I’ve been excited for a while about the astrological shifts happening this summer, and how the second half of the year will feel very different from the start of 2026. Within the span of just a few months, we will have gone from having the reflective, introverted, and routine oriented water and earth signs of Pisces, Cancer, and Taurus highlighted to suddenly having the more extroverted, adventurous, and playful fire and air signs of Gemini, Leo, and Aries amplified.

Right around the middle of July an interesting aspect configuration will form across the longer planetary transits of Jupiter in Leo, Uranus in Gemini, Neptune in Aries, and Pluto in Aquarius. All four of these planets will be at exactly four degrees of their respective signs, aspecting each other. Jupiter will sextile Uranus, which will sextile Neptune, which will sextile Pluto, which will round out the semi-circle as it opposes Jupiter.

Because these planets will all be in either fire or air signs, they will be working together harmoniously, inspiring one another. Over the course of the next few weeks, you may feel like you’re coming out of feeling tired, more in your emotions, or simply confused about what you need to be doing next in life as you start to enjoy experimenting, tapping into your creativity again, and finding ways to be more playful in your everyday life. Depending on what houses these planets are transiting for you will speak to where you’re putting these qualities into practice, which we’ll get into throughout the second half of this newsletter.

First, I want to dig deeper into the symbolism of how these planets are all aspecting one another right at four degrees, which falls in the first decan of each of these signs. For this, I turned to my favorite book on astrological decans, Temple of Stars by Martin Goldsmith. Let’s look at the meanings of each sign’s first decan before we get into how these planets are working together as they transit your own chart.

1st decan of Leo, where Jupiter will be:

• Prioritizes fun and entertainment

• Developing new outlets for self expression

• Wanting to bring creativity and a childlike approach to whatever you’re engaged in at this time

• Not afraid to take on a leadership role or be more direct about what you want, but because of this can also be pretty competitive

• Makes a strong statement, lives a more colorful life

• Having Jupiter here may have these above themes feeling larger than life for a couple of months, or you may want to find ways to get creative with travel, education, writing, teaching, or a spiritual practice

1st decan of Gemini, where Uranus will be:

• Favors quick communication and leaning into social interactions

• Has an ability to zero in on specific skills needed to develop a craft, artistic practice, or work

• Wanting to concentrate on one interest and learn the various facets of that topic

• Enjoys jumping between different subjects or skills at once, but may get distracted by how many different directions your thoughts end up going in

• With Uranus here, you may be taking a unique approach to how you communicate, write, or present what you know to people. You may also end up surprised with what you’re suddenly interested in learning about.

1st decan of Aries, where Neptune will be:

• The first decan of Aries is the very start of the zodiac, so it presents and beginning of something completely new

• There is a desire to act on impulse and what is coming to you in the moment, instead of bogging yourself down with detailed planning

• Is also more adventurous and willing to take risks

• Can easily simplify a plan of action and work quickly to develop something new

• This is yet another decan focused on personal creativity and playing around with who you are and how you want to express yourself

• With Neptune here, you may be allowing yourself to dream bigger with new ideas and plans that you want to pursue, or maybe you’re acting on developing your creative or spiritual interests

1st decan of Aquarius, where Pluto will be:

• Similar to the first decan of Aries, with this one too there’s a willingness to try out something completely new

• Likes to follow where inspiration leads, and acts on sudden whims and intuition, not so much logic or practical details

• Is aware that there’s so much we don’t know yet, so is willing to explore different possibilities that others haven’t conceived of yet.

• Doesn’t like to get stuck or tied down to one specific way of being and is very comfortable with change

• Again the theme of experimentation comes up here

• Having Pluto here shows that deep, internal transformation will come through embracing change and trusting your instincts more

You may have started to notice a common thread across all of these signs, which are these themes of creativity, leaning into experimentation, and beginning something new. Based on your birth chart configuration, let’s look at where you may be encountering these themes the most…

Fire sign risings (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) and air sign risings (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius)

After a more work or mental health focused last couple of years, these bigger transits will be activating the houses of your chart that pertain to relationships, creativity, and self exploration. Over the coming months, notice how you may be more interested in developing a greater sense of community or how you could be open to dating or entering a major new chapter in a current relationship. You could simply feel closer to certain friendships, especially if your social life hasn’t been a major focus recently. Greater growth will be coming through partnerships of all types, whether that’s new business collaborations, inspiring friendships, or a romantic relationship.

