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2022
MOON
CALENDAR 2022

INVISIBLE
HOUSES
MAKING AND
UNMAKING
THE SELF
CHIRON IN ARIES
HEALING BETWEEN
GENERATIONS

SUN SIGN
WORKING WITH
THE POTENTIAL PREDICTIONS
OF 2022 FOR THE YEAR AHEAD
THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN SPIRITUAL BENEFITS
ASTROLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY OF ASTROLOGY
“Though Astrology is like a deep ocean…anybody can
get knowledge through going deeply in water and get
some drops of nectar of this divine knowledge.” —
Onkarlal Sharma Prmad

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From the editor
The 2022 edition of WellBeing Astrology
is dedicated to the hopeful and
compassionate tour of Jupiter in Pisces.
Jupiter’s qualities are generous and
affirming. More than just a symbol of
luck, Jupiter speaks to what brings
meaning and purpose to our lives. After
two years of being bound by Saturn’s
rings, Jupiter comes home to the sign
of the Fishes.
As we collectively shift focus towards
what is possible, we may be able to
imagine a different kind of future once
again — one filled with inspiration,
abundance and magic.
When Kelly Surtees, the former editor
of this publication, asked me to take over
writing horoscopes from her for the 2020
edition, I couldn’t have thought of a more
challenging writing project in my almost
20-year career given the astrology we
were facing at the time. As I transitioned
from being a regular contributor to the
annual WellBeing Astrology, to horoscope
writer and now to editor, I’m delighted
to begin this role under such auspicious
and hopeful skies.
I’d like to honour and thank Kelly for
her contribution, expertise and dedication
in making this publication more than just
a magazine, but a collectable keepsake
for astrologers, and astrology enthusiasts
alike, for the past 17 years.
The year 2022 promises to be a
dynamic and exciting year as two longer
planetary cycles are activated. First,
Neptune in Pisces (since 2011) is joined
FROM THE EDITOR
by the hopeful promise of Jupiter in
Pisces. I’d like to introduce the talented
astrologer and poetic writer, Gray
Crawford, who dives into the imaginative
alignment on page 66.
The second cycle, Uranus in Taurus
(since 2018), will be stimulated by this
year’s eclipses and the exceptionally
rare pairing of Mars with the North
Node. Please welcome SJ Anderson as
he illuminates the future possibilities by
examining history on page 92.
Astrology’s sublime power as a healing
tool can be an exceptionally therapeutic,
validating and an empowering experience
for the soul. Articles from Alicia Yusuf,
Acyuta-bhava-Dasa, Dru Ish, Elodie St-
Onge-Aubut and Tracy Quinlan dive into
the possibility and potential of what can
eventuate when we become illuminated
by the heavenly spheres.
As we begin to transition out of the
longer-running cycles of Saturn in
Aquarius and Pluto in Capricorn, embrace
Jupiter in Pisces’ reflective, fecund and
nourishing qualities by dreaming up your
best vision for the future.
“The world is full of magic things, patiently
waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” —
WB Yeats
Stellar wishes
Cassandra
Cassandra Tyndall | Editor
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6 Sun sign predictions
Discover the mysteries of your
personal sun sign and how it
makes you unique
8 Aries
There will be plenty to see, do and
experience, and you’ll be bursting
at the seams to do it all!
12 Taurus
2022 is a fortunate and social time.
You’ll be ready to dust off old, tired
and outgrown personal patterns
16 Gemini
With fortune on your side, Jupiter
will see you attract people into your
sphere that support your success
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Contents
20 Cancer 36 Scorpio
The rare and magical pairing of As you learn to let go of old issues,
Jupiter and Neptune in April may see you’ll be ready to embrace supportive
the realisation of a life-long dream and authentic connections
24 Leo 40 Sagittarius
The chance to embark upon a grand Creative outlets, personal passions
adventure arrives when Jupiter and pursuits will be a big part of
lights up Aries and your 9th House your evolution in 2022
28 Virgo 44 Capricorn
As you seek to widen your perspective Happiness and kids may take on a
about relationships, you’ll learn the welcome turn as the longer trend
true meaning of partnership of Uranus in Taurus is triggered
32 Libra 48 Aquarius
Most of your personal evolution in Time to formulate a strategy, so
2022 will stem from your personal when life gets hectic you can return
and professional relationships to it as a kind of personal compass
52 Pisces
If you’ve ever wanted to lead a life
with meaning and purpose, this
may be the year to follow your soul
56 Working with the potential
of 2022
With the potential promised by the
“big movers”, it’s easy to become
overly focused on the action
signified by the outer planets
60 Chinese Astrology
2022 is the year of the Yang Water
Tiger. Discover how this will impact
your sign, and explore the feng shui
focus for 2022
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66 Jupiter and Neptune
conjunction in Pisces
Pisces slows down the pace of
Jupiter and invites greater inward
exploration that can enable us to
sink into our soulful essence
72 The initiation of Chiron:
Intergenerational healing
The Pluto-in-Libra generation
are being initiated by Chiron in
Aries, called to the front lines of
intergenerational healing
76 The 6th and 12th Houses:
Making and unmaking the self
Astrological houses can be meeting
places where our inner selves,
represented by planets and aspects,
find expression in the outer world
82 The intersection between
astrology and psychology
Turning to your birth chart can help
you to understand your sensitivity
to personal dynamics in the world
86 Back to reality
Discover how Saturn emerges as the
critical threshold between embodied
existence and being itself
92 Revamping our way of life
The influence of the 2022 triple
conjunction of Mars, Uranus and
the North Node
96 The Lunar memory palace:
A visionary exercise
Start observing how the Moon
affects you personally, taking note
of the Moon’s transits in the zodiac
96 66
101 The spirital benefits of
astrology
Continued interest in astrology by 08
spiritual seekers in the modern era
is a testament to its importance
106 Hidden harmony: Aspects
of antiscia
What makes antiscia and contra-
antiscia especially unique is their
symmetry around the four seasonal
turning points
110 Electional astrology: Getting
time on your side
Electional astrology is the application
of rules to help achieve the best
results from a planned venture
Moon Calendar
116 A champion in all of us
The Pallas Athena asteroid can be
an important tool in understanding
our astrological story
120 Reviews
Explore a selection of books and
podcasts to help you develop your
understanding of astrology
121 Glossary
A useful index of terms to support a
more indepth understanding of the
astrological arts
122 Meet our writers
Get to know with the beings behind
the astrological expertise inside
these pages
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 Sun sign predictions
Discover the mysteries of your sun sign and how it makes you unique
W
hile hugely popularised,
there is a magic and mystery
surrounding our horoscopes
and the way we identify with
our sun sign, often providing a gateway into
deeper astrological and personal inquiry.
As the center of the universe, the Sun
is our eternal life force, the bringer of light
and warmth. In astrology, the Sun plays a
similar role. As one of the most important
features of your birth chart, it is the source
of infinite wisdom and intelligence. It
shows the persona and the personality,
all in one.
Your sun demonstrates how you light
up life and describes the archetypal ways
you are seen by others. This is one of
the reasons why many of us can relate
to our sun signs or we can easily see the
attributes of the signs other people radiate.
Horoscopes have dominated popular
culture for almost 100 years. At the height
of The Great Depression in 1930, Princess
Margaret, Queen Elizabeth’s younger
sister, was born. An astrological piece
was published by a British newspaper,
penned by RH Naylor, about the birth of
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the princess in order to lift the spirits of
the people.
As astrologers, academics and scholars
of ancient languages continue to pour over
fragments of archeological findings, the
last 30 years have revealed a great deal of
astrological knowledge from antiquity. The
oldest surviving horoscope to date is over
3000 years old.
The common narrative associated
with sun signs underpins their archetypal
qualities. While there are other planets
and heavenly bodies astrologers use, as
the most powerful star, the Sun is the
powerhouse that supercharges all you do.
The 12 signs are divided into two major
groups known as elements, which are
comprised of fire, earth, air and water.
Each element contains three signs. The
second division is modalities: cardinal,
fixed and mutable. Each modality contains
four signs. This means that each of the
12 zodiac signs is a unique blend of one
element and one modality.
Even though your sun sign is only
one piece of a complex puzzle, so much
information can be gleaned from it. A
birth chart is a snapshot of the sky at a
person’s date, time and location of birth.
Even without that extended data, a solar
chart can be drawn up. It’s then possible
to extract 12 pieces of information about
a sun sign from the 12 houses of the
horoscope wheel. This combination of
factors will depict what you’ll resonate with
and associate signs by.
When reading the horoscopes contained
in this publication, they are written from
the perspective of the current planetary
movements of your sun sign or solar chart.
As planets traverse the sky, they’ll activate
new signs, new houses and different life
topics over a specific period. From this
perspective, you’ll gain insight into how the
moving sky will or won’t influence various
areas of your life.
If you know your ascendant sign, it’s
recommended you read your horoscope
for that sign. The ascending sign is the
first sign of your birth chart, setting the
template for the signs that align with the
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houses. If you’re not certain of your birth
time, reading the horoscope for the sign
you were born under works perfectly, too.
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THE MODALITIES THE ELEMENTS

Like the name suggests, the modalities describe your The element of your sun sign shows the driving force behind your
mode of operation (MO). operation. Some signs need security and protection, while others
need inspiration and possibility. What is your basic instinct?
Cardinal Aries, Cancer, Libra, Impulsive, action – Fire Aries, Leo, Dynamic, uplifting, daring,
Capricorn orientated, not great at Sagittarius inspiring, tendency to
finishing, love movement dominate.
and agitation, easily
transition from idea Air Gemini, Libra, Fluid, restless, sociable,
into action. Aquarius communicative, curious,
Fixed Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Stable, enduring, cautious, intellectual.
Aquarius defensive, security-
focused, self-control, slow Water Cancer, Scorpio, Unstable, reactive,
to react, great at finishing. Pisces emotional, in tune with
emotions, security.
Mutable Gemini, Virgo, Adaptable, inconsistent,
Sagittarius, Pisces ambivalent, curious, Earth Taurus, Virgo, Practical, methodical,
diversified responses, Capricorn organised, cautious,
varies between dependable, conventional.
impulsiveness and inertia.

SUN SIGNS
Sun Sign Glyph Ruling Planet Dates Planet Symbolism

Aries Mars 21 March–20 April Action, pioneering, initiating

Taurus Venus 21 April–21 May Tactile, sensual, practical

Gemini Mercury 22 May–21 June Curious, communicative, ideas-driven

Cancer Moon 22 June–23 July Nurturing, emotional, protective

Leo Sun 24 July–23 August Bold, confident, charming

Virgo Mercury 24 August–23 September Strategic, helpful, analytical

Libra Venus 24 September–23 October Artistic, social, diplomatic

Scorpio Mars (modern Pluto) 24 October–22 November Driven, investigative, determined

Sagittarius Jupiter 23 November–20 December Optimistic, adventurous, open-minded

Capricorn Saturn 21 December–20 January Mature, responsible, ambitious

Aquarius Saturn (modern Uranus) 21 January–19 February Logical, free-thinking, outsider

Pisces Jupiter (modern Neptune) 21 February–20 March Generous, compassionate, kind

Astrologers generally default to 10 planets, including the Sun and Moon. However, the use of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are
considered modern planets, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, and don’t hold traditional rulership over the signs, but can be
classed as co-rulers.
Your ruling planet can provide added insight into personality dynamics and timing trends. If you’re guiding star is traversing rocky
skies, you too may feel that pressure. If you’re ruling planet is expecting calm and supportive weather ahead, you may be the lucky
recipient of additional support, luck or benevolence.
*Due to the Earth’s wobble and your location on the globe, these days may shift by a day. If you’re born on one of the above dates, consult
with an astrologer to find out your exact sun sign.

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 ARIES
Aries 2022
There will be plenty to see, do and experience,
and you’ll be bursting at the seams to do it all!
Overview
Travel, learning, writing, teaching and
anything involving self-expression and
widening your perspectives will be
important themes in 2022.
The first instalment of a wonderous new
cycle of growth and good fortune begins from
May to October 2022. Not seen in more than
a decade, Jupiter’s tour through your sign will
provide positive pathways to actualise your
dreams, goals and desires. What you start at
this time will be back on the cosmic agenda
in December, continuing until May 2023.
As you welcome this exuberant cycle in
your life, you’ll reconnect with your inner
confidence, joy and overall lust for life.
Mars, your patron planet, makes it halfway
through your solar chart in 2022. The red
planet joins Jupiter throughout May, June
and July. Mark these months to take bold
and assertive action toward your personal
projects and plans.
Wealth
You feel most supported with a regular
and reliable cash flow. Thanks to Uranus
in Taurus (since 2018), you’ve been shifting
your money mentality. This new approach
could pay off as four eclipses in your
money sectors offer dramatic yet positive
financial developments.
If you’ve been growing a new business,
developing a sideline project or positioning
yourself for a promotion, breakthroughs
are possible under a New Moon eclipse on
1 May. With Uranus in the mix, be prepared
for sudden, yet welcome, progress when it
comes to cash. As new offers come your way,
ditch self-doubt and believe that your money
dreams really can come true.
As inspiration heightens, recognise
new growth requires effort. Additional
responsibility is likely as Saturn creates a
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tense angle with the Full Moon eclipse on
16 May. Taking a cautious approach may be
needed then. If in doubt, seeking the advice of
a wise friend or mentor may help you reach
an important choice.
As cash flow improves, you’ll be motivated
to review long-term money strategies.
Whether it’s paying off a loan or credit card,
or syphoning extra money into a savings or
investment account, the New Moon eclipse
can help you get started on 25 October.
Aligned with the karmic South Node, getting
clear about any money matters you share
with a business or personal partner is
encouraged. Choosing to join financial forces
or opting to keep things separate could be
possible. If something doesn’t feel quite right
in a money situation, holding off on making
bold choices may be your best bet as Mars,
the eclipse ruler, holds court.
A dramatic Full Moon eclipse on 8
November rounds out the year. Reflect
on money choices and adjust accordingly.
Balancing the tension between making
confident money moves and staying with
the safe and certain is highlighted. Trust
your instincts then.
Home life
The period between 21 June and 12 August
is ideal for enjoying extra downtime at
home with whoever it is you call family. As
the regular cycles of the Sun, Mercury and
Venus activate your home zone, you may opt
to put some of your outer-worldly ambitions
on hold temporarily as you seek to grow
connections by spending quality time with
those who matter.
As planets tour Cancer, they’ll form a
dynamic link with larger-than-life Jupiter. You
may be excited by the prospect of organising
family get-togethers and entertaining at
home. You’ll be willing to overextend yourself
as providing a place of comfort and care
for loved ones becomes a priority. Creating
precious memories and happy moments may
come in the form of welcoming new additions
into the family or going the extra mile to
repair any fractured family dynamics.
Joy, happy news and increased
togetherness may be experienced on
29 June, 9 and 25 July, and 8 August.
Relationships
A double dose of Mercury through your
relationship sector helps you establish better
communication in your most significant
relationships. Curious Mercury first enters
your 7th House of Partnership from 26 August
to 9 September.
Your excitable outlook may prompt you to
share grand plans and inspired visions for the
future with your partner when Mercury and
Jupiter align on 3 September.
Developments may hit a snag once
Mercury embarks upon a retrograde,
or reverse cycle, from 9-23 September. If
you’re in an established relationship, this
brief backtrack may inspire you to reassess
your partnership philosophies and goals
together. If your relationship is still fresh,
contemplating your long-term future
together is possible. Single? This cycle
may prompt you to ponder what being
in a partnership, or not, means to you.
Reviewing partnership plans and logistics
may support you in discussing new
agreements and compromises.
Making time for communication,
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connection and togetherness will be
supported as Mercury and Venus work with
Jupiter on 19 September and 2 October.
Organising a date night or a weekend away
would be ideal at this time. Any delayed
progress, confusion or missed opportunities
from late August to early September may
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resolve once Mercury returns to Libra and
your 7th House from 11-30 October.
Career and life direction
Reviewing your professional desires, figuring
out what career contentment means to
you, or tying up loose ends from last year
is highlighted as Venus continues her
retrograde cycle until 30 January.
You may feel increasingly confident and
ambitious once Mars enters Capricorn
and your 10th House of Career, Fame and
Reputation from 24 January to 6 March. After
the Venus retrograde review, you’ll be ready
to strike out in a new direction, focusing on
your career goals for the next two years. As
you become increasingly aware of what you
want, making bold choices and strategic
career moves becomes easier.
Working behind the scenes or being
productive in private may inspire you
creatively as Mars works with abundant
Jupiter on 4 February. Under this influence,
you may feel progress and momentum has
slowed. However, the contrary may be true.
The time you spend dreaming and imagining
will be the fuel that drives you forward.
Lightbulb moments may arrive on 9 February.
If you crave thrills, excitement or professional
autonomy, the enthusiastic support from
Uranus may provide a sudden breakthrough,
especially financially.
Magnetic Venus fuses with Mars on 17
February, which looks extra lush. The extra
support you need to land a new promotion,
attract a soulmate client, or find the
contentment you’ve been looking for since
December 2021 may likely arrive.
The drive, passion and willpower you need
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The period between
25 May and 5 July
is especially spectacular
as Mars, your personal
planet, enters Aries
for the first time in
two years
to realise your career goals may intensify on
3 March as Mars and Pluto join forces. This
planetary powerhouse brings determination,
despite any opposition you may be faced with.
Other dates where you career sector
becomes active are: 3, 9, 11 and 17 January,
24-25 February, 14 July, and 7, 10 and 22-
29 December.
Happiness and children
You’ll be blessed by some of life’s most
simple pleasures between 19 July and 5
September. If you can, do more of what you
love during this period. Be willing to live life
a little larger, spending time on the people
or passions that bring you happiness. Under
this energetic and exuberant influence, you’ll
be bursting at the seams to indulge in love,
romance, children and joy.
An annual tour of Mercury, the Sun and
Venus move through Leo and your 5th House,
they’ll form a collaborative and supportive
connection to Jupiter. Happy news, positive
developments and increased beneficence
can be expected on 24 July, 1 and 18 August.
That being said, planets in Leo will also
form a tense angle with anything-is-possible
Uranus. An unexpected plot twist or sudden,
yet welcome, developments are also likely.
As things may feel in flux at this time,
experiment with a fresh approach to having
fun. This may involve splurging on a five-star
experience if you normally keep things low
key. If you tend to overdo indulgence, you
might opt for less extravagant experiences.
Either way, events that materialise between
July and September may be worth making a
long-term commitment to.
Adventure and discovery
Travel, learning, writing, teaching and
anything involving self-expression and
widening your perspectives will be important
themes throughout 2022 and into 2023. Mars
moves through Sagittarius and your 9th
House as the year begins. Until 24 January,
you might enjoy an extended holiday or take
full advantage of travel options being more
readily available.
A chance to reassess and review is
highlighted mid-year as Mercury takes
an extended tour through Gemini and
your 3rd House. From 30 April to 23 May
and 14 June to 5 July, your curiosity for local
travel is preferred over global adventures.
Some logistical setbacks or delays are
possible while Mercury retrogrades for a
short period mid-May. Don’t let that stop
you, though — a nimble attitude along with
double-checking details will help make
any travel arrangements, teaching or study
plans go smoothly.
Active Mars bursts into Gemini and
your 3rd House for an extra-long stay from
20 August until late March 2023. You may
be eager to learn something new as your
curiosity soars. Your passion for knowledge,
learning or teaching may lead to new
opportunities when Mars connects with
Jupiter on 1 September. A friend, mentor
or someone brimming with wisdom and
experience may take you under their wing,
thanks to the solid support of Saturn on 28
September and 29 November. Heeding their
wise counsel may help you find your way
through any confusion or lack of direction
when Mars clashes with Neptune on 12
October and 20 November.
From 30 October to 11 January, Mars
moves in reverse. The idea of international
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travel may not hold the usual appeal.
Weekends away or day trips around your local
vicinity may help you remain motivated and
inspired. With Mars in Gemini for such an
extended period, reconnect with what feeds
your mind. It will pay off to hone your focus as
much as you can during this period.
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Friends, networks and groups

You’re on the last stretch of an intense
three-year trend of your social networks
undergoing a restructuring process. Saturn
in Aquarius continues throughout 2022,
completing its once-in-every-29-year tour
in March 2023. With a little over a year left,
you may discover your friendship circles
continue to shift and change.
Coming to the realisation that you’ve
outgrown certain friendships is possible.
You might opt to spend less time with
longstanding allies, preferring to explore
connections that feel more aligned. The
blessing of this cycle is the clarity you’ll gain
about whom you choose to spend your time,
energy and effort with.
The extra-long tour of Mercury through
your 11th House may pose questions about
who your friends are and what friendship
means to you. The period between 13-
26 January may be one of flux, where
miscommunication, mishaps or general
snafus could arise. Reconnecting with an
old friend is possible. Mental stimulation
will be important during this cycle. You could
gravitate towards people who inspire you with
fresh ideas and show you what’s possible.
Conferences, online or in-person retreats
where you can rub shoulders with like-
minded people will excite.
Mercury will return to your friendship zone
from 15 February to 10 March, where you can personal planet, enters Aries for the first Make space for a magical or spiritual
reconnect with any missed opportunities or time in two years. It may feel as though experience on 3 March, 13 and 28 April, 1
pursue new possibilities. The rare pairing there’s nothing you can’t achieve as your and 29 May, and 10 September.
of Venus and Mars from 6-10 March signal confidence soars. If you’ve harboured any
themes of support from a friend or work self-doubt that has held you back from Birthdays and planets
colleague, where more than a friendship striving toward your goals, the combination If your birthdate is listed below (not all
could blossom, too. of Mars and Jupiter will sprinkle good luck will be), you have a special planet
upon your actions, especially on 29 May. influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s
Personal growth and ahead and how to harness the planet’s
self–development Time out and spirituality power for your own growth.
The arrival of optimistic Jupiter in your The pull towards your inner life will be If your birthday falls between 20-28 March,
sign happens twice this year, bringing a strong thanks to Jupiter spending a you’ll have lucky Jupiter fuse with your sun.
smorgasbord of opportunities not seen large portion of the year in your private This boost of confidence may help you to
since 2010/2011. and reflective 12th House. You may be stretch your personal boundaries, helping
The first visit, from 11 May to 28 October, less available to others, reducing social you realise what is truly possible for you. With
encourages you to pursue a personal dream commitments or opting to spend more time your confidence dialled up to 10, there will be
or passion. There will be plenty to see, do alone. Jupiter loves to travel, explore and nothing you can’t achieve!
and experience, and you’ll be bursting at the learn — this year, a majority of that will be If your birthday falls between 31 March
seams to do it all! Being the largest planet, learning about yourself. As you lift the lid on and 14 April, the stabilising influence of
Jupiter’s influence supports growth and any fears or insecurities, you’ll get to see Saturn will encourage you to get clear about
expansion. Life generally feels fuller under inside your own soul and figure out how you personal boundaries and what it is you
Jupiter’s touch, and that may include your can fit spirituality into your busy life. really want. Making clear choices might
waistline! A little weight gain may be the Going on a retreat, taking more holidays mean saying “no” more than you would
by-product to saying “yes” to life and living it or a digital detox is suggested when Jupiter normally like, but will likely support your
to the fullest. It may also be the joyful result tours Pisces until 11 May, returning for a final success long term.
of impending parenthood. Whatever your visit from 28 October to 20 December. If your birthday falls between 14-18 April,
experience during Jupiter’s first visit, from While the urge to escape from your the gentle pull of Pluto may encourage you
20 December, his exuberant qualities return, responsibilities and commitments may run to go inwards to reveal more of the truth of
staying well into the new year. deep then, it’s not always practical. Carving who you are. As a new awareness emerges,
The period between 25 May and 5 July out time for extra self-care will soothe your you’ll be able to step into your authentic self
is especially spectacular as Mars, your soul when Mars visits from 15 April to 25 May. in a more profound way.

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 TAURUS
Taurus 2022
With the luckiest planet in your luckiest sector, the majority
of 2022 is a fortunate and social time. You’ll be ready to shake
up and dust off old, tired and outgrown personal patterns
Overview
The ongoing cycle of Uranus in Taurus
continues to encourage you to embrace
change and unpredictability. Meanwhile, a
series of eclipses in your relationship sector
bring exciting opportunities for personal
growth as you establish deeper emotional
connections in your most important
relationships. Saturn’s longer-term trend
through Aquarius continues to provide
clarity about your professional path and
overall life direction.
Wealth
Two extra-long cycles from Mercury and
Mars through your cash-flow sector,
known as the 2nd House, will prompt a
massive rethink and review about your
financial confidence.
Curiosity heightens about how you
can make more money, improve wealth
or reduce debt when Mercury visits twice
from 30 April to 9 May and 14 June to 5
July. Mercury is the traditional planet of
business and its retrograde from 9-23 May
provides the perfect opportunity to review
investment or business contracts and make
any necessary adjustments. Rather than
initiate new deals, follow up on any plans
that haven’t come to fruition.
You’ll be exceptionally confident about
money, how you earn, spend and save once
Mars bursts into Gemini on 20 August. A
flurry of financial activity is possible, where
you generate more income in your business,
a sideline project or receive a bonus or raise
at work. Cash flow could become stalled
or stagnant once Mars undergoes a rare
retrograde, or reverse phase, from 30 October
2022 to 11 January 2023. This cycle may
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prompt you to reflect on money and reset
your financial desires. Streamlining your
accounts and cutting back on unnecessary
expenditure and little luxuries during the
retrograde phase may help you get clear
on your most important money goals.
With Mars spending such a long time in
Gemini, you’re encouraged to get confident
with cash. Raising your rates, applying
for a promotion or a higher paying role
is encouraged. Taking action to reduce
expenses in addition to boosting income
will help you regain money momentum.
While in Gemini, Mars will gain support
from Saturn and clash with Neptune. There
may be times that, despite positive progress,
unexpected expenses may pop up or you lose
confidence with cash. If that happens, you
may need to loosen the reigns if your budget
is too tight, or you may need to seal up where
any money leaks are taking place.
Dates to watch for are 28 September,
12 October, 20 and 29 November.
Home life
With so much focus on other areas of
life, you’ll get the opportunity to spotlight
domestic desires with the annual cycles
of the Sun, Mercury and Venus.
The period between 19 July and 5
September looks especially golden for
your private life. This is your best time to
focus on family and the delights of being
at home. You might like to focus on making
your domestic life a place of warmth, light
and happiness for those you love. The Sun
in Leo inspires confidence and demands
quality, making this your best time to
invest in an upgrade or move into a more
opulent space.
Splurging on decorative items or
upgrading furnishings will help you feel
more luxurious under Venus’s influence.
Under Mercury’s touch, communication
is highlighted, as well as any business
dealings related to your home.
As your 4th House becomes activated,
you may become increasingly aware if your
work/home life has become imbalanced. If
you need additional support with domestic
tasks around the home, you may opt to hire
help or insist that other members of your
household do their share.
Relationships
Two special lunations backlight your 7th
House of Relationships, helping you to
release old emotional baggage. Known as
eclipses, these lunations are attached to
the karmic South Node. Fresh insight into
your relationship patterns, or what is really
important in a personal or professional
pairing may arrive.
The Full Moon eclipse on 16 May is
especially emotional, bringing awareness
to what has been lacking in a relationship.
This will be an ideal time to put practicality
to one side, revealing the deeper and
more intimate and compassionate aspects
of yourself. Letting go of pain from your
past or forgiving grievances in a current
relationship will bring the intimacy and
connection you crave. This eclipse may
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illuminate the ways you’ve grown and
changed within a relationship. If you’ve
felt stuck or stagnant from circling around
the same issues, you may come to the
realisation that closure is the best option.
The New Moon eclipse on 25 October
offers fresh starts and new beginnings in
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your love life. If fear of the unknown has
prevented you from emotionally connecting
with a partner, you may surprise yourself in
how much you’re ready to reveal at this time.
Career and life direction
Since late 2020, the crown of your solar
chart, known as the 10th House, has been
influenced by the presence of Saturn in
Aquarius. This is your final year to lay a new
30-year foundation in your professional life
and your overall life path.
You may discover you’ve reached a
pinnacle in your career, or you may seek to
establish something new, unique or different
career-wise. Either way, you’ll gain a new
level of honesty and authenticity from what
you want out of your working life.
A longer-than-usual tour of Mercury
will help you re-envision your professional
goals from 2-26 January and 15 February
to 10 March. In Aquarius, Mercury loves to
think outside the box. During this time, you
may have to go above and beyond to broker
a deal, solidify a new contract or make
an agreement. Be prepared for delays or
miscommunications once Mercury makes
a brief detour from 13-26 January.
Your efforts may pay off under a
stellar meeting between Venus and
Mars, kickstarting a new cycle of support
and momentum on 6 March. Venus will
tour Aquarius from 6 March to 6 April,
lending her magnetic influence to your
professional life. Upgrading your work
wardrobe or your resume may help to leave
an influential impression.
It’s been two years since Mars blessed you
with the courage and confidence to go after
what you want at work. You may be motivated
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to step into a leadership role, launch a
new product or project, or strike out in a
new direction. You won’t be afraid to make
waves when Mars squares off with Uranus
on 23 March. This combustible combination
may spur you towards a path leading to
authenticity and freedom. The Mars/Saturn
pairing on 5 April may see you take on a huge
task or project, where focus and discipline
will see you reach your goals.
Happiness and children
The annual cycles of the Sun, Mercury and
Venus remind you that quality counts when
it comes to enjoying life’s most simple
pleasures. Mercury’s tour of Virgo is fast, but
can still be fun. Your curiosity may heighten
between 4-26 August, reminding you of a
former pastime, hobby or creative outlet. A
lightbulb moment may arrive, encouraging
confidence to try something new on 17
August when Mercury links with Uranus.
The details may not seem logical, but if
something unique or interesting piques
your interest, it may be worth exploring.
September, while Venus visits, will be
your month for living the good life. Romance,
happiness and joy are highlighted from
5-29 September. This sweet and supportive
influence encourages you to spend more
time with those you love. Time with children
or grandchildren may help you connect with
your sense of joy.
Compromise may be required as Venus
squares off with Mars on 17 September.
Differing desires may arise, so relying on
logic rather than feelings may help.
Additional connection and togetherness
are promised in an existing romantic
situation, or you could meet someone new
on 20 September. Experiment with different
love routines or rituals. Someone out of
the ordinary may capture your attention if
you’re single.
Adventure and discovery
Your thirst for adventure may be strongest
when Mars visits Capricorn and your 9th
House from late January to early March. If
you’re travelling between 24 January and
10 February, double check your itinerary
details, allow extra transit time, and be
aware that your plans may go awry as
Mercury retrogrades through your travel
sector during this period.
Mars in Capricorn may motivate you
towards a study pursuit or a teaching or
training goal. Mars was last in your 9th
House in early 2020, when travel became
a non-option. Ideally, catch up on the last
two years by booking into a learning retreat,
attending an international conference or
travelling to teach and present your ideas.
Your willingness to explore wide horizons
and to stretch yourself may lead to a profound
experience when Mars works with Uranus
and Pluto on 9 February and 3 March.
Friends, networks and groups
The astrology of antiquity refers to the 11th
House as the House of Good Spirit. This
part of your solar chart is your busiest
sector throughout 2022 and you may feel
the proverbial pennies from heaven rain
down upon you.
The growth, expansion and benevolence
of Jupiter in Pisces will light up your social
sphere twice, ensuring you’ll explore all your
social avenues. With the luckiest planet in
your sector, the majority of 2022 is a fortunate
and social time. Friends will prove to be a
source of immense support and comfort
throughout this once-in-a-decade influence.
As Jupiter tours Pisces, it will activate
the longer-running cycle of Neptune in
Pisces (since 2011). This is the first and only
time these two planets will form a magical
fusion, which peaks on 13 April. This dream-
come-true influence may see you find your
ideal tribe or have a greater impact on a
community or charity. There will be no limit
to the positive effect you’ll have on others
around you, and they upon you.
You may show more confidence in
extending your social circle, taking on a
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mentor role, or forming alliances with
industry insiders at work when Mars visits.
The period from 16 April to 11 May is
exceptionally active. Close friends may help
you take a risky, yet exciting leap of faith.
Your guiding light, Venus, will tour
Pisces from 6 April to 3 May. Her special
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influence will add extra sparkle to an

already stellar social life, with 1 May
looking especially sparkly.

Personal growth and

self–development
Two North Node eclipses, Mars, as well as a
double–dip from Mercury, will provide plenty
of opportunities to embrace your potential.
The impact of restlessness and change,
thanks to Uranus in Taurus (since 2018), has
already made its influence felt. Your body,
your identity and the way you approach life
gets super-charged this year as Uranus
aligns with the karmic North Node. You’ll be
ready to shake up and dust off old, tired and
outgrown personal patterns. If you’ve been
resisting change by clinging to the familiar,
this catalytic once-in-a-lifetime combination
may catapult you towards authenticity and
freedom, especially on and around 1 August.
A New Moon eclipse on 1 May will help
you to recognise that patterns that were
comfortable or safe now feel irritating or
inhibitive. A turning point may prompt a new
approach or doing something out of character
for you, and prove to be especially beneficial
as Venus and Jupiter get close. It may be
thanks to the support of a good friend or
mentor that encourages you to back yourself.
The second eclipse, a Full Moon on 8
November, will help you get to know yourself
better through the influence of others. A
significant someone may play an important
role in your personal progress.
The peiord from 5 July to 20 August
denotes a cycle of energy, motivation and September, while Venus visits, will be your month
momentum as Mars returns to Taurus to
set fire to your passions and goals for the
for living the good life. Romance, happiness and joy
next two years. Carve out time to pursue are highlighted from 5-29 September
a new health and fitness regime or dive
into a personal project. Don’t hesitate to
become a little selfish during this period, While Jupiter returns in December, If you’re born from 20 April to 21 May,
as your priorities come first at this time. A continuing into 2023, its influence in you’ll get a nudge from Jupiter to push the
breakthrough is possible when Mars aligns your 12th House happens just once a boundary of what you think is possible for
with the North Node on 2 August. decade. If you’re overdue for a significant you. Believing in yourself is the first step to
holiday or would like to take a sabbatical making your dreams come true. 2022 will
Time out and spirituality or hiatus, Jupiter in Aries will inspire you. help you deepen the faith you have in yourself.
If you haven’t already, exploring the Carving out the time you need is possible If you’re born from 1-15 May, Saturn
meaning of spirituality once Jupiter when Mars makes its first entrance after continues to pressure-test your priorities.
tours Aries may radically reshape your a two-year absence. The ideal time to Stepping up to a new level of responsibility
perspectives. Opting to make more room prioritise rest and retreat is 25 May to 5 may prompt you to release old obligations
for faith in your life is possible, or you may July. The spiritual path you’ve been seeking that no longer serve you. As you get clearer
want to carve out your own spiritual path in may reveal itself when Mars and Jupiter on what’s important, a new personal
2022. You may be less active or ambitious join forces on 29 May. authenticity will emerge.
in a material sense, especially from 11 If you’re born from 30 April to 8 May,
May to 28 October, as you gain clarity Birthdays and planets you’ll continue to experiment with the core
around your deepest desires. Dreams and If your birthdate is listed below (not all essence of your being, thanks to Uranus
meditations may hold more symbolism and will be), you have a special planet fusing with your sun. If it feels like storms
meaning for you then, too. Friends may see influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s are brewing within your life, they aren’t
less of you as you withdraw and focus your ahead and how to harness the planet’s here to disrupt you but to clear a path
attention inwards. power for your own growth. towards greater individuality and freedom.

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Gemini 2022
With the most fortunate planet in your lucky 11th House, Jupiter may see
you attract people into your sphere that support your success
Overview
Thanks to the golden cycle of Jupiter in
Pisces, your professional path and major life
plans will be your main focus for success
and growth. Friendships are set to expand
and blossom under Jupiter’s influence, too.
With so many opportunities opening up for
you, you’ll get the chance to reassess your
personal priorities in the final quarter of 2022.
Wealth
The longer trend of Pluto in Capricorn (since
2008) has brought to the surface power
issues around money. As this cycle begins to
close, you’ll gain new opportunities to regain
financial control and confidence, especially
in close relationships. Profound changes are
possible if you feel like a slave to your wage
or you’ve allowed money to control you. With
heightened activity in your 8th House, relating
to shared resources, debt and savings, earlier
in the year, you can transform perspectives
on money and regain your fiscal power.
The period between 24 January and 6
March is ideal for taking a deep dive into
your money values, habits and attitudes,
particularly in partnerships. Whether you’re
looking to join financial forces with someone
or you’ve made the decision to uncouple,
double checking the fine print is earmarked
between 26 January and 3 February. If you’re
looking for a better deal with a mortgage,
credit cards or considering making a
significant money move, do your due-
diligence during this time.
This rare visit from Mars will encourage
confidence and an assertive attitude with
cash, setting you up for success over the next
two years. Focus on setting up new money
systems, streamlining your accounts and
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getting clear on your overheads. Use the
period between 24 January and 6 March
to your advantage when reducing debt,
boosting savings or contributing to your
superannuation account.
If you want more control over your cash
flow, income and wealth, make a bold or
confident money move on 3, 17, 18 or 29
January, 12 February, 3 or 4 March, 29 June,
14-20 July, 9 August or 29 December.
Home life
With so much activity in the top half of your
solar chart in 2022, there will be less focus
on the home front. That said, you get
two bites of the cosmic apple to manage
logistics, make improvements and support
family relationships.
Making the most of your home life is
possible when Mercury tours Virgo from
4-26 August. Getting on top of domestic
details, organising schedules, synching
calendars or planning trades for repairs and
maintenance is ideal at this time. Paperwork
relating to a move, renovation, purchase or
lease may require your attention. If you’re
considering new technology or appliances,
trying something new or innovative under
the Mercury/Uranus link on 17 August
looks favourable.
Plans go awry, and work to your
advantage, during a temporary blip between
23 September and 1 October as Mercury
makes a brief backtrack. Negotiating a
better deal or terms of a contract is possible,
especially on 27 September when Mercury
joins Venus. This period may signal the desire
to put your plans on hold and focus on family
relationships. As miscommunication or
crossed wires are likely then, issues from
the past may resurface. Honest conversations
may lead to profound healing with a family
member or relative when Mercury works with
Pluto on 27 September and 7 October.
Any stalled plans or projects around the
home will regain momentum and progress
when Mercury is back on track between
1-11 October.
Relationships
Jupiter, your personal love planet, is in your
professional and friendship sectors in 2022.
Much of your energy may be geared towards
developing relationships at work and with
industry peers. Meeting someone worth
getting to know better at work or within a
professional setting is possible. You may
discover you share the same dreams, goals
and aspirations for the future, which will feel
exciting and magical all at once!
A word of caution, though, as Jupiter
makes a rare pairing with nebulous Neptune
in April, the lines may become blurred
between work and play. Establishing healthy
boundaries between work and play may be
helpful during this period. A personal partner
may become more involved with your career
or you may make some major life plans for
the future together. By being open, hopeful
and optimistic, you may discover you can
have it all — a lover, a friend and a business
partner, all in one!
Confident Mars will be halfway through
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its tour of Sagittarius and your 7th House
of Partnership as the year begins. Until
24 January, you’ll be focused on pursuing
passionate relationships. You’ll be ready
to take things to a new level, eager for
your partner to match your energy and
enthusiasm. Things can get volatile with
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Mars in the mix, but your passion and
desire are genuine. As Mars only visits your
relationship sector once every two years,
this would be an ideal opportunity to set new
goals or turn over a new leaf in love. Under
Mars’ influence, Geminis may attract a new
love interest and those who’ve found their
twin could rekindle a spark.
Career and life direction
Your 10th House of Career, Fame and
Success is blessed by Jupiter in Pisces
until 11 May and again from 28 October
to 20 December.
This rare cycle — which only happens
every 12 years — promises a flood of
opportunities to advance at work or can bring
the chance to realise a major life dream. In
April, Jupiter will join forces with the longer
trend of Neptune in Pisces (since 2011). If
you’ve been pursuing creative, spiritual or
helpful professions since then, you may finally
reach the success you’ve been aspiring to.
As these two planets get together,
outpouring your creativity or generosity may
take its toll on you. Caution is advised. You
may realise you’ve gotten so busy or taken on
too much and begin to question your passion
and purpose. It will be hard to recognise
your limits and set boundaries with so many
amazing opportunities continuing to pour in.
Confusion may seep in and you could feel
overwhelmed, prompting the need to refocus
your desires.
Confident Mars will visit Pisces and your
10th House for the first time in two years.
From 15 April to 25 May, you’ll be encouraged
to make bold choices or make a right-for-you
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move. Doubling down on work, launching a
new service or product, or striking out in a
new direction is also likely at this time.
Happiness and children
You’ll get the chance to live more of the good
life as planets tour through Libra and your 5th
House of Joy, Pleasure and Happiness from
26 August to 30 October. This longer-than-
usual cycle will promote happy encounters,
pleasurable experiences and doing more of
the things you love with whom you love.
Mercury takes an extra-long tour
through your fun house, activating this
sector from 26 August to 9 September
and 11-30 October. Curiosity heightens
as you try exciting new things. You’ll be
most receptive to relationships or dating
situations that have a light-hearted
approach. Conversations will flow freely and
easily in a relaxed atmosphere, enhancing
mental and romantic connections. Your
thirst for knowledge about a personal hobby
or interest may pique, making this a great
period to undergo a course or workshop to
learn about something you enjoy.
New information, plans or schedules
involving children may crop up then, too.
Spending time and engaging with children
and the young people in your life can shift
your perspective on what happiness means.
Mercury will spend a portion of this period
in reverse, or retrograde. The period from 9
September to 1 October may bring confusion
or misunderstanding regarding some of these
topics. Crossed wires experienced during this
time will give you the chance to slow down
and rethink your perspective, especially when
Mercury and Jupiter face off on 19 September
and 12 October.
Venus adds her charming and romantic
flair, offering some of your happiest
moments while in Libra from 29 September
to 23 October. As Venus makes a series
of other planetary connections, you may
experience a topsy-turvy phase regarding
your approach to joy and happiness. After
some potential uncertainty, you’ll get clear
about what true happiness means to you on
or around 23 October.
Adventure and discovery
Thanks to recent global events, your
intentions around travel and adventure
stalled, prompting you to explore other
avenues of meaning and purpose. Projects
involving teaching, studying, writing or
publishing may have been solidified, helping
you bring a long-term plan to fruition.
If you’re travelling in January, expect
delays as Mercury embarks on a brief
backtrack from 13-23 January. Allow
extra time in transit and double-check
your itinerary. This period is also ideal for
researching travel options for later in the year
or organising studying or teaching projects.
You may be particularly adventurous
when Mars bursts into Aquarius from 6
March to 15 April for his biennial visit. This
will be an auspicious time to push ahead into
unfamiliar territory, discover new knowledge
or lift the lid on something you’ve always
wondered about. Venus joins Mars on 6
March, highlighting travel with good friends
or a romantic partner. Her visit (until 6 April)
may see the importance of little luxuries
while traveling, so treat yourself to the best
you can afford.
Friends, networks and groups
You might be more popular than usual when
exuberant Jupiter begins his tour of Aries
from 11 May until 28 October. During these
months, you may actively seek to expand
your social circle or play a greater role in
your communities, groups or networks.
You may gain increased awareness of how
supportive your friends are and want to
spend more time with those who share your
energy and lust for life.
With the most fortunate planet in your
lucky 11th House, Jupiter may see you attract
people into your sphere that support your
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success. Friends who are well connected or
professional peers who can open the right
doors for you will be in abundance.
May stands out as a magical month as
lucky charm Venus tours Aries. Friends may
act as conduits of support, connection and
benefit, opening you to a whole new world
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of opportunity. As Venus and Jupiter light

up your social circles, you’ll realise just how
much of a blessing true friends are.
Making your mark in a new social circle or
stepping into a leadership role is highlighted
when Mars joins Jupiter on 29 May. Under
this bombastic planetary pairing, take positive
action towards a cause or ideal that you’re
passionate about. It’s possible you may ruffle
some feathers under Mars’ influence. As
certainty about the company you choose to
align yourself with grows, you may see some
aspects of your social circle change.

