful uses of one’s talent and this talent usually has to do with art.

Sesquisquare - These two planets are 135˚ away from one another. This is a negative aspect. These two planetary energies cause conflict and tension just like the square except this tension is easier to suppress… making it harder to learn from.

Biquintile - These two planets are 144˚ away from one another. This is a positive aspect. These planets energies are very good for artistic areas. Although people are generally only vaguely aware of the energy from this aspect.

Quincunx/Inconjunct - These two planets are 150˚ away from one another. This is a neutral aspect and arguably the most important of the minor aspects. It give potential that is difficult to release and adjust to.

Well, I hope this helped someone understand aspects better! Feel free to drop any questions you have into my ask box!! Also, please inform me if you would like me to make a post on aspect patterns.

a list of [just a few] different types of astrology

Astrocartography – The astrology of place. It examines how people respond to the various energies available to them across the globe. Astrologers that practice this type of astrology help others find spots where they can better engage with specific themes in their lives by examining a special type of astrological map.

Chinese Astrology – A group of traditions that arose independent of those in the west with their own mythos, techniques, and philosophy that bloomed throughout the long history of Chinese cultures.

Cosmobiology – A school of astrology credited with popularization by German astrologer Reinhold Ebertin that is related to the Hamburg School of Astrology. There is a primary emphasis on mid-points and 8th Harmonic aspects, and the significant expansion of medical astrological principals.

Egyptian Astrology – A retrospective school of astrology that uses the rich Egyptian mythos to examine Zodiacal relationships. This should not be confused with the type of astrology practiced in ancient Egypt from roughly 2000BC-100BC that served as a foundational precursor to the Hellenistic tradition, since the concept of the Zodiac was developed elsewhere.

Electional Astrology – Also known as Inceptional Astrology, this branch of the tradition is focused on finding the best time to start new projects so that they meet with the greatest success and abundance. 

Esoteric Astrology – The types of astrology that examine spiritual principals and seek to build corpus knowledge of esoteric ideologies by examining the mundane motion of the planets and stars as well as their hidden relationships.

Evolutionary Astrology – Astrology that focuses on the supposed evolutionary path of the soul. It is used to foster individual growth and spiritual expansion in accordance with many new age principals. 

Financial Astrology – Astrology that examines financial markets and their timing according to transits in order to forecast market changes. This branch of astrology also examines natal potential for money making, as well as uses astrology as a tool for discourse about global economic trends.

Hellenistic Astrology – The type of astrology practiced in the Mediterranean from roughly 100BC to 600BC that reached its height during the Roman Empire. It is the first western system to incorporate the 4 fold system of astrology that became the foundation of all later practices.

Horary Astrology – Divinatory astrology that examines the moment in which a question is understood by an astrologer in order to find an answer for the querent.

Jyotish – Commonly conflated with Vedic Astrology, Jyotish is the main form of astrology practiced in the Indian subcontinent in the modern era. It represents a hybrid of indigenous Indian astrology with Hellenistic techniques. This type of astrology is sidereal, or constellation based.

Magi Astrology – A secretive form of astrology that examines relationships and their timing according to a different set of astrological standards.

Mayan Astrology – The tradition of astrology practiced in the Mayan culture that arose independently of western influence and ideology.

Medical Astrology – Astrology that examines the relationship of the human body with the alignment of the cosmos. Used to forecast and diagnose predispositions to certain health issues, as well as provide recommendations for greater over all health and wellness according to the natal potential.

Modern Astrology – The various forms of astrology that have been practiced since its revival in the late 1800’s. There has been a marked increase in the importance placed on the Sun sign, and a focus on the psychological potentials indicated by the natal chart.

Mundane Astrology – The astrology of large groups of people and their interactions. Transits are examined in order to explain and forecast global trends and events.

Natal Astrology – Astrology centered on the natal chart of individuals. In the modern era this is the most widely used form of astrology.

Psychological Astrology – The examination of the natal chart as a set of psychological predispositions. Based on this foundational premise the astrologer can help guide and counsel the native with traditional psychological techniques.

