Transiting Venus in Capricorn

After spending the past few weeks in the friendly, optimistic and easygoing sign of Sagittarius, it was time for Venus to end her vacation and get back to work. From the moment she slipped out of the Archer’s casual attire and into a professional but elegant designer suit, her body stood taller, her ambition grew stronger and…

Joan Rivers (1933-2014)

“I succeeded by saying what everyone else is thinking.” – Joan Rivers Despite being 81 years old, the death of Joan Rivers came as a shock to most people. Perhaps part of the reason is that the self-proclaimed queen of plastic surgery was undergoing a minor surgical procedure on her vocal chords when she suffered cardiac and…

Melanie Griffith & Antonio Banderas: Is the Fault in Their Stars?

Just as Mercury prepared to station retrograde, it was announced that Melanie Griffith had filed for divorce to undo her 18-year marriage to Antonio Banderas. Although some were shocked by this turn of events, it’s no surprise once you look at their respective horoscopes. Since marriage and divorce aren’t solo events, whether a couple is tying or unraveling the knot, it will…

Griffith v. Banderas: Antonio's Side of the Astrological Story

Now that I’ve discussed  Melanie Griffith’s chart (click here), what planetary influences speak to the demise of Antonio Bandera’s marriage? Although born in different years, Antonio’s Leo Sun is just one degree higher than Melanie’s, which means in recent months he too experienced a challenge to his identity courtesy of Saturn. In fact, he’s experiencing it…

Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas and the Cardinal Cross

Oh my.  The solar eclipse at 11 degrees Scorpio this past November landed directly on the composite Jupiter in the composite seventh house (the marriage), which  means that the April 29 solar eclipse at 9 Taurus fell in the composite first house and opposed (confronted) Jupiter in the seventh house. Eclipses often precipitate significant, and often  sudden, changes, so…

Transiting Mars in Cancer

That Mars and Cancer were at odds with each other comes as no surprise, because their relationship has always been a tense one. You see, Mars is in its fall in Cancer, which means its energy is depleted. In fairness, although this watery sign isn’t powerful enough to extinguish Martian fire, it certainly puts a damper on it.

Consequently, while Mars is living under the Crab’s roof, he can be moody, irritable and hesitant. In fact, unless Mars can find a healthy way to express its energy, the domestic bliss that Cancer works so diligently to cultivate will be punctuated by domestic disturbances.

Mercury in Cancer

Although he loved being in Gemini, Mercury’s restless spirit inspired him to leave the comfort of his own sign and continue to explore the rest of the zodiac. As it happened, the next stop on his celestial itinerary would put his renowned adaptability to the test as he spent the next few weeks drenched in…