Personal growth and

self–development
You’ll get the chance to flex your muscles
— either literally or figuratively — thanks to
the extended cycle of Mars in Gemini from
20 August 2022 to March 2023. The extra
energy, drive and confidence you experience
then may help you put yourself first. A pet
project, a personal health and fitness goal
or carving out more time for yourself is likely
at this time.
Mars can boost your vitality and
confidence, helping you to make some bold
personal choices or push forward with plans.
As you assert yourself more directly, you
may be a force to be reckoned with and less
likely to adapt to other people’s demands,
especially in your personal life.
This rare cycle, which only happens
A personal challenge may be highlighted every 12 years, promises a flood of opportunities
once Mars hits the brakes and moves in
reverse from 30 October, continuing until to advance at work or can bring the chance
January 2023. This rare retrograde will
prompt you to pause, reflect and review your
to realise a major life dream
progress since August. As you turn your
attention within, you’ll learn more about is aligned with radical Uranus. Sudden If your birthday falls between 21-29 May,
recent choices that brought confusion and new beginnings are possible, especially lucky Jupiter sextiles your sun. Opportunities
uncertainty, and the ones that brought clarity in your professional life. Time out or time for growth and expansion will come more
and direction. Key dates for review are 28 away may be unlikely then. Eliminating easily this year. With a vision or purpose,
September, 12 October, 20 and 29 November. distractions, keeping a low profile and the smallest amount of effort may yield big
being productive in private may provide results. Taking action on a worthwhile dream
Time out and spirituality the breakthrough you need. or goal or unleashing your adventurous side
Taking a break or giving yourself more The second Full Moon eclipse on 8 is the key to success.
time for rest will be important mid-year November may highlight the struggle of If your birthday falls between 1-16
when Mars visits Taurus from 5 July to 20 juggling obligations and responsibilities June, the stable influence of Saturn will
August. In your 12th House of Rest and and your urge to draw back or pull away. support your long-term personal growth.
Retreat, Mars may encourage you to be Active Mars will be retrograde in Gemini at You’ll express a more mature, focused and
less available to others. If stress, anxiety or this time, so you’ll be less energetic and determined side to your nature. You may
restlessness have been lingering under the more introspective than usual. If there are begin to reap the rewards from previous
surface, rest will become super important changes in your life you’ve been avoiding efforts or hard work.
when Mars meets Uranus and the karmic making, this eclipse may prompt you to If your birthday falls between 10-16 June,
North Node on 1 August. Time in nature take drastic, yet necessary, action. dreamy Neptune squares your sun. The
or mediation will be useful for easing a chance to explore your spiritual or creative
troubled mind and encouraging more Birthdays and planets side is on offer. Let go of any aspects of
restful sleep. If your birthdate is listed below (not all yourself that don’t allow your intuitive side
Two eclipses trigger Taurus in 2022. will be), you have a special planet to emerge. A reshaping of your identity may
They’ll remind you of the importance of influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s cloud your judgement at times, particularly
downtime and taking care of your body. ahead and how to harness the planet’s when fact or fantasy become skewed. The
The first eclipse, a New Moon, on 1 May power for your own growth. answers you seek can be found within.

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 CANCER
Cancer 2022
The rare and magical pairing of Jupiter and Neptune
in April may see the realisation of a life-long dream
Overview
It’s the top half of your solar chart that’s the
most active in 2022. Thanks to the influence
of Mars, most of your energy will be focused
on progress and progression regarding topics
of travel, study, career and friendship.
Spectacular developments involving major
life plans are possible when Jupiter lights
up the crown of your chart, known as the
10th House. New opportunities may open
up professionally, or you may gain clearer
perspectives about the direction you’d like
your life to head in.
Wealth
Since Saturn first entered Aquarius and your
8th House of Investment and Joint Resources
in March 2020, you’ve been learning a lot
about wealth creation and debt reduction. If
you haven’t already, 2022 is your year to get
serious about wealth.
Fortunately, you’ve got great career
prospects that could lead to generating more
income throughout the year. You might opt to
embrace healthy spending limits, automate
savings or accelerate debt reduction. If
you have a tax situation, be proactive about
getting on top of it. Money you share with
other people, like a life or business partner,
may need a clear strategy as you move
forward. Generally speaking, the 8th House
refers to the elephant in the room (aka the
money topics surrounding death). Take
responsibility for issues such as insurance, a
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Words Cassandra Tyndall
will or power of attorney. Dealing with these
delicate but necessary situations may be best
discussed in early March when you have the
support of Mercury, Venus and Mars.
Positive developments or attracting more
cash is possible on 24 July, 1 and 18 August.
A boost to your income or a bright new idea
is likely at this time and could prompt the
need to make a series of quick decisions. You
prefer a slow and steady approach to money,
so tension is highlighted as you grapple with
making a fast move while keeping your eye on
your long-term money goals.
Home life
Your home and family life has a calm and
peaceful influence to it this year. Making
changes are possible – if you want that – but
you may opt for slow and steady progress.
The desire to make adjustments may
arrive once Mercury retrogrades (moves
backwards) in September. Consider how
to better organise your home in a way that
supports family relationships and staying
connected. The extended cycle of Mercury
from 26 August to 23 September and
11-30 October may inspire you to upgrade
technology at home, or make the necessary
adjustments to ensure ease of mobility by car
or public transport.
Trying to accommodate everyone’s needs
may be challenging once Mercury begins
to move in reverse from 9-23 September.
You might second-guess recent choices
during this period. While small changes are
possible, larger or longer-term decisions
about your living situation are best made
either before or after Mercury’s reverse
cycle. New ideas and more decisive choices
about long-term home stability are possible
on 12, 23 and 27 October.
Once confusion diffuses and decisions
are agreed upon, you’ll have the lovely
influence of Venus from 29 September to
23 October. You may be inspired to make
your living space more aesthetically
pleasing with flowers or art. Redecorating
your entertainment area will provide a
warm and inviting space for family and
friends. As Venus supports connection
and togetherness within your family
relationships, the dynamic link between
Venus and Jupiter on 2 October may help
you to extend generosity, make peace with
someone you’ve been at odds with, or
welcome new members into your clan.
Relationships
The once-in-a-lifetime cycle of Pluto in
Capricorn (since 2008) has brought intense
relationship experiences that demanded
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honesty. This is the final full calendar
year featuring Pluto in your 7th House of
Partnerships. You can expect continuing
powerful, profound and transformative
relating experiences — both personally
and professionally.
Passionate Mars and a double dose of
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June, July and
August are peak
months to put your
personal plans first
or get more curious
about things that
interest you
Venus bring opportunities to develop the
dynamics of an existing relationship or, if
you’re single, the chance to meet someone
new. Under the guidance of Pluto, you’ll
settle for nothing less than total truth, trust
and honesty. Nothing is hidden under Pluto’s
watchful eye. This distant planet will expect
you to reveal more than you’re used to being
comfortable sharing but, in return, Pluto will
initiate you into the profound level of depth,
connection and intimacy you crave.
You may be contemplating the extent
to which you’ve compromised your own
happiness for the sake of someone else’s
as Venus continues her retrograde, or
reverse cycle, which began in December
2021. Your ingrained relating habits may be
undergoing a profound level of change or
you may discover your relationship desires
are evolving. There may be a sudden yet
welcome turn of events on 28 January.
Whatever your current relationship status is
— or your feelings about it — you’ll be ready
to embrace whatever happens at this time.
Getting back on the same page with a
loved one is possible as a new cycle between
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Venus and Mars begins on 17 February. As
these two planets traverse the sky together,
they’ll meet again on 6 March, where a long-
term commitment or the choice to uncouple
is possible.
Venus will return to Capricorn on 10
December 2022 until 3 January 2023. It’s not
often Venus visits your relationship sector
twice in one calendar year, offering double the
opportunity to develop closeness, connection
and the kind of relationship you want.
Career and life direction
Professional progress or a lucrative new offer
may arrive when Jupiter jumps into Aries and
your 10th House of Career, Recognition and
Life Direction from 11 May to 28 October. It’s
been more than a decade since Jupiter lit up
your professional path and blessed you with
an array of exciting new possibilities.
In 2022, Jupiter will move back and forth
between Pisces and Aries and back again.
Work-related travel and study opportunities
are featured, or a professional project may
see you stretch beyond your comfort zone.
Mars will make its biennial visit to your
career zone from 25 May to 5 July, promoting
confidence and taking decisive action with
your career or major life plans. You might
strike out in a new direction or follow a
professional path that holds meaning or
purpose for you when Mars and Jupiter join
forces on 29 May. This rare pairing may see
you say “yes” to exciting growth or a lucky
new offer. Your willingness to take a risk
during this period could pay off when Mars
teams up with Saturn and Pluto on 28 June
and 2 July. If your initial enthusiasm starts
to wane, an adjustment to your strategy will
help you maintain discipline and focus. The
stunning fusion of Venus and Jupiter on 1
May will remind you that teamwork makes
the dream work.
Happiness and children
The discovery of a forgotten hobby, creative
outlet or an activity you enjoyed in the past
may re-emerge when two eclipses light up
your 5th House of Happiness. Attached to
the South Node, these eclipses may help
you eliminate frivolities and get to the simple
truth of what happiness means to you. You
could be less inclined to want to be seen
in the right places with the right people.
Instead, with a less-is-more approach, you’ll
feel greater contentment and connection
from spending quality time with children,
a romantic interest, or doing more of what
you love. You may discover that dedicating
yourself to what and whom you love will take
more of your time, energy and resources, so
be ready to open your heart and your wallet.
The fullness of these experiences may
arrive under the Full Moon eclipse on 16 May.
You could experience a depth of emotion or
an outpouring of love and joy. New insight
around what inspires you through a creative
outlet is possible during this time.
The New Moon eclipse on 25 October
combines themes of new beginnings,
along with endings. Releasing old fears or
emotional baggage that stands between you
and new happiness is possible. Under this
eclipse, let go and make peace with your past,
creating space and energy for new pleasures.
Adventure and discovery
Your House of Travel and Discovery, the 9th
House, holds the most astro-action for you in
2022. April is a standout month where you’ll
have the influence of Venus, Mars, Jupiter
and Neptune, all working together to inspire
you to travel or explore what meaning and
purpose mean in your life.
New horizons, both literally and
figuratively, will open up for you when Jupiter
visits, twice. January to May and October
to December are key periods for you to
embrace opportunities to travel, undertake
a course of study or even delve into your
spiritual or philosophical side. The rare and
magical pairing of Jupiter and Neptune in
April may see the realisation of a life-long
dream. Travel or study during this time will
hold more meaning if it has some kind of
compassionate, spiritual or philosophical
leaning or supports your career. If you’ve
ever wanted to take a pilgrimage or tick off a
seemingly impossible item from your bucket
list, this is the year to do it!
As Venus and Mars push through Pisces
from 6 April to 25 May, they’ll provide an
increased sense of urgency or a “now or
never” feel for meaningful adventures. Any
new experience you claim for yourself then
will invigorate your love for life. As you see
or learn more about the world, your love and
compassion for those around you will deepen.
Friends, networks and groups
The nature of your friendships and social
networks has undergone a process of
radical reshaping since 2018. You may have
discovered the desire to explore connections
with unique or interesting people. A part
of this process could mean that you’ve
lost touch with certain people as you
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experimented with what authentic friendship
means to you.
In recent years, technology may have had
an increasing role in the way you establish
and maintain routines within your social
circles. In 2022, you might opt for the radical
act of showing up, choosing in-the-flesh
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catch-ups rather than digital connections.

The exciting and dynamic meeting between
Mars, Uranus and the North Node in August,
plus two eclipses, will invigorate friendships
and groups of all kinds, including professional
and charitable organisations.
You’ll be ready to make a splash under the
eclipses on 1 May and 8 November. Both of
these eclipses bring a powerful fresh-start
energy, which could see you step into the
limelight or show up for those who count in a
new or different way. Pairing up with others,
especially to pursue business or a big-picture
vision, can help support your success.

Personal growth and

self–development
There may be less scope on the personal
growth front this year, due to the majority
of planetary influences targeting other life
topics. Take time to focus on other areas of
life such as your outer-worldly ambitions,
travel and other people.
June, July and August are peak months
to put your personal plans first or get more
curious about things that interest you.
Getting to know yourself better may help
you to realise where you’re overstretching
yourself or being too generous with your
time and energy.
Venus in Cancer from 18 July to 12
August will be your cosmic reminder to
up your self-care and indulge yourself.
Where possible, be sure to treat yourself
with a luxury experience or buy yourself
something that makes you feel good. It will
be a lovely time for you to reward yourself
for all the progress you’ve made in other
areas of life.
30 October 2022 to 11 January 2023. If to harness the planet’s power for your
Time out and spirituality the demands of life haven’t allowed for own growth.
Your desire for an increased amount of downtime, you may find you’ll need it then. If your birthday falls between 21 June
time alone may arrive when Mars enters You may require stillness and serenity as and 9 July, Jupiter will square your sun,
Gemini and your 12th House of Rest, you contemplate some big life questions. highlighting that opportunities for growth
Retreat and Isolation from 20 August 2022 Digging into your past may help you and expansion are within reach. A little
to 25 March 2023. During this extended understand the reason for some of your action will take you a long way, especially
period, your curiosity regarding topics more recent choices. This level of self- when it comes to your professional path or
about spirituality, meditation or anything examination may help cut ties with the large-scale life plans.
mystical may heighten. past, clear emotional baggage and help If your birthday falls between 1-10 July,
With Mars in the most hidden sector you move forward with clarity. you may be surprised by how willing you are
of your solar chart for such a long time, Through its tour of Gemini, Mars will to try new and unique things. New freedoms
you’re encouraged to eliminate distractions make connections to Jupiter, Saturn may inspire more independence as you
in order to connect with the deeper needs and Neptune. If feelings of stress or experiment with your less conventional side.
of your soul. While taking a sabbatical anxiety arise from being overwhelmed or Exploring fresh options will lead to more
would be ideal, it may not be practical. overworked, new rituals in your religious authentic choices.
Instead, consider taking regular weekends or spiritual life may help you feel more If your birthday falls between 12-17
away, spending less time on social media connected and at peace. July, the pull towards anything mystical,
or leaving work early or on time on a more magical or a little surreal may entice you.
regular basis. Birthdays and planets In order to more fully embrace your softer
Carving out time to pursue a solo If your birthdate is listed below (not all will and more emotional side, you may have
passion is highlighted when Mars begins be), you have a special planet influencing to surrender the protective barrier you’ve
its retrograde, or reverse phase, from you in 2022. Here’s what’s ahead and how built around you.

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 LEO
The chance to take once-in-a-lifetime trip or embark upon a grand
adventure arrives when Jupiter lights up Aries and your 9th House of
Travel, Discovery and Meaning
Overview
The western portion of your personal
solar horoscope is most active in 2022,
highlighting relationships and other
people in general. Exciting changes in your
professional life and public reputation are
possible as two eclipses in Taurus propel
you towards a new level of success or the
realisation of a career dream.
Wealth
A lucrative offer through a personal or
business partner (if you have one) may
arrive, thanks to the continuing influence of
Jupiter in Pisces. Until 11 May, themes of
abundance and expansion in your financial
life are possible. You may realise that an
asset has grown in value or you’re in a
better financial position than you thought.
Matters of debt may arise, prompting
you to increase your loan repayments,
repay credit card debt or get on top of
a tax situation. If boosting your long-
term financial security is your goal, then
investing more in the stock market,
superannuation or some other kind of
investment is possible. If you need to
increase your debt in order to make a
substantial purchase, the once-in-every-
12-year influence of Jupiter may make it
easier for you to obtain credit.
Some caution is advised, especially
when Jupiter fuses with Neptune in April.
While this is a dream-come-true planetary
combination, it may also be easier to have
the wool pulled over your eyes in financial
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Words Cassandra Tyndall
matters. You may discover an anomaly with
your money, or it seems to slip away. While
this rare combination is generally hopeful
and prosperous, it would be wise to take
your time, get a second opinion, and check
in with your intuition before making any big
money moves.
Cutting through any confusion or
indecision is possible under the influence
of Mars. If in doubt about a money situation,
Mars will encourage you to take charge
of your wealth. Taking a fine-tooth comb
through your accounts may help you make
new realisations about your money and
set some new goals for the next two years.
Going after your financial dreams or tackling
any confusion around money is possible
from 15 April to 25 May.
Home life
Your domestic desires may become
increasingly apparent as two eclipses bring
clarity about your home and family life.
A Full Moon eclipse on 16 May may help
you to reflect on your work/life balance.
New realisations could emerge around the
changes you need to make to incorporate a
happy home life.
Deep emotions can resurface as this
total lunar eclipse is attached to the karmic
South Node. Letting go of the past, either
in a current domestic situation or from
your childhood, is possible. Forgiveness
may prove to be a central theme as you
learn to trust and keep your heart open.
A New Moon eclipse on 25 October is
fused with endings and beginnings. A new
level of happiness, support and connection
is possible, but may require surrender or
letting go first. As the 4th House is related
to the foundation of your life, a deep
declutter of your living space before you
bring new items, or new people, into your
private life is a good idea. The work you’ve
done earlier in the year to forgive and
release will set the stage for bright new
beginnings later in the year.
Relationships
Slow and steady Saturn spends this year
winding up its once-in-every-29-year tour
of your 7th House of Relationships. As this
cycle, which began in March 2020, begins
to close, you’ll learn more about maturity,
wisdom and commitment in partnerships.
As you discover and establish new
boundaries, you’ll get clearer about what
is okay for you in love.
Saturn’s influence can feel like a cosmic
report card. As you assess the desires
of your heart, you’ll re-evaluate which
relationships meet your criteria, or not.
Saturn’s stable and enduring influence can
make solid relationships even stronger. If
you’ve been papering the cracks, they may
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finally begin to show. Saturn can gift you
with the maturity to finally bring things to
conscious closure.
Ancient astrologers linked the concept
of time to Saturn, making 2022 feel like a
make-or-break period in love. The gift of
clarity can help you to see things exactly
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how they are, rather than how they once
were or how you wish they could be. Through
this pressure-testing phase, you’ll gain the
strength to make mature choices that reflect
the current desires of your heart.
Activity in your relationship sector will
heighten once Mars enters — for the first
time in two years — from 6 March. The gift
of confidence to make tricky choices or
tackle any challenges in a new or existing
relationship is possible at this point. Ironing
out confusion or mishaps from January can
help you make an important choice. When
Mars bursts into Aquarius, it will be joined
by love planet Venus. This rare pairing
supports new agreements, togetherness
and connection.
Career and life direction
For some Leos, the seven-year trend of
Uranus in Taurus — which began in 2018 —
may have already radically reshaped your
career and overall life direction. For other
Lions, you may have noticed an increased
restlessness that may have prompted you
to explore more exciting options.
Two eclipses in Taurus will ensure
exciting progress is possible in your career
and overall life direction. The New Moon
eclipse on 1 May is your cosmic invitation
to try something new, exciting or different.
While new beginnings are possible, with so
much activity in this area of your solar chart
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If in doubt about a
money situation,
Mars will encourage
you to take charge of
your wealth
in 2022, adopting an experimental
attitude will help. The Full Moon eclipse on
8 November may highlight what’s missing
in a current professional role. The dramatic
tone of this eclipse may stir your deepest
desires, especially if you feel dissatisfied
or unsettled.
The dynamic combination of Mars,
Uranus and the North Node will spur you
on towards excitement and freedom. From
5 July to 20 August, it’s your peak period to
break free of the rules and go after what
you want. You’ll be impatient for progress
during this time, prompting you to go after
a dream job, chase an entrepreneurial goal
or seek career stability in a new or different
way. Changes rumbling beneath the surface,
either within yourself or in your place of
employment, are likely to erupt at this time.
Happiness and children
Mars in Sagittarius will energise your 5th
House of Joy, Children and Happiness until
24 January. You might enjoy an extended
holiday or spend more time doing things you
enjoy as the year begins. In short, this part
of your solar chart is about what you like
to do when the bills are paid and the jobs
are done. Consider the ways you’d like to
incorporate more joy, happiness, romance,
recreation, children and merriment into
your life over the next two years.
With Venus in Sagittarius, you’ll want
to enjoy more of the good life from 16
November to 10 December. Spend time
with people who light you up or share the
spirit of adventure. Exploring and enjoying
music, theatre and the arts in general
is highlighted. Romance may have a
lighthearted or carefree quality to it that
could encourage fresh experiences or the
desire to meet someone new. If an existing
relationship could do with a sprinkle of
sugar on it, be sure to schedule a date
night or make room for quality time.
As Mercury shares space with Venus,
happy news regarding children, friends and
loved-ones may arrive. With communication
heightened, dealing with schedules,
organising calendars or making the
necessary arrangements with children will
flow easily, especially if there are logistical
considerations involved.
With the golden Sun in Sagittarius from
22 November to 22 December, you might
want to sit back and relax, enjoying some
of the good life you’ve worked so hard all
year to create.
Adventure and discovery
The chance to take a once-in-a-lifetime trip
or embark upon a grand adventure arrives
when Jupiter lights up Aries and your 9th
House of Travel, Discovery and Meaning.
You’ll be motivated to tick off an item or
two from your bucket list or take a trip to
somewhere that holds special significance
for you. All kinds of study, teaching or
publishing projects will be flavoured with
opportunity and possibility, where you’ll get
the chance to share your special message
with the world.
The first part of this tour, from 11 May to
28 October, may see you take on a personal
search for meaning. Taking a formal course
of study or completing higher education may
satisfy your hunger for knowledge. You might
tap into a religious or philosophical pursuit,
or topics involving the esoteric may enliven
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your spirit. Travel is especially emphasised
and you may be chomping at the proverbial
bit to whip out your passport and book an
adventure. May 29 may be a breakthrough
moment once Mars and Jupiter join
forces. Your hunger to be opened to new
perspectives, embrace exciting possibilities
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and stretch yourself towards a long-held goal

or dream will be difficult to contain then.
A profound or life-changing experience is
possible when Mars triggers Pluto on 2 July.
As part of its retrograde, or reverse
phase, Jupiter will revisit Aries from 20
December 2022 to May 2023. Second
chances at missed opportunities may
arrive next year.

Friends, networks and groups

Friendships will be a hot topic as Mars
spends an exceptionally long time in
your 11th House of Friends, Groups and
Communities. Instead of the usual six-week
tour every two years, Mars will spend seven
months in Gemini from 20 August to 25
March 2023.
During Mars’ rare and lengthy cycle,
you’ll witness the nature of your friendship
circle change. While you’ll invest more of
your energy and effort into some of your
social circles, as a result, others may drop
off your radar.
Mars will embark upon its backwards, or
retrograde, phase on 30 October, prompting
a rethink of some of your closest alliances
in your professional or personal life. As you
temporarily pull back your social energy,
you’ll discover who relies on your efforts
and who genuinely reaches out to connect
when you don’t.
During this phase, you’ll want to
avoid rushing into leadership roles or
taking on political dynamics in a social
or community group, an industry, or
among your professional peers. As you
become increasingly curious about other
people’s motivations, you’ll gain a deeper
understanding about who you may need
to cut ties with. Mars will be back on track
from 11 January 2023, suggesting that a
renewed social scene is possible for you
in the new year.
Personal growth and
self–development
The period from 19 July to 5 September
is an especially golden time for you. With
so many changes in your professional and
relationship spheres this year, use this
period to put yourself first, re-energise your
spirit and boost your personal radiance.
Venus in Leo will support your special
magnetic quality, which may help you
persuade others to see your point of view or
inspire you to splurge on a few luxuries. You
might opt for an over-the-top experience or
splash out and treat yourself to something
you’ve been holding off on when Venus
and Jupiter goad each other. Whatever you
decide, be sure to go all in and make it big.
Your guiding light, the Sun, will
inspire you to tap into your authentic self
and put your best foot forward. One of
your best opportunities all year to strive
for a goal or chase a personal dream
arrives when Jupiter lends its favourable
support on 1 August. Whatever elevates
or inspires you at this time is well worth
exploring. Choices made then may prompt
a radical new confidence when it comes to
expressing yourself freely and authentically
on 11 August.
Time out and spirituality
You’ll be craving some quiet time when
planets tour Cancer and your 12th House
of Rest and Retreat. Opting to keep a low
profile will give you the time and space to
contemplate some of the changes that are
taking shape in other areas of life. Time
away from social media, your inbox or other
avenues of communication can help you tap
into the needs of your soul.
From 21 June to 12 August, embracing
the idea of slowing down will be easier.
Going on a retreat or spending time away
with a loved one may appeal. If the pace of
life is just too fast to break away from, then
eliminate as many distractions as possible
to increase your productivity in private.
Either way, creating a sacred sanctuary
where you can recharge will be essential.
Quiet time to rest, reflect, mediate or
ponder life can be had on 29 June, 5-18 and
25 July, 2, 3, 8 and 9 August.
Birthdays and planets
If your birthdate is listed below (not all
will be), you have a special planet
influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s
ahead and how to harness the planet’s
power for your own growth.
If your birthday falls between 22-31 July,
you’ll be blessed under the benevolent
influence of Jupiter. As long-awaited-
for opportunities arrive, unleashing your
adventurous spirit can help you go further
than you thought possible. Work-related
travel or study may provide breakthroughs
that are essential to your growth.
If your birthday falls between 2-10 August,
electric Uranus will square your sun. Any
restlessness or boredom can be alleviated
with an experimental attitude to life. Pushing
the boundaries can help you expand beyond
a comfort zone, leading to more authenticity
and freedom.
If your birthday falls between 3-17
August, Saturn will bring you a cycle of
growth and maturity as it opposes your sun.
Defining what you really want out of life
will be important as you get clear on what
responsibilities you’re willing to accept and
those that you may need to let go of.

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 VIRGO
As you seek to widen your perspectives about relationships,
you’ll learn the true meaning of partnership
Overview
It’s the Western hemisphere of your solar
chart that is the most active in 2022. Jupiter
moves through two signs, Pisces and Aries,
helping bring new experiences and exciting
developments in relationships and money.
Working hard towards a long-term goal is
possible as Saturn continues in your health,
wellness and work sector. As you diligently
apply yourself to mastering new skills, a
rethink of your career trajectory opens up
for you later in the year.
Wealth
Long-term finances or those that are
entangled with a spouse or family are
spotlighted, thanks to the arrival of Jupiter
in Aries from 11 May to 28 October. Any
wealth you’ve created from savings in the
bank, investments in shares, business or real
estate may put you in a positive position. If
you’ve been paying off debt or getting on top
of a tax situation, you could be in more of a
solid financial position than you thought.
Abundance will be a mid-year theme. You
may make a large-scale purchase, obtain
more credit, or join forces with a personal
or professional partner.
Mars will activate Aries and your 8th
House from 25 May to 5 July. Getting on top of
your finances will help improve your overall
money situation, boosting your position
around money and wealth. The rare pairing
of Mars and Jupiter on 29 May could inspire
you to tackle any money issues or go after a
long-held financial goal.
Rethinking your budget is possible when
Mercury takes an extended tour through
Libra, your personal cash sign. As you make
new money moves under Jupiter’s influence,
you might realise where you’d benefit from
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Virgo 2022
Words Cassandra Tyndall
tightening up the purse strings. If you’ve been
overspending on unused online subscriptions,
paying unnecessary bank fees or want to
look for a better deal with various service
providers, use the period between 9-23
September to research better options.
While Mercury is retrograde, or moving
backwards, it may also highlight mishaps or
crossed wires with money. Delays with cash
flow or having to redo paperwork associated
with some of your big-picture money plans
are likely during this period. As a part of
Mercury’s extended tour of Libra, it will face-
off with Jupiter. A back-and-forth dynamic
may play out between your desire to take
your financial goals to the next level and your
penchant for playing it safe. Keeping your
big picture in mind will pay off on 3 and 19
September and 12 October.
Home life
A decision about a move, renovation or a
major decoration project is possible as Mars
continues through Sagittarius and your
domestic sector until 24 January. You’ll be
extra motivated to start the year making the
necessary changes you need to ensure your
domestic situation better fits your needs.
Mars only moves through Sagittarius
once every two years, so you might tackle a
DIY project you’ve been putting off or take
action around other domestic matters you’ve
been mulling over. Your 4th House of Home,
Family and Foundation is ruled by generous
Jupiter, who spends this year in your
relationship and joint resources sectors.
Many of the choices made in January may
involve making room for a romantic partner
or new additions to the family or preparing
for a significant domestic progression.
Venus, Mercury and the Sun will make
their annual cycles through Sagittarius later
in the year. This may be the time to sit back,
relax and enjoy some quality family time.
When Venus and Mercury enter on 16 and 17
November, you may opt to redecorate your
living space, buy more books or spend more
time connecting with those who matter most.
Gathering your loved ones around you and
entertaining at home will feel extra special
until 22 December.
Relationships
You have a magical influence supporting your
relationships, thanks to Jupiter in Pisces,
until 11 May and again from 20 December
2022 until May 2023.
Jupiter, your personal and professional
relationship planet, visits your 7th House
of Relationships just once every 12 years,
making this a special time to explore your
emotional connections and your capacity
for compassion for others. As you seek to
widen your perspective about relationships,
you’ll learn the true meaning of partnership
as you strive to manifest the ideal of your
perfect pairing.
April is an especially stellar month as
Jupiter activates the long-term trend of
Neptune in Pisces. Since 2011, relationships
may have taken on a nebulous or unattainable
quality to them. People with a magical or
ethereal quality may have slipped in and
out of your life, and hopes may have quickly
turned into disillusionment. Jupiter may
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support you in shifting your perspectives,
restoring your faith in love. If you’re single,
you might meet someone who upholds your
ideals and matches your love philosophy.
If you’re partnered, the magic between you
can be restored if the mundane realities of
togetherness have left you feeling uninspired.
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Taking charge of your relationship
situation is possible when Mars makes
waves through Pisces. As this happens just
every two years, the period between 15 April
and 25 May is extra potent for confidently
pursuing a relationship goal or becoming
increasingly decisive about what you don’t
want. Wherever Mars goes, strife can follow.
If you choose to ruffle a few feathers at this
time, you’ll have supportive Venus onside
from 6 April to 3 May. You may discover
those closest to you are more compliant with
your demands, or the combination of Venus,
Mars, Jupiter and Neptune offer the gentle,
magnetic and passionate experience you’ve
been waiting for.
Career and life direction
The most visible sector of your solar chart
is known as the 10th House of Career and
Reputation. Regardless of your current
working status, driven and determined Mars
spends an unusually long time activating
your professional path and/or your overall
life direction.
From 20 August, your confidence can
increase and you may be more courageous
in making a bold move or following a
professional passion. Stepping into a
leadership role where you could under-
take a greater level of responsibility,
such as managing people or resources,
is also possible.
You may be more curious than usual as
you seek fresh avenues to propel progress
with your career goals. Extra effort made
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around 1 September could see a situation
shift quickly. Striking while the iron is hot will
help you push past any tendencies to over-
analyse things.
As Mars slows down and eventually
retrogrades (moves in reverse) on 30 October,
you might notice that your motivation can
turn to overwhelm. The realisation that you
may have bitten off more than you can chew
will be a signal to take back your power. To
do this, learning to say “no” more often and
honouring your own professional boundaries
will help. While progress may slow down,
this marking-time phase, which lasts until 11
January 2023, will be a chance to ask yourself
what truly sets your soul on fire. As plans and
projects are likely to undergo a delay, you may
lose confidence. If frustration mounts, use
this as a cue for clarifying your career goals
and life dreams.
Saturn’s three-year tour of Aquarius
and your House of Work will conclude just
prior to Mars leaving Gemini in March 2023.
Much of this year may involve working
diligently behind the scenes. This may
involve extra labour or toil with minimal
or no compensation. While this may be
disheartening, your efforts will be worthwhile
down the track. For some Virgos, this year
may highlight the transition from apprentice
to master in your chosen field.
Happiness and children
Affectionate Venus activates your 5th House
of Joy and Happiness from 5 November
2021 to 6 March 2022. This extended tour
will replicate an eight-year retrograde cycle
that occurred in late 2013 and early 2014.
As this year begins, reflect on what did or
didn’t happen regarding topics of children,
romance, creativity and fun during this time.
The current retrograde phase represents the
closing of the former cycle and setting new
dreams for happiness for the next eight years.
As Venus backtracks through Capricorn
from 18 December 2021 to 30 January
2022, misunderstandings and delays with
children, a hobby or pursuit, or topics
involving a romantic partner, may come
to a halt. Venus retrograde phases are
cosmic hallmarks to step back, review and
be patient. Rather than push ahead with
matters at this time, take inspiration from
Venus by stepping back and waiting. As
you do, you may discover more about what
happiness really means to you. February is
a great month to lean into support and allow
yourself to be guided by what inspires you,
even if it doesn’t seem logical.
Not only is it the last eight years you
might reflect upon but also the last 14, since
Pluto entered Capricorn in 2008. This is the
final full calendar year that powerful Pluto
will influence life’s most simple pleasures.
While this cycle doesn’t close until early
2024, you may discover this year could
bring new possibilities with children, joy,
happiness and love.
Adventure and discovery
A vagabond spirit within you may become
unleashed on 1 May and 8 November as two
eclipses light up your 9th House of Travel
and Discovery. This supportive, uplifting and
encouraging part of the chart can help bring
you closer to your life’s meaning and purpose.
The solar eclipse on 1 May offers a light-
bulb moment or some kind of breakthrough
around the big-picture visions that inspire
you. Sudden yet welcome developments may
bring a new clarity about topics that involve
faith, philosophy and truth. Developing a
new level of authenticity may encourage
you to step away from the status quo in a
religious or academic setting. Getting out
of your comfort zone, through travel or the
exploration of new ideas and perspectives,
will be liberating.
Local travel or returning to somewhere
familiar may appeal under the Lunar eclipse
on 8 November. Activating your closer-to-
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home sector, this eclipse will spotlight the
balance between practical planning and your
new anything-is-possible approach. As you
relinquish old ideas in order to embrace new
perspectives, you’ll be able to transition from
student to teacher. A radical yet totally-right-
for-you opportunity to teach, study, write or
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With so much focus on

other areas of life, such
as relationships and
career, you’ll enjoy a few
quiet moments when
they arrive mid-year
publish (especially on an international or
spiritual scale) may arrive during this period.
Whatever exciting possibilities emerge on or
around these eclipse dates, as long as they
look fresh, unique and interesting, they’ll be
well worth exploring.

Friends, networks and groups

Your friendship sector, known as the 11th
House, is most active from 21 June to 12
August. This period is ideal for making room
to spend quality time with your closest friends
and confidants. For you, it’s the Moon that
oversees this area of life, so there is a real
domestic focus when it comes to your friends.
The New Moon on 29 June is a great time
for setting new goals or routines within your
social circles. If too much time has lapsed
between catch-ups, it may be up to you to
extend yourself and organise a dinner party or
barbeque at home. Scheduling future events
during this time will give you something to
look forward to.
Your personal planet, Mercury, tours
Cancer from 5-19 July. You may be extra-
curious to explore and develop new
connections, either personal or professional,
online or in real life. The chance to mingle
and network with industry insiders, a charity
organisation or community group could bring
exciting opportunities on 17 July.
Personal growth and
self–development
A sweet treat, a pampering experience or
a few little luxuries will be in order when
Venus tours Virgo from 5-29 September.
Under Venus’s magnetic influence, you may
be inspired to indulge in something special
that you’ve not enjoyed for some time.
Updating your personal style, wardrobe
or overall appearance may encourage
you to put your best foot forward. If you’ve
been considering trying something a little
different, the supportive Venus/Uranus
link on 20 September can encourage you to
reveal a new you.
Mercury will visit Virgo twice — as it will
dip back into your sign during its retrograde
through Libra. The first visit, 4-26 August,
encourages curiosity about all things related
to health, healing and your physical body,
which could be your top priority at this time.
The period from 23 September to 1
October may see any personal plans stall
during this brief time. If any doubt arises,
double check the details regarding planning
and logistics. The ideal day for connecting
to your intuitive side is 27 September. Ask
yourself if the choices you’re making feel
good to you.
Time out and spirituality
With so much focus on other areas of
life, such as relationships and career,
you’ll enjoy a few quiet moments when
they arrive mid-year.
Mercury, the Sun and Venus move through
your 12th House of Rest and Retreat from
19 July to 5 September. These annual cycles
will signify the need to spend increased time
alone, if that’s possible. If not, you may opt to
shut out distractions and labour on work-
related projects in private. Your curiosity
could heighten for all things mystical and
spiritual. The desire to go on a retreat or an
experience that shifts your inner landscape
may beckon around then. As your intuition
peaks, you’ll gain insight about other areas of
life that have grabbed your focus. Time to rest
and recharge will be ideal at this time, too.
Birthdays and planets
If your birthdate is listed below (not all
will be), you have a special planet
influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s
ahead and how to harness the planet’s
power for your own growth.
If your birthday falls between 23 August
and 23 September, you’ll have exuberant
Jupiter oppose your sun. As you stretch
your personal boundaries, you’ll discover
new levels of hope and optimism. Minimal
effort can yield big results, especially if
you’re willing to try new things.
If your birthday falls between 2-
10 September, radical Uranus will
support you in expressing your unique
and authentic self. A new emerging
outlook on life can help you find the
independence and freedom you’ve been
craving. Ditch convention and embrace
the uncertain.
If your birthday falls between 12-17
September, dreamy Neptune will square
your sun. In order to connect with a
spiritual or passionate purpose, you’ll
need to let go of anything that doesn’t
support your new growth. Deciphering
fantasy from reality may be a challenge,
but it will encourage you to trust your
intuition more than you do now.

