Article Topic: Astrology

Love is a many splendored thing, indeed, but often life can get in the way of our relationships' magic. But, knowing the Venus sign of the composite chart of you and your partner can make all the difference in nurturing the love and magic you share. Jessica Shepherd, astrologer and author of Venus Signs, explains what each Venus sign needs to keep the spark alive.

The New Year, and its promise of starting over, dangles the carrot of a clean slate in front of us. It's so important to take our desire to be happier seriously, yet sadly far too many resolutions don't pan out. How can we ensure that our resolutions are made? Jessica Shepherd, author of Venus Signs, explains just how Venus can help us.

The Moon is your heart—your tender, vulnerable insides. Your natal Moon sign is the central place to look in your chart for clues on how to understand your emotional needs, as well as the experiences and types of environments that feel nurturing to you. In this article from Llewellyn's 2015 Moon Sign Book, astrologer Amy Herring discusses why we sometimes have to be willing to explore the "dark side" of our Moon Sign to be able to turn our frowns upside down.

No discussion of evolutionary astrology can begin without first mentioning Pluto. In evolutionary astrology, the natal position of Pluto symbolizes the core evolutionary desires/intentions of past lifetimes, while Pluto's polarity point reflects the current evolutionary intentions. Similarly, we can look to the Moon's 's nodes to see how the evolutionary journey within any given lifetime will take place consciously on an emotional level as we make the transition from our evolutionary past to the future. Here, evolutionary astrologer Deva Green discusses what the moon's nodes mean in a chart, from an evolutionary perspective.

Qi (or Chi) is the life force that travels through the human body along pathways known as meridians. While we can't see them, they connect to all of our major body organs. No wonder we can feel out of sync at times! Bernie Ashman, author of Intuition and Your Sun Sign, describes the benefits we receive when we work with our intuition and our meridians.

As we begin the year 2014, extreme weather is already at the forefront of many minds the world over. In the United States, most of the country has been gripped by sub-zero temperatures caused by a rogue polar vortex, while the state of California is experiencing drought conditions worse than any seen in several decades. How does astrology play in to our weather conditions? This article from Llewellyn's 2014 Moon Sign Book discusses how the outer planets affect our weather—and how we can use this astrological knowledge to protect our plants and gardens.