Astro-Verbum: The Astronumen Blog
Voyage LA Community Highlights Feature
I was recently interviewed by VoyageLA for their Community Highlights series, where they spotlight artists, entrepreneurs, and creatives around Los Angeles.
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Apr 21, 2025
All Planets Direct 2025: How to Make the Most of It
All planets are direct, and that means the cosmic green light is ON. After months of retrograde reflection, it’s time to move forward. This post explores how different planetary retrogrades allow us to reevaluate vital areas of life, and how this all-planets-direct phase offers a chance to apply those hard-won insights.
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Finding Telos: An Exploration in Astrological Remediation
In the 4th century BCE, Aristotle developed his concept of Telos. The belief that everything has a purpose or a goal...
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Rethinking Retrogrades: A Comprehensive Guide
The idea of things shifting, slowing, or reversing can feel unsettling and can bring up a lot of unnecessary anxiety in people, but what if there was a more constructive way of approaching retrograde periods? In this blog post, we’ll dig into the nature of a retrograde and rethink the symbolism.
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Venus in Aries: Passion and Emotional depth
Venus in Aries is bold, direct, and eager to pursue pleasure, love, and creative inspiration—but its host, Mars, is retrograde in Cancer, softening and complicating that energy. This creates a push-pull between acting on impulse and needing emotional reassurance.
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Jan 29, 2025
New Moon in Aquarius
A “New Moon” occurs when the Moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun, making its illuminated side invisible from our perspective—essentially the opposite of a full moon. During this time, the sky is at its darkest, symbolizing rest, introspection, and new beginnings.
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Jan 27, 2025
Mercury Enters Aquarius
Today the planet that illuminates our thoughts and communication styles leaves Capricorn and makes its way into airy, masculine, and thought driven Aquarius. Traditionally both Capricorn and Aquarius are ruled by Saturn, so as each planet moves through these two signs we experience two sides of Saturn's influence.
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Jan 19, 2025
Sun Enters Aquarius
The Sun bursts into Aquarius today, lighting up the darkness of winter with a lightning bolt of innovation and transformation, and conjoins with a metamorphic Pluto. In the sleepy, cozy depths of midwinter, Aquarius holds the flint that sparks groundbreaking ideas, and Pluto emerges from the shadows and says…”Do it...”
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The Full Moon in Cancer
On January 13, the Full Moon in Cancer rises, casting its luminous glow on our inner world. As the ruler of the Moon, Cancer deepens this phase's emotional resonance, offering a moment ripe for introspection and growth.
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Mercury in Capricorn: Dream It, Scheme It
When Mercury moves into earthy and feminine Capricorn, our thoughts and communication gain a grounded and strategic focus. This transit is an ideal time to bring discipline to our creative ideas and goals. Words become purposeful, decisions are deliberate, and the focus shifts toward achieving tangible, lasting results.
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Mars Retrogrades into Cancer | Navigating the Shift
Yes, it’s a retrograde, but don’t freak out! Retrogrades aren’t inherently bad—they offer a chance to slow down, revisit old themes, and gain clarity through introspection. On January 6th, Mars moves into Cancer, softening Mars’ usual assertiveness & urging us to pause to reflect on emotions, home, and personal boundaries.
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Venus Enters Pisces: Dreams, Creativity, & All Things Beautiful
Pleasure-seeking and romantic Venus sails into the dreamy, imaginative, watery domain of Pisces. Exalted in this feminine, double-bodied water sign, and ruled by generous and optimistic Jupiter, her effortless attractive force is infused with a healthy splash of fortune.
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