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 LIBRA
Libra 2022
Most of your personal evolution in 2022 will stem from your applied
efforts at work and your personal and professional relationships
Overview
Much of your energy will be directed
outwards as most of this year’s planetary
action occupies the Western hemisphere
of your solar chart. Relationships are
especially highlighted, thanks to Jupiter’s
rare visit in Aries. As Saturn continues to
tour your House of Happiness, you’ll make
joy and pleasure a priority. A re-evaluation
of your life’s meaning and purpose arrives
when motivated Mars spends an extra-long
time in Gemini.
Wealth
Tying up loose financial ends will be a
trend this year under the influence of the
South Node in your 2nd House of Money.
As you seek to release the past and work
towards paying off or eliminating debt,
you’ll overcome any fears around your
self-esteem or any issues around your
personal worth and value. Taking a deep
dive into your money psychology and
patterns around earning, spending and
saving will be more beneficial to you than
aggressively cutting back spending or
denying yourself pleasure.
The Full Moon eclipse on 16 May
could prompt new realisations about
your long-term financial future. Whether
it’s paying off debt, saving for a significant
purchase or taking out a loan, fine-tuning
your spending habits during this period
can help.
The New Moon eclipse on 25 October
will combine new beginnings laced with
endings. This energy supports you in
gaining freedom from any negative, limiting
or self-sabotaging habits or attitudes
around money. Soon after the eclipse,
Mars, your personal money planet, will
retrograde, moving in reverse from 30
October. This will provide you with a
wonderful cosmic opportunity to tune
into what really drives your passion and
purpose in life. Allow your money choices
to reflect the things you truly want.
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Words Cassandra Tyndall
Home life
Your domestic scene is emphasised in
2022 thanks to Venus, your patron planet,
touring twice. The first visit, which began
5 November 2021 and concludes 6 March
2022, coincides with her once-in-every-
eight-year retrograde phase in your 4th
House of Home and Family. As Venus
moves in reverse between 18 December
2021 and 30 January 2022, it pays to reflect
on what (or didn’t) happen in respect to
your domestic life in late 2013 and early
2014. The 2021/2022 retrograde phase
offers closure to that cycle and the chance
to set new domestic dreams and desires
for the next eight years.
The second visit, from 10 December
2022 to 3 January 2023, offers connection
and togetherness and supports your
efforts at home. Working to improve
family relationships or splurging on a
redecorating project to make your living
space more beautiful is likely at this time.
It’s been two years since Mars in
Capricorn energised your home and family
life. Between 24 January and 6 March, you’ll
be increasingly confident in tackling any
family challenges or dealing with delayed
domestic decisions. When it comes to where
you live, who you live with and what you
want out of family relationships, you’ll be
surprised at the positive progress you can
make on or around 17 February. This would
be a great time to move, renovate, buy or
redecorate, especially if you’ve outgrown
your home or you’re keen for a fresh start.
Relationships
New growth in your relationships, personal
or professional, are possible thanks to the
rare arrival of Jupiter in Aries from 11 May
to 28 October and from 20 December 2022
to 9 May 2023.
Single? Jupiter’s two bites at the cosmic
apple will give you double the opportunity
to boost your confidence and meet
someone new. As your confidence grows,
your faith in love can be restored. Getting
closer to the truth when it comes to what
you want out of a relationship is possible.
Attached? Jupiter in Aries can help
you explore what healthy independence
means within your coupling. While this
may seem an oxymoron to closeness,
more solo experiences will bring greater
meaning to the time you do spend together.
Jupiter may inspire you to take a current
relationship to the next level or help you to
realise you two have a lot to celebrate.
Whatever your current relationship
status, Jupiter can amplify the supportive
aspects of partnership. Generosity,
adventure and experiences will be the key
themes to focus on when it comes to all
kinds of relationships this year and next.
Mars will burst into Aries and your 7th
House of Relationships from 25 May to 5
July, bringing an added dose of energy,
enthusiasm and passion. This biennial visit
can assist you in developing a forthright
approach in relationships. Strife tends to
follow Mars so, if your special someone is
used to a go-with-the-flow attitude from
you, being more direct about your desires
could upset the apple cart. That being
said, being honest about what you want
is important, helping you to resolve any
resentment that may be lurking beneath
the surface. Action, adventure or physical
activity can help you both burn off pent-
up energy and reduce conflict. If used
carefully, the supercharged energy of Mars
and Jupiter joining forces can set a brand-
new cycle of action, faith and optimism
between you on 29 May.
Career and life direction
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It’s the Moon that oversees matters of the
10th House of Career, Reputation, Honours
and Fame in your solar chart. This year,
the lunar eclipses take place in your money
zone, meaning many of your professional
moves throughout 2022 may be inspired by
your financial goals and desires.
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While your 10th House isn’t activated
by major planetary alignments in 2022,
the other part of your solar chart related
to work, known as the 6th House, is
strongly activated.
Jupiter’s influence from January to
May and October to December is a special
signature that offers large-scale progress
and encourages growth at work. That being
said, many of your efforts this year may be
behind the scenes or go largely unnoticed
due to the hidden nature of the 6th House.
Developing new skills or undergoing an
apprenticeship-style period that requires
practice and improvement are likely.
With that in mind, in order to fulfill the
requirements of your dream job, you may
not reach your top earning potential just
yet. Jupiter will work with Neptune in
Pisces in April, which could bring positive
progress regarding a future possibility.
You may gain guidance with career
prospects or realise how your developing
skills can be helpful or healing in service
of others.
Mars will burst into Pisces and your
6th House from 15 April to 25 May and
will set a punishing pace. An exciting and
exceptionally busy period, Mars will provide
you with the motivation to set fresh career-
inspired goals over the next two years.
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Happiness and children
Saturn continues through your happiness
sector, demanding you take creating your
own joy more seriously. You might begin
to take on additional responsibility with
children (yours, your grandchildren or in a
co-parenting situation). Saturn will leave
Aquarius in March 2023, making this year
your final opportunity to fully embrace doing
more of what you love, and with whom.
Taskmaster Saturn in your House
of Happiness and Joy may seem like
an oxymoron, but it’s a great chance to
prioritise pleasure and experiment with ways
of having fun. Even the simplest pleasures
such as going to the movies more often,
buying season tickets to a theme park,
theatre or various live performances are all
ways in which you can commit to joy. As the
governing principle of time, Saturn demands
you make time for all the things you enjoy
but never seem to have the time for.
As Saturn tours your 5th House, the topic
of romance is highlighted. Clarity around
what you do and don’t want in your love life
may encourage you to take a casual situation
to the next level. Or, you may realise a
situation you’ve been investing your time
into is unlikely to go the distance.
Your motivation for more of what the
good life has to offer arrives when Mars
moves in for the first time in two years on
6 March. As he does, he’ll join affectionate
Venus to highlight some of the happiest
periods all year. You may be more active with
children’s sport or recreational activities,
schedule more fun, or shake things up in
your romantic life. As Mars moves through
your happiness zone, it will make a series of
planetary connections that will encourage
you to experiment with fresh, innovative and
exciting ways to infuse joy into your life, even
if that tests a few of your personal limits. Key
dates are 23 March, 5 and 6 April.
Adventure and discovery
It is likely travel plans didn’t go as you
anticipated over the last two years, so you
may be eager to make up for lost time
in 2022. Mercury, your personal travel
planet, will move backwards through
Gemini and Taurus from 9 May to 2 June.
This period is ideal for researching travel
deals or making negotiations around travel
expenses. You may even be lucky enough
to recoup costs from travel that didn’t
eventuate last year. As usual, delays and
frustrations are likely at this time, so be
sure to allow extra time in transit if you’re
traveling and be sure to double check
travel-related plans and expenses.
Action planet, Mars, spends an extra-long
time in Gemini and your discovery sector
from 20 August 2022 to 25 March 2023.
You’ll feel enthusiastic about exploration
and travel and may actively seek a mentor
to learn from. Even if travel is not on your
horizon, the 9th House relates to topics of
higher learning, faith and philosophy. You
may consider a spiritual pilgrimage or be
excited by the prospect of ticking off a long-
held bucket-list dream. Delays arrive once
Mars embarks upon a retrograde phase
from 30 October, continuing until January
2023. This may also highlight a period of
peak curiosity, where you begin to question
your faith, explore other philosophies or
religions, or begin to search for more
meaning and purpose in life.
Friends, networks and groups
When it comes to your friendships, social
networks and community groups, you
love to get people together and be in the
spotlight. As the annual tour of the Sun,
Mercury and Venus light up your 11th
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House from 19 July to 5 September, you’ll
be busy making plans, scheduling events
and connecting with the people who bring
out your best.
Mercury in Leo from 19 July to
4 August will assist you in building
connections, making new friends
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You may consider

a spiritual pilgrimage
or be excited by the
prospect of ticking
off a long-held
bucket-list dream
and extending your social circle. Your
social scene will be bustling then, and a
flurry of invitations and events are likely.
If you want to join a club, community
group or an industry-related organisation,
consider signing up at this time.
The Sun is your personal friendship
planet and its annual visit from 23 July to 23
August is a regular and reliable time to enjoy
more social activity each year. Extending
your warmth, generosity and kindness to
friends, allies and acquaintances will ensure
you’re seen in your best light.
Venus in Leo from 12 August to 5
September is a time to connect with your
nearest and dearest. The importance
of friendship will be noticed during this
period, especially with those who’ve gained
your trust and respect. A special day out
or a pampering treat with your closest
circle may be a great way to spend quality
time together. A little self-indulgence will be in Birthdays and planets
order when your sovereign star, Venus, If your birthdate is listed below (not all will
Personal growth and visits your sign. Your charm factor will be), you have a special planet influencing
self–development be higher than usual, so you’ll be able to you in 2022. Here’s what’s ahead and how
Most of your personal evolvement in 2022 attract the support you need from others to harness the planet’s power for your
will stem from your applied efforts at then. The period from 29 September to own growth.
work and your personal and professional 23 October is your ideal time for luxury If your birthday falls between 23
relationships. Mercury will visit Libra twice, or splurging on extra treats or trinkets. September and 2 October, you’ll have
as part of its retrograde cycle, giving you larger-than-life Jupiter oppose your sun.
double the opportunity to put your thoughts Time out and spirituality Opportunities to grow, stretch and evolve
and ideas first. Opportunities to arrange a low-key are in abundance, especially regarding
From 26 August to 23 September, schedule will arrive when Mercury visits relationships. Personal progress is
curious Mercury moves through Libra Virgo and your private 12th House twice. highlighted through partnership, either
and your 1st House — making it all about The first time, from 4-26 August is perfect in love or in business.
you! You may discover a pet interest or for rest, retreat and stepping back from If your birthday falls between 4-18
delve into healing modalities that bring the pace of life. As you’ll prefer more time October, you’ll have stabilising Saturn trine
increased balance to your body, mind and alone during this time, you might like your sun. This rare influence will assist
spirit. From 9–23 September, during the to politely decline invitations or put off you in clarifying what you are and are
reverse phase, is your prime time to reflect non-essential tasks or social obligations. not willing to be responsible for. A more
on your personal needs and get to know Continuing with projects or meeting mature and determined approach will help
yourself better. With relationships being deadlines may feel less stressful if you you reach long-held goals.
your key area of growth this year, reflecting can work in a secluded setting. If your birthday falls between 18-
on your own thoughts and perspectives will Mercury will dip back into Virgo on 23 21 October, powerful Pluto will square
be important, especially on 19 September September until 2 October as a part of your sun. The transformative influence
when Mercury and Jupiter face off. its retrograde cycle. You may need extra of Pluto will help you shed old layers of
Mercury will return to Libra between alone time in order to reflect on emerging your personality that prevent you from
11-30 October. Second chances may personal insights and new perspectives growth. Be watchful for power dynamics
arrive then, especially if you need to get you’re developing. Second chances may as you awaken to the ways you may have
your point across or share your ideas arrive to put relaxation as your top priority been controlled, manipulated or overly
about the future. between 2-11 October. influenced by the desires of other people.

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 SCORPIO
Scorpio 2022
As you learn to let go of past drama and old conditioning,
you’ll be ready to embrace more meaningful,
supportive and authentic connections
Overview
Your patron planet, Mars, spends the
majority of 2022 in the southern portion
of your solar horoscope. You may opt to
put some of your outer-worldly ambitions
on hold as you spend more time deepening
your relationship with yourself and those
you love.
Wealth
Wealth creation and debt reduction will be
a hot topic for you from 20 August to 30
October, once Mars bursts into your 8th
House of Finance. As your curiosity around
money heightens, you’ll be motivated to
learn more about your long-term financial
security and how you can make your money
work for you, rather than you working for
your money.
Topics involving tax, couple finances,
inheritances and superannuation may arise
and, with Mars in the mix, you’ll have the
confidence to tackle any issues that crop up.
Take extra note of what you feel motivated
to face head-on (as well as what you don’t),
including what frustrates you about money.
These will be important topics to address
down the track.
When Mars begins to retrograde, or
move backwards, through Gemini and
your 8th House from 30 October 2022 to
11 January 2023, researching, probing and
investigating will be your best course of
action. Discussing money concerns with
friends, family, a partner or your accountant
or financial advisor can help you gain clarity
around the best ways to push forward
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Words Cassandra Tyndall
with your money goals, most of which will
materialise once Mercury gets back on
track between January and March 2023.
Jupiter, your personal money and
cash-flow planet, spends a large portion
of the year in Pisces. From the very end
of December 2021 to 11 May 2022 and 28
October to 20 December, you may see the
benefits of monetising a sideline project
or you may be ready to take a personal
hobby or creative project to the next level.
If you have a dream for your financial
future, an exciting opportunity might arrive
in April, when Jupiter and Neptune align.
If a boost to your coffers does arrive, be
mindful of keeping a watchful eye on
excessive spending, especially on children,
entertainment or recreation.
Home life
This year brings the final chapter of a
three-year restructuring process and
reorganisation of your home and living
situation as Saturn in Aquarius’s once-in-
every-30-year cycle prompts you to question
the dynamics of your domestic life. The cycle
ends in March 2023, giving you just over a
year to move forward with plans and projects
involving home improvements, where you
want to live, who you want to live with and
what family means to you.
Questions might arise once Mercury
spends a portion of its retrograde cycle in
Aquarius and your home zone from 13-24
January. Confusion or delays are possible
if you’re in the process of negotiating the
terms of a purchase, lease agreement, or
have tradespeople working in your home.
Once Mercury returns to Aquarius, from
15 February to 10 March, issues involving
communication, paperwork or logistics will
run much smoother. In addition, Venus and
Mars will enter Aquarius and your 4th House
together on 6 March. This rare pairing
will bring teamwork, support and helpful
agreements in all family matters.
Mars’ biennial visit, until 15 April, is ideal
for tackling any DIY projects or making
small upgrades or improvements. Taking
a stand with family or moving forward with
confidence towards your long-term family
plans will be supported when Mars and
Saturn join forces on 5 April.
As planets move through Aquarius, they
will fuse with Saturn, offering the chance to
consider and move forward with some of the
longer-term choices around your domestic
life on 5 February and 3 and 29 March.
Relationships
Exciting breakthroughs and new
developments are possible in a personal
or professional partnership under a New
Moon eclipse on 1 May. Attached to the
karmic North Node, this special kind of
New Moon is bursting with promise and
possibility. You may gain insight into old
Illustrations Lauren Moore
personal patterns that have held you
back from the intimacy you desire. As
you learn to let go of past drama and
old conditioning, you will be ready to
embrace more meaningful, supportive
and authentic connections. You might
be ready to take a dating situation to the
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next level or shake up tired or stagnant
routines in an existing partnership.
The sublime pairing of Venus, your
personal relationship planet, with Jupiter,
when the eclipse happens, highlights the
support, connection and renewed hope that
can help you to see the best aspects of a
loving and committed relationship.
Communication will be key as Mercury
makes two visits to your 7th House of
Relationships. The first visit, from 11-30
April, will see Mercury join forces with
Uranus and the North Node on 18 and 24
April. Bright ideas and brilliant insights
may encourage discussions about your
future plans together. Those plans could hit
a temporary snag as Mercury’s retrograde
through Gemini dips back into your 7th
House briefly. Redoing, revising or sorting
out the details and logistics regarding your
partnership, especially with money and
resources, are highlighted between 23
May and 2 June. Any confusion or delays
experienced during this period can be
sorted out once Mercury’s back on track
between 2-14 June.
Career and life direction
Your career sector remains solid and
stable throughout 2022. The annual
cycles of the Sun, Mercury and Venus
from 19 July to 5 September provide
opportunities to be seen in your best
light at work. A little extra effort with
networking and making connections
with those who count will go a long way
towards securing future possibilities.
It’s the arrival of Jupiter in Aries in
your 6th House of Work from 11 May to
28 October that will see some large-scale
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albeit behind-the-scenes progress. You
might opt for a direction change work-wise,
which could initially mean a downgrade
in salary but provide an increased sense
of meaning and purpose for you. You may
even opt to do pro-bono work or lend your
efforts to those in need.
The cycle of Jupiter in Aries will be felt
more strongly in 2023, however this preview
period may inspire you to invest in your
future career prospects by developing your
talents or upgrading your skills. Motivation
meets inspiration when Mars and Jupiter
team up on 29 May, when you could make
a bold move or strike out in a new direction
that you feel passionate about.
Happiness and children
May to July of 2021 gave you a sneak peek
into a joyous cycle that will continue in
2022. The rare and lucky cycle of Jupiter in
Pisces can bring growth, welcome progress
and happy developments, especially with
plans regarding children and your dreams
to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life.
As Jupiter moves through your 5th
House of Joy, Happiness, Children and
Creativity until 11 May, and again from 28
October to 20 December, you might take a
chance on what makes you feel good. That
could mean more travel, spending time
with children and loved ones, or immersing
yourself into any pastime you enjoy. As this
is one of the most golden cycles you’ve
experienced in more than a decade, lean
into anything that makes life lighter, more
vibrant and happier.
April could be a standout month, as
Jupiter will activate the longer trend of
Neptune in Pisces (2012–2025). If you’ve
felt lost or disillusioned at times as you’ve
explored what happiness means to you,
this rare pairing offers renewed hope. The
arrival of Venus and Mars from 6 April to
25 May could inspire you to take action
or a leap of faith in a romantic or social
situation. You might opt to indulge in a
fantasy or spoil yourself, or a loved one,
with a special experience. The first day
of May looks particularly spectacular as
Venus and Jupiter make an auspicious
alignment. Romance, creativity and joy
will be heightened during this period, so
arranging a special date or making or
receiving a proposal is possible.
Adventure and discovery
Opportunities to travel, teach, explore or
study may arrive mid-year when the annual
cycles of the Sun, Mercury and Venus
activate Cancer and your 9th House. The
New Moon on 29 June could put travel
on the horizon, especially if it involves a
work-related project. The 9th House also
describes topics of faith and philosophy.
As this New Moon creates a tense angle
with Jupiter, you might begin to question
some aspects of religion and spirituality
and explore new ways to bring a sense of
meaning and purpose into your life.
You’ll be well positioned to travel with a
friend or loved one from 5 July to 12 August
as Mercury and Venus will stimulate your
adventurous side. A willingness to explore
new ways of thinking or opening up to the
opportunities that could unfold for you are
possible on 9 and 25 July.
Friends, networks and groups
Reconnecting with old friends and making
new ones are highlighted as Mercury tours
your 11th House of Friendship twice. The
first visit, between 4-26 August, may see
you organise social events within your
circle of friends. Be sure to make room
in your schedule for in-real-life or online
catch-ups. You’ll be extra curious to get to
know your friends better during this period.
If you’ve been considering connecting with
a new community group, social network
or industry organisation, this would be an
ideal time to do so.
A temporary blip on your social
radar is likely once Mercury makes a
brief retrograde through Virgo from
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23 September to 1 October. Expect
crossed wires and misunderstandings
then. Double-check details and logistics
regarding your social plans to avoid any
disappointments. Thankfully, Mercury’s
mischief in your friend zone is short-lived.
Any problems can be easily remedied
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between 1-11 October. Mercury’s

retrograde is also the perfect time to
make contact with friends or networks
you’ve lost touch with.

Personal growth and

self–development
Personal development may be fast paced
this year with the combination of Mars,
your sovereign star, moving through some
of your key relationship houses. The Full
Moon eclipse on 16 May could propel you
into the spotlight or bring a breakthrough
in a close relationship, either personal or
professional. Developments that unfold in
the two weeks prior or post the eclipse may
see a positive turnaround of events. There’s
a catch, though...
As this eclipse is aligned with the
South Node, you may have to surrender
old habits and ways of being that have held
you back from realising a personal dream
or goal. Clinging to past hurt or pain is a
recipe for staying stuck or stagnant in old
patterns. Any rituals that encourage you
to purge, release or forgive will be extra
powerful to help create a new outlook
towards the future.
A New Moon eclipse on 8 November
can bring a pivotal experience. Planting
proverbial seeds for your future growth
and development is possible, with one last From 26 August to 23 September, it will The arrival of Venus
purge of the past. Under this eclipse, your be important to take care of your body, mind
patron planet, Mars, will be retrograde. and spirit — which often means doing less. A and Mars from 6
This deep and introspective period may part of Mercury’s reverse cycle will see it dip
help you get more curious about yourself, back into Virgo and your friendship sector April to 25 May could
your fears and anxieties, and let go
of anything heavy or intense that has
from 23 September to 11 October. You may
opt to honour your social requirements then,
inspire you to take
weighed you down. A major transition is but once Mercury returns to your 12th House action or a leap of
likely at this time, where you may be able (until 30 October), you may need to go back
to define exactly what it is you want and into your proverbial cave and explore your faith in a romantic or
what you don’t. inner world.
social situation
Time out and spirituality Birthdays and planets
With a majority of the planetary energy If your birthdate is listed below (not all it will also electrify and bring excitement
focused on other people this year, you’ll will be), you have a special planet to your life. Rejecting outdated patterns
get some essential downtime alone when influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s and leaning into anything new, exciting
planets tour Libra and your 12th House of ahead and how to harness the planet’s or different can breathe a breath of fresh
Retreat and Relaxation. power for your own growth. air into your life that you didn’t know you
Mercury will spend an extended period If your birthday falls between 5-19 needed. Changes within relationships
in your most private zone this year, thanks November, you’ll have Saturn form a tense could bring new freedom.
to a retrograde phase, reinforcing themes square to your sun. This can be a testing If your birthday falls between 14-19
of rest and recovery. You might embrace a time, helping you mature and gain clearer November, soulful Neptune will trine
slower pace of life as you realise it could perspectives on your personal boundaries, your sun. Exploring your softer, more
take longer than you expected to fully responsibilities and limitations. The spiritual side may arouse curiosity around
unwind and be alone with your thoughts. willingness to say “no” more often may the esoteric or magical side of life.
Working behind the scenes is possible, seem counter-intuitive, but will free Surrendering old aspects of your identity
or you might opt to work from home where up your vitality to take advantage of will allow you to fully immerse yourself into
you can set a pace that suits you. Scaling opportunities that really count. anything that stirs your soul. Get creative,
back your obligations or planning more If your birthday falls between 4-12 be open to possibility, and let go of any
weekends away might be what you need November, radical Uranus will oppose your tangible outcomes by enjoying outlets of
to reset. sun. While this can be a chaotic period, fantasy and imagination.

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Sagittarius 2022
Creative outlets, personal passions and pursuits
will be a big part of your evolution in 2022
Overview
Life takes on a more personal tone this year.
As you direct your energy towards topics
of home, family, relationship and personal
development, you may pull back from
professional pursuits or worldly ambitions.
Wealth
Since 2008, the long-running cycle of Pluto
in Capricorn has profoundly changed your
relationship with money. As this cycle begins
to wind up, 2022 is the final full calendar year
that this heavy and intense planet will teach
you about financial empowerment.
Money has been a bit funny since late
2021 as Venus promised new opportunities
and then she renegotiated the terms. Despite
being in your 2nd House of Cash, Venus
retrograde is a deeply personal cycle that
invites you to consider the financial value of
the skills and talents you have to share. This
cycle may also prompt you to reassess how
you spend, save and earn. If you’ve been too
conservative with cash, you may like to treat
yourself. On the other hand, you may need to
tighten the purse strings if you’ve been too
relaxed with cash.
At the very end of January, Venus will
wind up her retrograde, or backwards
phase. Second chances around missed
opportunities from November and December
2021 may arrive once Venus completes her
visit on 6 March.
Mars’s biennial entrance on 24 January
for a six-week stay will make it a ripe period
to take charge of your cash flow. With
renewed values, thanks to Venus, use the
energy of Mars to confidently take charge of
your money. Push ahead with a savings plan
or look at what you can do to earn more or
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develop your skills. Ask for a pay rise or
seek employment where you’ll be given
respect. If you’re self-employed, consider
raising your rates. Any negotiations you need
to make around your cash flow will be well
received when Venus and Mars join forces
on 17 February.
Home life
Your home and family life, known as the
4th House, is the most active in 2022. The
continuation of Jupiter in Pisces until 11 May
and again from 28 October to 20 December
ensures growth and large-scale progress,
which was suggested last year, finally coming
to fruition.
With Jupiter’s once-in-every-12-year
cycle in your home zone, you can expect
expansion on the home front and within
your family relationships. This might mean
moving in with someone, welcoming a
new person or pet into your domestic
environment, or having more guests at
home. Family events may become bigger
or happen more frequently as Jupiter’s
amplifying energy ensures your domestic
life takes on a larger-than-life quality.
You love to be on the move, so if
restlessness resides within your soul, a
renovation or relocation is possible. April
is a standout month to make a move, as a
pile up of planets in Pisces prompt you to
make a house a home. You might move to
a dream destination or seek a location that
makes you feel more hopeful and inspired
than where you currently are. If finance
is a factor, it could pay to delay domestic
decisions until later in the year when
you’re less likely to go overboard or make
emotionally charged choices.
Relationships
Relationships of all kinds are highlighted
by the drawn-out cycle of Mars in Gemini.
During the months of October, November and
December 2022, and January 2023, dating or
relationship plans that showed promise since
August may become stalled or delayed. While
frustrating, this will give you extra time to
refine your plans or revisit your relationship
goals. If adjustments are required, use this
time to make any necessary changes. Variety
is the spice of life for you when it comes to
relationships, so experimenting with new
ways to connect and communicate will be
extra important.
Mars is a planet of passion, confidence
and desire. As it spends a large portion of the
year in your relationship zone, you’ll discover
what it is you truly want in a partnership —
both personal and professional. While your
curiosity about relationships peaks, you’ll
gain the information you need to demystify
confusion, make changes and forge ahead
with new commitments.
While in Gemini, Mars will form
alignments with stabilising Saturn and
nebulous Neptune. Committing to remain
open and curious through any doubts or
disappointment will help you to make the best
decisions for your future. As 2022 becomes
2023, a blossoming romance may progress,
while conscious uncoupling may result if a
relationship is past its expiry date.
Illustrations Lauren Moore
Mercury, your personal relationship
planet, has an usual tour of your 7th House of
Partnerships, visiting Gemini twice. Blips and
misunderstandings are likely when Mercury
makes a brief retrograde from 9-23 May.
Rather than rush ahead with decisions, take
your time, discuss your options and do any
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necessary research. The slower you can take
the pace of love at this time, the smoother
things will be when Mercury revisits from 14
June to 5 July.
Career and life direction
Your 10th House of Career, Profession,
Honours and Reputation may undergo a
period of revision thanks to a double-dip
from Mercury. It will be business as usual
from 4-26 August, but an out-of-the-blue
offer may arrive. If you’ve been considering a
change career wise or want to try something
new with your major life plans, you may need
time to explore your options.
When Mercury moves in reverse from
23 September to 1 October, the value of
planning, preparation and thinking through
things carefully will be highlighted. If in doubt
about your options, talk things over with a
trusted colleague or friend on 27 September.
Second chances regarding missed
opportunities may arrive once Mercury is
back on track.
From 1–11 October is your prime period
to make practical and well-informed choices
at work, especially if they improve your
financial situation.
Earlier in the year, a New Moon eclipse
will ignite one of your other work sectors,
known as the 6th House, on 1 May. Aligned
with authentic Uranus, this eclipse could
ignite a spark that will encourage you
to develop your professional skills. If
restlessness at work has been an issue, you
may be inspired to seek more autonomy by
being less location dependant, trying your
hand at freelancing or starting your own
business. Confident Mars will push through
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Taurus from 5 July to 20 August, bringing you
the confidence and determination to break
through or break out. The exceptionally rare
trio of Mars, Uranus and the North Node
joining forces on 1 August will encourage you
to push past any doubt or limiting factors that
have held you back professionally.
Happiness and children
It’s the sign of Aries that oversees matters
of happiness, joy, creativity and children
in your life. This year, with the entrance of
Jupiter in Aries from 11 May to 28 October,
you’ll get golden opportunities to seek out
more of life’s most happy experiences. As
you open your heart and welcome joy with
open arms, you might meet new people, or
even a special someone, who’ll encourage
your adventurous side.
Children, or younger people in general,
may be more of an influence in your life.
Happy news and exciting developments could
unfold as you encourage children (yours or
someone else’s) to chase their dreams.
Creative outlets, personal passions and
pursuits will be a big part of your evolution in
2022. Whether that is returning to a forgotten
pastime, playing sports, enjoying hobbies or
indulging in luxury experiences, if it makes
your heart sing, you’ve got the cosmic green
light to go full speed ahead.
A boost in confidence arrives when Mars
tours Aries for the first time in two years.
Pursuing new paths to happiness or taking
charge of your own pleasurable experiences
will be on offer at this time. You might opt to
carve out more time for yourself or resolve
to make more time for those you love most
in late May, June and early July. Aries is a
sign that prefers solo pursuits, so striking
a balance between your passions and those
of other people may pose a problem. Jot
down 29 May in your diary as the powerful
combination of Mars and Jupiter might
prompt you to push ahead with whatever
ignites your passion.
Adventure and discovery
Your foreign sector, known as the 9th House,
is one of the quieter influences for you in
2022, meaning there could be more to learn,
see and do locally.
Saturn gave you a preview of its two-and-
a-half-year cycle in early 2020, establishing
itself as a dominant presence in your 3rd
House later in the year. Limitations around
travel and new experiences may have shifted
your focus towards learning and writing, or a
substantial study goal. You may be closer to
completing a formal certification or you may
decide to commit to taking a topic you’ve
been curious about to the next level. As this
once-every-29-year cycle ends in March
2023, you’ve got just a little over a year to
commit yourself to an educational outcome.
While passports and airports may not be a
prominent feature for you, you’ll
be surprised by how the world can open
up for you through learning, teaching or
writing this year.
Action planet Mars will push through
Aquarius from 6 March to 15 April. During
this period, you may be restless with regular
routines and feel motivated to explore
anything new, fresh or different. A change of
scenery could help you to think outside of the
box when it comes to your long-term goals
and what you need to do in the short term to
make them happen.
Exploring local haunts, cafes or
restaurants may breathe a breath of fresh
air into your daily rhythms and routines.
As Venus and Mars team up on 6 March,
planning a short trip with a friend or loved
one could bring fresh new perspectives.
Friends, networks and groups
Friendship is spotlighted when Venus tours
Libra and your 11th House of Friendship,
Community and Benefactors. Under her
supportive influence, new and old friendships
may blossom or you could find yourself in the
right place at the right time to make good
on an exciting opportunity. Venus doesn’t
Illustrations Lauren Moore
spend long in Libra (only from 29 September
to 23 October 23), but you’ll be delighted by
the new opportunities your social circles can
provide when she forms an alignment with
Jupiter on 2 October. Professional mentors
may arrive or well-connected people who
have the means to open doors for you might
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be willing to lend their support.

Confusion or misunderstandings with
friends is possible when Mercury takes a brief
retrograde, or reverse passage, through Libra
from 9-23 September. Plans in the making
from late August may go awry, highlighting
the need to double-check details and facts.
While only a short retrograde phase, take
your cues from Mercury during this period by
not pushing ahead with plans. This could help
you to avoid bloopers, mistakes or public faux
pas. If any disruption or upset occurs within
your circle of friends then, you can rectify it or
smooth things over once Mercury returns to
Libra from 11-30 October.

Personal growth and

self–development
The year 2022 begins with a bang as
motivated Mars continues through Sagittarius
— a cycle that began mid-December 2021.
A new year means new dreams and goals
to aspire to. With Mars onside, you’re well
positioned to forge ahead with a health and
fitness plan, embrace healthy selfishness and
generally put yourself first. Mars symbolises
the act of cutting, which can mean
eliminating distractions that prevent you from
achieving your personal desires. Carve out
the time you need through 24 January to get
clear on your personal priorities.
Your guiding star, Jupiter, moves through
two signs, Pisces and Aries, making the
topics of home, family and happiness your
key growth indicators in 2022. You may make
radical changes that reflect your evolving
circumstances or align with a personal
dream. Some of these changes could take
others by surprise, but feel totally right
for you. Profound and powerful change is
possible when you listen to what’s inside
your heart.
November 16 to 22 December will be
a bright one for you as the Sun, Mercury
and Venus make their annual cycles and
boost your optimistic outlook on life. Diving
into a pet project or indulging in a luxury
experience is supported at this time.
Time out and spirituality
A profound shift in your perspective could
become activated by two eclipses in your
most private sector, known as the 12th
House. Attached to the South Node, the
eclipses on 16 May and 25 October can help
you to shed emotional baggage from your
past. A deep exploration of the inner workings
of your mind and spirit could reveal, and help
you purge, past pain, deep hurt or wounds
you didn’t realise you were clinging to.
Your energy may be low around two
weeks prior and after each of the eclipses,
especially if you’ve been pushing yourself
in the lead-up. Where possible, eliminate
any non-essential tasks and make time
alone your priority. If certain responsibilities
or obligations do demand your attention,
being productive in private can help you to
get things done without leaking too much
energy. The less you have to deal with at this
time, the more deeply you can reset your
body, mind and spirit.
The combined influence of the South
Node in your 12th House may stimulate your
interest in anything spiritual, mystical or
esoteric. You could be especially interested in
the healing arts, therapy, mediation or plant
medicines that help you express your more
spiritual and intuitive gifts, helping you heal
any emotional pain.
Birthdays and planets
If your birthdate is listed below (not all will
be), you have a special planet influencing
you in 2022. Here’s what’s ahead and how
to harness the planet’s power for your
own growth.
If your birthday falls between 22 November
and 1 December, you’ll have the optimistic
and expansive support of Jupiter. Whatever
you touch may turn to gold this year, as
minimal effort can take you a long way.
Rather than rest on the laurels of former
Profound and
powerful change is
possible when you
listen to what’s inside
your heart
efforts, embrace every opportunity that
comes your way to stretch yourself towards
a worthwhile dream or goal.
If your birthday falls between 5-18
December, you’ll have stabilising Saturn
sextile your sun. A new appreciation for
commitment, responsibility and rewards,
which come with time, will encourage you
to embrace boundaries. It will be easier
for you to recognise your limits and say
“no” more often to friends, family or
professional colleagues.
If your birthday falls between 14-18
December, nebulous Neptune will square
your sun. This inspirational transit may call
you to connect to your spiritual or creative
side. The catch, though, is you will need to
make sacrifices, letting go of old scripts
and stories you’ve held on to. Deciphering
between fact and fantasy may be tricky at
times, so going within will help you figure
things out.

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 CAPRICORN
Capricorn 2022
Joy, happiness and children may take on a sudden yet welcome
turn as the longer trend of Uranus in Taurus becomes triggered this year
Overview
Personal growth, financial stability and
domestic developments will be hot topics
in 2022 as planets activate the southern
part of your solar chart. Eclipses will
highlight the importance of embracing
more of life’s simple pleasures and doing
more of what you love. In the final quarter
of the year, reprioritising your work
commitments may prompt you to develop
a new or existing skill.
Wealth
One of the greatest assets in building
wealth in 2022 is the belief you are worthy
of it. Self-confidence combined with the
ability to think outside of the box will help
you to improve your financial position
when Mercury visits Aquarius and your
2nd House of Money, twice.
January is ideal for setting goals and
strategising a financial plan. Things may
go awry or you may experience delays with
cash once Mercury begins a retrograde
phase from 13 January to 5 February. As
part of this cycle, Mercury will retrograde
back into Capricorn. This may encourage
you to think differently about money or
reconsider your money mindset.
Money will be back on track or your
cash flow may improve from February
when Mercury re-enters Aquarius. March
is the month to forge ahead with renewed
financial goals as Venus and Mars join
forces on 6 March. Mars visits Aquarius
just once in every two years, so this is your
cosmic green light to tackle any money
concerns, from negotiating a higher salary
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or terms of employment to finalising a deal
regarding an investment, making a large
purchase or implementing a new budget.
With Venus onside, any agreements, deals
or contracts will likely go smoothly and
generally support your goals.
The big money news is the completion of
Saturn’s three-year trend through Aquarius
(winding up in March 2023), making this
the final full calendar year to take money
seriously. Saturn may demand a short-
term-pain-for-long-term-gain approach
to cash. While you will be happy to spend
on what is important to you, tightening
the purse strings on frivolous spending
can help you reach your long-term goals
or pay off debt faster.
Home life
Bounty and blessings are on offer when
Jupiter graces your 4th House of Home
and Family for the first time in more than
a decade. Growth, progress and expansion
are possible from 11 May to 28 October.
This first portion of a long-running trend
that continues into 2023 will give you the
chance to improve or upgrade your living
situation or expand your family life. Jupiter
in Aries could offer the chance to spend
more regular time with family and relatives.
Adopting a pet or welcoming a new addition
to your family are also likely.
Jupiter in Aries can bring fresh
perspectives about what you really want
from your domestic life. If your experiences
haven’t been fulfilling, you’ll be motivated
to take inspired action to turn a situation
around. The period from 25 May to 5 July is
especially promising as Mars joins Jupiter,
bringing a powerhouse of hope, enthusiasm
and energy into your home life. Bold steps
taken at this time can help improve family
dynamics and create the kind of progress
you’re ready for. On 29 May, Mars and Jupiter
join forces, which could kickstart a new
domestic project or inspire a renovation
or relocation. Taking initiative and putting
family first will be important here.
Supportive Venus will help you consider
domestic dynamics and family relationships
as she tours Aries from 3-29 May. With so
much fast-paced activity in your home zone,
the gentle guide of Venus can help you see
other people’s perspective or encourage
others to get on board with your own.
Relationships
Mid-year is your peak period for love
and partnerships, where you may see
improvements in communication,
connection and togetherness.
The Sun’s annual tour of Cancer and
your 7th House of Partnerships and
Marriage from 21 June to 23 July is the
time to turn your attention to those who
count. The period from 5–19 July improves
communication in partnerships, thanks to
Mercury in Cancer. Jot down 17 July in your
diary to discuss plans, logistics and your
Illustrations Lauren Moore
vision for the future as the Sun and Mercury
make an auspicious pairing.
Venus brings sweetness and support
that can make spending quality time with
a loved one extra special between 18 July
and 12 August. If you are single, attracting
someone new could feel easier.
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As planets move through Cancer, they’ll
form a square angle to Jupiter in Aries.
Turning your attention away from personal
priorities and towards your loved ones
could leave you feeling overstretched at
times, but the warmth, happiness and
nourishment it brings to love will make
it worth it.
Career and life direction
It’s the 10th House that is most closely
linked to topics of career, fame and
life direction. As the crown of the solar
horoscope, it gets the most attention.
It’s the often-overlooked 6th House that
highlights what you do on a daily basis
that brings the long-term career
developments to light.
In 2022, your 6th House is the most
active as a rare Mars retrograde phase
prompts you to reconsider the work you
do behind the scenes, how you value
your time, and what you may need to do
or change to set you up for success down
the track.
Your working life is set to get super-busy
in June, July and August as Mars bursts
into Gemini. As you push forward towards
progress from 20 August, by 30 October
delays could occur and you’ll need to ponder
questions about how your daily actions
support your long-term career aspirations.
Until March 2023, you might opt to
step down from certain obligations while
you sharpen your skills in other areas.
Mars’s extensive visit in busy Gemini may
see you work hard behind the scenes on
large-scale projects, develop your skill set,
undergo an apprenticeship phase or take
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on work beneath your paygrade to gain
more professional experience. While it
can seem that progress is slow, whatever
choices you make during this period will be
sure to pay off professionally once Mars is
back on track in January 2023.
A unique dynamic to watch for, just
after Mars enters Gemini, is a brief
Mercury retrograde phase in your 10th
House of Career. The period from 9-23
September could prompt a rethink of how
your professional life works for you. A
miscommunication, an error, a snafu or a
missed opportunity could be the catalyst
that leads to new choices you make work-
wise for the rest of the year.
Happiness and children
Joy, happiness and children can take on
a sudden yet welcome turn as the longer
trend of Uranus in Taurus (since 2018)
becomes triggered this year.
Possibility, potential and progress may
arrive under a dynamic New Moon eclipse
on 1 May. Bright beginnings are possible
as your willingness to experiment and
try new things becomes easier. You may
discover what you used to love doesn’t hold
the same level of interest anymore. The
5th House is about dating and romance,
and as this eclipse falls within closer
quarters of electrifying Uranus, sparks
might fly in your love life. Someone new
and exciting could arrive on the scene or, if
you’re partnered, the chance to reignite the
romance between you is possible.
Plans regarding children, grandchildren
or young people in general may be full
of surprising twists and turns. The more
willingness you show in defying tradition
and moving with the changing times, the
more likely you’ll experience the fullness
of life.
The arrival of Mars in Taurus from 5 July
to 20 August will bring renewed confidence,
helping you to prioritise pleasure, take a
stand for what you want, and carve out
more time for the things and the people
you love. The exceptionally rare and
energising trio of Mars, Uranus and the
North Node coming together on 1 August
may catapult you towards exciting and
inconceivable developments regarding
your happiness.
Adventure and discovery
Your 9th House of Travel, Discovery and
Adventure is a little quiet as you focus your
efforts on more personal matters in 2022.
If you do travel, allow extra room for
delays in transit as miscommunication or
other travel-related mishaps could occur
when Mercury takes a brief retrograde
through Virgo from 23 September to 2
October. This short backwards cycle is
a part of the Mercury retrograde phase
through Libra, highlighting work-related
travel, teaching or study possibilities
during this time.
Venus’s presence may help to smooth
any snafus as she tours Virgo from
5-29 September. Under her supportive
influence, any of Mercury’s mischief-
causing antics may be little more than
a minor blip on the radar. Her presence
alongside Mercury, your personal travel
planet, may even help to secure a luxury
upgrade on 27 September.
Friends, networks and groups
Your friendships, communities and social
networks may be in focus as the Full Moon
eclipse on 16 May could see you thrust into
the social spotlight. Opportunities to raise
your profile, rub shoulders with influential
people or spend more time with your friends
may arrive. Mars, the ruling planet of the
eclipse, and your social scene, gets up close
and personal with super-compassionate
Neptune as the eclipse occurs. You might
be moved to take action towards a charity
organisation, a cause that moves you, or, you
may position yourself as an inspiring leader
within a group or community.
Illustrations Lauren Moore
This eclipse may prompt you to take
stock of your current connections as you get
closer to the truth on what real friendship
means to you. Your personal life is changing
so much in 2022 that you may seek new
alliances that reflect your evolvement or you
may draw your true friends closer.
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As the karmic South Node tours Scorpio,

this purging and purifying influence will
encourage you to develop more intimate and
meaningful friendships. You could opt for
few close core connections who respect your
need for privacy, rather than affiliate yourself
with casual acquaintances. This pruning
process will help you to get honest about
who you’re excited to be around and who
you’re not. New friendships can form and old
beaus may return to the fold under the New
Moon eclipse on 8 November.

Personal growth and

self–development
Your personal evolution, growth and
development will be one of your top priorities
as planets energise Capricorn and Pisces.
Reflections of your personal habits
and attitudes continue as a part of Venus’
retrograde tour, which began in mid-
December and continues until 28 January.
This rare and deeply personal cycle can help
you embrace the behaviours that promote
the positive change you want in your life. As
Venus visits Capricorn until early March, a
new foundation of personal growth can be
laid, setting up a new eight-year cycle.
Active Mars promotes the pursuit of
a personal dream or goal as this once-
in-every two-year cycle starts from 24
January to 6 March. During this time,
embracing healthy selfishness will help you
to rediscover your desires and forge ahead
with a plan of attack. It may be a health and
wellness goal, a personal challenge you’d
like to tackle, or embracing a more bold or
confident persona. Whatever motivates you,
be sure to carve out the time you need to
make it happen.
Another personal success cycle, thanks
to Jupiter in Pisces, continues until 11
May and 28 October to 20 December. You
might be inspired by learning about various
types of self-help, self-healing and self-
development in this period. Books, podcasts,
short courses and journaling may help you
to open up to the stirrings within your soul.
As you get to know yourself better, you’ll
pave the way for an avalanche of growth and
expansion in many other facets of your life.
Breakthroughs that lead to profound change
and personal transformation are possible
in May as Jupiter supports the long trend of
Pluto in Capricorn (since 2008).
Time out and spirituality
January will be your most reflective month
as Mars continues through Sagittarius and
your 12th House of Rest and Retreat. The
year 2022 is an active and dynamic year for
you. Taking the time to pause, reflect and
Mid-year is your peak period for love and
partnership, where you may see improvements in
communication, connection and togetherness
recharge your batteries will be a good idea
until 24 January.
Mars in your most private sector might
mean being less available to others, either
online or in real life. If certain obligations
do demand your attention and focus, being
alone and eliminating distractions can help
you be more productive.
When it comes to your personal down
time, you do have an adventurous spirit.
Hiking, exploring or discovering new horizons
are possible at this time. Avoid overdoing it.
However, if these types of activities reset your
soul and recharge your spirit, then carve out
the time and space to do it.
If restlessness makes it hard to find quiet
time, stilling the mind through practices like
mediation or yoga may help you to find an
all-encompassing way to fully relax. On 12
January, it’s an especially favourable time to
dive into a spiritual or mystical experience.
Birthdays and planets
If your birthdate is listed below (not all
will be), you have a special planet
influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s
ahead and how to harness the planet’s
power for your own growth.
If your birthday falls between 22-31
December, you’ll have bombastic Jupiter
square your sun. This generally positive
influence could stretch and expand you
in all the right ways. You’re cosmically
encouraged to grow your ideas around
what is possible for you. Any conservative
tendencies may be overcome by saying
“yes” more often.
If your birthday falls between 2-10
January, a supportive sextile from Uranus
will encourage you to embrace more
authentic choices. While others may be
shocked or surprised as you reveal the
new and emerging you, any out-of-the-box
developments will feel totally right for you.
What once may have been chaotic, will now
feel exciting and liberating.
If your birthday falls between 17-20
January, the intense energy of Pluto
will pass over your sun. This deep and
introspective phase could see you be less
available to others as you explore the inner
workings of your own being. As you shed
former iterations of your identity, you’ll get
closer to the truth of who you really are,
and a new more powerful expression can
be claimed.