Rectification – An extraordinarily advanced astrological technique that examines the events of a native’s life and works backward in order to produce a time of birth for those that do not possess it. A time consuming and expensive process that is a necessary precursor for all advanced forms of astrological work.

Relocational Astrology – The supposition that natal capabilities are amenable to the influences of locality. Examines the shift of potential that a native faces when living in different areas.

Synastry – The astrology of relationships. Two charts are examined concurrently in order to reveal themes and potentials that may be present as the relationship progresses.

Traditional Astrology – The various forms and traditions of astrology that were practiced during the almost 3000 years of its history prior to astrology’s revival in the late 1800’s. There is a marked focus on mundane astrology and examining the lives of natives from a deterministic standpoint.

Transit Astrology – The examination of the current or future positions of the planets in relation to a natal chart order to see the themes that are currently active in a native’s life, as well as forecast future trends and events.

Uranian Astrology – Another branch that is related to the Hamburg School of Astrology that focuses on midpoints and uses theoretical planets as part of it’s arsenal of techniques. It is sometimes said to be the true successor of the Hamburg legacy.

Vedic Astrology – The indigenous forms of astrology of the Indian subcontinent that arose independent of those of the west. There is a distinct lunar focus (as there are with many of the oldest forms of astrology). This system was eventually merged with ancient Hellenistic techniques in order to form what is now known as Jyotish.

Vocational Astrology – A specialized form of astrology that examines the inherent potential within a natal chart in order to recommend potential career paths for a native and help them navigate their professional life.

Weather Forecasting Astrology – The type of astrology that is most popularly used in almanacs. More advanced techniques and philosophies in use by astrologers range from every day forecasting to major climate prediction.

goddesses for the signs

Aries: Pele - Hawaiian volcano goddess. Is both creator and destroyer of land // Ishtar - Mesopotamian Goddess of sexual love, fertility, and war

Taurus: Flora - Roman Goddess of flowers // Inanna - Sumerian Goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare

Gemini: Baubo - Greek Goddess of mirth, jests, and bawdy humour // Saraswati - Hindu Goddess of Knowledge, the Arts, Mathematics, Education, and cosmic Wisdom 

Cancer: Yemaya - Yoruban Mother Goddess, Goddess of the Ocean // Artemis/Diana - Greek/Roman Goddess of the hunt, virginity, and childbirth. Associated with the moon

Leo: Amaterasu - Japanese sun Goddess // Kuan Yin - Chinese Goddess of Mercy and Compassion

Virgo: Brighid - Celtic Goddess of poetry, healing, and crafts // Sophia - Greek Goddess of wisdom

Libra: Lalita - Hindu goddess of beauty. Name means beautiful, playful, beloved // Ma'at - Egyptian Goddess, personified concept of truth, balance, justice, and order

Scorpio: Hectate - Greek Goddess of witchcraft and magick, crossroads, and the harvest moon // Eos - Greek Goddess of the dawn

Sagittarius: Cerridwen - Celtic Goddess of transformation // Tara - Hindu, Mother Goddess, the absolute, unquenchable hunger that propels all life.

Capricorn: Cybele - Greek Earth Mother // Fortuna - Roman Goddess of fortune

Aquarius: Athena - Greek Goddess of wisdom, defensive and strategic wars // Isis - Egyptian Mother Goddess, matron of nature and magick, Goddess of creativity and the underdog

Pisces: Hestia - Greek Goddess of the hearth and domestic life // Maya - Hindu Goddess of Illusion and Mystery

Signs of the Zodiac, 16th century.

Brian Froud-is a worldwide famous illustrator of fairy tale and fantasy figures. He worked on the ‘Faeries’ book and on the movies 'The Dark Crystal’ and 'Labyrinth’ by Jim Henson and featuring David Bowie.

“As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing of, and for the most part do not want to know. Loneliness does not come from having no people about one, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.”

— Carl Jung, “Memories, Dreams, Reflections”

The Fifth Door (xv)

©sydburon - August ‘15

Easiest way to understand the purpose each part of a chart serves, since I see often that people get confused once they start piecing everything together, here’s how it all connects;

Planets = Dimension of experience/life

Signs = Qualities of experience/life

Houses = Field of experience/life

Aspects = Integration between experiences