Eclipses in Natal Houses: Dancing in the Dark
The cycle of eclipses moving through the houses of the horoscope presents opportunities for understanding and healing. Each house axis represents where you face a critical turning point, a “crisis” in your life. Using eclipses, it’s pretty easy to pinpoint the source of the crisis….
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House Systems: Dividing the Sky
When an astrologer tells me they use their house system because “it works,” I believe them. I also believe other systems work, because I’ve seen different astrologers produce great accuracy with many house systems.
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Derivative Houses
From your mother to your best friend in high school to the cabbie who cut you off on your way to work this morning, everyone who has or will cross your path can be found in your chart. You just have to know where to look.
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Third House Things: Moving On
What I miss is the way he moved the air around, and no one’s found a way to hold onto that once the spirit’s own automobile has moved on to that great demolition yard in the sky. But I do owe a great deal to him for any wit I possess, because I honed it against his blade. And I do, of course, still have my trusty old car – the one I bought on his 31st birthday – and in a funny way it makes me think of him, getting in that car and driving, moving the air around….
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Eclipses in 8th and 2nd Houses: Crisis in Intimacy and Self-Sufficiency
by April Elliott Kent This is PART 7 of 7. | Read the previous installment here Don’t know how to find where an eclipse will fall in your birthchart? This post will help. It’s perhaps a year since our protagonist made her dramatic leap of faith, throwing herself headlong into …
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Eclipses in 9th and 3rd Houses: Crisis in Mastery and Skill
by April Elliott Kent This is PART 6 of 7. | Read the previous installment here Don’t know how to find where an eclipse will fall in your birthchart? This post will help. It’s been some months since the death of her mother, and our young woman has a secret: …
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Eclipses in 10th and 4th Houses: Direction and Connection
by April Elliott Kent This is PART 5 of 7. | Read the previous installment here Don’t know how to find where an eclipse will fall in your birthchart? This post will help. It’s a couple of years since our young woman rediscovered that story she’d written, and eclipses have …
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Eclipses in 11th and 5th Houses: Crisis in Reception and Self-Expression
by April Elliott Kent This is PART 4 of 7. | Read Part 3 here Don’t know how to find where an eclipse will fall in your birthchart? This post will help. After awhile our young bride, a little stronger and better rested, emerges into the world to reconnect with …
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Eclipses in 12th and 6th Houses: Crisis in Retreat and Adaptation
by April Elliott Kent This is PART 3 of 7. | Read the previous installment here Don’t know how to find where an eclipse will fall in your birthchart? This post will help. After the hectic activity of eclipses moving through the first house and seventh houses, eclipses move into …
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Eclipses in 1st and 7th Houses: Crisis of Individualism and Relationship
Eclipses falling in the first and seventh houses don’t always describe a marriage, but it is an event that well describes the fundamental crisis of this cycle: profound challenges to self and identity brought about through close relationships. It’s a cycle that frequently describes turning points such as marriage, divorce, or moving away from home.
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