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Aquarius 2022
Formulate a strategy, so when life gets hectic
— and it will — you can return to it as a kind of personal
compass to help you navigate as you move forward
Overview
Life is full this year and shifting priorities
might mean making your personal life your
main focus. Saturn’s three-year tour of
Aquarius (completing in March 2023) gives
you one last shot to make meaningful and
long-lasting changes that align with your
personal evolution. Dynamic eclipses activate
your domestic and professional life, as
Jupiter opens up new pathways to generate
wealth. The extended cycle of Mars invites
you to show up courageously in the areas
of happiness, romance and children.
Wealth
In 2021, you got a preview of how life can
change financially under the influence of
abundant Jupiter in Pisces. Jupiter’s year-
long tour is a little erratic this time around,
meaning 2022 is ripe with opportunities that
may not have fully materialised last year.
Income growth and overall
improvements around cash, investments
and long-term financial planning are
possible until 11 May. Jupiter will then
come back to Pisces for a third and final
visit from 28 October to 20 December.
As Jupiter slides into Aries, then Pisces
and back again, don’t let this stop/start
energy derail your belief in your money
dreams. The months of May to October are
prime for self-development and personal
growth that may translate into expanding
your wealth. Investing in new knowledge or
technology infrastructure, developing your
skills or a business idea are possible during
this period. New ambitions may emerge as
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Words Cassandra Tyndall
you embrace self-belief and confidence about
money and how you can make it work for you.
Jupiter lights up your 2nd House of Money
just once every 12 years. This rare cycle
may see a lucrative new offer at work, you
could be the beneficiary of a restructure in
the workplace or a prestigious client may
come your way. As income increases, so do
expenses. While this is a totally normal and
expected part of financial growth, you may
need to exercise caution as Jupiter activates
the longer-running cycle of Neptune in Pisces
in April. It’s possible you could spend money
faster than it comes in at this time, or you
may not see a money situation for what it
really is.
Mars in the mix from 15 April to 25 May
encourages you to tackle any confusion or
uncertainty head-on and with confidence.
You could choose to boldly put your own
interests first. Carving out a portion of your
income and syphoning it into a savings or
investment account may be a smart move
around this time.
Home life
Exciting transitions on the home front are
likely as two eclipses ignite the long-running
cycle of Uranus in Taurus (since 2018).
Life may be a little chaotic as your home
life is in flux, especially under the New Moon
eclipse on 1 May. You may be catapulted
into new domestic possibilities that help
you break free from the past, let go of old
conditioning and embrace family life on
your terms. The two weeks either side of
the eclipse date may bring refreshing yet
unexpected events. It will help to remain
open-minded about your ideas of what
home means to you, as things will likely feel
unsettled during this period. At the time of
the eclipse, Venus, your personal domestic
planet, will be in a stellar alignment. While
you may feel like domestic developments are
out of your control, having trust and faith that
things are working to your benefit will help.
The second eclipse, a Full Moon on 18
November, may highlight the delicate balance
between your home life and your professional
life. Emotions could run high as you get more
honest about your domestic desires.
Uranus’s influence in your home zone in
2022 will be large and obvious. Late July and
early August will be particularly eventful as
Uranus and the karmic North Node align.
This electric and catalytic combination may
bring storms into your domestic life, not to
cause havoc but to clear your path, providing
more authenticity at home.
Relationships
The period of 19 July to 5 September
looks promising for focusing on love. As
three planets tour Leo and your 7th House
of Partnerships, you might like to make
additional effort to show appreciation for
the special person in your life.
Illustrations Lauren Moore
Set time aside for some real talk
when Mercury tours Leo from 19 July
to 4 August. Sure, the general details
and logistics will be important, too, but
as Mercury makes a series of planetary
alignments, be sure to discuss your hopes
and dreams for the future.
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It’s possible you could spend money
faster than it comes in, or you may not see
a money situation for what it really is
The Sun’s arrival from 23 July to 23 August
is extra special as the Sun is the guiding star
of all your relationships. This regular and
constant cycle is ideal for recognising the
light and warmth that relationships, both
professional and personal, bring into your life.
Going out of your way to make your partner
feel loved will see it returned to you threefold.
Lucky charm Venus, from 12 August to
5 September, is ideal for indulging in extra
romance or a luxury experience together.
Enjoying the lighter side of love can help
promote connection and togetherness. If
you’re single, the cycle of Venus may help
you attract someone worth getting to know,
especially under the supportive influence of
Jupiter on 18 August.
Career and life direction
Your professional ambitions may come into
question as two eclipses trigger Scorpio and
your 10th House of Profession, Recognition
and Fame on 16 May and 25 October. With
the karmic South Node being your major
career trigger in 2022, you may be feeling
dissatisfied with your current life direction
or professional path. As you let go of some
aspects of your career, you’ll be better placed
to fully embrace roles, responsibilities and
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projects that feel deeply nourishing.
As other parts of your life are coming into
alignment this year, you may seek a career
path that reflects your changing priorities.
As your personal life evolves, the idea of
having a job, as opposed to a career, may feel
more appealing. On the flip side, if you want
a professional path you can really sink your
teeth into, these eclipses may prompt you to
seek a career that supports your desires.
You may be more curious about how you
can develop a personal passion, pursuit or
hobby into a career path later in the year
when Mars, your career planet, moves in
reverse from October 2022 to January 2023.
Happiness and children
Retrograde, or reverse, passages from
Mercury and Mars bring a flurry of activity
and variety about the ways you experience
joy, happiness and pleasure in your life.
Mercury’s arrival on 30 April is ideal for
organising your social life, booking events
relating to children, and your romantic life.
The pace may slow down from 9-23 May
once Mercury slips into reverse, resulting
in confusion or delays. This shorter-than-
usual retrograde cycle can help remind you
of the importance of communication and
really listening and engaging with your loved
ones. When Mercury revisits Gemini on 14
June, you’ll have until 5 July to iron out any
misunderstandings and take full advantage
of any missed opportunities from May.
Mars arrives in Gemini and your 5th house
on 20 August. The usual six-week visit will
last a total of seven months, continuing
until March 2023. Your curiosity about what
makes you truly happy will be emphasised
once Mars embarks on a retrograde phase
on October 2022 to 11 January 2023. This
cycle will challenge you to examine what you
really love. You may discover hobbies, social
activities or things you have always enjoyed
no longer hold the same importance to you.
Plans involving children may be delayed
during this time. Practise patience and
avoid rushing into things before they are
ready. Frustration can mount, so harness
any stress or confusion by asking more
questions. Setbacks may be blessings in
disguise, buying you extra time to come up
with a solution as you think about the best
way forward.
Adventure and discovery
Your travel axis, the 3rd and 9th Houses,
describe topics involving learning, travel,
adventure, teaching, writing and publishing.
In 2022, it’s your 3rd House, also known as
your local sector, that is the most active. You
might find there is more on offer closer to
home, or that your personal life is so action-
packed there is less motivation for large-
scale travel.
Jupiter in Aries (not seen in over
a decade) will open you up to new
opportunities in your local area. From 11
May to 28 October, you may be especially
motivated to be a tourist in your own city.
Staycations and weekends away closer to
home may be enough to provide the fresh
perspective you’ve been looking for.
Opting to undertake a major study or
teaching project is possible under Jupiter’s
wisdom-seeking influence. Expanding your
mind with new knowledge can help you
to develop a new skill — particularly with
regard to language and communication. Your
ability to confidently explore these topics
will be boosted once Mars enters Aries from
25 May to 5 July. Mars may help you take
decisive action, seize new opportunities or
more boldly speak your truth. As Mars and
Illustrations Lauren Moore
Jupiter join forces on 29 May, push ahead
with whatever feels motivating or inspiring
at this time.
Friends, networks and groups
A window of opportunity to make time for
friends, alliances and your community groups
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remains open as the year begins. Until 24

January, Mars in Sagittarius will encourage
you to put friendships first. You may be
inspired by arranging social events and get-
togethers with friends, colleagues and those
within your wider social circles. Mars may
even encourage the confidence to step up into
a leadership role within a community group
or charity organisation. Making the most of
friendship in January may be important as it
isn’t one of the main areas of cosmic focus
for you this year.
The dual influence of Mercury and Venus
may liven up your social life again when they
visit Sagittarius and your 11th House from
16 November to 10 December. This period is
ideal for re-establishing plans and projects
from January and organising social events
as the old year becomes new.

Personal growth and

self–development
Wise Saturn continues to ask more from
you this year. Under his stern guidance,
you’ll be able to make choices that better
reflect your changing priorities.
Saturn will leave Aquarius in March
2023, making this the final calendar year
to let go of old rules and traditions as you
lay a fresh foundation for the next 30 years.
This cycle of maturity will encourage you
to make well-considered choices about
your future. You’ll gain clarity about what is
important to you and what isn’t. Promises
and commitments you make to yourself will
be your number-one focus.
Overall, 2022 is a dynamic and change-
inducing year for you. As it begins, Mercury
will retrograde through Aquarius from 13-
26 January. While brief, this cycle will invite
you to go within and ask yourself what you
really want out of the year. Without input
from other planets, this is your chance to
get up close and personal with yourself.
Journal your thoughts, feelings and
desires. Formulate a strategy so when life
gets hectic — and it will — you can return
to it as a kind of personal compass to help
you navigate as you move forward.
As per its reputation, the retrograde
phase of Mercury may highlight delays
or setbacks. Personal plans and projects
could go awry during this time. If they do,
they’ll provide another opportunity to get
curious about the things you really want.
Confusion may become clear once Mercury
returns to Aquarius and your 1st House on
15 February to 10 March.
After a few early hiccups, a renewed
confidence will help you push forward
thanks to Mars from 6 March to 15 April.
Your assertive attitude will help you put
your needs at the top of your list. As Mars
pushes against Saturn on 5 April, you’ll be
a force to be reckoned with as you develop
the courage and determination to pursue
both your short- and long-term goals.
Time out and spirituality
Time for solace and serenity will arrive
from 24 January to 6 March when Mars
tours your 12th House of Rest and
Relaxation. For the first time in two years,
you’ll be able to make doing little a priority.
Quiet time will feel important here, which
may mean reducing non-essential tasks
or embracing the word “no”.
Despite that, there could be some
obligations that will demand your attention.
If that’s the case, eliminate distractions
and focus your efforts. Be sure to schedule
some time to recharge as you do.
Making decisions about the most private
parts of your life can become easier thanks
to a Venus retrograde cycle that began mid-
December 2021 and concludes 28 January
2022. This once-in-every-eight-year cycle
may bring new realisations about your
spiritual life, dreams or intuition. When
Venus and Mars align on 17 February, you
may opt to make your spiritual side a more
important part of your being.
Birthdays and planets
If your birthdate is listed below (not all
will be), you have a special planet
influencing you in 2022. Here’s what’s
ahead and how to harness the planet’s
power for your own growth.
If your birthday falls between 20-29
January, lucky Jupiter will sextile your sun.
Opportunities will be easy to create as
minimal effort will take you further than
usual. Big-picture plans, dreams and visions
are more likely to manifest — the only
condition being that you’re willing to say yes!
If your birthday falls between 31 January
and 8 February, radical Uranus will square
your sun. As life breaks open, you’ll realise
that anything is possible. You may need more
personal space as you experiment with new
ways of being. Chaos may be your catch-cry
this year as you push back on the rules and
embrace authenticity and freedom.
If your birthday falls between 1-15
February, Saturn will pass over your sun.
This once in every 30-year cycle calls for
embracing your more mature side. Gaining
clarity about who you are and how you want
to be recognised may lead to making firm
personal choices. As you let go over certain
obligations, you’ll more fully embrace the
ones you deem important.

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 PISCES
Pisces 2022
If you’ve ever wanted to take affirmative steps to lead a life
with meaning and purpose, or you’re longing for a sea change,
this may be the year to follow the stirrings within your soul
Overview
2021 introduced you to the wonderful
cycle of personal growth, thanks to Jupiter
in Pisces. This continues until 11 May,
with a third and final instalment from
28 October to 20 December. Personal
discovery and expansion are on offer as
this once-in-a-decade cycle opens you
up to new possibilities.
With Mars moving through the east of
your solar chart, most of your energy will be
harnessed towards your personal desires.
Wealth
The golden influence of Jupiter in Aries,
from 11 May to 20 October, will be a
preview period into the kind of wealth and
abundance that’s on offer, and will continue
into 2023. This rare cycle through your 2nd
House of Cash could bring more than one
opportunity to seize a raise or promotion.
You may see an improvement in your work
conditions or terms of contract. Landing a
lucrative deal or securing a cashed-up client
if you’re self-employed could change your
financial fortune.
A big part of the growth you may not have
experienced in more than a decade will
come through developing confidence and
self-belief that you’re worthy of more. This
could translate into being more optimistic
and assertive about your financial goals, or
pushing ahead with a sideline business or
an additional income stream. Despite your
current qualifications, skills or experience,
Jupiter in Aries will infuse a fresh perspective
about how you value yourself.
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Words Cassandra Tyndall
Jupiter will be joined by go-get-’em
Mars from 25 May to 5 July, highlighting a
dynamic period when you’ll be able to tackle
any money challenges and strive for positive
change. With a double dose of confidence
setting your cash-flow zone on fire, there will
be little you cannot achieve at this time. This
could be an ideal time to strike out in your
own direction or make a move that aligns
with financial dreams for the future.
If you want to dramatically change your
financial outlook, a money mentor, guide
or advisor could help map out the practical
action you need to take. Mars in Aries brings a
decisive energy into money matters, so strike
while the iron is hot. The main message of
Mars and Jupiter, especially when they team
up on 29 May, is that manifesting money is
about taking inspired action. Part of this may
involve cutting away old stories and beliefs
about money as you move towards your goals.
If you normally formulate budgets and fail,
try developing a spending plan instead. The
principle may be the same, but the approach
could feel more inspiring.
Home life
Your home life will be a point of focus once
Mars bursts into your 4th House of Home and
Family from 20 August. It’s been two years
since you’ve had the motivated influence of
Mars energising your domestic scene.
Tasks around the home may grab your
attention as you’ll be curious about how
you can make improvements around the
home, or to your family relationships. A
move, renovation or decorating project is
possible or you may find yourself being more
outspoken with family about what you want.
Mars in your home zone isn’t afraid
to make waves, so if it’s long-term
improvements you want to see, a link of
support from Saturn on 28 September could
help you bring a project or plan to fruition.
Things can hit a snag once Mars and
Neptune square off on 12 October, then
Mars heads backwards on 30 October 2022
to 11 January 2023. Your domestic plans
will likely stall at this time, prompting a
rethink about what your goals for your home
life actually are. If you’ve outgrown a living
situation, a curious approach can help you
explore alternative options. If family tensions
have reached a tipping point, Mars will help
you slow down and consider compromises.
A Mars retrograde offers time to think of
a new way to approach domestic dreams.
As you do, you may realise certain factors
of your home life weren’t as urgent as you
thought. Your greatest challenge at home in
the final quarter of 2022 and early 2023 will
be striking a balance between establishing
boundaries while remaining flexible and
open to new ideas.
Relationships
Venus’s visit through Virgo and your 7th
Illustrations Lauren Moore
House of Relationships adds love, affection
and support in your most important
partnerships from 5-29 September. This
brief yet helpful period can help boost
love and romance as well as improve
professional partnerships. As she moves
through Virgo, Venus will interact with
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Mars, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto,
highlighting a potentially exciting and
romantic, yet potentially topsy-turvy, period
in love. Under these dynamic influences,
you may notice tension that results from a
push for progress. Adding to the confusion
is Mercury’s quick detour, or reverse phase,
through Virgo from 23 September
to 2 October.
Crossed wires and miscommunications
are likely during this period, but also
provide the opportunity for some “real-
talk”. A conversation that leads to truth,
trust and honesty is possible as Mercury
retrogrades and Venus and Pluto align on
27 September, helping you both get back
on the same page. Communication will
continue to improve as Mercury travels
through Virgo until 11 October.
Career and life direction
You may have the confidence to take on
a new challenge as Mars in Sagittarius
begins the year, continuing its tour of your
10th House. This cycle, which began mid-
December, may inspire you to embrace
an assertive streak about getting ahead
professionally. As a new year begins,
motivation to chase a professional direction
that is meaningful might inspire you.
Mars only visits your career sector once
in every two years, so until 24 January,
you’ll be eager to take on a new role, step
into a leadership position, or take action
around business plans or projects.
Mars will tangle with Neptune on 12
January and may bring new inspiration
around major life plans or the desire to
make a heartfelt choice. Confusion or
disappointment may arrive first, but any
lack of progress around then could help you
take things in a more meaningful direction.
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Some of your personal choices may guide
your professional life this year. As Jupiter,
your career planet, spends most of the year
in Pisces, professional progress may stem
from something that gets stirred from within
your soul.
Happiness and children
The 5th House — aka your area of joy,
romance and children — is one of your least
active in 2022. You have the regular cycles
of the Sun, Mercury and Venus to enhance
happiness and inspire you to do more of what
you love with who you love.
The Sun’s arrival in Cancer from 21 June
to 23 July provides a stable influence you can
rely on each year to infuse light, warmth and
radiance into your fun zone. Prioritising the
parts of life that truly light you up will help
ensure your cup is full. Setting new intentions
in this area of your life can help bring new
happiness your way on 29 June under the
New Moon in Cancer.
Mercury’s super-swift visit supports
organising events and activities involving
children. Synching calendars, arranging
logistics and transportation to ensure
moments of happiness happen are
highlighted between 5-19 July. Heartfelt
conversations can help open you up to
fresh perspectives around a loved one on
9 and 17 July.
You’ll be in the mood for joy when Venus
visits Cancer from 18 July to 12 August. Venus
could enhance your ability to care for and
nurture others. Give yourself permission to
indulge more in what you love to do at this
time. As much of this year is geared towards
your personal drives, Venus in Cancer can
especially highlight the ways in which you
get joy from nourishing the relationships that
matter most to you.
Adventure and discovery
On 16 May and 25 October, when eclipses
in Scorpio trigger your 9th House of Travel
and Adventure, there will be wonderful
opportunities to open yourself up to new
horizons. An international offer may arrive
during one of these eclipses or you may
consider a new academic venture. Linked
to the karmic South Node, these eclipses
can stimulate new goals and desires about
the ways you can impact the world. As you
dive deeper into your big life dreams, you
could realise you have to let others go. As
new opportunities emerge, so will new
priorities that might shift what really sets
your spirit alight.
This part of your solar chart describes
the way the world can open up for you. One
of the more obvious ways is through travel
and adventure. Far-flung destinations may
beckon, as might ticking some items off
your bucket list. If travel doesn’t appeal, or
isn’t an option, diving into a topic involving
higher education, religion, astrology or the
esoteric sciences could quench your desire
for the need to know. From 23 October to
17 November, Venus and Mercury make
their annual tours of Scorpio. Travel with
friends is possible, or you may receive the
encouragement you need to move forward
with a study or training dream.
Friends, networks and groups
Two visits from Venus in Capricorn bookend
the year, bringing double opportunities for
quality time with friends. The first visit may
bring a reassessment of your circle of friends,
which first began mid-December 2021 and
continues throughout January 2022.
Venus retrograde in Capricorn highlights
the completion of an eight-year personal
friendship cycle as a new one begins. This
extra-long tour (until 6 March) will help you
get closer to the truth about the longevity
and loyalty of certain people in your life.
You may notice that some connections fade
while you spend time, energy and effort in
developing new ones.
People from the past may also return to
the fold at this time, too. This phase denotes
a period of reflection and re-evaluation
around your friendships since 2013 to 2014.
You’ll learn to be more open and available
to those whom you genuinely want to spend
time with. On the other hand, it may become
Illustrations Lauren Moore
easier to put firm boundaries in place when
it feels like other people just want something
from you.
As 2022 draws to a close, Venus will
enter Capricorn again from 10 December
to 3 January 2023, where you can prioritise
friends, good times and the connections that
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support you. Dates that support friendship

are: 6 January, 17 and 25 February, 4 March,
14 July, and 22, 23 and 28 December.

Personal growth and

self–development
The year 2022 is set to be an inspired and
heartfelt year as Jupiter tours Pisces.
This once-in-every-12-years influence
first surfaced from May to July 2021,
returning in 2022 for another two
instalments. Until 11 May and 28 October
to 20 December, you’ll witness large-scale
growth that could see some of your long-
held dreams finally materialise.
Jupiter’s basic essence activates the thirst
for new experiences and denotes an overall
lucky period. This may require you to stretch
beyond your comfort zone and dream bigger
than you already do. Jupiter is also linked
to the concept of growth and expansion. As
the larger-than-life planet spends the bulk
of this year (approximately 9 months) in your
1st House of Body and Physical Appearance,
your waistline may also expand! For some
Pisces, this could bring the wonderful
news of impending parenthood, or it could
mean the excess that comes from living life
to the fullest.
Neptune’s ongoing influence since 2011
urges you to deepen your spiritual insight and
intuitive development. As these two planets
come together in April, creative, mystical or
and what goals you’ve yet to accomplish.
With so much progress personally, quiet
Mars will tangle with
inspired urges may gently pull you in new time will help you turn your attention inward Neptune on 12 January
directions. If you’ve ever wanted to take and regain perspective. As you consider
affirmative steps to lead a life brimming with new opportunities, be prepared to let some and could bring new
meaning and purpose, or you’re longing for obligations go. You may be less available
a sea change, this may be the year to follow to other people as alone time becomes a
inspiration around
the stirrings within your soul.
More inspired guidance and affirmative
preference. An extended holiday, a sabbatical
or more regular weekends away can help you
major life plans
action is possible once Mars makes waves in tap into your innermost desires. As you tap into your own authenticity, you
Pisces for the first time in two years. From 15 Where possible, take as much time as may find yourself craving a path that strays
April to 25 May, Mars will spend the majority you can between 2 January and 15 April to from the conservative or traditional.
of its time fusing his energy with Jupiter and contemplate what’s most important to you. If your birthday falls between 12-17
Neptune. If you’re ready to make a significant As Mercury, the Sun, Venus and Mars are March, nebulous Neptune will fuse with
move, Mars can help you push ahead during all active during this period, be sure to do your sun. Life may be about surrender
those times when you need a little extra what you can — even if a social media detox and letting go. The surreal influence of
courage to take a leap of faith. is all you can manage. Focus on doing less Neptune could make it difficult to rely
on: 1 and 5 February, 3 and 26 March, 5 April on logic or substance. Instead, merge
Time out and spirituality and 12 August. with the unknown, mystical and magical.
Time out to clear your head and regain Materialistic or professional ambitions
perspective will be important as the Birthdays and planets might not hold much importance as you
continuing cycle of Saturn in Aquarius If your birthdate is listed below (not all will explore new possibilities.
activates your 12th House of Rest and be), you have a special planet influencing If your birthday falls between 17-20
Retreat. This is the final full calendar year you in 2022. Here’s what’s ahead and how March, Pluto’s transformative influence
before Saturn leaves Aquarius for Pisces to harness the planet’s power for your will encourage new growth; however, you
in March 2023, emphasising the importance own growth. may feel like pulling in and withdrawing
of rest. If your birthday falls between 2-10 March, first. As you enter a proverbial hibernation
Throughout the year, give yourself the electric Uranus will sextile your sun. As you phase, you’ll seek a minimalist approach
space you need to reflect on the last 29–30 explore new avenues of self-expression, in order to discover your potential. As your
years of your life (if applicable). Acknowledge you’ll get a taste of freedom and what can creative prowess emerges, you’ll find your
how far you’ve come, what you’ve achieved eventuate from making right-for-you choices. personal power.

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 THE POTENTIAL OF 2022
Working with the
potential of 2022
Looking ahead to 2022 and the potential promised by the “big movers”,
it’s easy to become overly focused on what the action of the outer
planets may signify
S
ince the dawn of time, it’s a natural
human phenonomen to want to
know what the future holds. One
of the benefits of astrology is that
we can observe the moving sky, known as
transits, and utilise other technical tools
such as annual profections and secondary
progressions (each astrologer will have
their own set of go-to techniques) to get
time-specific about when we can anticipate
growth and change.
Meeting a soul-aligned partner, landing
a dream job or realising major financial
developments are points of major query
and focus but, by and large, are relatively
rare events. A calendar year is filled with
smaller planetary activations and triggers
that not only have a compounding effect on
how life eventuates, but can also give us
insight into these longer-running trends
that attract attention.
Due to their slower zodiacal cycles,
the movement of the outer planets
(Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and
Pluto) ensure they generate slow-paced
momentum and, more often than not,
big changes in our lives. For example, it
takes Jupiter 12 years to pass through
all 12 signs, so its arrival into a new sign
promises expediential growth in one area
of life for about a year.
Saturn, on the other hand, spends two-
and-a-half to three years in a sign, not to
be seen again for another 29 years. Its long
cycle delivers profound growth, though
often as the result of prolonged effort or
toil over time.
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Words Cassandra Tyndall
Uranus spends seven years in a sign.
Its total time touring the entire zodiac
correlates with the average human
lifespan, about 84 years, meaning
Uranus’s sudden, revolutionary and
change-inducing transits happen even
less frequently.
The same can be said for Neptune,
who spends 14 years in a sign and takes
168 years to circle the Sun. Pluto, with its
elliptical orbit, generally spends anywhere
from 12 to 30 years in a sign, taking 248
years to complete a total zodiacal tour.
As you can see, while impactful,
significant outer planetary transits of the
birth chart are rare, and certainly don’t
happen every year. Depending on your
birth chart, some of these transits could
influence your experience sporadically.
For others, you may get big transits from
the outer planets drawn out over a long
period of time. There are some instances
where you’ll never receive a certain type
of transit. This makes the majority of
outer planetary transits exceptionally
personal, as they happen to each of us at
different ages and different stages of life.
As you peruse your horoscope for 2022,
you may be wondering how the range of
possibilities that these planets suggest
will play out for you. A horoscope is a bit
like a weather forecast you hear about on
the news: “A warm, sunny morning with
temperatures increasing and a chance
of a thunderstorm in the late afternoon.”
We’ve all heard these types of predictions
before. While this kind of forecast would
delight a farmer, it’s daunting for a bride.
This is why it’s beneficial to understand
your own planetary weather patterns.
It’s common to overemphasise the
arrival of aspects from the outer planets
without any context regarding how they
influence your life. Armed with great
anticipation, the aspect builds, happens
and then completes, and you’re left
wondering what occured or what did it
even mean. Due to these larger slow-
moving planets embodying wide-ranging
symbolism and archetypes, distilling them
through the lens of your own planets,
into your own life, while integrating the
wisdom, knowledge or experience, isn’t
always easy.
To help, we can turn our attention to
the more consistent and regular cycles
of the Sun and the Moon.
Followed by a Moon shadow
Compared to the outer planets, it takes just
28 days for the Moon to circle the zodiac,
spending approximately two-and-a-half
days in a sign. This means, through the
course of a lunar month, the Moon will
pass over each planet and pass through
each house of your entire birth chart.
Therefore, the Moon, as our celestial
satellite, will help boost the signal of your
natal planets and houses.
An easy way to observe the Moon’s
movement is to use the Moon Calendar
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that accompanies this edition of WellBeing
Astrology. Throughout the entire year, you’ll
see listed the Moon’s ingress into
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a new sign every two to three days.
As an example, notice when the Moon
moves through Taurus on a particular
day. If you happen to have Mercury in
Taurus, or a different planet, then you
may gain additional insight into the
way those planets operate in your life.
Mercury in Taurus, as an earth sign, is
known for its reserved yet dry and likeable
communication style. When the Moon
is in Taurus, you might notice you think
about feelings or emotions, or rely on
your intuition a little more than usual.
Due to the speed of the Moon, it moves
approximately one zodiacal degree every
two hours. It will take about six hours for
the Moon to apply to the position of your
natal planet, form the conjunction and then
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separate. This short window of time each
month is your personal opening to develop
a relationship with each planet and how it
operates in your life.
It is also useful to consider the House
topics the Moon activates as it moves
through the signs. Keeping with our
Taurus moon example, we might default
to thinking it’s only about pleasure,
food, stability and comfort, as they are
a few of Taurus’s top focuses. However,
if Taurus happens to be the sign in your
10th House, the Moon in Taurus will
activate themes of career, reputation and
fame. Each month as the Moon passes
through Taurus, you get a two-and-a-
half-day career boost. You may be in the
mood to do something that supports your
career, such as going that extra mile at
work, scheduling a business meeting
or, if you’re self-employed, sending out
a social media post or an email to your
clients. If Taurus happens to be in your
2nd House of Money, you might spend
a little bit extra during this period or
make a date with your finances and
review your progress.
In 2022, eclipses occur in Taurus in
May and November. August is also a
standout month for the Taurus part of
your life, as Uranus and the North Node
activate the sign. If you’re curious about
how these rare events may take shape in
your life, observing the Moon’s movement
through Taurus each month can help.
As you observe the days the Moon
passes through each of the 12 signs
and houses, note the events, feelings
and general vibe of those two-and-a-
half days. Notice the way you feel. Are
you comfortable and content? Are you
restless and desiring change? Are you
abuzz with mental activity? Are you
dreaming of your future? Keeping a
journal can help you to notice your own
patterns and may help you to decipher
how the larger planetary influences of
2022 could play out for you.
Here comes the Sun
The Sun has a constant and stable place
in the centre of our solar system and,
as such, has a regular zodiacal cycle.
Spending 30 days in a sign, it takes
the Sun a year to tour all the 12 signs,
making a complete tour of your entire
birth chart.
As the Sun and the Moon move
according to their own cycles and
rhythms, they are our original
timekeepers. The Sun, as the slower-
moving body, is akin to the hour hand
on a clock, while the Moon is symbolic
of the minute hand. As it is in real life,
it’s the minutes, hours, days, weeks and
months that unfold and, before you know
it, another year has passed.
You get one month per year when the
light of the Sun spotlights and energises
particular topics in your life. By observing
the movement of the Sun each month,
from sign to sign and house to house,
you’ll glean a deeper understanding of
the house topics and your relationship to
the signs.
You may already notice certain patterns
in your life that align with the movement
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of the Sun. For example, when the Sun
shines its light and vitality into your 1st
House of You and Your Physical Body,

you might feel energised by taking better
care of yourself or starting a health and
wellness routine. Perhaps there is a
particular month of the year that feels
expensive. Annual bills or large outgoings
could be activated by the Sun’s visit
to your 8th House of Debt. If you have
the option of taking holidays at a time
that suits you, you may be surprised to
discover that time can correlate with
the passing of the Sun through your 9th
House of Travel, or even your 12th House
of Rest and Retreat.
The Sun moves approximately one
zodiacal degree per day. As it does, it will
infuse its light with each planet in your
birth chart over the course of a year. If you
have a planet at, for example, 15 degrees
Taurus, the influence of the Sun would
be felt most strongly the day before, with
the Sun at 14 degrees, and the day of the
conjunction when the Sun arrives at 15
Taurus. Once the Sun gets to 16 degrees,
the intensity of the aspect will begin to
diminish and along with it any feelings or
events associated with its influence.
As you awaken to the cycles of the
Sun and Moon and how they activate
different areas of your life, you’ll develop
your own understanding of the signs and
symbols used in astrology. Thus, as the
less regular cycles of the slower-moving
planets occur, you’ll be armed with
insight to make more informed choices,
knowing when to push forward or delay
action. Using the Sun and Moon as your
guiding lights, each and every year when
the astrological weather patterns change,
you’ll be positioned to make the most of
the promise and potential each unique
cycle offers.
Cycles of promise and
potential in 2022
Jupiter: Growth, expansion
and luck
Jupiter in Pisces | Jupiter will traverse the
entire sign of Pisces in 2022, continuing its
introductory cycle from 14 May to 28 July
2021. If you have planets or points, such
as the ascendant or the midheaven, or the
descendant or IC in Pisces, 2022 will be a
year bursting with promise and large-scale
growth not seen in more than a decade.
Jupiter is extra potent in Pisces, so a little
extra effort will go a long way to developing
the Pisces area of your life, as described by
your birth chart.
Jupiter in Aries | In 2022, Jupiter
activates 0–8 degrees of Aries. As Jupiter’s
cycle in 2022 only covers a small portion of
Aries, it introduces us to the cycle that will
be more influential next year. As Jupiter
moves through the early degrees of
Aries, it will activate the early degrees
of other Cardinal signs — Cancer, Libra
and Capricorn.
This will be most potent for you if you
have a birthday that falls between: 20-28
March, 21-29 June, 23 September to 1
October, or 21-29 December.
If you are influenced by the cycle of
Jupiter in 2022, you can tap into its energy
by learning, teaching or travel — the type
of experiences that make you both rich and
wise. As Jupiter expands what it touches,
you may be called to stretch yourself,
encouraging you to find your sense of joy
and pointing you to where you can best
share your gifts and talents with others.
This year may be infused with a sense
of the road finally rising up to meet you,
where a little effort can yield big results.
“Life happens when
you’re busy making
other plans.” —
John Lennon
Saturn: Maturity, boundaries
and wisdom
The portion of the sky that Saturn visits
this year is 11–25 degrees of Aquarius. As
it does, it will form an angle of influence
to these degrees of its fellow fixed signs of
Taurus, Leo and Scorpio.
You’ll feel the energy of Saturn strongly
if your birthday falls between: 1-15 May,
3-17 August, 3-17 November, or 31 January
2022 to 13 February 2023.
Saturn continues through Aquarius,
winding up its two-and-a-half-year cycle
on March 2023, offering one more calendar
year to take the topics of the House in
your birth chart ruled by Aquarius more
seriously. Clarity may arrive around what
is and isn’t important. The wisdom Saturn
provides often comes through some form
of challenge or effort. As you embrace new
limits, you could establish a new boundary,
welcome new, or let go of, responsibilities
or obligations.
Uranus: Revolution, change
and authenticity
Uranus will continue through Taurus
in 2022. Its destabilising presence will
be most strongly felt if you have planets
between 10–18 degrees of Taurus, or
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the other fixed signs of Leo, Scorpio
and Aquarius.
If you’re birthday falls between the
following dates, Uranus will transit your
sun this year: 30 April to 8 May, 2-10
August, 2-10 November, or 28 February
to 8 March.
If you have a transit of Uranus in
2022, expect a year of change, chaos and
excitement. Life may take on a faster-than
-preferred pace as your need for stability
becomes challenged. Choices, while
surprising to others, may feel authentic
and appropriate for you as you navigate
new priorities and ways of expressing
yourself. Any changes you’ve been avoiding
might become increasingly hard to ignore
under Uranus’s touch.
Neptune: Intuition, surrender
and dreams
Neptune moves through 20–25 degrees
of Pisces in 2022. Its nebulous influence
will impact other mutable signs of Gemini,
Virgo and Sagittarius with planets at the
same degrees.
Neptune will transit your sun if your
birthday falls within these dates: 11-16
June, 13-18 September, 12-17 December,
or 10-15 March.
Neptune transits are often hard to
pinpoint, as is the nature of this far-
flung planet. Your energy may feel slow
or sluggish and you may need to see the
pace of life slow down. As your internal
landscape shifts and changes, you’ll be
called to surrender and go with the flow.
Take heed of the stirrings within your soul
that defy logic or reason. Your creative or
spiritual life can open up avenues to get to
know your instinctual desires more deeply.
Pluto: Power, catharsis and
transformation
Pluto’s intense influence activates 25–28
degrees of Capricorn in 2022. As it does, it
will activate the same degrees of the other
cardinal signs, Aries, Cancer and Libra.
Pluto will activate your sun if you have
a birthday on the following dates: 15-18
April, 17-20 June, 18-21 October, or 17-20
December.
Pluto symbolises the cycle of death and
rebirth, calling for a total transformation
of a particular aspect of your identity
or your life. Issues involving truth, trust
and honesty may come to the fore in a
relationship, career of financial setting.
This year may be laden with intense or
cathartic experiences that will reveal new
truths, helping you reclaim your strength
and power.
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Year of the
Yang Water
Tiger
If 1 January missed the mark, you’ll have a second bite
at the cherry via the Chinese Lunar New Year
beginning 1 February 2022
Words Wendy Grant

T
he quest to return the status quo
rested on Oxen shoulders. Now
Asia’s King of the Jungle is to lead
— the Yang Water Tiger — though
more Princely than Kingly, this risk-taker
is determined to move forward and pitch,
ready with his vision to initiate change.
Honing in on the two ideograms tasked
with stewarding us through 2022, insight
into the 60-year cycles of times past to
decode the future are on offer. The annual
elemental pillar combines the Heavenly
Stem of Yang Water 壬, sitting on top of
the Earthly (Horary) Branch of Yang
Wood Tiger 寅.
History has captured this duo’s
sexagenary cycle. The oral vaccine for
polio, innovative advances in technology
such as the electronic hearing aid,
satellite TV, LED lighting and NASA’s
orbit around Earth that resulted in Perth
being termed the City of Lights are all
correlated to this union. Tiger economies
were seeded in the early 1960s, thanks
to Yang Wood’s hidden fire, which sparks
the economy. In Australia, women were
finally allowed to vote and stand in
federal elections (1902). In 1962, voting
rights were extended to all Indigenous
Australians by way of countenance —
an action of Wood.
Straight out of the gate, we’re treated
to a double insight in February when
commander-in-chief, spotlighting political
leadership tussles.
This more impulsive manifestation of
1962’s legacy was captured in the Flash
Stock Market crash (a fire-Tiger day in a
clash month) and the Thor rocket carrying
a hydrogen warhead that detonated in
space. Not to mention the Cuban missile
crisis that left the world teetering on the
brink of nuclear war while two super-
powers vied for dominance. All of these
events came under US President John F
Kennedy’s tenure (a Snake native in a clash
year). On home turf, Australia’s world-first
pyritic-smelting operation occurred. Sadly,
over time, the environmental impact of
H2O partnerships with Yang Wood has had
consequences. Environmental policy will
undoubtedly resurface. Rachel Carson’s
eco-science book was released in 1962.
We’ve been holding our breath for some
time now. We’ve arrived at the moment
of stillness before Tiger propels forward
and pounces. The backbone of 2022 is the
genesis of change. Movement combines
with a palpable shift in tempo towards
expansion. Swift impulsive decisions or
measured choices designed to conquer
are both possible. The result of action
could take time to mature. Self-resilience
is at times susceptible to pressure. Avoid
conflict by yielding just enough, while
maintaining your nerve and standing
goals are ours for the taking.
Oceans spawn emotional turmoil
(anger coupled with fear-tinged anxiety).
Both will hinder us. Flip the dynamic and
purge emotional baggage. Instead, tap
into water’s spiritual and affluent counsel,
which offers benevolence, kindness and
wisdom. Those with a keen ear to the
ground and steely eye on the future, the
spark of success resides inside you. The
determined will succeed.
The Water Tiger’s symbol for “king”
marked upon its forehead is camouflaged.
Those that uncover the hallmark shall
discover the courage and foresight
to pursue all manner of endeavours.
Recognising when to move forward, to
rise up, to stand and to lead.
If you’re born on a Yin Metal day or a
year ending in one, Tiger is considered
your Nobleman (person of importance;
help in times of trouble). You’ll have
cosmic guidance, akin to the hand of a
Sherpa guiding you.
Add to the cauldron a smattering of
career opportunities if you’re a Yin Fire
Daymaster or born in a year ending in
seven. For ladies, love beckons.
If Water or Wood is your lucky element
(deduced from your BaZi), you’ll be
courting favour. Earth-classed industries
(real estate, construction) will make money
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but the Tiger will control how much. Metal

Tiger month and year pillars duplicate. your ground. Channel strength, for we’re industries show promise, as Wood is your
Two tigers can’t co-partner, one needs to collectively supported to tap into our greenback and Water your resources.
relinquish power, sorting the 2IC from the creative, innovative self, and scholarly BONUS EDGE (see asterisked* years)

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 RAT (1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008)
Wise rodent’s elemental affinity with this year’s Yang Water
ensures you’ll venture moderately well — considering you’re
normally fair prey in jungle cat-and-mouse. Rats and Tigers
are accustomed to firsts and both adept swimmers, though
you may have to dial down expectations for pole position.
Under the keen-eyed predator, you’ll feel perpetually
exhausted unless you’re flexible and adjust accordingly. New
alliances with friends are on the horizon, as is travel. Be
rigorous and persistent with health goals, keeping emotions
and anxiety in check. 子 N1: 352.5°-7.5°
OX (1949, 1961*, 1973, 1985, 1997*, 2009)
Tiger and Ox are neighbours, but they don’t make great
bedfellows. In fact, you’re potential prey to the carnivorous
Tiger. Turn the tables and tackle change by adapting to the
new terra firma. Suppress the desire for bullish charges or
you will find you are met with obstacles. Maintain your stoic
work ethic and mindset, channel clarity and exercise caution in
matters of the heart and career goals. 丑 NE1: 22.5°–37.5°
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TIGER (1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010)
An opportunity for change — of the big-transformation variety
— presents as the Grand Duke (Jupiter) pays a visit, and you
could have his backing. You might feel ambushed in February,
with career spotlighted. Tigers may be a tad accident prone,
so if surgeries are planned you’re encouraged to carry a Pig
amulet, akin to seeking an injection of support from your
Nobleman. Tigers born in 1962, action your mental wellness
regimes, as you’re born under this pillar. Feng shui-wise,
the NE axis is auspiciously highlighted in 2022. 寅 NE3:
52.5°–67.5°
RABBIT (1951*, 1963, 1975, 1987*, 1999, 2011*)
The cosmic formula for love could bring a new love interest
this year with the Peach Blossom star, especially if Cupid’s bow
targets a romantic encounter with a person with a Tiger, Horse
or Dog in their chart. You may radiate magnetic charm but the
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Rabbit does need to exercise caution in other facets of life.
Bolster your position and seek a Dragon to complete and unlock
a mutual bond between the Tiger and Rabbit. April is Dragon
month. 卯 E2: 82.5°–97.5°

