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Moon sextile Neptune: a quiet gift for sensing moods
Moon sextile Neptune brings gentle empathy and creative ideas that wait for you to use them. What it gives and how to build on it.
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Forecasts & Transits
Lunar Return: a chart for the month ahead
Every 27.3 days the Moon returns to its natal degree and the sky at that moment is a chart for the month. How it's cast, why it's a good test of astrology, the return Moon by house, the natal overlay, and the daily loop.
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Sun square Saturn: the critic you learn to outwork
Sun square Saturn starts with an inner critic and self-doubt. Worked with, it builds grit, mastery and hard-won confidence.
Forecasts & Transits
Transit Uranus trine natal Mars: momentum without friction
Uranus trine Mars gives abundant energy and smooth progress on bold projects. How to focus it on one big goal and keep the momentum afterwards.
Forecasts & Transits
How to use the Astrolas Lunar Return tool: a monthly chart you can actually plan with
How to cast and read your lunar return on Astrolas: key indicator cards, LR x NA aspects, and the Daily Loop calendar.
Forecasts & Transits
Eclipses in the birth chart: what they actually do, and what they don't
An eclipse is a New or Full Moon tied to the lunar nodes. Solar vs lunar, eclipse seasons and the 18-month theme, reading by house and natal contact, timing, and the one question that tells you whether an eclipse is yours.
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Your birth Moon phase explained: the 8 phases of the lunation cycle
The Moon phase you were born under says how you move through beginnings and endings. Here's how to find it from your Sun and Moon degrees and what each of the eight phases means.
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Uranus in the 5th house: romance with a spark and a twist
Uranus in the 5th house brings sudden romances, experimental creativity and independent children. Pleasure comes through novelty and surprise.
Forecasts & Transits
Mercury retrograde: what actually happens, and what's just the internet
Three times a year Mercury appears to reverse and the internet blames it for everything. What the tradition actually claims, why it hits some charts harder, the shadow periods, and what to do with the three weeks.
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How to use the Astrolas Compatibility Checker: a two-minute score for any pair
What the Astrolas Compatibility Checker needs, how its score out of 100 is worked out, and how to read the five result labels.
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Uranus opposite Neptune: a rare standoff between shock and dream
No living chart has it, yet it completes the Uranus-Neptune cycle. How to read this rare opposition in historical charts.
Forecasts & Transits
Jupiter return and the 12-year cycle: the growth chapters of a life
Every 12 years Jupiter returns to its natal place and a new growth chapter begins. The returns at 12, 24, 36, 48, 60; Jupiter's house as the growth area; the opposition at the half-cycle; and the luck-without-effort trap.