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…
In medieval astrology, the main planets to be considered for profession are three: Mercury, Venus, and Mars. Mercury signifies merchants, scribes, men of calculation, technique, and craft; Venus signifies artists, musicians, and all occupations that proceed from the pleasure of form and harmony; Mars signifies warriors and occupations of harsh action, cutting, and conflict. Jupiter…
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…
I received a question from a querent who wished to know whether her natal chart contained any indication that may explain the repeated failures in her relationships, which she described as being marked by loss, conflict, and recurring frustration. The analysis that follows is conducted strictly within the parameters of medieval astrology. I. Jupiter and…
I received a horary question about whether the querent was capable of participating in and winning a television competition taking place over the coming weekend. The show involves simple but physically demanding challenges, and the querent was still recovering from a minor injury. The Ascendant at 19 degrees Leo confirmed the chart’s radicality, making the…
Bill Hicks was one of the most intensely influential figures of my adolescence. An anarchist with a profoundly spiritual, untamed and subversive core, he embodied exactly what a teenager at the height of his estrangement from the world often admires most. His comedy was a philosophical manifesto disguised as stand-up, a form of spiritual warfare…
David Lynch would have turned eighty yesterday, and this text offers an introductory delineation of his natal chart. I. Scorpio Rising The Ascendant, at 18 degrees of Scorpio and only three degrees beyond the Via Combusta, situates him in an incarnation marked by profound emotional necessity. Scorpio, a Water sign of feminine nature, seeks to…