DRAGON (1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012)
Last year may have felt combative. This year you have much
in common with the Tiger. Courageous and powerful, you’re
both no stranger to riches, but yours is prone to fluctuate.
Material gain is knocking on your door. Seize opportunities,
even those that may at first be challenging, and you’ll reap
generous benevolence and support extended by the Tiger. Tap
into another three-way mutual alliance on offer when Rabbit
people unite the trio. March is Rabbit month. 辰 SE1: 112.5° –
127.5°
SNAKE (1953, 1965, 1977*, 1989, 2001*, 2013)
The Serpent and big cat tussle on a karmic combative level.
Chalk up the year to crafty behind-the-scenes planning and
you’ll be in the enviable position to act when Fire is on your
side. Shed stubborn tendencies, as Snake’s determination
to face-off with jungle cats won’t be tolerated. Tiger’s risk
scuppers your travel plans. Try sliding and slithering your
way towards your destination and be über cautious; pay the
ferryman or risk fines. ⺒ SE3: 142.5°–157.5°
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HORSE (1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014)
Equines understand the Tiger’s governance, as they are two
parts of a fire trinity. Hidden in Tiger’s stems is more Yang
fire, igniting your spark towards growth. After colliding with
the Rat under his reign and hindrances with the Ox, you’re
poised to seize opportunities, especially on the work front. A
raise or promotion could be on the cards. Irksome legal woes
could also occur. October looks particularly favourable for
you, as the third leg of the fire alliance triggers action. 午 S2:
172.5°–187.5°
GOAT (1955, 1967*, 1979, 1991*, 2003, 2015)
After chalking up your fair share of drama last year, use 2022
to harness control of your chosen path through the jungle. The
year offers a chance to hone some career goals. Single Goats
may wander in search of love, but commitment may prove
fleeting. Partnered Goats need freedom and liberty. Curb your
inner spendthrift, as the generosity of Tiger won’t be on tap
forever. 未 SW1: 202.5°–217.5°
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MONKEY (1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016)
Tiger clashes with the primate (both known as “travelling stars”)
triggering change, be it a job or dwelling. You’re vulnerable to all
manner of travel hiccups, including your modus operandi. You
could encounter turbulent rides (literally and metaphorically) so
take extra care. Be vigilant in February and May. Focus on boosting
your health throughout 2022 as Monkey’s south-west home also
spotlights wellness. Testy times are ahead, so minimise your inner
daredevil for high-risk activities, including when encountering Fire.
Avoid facing the north-east for long periods (ie at a work desk). If
talismanic magic is your jam, wear or display a Pig amulet to evade
Tiger’s claws. That said, if you we’re born on a Yin Metal day, call
upon your Sherpa Nobleman for guidance. 申 SW3: 232.5°–247.5°
ROOSTER (1957*, 1969, 1981*, 1993, 2005, 2017*)
As Metal is absent from this year’s pillar, you may be feeling
a little left out. However, the annual flux of Water offers some
temperance to reduce conflicts and hardships that present. You
could be worn out by critics and niggling self-doubts, so channel
the Tiger for strength and courage. Rooster and Tigers share
a mutual appreciation for business acumen, but new career
paths may be considered. Cockerels may fall fowl to relationship
stress-testing, frank conversations and home truths could be
revealed. 酉 W2: 262.5°–277.5°
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DOG (1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006, 2018)
Loyalty and royalty combine. Canines find an ally in Tiger,
each no stranger to donning the hat of the Guardian. As
man’s best friend, you should carve out some time to be the
recipient of loyalty that you bestow on others. Relationships
beckon, but keep your neediness in check. Opportunities to
improve various aspects of life present, perhaps even landing
the coveted title of master of your own home — but be sure
to read legal fine print. Fortune favours you when you pony up
with the Horse, activating a Fire trinity. 戌 NW1: 292.5°–307.5°
PIG (1947*, 1959, 1971*, 1983, 1995, 2007*)
Tiger is your BFF. With the ear of this affluent friend
and natural-born leader watching out for you, virtuous
and fortunate vibes follow you. Invigorated by an alignment with
the intrinsic Qi of the year, Water brings success
when coupled with wise decision-making. Turn a deaf
ear to gossip. The boar and jungle king combine to form
Wood, implying growth and productivity is on the cards.
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FENG SHUI 2022
When faced with adversity, or even a
challenging astro transit, home is where
we seek refuge from life’s woes. With
homesteads now doubling as offices, the
more time we spend in our dwellings, the
greater feng shui’s influence.
Captured at the time of construction,
the distribution of energy (Qi) in a
residence is akin to its natal birth chart.
Saturn is the father of time, and Saturn’s
sigil is the mirrored pathway Qi follows
on the Lo Shu diagram included in this
article. Qi fluctuates annually, shifting
on 4 February when the feng shui
fraternity ushers in a new solar year.
The Annual Flying Stars (AFS) return to
their domicile every nine years — 2022
is such a year.
This nine-cell yearly chart is orientated
and mapped onto your dwelling’s
floorplan, expanding to cover 24 directions
in total — with half correlating to animal
signs (Earthly Branches). See the specific
sliver of your home that aligns to your
zodiac, under each animal sign.
In the absence of a professional
assessment, you’ll need to identify
compass bearings. On top of permanent
countermeasures, annual tweaks aid in
subduing potential medical conditions,
preventing cash-flow crunches and
keeping relationships in check. If you’re
new to AFS, the best advice is to focus on
the outlined zones for 2022.
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LO SHU + 2022 YEARLY CHART
Hands down, the best feng shui goal
this year is to concentrate on the inherently
Earth NE/SW axis and, if hoarding is your
weakness, reduce clutter as it impedes the
path of Qi. The axis is home to the good
(#8), the bad (#2) and the ugly (#5 centre),
all domicile, unmasked and flaunting their
true nature.
Our first frame of reference is the
centre, where feng shui’s heavyweight,
#5, returns home. Best viewed as the
trigger and catalyst for change, #5 is also
pegged, via a Chinese metaphysical lens,
as the instigator of setbacks, obstacles
and misfortune. The agent of change and
transformation empowers us to ponder our
demons (five demons is an alias of #5) this
year as we’re safeguarded by Tiger’s gift
of guardianship. Recognise opportunities
to overhaul what hinders you. If one
brushes the opportunity aside, expect
the unexpected, with changes in what we
personally frame impacting us negatively.
Suffice to say, we aim to quell hostile
outcomes. Avoidance is preferred. But this
may not be possible. Instead, limit use and
avoid fanning the flames with fire (aka red
items). Subdue instead with truckloads of
metal to mitigate. Think white, airy, curvy
vignettes to mute the foreboding Qi, add
metal décor accents for extra surety.
Life’s great leveller, wellness, is
moderated by the #2 star. It always needs
remediation or you risk-adverse health
scenarios. Females especially take note.
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The SW sector has your name on it —
womanly health check-ups are a must.
Boys, same-same. Remediate with metal
adjustments, as listed for centre, and
source a non-trinkety metal calabash.
The NE houses the benefic auspicious
#8 returning home laden with earthly gifts,
especially generous in Horse, Goat and
Monkey months (June, July, August) —
although the latter is coloured by a clash.
Young males will excel here in the palace
of knowledge, and Tiger’s union with Water
brings academic success to endeavours.
In the feng shui lexicon, the Tai Sui (aka
Jupiter) takes up residence here. Best
policy is to refrain from renovation raucous
in this sector until after 2022. You’ll have
Jupiter’s support if your office chair backs
to the NE sliver.
Folks with a Tiger in their chart, or at
their front door, or a Ming Gua #8, may feel
the caress of the Midas touch. Especially
if a Water star #8 already resides in this
sector of your building’s natal chart — a
potent cocktail for prosperity, perhaps even
a new abode. Introduce measured accents
of red to ramp up the potential — a boon if
you’ve a stove in this sector.
Apart from May and November, be
sure to carve out a useable NE niche in
your home/business to quietly sit and
contemplate your share of the bounty. After
all, the God of Wealth chose the Black
Water Tiger as his mount, brandishing a
Gold ingot in his hand.
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Jupiter &
Neptune
conjunction in
Pisces
Pisces slows down the pace of Jupiter and invites
inward exploration that can enable us to sink
into the embodiment of our soulful essence
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ull of imaginative potential and
peril, the transit of Jupiter in Pisces
will sweep across the astrological
landscape of 2022 like a wave, drawing
us into a liminal passage at sea. As on any
sea journey, we will need to mindfully monitor
the shifting winds and adjust our navigation
in accordance with the changing currents
below and the turning of the stars above. Yet
keeping track of our direction will be even
more important than normal, as the mystical
and otherworldly presence of Neptune awaits
Jupiter below the waves of Pisces. Like a
portal to another dimension, the encounter
between Neptune and Jupiter will warp
perspectives in ways that can lead us far
astray as well as open awareness to vital
sources of inspiration and creativity.
Jupiter will return to its watery home of
Pisces on 28 December 2021 after previously
occupying Pisces from 13 May until 28 July
2021. Jupiter will then swiftly sail through
its oceanic home, known as domicile, in
less than five months, entering Aries on 10
May 2022. After an initial foray into Aries,
Jupiter will come back home to Pisces on
28 October 2022 for a sojourn, until leaving
Pisces for a final time on 20 December 2022.
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The pivotal conjunction between Jupiter and
Neptune will take place on 12 April 2022
at 24 degrees of Pisces, with the influence
of Neptune upon Jupiter intensifying once
Jupiter moves within 15 degrees of Neptune
on 27 January. Jupiter will remain within
15 degrees of Neptune for the rest of 2022
(ending the year within nine degrees of
Neptune), creating a lingering effect from
their conjunction that will last well beyond
their April meeting.
Influences in 2022
Jupiter’s journey through Pisces will be
especially impactful due to Jupiter having
sovereignty in its own sign, enabling Jupiter
to express itself directly and fully. Although
Jupiter has a reputation in astrology for being
the “great benefic”, it does not mean that
transits from Jupiter always bring positively
joyful experiences. It is important that one of
the central meanings for Jupiter involves a
fertile lifeforce that can be both expansive and
binding in terms of understanding, creativity
and finding a sense of order within our
experiences. Moreover, the moist mutability
of Pisces will amplify the capacity of Jupiter
for assembling and unifying sources of
inspiration, increasing the potentiality of
Jupiter in Pisces for synthesising meaning
and distilling wisdom from our experiences,
generating a new mix of ideas in the process.
Pisces is the nocturnal home of Jupiter,
an aquatic landscape full of gushing springs
and expansive seas that accentuates the
boundless nature of Jupiter. In contrast
to Sagittarius, the fiery domicile of
Jupiter where it moves fast with outward
enthusiasm, the mutable and nocturnal
water of Pisces slows down the pace of
Jupiter and invites inward exploration that
can enable us to sink into embodiment of
our soulful essence. With Jupiter soaking
within its oceanic home of Pisces, its waves
can wash over and weave in between
the places we have been fragmented,
coalescing a presence that can bring
together parts of our inner multiplicity that
have become disconnected. By taking our
time and acting with the flow of surrounding
nature rather than trying to force things
to happen, Jupiter in Pisces can create an
experience of abundance that allows us to
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feel more expansive with less by aligning us
with our essential nature and values.
With the dissolving whirlpool of Neptune

present with Jupiter in Pisces, the coherence
we gain through Jupiter will be important
to question. The disintegrating influence of
Neptune upon Jupiter will make it important
to accept not knowing and remain continually
open to exploring the multiplicitous ways we
are interconnected across time and space
with all beings, both human and non-human.
The combination of Jupiter and Neptune in
Pisces will necessitate a descent into the
dissolution of our previous beliefs, embodying
the essence that will eventually coagulate out
of the disintegrating stirring of our inner life.
Astrologer and psychologist Liz Greene
has taught that while Jupiter seeks personal
meaning that helps cohere understanding for
how our personal lives are meaningful within
a larger context, Neptune is the antithesis of
personal enrichment due to it revealing our
sense of egoic control as being a fantasy that
we need to transcend or release.
Fairy straying
Within Irish folklore, the concept of “seachrán
sí” or “fairy straying” is interesting to
consider in terms of the disorientation and
disillusionment that can occur under the
influence of Neptune. When under the spell
of fairy straying, wayfarers become confused
while journeying across liminal landscapes
as they experience a sudden shift into the
strange and unfamiliar. An impassable fog
or mist may obfuscate their view of the
path ahead, or a river may block all forward
progress no matter which way they turn.
In this way, Neptune can function like the
Otherworld of fairy as all familiar reference
points dissolve, forcing an interface with the
indeterminate. Interestingly, a remediation
from Irish folklore concerns turning your coat
or clothes inside out to counterbalance the
enchantment. Similarly, we may need to take
on the inverted stance of the Hanged Man
arcanum from tarot, allowing our perspective
to be turned inside out while navigating the
waves of Jupiter and Neptune.
JUPIER & NEPTUNE IN PISCES
The Neptune and
Jupiter succession
Although unions between Jupiter and
Neptune can open awareness beyond the
usual limits of material reality, their cycle
in mundane astrology is one of the most
orderly and consistent. In fact, the Jupiter
and Neptune cycle stands out from all others
as it occurs in a successive order of zodiac
signs, typically moving from one sign to the
next with an occasional repeat of a sign.
For example, the 1958 conjunction between
Jupiter and Neptune was in Scorpio, the
1971 conjunction was in Sagittarius, the
1984 conjunction was in the beginning of
Capricorn, the 1997 conjunction was at the
end of Capricorn and the 2009 conjunction
was in Aquarius. It takes Jupiter and Neptune
approximately 166 years to move through
their entire cycle, forming conjunctions with
each other every 13 years or so.
Due to the cycle’s consistent movement
from one sign to the next, astrologer Dane
Rudhyar stated that the cycle between
Jupiter and Neptune is one of the most
important to pay attention to for historical
purposes, in addition to the eclipse cycle
and the Jupiter and Saturn cycle.
Neptune was discovered in 1846 when
it was occupying the sign of Aquarius with
Jupiter forming a trine from Gemini. As a
result, the first conjunction between Jupiter
and Neptune to occur following the discovery
of Neptune was their union on 17 March
1856 at 19 degrees of Pisces. This means
that the conjunction between Jupiter and
Neptune on 12 April 2022 will demarcate the
first time that humanity has experienced the
full cycle of Jupiter and Neptune, forming
conjunctions in every sign of the zodiac
sequentially since becoming aware of the
existence of Neptune. Their union in Pisces
will be especially powerful due to Jupiter
being at full strength as the ruler of Pisces,
making it the first conjunction between
Neptune with Jupiter in its own domicile
since their union in Sagittarius in 1971. Since
their 1971 conjunction, we have experienced
three conjunctions in a row between Jupiter
and Neptune in signs ruled by Saturn, further
indicating that their merging in Pisces may
bring about leaps in thought and a potent
renewal of jovial hope and vision.
Jupiter and Neptune
through history
The French astrologer Andre Barbault has a
reputation for being one of the most esteemed
mundane astrologers of the past century,
so it is notable to consider the unifying and
humanitarian quality he attributed to the cycle
between Jupiter and Neptune.
Barbault wrote that conjunctions between
Jupiter and Neptune emphasise “unified
collective global power” and a “collective
liberal order”, with “collective movements
that have liberal democratic tendencies”
favoring “universal moral values”. For
example, women finally gained the right to
vote in the United States of America through
the 19th Amendment being ratified less than
a month before the Jupiter and Neptune
conjunction in Leo in 1919. Moreover, both the
First and Second World Wars ended during
periods of conjunctions between Jupiter
and Neptune, with the League of Nations
being formed following their conjunction in
1919 and the United Nations being formed
following their conjunction in Libra in 1945.
It is remarkable that both attempts during
the 20th century to form governing bodies
that brought world powers together on behalf
of avoiding another World War occurred in
exact alignment with Jupiter and Neptune. In
fact, the ubiquitous peace symbol commonly
used today was invented in 1958 with Jupiter
and Neptune within a few degrees from one
another in Scorpio.
Barbault also stated that the unions of
Jupiter and Neptune tend to bring “a swing
to the left” with “democratic, socialist, or
even more or less revolutionary” tendencies.
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Jupiter and Neptune 2009 Jupiter/Neptune cycle
conjunctions throughout Concerning the most recent cycle of
history Jupiter and Neptune that began in 2009
12 April 2022 23’18 Pisces in Aquarius, within the United States
of America there was not only the
21 December 2009 24’18 Aquarius inauguration of President Barack
10 July 2009 26’02 Aquarius Obama, the first African-American
president in the nation’s history, there
27 May 2009 26’29 Aquarius was also the landmark Affordable Care
27’09 Act signed into law by President Obama
9 January 1997
Capricorn that dramatically expanded healthcare
00’01 coverage to the US populace.
19 January 1984 The ability of President Obama to
Capricorn
00’37 lead congress in the passage of liberal
16 September 1971 legislation had a parallel to the election of
Sagittarius
1’44 Franklin Roosevelt to the presidency during
22 May 1971 a previous conjunction between Jupiter
Sagittarius
and Neptune in 1932. Roosevelt became
2’47
1 February 1971 president during the initial stages of The
Sagittarius
Great Depression and was able to have his
24 September 1958 3’18 Scorpio New Deal legislation passed to address the
22 September 1945 5’54 Libra economic depression gripping the nation,
bringing hope and increased opportunity to
19 September 1932 5’25 Virgo
many during a bleak period.
24 April 1920 8’45 Leo Similarly, the recent election of President
Joe Biden suggests that as a new cycle
8 March 1920 9’12 Leo
between Jupiter and Neptune begins,
24 September 1919 10’49 Leo President Biden will continue to push for
legislation addressing the economic crises
22 May 1907 10’50 Cancer
emanating from the Covid-19 pandemic.
1 June 1894 13’10 Gemini
18 June 1881 15’35 Taurus
April 2022 conjunction
It is important to place the April 2022
26 February 1869 15’35 Aries conjunction between Jupiter and Neptune
in Pisces within the context of recent and
1 March 1856 14’21 Pisces
current astrological alignments. Most
importantly, the union of Jupiter and
There can thus be tension between the Neptune in Pisces will follow the new cycles
more revolutionary manifestations of initiated between Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto
Jupiter and Neptune with efforts by global in Capricorn in 2020 that correlated with the
powers to expand their influence and power. onset of a global pandemic, the conjunction
For example, while the League of Nations between Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius at
mandated the territories of Palestine and the end of 2020 that established a volatile
modern Iraq to the United Kingdom and new era of Jupiter and Saturn uniting in the
Syria to France during the period of the air triplicity, and the waning square between
1919 conjunction, the Cuban revolution Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus
achieved victory following the conjunction that will coincide with rapid innovations and
of Jupiter and Neptune in 1958, and the sudden collapses across society in both
Zapatista Army of National Liberation 2021 and 2022.
was founded in 1983 with Jupiter and It is especially notable that the meaning
Neptune within 15 degrees of one another of the Jupiter and Neptune cycle is
in Sagittarius. Across the world, there diametrically opposed to the meaning of the
has often been an upsurge in strikes and Saturn and Pluto cycle that shaped 2020.
protests on behalf of the labour movement Astrologer and historian Richard Tarnas
and workers’ rights when Jupiter and in Cosmos and Psyche described Saturn
Neptune come together. For example, and Pluto as aligning with “conservative
the Coxey’s Army march of unemployed empowerment” and “eras of international
workers to Washington DC during the time crisis and conflict, empowerment of
of the Jupiter and Neptune conjunction reactionary forces and totalitarian impulses,
in Gemini in 1894 was the first significant organised violence and oppression”. The
protest march in history upon the capital of inspiring vision of Jupiter and Neptune can
the United States of America. provide a counterbalance to the difficult
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despair brought by Saturn and Pluto,
helping to nurture new dreams and ways
of recovering from the setbacks and resets
brought about by the pandemic.
The creative influence
Indeed, the union of Jupiter and Neptune
in Pisces will stimulate and galvanise new
trends and imaginative forms of creative
expression across diverse disciplines
around the world.
The last time that Jupiter and Neptune
formed a conjunction in Pisces, the fashion
and textile industries were revolutionised
by the accidental discovery of the first
synthetic organic dye by William Henry
Perkin, who was trying to synthesise
quinine for the treatment of malaria. Only
18 years old when he discovered aniline
purple, known today as mauveine, Perkin
was primed for the impact of Jupiter and
Neptune as he was born with a stellium of
Mercury, Uranus, Venus, Mars and the Sun
in Pisces.
Before Perkin’s discovery, the only
materials available for textile colouration
came from plants or animals and involved
long, laborious processes to extract colour.
Significantly, the brilliant purple hue
revealed by Perkin had previously only been
accessible to the wealthy. There was even
initial thought to name the dye Tyrian purple
after the legendary colouring created from
sea snails that became a sign of eminence
in ancient cultures. After the discovery of
mauveine, there was an immense wave
of clothing and textiles dyed purple as the
colour became widely accessible for the
first time in human history.
The thrill of wearing brilliant colours
and the lift they can provide to the spirit
corresponds with the imaginal potency of
popular trends within the arts, humanities
and entertainment possess, which tend to
emerge within the zeitgeist when Jupiter
and Neptune form conjunctions. Indeed, the
archetypal mixture of Jupiter and Neptune
brings together the expanding and elevating
functions of Jupiter with the fantasising
functions of Neptune that stoke desire
for fusion with transcendent sources of
idealism or spirituality that can temporarily
remove us from the travails and limitations
of mundane reality.
The crux becomes whether or not we
become addicted to avoiding our purpose in
the world through Jupiter and Neptune or
whether we can drink from their enlivening
well in order to instill a deeper sense of
the purpose and destiny. For example, the
VR technologies likely to emerge within the
new cycle simultaneously have the potential
 to bring healing as well as massive escape
from reality.
Unconscious forces
The purpose and passion that can be
uncovered beneath the waves of the
oceanic unconscious when Jupiter and
Neptune unite is exemplified by the
publication of the Red Book by Carl Jung
during the period of their conjunction in
Aquarius in 2009. A testament to the deep
meaning that can eventually be extracted
from the disorienting, disillusioning and
disintegrative experiences of Neptune, the
long-awaited publication of Jung’s personal
odyssey has revolutionised not only the
understanding of Jung’s work during the
past cycle of Jupiter and Neptune, it has
also expanded the potential meaning all of
us can gain through encounters with the
mystery of unconscious forces.
The field of depth psychology has
important links with the Jupiter and
Neptune cycle, as the famous meeting
between Jung and Sigmund Freud took
place during the period of the Jupiter and
Neptune conjunction in Cancer in 1907.
Moreover, Freud was born with both Jupiter
and Neptune in Pisces.
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It is not just the boundaries of inner
space that dissolve and expand when Jupiter
and Neptune unite. Their cyclic conjunctions
have also consistently coincided with
developments within the exploration of outer
space. Within the present global climate
in which the internet and social media
possess unprecedented influence over the
dissemination of information shaping public
perspective, it will be of vital importance
to engage with inner work while working
towards the achievement of external goals.
Dane Rudhyar wrote that a key issue
with Jupiter is the tendency for people
to seek success through conformity with
the expectations and rules of the present
power structures, whereas the influence of
Neptune may render a future form we may
seek that transcends the problematic and
oppressive aspects of the dominant cultures
we live within. Rudhyar stressed that it can
be the accumulation of smaller changes
within our relationship that occur in
correspondence with the merging of Jupiter
and Neptune that later allow for the greater
revolutionary events to materialise.
The volatile finale
Once Jupiter leaves Pisces to enter Aries
on 10 May 2022, it will remain within 15
degrees of Neptune until its return to
Pisces on 28 October. This means that
while there will be an initiatory push
forward with plans and visions once Jupiter
enters Aries, Jupiter will not get far enough
into Aries to completely remove itself from
the influence of its union with Neptune. As
a result, there will be a degree of Neptune’s
influence lessening upon Jupiter from May
through October 2022, with the influence
of Neptune returning with intensity once
Jupiter returns to Pisces on 28 October.
At the time Jupiter returns to Pisces
at the end of October, Mars will station
retrograde in Gemini in range of a
catalysing square aspect with both Jupiter
and Neptune. Due to the slowness of Mars
when stationing, it means there will be an
unusually long square aspect building in
magnitude between Mars with Neptune
and Jupiter, creating a volatile finale to
our initiation into the new cycle between
Jupiter and Neptune. It will be essential
during this time to maintain relationship
with the shadow side of belief so we
do not exacerbate conflict with others
through becoming a dogmatic crusader
or persecutor. Constructively, the conflicts
that erupt in correspondence can bring
about important disillusionment for those
in need of having their crystallised beliefs
confronted and questioned.
With that in mind, it will be important
to allow Jupiter and Neptune to aid you
in dreaming well and deepening into the
meaning of your myriad relationships
within the world around you.
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The initiation of Chiron:
Intergenerational healing
The Pluto-in-Libra generation are being initiated by Chiron in Aries,
called to the front lines of intergenerational healing
A
s the 2020s accelerate the
divide between old and new, the
relational healing the Pluto-in-
Libra generation does will have a
lasting impact upon the bonds that connect
us going forward.
Approaching the threshold of mid-life,
a liminal transition that tugs from both
the past and the future, this generation
is too old to be young and too young to
be old. They are in the unique position of
reimagining relationships, leadership, and
what it is to be an elder as we give shape
to a new world.
The Great Conjunction between Jupiter
and Saturn in Aquarius in December
2000 ushered in a new 200-year Air cycle.
The Pluto-in-Libra generation now has
an opportunity to leave the top-down
hierarchies of the past Earth cycle, while
looking to both the youth and elders for
unification in leadership. The false notion
that we need to individuate to survive will
be replaced by strengthening individual
autonomy for a unified interdependence. As
recent events have shown, we are only as
strong as our weakest link.
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Words Dru Ish
Chiron
Elliptically orbiting the Sun, planet Chiron,
the infamous Wounded Healer, roams
the back streets and alleyways between
Saturn and Uranus. Saturn, the well-
defined security guard with steady rings,
holds the boundary around our known
world. It governs time, order and structural
longevity. Uranus, on the other hand,
destabilises that steady Saturnian status
quo, revolutionising that which has become
calcified in sameness, holding onto
tradition for the sake of tradition alone.
Elliptical orbits have their own rules,
their own path to carve, regardless of
convention. Symbolised by a key, Chiron is
described by astrologer Barbara Hand Clow
as a “rainbow bridge”, bringing new life into
the old, unlocking the door between the
inner and outer planets, and the journey of
maturation that occurs between the Saturn
return and Uranus opposition.
In mythology, Chiron is a centaur — half
human, half horse. Centaurs are not your
friendly neighbourhood pony club. They are
an unpredictable, rowdy bunch highlighting
the periphery of civilisation by living just
beyond it. A constant reminder of that
which remains wild and untamed.
The child of Kronos and nymph Philyra,
Chiron has a 900-year-long story that
originates with his abandonment at
birth before being fostered by Apollo and
Artemis, the archetypal Sun and Moon
(God and Goddess). Raised through
initiation rites, from an early age Chrion
learnt music, divination, prophecy, art,
medicine and archery, eventually becoming
a respected teacher and healer through the
passage of time.
Fatally wounded by one of his students,
Chiron’s immortality prevented him from
leaving his body, forcing him to apply his
teachings to his own healing journey.
Wherever Chiron lies in our chart can
indicate where our deepest wound and
healing resides. It can reflect where we are
masters at offering advice to others, yet
bereft to help ourselves. By transit, Chiron
initiates. Through these rights of passage
we continually graduate from student
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to master, sometimes with fanfare and
ceremony, sometimes in the lonely depths
of our own healing.
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 Holding status as both a comet and
a minor planet, Chiron is bright and
unusual. The duality that centaurs
embody represents a merging of
consciousness with practical application:
walking the talk, living your truth,
embodying the teachings. Chiron was
revered not just for his knowledge but
for the integration and embodiment that
also resulted in wisdom.
What came first,
the chicken or the egg?
New frontiers are constantly being
sought. Where advanced technology
was once a toaster, it now allows us to
set up camp on Mars and watch it via
a live stream. In November 1977, when
Chiron was discovered, it created a
whole new classification in astronomy
— The Centaurs. When new planets or
celestial bodies are found, the emerging
culture and consciousness on Earth are
attributed with its discovery.
The detection of outer planets Uranus,
Neptune and Pluto coincided with major
historical changes. The French and
American revolutions were underway
when Uranus was discovered in 1781.
Photography, one of the most commonly
used mediums in modern times, was
going through its own developments
when Neptune was discovered in 1846.
In 1930, while The Great Depression was
creating political ideology, promising
change with sinister and violent
undertones, Pluto was discovered.
We can always ask the chicken or the
egg question. “Does the discovery of a
planet result in a consciousness shift,
or does the consciousness shift result in
the new planet being discovered?” What
we know from history is that moments
of great change manifest both internally
and externally. It is both awareness and
action that forges change.
The discovery of Chiron in 1977 offered
us an external, physical representation
of the changes occurring in our psyche
collectively. Looking back on the 1970s,
we see a time of great transition in
culture and consciousness. The Beatles
broke up, punk and hip hop emerged,
and technological inventions of the time
have since transformed every facet of
daily life. Chiron has been linked to the
emergence of the New Age movement,
healing, crystals, consciousness raising,
therapy and the popularisation of
psychology and astrology. As the duality
of the centaur form suggests, Chiron’s
emergence heralds a time of mind and
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body synthesis, a holistic approach to
health and healing that requires a bold
break with tradition.
Pluto-in-Libra generation:
The me in we
Generations of people can be grouped in
numerous ways. Astrologically, the outer
planets move so slowly they are seen to
influence social trends and, therefore,
large numbers of people. Those born
between 1971 and 1984 (see table below)
are an entire generation of people born
with Pluto in Libra. This generation has
birthed Chiron into existence, paving
the way for a new paradigm of healers,
mentors, guides and teachers.
Hiding out at the periphery of our
solar system, Pluto governs aspects of
life that are mysterious and difficult to
reach — the psyche, power dynamics,
grief and obsession are all in Pluto’s
domain. Mythologically, we know Pluto
as Hades, the uncompromising Lord
of the Underworld who takes what
Each generation has an obligation to
the next to not avoid their responsibilities.
The Pluto-in-Libra generation is the bridge
between Boomers and Millennials, analog
and digital, the past and the future
he wants, when he wants it. In Libra,
Pluto’s work is done through the mirror
of relationships, the loss and finding of
oneself through the other.
Libra is an air sign, equinoctial,
represented by the symbol of the scales.
From the outside looking in, Libra is
pleasant and unabrasive. Yet living in
a constant state of flux, it carries an
element of mental torment. Balance
requires cooperation and precise
assessment, the willingness to add
what is needed or subtract that which
destabilises requires clear decision-
making and direct action. As a Venus-
ruled sign, Libra retreats from direct
confrontation. It leans towards mediation
and finding middle ground, encouraging
participation where its opposite sign,
Aries, asserts independent action
without forethought.
The ingress of Pluto into Libra in
1971 reflected collective themes of
equality and fairness as Lady Justice
drew her sword. Gender inequality
unfurled, divorce rates spiked and family
dynamics subsequently morphed as
more women entered the workforce.
Childcare as we know it today was not yet
established, leaving many children and
adolescents unsupervised after school.
Adopting Chiron’s key symbolism and
unconventional streak, this generation
is commonly known as Generation X,
and Latch Key Kids. For some, this alone
time was embedded as abandonment.
For others, it was a formative time of
independence, establishing a sense
of self separate from the ideologies of
parents and the family structure. This
change in pattern was a break from the
past and the beginning of an initiation
into the independence of adulthood.
X refers to an unknown variable, a
desire to not be defined. Similar to Chiron,
Gen X people are not so much outsiders
as those who can’t be contained. They
have been given free rein to explore that
which is outside the bounds of convention.
A unique generation with birth rates
much lower than the generations either
side, they were born concurrently with
significant advancements in technology
that didn’t boom until many of them came
of age. In the Western world, they are the
last generation to have an established
sense of self that was formed offline.
They exist with one foot in both worlds,
like Chiron, raised with a responsibility
of bridging duality.
Chiron in Aries initiation:
We don’t need another hero
In April 2018, Chiron returned to Aries
for the first time in 50 years, creating
an opposition by transit for the Pluto-
in-Libra generation. Oppositions pose a
challenge. Two sides of the same coin,
the reflection of polarities can present
as both complement and confrontation,
with an end goal of integration and
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wholeness. Throughout this transit,
this generation is being handed Chiron’s
keys to unlock relational dynamics.
What previously appeared to be a wall
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or limit (Saturn) can suddenly

appear as a door into a new way of
being (Uranus). Chiron in Aries, like
holding up a mirror, will highlight issues
to do with interdependence, autonomy
and the limits of compromise, as well
as addressing where one has potentially
abandoned themselves, be it through
forced socialisation or through a lack
of personal will.
Venturing into Plutonian terrain is
an intense, often psychologically
gruelling, passage that forces us to
purge that which is toxic, harmful or
no longer of use. Chiron can trigger a
healing crisis that brings up old wounds
that lead us to seek healing through a
teacher, a therapist or a journey to the
seat of our grief.
The Aries-Libra axis is relational, it’s
Me and We. Being the first sign of the
zodiac and aligned with spring, Aries has
a profound underlying survival instinct.
Mars ruled, it is independent and self-
assured, hot tempered and impatient for
results. Relationships create the need for
compromise, middle ground and working
together, and require each party to know
where they stand. Through Aries-Libra,
relational dynamics bonded in wounding
and a fear of being alone, not in healing,
can painfully disclose where one is
disconnected from the self.
Generations of the past revered long-
term commitments, but the Pluto-in-
Libra generation is aware that living with
someone for 30 years without true eye
contact does not a relationship make.
Confronting the uncomfortable truths
about one’s self through relationships
is the collective work of this generation,
building healthy bridges across the divide scope of the journey from student to entire generation. In myth, Chiron’s pain
of self and other. master, youth to elder. The Pluto-in- was relieved when he traded places with
Libra generation is reimagining was it is Prometheus, an act that served not only
Building bridges for to be an elder; how to hold that position both of them, but also all of humanity.
intergenerational healing with integrity, openness to change and Adopting the “all for one and one for all”
Each generation has an obligation to the embodied wisdom. Raised with a lack of motto born of the Aries-Libra axis, this
next to not avoid their responsibilities. leadership, there will be an increased transit can be bravely approached as a
The Pluto-in-Libra generation is focus on respecting autonomy and reunification of the head and heart, self
the bridge between Boomers and strengthening bonds of interdependence. as other, divine in the mortal, with the
Millennials, analog and digital, the past As Chiron initiates the Pluto-in-Libra intergenerational healing benefiting not
and the future. As they heal their own generation, the gift in the wound is just those on the planet now, but also
relational dynamics, they subsequently revealed, awakening the potential of an our ancestors to come.
reinforce intergenerational bonds.
Elders are the wisdom keepers. We
PLUTO IN LIBRA CHIRON IN ARIES
need them to stand far enough back to
allow the younger generations to make October 1971 to April 1972 April 1968 to Oct 1968
their own mistakes, but close enough July 1972 to November 1983 Jan 1969 to May 1976
to ensure they don’t burn the house May 1984 to August 1984 October 1976 to March 1977
down. The passing on of teachings is
April 2018 to September 2018
not just a discourse of information but
a transmission that embodies the full Feb 2019 to April 2027

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The 6th and 12th Houses:
Making and unmaking
the self
The astrological houses can be thought of as meeting places
where our inner selves, represented by the planets and aspects,
make contact with and find expression in the outer world
O
ften called the temples of the
soul, the astrological houses fix
the spiritual you (Higher Self)
within the “house” you live in: your
body, your mind, your history, where you
live and all of the specific circumstances
and details of your life. They give the
astrological chart structure, context and
meaning and describe what astrologer
Dane Rudhyar called the “full spectrum of
human experience”.
The 6th and 12th Houses mirror the
human dilemma of how we negotiate the
mundane realities of daily living, while at
the same time cultivating an awareness
of our more ephemeral spiritual needs
and longings. Eastern philosophy refers
to this predicament of ensoulment into a
human form as karma, and the journey
of recognising one’s true spiritual nature
as dharma. The difficulty of this task can
be intuited by the way ancient astrologers
regarded and classified these houses. They
had, and largely still have, a forbidding
reputation as places of ill-omen, sickness,
disease and infirmity.
Bad houses
Both the 6th and 12th Houses were
considered unfortunate and lacking in
effectiveness, due to being in adverse
angle to the ascendant and positionally
cadent. These houses were said to lie
in darkness as they form no traditional
aspect to the ascendant, which was
regarded as life and vitality in the natal
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Words Giulio Pellogrini
chart. Since these places received no light
from the ascendant, they could not be
“seen” and their activities and meanings
were often shrouded from view. Cadent
houses were considered inauspicious
because they were seen to be falling away
from the strength and superior influence
of the angular houses (Houses 1, 4, 7 and
10), which were thought to be the most
influential. The word cadent is derived
from the latin cadere, which means “to
fall, sink, decline, perish”. Interestingly, in
ancient Greek, cadent houses were called
apoklima, which is derived from the Greek
word apokalyptein, meaning to uncover, to
lift the veil, to reveal that which has been
hidden. Together these two meanings —
falling and uncovering — suggest that
through difficulty and by bearing the
burden of our human frailty, we might
uncover inner bounties in evermore
revealing spiritual dimensions.
The 6th House: The House of
Bad Fortune
Ancient sources called the 6th House the
“House of Bad Fortune” due to it being
the place in the west where the Sun was
seen to die each day, sinking below the
horizon to cause the phenomenon of
twilight, when the Earth’s atmosphere is
neither completely lit nor completely dark.
Our rational minds know that the Sun will
return the next day, but there’s a primal
fear of approaching night. The twilight hour
is considered by many folklore traditions
to be a dangerous time when the boundary
between worlds is at its thinnest and when
evil spirits wander. It is a self-reflective
time known in France as l’heure bleue (the
blue hour), symbolising the transition from
the rational daytime domain of the Sun into
night-time consciousness and the more
subjective, intuitive influence of the Moon.
By tradition, associations with the 6th
House include servitude, servants, labour,
toil, illness and small animals. Modern
astrologers tend to transform these
negative associations into more positive
versions, including everyday working life,
our place and methods of working, daily
rituals and habitual routines, physical
health, hygiene and pets. What unites many
of the ancient and modern meanings in a
spiritual context is the concept of self-
perfection through sacrifice and surrender.
The 6th House describes how and why we
surrender to the demands and necessary
adjustments of daily living. This house
asks, how well are we at living life on
life’s terms? How well do we handle our
responsibilities, in essence, our karma?
The theme of surrender is evidenced by
the tension inherent in the natural square
the 6th House makes to the 9th House of
God, Spirituality and Higher powers. Nature
itself is included in this pantheon as we
are always striving for survival against
its entropic forces.
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The 6th House depicts our efficiency
and effectiveness with life. Study,
repetition, practice, planning, tending to,
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apprenticeship and discipleship all fall
under this house. These are all ways we
delay gratification by sacrificing time and
effort in the present for the hope of a more
perfected future. The 6th House speaks
to our ability to keep our projects moving
forward, integrate new experiences and
information, and generally keep things
from falling out of existence. Oftentimes
it takes a concerted effort to become
conscious of and change our habitual
and reflexive behavior patterns. This need
for awareness can be linked back to the
disconnected nature of the 6th House in
relation to the ascendant.
The 6th House is not easy terrain. It’s
like having weeds that keep growing back
in a beautiful garden. You could either be
annoyed at the constant tending of it, or
accept that if you want to have a beautiful
garden, you’re going to have to pull out
some weeds every so often.
The 12th House: The House of
the Bad Spirit
The 12th House has perhaps an even more
ominous reputation. Like the 6th, its cadent
receives no light from the ascendant.
Ancient astrologers called it the “House
of the Bad Spirit”. This house is famously
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and mysteriously referred to as the “House
of Self-undoing”. We can already tell
that we are in interesting, if trepidatious,
territory. Traditional associations for
this house include danger, enmity, exile,
imprisonment, and the house of one’s
secrets and secret enemies. Modern
astrologers have attempted to improve the
outlook of this house, but not by much.
Modern significations include prisons,
hospitals, seclusion, service and self-
sacrifice, totality with the universe, and the
collective unconscious.
Two themes give us clues into a
deeper meaning of the 12th House. The
first is vulnerability. While the 6th House
corresponds to the Sun’s symbolic entry
into the underworld each day at dusk, at
dawn the Sun is born anew as it passes
through the 12th House. Dawn is usually
linked with positive symbolism, but in this
case the rising Sun represents a new birth
— a vulnerable state of existence.
Newborns are incredibly fragile and in
need of constant care. The 12th House’s
association with hospitals and seclusion
can be linked to those times in life when
we are either very young or very old and
in need of care. As part of the cycle of our
daily lives, dawn is the time when we must
brush off the dreamworld of our sleeping,
leave the safety of home and meet the
harsh realities of the world. A more
celestial testimony for vulnerability
comes from astrologer and mathe-
matician Ptolemy, writing in the first
century. He suggested that the 12th
House “injures the emanations from the
stars”, that rising stars located here “do
not appear in either their true colours
or magnitudes” due to atmospheric
conditions just above the horizon. He was
not only saying that planets and stars
located here exist in a compromised and
low-vitality state, but also that their true
natures were somehow obscured.
The second theme that can help us
understand a deeper meaning of the 12th
House is the concept of psychological
shadow and the projection of unwanted
aspects of the self. Many of the meanings
and situations having to do with the
12th House are uncomfortable or
socially taboo subjects — mental illness,
addictions, confinement, helplessness,
and defects real or imagined. Carl Jung
called the shadow the unknown dark
side of the personality. He described it
as an instinctive and irrational realm
of the psyche that was prone to reject
difficult and unwanted aspects of the self,
projecting those qualities onto others or
the environment. Jung felt that if these
projections were allowed to remain hidden,
they would cause harm by acting as a
“thickening veil of illusion” between the ego
and the real world.
In many mythological traditions,
unwanted or untamable forces are cast
out of the social order and cast into a
deep abyss. In Norse mythology, the realm
of Niflheim, meaning “World of Mist”,
was an underworld of eternal cold and
darkness inhabited by those who did not
die a heroic or notable death. In Greek
mythology, the abyss of Tartarus was the
dungeon adobe of the monster Typhon,
described as having 100 dragon heads. He
was conquered by Zeus and cast into the
underworld. In Judeo-Christian mythology,
the serpent Leviathan is described as
an enormous sea monster dwelling in
the watery abyss threatening all of God’s
creations. Collectively, these stories
describe forces of unimaginable power
and point to a spiritual truth, expressed
by Marianne Williamson as: “Our deepest
fear is not that we are inadequate. Our
deepest fear is that we are powerful
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beyond measure.” The 12th House
points to this realm of untapped and
unrecognised power and potency.
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Finding a balance
A common theme shared by the 6th and
12th Houses is sacrifice. In the 6th House,
we sacrifice our time in the pursuit of
becoming useful and competent. We’re
seeking mastery in the world form;
over our bodies, workplaces, diets and
schedules. In the 12th House, we may
be forced to make sacrifices due to
circumstances beyond our control and,
through suffering, grow in spiritual
dimensions. The 12th House confronts
us to find out who we are when we lose Taurus Rising (Libra 6–Aries 12) Cancer Rising (Sagittarius 6–Gemini 12)
access to our earthly abilities — when we Peace-loving Taurus is known for being Moon-ruled Cancer is the first water sign
become inefficient. The task of the 6th and practical and down-to-earth, with an ability and is deeply connected to the realms of
12th Houses axis is to balance the worldly to gather and hold energy within itself. For the soul — feelings, emotions, images and
demands of efficiency with the soul’s this reason, Taurus can be somewhat self- dreams. Cancer’s loving and emotionally
need for loving kindness, compassion contained. When Libra is in the 6th and sensitive nature can cause the sign to
and divine revelation. Aries is in the 12th, Taurus benefits from retreat into the safety of home life and limit
cultivating airy Libra’s talent for openness, healthy risk-taking. When Sagittarius is
Making and unmaking social engagement and generosity, while in the 6th, Cancer benefits from exploring
As human beings, every cell in our bodies becoming aware of repressed anger, self- ideas, experiences and philosophies
is replaced every seven years. We are indulgence and self-centeredness. Doing outside of the domestic sphere, and
always in the process of being made and so enables Taurus to relate more deeply making friends with fear of the unfamiliar.
unmade. In the natal chart, the sign on and intimately with others without fear of Taking healthy risks helps to boost
the 6th House describes what we need emotional overwhelm. Cancer’s confidence and self-esteem.
to work at and keep in existence in order
to strengthen our inner being — this is
what we need to make. The sign located
on the 12th House indicates what we need
to unmake. These qualities represent the
fearful shadow aspects of our personality.
The opportunity here is to become aware of
these qualities and release them. Doing so
brings a newfound sense of freedom and
self-expression.

