Cuffing season is coming early this year, folks. On September 22, 2024, we welcome the autumnal equinox and the sun’s transition into the cardinal climes of Libra. On the same day, Venus, our planet of assets, attraction, attachment and aesthetics, slithers into Scorpio, the sign of sex, death and suspicion. The energy here is a … Read more
Big ups to BFs. National Boyfriend Day arrives on Oct. 3, allowing us to recognize the ways our partners show up in relationships. This day of days need not be a celebration of romantic partnership, but of platonic friendship as well. As National Today declares,” Although there’s no sole officially-credited source that initiated this important … Read more
All aboard the retreating gravy train, folks. Jupiter, our planet of fortune, luck and open champagne corks, retrograde stations from October 9 to February 25, 2025, in the changeable, communicative climates of Gemini. Retrograde is understandably a buzzword for anyone who’s accidentally had sex in office Slack during Mercury retrograde or lost love when Venus … Read more
Look up and let it go, folks: a partial lunar eclipse is coming. This eclipse falls in Pisces, the sign of poets, escape artists, illusionists, dreamy tricksters, and gentle tricksters. Eclipses have long been associated with luck, reversals of fortune, and points of no return. The word itself comes from Greek eclipsis, meaning “to abandon, … Read more
We are in the corridor, people, in that celestial corridor raised between the eclipses. Between the September 17 lunar eclipse in Pisces and the October 2 solar eclipse in Libra, we’re in the thick of the woods that is eclipse season. This period of days can be something of a cosmic catalyst as we are … Read more
In the Northern Hemisphere, the leaves leave their suicidal notes of color, the air cools, the bones crack, the birds leave, the days fade and the promotional material leans toward pumpkin spice and cider. It is fall, my babies, and the hungry heart of Libra season is upon us, a time when we are all … Read more
Welcome to October, my babies! With a new moon solar eclipse in Libra on Oct. 2, a retrograde Jupiter, and father Pluto dead direct at the Capricorn midmoon, the spooky season doesn’t deserve to be light or bloated this year. We’ll spend most of this month, until October 22nd, under the velvety, balmy beauty, anesthetic … Read more
Get right up to the sea foam, people; we’re talking about Venus, our planet of love, intimacy, wealth and value. Named for the Roman goddess of love and fertility, Venus is the brilliant, divine feminine counterpart of warlord Mars. According to myth, Aphrodite was born from sea foam and Uranus’ severed stick, emerging fully formed … Read more
Retrograde. A word of encouragement if ever there was one. Retrogrades are known to cause drama, confusion, delays, and stagnation regarding topics related to the planet in question. But it’s not all bad. The word retrograde comes from Latin retrogradus, meaning “to go backwards. And while the planets don’t technically move in the opposite direction, … Read more
Astrologer and tarot card reader Shaina Emily has taken to TikTok to share her insights on birth chart placements that make someone unlikable on a first date, a starter, if you will. Emily points out, “It’s just the first impression; this does not mean that you are an unpleasant personality when they get to know … Read more