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Have you ever wondered why you feel a certain way on some days? All of a sudden you throw all your plans out the window and do something completely different from what you'd arranged! Suddenly you're going on an unexpected road trip. Or a friend you haven't spoken to in a while pops into your mind and you pick up the phone to see how they're doing. Maybe you woke up and feel like cooking or tidying up your home, or you jump out of bed, inspired and ready to put some plans into action! Your subconscious is tapping into the energy of the Moon. There are four elements in astrology: fire, earth, air, and water. Every planet in the chart is in a particular sign, which is ruled by an element. ...
We have all heard it before: "I can't date them, because they are a Gemini." More and more, people are generalizing the sun signs of others before giving them a chance. We have heard time and time again that Trine and Sextile couples are the most desired matches, but are they? Today, many couples are looking for their equal and someone who challenges them to be a better version of themselves. Just because one person wants a companionship that is "easy" does not mean that that is what everyone desires. Some of us prefer to have a partner that ruffles our feathers and acts as a mirror for us to see ourselves for who we truly are—someone who pushes us to reach a higher state of ...
The biggest secret an astrological chart reveals is the rising sign. But, what is the rising sign? The rising sign, or ascendant, is the astrological sign that is rising on the eastern horizon at our moment of birth. It's what we show people when we first meet them. It's what we hide our true personality behind. And everyone else is doing the same. They are showing us their rising sign characteristics—which is why we cannot hope to really know people on first meeting. The rising sign, like the rest of the chart, has more than one level of interpretation. Newbies to astrology have to first learn the basics like what the astrological signs mean, because that's what the rising sign ...
Have you ever happened upon a book passage that perfectly illustrates a concept you were just thinking about, and it oh-so-helpfully supplies the right little nugget of information to propel you along your path of understanding? This is one of my favorite forms of synchronicity, or meaningful coincidence, and I love that tingly goosebumps feeling it imparts—the sense that the world is conspiring to help me grow. It's no surprise, then, that I love the practice of florilegia, which is the gathering of different passages around a single theme and collecting them in a special book. The name translates literally to the "gathering of flowers." A number of medieval florilegia have ...