Aries Rising (Virgo 6–Pisces 12)
Aries is an enterprising and independent
sign with tremendous courage, with a
readiness to jump into action. Virgo in the
6th and Pisces in the 12th indicates a need
to learn discernment, organisation and
practical approaches to problem-solving,
and become aware of a tendency towards
hyper-sensitivity, scattering of energy and
irrational emotional responses. This has a
stabilising and an esteem-boosting effect
on Aries.
Gemini Rising (Scorpio 6–Taurus 12) Leo Rising (Capricorn 6–Cancer 12)
Gemini is the first air sign and represents Leo is the sign that represents the pinnacle
the mind and the intellect. Geminis enjoy of human creativity and self-expression. The
the novelty and excitement of new thoughts nobility of the personal ego is highlighted
and ideas and love to be “in the know”. here. Leos are generous by nature and
Because of Gemini’s association with pure exude self-confidence and a passionate joy
thought, this sign can be disconnected of life. Capricorn in the 6th encourages Leo
emotionally. Scorpio in the 6th asks Gemini to open up to criticism and accept objective
to cultivate depth, focus and commitment, feedback, while Cancer in the 12th guides
while becoming aware of a tendency Leo to become aware of childlike narcissistic
towards superficiality and fear of stagnation. tendencies. This feedback loop gives Leo
This helps Gemini form meaningful the necessary information needed to self-
attachments and cultivate inner security. correct and become even more empowered.
Geminis enjoy the novelty and excitement of new
thoughts and ideas and love to be “in the know”.
Because of Gemini’s association with pure thought,
this sign can be disconnected emotionally
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Virgo... is known
for striving towards
perfection, and
has the ability
to discern,
differentiate and
Virgo Rising (Aquarius 6–Leo 12)
categorise the Service to others, usefulness, orderliness
and reliability are some of the themes
smallest of details associated with Virgo. This sign is known
for striving towards perfection, and
has the ability to discern, differentiate
and categorise the smallest of details.
Aquarius in the 6th gives Virgo permission
to think more objectively and horizontally,
perceiving more of the commonalities
between things and less of the differences.
Leo in the 12th shows the need to
surrender issues of control and authority,
which in turn helps to grow Virgo’s sense
of inner peace and harmony.
Libra Rising (Pisces 6–Virgo 12)
As the natural resting point of the zodiac,
Libra is known for balance, grace, an
appreciation for beauty, and the enjoyment
of close personal relationships. In order
to maintain inner and outer harmony,
Libra often suppresses true feelings and
seeks to control environmental factors.
When Pisces is in the 6th and Virgo is in
the 12th, Libra benefits from learning to
express feelings freely and honestly, while
becoming aware of the need to manage
and cultivate an ideal image. This helps
strengthen Libra’s inner resolve and ability
to make decisions.
In order to maintain inner and outer harmony,
Libra often suppresses true feelings and seeks to
control environmental factors
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Scorpio Rising (Aries 6–Libra 12)
The 8th sign of Scorpio is concerned with
issues of life, death and rebirth through
intense and transformative experiences.
A powerful sign of extreme feelings and
soulful depth, Scorpio is fascinated by
everything that is secretive, concealed and
lives below the surface. Aries in the 6th
encourages Scorpio to find the courage
to live more simply and forthrightly, while
Libra in the 12th speaks to the need to
bring awareness to Scorpio’s tendency
towards obsession. Doing so is an antidote
to Scorpio cynicism and helps to cultivate
vision and hope.
Sagittarius Rising (Taurus 6–Scorpio 12)
The seeking of knowledge, experience
and meaning are the central themes
for the sign of Sagittarius. Known for an
exuberant and enthusiastic approach
to life, Sagittarius is associated with
movement and has the ability to inspire.
Taurus in the 6th house suggests
Sagittarius will benefit from defining
core values and learning to cultivate
attachments and earthly grounding,
while recognising a 12th House tendency
to fear emotional entanglements.
Building awareness in these areas tunes
Sagittarius’ inner moral compass.
 Pisces has an extraordinary
capacity for compassion
and the ability to listen
without judgement. For
many people, this can be a
healing experience in itself

Capricorn Rising (Gemini 6–
Sagittarius 12)
It is not money but Capricorns that make
the world go round. The 10th sign is
naturally talented at managing people and
resources, and is extremely disciplined,
faithful and persevering. Gemini in the 6th
shines a light on the need for Capricorn
to cultivate flexibility, variety and social
connections, while Sagittarius in the 12th
highlights the need to bring awareness to
the propensity of this sign to believe in the
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Aquarius Rising (Cancer 6–
Capricorn 12)
Innovation, eccentricity and equality
are hallmarks of the sign of the water
bearer. As the most focused air sign,
Aquarius enjoys training its ingenious
mind on solving big-picture problems.
Cancer in the 6th points to the need
for Aquarius to develop and connect
with an inner emotional life and express
care for others, while Capricorn in the
12th provides insight into feelings of
Pisces Rising (Leo 6–Aquarius 12)
Sacrifice and selflessness are emblematic
of the sign of the fishes. Pisces has an
extraordinary capacity for compassion and
the ability to listen without judgement.
For many people, this can be a healing
experience in itself. When Leo is in the 6th
and Aquarius is in the 12th, the ongoing
task is to strengthen and build up the ego
centre and executive functioning, while
processing and letting go of traumatic
past experiences, and bring awareness

absolute rightness of the law and over- inferiority that can lead to isolation and to a tendency to disassociate from the
broadly enforce moral strictures. Working withdrawal. Cultivating these areas gives self. This gives Pisces will and courage
towards awareness in these areas enhances Aquarius a deep understanding of the and strengthens the sign’s connection to
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 ASTROLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY
The healing
intersection between
astrology and psychology
Turning to your birth chart can help you to understand your sensitivity
to certain personal dynamics in the world, such as family patterns and
romantic interactions
Where did our relationship
with our psyche begin?
Humans have turned to healers since the
dawn of time, and not only for physical
ailments. Shamans and spiritual leaders
provided mental and emotional support,
acting as a guide or mediator to higher
wisdom. They listened intently as people
attempted to find meaning to their lives,
seeking hope, comfort and direction in
the universal and divine.
Ancient Greek, Chinese, Indian and
Middle Eastern scholars believed the
mind directed our emotions and behaviour,
along with some aspects of physical health.
Psychology is derived from the word
psyche, Greek for “the human soul, mind,
or spirit”. Plato used the idea of the psyche
to describe human drives, thinking and
behaviour. Aristotle’s Para Psyche and its
tenants on human reasoning still influence
modern psychologists today. In those
ancient times, the mind and the soul were
believed to be interlinked, part of a greater
whole, and that this ability to reason shows
that humans have a unique connection to
universal forces.
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Words Alicia Yusuf
It’s only since the recent scientific Age of
Reason that spirit and soul were removed
from the equation and the study of the
psyche became a science devoted to the
mind and behaviour alone. As psychology
strove to be accepted by the scientific
community, it put aside the intangible heart
and spirit in favour of the logical systems
that can easily measure client progress
and development.
Astrology: Bringing the magic
back into psychotherapy
Psychotherapist Scott Miller recently
posed a theory that “Psychotherapy Lost
its Magick” as a possible reason why the
profession has been in global decline for
the last few decades. Psychology came
into its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, and
while everyone seemed to have a therapist
in the 80s and 90s, in the new millennia,
clients seek meaning and purpose that go
beyond the psychoanalytic approach. As the
Western world has gradually shifted from
organised religion, the current trend has
moved towards understanding how to bring
purpose and meaning to our lives, beyond
our physical body alone. Humans are
stretching towards the universe again. This
is where astrology offers a bridge; where
we can bring the soul back into psychology.
The symbolic richness of the
astrological landscape is fertile ground for
self-exploration and acceptance. Carl Jung,
one of the founders of modern psychology,
easily adopted astrology into his theory
of the human mind and how we access,
experience and integrate unconscious
material into awareness. He described it
like mythology, a way to explore themes
in clients’ lives that seem intimately
unique and yet link with the overarching
experience of what it means to be human.
Turning to your birth chart can help you
to understand your sensitivity to certain
personal dynamics in the world, such as
family patterns and romantic interactions.
It can also describe attachment styles
and relationship attitudes. Astrology can
help clients more readily access their
unconscious, rather than simply opening
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up to a therapist. The therapist needs
to be very careful of labelling and using
a “one-size-fits-all” approach. When
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 astrology initiates the conversation, deeper
explorations, self-insight, understanding
and compassion can bloom more easily.
The gift of self-understanding
When used as a healing tool, astrology can
help unravel the mystery of who you are and
what your purpose is. It’s hard to describe
the potency of an aha moment, when you
realise you can stop trying to fit a square
peg into a round hole and accept yourself as
you are. Astrologers know this power, and
psychology is starting to as well. Therapists
don’t need to study astrology, but if it’s a
client’s way of relating to the world, then
looking through a zodiacal lens can support
acceptance and understanding — key
tenants of therapeutic healing.
The gift for someone with a Leo
ascendant may be to accept their fiery
nature and urges towards generosity as
part of their astrological DNA, learning
not to dull their light to meet others’
expectations. Or, for a Scorpio Moon to
accept the intensity of their emotional life,
understand their need for privacy, while
discovering the richness their emotional
landscape can offer.
I had a Gemini-Moon client who, as a
child, loved collecting small and random
objects, which she’d adorn her room
with. Shells, flowers, free postcards, it
didn’t matter — as long as it sparked her
curiosity, she would collect them, and they
became her most precious possessions.
However, her mother hated mess and
chaos. She would chastise her child,
regularly forcing her to throw out her
collection, which was heartbreaking for
the child. As an adult, understanding that
curiosity and collecting is a natural part
of how she feels comfortable gave her the
permission to let a little chaos in and start
her beloved practice of collecting things
again. A story like this may not naturally
come to the surface in a therapy session,
but with astrology as a tool, it became a
simple way to for her to feel seen and be
reminded of a comforting, nurturing ritual.
Going deeper with the
therapeutic styles
When astrology is paired with therapy,
it provides a pathway to get underneath
these drives and impulses and grapple with
the shadow side. For the Leo-ascendant
client, it may be examining what drives
dramatic impulses and exploring past
events that made a lack of self-confidence
a major theme in their lives. With the
Scorpio-Moon client, a therapist has a
framework to explore why control equals
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safety for them and how events in the past
now make vulnerability feel like a death
sentence. For a Pisces-Sun client, this
could mean examining the reasons why
they give so generously to others and how
exploring their sense of self can strengthen
emotional boundaries. Each time, the
symbolism and themes are there, but the
personal lived experience will vary greatly.
The sweet spot between the two is where
we should always try to land.
Astrology also gives therapists avenues
to access emotions or thinking that may
feel shameful to clients, making them
reluctant to raise the subject. Personally,
I have a healing journey with anger,
symbolised by a strong Mars signature
in my birth chart. I tend to attract clients
with a similar journey. Some clients have
been told they are too strong or confident
early in their lives and tried to hide their
assertive nature, only to have it resurface
“Your psyche is
the breathing of
the cosmos.” —
Richard Tarnas
in uncontrollable ways. Others have looked
in the mirror of the people-pleasing
culture they inhabit and assumed there is
something wrong with them. Others have
lived through violence in childhood and
only know unhealthy ways of expressing
anger. Simply normalising anger offers
enormous healing. It encourages listening
to their anger signals earlier. Gaining
basic knowledge about anger’s role in
forming identity and establishing healthy
boundaries becomes a game changer for
someone who has ignored or buried their
anger signals their whole life.
It’s a two-way street
Psychology offers astrology much in
return. Astrologers know when you’re in
the business of prediction it’s all wonderful
when forecasting hope and opportunity
ahead. But, if challenges are likely or loss
is warned, it can be tempting to either go
cold and clinical with the facts or sugar-
coat everything with false positivity for fear
of scaring the client. It’s actually the road
in between that supports our clients to
make the most of the reality they are facing
— as we walk beside them part of the way,
pointing out tools and signposts so they
continue their journey with grace and trust.
Working with some basic counselling tools
makes this process more enriching for
both the client and astrologer. The client is
able to trust the astrologer more, believing
in their own resilience when the astrologer
delivers the news in an empathetic and
honest way.
Active listening is one such skill —
listening deeply, holding eye contact and
encouraging dialogue with gentle nods
of the head. Just being heard is hugely
healing for many and when the client’s
story is woven into the astrological
understanding, it’s magic for both parties.
Providing a non-judgemental space
is essential. As my grandmother used to
say, “There is more than one way to knit
a sweater.” This applies to the way each
person lives out their lives. Astrologers are
generally a curious group of people, always
wondering how energies will play out. This
curiosity requires tempering with empathy,
warmth and genuine regard for the people
in front of them, so it doesn’t feel like a
clinical situation.
Therapy styles suitable
for your moon element
If psychology deals primarily in the
unconscious, then your moon is the place
to look for healing. In an individual session
with an astrologer, you would be told about
the sign and phase of your natal moon,
plus any planetary aspects that modify it.
For the sake of this article, you can look
at the element your moon is in to see
which modalities of therapy may be most
comfortable for you.
It is important to note that research has
repeatedly shown that the particular model
a therapist uses doesn’t matter as much
as the relationship between therapist and
client itself, which is where healing lies.
Therapists generally work with certain
styles or techniques that suit them. Finding
a suitable style for you can be an indicator
of the type of therapist you’d be drawn
towards. Try this as a guide to finding the
right therapeutic relationship for you.
Moon in fire signs (Aries, Leo and
Sagittarius), desire active expression,
therefore expressive arts therapy could
work well for you. Art, dance, music,
drama, even psychodrama, all offer
options to explore your inner world through
external creative expression. The main
point here is to focus on the process of
creation instead of the final product. Fire
also craves purpose and meaning, so
Jungian analysis or existential therapy
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styles may help you find meaning, explore
your purpose or hold bigger questions in
mind — especially for Sagittarius. You may

also enjoy Gestalt therapy and it’s actively
moving techniques, such as role playing
and acting out scenarios.
For the Moon in earth signs (Taurus,
Virgo, Capricorn) more grounded and
practical approaches suit you best, as you
prefer to work with an outcome in mind.
Talking for hours isn’t your style as you
want to find solutions and get on with life.
Solution-focused brief therapy and its goal-
setting approach would sit well with you.
You tend to access your emotions through
your body. This is where the newer somatic
therapy modalities can work for you,
helping to explore your inner world through
your physiological reactions.
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Air-sign Moons (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)
will love cognitive, talk-based therapies
like psychodynamic therapy, cognitive
behavioural therapy (CBT) and acceptance
and commitment therapy (ACT). The way
ACT blends mindfulness skills with the
practice of self-acceptance brings you
into the present moment and encourages
committing to action steps to practically
solve issues in your life. Air Moons tend
to stay in their heads to avoid deeper
emotions. A good way to bypass these
defence mechanisms is using somatic
therapy to process emotions.
Water Moons (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)
feel more comfortable in the emotive
realms, though it would be an overreach
to say you can access your feelings
easily — especially for private Scorpios.
Empathy and compassion are top of
your list for feeling comfortable, so the
humanistic therapy approaches suit you
well. Person-centred counselling, Gestalt
therapy and existential therapy all fit the
bill. Jungian analysis may be your cup of
tea if you prefer exploring your instincts
though archetypes, symbolism, dreams
and spiritual understandings — including
astrology. If you find your emotions
overwhelming, you may need to tap into
your body as a container for your emotions,
for which somatic therapy is beneficial.
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 BACK TO REALITY
Back to
Saturn through the mirror of being
O
n the night that Saturn made his
epoch-shifting ingress into the
sign of Aquarius, I fell asleep
reading Ibn ‘Arabi’s tale of mystical
ascent through the seven planetary
spheres, Ki-miya- al-Sa’a-da, or Alchemy of
Eudaimonia. Awakening within the world of
dreams, I continued reading from a book
very similar to the one I had fallen asleep
reading. As I leafed through its pages, my
attention was magnetically drawn to a very
particular word. Regardless of whether I
flipped forwards or backwards through the
book, the same image hovered before my
vision like the needle of a compass, the
word al-wuju-d.
Instinctively, my dream consciousness
understood this as the Arabic word
for “reality”. In the waking world, it is
usually the word for “being”, “existence”,
or “presence”. In Sufism, however, it
is a precise term for the divine quality
of reality that causes things to be. Like
Saturn himself, wuju-d is the reality
principle par excellence.
In this article, I will enter the waters
of wuju-d and attempt to unveil what
the Sufi concept of being means for
our understanding of Saturn. Among
other things, we will see that within
the framework of Hermetic and Sufi
cosmological concepts, Saturn emerges as
the critical threshold between embodied
existence and the divine nature of being-
itself. Underneath his leaden exterior,
Saturn hides the nature of gold.
Being itself
The idea of wuju-d as a reality principle
is best understood theologically. Rather
than arguing for the existence of God
as a being (supreme or otherwise),
wuju-d posits that God is being itself;
the universal principle of being that all
particular beings participate in. Without
being itself, no beings would be.
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reality
Words Aaron Cheak, PhD
Within the context of his mystical
philosophy, Ibn ‘Arabi’s ascent through
the planetary spheres expresses the
path of return to this primordial ground
of being. This is only possible, for Ibn
‘Arabi, because all particular beings are
in essence fundamentally united to the
same primordial root of reality. In other
words, because being itself is necessary
for all beings to be, we are inseparably
bound not just to being itself but also to
all other beings.
This doctrine, known as the wahdat al-
wuju-d or “unity of being”, has formed the
cornerstone of Sufi metaphysics since the
13th century. According to this doctrine,
divinity is not encountered as a separate
being but through the deepest essence of
our own being. In effect, this encounter
dissolves the duality between creature
and creator, between human being and
divine being, revealing them as one. For
this reason, it remains one of Ibn ‘Arabi’s
greatest and most controversial assertions.
Historically speaking, the philosophical
wellsprings of wuju-d flow from the very
beginnings of Western civilisation. It is the
central theme of the fragments left to us
by the Greek metaphysician, Parmenides
of Elea, whose mystical poem, On Nature,
describes a journey to the depths of the
underworld. Here, beyond the gates of
Hades, an unnamed Goddess reveals
the immortal “way of truth” (ale-theia)
as contrasted with the mortal “way of
appearance” (doxa), making a fundamental
distinction between the real (that which
is) and the unreal (that which is not). At
the core of the goddess’ teachings lies
the imperative to complete the circuit of
reality by connecting our own individual
being to the divine nature of being itself. In
doing this, human perception becomes an
instrument of divine self-perception.
Before it was adapted to express Greek
ontological concepts, the word wuju-d
simply meant “finding”. As employed
in Sufism, it assimilates both its basic
meaning, “finding”, and its inherited
meanings “being, existence, presence”.
However, the sense of “finding” always
remained immediate. For Ibn ‘Arabi, God
is a “hidden treasure” who “desires to be
found” and therefore creates beings in
order to find himself.
Islamic Gnostics were called the “folk
of finding” because, like their Greek
counterparts, there was no need to
“believe” in God because they knew God
directly through immediate experiential
knowledge (gno-sis). Like the Troubadours
of the Middle Ages, for whom human love
and divine love were intimately fused, they
were not “seekers” of divinity, but literally
finders (from Occitan trobador, “to find”). In
each of these instances, finder and found,
knower and known, lover and beloved are
all ultimately found to be one.
Being and embodiment
In Hermetic, Neoplatonic and Sufi
esoteric practices, the path of returning
to reality (of knowing, finding and uniting
with the one) was frequently depicted as
a path of ascent through the planetary
spheres. This ascent was specifically seen
as a reversal of the soul’s descent into
the realm of birth and embodiment (the
sublunary world of classical cosmology)
or “reality” as we know it.
Hermetic texts specify that when the
soul descends into embodiment through
the planetary spheres, it gains the vices
and virtues of the seven planets as it does
so. The path of liberation was accordingly
conceived as an ascent through, out
and beyond these same heavenly bonds.
Saturn, as the highest planetary sphere
in the classical septenary, thus takes
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on a twofold role. On one hand, as the
outermost limit that encloses all earthly
beings in the cycles of generation and
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corruption, he inaugurates the soul’s descent
into embodiment. On the other hand, as the
threshold between the planetary spheres and
the boundless ocean of fixed stars beyond
them, he is the final frontier on the soul’s
liberation from planetary rule.
Certain Neoplatonic texts reinforce this
picture by likening sublunary existence to
a cave into which the soul descends upon
embodiment. The entrance into this cave was
associated with the Moon, while its exit was
ruled by Saturn. Like Plato’s allegory of the
cave, the reality that we take as real is merely
a passing shadow of the true reality of the
soul’s immortal origin. Moreover, we can only
return to this reality when we emerge from
the womb-like cave of sublunary existence
and pass through the gate of Saturn.
The realm of embodiment itself, it should
be clarified, is traditionally characterised as
sublunary because it was under the rule of
the lowest of the planetary spheres. Of all
the planetary influences, the Moon is most
intimately connected with birth into physical
existence. Beyond the obvious maternal
mysteries, the Moon is also the mistress
of all that waxes and wanes on Earth. The
embodied soul, condensed into the lowest
planetary realm, is ultimately subject to the
cycles of perpetual impermanence, a dance
of growth and decay forever fluctuating
between birth and death.
In horoscopic astrology, a nativity typically
hinges on the material birth of an individual
and how their life unfolds within the sub-
lunary world under the planetary powers
of fate.
Hermetic, Neoplatonic and Sufi texts,
by contrast, speak precisely of planetary
ascent and are concerned less with the soul’s
embodiment on Earth under the forces of
conditioned existence, and more with the
soul’s rebirth into eternity through liberation
from conditioned existence. This Hermetic
imperative hinges on the realisation that, in
the sublunary world, what is born under the
Moon inevitably dies and, while knowledge
of planetary cycles can certainly help us
navigate our existence, the nature of this
existence is inherently samsaric. Fate is fatal.
The alchemy of sublunary
existence
Like the Buddhist truth of impermanence,
a certain level of cosmic pessimism is
necessary to wake us up to the reality
of our spiritual task. Once awakened,
however, the cosmos starts to look more
promising. In a similar way, the spirituality
of antiquity was pervaded by two basic
views: the cosmos as a deceptive,
corrupting prison from which the soul
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should be liberated; the cosmos as a
positive, beneficent order into which
the soul should be integrated. Hermetic
and Neoplatonic tradition is heir to
both views. Such attitudes reflect two
different phases of one single ancient
teaching designed to prepare the soul
for the mysteries. To the extent that the
soul reflects and perceives the cosmos
according to the current composition of
its own nature, it is either a limit to its
freedom or a vehicle for its freedom.
As Parmenides teaches us, the
phenomenal world of transient
appearances conceals yet also reveals
the path to eternity. From this perspective,
the planetary instruments of fate that
bind us to sublunary existence are also
the instruments of our liberation. There
is thus an alchemy of embodied existence
by which we can engage the forces of
fatality and transmute them into vehicles
of immortality.
The details of this alchemy invite
significant comparisons to the Indo-
Tibetan kleshas, the afflictions, defilements
or impurities that cloud the mindstream
and congeal it into psychosomatic
attachments that bind us to samsaric
existence. In the Corpus Hermeticum, the
specific qualities that the planets impart to
the soul upon its descent into embodiment
are described as follows:
x Saturn — falsehood
x Jupiter — greed and aggrandisement
x Mars — reckless audacity
x Sun — ambition to dominate
x Venus — lust
x Mercury — malicious artifice
x Moon — physical growth and decay
Expressly pessimistic, these
descriptions are best understood as the
shadow aspects of the planets (ie the
qualities that exacerbate or perpetuate
our psychosomatic attachment to sub-
lunary existence). Moreover, as poisons
or vices, they are specific inversions of
the planetary virtues. On one hand, as
poisons, they are the chains that bind us
to birth and death. On the other hand, as
medicines, they are the elixirs that restore
our divine wholeness.
The process of transformation in
ancient alchemy operated precisely by
this principle of inversion (ekstrophe,
turning something “inside-out”). An
agent of transformation would penetrate
into the innermost depths of a corrupt
substance in order to reveal its hidden or
interior virtue (arete-). It was not a matter
of turning one thing into something else,
but of revealing the ever-present virtue of
a phenomenon from the midst of its vice.
Like tantra, alchemy engages the world at
its most corrupt in order to wrest from this
condition its hidden light.
The important implication here is that
alchemical perfection is not attained
but unveiled. Like Michelangelo’s statue,
its primordial perfection is not created
but revealed by taking away. Traditionally
defined as the art of “separating the pure
from the impure”, alchemy, like wuju-d,
proceeds by unveiling what is.
The soul, according to
Saturn, is a mirror of
being itself. That is to
say, the soul exists to
reflect the light of being
back to itself so that the
divine can know itself
through the vehicle of
human consciousness
Polishing the mirror
In Ibn ‘Arabi’s journey through the interior
cosmos of his being, he receives the wisdom
of each planetary divinity that he meets upon
his way. Upon attaining the seventh sphere
(the limit or threshold between mortal
existence and immortal being), he meets
Saturn. True to his nature, the knowledge of
Saturn speaks directly to the function of the
soul in the perception reality.
The soul, according to Saturn, is a mirror
of being itself. That is to say, the soul exists
to reflect the light of being back to itself so
that the divine can know itself through the
vehicle of human consciousness. Conversely,
through this mirror, human consciousness
can know itself as a divine totality. In its
natural condition, the mirror of the soul
is flawless and reflects the full, pristine
nature of reality. However, due to the soul’s
descent into embodiment, the mirror of its
being has become tarnished. Darkened by
its planetary afflictions, its vision of reality
is progressively dulled. When its primordial
awareness is obscured, and the soul can no
longer see itself, it becomes alienated from
its own essence.
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The soul’s path back to reality, back to its
own nature, consists precisely in polishing
the mirror. The most important spiritual
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praxis, therefore, is simply removing
the “rust” of our nature so that it can
effortlessly reflect what is. Sometimes, in
the tumult of embodied existence, some
of our tarnishes cannot be removed; these
must be embraced and transformed into
vehicles of beauty and transparency.
In either case, once the stains are
transfigured, the soul can receive the image
of reality in the mirror of its own essence.
Saturn and Satya
As we have seen, each planet has its
own particular tarnish to transform. With
regards to Saturn, the “rust” that we are
given to unveil is falsehood. When we dig
beneath the surface of Saturn, we realise
that his deepest nature is not dark and
deceptive but transparent and true. This is
somewhat implicit in the ancient system of
planetary dignities, in which Saturn rules
Capricorn and Aquarius — the two signs
diametrically opposed to the domiciles of
the Sun and the Moon. Here, the leaden
planet opposes the celestial lights, which
shine as silver through the waters of Cancer
and as gold through the fires of the lion.
This polarity between Saturn on the one
hand and the Sun and Moon on the other
(together with their terrestrial associations
with the lowest and highest of the metals)
substantiates a deeper alchemical
symbolism. Lead is not simply the opposite
of gold, it is in many respects inverted gold.
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In the words of Jacob Böhme, “Pardise is
locked inside Saturn.”
It is only when we turn to the ancient
Indo-European concept of world ages that
we begin to see how Saturn is connected not
only to gold but to truth. In classical texts,
Saturn was the lord of the mythic golden
age. Characterised by peace, ease and
abundance, Saturn’s rule enjoyed a perennial
spring, and had no need for law due to the
inherent justness of human nature. But when
Saturn was deposed, nature fell divided into
four seasons and humankind descended into
a spiral of injustice. Humanity and civilisation
slowly declined through the ages of silver,
bronze and iron. In stark contrast to Saturn’s
golden rule, the Iron Age was divided by
strife, toil and dishonour.
In the Indian version of this myth, the
“golden age” was known as the Satya Yuga
and was designated precisely by the term for
being and truth. Satya has a wide range of
meanings in Sanskrit, including “true, real,
actual, genuine and pure”. But all of these
meanings rest on the root sat-, which means
“being, existing, present”, and is related to
the basic Indo-European verb “to be”.
Just as the golden age fell into the
strife of corruptible iron, so too does Satya
succumb to Kali, the demon of suffering
whose consort is “falsehood”. Like a mirror
succumbing to rust, the true nature of Saturn
becomes obscured by darkness and illusion.
Even the oldest descriptions of Saturn
in Greek and Sanskrit astrological texts
emphasise severity, suffering and death. As
such, they appear to reflect the fallen rather
than the golden nature of Saturn.
In Vedic astrology, although Saturn
generally partakes of the malefic qualities for
which he is known in Hellenistic astrology, he
nevertheless preserves one trait that speaks
to his position at the threshold of truth
and being. Wreathed in black,Śani (Saturn)
presides over the ascetic who withdraws
from the world of illusory appearances
in order to retreat into the eternal and
real. In this guise, Saturn represents
the renunciation of the world of shifting
phenomena for the world of unchanging
truth. And he does so specifically through
spiritual practices (sadhana) that cultivate
the perception of the true and the real via
ontological purification (ie by rendering one’s
very being transparent to being itself).
Candles in the wind
Upon waking from the dream of Ibn ‘Arabi’s
alchemical tome, I lit one of the candles
on the windowsill next to my bed. As its
flame bathed the bay of my window in a
pool of amber light, the contours of a small
electric candle appeared softly in its glow.
It was midnight, and my being was still
half-immersed in the dreams of illusion
and reality from which I had just emerged.
As I stared at the two candles — one cheap
plastic and the other living fire — I realised
that I was looking at a vivid instance of
imitation and reality, falsehood and truth.
At that moment, a very clear realisation
came to me in simple yet profound words:
everything that exists is a shadow of the light.
Underpinning this realisation, of course,
is the Platonic view that reality as we know
it, reality as it appears to us, is a shadow
or reflection of the true nature of reality,
and that light is essentially the primordial
principle that causes things to appear
and thus exist. All appearances, even
these dark imitations, are thus secretly
connected to light.
As I went to blow out the candle,
I remembered that the word nirvana
literally means “to blow out”, as in “to
extinguish”. Annihilation or extinguishing
is the retraction of one’s inner being
into the one, true principle of reality that
substantiates all being. When we retract
into this true reality, our illusions fall
away, our false realities evaporate and
our transient identities dissolve. Forgoing
false self for true self, we appear to
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disappear. In this invisible light, we fade
to black and become more real than we
ever were.
 “Reality is that
which, when you
stop believing in it,
doesn’t go away.” —
Philip K Dick

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Revamping our
way of life
The 2022 triple conjunction
of Mars, Uranus and the North Node
F
or just over 36 hours in late July and
early August 2022, Mars, Uranus
and the North Node, also known as
Rahu, will share the same degree in
Taurus, the 19th (18°). Although this rare
triple conjunction has never happened in
precisely the same way — which is normal
for astrological transits — the ephemeris
does offer similar past configurations that
shed light on our current epoch. The last
time Mars, Uranus and the North Node
perfected three conjunctions between them
near 19 degrees Taurus was in 324 BC, when
Alexander the Great laid the foundation, via
conquest, of the Hellenistic era.
The Sabian Symbol for this degree is
“A newly formed continent” — a fitting
expression of Taurus’s earth substrate
and the longevity birthed from a fixed-sign
influence. Throw in Uranus’s power of novelty,
the volatile trigger of Mars and Rahu’s sense
of destiny, and this triple conjunction of 2022
strongly indicates that we’re in a new era of
Alexandrian proportions — most definitely not
in Kansas anymore. The upheaval triggered
by 2020’s epic mutation conjunction of Jupiter
and Saturn in Aquarius will be cemented for
decades and centuries to come.
Planetary significations
as a foundation
Uranus was the first planet discovered
outside of the traditional seven planets.
For millennia, astrologers had used only
the five visible planets and two luminaries.
Uranus overthrows that order, thereby
becoming the quintessential modern
planet. This is why astrologers have
associated Uranus with the principle of
change, rebellion, freedom, liberation,
reform and revolution, and the unexpected
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Words SJ Anderson
breakup of structures, with sudden
surprises, revelations and awakenings.
Astrologer and historian Richard Tarnas
associates Uranus with the Greek god
Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods
and gave it to humankind so that they may
be liberated from bondage and raised up
to a higher state of existence.
Rahu is the head of the snake and,
according to Kamila Sutton, “Rahu and
ambition go hand in hand.” Sutton equates
Rahu energy to the wild, serpent-like
kundalini force that shoots up the spine
and is best controlled through spiritual
practice. Rahu is a head without a body.
The mouth, eyes and tongue are present,
with no stomach to digest what’s taken in.
Overexuberance and miscalculation result,
as what’s ingested can’t be processed,
broken down and integrated. Rahu, in a
fever of desire, skips over difficulties with its
intractable belief that nothing can go wrong.
Mars is associated with all kinds of
challenging things such as riots, chaos and
destruction. Of the traditional planets, its
significations most closely resemble those of
Uranus. Mars breaks away from staid things.
It opens new potentials with its force and
vision. Astrologer of antiquity, Vettius Valens,
encapsulates the Mars energy with two
words: “action and troubles”.
The emergence of a decisive moment is
also exceedingly Promethean. The fire stolen
from the Gods resembles Mars, the red,
flaming planet. Impassioned actions, even
if risky, taken in defense of others is Mars
working at its best. Prometheus is known
as the defender of humanity. Zeus failed to
provide humans with sustenance and so
Prometheus stepped in, asserting himself
and fighting for the survival of others.
The myriad approaches to
exploring a transit
There are various ways to explore the
meaning of a configuration of planets. One
tack is to look at pure symbolism. Uranus
joining the North Node and Mars in Taurus
would have us mixing the implications of
those four energies. Uranus is unexpected
shocks; Mars is explosive force; the North
Node is a destabilising need for expansion;
and Taurus, the fixed-earth sign ruled by
Venus, is saturation in bodily delight. Pulling
these together, we might expect our physical
space — whether money, body or home — to
experience unexpected, potentially volatile
shifts centred on appetites for more.
A powerful method for exploring what
might unfold when a planet enters a new
zodiac sign or conjoins another planet is
to ask: “What transpired the last time this
planetary arrangement took place?”
Planets moving through the 12 signs
are like the hands of a clock moving over
the dial of a watch. We mark repetitions to
realise patterns of manifestation. After all,
this is the most basic definition of astrology:
the movement of the heavens affects affairs
on Earth. If we want to know what Uranus
in Taurus is like, we explore the last time
it happened. In our case, Uranus was in
Taurus last in the mid-to-late 1930s, a
period that saw radical alterations of the
landscape — political, social, physical and
economic. From the middle of The Great
Depression until the beginning of World
War II, nearly every nation and person
experienced upheaval. We’re midway
through the 21st century’s version of this
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same transit, and there’s no doubt echoes
are reverberating. The coronavirus crisis and
cryptocurrency are two examples
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of the kind of Promethean overthrowing of
the previously established.
We can take the North Node in Taurus, too.
The last time this occurred was in the early
2000s, during a time when social media was
just emerging in what would become a great
force of reorganisation for almost every kind
of relationship. Facebook started at Harvard.
Myspace was launched. The Human Genome
Project completed its mapping of DNA on
the same day the true North Node entered
Taurus in 2003. Several countries joined
the EU. This transit reorganised social and
economic lives in a similar way to Uranus’s
transit through Taurus in the 1930s, albeit
much less destructively.
Layering multiple data points
The sky clock can be refined further. We
can ask when was the last time before 2022
that Uranus and the North Node met in the
19th degree of Taurus? This happened in
1687, weeks after Isaac Newton published
his revolutionary Principia Mathematica, a
text that transformed physics and laid the
mathematical groundwork for much of the
Industrial Revolution. Uranus in Taurus
represtnts new approaches to resources and
the environment. Rahu-conjoined-Uranus at
this degree seems to time its breakthroughs
along these lines. Rahu is, after all, an
eclipse point. That strange, divine, fated
dynamic becomes part of the mix. Newton
himself was a committed occultist.
To get even more precise regarding the
historical similarity of a given transit, you
can add in more planets. In 2022, we add
Mars to the mix, joining Uranus and Rahu at
19 degrees Taurus. They’ll all be contained
within that degree on 1 August, for about
a day and a half. This hasn’t happened
ever before (according to the searchable
ephemeris within the Solar Fire software),
but it’s come close.
The last time Mars, Uranus and Rahu
came within a degree of each other in Taurus
was in 156 BC. The time before that, 324
BC. In fact, those two years are the last two
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times Uranus and Rahu conjoined while Mars
was anywhere in Taurus. In 156 BC, over
the course of a single week, these three
planets perfected conjunctions in Taurus
13 and 14, but they were never in the same
degree together like they will be in 2022.
Even more closely aligned to the 2022 event,
in 324 BC, Uranus conjoined both Mars
and Rahu in Taurus 18, and Mars conjoined
Rahu in Taurus 19. Remember, in 2022, all
three conjunctions perfect at 19 Taurus. So
while not an exact repetition, 324 BC is the
year to examine to understand the kinds of
mundane significations that our 2022 event
might reflect.
Cutting through the
Gordian knot
Ancient Macedonian King Alexander the
Great’s legend is larger than life. His
exploits are well known. Historians say
he and his armies conquered the Persian
empire and laid the foundations of the
Hellenistic world, a place in time where
much of our Western astrological system
was born. The last time Mars, Uranus
and Rahu were as close as they’ll be in
2022 in the same part of the zodiac, late
in the second decan of Taurus, Alexander
cemented his empire by winning battles
in the land that is modern-day India and
Afghanistan. This was 324 BC. These
victories pushed the edge of his conquests
into India and set up the transfer of
astrological ideas from the Greek-speaking
world into the Indian subcontinent. Texts
written in Greek and then translated in
Sanskrit, for example the Yavanajataka,
helped create a synthesis of astrological
ideas that remains alive to this day.
The story of the Gordian knot is
emblematic of the Uranus, Mars and
Rahu combination. In the ancient Phrygian
capital Gordium, there was a knot so tightly
wound and large that, as legend had it,
anyone who could untie the knot would
go on to rule all of Asia.
A knot is made by entangling rope
constructed from plants, the earth
element, and is stuck in place. A knotted
rope calls to mind Taurus, our fixed-earth
sign. When Alexander was confronted with
this problem, he was at first perplexed.
Then, as several of the retellings go,
he realised he could simply use his
sword to cut through the untieable knot.
Problem solved — Uranus, the planet of
breakthroughs and surprises, combined
with the sharpness of Mars and the thirst
for expansion of Rahu. Even though these
events are said to have happened several
years before 324 BC’s triple conjunction,
it’s nevertheless emblematic of the
ingenuity of expansion and surprise that
fueled Alexander’s epic reign. Alexander
died three years after Mars, Uranus and
Rahu’s conjunction, but the lands he
conquered remained largely under the
same umbrella for hundreds of years.
He effectuated a new political era for
much of Europe and Asia, serving as an
example of how fate unfolds when Rahu
gets involved.
Living through the Great Reset
Like in Alexander’s time, the triple
conjunction of Mars, Uranus and Rahu in
2022 is one of several astrological markers
that indicate we are now entering a new
phase of empire, a destruction of an old
way of life and the ushering in of another by
means of what the World Economic Forum
(WEF) has called the “Great Reset”.
Keep in mind, we’ve just crossed into
a new age of air brought on by the true
Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions now fully
taking place in air signs until 2159’s
conjunction in Scorpio. Our last age of air
in the 13th and 14th centuries saw the
rise of the Mongol Empire across Eurasia.
This Pax Mongolica and its government
structures were responsible for creating
some of the largest trading routes the
world has ever seen. Even more, Jupiter
and Neptune will conjoin in the last decan
of Pisces in April 2022, which hasn’t
happened there since 1204, two years
before Genghis Khan began his reign.
These long-term astrological patterns
confirm that we’re entering a new era with
new laws and new power structures.
Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World
Economic Forum, writes about this budding
future. He and other elite powers have been
anticipating a fourth Industrial Revolution.
The coronavirus crisis has accelerated the
pace of these reforms. In his own words,
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Schwab describes the goals of this model
of governance, calling for a swift revamp of
every aspect of human affairs:
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Rahu came within a degree of
each other in Taurus was 156 BC.
The time before that, 324 BC

“To achieve a better outcome, the world must
act jointly and swiftly to revamp all aspects of
our societies and economies, from education
to social contracts and working conditions.
Every country, from the United States to China,
must participate, and every industry, from
oil and gas to tech, must be transformed. In
short, we need a ‘Great Reset’ of capitalism.”
Schwab is joined by the biggest
multinational corporations and institutions
in this goal of a complete alteration of
society. At its best, the new era may capture
the upsides of the Hellenistic period,
fostering the exchange of ideas and the
sharing of technology. It will move the
collective experience ahead.
The nativity of the WEF includes Mars
in Taurus, six degrees from where Mars,
Uranus and Rahu will conjoin in 2022. It
also has an Aquarius stellium, so that
the Saturn-Jupiter conjunction in early
Aquarius on the winter solstice 2020 was
near the World Economic Forum’s Sun
and Venus. The WEF website describes
the fourth Industrial Revolution as “a
fundamental change in the way we live,
work and relate to one another”. It’s an
explosion of novelty that will merge the
biological, physical and digital worlds, just
the kind of changes Uranus in Taurus likes.
Add Rahu (fate) and Mars (acceleration)
to Uranus’s and it’s no surprise 2022’s
triple conjunction of these planets
reflects a move into a novel structure
for how civilisation will thrive in the new
millennium and beyond.

