Jupiter in Pisces - Magnify the Mystery

Originally posted 5/13/21 on Instagram.

Jupiter enters Pisces on 13 May 2021. When Jupiter enters Pisces, much stirs within the unconscious, both personal and collective. The movie "Shakespeare in Love" was released in 1998, with Jupiter in Pisces. As events in the movie unfold, burdened with endless complications, the question is often asked, how will it all turn out? And the oft-repeated answer comes: "I don't know. It's a mystery!"

In astrology, keeping the mystery close at hand can make all the difference, as it allows the soul opportunities to play her hand, pull a rabbit out of the hat, open a pathway unseen thus far, give us a wink. J.R.R. Tolkien was born with Jupiter in Pisces and imagined Zeus-like giant eagles elegantly and majestically swooping in to lift Frodo and Sam to safety when all seemed lost 'at the end of all things.' When Jupiter moves through Pisces, magnify the mystery! The backdrop of mystery allows Jupiter to spread his expansive eagle-wings ever-wider.

There is something of a Mona Lisa smile within Jupiter in Pisces. Not surprisingly, Leonardo da Vinci was born with Jupiter in Pisces. "There shall be wings!" he proclaimed, as he studied birds and created wings with which to fly, long before the invention of the airplane. Speaking of airplanes, Wilbur Wright was born with Jupiter in Pisces, and the first successful airplane flight on December 17, 1903 occurred with Jupiter in Pisces. Imagine the possibilities! But remember, when asking how it will all turn out: "I don't know. It's a mystery!"

Posted on May 18, 2021 .

Webinar - The 5th House - Love & Other Many-Splendored Things

The 5th House

MISPA Webinar | 14 March 2021 | The 5th House - Love & Other Many-Splendored Things

As the house in which Venus finds her joy, many of the significations of the Fifth House stay true to the goddess’ character: pleasure, fun, fertility, love. Yet, within the Fifth House also reside complex mysteries, suggested by the presence of another goddess: Fortuna. In Hellenistic astrology, the Fifth House was known as Bona Fortuna, or Good Fortune, bringing us the beneficent side of the capricious Fortuna.

Additionally, the location of the Fifth House in the night sect of the chart offers the psyche a vast playground for the creative impulses of the imagination. Planets located within this house reflect styles of play, creativity, fortune, and love. This webinar will explore each of these aspects of the Fifth House via myth, culture, the arts, and numerous chart examples.

Posted on December 22, 2020 .

Webinar - Mars & the Outer Planets - Fifty Shades of Red

Fifty Shades of Red MISPA

MISPA Webinar | 15 November 2020 | Mars & the Outer Planets - Fifty Shades of Red

In Hellenistic astrology, the planet Mars finds his Joy in the 6th House, the house of twilight, suggesting that, as the Sun sets and twilight time emerges - a time that blends shadow and light together to various degrees - Mars engages many shades of his own hue, red, regardless of house placement.

Red is anger, passion, blood, strength, and inflammation. Red is also the beauty of a rose, with its thorns never far away. Red flags indicate warnings. Red evokes the "rubedo" stage of alchemy, the stage where success lies within reach - the engagement of one's own will. In myth, Mars births Victory. In astrology, the discovery of the outer planets Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, have brought many more shades to Mars’ palette.

This webinar explores the nature of the red planet and the powerful dynamics that occur when Mars, considered a “personal” or “inner” planet, must contend with the outer planets in the natal chart and by transit.

Posted on November 11, 2020 .