I decided to take a look at whether a friend is upset with me, because he has not been replying to my messages. The 1st house is me. Leo rises, so my significator is the Sun. I also take the Moon as my co-significator. The Sun is in Aquarius, in detriment, in the 6th house.…
Today is the birthday of William S. Burroughs. The author of Naked Lunch leads us directly toward the universe of addiction, American and Mexican skid rows, and pleasure as an existential axis and as a method of exploring reality, metaphysics and magic. Let’s take a look at his chart. The stellium in the 12th house…
If he were still alive, Paul Auster today would be celebrating his 79th birthday. He was one of my favourite writers when I was a teenager, and I decided to take a look at his chart. I. The Venusian Women of His Life I right away spotted Venus in Sagittarius, in the 2nd house. This…
When analysing the health of James Joyce, born on February 2, the element that immediately imposes itself is the configuration of the 6th house, the house of diseases properly speaking. We should make an essential distinction in traditional astrology. The 1st house concerns the body as a vital unit, constitution. The 6th house refers to…
A client asked me whether a friend of hers, whom I will call Anna, would be able to find work abroad. There was real concern, because Anna’s situation was difficult and the idea of leaving the country appeared as a possible solution. I cast the horary chart for the exact moment of the question was…
As I have said recently, I’ve been interested in the war-related individuals, and the symbols operating behind them. This Tarot reading is about Richard E. Winters, commander of Easy Company in World War II, and has a very clear objective. To understand who he was in the real context of war, as a man commanding…
Over the last few days I have been reading and watching things about the Portuguese Commandos. It is an elite troop, known as the Red Berets, with a very specific reputation, built around a training course that is violently harsh on the body and mind, almost a process of deliberate mortification, in which people are…
Today I lost my left earring, which is a silver Ankh. I noticed it was missing while I was in the shower, and I thought I might have lost it in the bathroom, maybe near a drain or somewhere on the floor. Because it has sentimental value, I decided to cast a horary chart. I,…
Yesterday I analysed a map where Mars was clearly an accidental benefic, working in favor of the native. Today I’m checking a chart where the exact opposite happens, with Mars doing what he does best: destroying. I. Scorpio Rising The native is born with Scorpio rising, a feminine and fixed sign, of centripetal nature, which…
I decided to analyse the chart of a teenage family member who, from a very early age, has shown a strong capacity for action and self-assertion. He is someone who tends to act, decide and impose his presence in a clear way, which always impressed me. I. The Ascendant and the Core Drive The Ascendant…