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The lunar
memory palace:
A visionary exercise
Start observing how the Moon affects you personally
by keeping a daily journal, taking notes of where the
Moon is transiting in the zodiac
Words Elodie St-Onge-Aubut
I
magine yourself walking into a vast circle
where the space retains the impressions
of everything that ever was. You enter this
space of primordial knowing through your
body, the vehicle of your senses. Ancestors and
spirits caught in perpetual dialogues rise to
greet you as you cross the boundary of the night
illuminated by the Moon. Hearing their chatter,
it informs you of the landscape and colours of
the past and future. There may be unresolved
needs and demands made at the conjuncture of
significant points in time that are imprinted into
the space. Things may have to be sacrificed and
sanctified, as promises were made and broken.
Lands were conquered, while lust, love, power
and death dictated the memories of generations
beyond the grave and into the gold of eternity.
A flicker of light tricks your eyes into seeing
dancing shadows reflected in the watery
expanse, stretching beyond your vision and
into your body as sensations. The sounds and
smells inside the circle initiate your being into
saturated convulsions, coupling you to the space
illuminated by time. Inside your eyes, you get a
glimpse of fur from an unbound animal caught
in its own seasonal dance and merge with it. The
land inhabited by secrets witnesses the motions
in and out of the void like a garland of life, death
and everything that exists inbetween.
Sections of the circle feel intimate. You
recognise the relief and acknowledge the
familiarity. You can somehow fit your body
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perfectly in the space, as if it were made for
you, or you were born from it — like a tide that
conforms to the polished hollow inside a rock
where she has crashed a million times before.
Pressing on the edges with your hands, you
leave an imprint for future reference. You recall
a memory through a feeling and birth it into a
shape that will inform your future. You move
around the circle guided by a knowing that has
its own erotic logic. Headless, you find your
way into the space with the inner pull of your
instinctive sight.
In the familiar space, you meet others born
of the same place at different times. What
allows you to communicate is what binds you to
particular sections of this circle. You cross paths
in a complex network of dialogues like parts of
the same sky embodied, weaving parallel stories
into shapes.
Locating yourself in the various sections
contained within, other impressions wash
over you and the original narrative is lost. The
knowing is empty and full, bright and dark,
familiar and unknown. Reason escapes you as
you enter the night that breathes all the knowing
into the rhythmic pulse of your blood, offering
direct access to what came from and before you,
from the womb of inception that animates the
night sky.
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The past, like water, carries a charge. It
changes vessels while remaining essentially the
same. Shifting, you move in and out of darkness
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 night after night, where you have been and
always will be. Dreamtime is a place where
the future emerges out of memories. A
mnemonic oracle triggered by the ever-
changing light of the Moon, which reveals
information drawn from your personal well
of sensations. While this information exists
outside of you, it gets clarified through your
own personal archetypal language. Opening
the space, getting a hold of a thread triggers
synchronicities that allows for the making
of your life. Receptivity is your ability and
willingness to take the information into
yourself without striving, without judgment,
and reflect it back into the world.
Ancient lunar calendars
When astrology sceptics make remarks
about the validity of astrology, I often remind
them that humankind has been using the
movement of the planets to contextualise
their existence on Earth since the dawn of
time. When early humans started to keep
track of time by engraving bones with 28
and 29 notches, which is the number of days
contained in a synodic month (from New
Moon to New Moon), they were essentially
doing astrology. The earliest artifact found
of potential evidence that humans were
tracking the movement of the Moon is from
an animal bone discovered in Bilzingsleben,
Germany, containing 28 notches, believed to
have been carved around 350,000-300,000
BCE. These calendar bones have been found
all over Europe, Western Asia, Australia and
Africa, suggesting we are clearly dealing with
a universal phenomenon.
We find even more evidence of the
important role time-keeping tools played
through calendar bones, carvings and cave
paintings once Europe entered the Upper
Palaeolithic period. One of the most famous
examples of these lunar calendars is from
a bas-relief of a female figure discovered
in France dating from around 20,000 BCE,
named the Venus of Laussel. The figure is
of a woman standing with one hand on her
belly, suggesting pregnancy or fertility. In
her other hand, she is holding a crescent-
shaped object, most likely a horn, which
is marked with 13 clear notches. The relic
was entirely covered in red ochre. The
colour and the number of notches on the
horn is thought to represent the number
of moons, the number of menstrual cycles
in one year, or the number of days from
menstruation to ovulation.
We can speculate that these lunar
calendars not only served as simple time-
keeping devices, but they were likely also
part of a wider framework. The Moon’s
gravitational pull has a powerful influence on
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the Earth’s biology, including its inhabitants.
The tides of the ocean are regulated by the
Moon, exerting their own power over the
lifecycles of marine and terrestrial creatures
living in coastal areas. The Moon also
influences life with her light and, for ancient
people, the difference between a Full Moon
and a New Moon could have easily meant the
difference between life and death.
The meaning of the Moon
in astrology
The Moon in astrology is primarily
interpreted as being receptive. This may be
due to the fact that she receives the light
of the Sun and reflects it back to us. In
electional, magical, horary and mundane
forms of astrology, the Moon is seen as
boosting the signal of the other planetary
bodies she comes into contact with through
aspects. The Moon tends to serve as a
mediator between the slower-moving
planets and the Earth, which is sometimes
conceptualised as the sublunar world.
In Aristotelian physics, which greatly
influenced classical astronomy and the
practice of astrology, it was believed that only
what lived under the Moon from an earthly
perspective was susceptible to change and
decay. The cycle of the Moon is so quick
that she came to be associated with the
ever-changing natural world here on Earth,
regulating generations and the corruption of
matter. The region above the Moon, where
the other six visible planets are located, was
thought to be regular and unchanging.
Much of the modern interpretations for
the Moon used in astrology today come
from the same principles. The Moon being
sponge-like, absorbing the influences around
her, regulates or deregulates our bodies and
behaviours, depending on circumstances.
If the Sun is linked to the objective and
clarifying light of reason, the Moon is
associated with subjectivity, arising from
our immediate instinctual and emotional
responses to our physical environment. We
may try very hard to approach our lives with
the ideal solar principles of rationality but,
The Moon in astrology
is primarily interpreted
as being receptive. This
may be due to the fact that
she receives the light of
the Sun and reflects
it back to us
ultimately, we cannot remove our subjective
filters. Our early years, our upbringing, and
the ways in which we experienced nurturing
as a child are often seen through the Moon
placement in our birth chart, describing
what we require emotionally and physically
to regulate ourselves. It is therefore no
surprise that the Moon finds her home in
the sign of Cancer, which is also connected
to memory, legacy, ancestry and the genetic
and environmental factors that make us
who we are. The stories that are imprinted
in our genes and in our memories from
lived experience have a powerful influence
in shaping our behaviour, long after the
events have come to pass. The Moon with
her retentive qualities has the ability to hold
onto and reflect back to us much more than
just the light of the Sun. She is an amplifier, a
storyteller, an archivist, a guide illuminating
the dancing forms that can only be seen after
sunset. The diffused and muddling light of
the Moon sharpens all the senses, while the
imagination tries to complete the darkening
landscape. Then, and only then, can we start
to weave the stories revealed to us through
our senses, access our animal bodies and
the insights that reside at the bottom of our
intuitive well.
If we imagine everything living under the
Moon as basking in a connective web that
links bodies, subjective experiences and
stories together, it also means that we are
in a constant dialogue with our environment,
whether we are aware of it or not. We
cannot objectively remove ourselves from
experiencing our body through our senses.
The unconscious receives information and
stores it away until it is ready to be retrieved
under circumstances that allow for better
engagement with the material. It is through
subjective modalities that we get to dialogue
with the unconscious, the invisible and the
information that lays dormant under our
awareness. This material will often filter
through our dreams, our creativity, our
emotions, intuition and sometimes through
our bodies as symptoms.
This is also why engaging with our
unconscious is an important part of being
human. It can give us access to critical
information about the state of our being and
how the environment and people around us
affect our lives, through subtle reactions
that often bypass our logic. For this to be
possible, the mind and body must be in a
receptive mode. Just like the Moon receives
the light of the Sun and mirrors it back to us,
it becomes easier to access the unconscious
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realm when we empty ourselves and let our
mind be like a reflective lake, or like a cup
waiting to be filled.
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Dreaming: A lunar modality

The state of receptivity needed to
communicate with the unconscious,
whether it be individual or collective, is
most often accessed while dreaming. From
a psychological perspective, dreaming
can help regulate our moods and negative
emotions by consolidating memories and
processing problems from our waking life.
Physiologically, deep sleep supports healing
through the release of hormones that
helps the body repair itself. In many ancient
cultures, the dream state played a significant
role and was thought to carry imperative
knowledge. One of the most common
methods in the ancient world was the method
of dream incubation, where the seeker
slept in a holy place to receive a cure for
their ailments in a dream. Oracles delivered
through incubation were thought to come
from underworld powers. These practices
have been known to humankind for at least
5000 years, according to written records.
Unfortunately, the purpose of night
time is underrated in the modern world.
It is becoming increasingly difficult to
acknowledge the natural rhythms of our
body, which are closely connected to the
cycle of the Sun and the Moon. Computers,
televisions and telephone screens have
hijacked our world as the momentum of
modern living demands more productivity,
more work, while consumerism and material
success stand above all else. Thanks to
artificial light, we now have the ability to
keep going day and night in an attempt
to transcend the cyclical order of nature,
reaching some kind of immortal state.
Natural light has been replaced by the light of
our screens and directly affects our circadian chart? Are there sections of sky where the Since we are dealing with lunar
rhythms, putting many of us in a permanent Moon travels that are more aligned with you? consciousness and the realm of the
state of anxiety. What happens when you start engaging with unconscious, other types of subjective
You can avoid the effects of artificial light particular sections of the sky via the Moon’s engagements could also be explored in
on your circadian cycle by unplugging from monthly cycle? order to connect with the imaginal and the
your screens an hour before bed. Actively One of the best ways to start observing surrounding ecology. Trance states are
engaging with lunar modalities begins by how the Moon affects you personally is to particularly conducive to access more primal
acknowledging the natural cycles of light keep a daily journal, taking notes of where spaces, spirit realms and the unconscious. A
and darkness. Creating an atmosphere that the Moon is transiting in the zodiac, writing trance state is an altered form of awareness
is auspicious for sleeping and relaxation down your dreams and noting your emotional in which one is neither fully awake nor fully
will increase your ability to dream, to heal and physical state for that day. After a few asleep. The trance state involves traveling
and to more extensively hear what your months of Moon journaling, you may start between the world of the conscious and
body and your unconscious is wanting to to see patterns emerging in connection with unconscious mind. Entering a trance state
communicate to you. your emotions, your habits and your cravings, can help you bypass your critical mind in
Another thing to consider as we helping you to understand your own cyclical order to access deeper forms of knowing.
contemplate the realities of the subjective nature. The Moon, being the fastest-moving Once you have entered this in-between place,
realm we live in, is how the rhythms of the planet from our perspective, means she is you can engage more easily with various
Moon moving through her cycle influence the the easiest one to utilise as an astrological creative practices, helping you tease out
type of information our emotional, psychic time-keeping device. Her significations, information without your ego getting involved.
and physical bodies have access to at any being related to our body, our emotions and Automatic writing, drawing, painting on large
given time. Does the Moon have the same our overall subjective experience, mean that pieces of paper, movement, dance or astral
effect on everyone or are there more subtle understanding her cycle is a simple way to travelling are all particularly easy to do under
fluctuations depending on our personal birth comprehend and work with astrology. a mild trance state.

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Creating a ritual space can be a simple way to structure
your practice of engaging with the Moon
There are many techniques used to enter
alternate states of consciousness, such
as breathwork, self-hypnosis, rhythmic
sounds, movements, prayers, meditation,
visualisation, or certain smells or incense.
Requesting the support of powers like Mene,
Selene or Hecate, who are associated with
the Moon, can also help you transition from
a normal state of consciousness into a
liminal one. In ancient Greece, Hecate was
associated with crossroads, and by extension
with realms outside or beyond the world of
the living. She is frequently characterised as
being an “in-between” goddess and is closely
connected to the New Moon, which is the
darkest time of the month.
Creating a ritual space can be a simple
way to structure your practice of engaging
with the Moon. A well-constructed ritual
often encompasses some, if not most, of
the components needed to transition from
mundane to liminal reality. You can start
with a very simple set-up that includes two
candles and a ritual prayer to Mene, which
can be found in the Greek Magical Papyri and
goes as follows:
“I call upon you who have all forms and
many names, double-horned goddess Mene,
whose form no one knows except him who
made the entire world, IAO, the one who
shaped you into the 28 shapes of the world
so that they might complete every figure and
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distribute breath to every animal and
plant, that it might flourish, you who wax from
obscurity into light and wane from
light into darkness.
“And the first companion of your name
is silence,
the second a popping sound,
the third groaning,
the fourth hissing,
the fifth a cry of joy,
the sixth moaning,
the seventh barking,
the eighth bellowing,
the ninth neighing,
the 10th a musical sound,
the 11th a sounding wind,
the 12th a wind-creating sound,
the 13th a coercive sound,
the 14th a coercive emanation
from perfection.
“Ox, vulture, bull, beetle, falcon, crab,
dog, wolf, serpent, horse, she-goat, asp, ibex,
he-goat, baboon, cat, lion, leopard, fieldmouse,
deer, multiform, virgin, torch, lightning, garland,
a herald’s wand, child, key.
“I have said your signs and symbols of your
name so that you might hear me, because I
pray to you, mistress of the whole world! Hear
me, the stable one, the mighty one.”
Once you have called on the powers of
the Moon, you can make a small offering of
mugwort, or any other type of lunar plant
that is ethically harvested, and engage
with your practice, whether it be drawing,
writing, movement or journeying. Ideally,
you’ll want to have a way to record your
experience either during or after your
session so that you can utilise the material
later and remember what came through.
Final thoughts
The Moon had a huge influence in
shaping our world and many societies
around the globe. Ancient people saw
the Moon as the source of all fertility.
Cultures and traditions were built around
her cycle, from the simple wisdom of the
Farmers’ Almanac to the more complex
calendrical structures of the soli-lunar
calendars. As matriarchal societies
were replaced by patriarchal ones, Moon
worship got eclipsed. However, far from
being lost, the wisdom surrounding the
influence of the Moon on human affairs
is constantly available to us through
observation and receptivity.
The Moon’s gravitational pull affecting
the tides and women’s menstrual cycles
is simply one significant example of the
power she exerts on our physical world.
The more subtle manifestations of her
influence can be deciphered through
observing and engaging with her cycle.
More extensively, returning to more
primary human activities like growing
food or being in nature can help you
reconnect to her rhythms and gain
a new understanding of the whole
interconnectedness of life.
The benefits of familiarising yourself
with subjective and lunar modalities are
manifold, including learning to sharpen
your senses and intuition while more
consciously integrating your needs and
desires, creating more space for your
personal rhythm. Subjective engagement,
whether it be through dream recall or
working with the Moon through more
complex rituals, means learning to
communicate with your instinct and with
the ecology and the spirit world around
you while weaving your own personal
mythology. It also means acknowledging
the natural cycle of night and day and
paying attention to the ebb and flow
of your body.
In a society that over-emphasises
the solar principles of productivity and
success, the more passive lunar modalities
can serve to re-establish a greater sense
of equilibrium and satisfaction in your life.
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The spiritual benefits

of astrology
Astrology sanctifies our experiences, along with the cosmos itself.
That is something humans are always attracted to, in whatever
form or tradition it appears
Words Acyuta-bhava Dasa

O
ver thousands of years, horoscopic
astrology has been used by
aspirants of a wide variety of
religious and spiritual traditions.
It may be impossible to say exactly what
astrology accomplishes for the soul, or
exactly what its benefits are to spiritual
devotees, and yet the weight of historical
evidence alongside the continued interest
in astrology by spiritual seekers in the
modern era testify to its importance as
owner and initiated monk in the Bhakti yoga
tradition, I have had ample opportunity to
consider what makes astrology beneficial to
spiritual seekers, or why people continue to
seek out astrological wisdom throughout the
ages. I would like to share a few personal
insights through one particularly memorable
client of mine, who recently died, after many
years of working together. I do not expect
that everyone will share my observations or
conclusions about the spiritual benefits of
in the first place, as well as what kinds of
benefits people receive from astrology and
how astrology may complement a wide
variety of spiritual and religious traditions.
For the sake of anonymity, I will call
my client Betsy. Before she died, Betsy
regularly let me use her chart as a teaching
demonstration for my students and at
conferences where I lectured. When Betsy
first came to work with me, I was surprised.
Betsy had been a next-door neighbor of my
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a religious artefact. astrology, but I do hope that in sharing this family during my childhood and her children
As a full-time, practising astrologer for story, we might encourage more thoughtful were playmates in my neighborhood. She
the past 10 years, as well as a yoga studio conversation about why we do astrology was a very devoted Roman Catholic and I

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could not have imagined her ever taking
an interest in astrology. In our very first
session together, when I asked her why she
wanted me to read her birth chart, she said,
“Ever since my husband died, I have felt
lost and my faith has been struggling. I see
you posting things on social media about
astrology and you still seem to love God just
as much. I wondered if my birth chart would
have some answers for me about what I’ve
been going through.”
Some further context here might
help. In my northern Minnesota, USA,
neighbourhood, my family was well known
because my father was the United Methodist
minister in town. What I understood Betsy
to be saying to me was that she felt like
her crisis of faith, and her questions about
the loss of her husband, were safe with
me because she still saw me as retaining
something of my spiritual roots in the
Christian faith. When we met for the first
time, it was clear that her only question was,
“Why would God take my husband from me?
Can astrology help me understand why this
was part of God’s plan?”
She had reason to be shaken. Her
husband had been in his late 50s and died
suddenly without any warning or signs of
poor health. Betsy imagined “…at least 20
more years together”, she kept telling me.
“What does my birth chart say about this?
Can you see him being taken from me?
What does it mean?”
Looking at Betsy’s chart for the first
time — using the Hellenistic delineation
techniques that I practice and teach — here
is what I noticed. In her birth chart, we see a
stellium of planets, including the New Moon,
in the sign of Libra in her whole-sign 7th
House of Marriage. We see the host of those
planets, Venus, in her fall in Virgo in the 6th
House of Misfortune and Sickness. We also
see both malefics, Mars and Saturn, in their
fall and detriment, in the 4th House of Home
and Family, in a superior/overcoming square
to the Libran stellium (a grouping of three or
more planets) in the 7th House. On several
different levels, her natal chart speaks to the
strong focus on marriage and family, as well
as the potential for losses and hardships
around the same topics. In addition to losing
her husband in a sudden and unexpected
manner, Betsy also had a child with special
needs who presented her with many
challenges as a mother.
In my first session with Betsy, which
lasted about 90 minutes, I simply explained
these placements as carefully as I could
and discussed them from the standpoint
of the events and themes that she was
already aware of. Towards the end of the
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session, I became nervous that I had not
offered her a solution to her pain or a real
answer as to why any of this had happened
in the first place. But, much to my surprise,
she was elated. “This was the most helpful
thing I have heard since he died,” she told
me. I asked her why. “I can’t explain it,”
she said. “The themes and symbols that
you talked about, I don’t understand any of
the technicalities, but the symbolism you
described, that it’s all right there in my
chart, it just felt so deeply validating.”
She then asked me a question, “Do you
think that God designed my birth chart?” To
which I said, “That is my personal belief, yes.
I believe that divinity lays out a path for each
of us. And each path, just like each soul, is
The most important
thing I think astrology
gives people is context.
I think it is hard to
overestimate how vital
Betsy’s response to
her first birth chart
reading was. And, yet,
it may be one of the
most underestimated
benefits of astrology
sacred and perfect in its own way.” She then
asked, “Can you read why God gave me this
destiny of losing my husband?”
I could not tell her that, but it is my
belief that if we spend time with our birth
charts, talking through the symbols and
continuing to ask these kinds of questions,
divinity starts to speak through the planets
and signs and offers us encouragement or
direction, and sometimes corrections, too.
From that point on, I saw Betsy a few
times a year for almost a decade. For most
of that decade, almost every minute of every
session was spent talking about why her
husband had died so suddenly, and why God
might have given her this fate. I do not think
we ever answered her questions, but prior
to her death, I witnessed the way in which
astrology became a part of her spiritual
path. I saw the way astrology complemented
and helped her to rekindle her Catholic faith.
I also saw astrology help her to reclaim her
own role in the unfolding of her destiny.
Her words over the course of our 10 years
together impacted me and informed how
I now perceive the spiritual practice of
astrology, both in terms of why I practice
and what I believe astrology can accomplish
when it is at its best.
The most important thing I think
astrology gives people is context. I think it
is hard to overestimate how vital Betsy’s
response to her first birth chart reading
was. And, yet, it may be one of the most
underestimated benefits of astrology. It is a
simple and profound fact that the cosmos, at
the hour of our birth, deeply and poetically
mirrors the stories of our lives, as well as
the inherent psychological tensions we
experience within those stories. That this is
possible seems to inspire within people a
religious experience.
The word religion, from the Latin word
religio, means “to reconnect”. When Betsy
saw the symbols within her birth chart
addressing the storyline of her life so
beautifully, and the multivalence of her
psychological experiences addressed by the
same symbols, she suddenly felt held in the
loving arms of something bigger. She felt
seen by the cosmos itself, witnessed and
testified to. This was not a process that took
away or negated her pain and loss, nor did
it offer easy answers. Astrology had simply
described her interior life as well as the
objective events that she had experienced,
in terms of a beautiful cosmic picture. She
was suddenly introduced to a divine cosmos
that was vaster and more mysterious than
she had imagined, yet granular enough to
include with great eloquence and precision
her unique story, her pain and her deepest
questions from the moment of her very birth.
The word cosmetic, like the word cosmos,
comes from the Latinised form of the
Greek kosmetikos, which means “skilled in
adornment or arrangement”. Put simply,
it is hard to stay stressed out when one
witnesses the divine craftsmanship, the
skill and arrangement of one’s life found in
a birth chart. The beauty and intelligence
we see at work in our birth charts can
overwhelm our pain without negating it. I
believe this is why astrology has lasted. This
is why people seek it out. This is why it has
been adapted to so many different religious
and spiritual traditions over thousands of
years. Astrology sanctifies our experiences,
along with the cosmos itself, and that is
something humans are always attracted to,
in whatever form or tradition it appears.
As we worked together over the years,
one of the ways that Betsy tried to take her
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mind off the loss of her spouse, rather than
moving forward into a new phase of life, was
to keep her house as close to the way that
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her husband had liked it. Doing exactly the
kinds of things that he would do to take care
of it, even keeping his clothes in his closet.
She often lamented that she was unable to
keep up with the house all by herself and
she often wondered out loud about whether
she should try to sell the house and let go
of the past. She would often say, “I know.
At this point, I know what my problem is.
I just need to move on from the past and
sell the house, but I can’t do it.” She would
sometimes ask me if this was her purpose.
“Does it tell you in the chart that I will
eventually sell this house, or am I stuck?” I
never suggested that she sell the house and
I would offer the same kind of response each
time, “I think that’s up to you.”
Year after year, transit after transit,
Betsy would talk to me about selling her
house and starting a new chapter in her
life but find herself unable to do so. In fact,
extraordinarily little seemed to change in
her life, to the point where I wondered if the
transits were simply not working for her. I
also wondered how she could possibly keep
wanting to come back to talk with me about
the same old subjects. One of the things that
she told me was holding her back was her
concern for her child (now an adult). At one
point, she said to me, “I think that if I have
him come and live with me that it will keep
me distracted from the pain. Then I won’t
have to sell the house, because there will
be more use for it. If he does not come and
live with me, then I will keep feeling tortured
living here by myself.”
I asked her if her son was doing okay on
his own and if she thought it was healthy
for her to bring him back to live with her,
especially if one of her underlying motives
was to use him to avoid selling the house.
“It’s not right. But I don’t feel like I can get
rid of the house yet,” she responded. We
often talked about her home in relation
to the placement of Saturn in Cancer in
her 4th House, or of Mars in Cancer in
her 4th House. Each time we did, without
any prompting from me, she would say;
“I wonder if my life purpose isn’t to learn
how to live after family and marriage?” To
which I would respond, “Maybe. It would be
fascinating to see how these symbols would
start speaking in your life, and changing,
as you make new choices and relate to your
birth chart in a new way.”
As our work continued in this way, I
often wondered if I was doing anything of
benefit, or if astrology was at all helpful to
her. I would sometimes feel frustrated and
impatient. Why couldn’t she just let go of the
past? Still, even though I felt like astrology
was not doing anything special for her, it was
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undeniable that astrology was becoming a
part of Betsy’s spiritual life. Her Catholic
faith practice had returned full strength. She
no longer felt that God had abandoned her
or that her husband’s death was evidence
of a cruel or absent deity. She also started
taking yoga classes. Betsy often said that she
felt like her birth chart was God’s new way of
talking to her. “It helps me realise that it’s all
a part of God’s plan,” she would say.
I began to realise
that astrology was
not interfering with
her Catholic faith
at all, rather it was
demonstrating to her
that God could speak
to her through
different channels
In the ancient Greek world, the word
for the sensation she often described
might have been harmonia, which invokes
the picture of an ordered, beautiful, just,
true and good universe. I began to realise
that astrology was not interfering with
her Catholic faith at all, rather it was
demonstrating to her that God could
speak to her through different channels.
After her husband’s death, she apparently
needed some new channels through which
to understand her life and astrology was
serving that purpose, even though I could
barely perceive it at first.
In one of our final sessions, however,
Betsy began using astrology as a kind of
crutch. She once said, “I know I need to let
go of the house. It only makes me sad and
miserable. But I figure if the astrological
timing took away my husband, then it will
take away the house whenever it is meant to
be.” To this, I finally challenged her, telling
her she must consider that her chart could
also describe someone miserably stuck
in the past, who expects other people or
other things to fulfill them too much and
might well die that way. I suggested that
she should at least consider that the cosmic
weather will be exactly right whenever she
is ready to become somebody different. How
else could her relationship with God grow
except by the choices that she makes to
deepen her faith and surrender. It was the
most forward I had ever been with her. She
agreed with me and expressed her desire to
sell her house again, but I could tell that I
had disturbed her and I regretted it. I did not
hear from her for a while after this.
Finally, in the early part of 2018, just as
Saturn moved into Capricorn and began
opposing Mars and Saturn in Cancer in her
birth chart, while also squaring her Libra
stellium in her 7th House, Betsy wrote to tell
me that she had at last put her house on the
market. We had one final session after this,
during which her emotions poured out as if
from a tap. “He was the best husband. He
was kind and gentle. He was a good provider
and a wonderful father. He was faithful and
honorable and he loved God so much,” she
claimed. “I always felt lucky. And I always felt
like I would never have amounted to anything
if it were not for him. I did not think I had it in
me. And I knew from the first time you read
my birth chart that it was my destiny to lose
him because without that loss, I might not
have learned to have real faith, a faith that
was not utterly dependent upon him, even
though he was the best example of faith I
could have ever asked for.”
“Now I have to ask you,” she continued.
“After my house sells, and I try to start a
new life, will I be doomed to meet the same
fate? Will the symbols in my chart deliver
the same thing all over again? Could I meet
someone and lose them all over again?”
While I honestly did not know the answer
to these questions, I assured her that I had
no doubt the symbols would change as she
changed, and that is worth finding out about.
Within less than a year of selling her
house, just after Saturn squared her sun
and moon in Libra in the 7th House of
Marriage, and opposed Mars and Saturn
in the 4th House of Home and Property,
Betsy died suddenly of a stroke. She was
still healthy, like her husband had been,
and still relatively young with no signs of
poor health. Her children, my old neighbors,
reached out to let me know and expressed
how much she really loved working with
me. My family sent flowers to her funeral.
The last thing she had said to me after our
final session was that she felt free for the
first time since her husband had died. She
felt that astrology had helped her to reclaim
her life and her faith. I still sometimes
struggle to understand exactly how astrology
managed to have such a positive impact on
my childhood neighbour.
And so, this is why I do astrology. It is my
strong belief that astrology can complement
any spiritual path, or act as one unto itself,
simply by affirming the skillful adornment
and divine arrangement of life, of each and
every destiny path we walk, as well as our
mysterious participation in all of it.
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Hidden harmony:
Re-envisioning
aspects of antiscia
What makes antiscia and contra-antiscia especially unique is their
symmetry around the four seasonal turning points
Aspects of astrology
and antiscia
Marriage, integration, holism, sympathy
and union in symmetry. These keywords
all describe a special aspect of astrology
called antiscia.
Antiscia are reflections. Noted in various
texts since antiquity, they create unique
pairings across unexpected signs and
degrees in the zodiac. Astrologers use
antiscia as an additional way to show how
planets connect. Other terms for antiscia
and contra-antiscia through the ages include
seeing and hearing signs, signs of long and
short ascension, commanding and obeying,
straight or crooked signs, and signs sharing
power or agreeing in the journey.
This article focuses on antiscia and
temperament in the thema mundi and the
zodiac generally, and whether to call antiscia
an aspect, planetary pair, or something else.
I will offer ways to incorporate antiscia into
your astrology practice and study. As you read
through this, consider planets and signs in
your own chart.
As astrologers, we essentially work with
three circles. The circle of the year is the
Earth’s rotation around the Sun, the 12 signs
of our zodiac circle. The diurnal circle, the
motion of the Sun from our perspective on
Earth, comprises the houses in a chart.
Lastly, the aspect circle shows phases
between planets. We note important phase
relationships between planets when they
are in geometric configurations or aspects.
Antiscia function in all three circles, but
here we are mainly interested in antiscia as
another way to show planets in relationship.
Examining antiscia is like looking at a
calendar day and its partner day at another
point in time. These days share equal
amounts of light, referred to by ancient
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astrologers as signs of equal power. Envision
40 days before the solstice and 40 days after.
These days share the same amount of light
and darkness and are thus in antiscia to
each other. In the case of contra-antiscia,
the two share rising time, the planetary day
hours of one are equal to the planetary night
hours of the other.
The major geometric configurations,
related metaphorically and possibly more
directly to musical harmonies, are the four
traditional aspects: trine and sextile, at 120
and 60 degrees, square and opposition, at
90 and 180 degrees. Some practitioners use
more obscure, though fascinating, aspects
like the quintile 72 degrees (circle divided
by five), and so on. With antiscia, it’s not the
degrees between planets that make the
connection, it’s the planets’ equidistance
from a common centre point defined by the
cardinal axis — as described below.
By traditional Ptolemaic aspect, signs
that “see” each other are those that share
some affinity. Affinity occurs through
sharing triplicity (element) as in the trine,
or quadruplicity (mode) as in the square, or
sect (gender) as in the sextile and opposition.
Signs not making one of these aspects
are said to be in aversion and cannot see
each other. Modern astrologers call this an
“inconjunct” or “quincunx” if the aversion
is close by degree. Curiously — and one of
the many reasons to explore antiscia in your
practice — several ancient astrologers agreed
that antiscia mitigates aversion.
Hellenistic era astrologer Ptolemy states
in his book, Tetrabiblos: “[Disjunct signs] are
the ones which belong neither to the class
of commanding or obeying, beholding or of
equal power…”
If antiscia can join disconnected points
in a chart, why are they not included in
traditional aspect doctrine? This may be due
to terminology like aspect and conjunction.
Aspects and the conjunction reveal ways
planets connect and influence one another.
Their pairing always conveys meaning.
Planets in conjunction work together
according to their natures. A conjunction
denotes co-mingling and co-presence,
planetary energies blended and acting
together. A conjunction differs from an aspect
in that aspects are said to offer testimony
and see one another, whereas with the
conjunction there is a kind of invisibility. If
we picture the Sun near a planet from our
perspective, we cannot see that planet.
Twelfth-century philosopher and
astrologer Ibn Ezra wrote: “You always have
to look at degrees that are of the same
ascension. An example is when one planet
is 10 degrees Aries and the other is at 20
degrees Pisces, so the distance of both
of them from the Line of Justice [equinox
axis] is equal and they are considered as
being in conjunction.”
There is a special case within fixed
signs; occasions of antiscia where two fixed
signs are in middle degrees and square
one another at the same time. An example
would be 17 degrees Taurus connecting
to 13 degrees Leo. The range within fixed
signs for a square aspect in antiscia falls
roughly between 10-20 degrees. In Oprah
Winfrey’s chart, for example, Saturn at 10
degrees Scorpio is antiscia and square
Mercury at 20 degrees Aquarius, indicating
something concrete in the world pertaining
to communication. If you have planets in this
range in fixed signs, you may have one of
these powerfully sympathetic squares.
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Esteemed 17th-century astrologer William
Lilly wrote about and used antiscia, saying
they shared the same virtue. He likened
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antiscia to sextiles or trines, and contra-
antiscia to squares or oppositions. You’ll even
find in his table of “signs not beholding one
another” that he considered these contacts
as ways signs see each other.
Astrologer Rhetorius of the early
Byzantine era stated: “Signs that are disjunct
but having sympathy for each other are all the
equal-rising signs, and those having equal
power, and those of like zone.”
Antiscia in the thema mundi
Several years ago, I discovered how antiscia
appear in the thema mundi — a hypothetical
chart of the world and conceptual diagram
used to illuminate many essential
components of astrology. I had not previously
encountered this. It occurred to me after
working with antiscia for some time while
studying Hellenistic and Persian astrology.
I recommend spending time with the
thema mundi. It’s a simple scheme revealing
much about our craft. Without going into
great detail here, let’s address those parts
pertaining to antiscia.
You’ll first see the symmetry of planets’
ruling signs, which makes a strong case for
using traditional rulers in astrology. Next, note
the seven visible planets placed in their signs
of exaltation. Then see the aspects connecting
each planet in its exaltation back to its
respective domiciles (home signs). Note how
the Sun and the Moon connect by trine and
sextile back to their domicile from their places
of exaltation in Aries and Taurus. See how the
nocturnal planets, Venus and Mars, in their
places of exaltation, Pisces and Capricorn,
connect to one of their domiciles by sextile
(Venus rules Taurus, Mars rules Scorpio). The
diurnal planets, Jupiter and Saturn, connect
to their signs, Pisces and Aquarius, by trine.
The planets traditional astrologers call
malefics, Mars and Saturn, in square aspect to
their remaining domicile. Benefics, Venus and
Jupiter, connect to theirs by antiscia/contra-
antiscia. This sets up a schema:
x Diurnal = trine
x Nocturnal = sextile
x Malefic = square
x Benefic = antiscia
All planets connect in two ways through
two aspects. (Except Mercury, which is both
exalted and in domicile in Virgo, and can
be day or night sect.) Nocturnal planets by
sextile, diurnal planets by trine. Secondarily,
malefic planets by square and benefic planets
by antiscia.
Temperament table
Dry Moist
Hot Aries Gemini
Cold Taurus Cancer
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Just as the square aligns with Mars and
Saturn and highlight’s themes of work and
activity, the nature of the benefic planets,
Venus and Jupiter, are to unify and stabilise.
Is the quality of the connection inherent in
the contact?
These specific antiscia and contra-
antiscia pairs (Pisces to Libra and Cancer to
Sagittarius) are also signs in aversion. It’s
likely relevant that these (seeing and hearing)
links, described for thousands of years as
having sympathy and reception, are portrayed
here through the convivial planets, Venus
and Jupiter. These are also signs of sharing,
(ie signs that share power [equal amount of
light = antiscia] and ascensional rising time
[contra-antiscia]).
Temperament and sect
Another important feature to note with
antiscia, and the zodiac generally, is
temperament. The symmetry of signs
and their planetary rulers in the thema
mundi underscores the notion of coming
together and making whole. Every antiscia
sign and its sympathetic connection share
one thing: they cross boundaries of sect
or gender. The so-called feminine or night
sect signs meet with the masculine day
signs. Earth and water signs (Taurus,
Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Pisces)
comprise the night group, while air and fire
signs (Aries, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius,
Aquarius) align with the day.
Each traditional planetary ruler manages
two domiciles. Beginning with the nights,
managed jointly: Cancer and Leo, cool
moist pairs with hot dry. The domiciles
cold / dry
hot / moist
cold / moist
hot / dry
cold / dry
Dry
Leo
Virgo
are opposite in temperature and quality.
There is completion, a marriage uniting all
qualities. With Saturn signs, you find cold,
dry Capricorn and hot, moist Aquarius. These
natural opposites unite under one ruler. So,
it goes with the remaining traditional planets
and their domiciles. This link of night sign
to day sign reiterates how everything we
experience has a dual nature, two polarities
present within one. The affiliation imbues a
unifying, integrated quality.
Antiscia are said to share power and
sympathy, with each sign pair sharing the
quality of either moistness or dryness.
Moistness unifies while dryness creates
distinction. We can think of empowering or
joining forces, and with sympathy feeling
together. The contact becomes ultra-moist
or ultra-dry. Consider Libra with Pisces.
Both are moist and each seeks to connect
in its own way. With dry Taurus and Leo,
the rugged individualist. With Sagittarius
Capricorn, a kind of hermit philosopher
vibe. Returning to Oprah’s chart: of the
seven traditional planets, she has three in
Aquarius connecting to two in Scorpio. She
passionately (Scorpio) connects people in
dialogue (Aquarius) all over the world.
Whereas all other aspects share some
affinity, contra-antiscia unite unlikeness.
They join total opposites not found through
any other aspect or connection, and they
indicate balance, union and integration.
Naturally opposing energies may become
whole. Consider contra-antiscia in US singer
Beyoncé’s chart: the Sun in Virgo (night, cold
dry, mutable) reflects Venus in Libra (day,
hot moist, cardinal). Also, Beyoncé’s Mars in
hot / dry
cold / moist
hot / moist
thema mundi cold / dry
hot / dry
cold / moist
hot / moist
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Moist Dry Moist
Libra Sagittarius Aquarius
Scorpio Capricorn Pisces
early Leo (day, hot dry, fixed) reflects Uranus
in late Scorpio (night, cold moist, fixed). All
elements, modes and sect are connected
within these two pairs.
Connecting earth and sky
What makes antiscia and contra-antiscia
especially unique is their symmetry around
the four seasonal turning points or cardinal
axis. Light and dark, day and night, and the
turning of the seasons affect everything on
Earth. The cardinal cross expresses the
Earth’s rotation around the Sun and the
Sun’s path through the sky. Rhythms in
light determine the calendar and 12 zodiac
signs, conveyed through the sequence of the
seasons. The Sun’s apparent path along its
ecliptic outlines these patterns.
This cycle’s most important turning
points occur at the Cancer and Capricorn
solstice (sun standing still) and Aries and
Libra equinox (equal night), when the Sun
comes to zero degrees of each of the four
cardinal signs. The annual Aries ingress,
specifically, can be conceptualised as a
global reset. As the Earth ascendant and
starting place of the tropical zodiac, the
chart for this moment has been used for
centuries in mundane forecasting.
Given that the Sun’s relationship to the
earth animates and supports all life, the
cardinal cross becomes a living breathing
expression of the divine spark in matter.
This could be perceived as the anima mundi
(world soul) embodied by the celestial
sphere and the Sun’s path from our
perspective on Earth. It is the solar year,
the ensoulment of the planet.
“This world is indeed a living being
endowed with a soul and intelligence ... a
single visible living entity containing all other
living entities, which by their nature are all
related,” as said by ancient Greek philosopher
Plato in the Timaeus.
As something we can see (the Sun’s light)
and experience (the warmth of the Sun and
days growing longer or shorter), antiscia
become tangible aspects of the anima
mundi. To me this makes antiscia unique,
memorable, earthly and real.
Turning points, applying
antiscia
A final way to conceptualise antiscia is to
think of them as a midpoint. This term may
be new to you, but it’s helpful to complete our
survey with one more tool and perspective.
Like a triangle with its apex, the centre
point focuses the energy. Three distinct
components are tied together. With antiscia,
the focal point is the cardinal axis.
Astrologers also call the cardinal axis the
Aries Point or Earth Point. The Aries Point
is the Sun’s node, as it is the intersection
of the ecliptic and Earth’s equator, and
is the point we all share. (Node simply
means intersection.) Because of this, some
astrologers interpret this point and axis
as relating people to the general public.
Alfred Witte, a visionary early-20th-century
astrologer, considered the Aries Point to be
an important point for relating people to the
world. He considered it our least personal
individual point in astrology.
Cosmobiology, a school of astrology
emphasising midpoints and emergent in the
1940s, discarded facets of what came to be
known as Witte’s Uranian Astrology, one of
those being use of the Aries Point. If antiscia
had not been discarded at that time, its use
may have resurfaced many decades ago.
Contacts noted in Oprah and Beyoncé’s
charts show they are recognised on the
world’s stage for their energetic expression
of purpose in affectionate and aesthetic
ways. Both have Sun Venus Mars on the axis.
With Beyoncé, Uranus adds excitement;
with Oprah, Mercury Saturn indicates more
serious discussions, topics with gravity.
We have established that some
astrologers believe antiscia indicate invisible
connections, while others liken it to a kind of
aspect. Either way, antiscia are symmetrical
connections around the cardinal axis that
make a meaningful alliance and statement.
My favourite way to work with antiscia
is simply to contemplate the planetary
alliances forged. Think of them as planetary
The unlike is joined
pairs. These are two planets making a together, and from
midpoint to the Aries Point or Earth point,
adding significance. differences results
Finding antiscia in the chart is easy. They
are measured along the ecliptic (the Sun’s the most beautiful
path) so are simply zodiac degrees. Because
antiscia are reflections, the exact degree-
harmony.”
based connections will always add up to 30. — Heraclitus
You can calculate antiscia by hand. There
are also websites that display or list antiscia Mercury in Scorpio. The Sun in late Libra is
for you. antiscia her Midheaven in early Pisces (her
Everyone has reflections in their chart. purpose and aim in high visibility). Without
Sometimes antiscia and contra-antiscia antiscia, these would be in aversion and
degrees in your chart are occupied by disconnected. Her Mercury exactly reflects
another planet or angle, making the alliance Saturn in Aquarius (disciplined discussions
come alive in the world. Sometimes antiscia of law and structure). Because the Moon
are latent — waiting to be activated or is precisely opposite the Sun, it also
energised. With synastry, another person’s reflects the Midheaven by contra-antiscia
planet or angle can complete the connection within minutes. The distinctive, pioneering
for you, bringing forth themes pertaining Aries Moon aligns with the point of public
to that planetary alliance. At other times, projection in a highly personal way.
the transiting or progressed Sun and other Antiscia are not required for visibility
planets may activate latent antiscia. in the world but, like an angular planet
As a parting example, consider the in a chart, points in antiscia bring special
chart of Kamala Harris, the first female focus and importance. I interpret antiscia
person of colour elected United States pairings, especially those in a close
Vice President. Born under a powerful Full degree-based connection, as just as
Moon in Aries, her Libra Sun is conjoined to powerful as other aspects.
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Electional astrology:
Getting time on your side
Electional astrology is the application of astrological rules to help achieve
the best results from a venture you are planning
A
strology is most known for
describing what already exists (a
person, a country, the answer to
a question) or for predicting the
future according to astrological conditions
already in place. But there is one branch of
the subject that allows you to use astrology
more proactively. Electional astrology is the
deliberate application of astrological rules
to help achieve the best possible results
from a venture you are planning. Rather
than interpreting a chart that is already
there, in electional astrology, we are
trying to purposefully construct the best
possible chart ahead of time. The premise
underlying this is that anything that has a
starting point has a “birth chart”, and the
birth moment will describe how it plays out
in the future.
People often use electional astrology
for particularly important life events,
such as getting married or starting a
business. Other common uses of electional
astrology are things like applying for a
job, listing a home for sale, or sending an
application to attend a university. In this
article, we will discuss some of the most
important guidelines for using electional
astrology. We won’t be able to cover all
possible rules here, but this article will
help you to get started with several of the
foundational points.
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Words Leisa Schaim
Electional moments
The first thing to identify in electional
astrology is the specific electional moment.
The electional chart is set for the most
symbolically significant beginning of your
specific venture. It can be particular to
the topic, so in some cases the electional
moment will be the point after which you
can’t take it back. Some elections will
require a single quick action to launch,
while others may need a window of time to
perform several actions. Some examples of
electional moments are signing a contract,
leaving one’s home to start a trip, making
a website go live to the public, or pressing
the send button on an important email.
There are a few preliminary ideas to
understand when learning electional
astrology. First, there are no perfect
charts. Instead, we are choosing the best
possible option available during a certain
timeframe. Using electional astrology does
not guarantee a successful outcome. It is
more like boosting your odds of success.
Second, your expectations should match
your available timeframe. Usually there
will be a significant difference in quality
between the best charts you can find
during a two-year window of time versus
a few-days’ period. There are also specific
rules for use with electional astrology and
it is important to think concretely about
chart placements. We are not focusing
on psychological interpretations of
placements, nor are we trying to make
the chart look like the venture.
There are some prerequisite concepts
to understand at the outset. These are
the building blocks we will use to find
auspicious electional charts. In this
article, we will be using the traditional
planetary rulerships and the whole-sign
house system. Adding to that, we will also
use whole-sign aspects, which simply
means that any planet in the same sign
as another planet is considered conjunct,
and a planet that is in a square, opposition,
trine or sextile to another planet by sign is
considered to have that sign-based aspect.
The degrees still matter because if planets
are in close aspect by degree, this further
intensifies the aspect.
Day charts and night charts
The next concept we will be using is the
distinction of sect, which is whether a
chart is a day chart or night chart. This is
determined by whether the Sun is above
or below the ascendant/descendant axis. If
it is above, it is a day chart. If below, it is a
night chart. This is important because sect
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alters the quality of the benefic and malefic
planets. The benefic planets are Venus and
Jupiter, which have the power to improve or
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GO Advancement of both prominence and quality. The
Reputation Travel
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Superiors Foreign Places
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Foreigners

