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Ask Real Astrologers: Moon's Nodes in Synastry

Libra ponders . . .

 Our question this week comes from Jennifer.

How would you recommend someone handle synastry where someone’s planet is conjunct another person’s node? Even though it’s not a romantic relationship, somehow this makes me feel extremely obligated and bound to the person, and I don’t quite know what to do about it. With the people who are bugging me, one has Venus conjunct my South Node (and conjunct their North), the other has Venus conjunct my North Node. Even worse, that one’s my mother. I am constantly irritated with her, but it feels like I’m married to her! I think [...]

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New Moon in Gemini, June 3

waning crescent moon

This New Moon features a nice stellium of Venus, Moon, Sun and Mercury from 12 to 19 degrees Gemini. In general, this is a quieter lunation than some we’ve had so far this year. Usually Gemini is more outgoing, but with Mercury in its retrograde phase, the overall tone is more contemplative than usual. Venus closely conjoining the Sun and Moon adds to the softer note, too.

That said, Gemini corresponds to the third house, and all third-house pursuits are going to be favored, from spending time with friends and siblings to hanging out at the local hotspots. Be [...]

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Venus in Slow Motion

As I was wandering around looking over my various gardens I realized how much I truly like the slow growing plants. There is a developing area with the succulents ‘hens and chickens’ going into its third year and finally starting to look like what I’d envisioned. My natal Venus is trine Saturn giving me an extra dose of patience especially in creative matters thus my love for slow growing plants.

All varieties of ground covers, especially the very small, low growing types, are enchanting. Yes, it takes several years for them to spread across the [...]

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Leo and Gemini couple – What Happened?

  This request came from a Gemini woman about a relationship with a Leo man whom she met some time back online. Their initial meeting in person went very well, but things went flat after that.

They have good synastry between their charts, with both Moons in Aries and excellent Sun to Moon exchanges with her Gemini Sun sextile his Aries Moon and his Leo Sun trine her Aries Moon – all comfortable fire and air signs.

In fact, the overall compatibility between the two charts is strong with several intra-aspects (where the same planets aspect each other from both [...]

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Happy Venus Day!

Venus is important in my chart. She sits in my first house, is the ruler of my Sun and Moon in Libra and also rules the sign on the cusp of my seventh house, Taurus. It may come as a surprise that I’m not particularly a fan of Romance with a capital “R”. That may be Saturn’s fault, the spoilsport, because he is trine my rather breezy Venus in Sagittarius. Most other Fire sign Venus’s loooove Romance. Venus in Leo is happy to be showered with hugs, kisses and flowery compliments every day of the year!

My [...]

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