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are considered prominent in the chart,

AC
Hopes Education
Loss
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especially so in the 1st and 10th Houses. The

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Inheritance

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Money of Others
good houses for a planet to be placed in. The
6th, 8th and 12th Houses are known as bad
11 10 9
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houses, which for our purposes here means
that planets placed in those houses are not

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Body
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Health 1 7 least bad of the bad houses.
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or otherwise good houses, or to at least
Finances Illness
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positive help — especially Jupiter during
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Parents
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GO Family N
DD R TU during the day — by keeping them out of the
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SUBTERRANEAN GO most challenging planet in a cadent house
(3rd, 6th, 9th or 12th), which tucks it away in
greater obscurity. It is usually fine to place
them in the succedent houses as well (2nd,
affirm whatever outcome you are aiming for. challenging planet in day charts, while at 5th, 8th or 11th).
In contrast, Saturn and Mars are the malefic night Saturn becomes the most challenging Moving on to planetary aspects, a
planets. They have the power to harm or planet. Conversely, in a day chart, Saturn is crucial principle of electional astrology is
deny the topic of the election. In electional moderately constructive and less challenging. that applying aspects indicate things that
astrology, we will be trying to make the In a night chart, the same is true for Mars. will happen in the future, while separating
benefic planets prominent and minimise This tells us which planets are best aspects indicate things that have happened
the prominence of the malefic planets. to emphasise in an electional chart and in the past and are diminishing in influence.
Combining these distinctions, Jupiter which ones to avoid putting in prominent This is important because, with electional
will be most benefic in a day chart, while places. Ideally, we want to place Jupiter astrology, we are attempting to arrange
Venus is most positive in night charts. During prominently in a day chart and avoid making the most auspicious possible future for the
the day, Venus is moderately positive. The Mars prominent. In a night chart, we want to venture, so it is essential to have positive-
same is true for Jupiter in a night chart. emphasise Venus, while making sure Saturn applying aspects, ideally to a benefic planet,
For the malefic planets, Mars is the most is not prominently placed. if possible.
The primary placements in an electional
Essential dignities table chart are the 1st House, the ascendant
Sign Domicile Exaltation Detriment Fall ruler, and the Moon. The 1st House and the
Aries Mars Sun Venus Saturn ascendant ruler represent you, the person
initiating the action. Any applying aspects
Taurus Venus Moon Mars -
from the ascendant ruler and/or the Moon
Gemini Mercury - Jupiter - represent what the venture is moving
Cancer Moon Jupiter Saturn Mars towards in the future. For the 1st House,
Leo Sun - Saturn - we evaluate the nature and quality of any
planets placed there. For the Ascendant
Virgo Mercury Mercury Jupiter Venus
ruler and the Moon, we will go through a
Libra Venus Saturn Mars Sun list of considerations to evaluate how
Scorpio Mars - Venus Moon positive those placements are.
Sagittarius Jupiter - Mercury -
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Starting with the ascendant ruler,

Capricorn Saturn Mars Moon Jupiter
evaluate the condition of the planet in
Aquarius Saturn - Sun - terms of each of these questions:
Pisces Jupiter Venus Mercury Mercury

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x Is the planet direct in motion, if applicable?
(ie not retrograde. All planets bar the Sun
and Moon retrograde)
x Does the planet have dignity by sign?
(Is it placed in a sign of its domicile or
exaltation, or at least not in a sign of its
detriment or fall?)
x Is the planet in an angular or good house,
or at least not in a bad house?
x Is the planet applying to a benefic in the
chart? (Ideally, Jupiter in a day chart or
Venus in a night chart)
x Is the planet free from sign-based hard
aspects (square or opposition) to malefics?
(Especially to Mars by day or Saturn at night)
Putting a few of these pieces together,
look at each of the 12 rising signs during a
given day. Notice which rising signs place
benefic planets in the angular houses (1st,
4th, 7th and 10th) and which rising signs
place malefic planets in the angular houses,
especially in the 1st or 10th. If it is a day
chart, notice which rising signs place Jupiter
in an angular house (especially the 1st or
10th). Usually the rising signs that place
Mars in an angular house will be ruled out
as options. Do the same for the night-chart
rising signs, prioritising those that place
Venus in an angular house (especially in the
1st or 10th), discarding those with Saturn in
an angular house (see note).
Once you do this, go back through each
possible rising sign again and evaluate the
condition of the ascendant ruler according
to the considerations above. Often you will
not find an ascendant ruler that fulfills all
of these qualities, which is fine; we are just
looking for the best of the available options.
The Moon
Next, we will consider the condition of
the Moon. The lunar applying aspect is
particularly important in electional astrology
as it symbolically carries the venture
to its future outcomes. Using the list of
considerations for the ascendant ruler above,
evaluate the Moon in the chart for each of
the rising signs, according to those same
conditions — except for direct in motion,
as the Moon cannot be retrograde.
Once you have evaluated these primary
factors and selected the best final charts
during your timeframe, another factor to
consider is the lunar phase. A waxing lunar
phase (New Moon to Full Moon) supports
growth, as the Moon’s gradual waxing
symbolises an increase in whatever you are
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starting. The waning half of the cycle (Full
Moon through the balsamic phase) is more
supportive of bringing things to a successful
conclusion. Lunar phases are not usually
dealbreakers but another consideration to
keep in mind if you have multiple charts of
similar quality to choose from.
Timing
The final consideration is the exact timing.
Once you know what day and rising sign
you will use, you need to choose where to
place the exact angles of the Ascendant/
Descendant and the Midheaven/IC. If you have
placed benefics in angular houses, you may
want to choose a time when those benefics
are exactly on angles by degree to amplify
their support. Conversely, it is particularly
important to avoid placing Mars in a day
chart or Saturn in a night chart in a hard
aspect to any of the exact angles, especially
within 3 degrees. Doing so will make their
qualities more prominent, even if they are not
otherwise angular. You could also choose to
place the ascendant ruler conjunct an exact
angle, if possible, to make that placement
even more prominent.
Up to this point, we have focused on the
foundational elements that comprise a good
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general-purpose election. Adding to that, you

ˆ ‡ also need to consider the specific purpose of
the election, and to make sure that the chart
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to have a chart that is positive in general but
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less than ideal for the topic of the election.

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general significator of the topic of your
election. For example, for a marriage,
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you would focus on Venus as the general
43' significator of love and relationships. Evaluate

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the condition of that planet according to the

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Chart #1: 51'
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to be in excellent condition, or at least not in
application for
bad condition.
a university
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For example, you would check the 9th House

À Œ for applying to a university, or the 4th House
Π23' for buying a home. As with the planetary
50' 47' ƒ general significator, you want the condition
11° of this topical house to be positive — both for
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any planets placed there and the planet ruling
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that house. An election can sometimes have

¿ è more than one focal house involved. If this is
the case, check each house for its condition.
Ý ‚ Putting these principles into practice, we
will now look at two examples of successful
electional charts. You will see that even in
charts for successful outcomes, they will
not necessarily fulfill all ideal electional
conditions, but that fulfilling most of them
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for a university teaching job
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23° to another benefic.

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Chart #2: 37'
conjunct the MC degree. The Moon is in Leo
Launch of
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a successful
in the 6th House, applying first to Venus in
Scorpio in the 9th by square then by trine to
local astrology 19'
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22'
group ½ Jupiter in the 10th, making applications to
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37' Œ Œ
both benefics. The Moon is in a bad house,
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22° 44' 53' but its condition is improved by its applying

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Ë 23° … 40' ‰ 00° aspect to a planet in an angular house.
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of higher education is Jupiter, which is
extremely well placed. The 10th House
‡ represents career matters, which is also
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15° in excellent condition as it is ruled by that

same Jupiter in Sagittarius in a day chart,
è both placed in and ruling the 10th House.
‡ Universities, as the secondary house topic
† after career, are typically placed in the 9th
House. While the 9th House in this chart

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 is not ideal (ruled by Mars in a day chart),
it does still have the other benefic planet,
Venus, placed there. And its ruler, Mars, is
making an applying aspect to Jupiter, both of
which improve the condition of the house.
Chart #2: Launch of a local
successful astrology group
In this chart, Leo is rising. The ruler of the
ascendant is the Sun, prominently placed
in the 10th House in Taurus, conjunct the
Midheaven degree. The next applying aspect
by the ascendant ruler is a trine to Jupiter
in a day chart. The Moon is exalted in the
sign of Taurus and prominently placed in
the 10th House. The Moon’s next aspect is
a conjunction with Venus. It is also making
an applying trine to Jupiter, after aspects
with Venus and the Sun. Mars in a day chart
is made less prominent by placing it in the
cadent 12th House.
The topical house for groups of people
is the 11th House; ruled by Mercury, who is
well-dignified in its own sign of Gemini when
placed in the 11th. The closest to a planetary
significator for groups would be the Moon,
as it deals with collecting and gathering.
The Moon is in excellent condition in this
chart. An added bonus is that Mercury is the
classical ruler of astrology, placed here in
the 11th House of Groups. You will notice that
the lunar phase is balsamic, which is not a
dealbreaker but can make things slower in
getting off the ground. This was reflected in
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the experience of this group, which took a bit
of time initially to gather momentum before
slowly and steadily growing and flourishing.
Your natal chart
As you weigh possible charts for your
venture, you should also compare them to
your own natal chart — and that of anyone
else notably involved — since the best
election will be both a good standalone chart
and have good (or at least decent) synastry
with your natal chart. It’s best to avoid using
an otherwise good chart if it clashes with
your natal chart, because the resulting
experience can be like having a permanent
negative transit.
Something to avoid is having the most
challenging planet for you (Mars if you have
a natal day chart, Saturn for night chart
people) in the electional chart making a
hard aspect to important placements in your
own chart. For instance, avoid having that
electional planet in a hard aspect to your
natal ascendant, ascendant ruler, sun, or
moon within a few degrees. It’s also good to
avoid having your most challenging planet
in the electional chart transiting the topical
house in your natal chart corresponding
to the electional purpose, as well as hard
aspects from that transiting planet to
the planetary general significator of the
electional topic in your own chart.
It is often difficult to simultaneously have
an excellent standalone electional chart
and very positive synastry with the natal
chart so, in practice, the focus is sometimes
more on avoiding particularly bad natal
synastry with the electional chart. There are
different schools of thought on whether to
prioritise the standalone electional chart
or the interactions with the natal chart. It
is important to pay attention to both, but I
personally prioritise the standalone chart
a bit more. In my experience, I have not
seen that the electional chart needs to look
like the birth chart or have the most ideal
synastry between the charts for the election
to go well — although it is a nice bonus if
those are true.
After witnessing repeatedly that these
techniques actually work, electional
astrology is a fascinating practice that
results in both practical assistance and
metaphysical wonder. It may seem a bit
complicated at first but, once you internalise
the electional guidelines, you can quickly
assess the best of what is possible to give
your ventures some extra celestial help.
While you can’t control everything in life
using electional astrology, it does let you
have a hand in making the stars align for
greater opportunities for success.
NOTE
Twice a day, when the Sun is in the
1st or 7th House, that rising sign
will create a day and night chart,
depending on the specific time
frame when the Sun is above or
below the ascendant/descendant
axis. For those rising signs, you
will need to evaluate each of
the two parts of the rising sign
according to day chart or night
chart considerations respectively.
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A champion
in all of us
Pallas Athena asks us: what will you fight for? This asteroid
can be an important tool in understanding our astrological story
A
s marginalised populations work
to rise through repression and
there’s a persistent dichotomous
environment continuing to ferment
and fester, Pallas Athena’s message is
important. The asteroid can be an incredible
key in vocational astrology, especially for
those searching for meaning through their
work. But, Pallas also shows us what it is we
will champion and how we’ll approach the
challenges we choose to take on.
Pallas Athena differs from Mars in that
Mars is the drive within us, it charges us
forward. Without a driving force, Mars just
goes, often for the sake of simply expending
its energy. Pallas is a warrior, like Mars,
but doesn’t take up a fight just for the
sake of the battle, there has to be a cause,
something to work towards. Pallas Athena
is a warrior with a cause.
The myth
In the most well-known iterations, Pallas
Athena’s birth story remains consistent.
Zeus impregnates Metis. While Metis is
pregnant, it is prophesised that a child
born of Metis and fathered by Zeus would
be wiser than Zeus and take his throne. To
keep this from happening, Zeus eats Metis
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CHART 1
while she is pregnant with Pallas. There are
a few versions of Pallas Athena’s birth, but
all of them involve Zeus being wracked with
a raging headache followed by someone
assisting in the easing of his pain. A popular
version involves a companion taking a
double-edged axe to Zeus’s head, which
releases a full-grown, battle-clad goddess
— enter Pallas Athena.
To the Greeks and Romans, Pallas Athena
(Minerva) was the Goddess of Wisdom and
Strategy. She was a protectress, a goddess of
arts and crafts and social sciences.
The asteroid
The Pallas asteroid was discovered on 28
March 1802 by the German philosopher
and physician Wilhelm Olbers, who also
discovered Ceres, in Bergen, Norway. In
the chart of Pallas’s discovery, I have used
11pm, though the time is actually unknown,
therefore disregard house placement.
Pallas itself was at 29 degrees of Virgo and
moving retrograde at its discovery (see Chart
1). The asteroid is largely unaspected. It’s
noteworthy that Pallas makes no significant
aspects to the planet that represents her
father in mythology — Jupiter. Their only
aspect is a wide-applying quincunx to Mars
(150-degree aspect).
Jupiter is moving away from Pallas,
while Pallas moves towards Jupiter, which
represents the denial and separation from
the father — note that both of these heavenly
spheres are retrograde. The quincunx
to Mars in Aquarius implies an awkward
relationship to the masculine archetype
and a need for adjustment in terms of
gender roles and established beliefs about
a gender-binary reality. The Pallas/Mars
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relationship informs us of a need to make
changes in social constructs around drive
and ambition, gender roles, social justice
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and breaking from traditional ideologies
— in theory, planets in Aquarius have a
live-and-let-live ideology.
The Sun is conjunct Venus in Aries in
the Pallas chart, which is strong symbol-
ism for Pallas as a warrior, a champion and
a lone wolf. Venus is an evening star giving
an added layer of idealism but, with Venus
being combust, the symbolism of the myth
echoed here is of identity or autonomy being
taken away from the female archetype (With
the Sun representing identity and Venus
being female).
The Moon is in Aquarius, emphasising
a humanitarian flavour, echoing Mars in
Aquarius. The Moon has an emotional
connection to humanitarian ideals, while
Mars in Aquarius will fight for that cause.
Both of these placements speak to an
intellectual resonance and strength.
Saturn opposes Pluto, representing
the need for a transformation in the social
structure of gender restrictions and
social oppression: there’s a need to find a
productive middle ground. The Saturn/Pluto
aspect highlights a conflict between power
and structure. Neptune is forming a fixed
T-square to Jupiter opposing Mars. Neptune’s
influence may dissolve the fixity and
restriction of social roles based on sex and
gender, among other things. Having Jupiter
in Leo conjunct fixed-star Regulus represents
status, wealth and religious superiority. With
that dynamic opposing the humanitarian
fight of Mars in Aquarius, the T-square from
Neptune shows the potential to break down
the barriers of socio-economic constraints,
and points to advocacy against bias based on
culture, race or beliefs.
The Moon in Aquarius applies to form an
air trine with Uranus, indicating incredible
intellect, and echoes the problem-solving
and pattern-finding acumen stated in
Pallas’s myth. In a natal chart, this particular
combination may represent an affinity to
astrology. The ruler of Pallas itself is Mercury
in Pisces, which is another indicator of
pattern-finding Virgo, its opposite sign, but
also intuition and divination, as Mercury
in Pisces tends to like to communicate
energetically rather than verbally.
The Moon is quincunx Saturn and is
separating. This may highlight an underlying
discomfort creating a need to adjust our ideas
around masculine and feminine roles, but
also of moving away from prescribed social
structures towards a more Uranian ideal
of free individuality, taking power out of all
social constructs.
Pluto in Pisces indicates altruism for all
people. The opposition to Saturn highlights
a need for balance between a utopian,
boundless, love frenzy and a never-ending
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structure developed on details and fault
finding. Somewhere in the middle lives a
healthy and supportive society creating the
perfect environment built on healing and
unconditional love.
Pallas through the signs
Pallas in Aries is the warrior leading the
charge — the athlete, the initiator and
perhaps the instigator. If challenged, they’re
not likely to back down. This is the marching
political activist leading others to fight for
what they believe in: Famous examples are
Billie Jean King and Betty Friedan.
Pallas in Taurus is acutely aware of the
physical world. Pallas is sensual and reacts
viscerally to what socially impassions it.
Pallas here fights for the physical — our
bodies, property and belongings, the tangible
and valuable: Vijay Singh and Luce Irigaray.
Pallas in Gemini is the debater and
writer, using words to express their ideas
around social issues and injustices. This is
the verbal warrior manifestation of Pallas:
William F Buckley.
Pallas in Cancer is the emotional
warrior. Empathy guides them into
battle. If emotionally charged, they’ll fight
for the underdog, the unprotected or
underrepresented. Often concerned with
home, country and children: Pamela Anderson
and John Stewart.
Pallas in Leo is the dramatist, expressing
and fighting by creating dramatic stories or
experiences — impressing the importance
of the situation onto others. Through their
creative vision, they can demonstrate their
political ideas and make unpalatable issues
acceptable to the general populace: Margaret
Atwood and George Orwell
Pallas in Virgo is able to see the smallest
parts and put them together, making them
accessible and useful. Pallas asks us to live
up to our highest expectations of ourselves,
and others are presumed to do the same. She
leads by example and is comfortable going
solo: Simone de Beauvoir and Oprah Winfrey.
Pallas in Libra fights for balance, equality
and fairness. Wanting to bring opposing
ideas together, she is the warrior for justice.
Here, Pallas wants everyone to receive equal
treatment and rights: Hellen Gurley Brown and
Ida B Wells
Pallas in Libra fights
for balance, equality
and fairness... she is the
warrior for justice
Pallas in Scorpio wants to dig down to
the root of the problem — investigates and
eradicates what’s not working. Pallas in
Scorpio can become obsessive about people’s
secrets and protecting their own. Mystery
solver and problem fixer: Gillian Triggs and
Cesar Chavez.
Pallas in Sagittarius sees the bigger
picture and is socially idealistic, fighting for
truth and ideological unity. This asteroid’s
influence wants everyone to see the big
picture and aim to make it better. It’s dynamic
and can rally support or it will go hoarse
trying: Timothy Conigrave and Edith Rigby.
Pallas in Capricorn carries the mark of
authority when taking up a cause — develops
expertise so they can create change from
the inside, or they might have a political
message in their personal branding. Pallas
in Capricorn is also able to monetise
through their social causes and is interested
in creating change to social and political
structures: Zelda D’Aprano, Malala Yousafzai
and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Pallas in Aquarius is the humanitarian.
Here, Pallas fights for the underdog and is
willing to start a revolution. In Aquarius, the
asteroid allows us to see into the future and
steer our causes in a direction that creates a
better future for everyone: Martin Luther King
Jr and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
Pallas in Pisces is the visionary and
idealist. There’s a spiritual ideology to this
Pallas placement that the person is willing
to fight for. Demetra George calls this “the
enlightened warrior putting up a non-violent
resistance”. The causes of this Pallas
placement can often (but not always) be
driven by religious ideologies and are fuelled
by a need to protect those who can’t protect
themselves: Rosie Batty, Princess Diana, Prince
Harry, Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Theresa.
In a nativity
Chart conditions that amplify Pallas Athena
energy are: having the asteroid angular
strong aspects to personal planets; or Pallas
making a strong aspect to its own ruler and/
or Pluto. These can show a signature of
humanitarian activism. An active transit of
Pallas, for example, Pallas transiting an angle
or activating an existing chart configuration,
can trigger activism or highlight it in the
person’s life.
Pallas in action
Pallas in Aries is the athlete, the pioneer
and the trailblazer. Billie Jean King is an
excellent example of this Pallas archetype.
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Her chart (Chart 2) demonstrates she has
Pallas in Aries in the 2nd House opposing
the Moon and Neptune in Libra in her 8th
House. At the age of 29, King took on the

CHART 2
mission to improve pay and conditions in
women’s tennis, bringing them closer to
their male counterparts. In an effort to have
their demands recognised, she agreed to
participate in a Battle of the Sexes match with
Bobby Riggs. King accepted the challenge
when Pallas was rising to her Midheaven by
transit, and beat Riggs shortly after Pallas
had passed over it. The Pallas conjunction
to the MC is the strongest aspect to the
Midheaven, and Pluto transiting the 8th
House, opposing her natal Pallas, speaks
loudly to the transformation in her career
and the face of women’s sports.
Shortly after King beat Riggs in the Battle
of the Sexes match, she became the first
president of the women’s tennis players union
and, in 1974, founded the Women’s Sports
Foundation. This could all be undertaken with
an investment from her husband. The themes
of value, wages and the spouse’s money are
also a significant component to her Pallas
story and the 2nd and 8th House oppositions.
Ida B Wells was an investigative journalist,
teacher and leader in the United States early
in the civil rights movement. She spent most
of her adult life fighting racism, sexism and
violence against African Americans. She
was one of the founders of the National
Association for the Advancement of Coloured
People (NAACP). I did not have a time of birth,
so I used a noon time.
Pallas completes a cardinal T-square
with an opposition to Wells’ Moon, Neptune
and Mars in Aries, while Mercury in Cancer
is at the apex of the aspect pattern. While
Mars is the final dispositor of her natal
chart, the opposition to Pallas in Libra
square Mercury in Cancer gives her Mars
placement meaning and purpose.
On 4 May 1884, on a train travelling
from Memphis to Nashville Tennessee,
the direction of Wells’ life changed forever.
Wells purchased a first-class ticket on
the women’s car, having every right to be
there. The conductor told her to move to
the car relegated for the African American
passengers. Upon refusal, she was forcibly
removed from the train. She sued the train
company and won — though the decision
was overturned by the Supreme Court.
This experience sparked her to write about
issues of race and injustice, altering the
trajectory of her life.
Wells’ chart shows the transits for
the day of her fateful train ride. Pallas is
conjunct Pluto, and Mercury in Gemini forms
sextiles and trines to her natal Pallas/Mars
opposition, while transiting Venus at zero,
Cancer is square her natal Moon, lighting up
her entire natal T-square. Having Mercury,
natally and by transit, involved while natal
Pallas and transiting Pallas are triggering
Moon and Mars in Aries — writing to fight
against inequality is an example of being
an activist for the fairness and treatment
of women and African Americans. Pluto
moving through the beginning degrees
of Gemini — transformation through the
sharing of ideas and the written word —
triggered Wells’ natal T-square for nearly
seven years, entrenching these revolutionary
energies into her life path.
These particular women are remarkable
manifestations of Pallas’s ideals. In natal
astrology, it can bring an extra layer to
a chart when considering questions of
purpose and ideologies. I’ve witnessed
clients gain a great deal of relief by actively
working with causes that hold a lot of
meaning for them, helping through what
could have been devastating transits and
transitions. I look forward to witnessing
where the asteroid’s message takes us in
the future and I encourage you to explore
Pallas in your own nativity.
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Words Cassandra Tyndall Illustrations Lauren Moore
Moon Calendar 2022 full moon new moon

aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces

January February
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
31 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
8:42pm 10:02am 9:59pm 1:56am

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
9:43am 11:16am 4:25pm 9:52am 9:26pm 10:26am

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1:46am 2:07pm 3:10am 10:17pm 7:42am 2:50pm

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
3:02pm 1:01am 9:02am 8:18pm 12:28am 3:27am

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28
2:56pm 6:34pm 8:08pm 5:35am

NEW MOON 3 JANUARY
(SYDNEY) AT 12 CAPRICORN
SYDNEY 3 January, 5:33am
NEW YORK 2 January, 1:33pm
LONDON 2 January, 6:33pm
If you’re ready to close the door on 2021 and
welcome in a fresh New Year, this New Moon
may help you do just that. A supportive link from
Uranus may prompt you to break away from
old traditions as you look to what is possible,
rather than probable. You’ll get the opportunity
to dive deeper, unearthing your true desires
as Venus continues her retrograde or reverse
phase. Shedding what no longer works for
you, you’ll be able to set new intentions, goals
and resolutions. As you reveal more of your
authentic self, you can start the year feeling
hopeful and inspired.
FULL MOON 18 JANUARY NEW MOON ON 1 FEBRUARY FULL MOON ON 17 FEBRUARY
(SYDNEY) AT 27 CANCER (SYDNEY) AT 12 AQUARIUS (SYDNEY) AT 27 LEO
SYDNEY 18 January, 10:48am SYDNEY 1 February, 4:46pm SYDNEY 17 February, 3:56am
NEW YORK 17 January, 6:48pm NEW YORK 1 February, 12:46am NEW YORK 16 February, 11:56am
LONDON 17 January, 11:48pm LONDON 1 February, 5:46am LONDON 16 February, 4:56pm
Emotions will be intensified as the Cancer Full Committing to your vision for the future is A bold Leo Full Moon may encourage you to
Moon faces off with heavy Pluto. Themes involving possible under this lunation. With New Moon embrace your own inner confidence. If you’ve
power dynamics, control or manipulation could ruler, Saturn, super close to the New Moon, been over-focusing on others, this lunation may
become illuminated. As you become privy to what you might feel increasingly focused on your remind you of your shine, encouraging you to
was concealed, you may reach a turning point plans, goals and ideas. New information might put yourself first. With Full Moon ruler, the Sun,
about a confusing or uncertain situation. With come to hand as Mercury retrograde and Pluto sharing space with serious Saturn, you might opt
both Mercury and Venus in reverse, discovering also get close. Balancing the tension between to step up into more responsibility or a leadership
the solutions you’re looking for could take longer remaining committed to a new idea and not role. Conversely, if you have realised you’ve
than usual to find. If you feel sensitised, reactive becoming too dogmatic about how things reached the end of the road with an obligation,
or in need of TLC, use this Full Moon to nurture should be may become apparent. Focusing on you might embrace the confidence to finally go it
yourself with whatever go-to self-care remedies the future is highlighted, but be mindful that alone. As Venus and Mars conjoin, you could find
work best. Time at home or with those you’re you may not have all the facts, details or data increased support and connection from a partner,
closest to may provide the comfort you need you need just yet. either personal or professional.
during this period.

March April
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3
7:53am 11:52am 6:59pm 2:50am

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5:39am 6:24pm 1:03pm 1:30am 1:59pm

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
6:31am 3:58pm 10:25pm 12:07am 6:45am 10:22am

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
2:44am 5:58am 8:53am 11:55am 12:16pm 1:51pm 4:16pm

28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 30
3:31pm 8:30pm 8:14pm 2:09am 10:18am

NEW MOON ON 3 MARCH
(SYDNEY) AT 12 PISCES
SYDNEY 3 March, 4:34am
NEW YORK 2 March, 12:34pm
LONDON 2 March, 5:34pm
An avalanche of hope, compassion and inspiration
is possible as this New Moon falls alongside
generous Jupiter. With Neptune close by, you may
even feel overwhelmed by just how good things
feel right now. If you’ve got a dream stirring
inside your soul, no matter how impractical, this
lunation may inspire you to follow it. As Mercury
and Saturn fuse, you can put a plan in place to
see your dreams come to fruition. While Venus
and Mars align with powerful Pluto, you may
discover just how much a particular relationship
in your life means to you.
FULL MOON ON 18 MARCH NEW MOON ON 1 APRIL
(SYDNEY) AT 27 VIRGO (SYDNEY) AT 11 ARIES
SYDNEY 18 March, 6:17pm SYDNEY 1 April, 5:24pm
NEW YORK 18 March, 3:17am NEW YORK 1 April, 2:24am
LONDON 18 March, 7:17am LONDON 1 April, 7:24am
The Virgo Full Moon highlights practical planning The excitable Aries New Moon could motivate
and the need to get organised. You may feel you to begin something new. With Mercury
inclined to draw up a to-do list, streamline your onside, your mind may come alive with new
systems or tidy up your home or office. However, ideas as anything fresh or different may be worth
with Mercury in mystical Pisces, you might opt exploring. A word of caution, though, anything
to leave the details to later, opting for organised you begin now might require some long-term
chaos instead. This lunation could inspire you effort as lunation ruler, Mars, bumps into Saturn.
to be led by your feelings, rather than facts. If If you’re prepared to go the distance, you’ll have
you feel confused or unsure, allow yourself to be cosmic support to help you push through with
guided by hope and possibility rather than looking a goal, even after the initial novelty has worn
for what could go wrong. Let any confusion or off. If you’ve lost sight of some of your New Year
doubt subside before making important choices. resolutions, this New Moon could provide the
kickstart you need.
FULL MOON ON 17 APRIL
(SYDNEY) AT 26 LIBRA
SYDNEY 17 April, 4:55am
NEW YORK 16 April, 2:55pm
LONDON 16 April, 7:55pm
The Libra Full Moon is the relationship-focused
lunation of the year. Balance, or lack thereof,
may be highlighted as you seek ways to bring a
situation back to equilibrium. This will be easier
than usual thanks to Venus in her most sublime
position in Pisces. Connection, compassion and
support will be easy to access. A touch of magic
is promised as Jupiter and Neptune get close,
too. If you’ve wanted to broach a tricky topic or
try something new in a relationship, you may be
inspired by a bright new idea, especially if things
have grown too predictable.

May June
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
30 31 1 1 2 3 4 5
3:22am 3:48pm 4:37am

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
8:46pm 9:04am 9:49pm 4:21pm 1:22am 6:40am

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
8:53am 4:34pm 8:33pm 8:31am 8:13am 7:43am 9:01am

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
9:50pm 10:01pm 10:52pm 1:36pm 9:57pm 9:13am

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30
1:49am 7:39am 4:22pm 9:53pm

NEW MOON ECLIPSE ON MAY 1
(SYDNEY) AT 10 TAURUS
NEW MOON ECLIPSE DETAILS:
SYDNEY: May 1, 6:28am
NEW YORK: April 30, 4:28pm
LONDON: April 30, 9:28pm
Dramatic, yet delicious developments are
possible under the first eclipse of the year.
Partnered up with unpredictable Uranus and
the North Node, the usual stability of a Taurus
New Moon may catapult you towards the change
you never knew you needed. If you find yourself
opting for familiarity in favour of the unknown,
you could be in for a sudden, yet welcome
surprise. Eclipse ruler, Venus, at 27 Pisces is
at its most elevated position in the 360-degree
zodiac. Tightly fused with bountiful Jupiter,
anything that initially appears sudden, new or
different is certain to bring an abundance of joy,
happiness and prosperity.
FULL MOON ECLIPSE ON MAY 16
(SYDNEY) AT 25 SCORPIO
FULL MOON ECLIPSE DETAILS:
SYDNEY: May 16, 2:14pm
NEW YORK: May 16, 12:14am
LONDON: May 16, 5:14am
Deep emotions may get stirred under this
eclipse. As the Full Moon aligns with the karmic
South Node, old wounds from the past may
resurface. While painful, dredging up the past
can be cathartic and healing. If you find yourself
marinating in anger, then you’re encouraged to
surrender your pain and let it go. As eclipse ruler,
Mars, joins with compassionate Neptune, your
best bet is to let go, and let God — as they say.
Releasing your hurt to a higher power may help
promote forgiveness, so you can turn a corner,
move forward and heal.
NEW MOON ON MAY 30
(SYDNEY) AT 9 GEMINI
NEW MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: May 30, 9:30pm
NEW YORK: May 30,
7:30am
LONDON: May 30, 12:30pm
This curious Gemini New
Moon falls on Persian
Royal Star, Aldebaran. Prompting you to think
with integrity, you may have to go back over old
information thanks to lunation ruler, Mercury,
undergoing a reverse cycle. Ideas that seemed
solid may need to undergo a process of change
or renewal. Keeping an open mind may become a
challenge. A choice may be required about what
you’re willing to believe in or fight for. Your best
bet under these contentious skies is if you’re in
doubt, ask questions and give yourself time to
think things through.
 HOW TO USE THE MOON CALENDAR
On days when the Moon changes signs, the sign will be noted on that date in the
calendar. The time next to it is the local time in Sydney when the Moon enters that
sign. On days where there is no sign or time, the Moon does not change signs.
Words Cassandra Tyndall Illustrations Lauren Moore
Moon Calendar 2022 full moon new moon

aries taurus gemini cancer leo virgo libra scorpio sagittarius capricorn aquarius pisces

July August
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10:39am 10:31pm 2:05pm 9:46pm 2:38am

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
8:24am 3:14pm 6:34pm 4:38am 4:44am 4:44am

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
7:00pm 6:13pm 6:17pm 6:42am 12:22pm 10:06pm

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
9:17pm 4:22am 3:10pm 10:28am 11:08pm 10:24am

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31
3:53am 4:35pm 4:10am 7:44pm

FULL MOON ON JULY 14
(SYDNEY) AT 21 CAPRICORN
FULL MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: July 14, 4:37am
NEW YORK: July 13, 2:37pm
LONDON: July 13, 7:37pm
The Capricorn Full Moon highlights the
tension between outer-worldly ambitions and
your family life. With transformative Pluto
close to this lunation, you may need to deeply
consider what your professional path or work
commitments mean to you. If restructuring
your work/life balance has been an issue you
need to address, you may opt to confront it
now. Saturn in Aquarius may inspire you to
consider that just because something has been
a tradition, doesn’t mean you have to live up to
it. Modifying the rules to suit your personal and
professional needs is possible.
NEW MOON ON JULY 29 FULL MOON ON AUGUST 12 NEW MOON ON AUGUST 27
(SYDNEY) AT 5 LEO (SYDNEY) AT 19 AQUARIUS (SYDNEY) AT 4 VIRGO
NEW MOON DETAILS: NEW MOON DETAILS: NEW MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: July 29, 3:54am SYDNEY: August 12, 11:35am SYDNEY: August 27, 6:17pm
NEW YORK: July 28, 1:54pm NEW YORK: August 11, 9:35pm NEW YORK: August 27, 4:17am
LONDON: July 28, 6:54pm LONDON: August 12, 2:35am LONDON: August 27, 9:17am
Infused with confidence and self-belief, this Full Moons always highlight the tension A Virgo New Moon may motivate you to
Leo New Moon may inspire you to take a leap of between opposites. Under the Aquarius Full streamline your systems, undergo a spring clean
faith and back yourself. With generous Jupiter Moon, you might feel torn choosing between or detox. As both an earth sign and ruled by
standing still in the sky, you might be reminded what is best for you versus what’s best for Mercury, Virgo connects the body and mind. You
of the power of faith and belief — especially in everyone else. Do you stick with what you should may gain benefit by starting a new practice such
your dreams, goals and ambitions. If doubt or do, or do you blaze a path of your own despite as yoga, meditation or improving the quality of
uncertainty have plagued you, reflecting on your the consequences? Pressure mounts between your diet. With lunation ruler, Mercury, newly in
philosophy and what really matters to you can what is new, different and exciting and that of Libra, seeking balance will be the key to better
reignite the fires of your motivation. As you get which has stood the test of time. Situated at the health and wellbeing. An angle from Mars may
closer to the truth of what’s inside your heart, midway point between eclipses, events under put pressure on you to try to do everything at
you may even opt for a sudden shift in direction this Full Moon may provide a clue or insight into once. Try a few different routines in order to
towards something that feels more authentic your eclipse story of May, as well as those of figure out what will work best for you.
and inspired. October and November.

September October
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 31 1 2
3:10am 8:39am 6:37pm

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
12:02pm 1:41pm 2:42pm 4:46pm 9:20pm 11:46:pm 2:56am

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
9:39pm 6:15am 5:59pm 8:03am 4:07pm 3:10am

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
6:37am 5:53pm 3:44pm 3:25am 1:23pm

26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
2:42am 9:14am 2:03pm 6:18pm 9:54pm 12:21am

FULL MOON ON SEPTEMBER 10
(SYDNEY) AT 17 PISCES
FULL MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: September 10, 7:59pm
NEW YORK: September 10, 5:59am
LONDON: September 10, 10:59am
Feeling guided and inspired by your dreams
is possible with a Full Moon in Pisces. This
lunation is ideal to put all of life’s demands to
one side and connect with the calling that stirs
inside your soul. It’s not just about dreaming,
however. With ruler Jupiter in Aries, you may
feel motivated to take action on the thoughts
and feelings that bubble up now. A passion
project or cause may move you. A supportive
sextile link from Uranus may encourage you
to take a chance on something new, different
or unique — even if it’s a little out of character
for you.
NEW MOON ON SEPTEMBER 26 FULL MOON ON OCTOBER 10
(SYDNEY) AT 2 LIBRA (SYDNEY) AT 16 ARIES
NEW MOON DETAILS: FULL MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: September 26, 7:54am SYDNEY: October 10, 7:54am
NEW YORK: September 25, 5:54pm NEW YORK: October 9, 4:54pm
LONDON: September 25, 10:54pm LONDON: October 9, 9:54pm
At home, at work or in love, it may be time to The dynamic Aries Full Moon highlights
recalibrate the scales of balance under the Libra independence, or the lack thereof, in
New Moon. A conversation may be required, relationships. If you need to adjust the
especially if you’ve felt under-appreciated or dynamics within an important relationship
undervalued. As Mercury retrograde bumps in your life, you’re encouraged to take action
into Venus, the lunation ruler, you may have now. As with all uncertainties in relationships,
to circle back through old territory between effective communication is key to finding
you. A problem shared is a problem halved. workable solutions. With the Aries Full Moon
Finding a point of compromise can help looking to Mars in Gemini for guidance,
dissolve resentment and promote togetherness. sticking to the facts about a situation can help
With Jupiter facing off with the New Moon, you resolve any issues. If you’re in doubt, ask
reinvigorating the purpose and meaning of your questions and gather more details. You may
relationship can help you move forward. need to explore a variety of options to find the
right point of balance.
NEW MOON ECLIPSE ON OCTOBER 25
(SYDNEY) AT 2 SCORPIO
NEW MOON ECLIPSE DETAILS:
SYDNEY: October 25, 9:48pm
NEW YORK: October 25, 6:48am
LONDON: October 25, 11:48am
A New Moon in Scorpio promises a fresh start
towards renewal and transformation, especially
within the sphere of emotions. Attached to the
South Node, the promised new beginnings of
a New Moon may require a release or letting
go first. With love planet, Venus, up close and
personal with this eclipse, you may have to
grapple with your feelings about a particular
relationship. Intensity, connection and closeness
are possible, provided you can face the truth of
what lingers beneath the surface. The connection
and closeness you crave can be had, provided
you’re brave enough for “real talk”.

November December
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4
2:42am 5:46am 10:06am 3:40pm 10:37pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
4:14pm 12:36am 11:22am 7:48am 6:48pm

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
11:47pm 12:03pm 9:57pm 7:08am 7:45pm 6:48am

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
4:15am 7:15am 8:17am 2:30pm 6:12pm 6:49pm 6:13pm

28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31
9:06am 11:14am 6:33pm 9:35pm

FULL MOON ECLIPSE ON NOVEMBER 8
(SYDNEY) AT 16 TAURUS
FULL MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: November 8, 10:02pm
NEW YORK: November 8, 6:02am
LONDON: November 8, 11:02am
A Full Moon in Taurus evokes images of a happy
bull resting in the paddock, happily grazing
in the sunshine. This year takes a dramatic
turn thanks to its fusion with change-inducing
Uranus and the North Node. This eclipse is
sure to disrupt the aspects of your life that you
prefer to be calm, solid and stable. The cosmos
is giving you the push you need to catapult
you towards the change you’ve been avoiding
making. Like it or not, anything that has
become stuck, stale or stagnant is undergoing
a revolution of sorts. It’s usually better to bend,
than break.
NEW MOON ON NOVEMBER 24 FULL MOON ON DECEMBER 8
(SYDNEY) AT 1 SAGITTARIUS (SYDNEY) AT 16 GEMINI
NEW MOON DETAILS: FULL MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: November 24, 9:57am SYDNEY: December 8, 3:08pm
NEW YORK: November 23, 5:57pm NEW YORK: December 7, 11:08pm
LONDON: November 23, 10:57pm LONDON: December 8, 4:08am
Promising closeness, connection and The Full Moon in Gemini highlights the festivities
communication, this Sagittarius New Moon may and heightened social activity of this time of year.
feel a little different this year. Thanks to ruler Your calendar may be abuzz with parties, events,
Jupiter having slipped back into Pisces, you may gatherings and shopping. With Mars in the mix,
feel inspired or guided by a cause you feel called and moving in reverse, you may discover you’ve
to. Perhaps you’ve got a dream or a future vision overextended yourself or simply have too much
that you’re ready to make a move towards. With on. With Mercury in Capricorn, taking a strategic
Mercury and Venus close by the New Moon, you approach, both socially and financially, by pacing
may find you’ve got all the support you need to yourself through the holiday season will help.
make a move in the right direction. If you need to With such a sociable lunation highlighted,
win over someone’s support in making a dream you may even reconnect with old friends and
come to life, sweet and inspiring words may just acquaintances that may be well-positioned to
seal the deal. offer intel or insight about future opportunities
or advancements.
NEW MOON ON DECEMBER 23
(SYDNEY) AT 1 CAPRICORN
NEW MOON DETAILS:
SYDNEY: December 23, 9:16pm
NEW YORK: December 23, 5:16am
LONDON: December 23, 10:16am
It’s not the New Year just yet, but you may feel
like setting your goals early under this New
Moon. With a total of five planets in Capricorn,
you’ll have your sights firmly focused on your
plans and ambitions for 2023. You may need
to be mindful of biting off more than you can
chew as Jupiter forms a tense square angle.
Overstretching yourself, overcommitting or
being too generous with your resources — both
energetically and financially — are possible. If
you feel torn between what you could do and
what you should do, finding a compromise may
be required.