In addition, there may be new subjects or techniques you want to learn about, and you could spend the next year or so deepening your knowledge on a specific skill or subject that will later help you advance in your career or another area of your life. Also, if you feel like you’ve been holding yourself back creatively, these next several months will ask you to care less about what other people think and put yourself out there in new ways. If you want to post more on social media, do it. Or if you want to inject more of your personal voice into your writing or a work project, there is a lot of supportive energy to do so. This is the time to lean into whatever is piquing your interest and explore it further, because you never know what that will initial interest will turn into at a later date.

Earth sign risings (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) and water sign risings (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces)

After focusing on community, travel, and being more public about what you know over the last couple of years, your attention will begin to shift to how you can better nurture yourself and find deeper meaning in the work that you do. If you’re starting to feel burned out or like you need some type of reset, you may want to take time to be by yourself to tend to a solo hobby and rediscover what inspires you in the coming months.

In addition, you may want to bring those themes of deeper connection and creativity into your work. For instance, if you’re self employed, you may realize that churning out content isn’t doing it for you anymore, and you would rather prioritize work that speaks to you in a more meaningful way. Or maybe you’re looking to pivot in your career to enjoy more of what you do on a daily basis. You could also be moving past fears or mental blocks of not being good enough to express yourself creatively, especially through your work. Outside of your career, your health will start to be a bigger priority. You may be experimenting with new wellness practices, and by taking care of both your mind and body, you could feel reenergized. Finally, spirituality may be something that you’re turning to more over the next year or so, as you gain greater trust in your own intuition or a connection to something bigger than yourself.

Let me know in the comments what your rising sign is and if you’re already starting to feel this shift coming up. And for a more in depth look at what all of these individual transits of Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto mean for your specific rising sign as well as key dates of when you’ll feel these transits more intensely throughout the year, you can always revisit your 2026 yearly horoscopes.

Because Chiron is changing signs in two weeks from now, on June 19, I want to revisit this chart placement today by talking about its transit and the various phases of Chiron you will experience over time. For long time readers of this newsletter, you may remember that I put out a newsletter on Chiron and what it says about your healing journey back in 2023. That article breaks down Chiron in your natal chart by sign and house placement, so it could actually be helpful to reference that as we explore the various transits of Chiron below.

For some background information, Chiron is an asteroid, which is symbolized by the K shaped symbol in your birth chart. Based on where it falls in your chart signifies an area in which you may feel like you’re lacking, or this part of your life may be a source of emotional pain for you. Maybe you feel like you didn’t completely fit in in that area when you were younger, and you could still carry those insecurities with you today as an adult. Chiron signifies what you need to heal and learn how to open up about more. By not shying away from what this placement represents, you’re able to more deeply connect with people who may have gone through something similar.

As Chiron transits through your chart, making its way through the various signs and houses, it brings this energy of needing to heal and overcome certain fears to a specific area for several years at a time. Chiron has been transiting through Aries since 2018/2019, so you can identify that Aries ruled house in your chart and look at how you may have faced more difficult situations there over the last few years, but how ultimately you may have learned how to build greater confidence in the skills you bring to this part of your life. For instance, I have had Chiron transiting my Aries 9th house, and I’ve become more comfortable sharing through public speaking, writing, and teaching. Before this transit, public speaking and long form writing were areas that felt intimidating, but now eight years later, I’m fine with it.

Chiron is now shifting into Taurus and therefore the next house over in your chart from June 19 - September 17, 2026, and then again from April 14, 2027 until 2034. So over the next three months, you’ll start to see how a new 7- 8 year chapter of your life is being set up for you to heal any feelings of not being good enough and address specific fears you may have in the Taurus ruled house of your chart.

For more basic information on Chiron, you can listen to my podcast episode that just came out today. In the rest of this newsletter, I really want to focus on Chiron making aspects to your natal Chiron placement in your chart, looking at the Chiron squares, the opposition, and then the eventual Chiron return. For more insight into your natal Chiron placement, again I encourage you to revisit my past newsletter on this topic and keep those themes in mind as we go through the below.

I was recently revisiting the book Astrological Time by Brian Clark, and this table he inserted in the book got me thinking about how harder, healing type periods in life, which are very much a Chiron theme, come at different ages for everyone.

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I loved speaking with those of you who are currently experiencing major Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto transits, which represent very tough, confusing, but ultimately necessary transitional periods in our lives.

There are a couple of resources you may want to have pulled up when watching this workshop:

Transit chart

Dates and degrees of every planet’s retrograde

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I’m sending out double emails this week, because I am also hosting an in person event in New York on Thursday, June 18 on the astrology of career timing and branding your business according to your birth chart.

I’m collaborating with Daniela Marti, who is my long-time brand designer, and also works with clients to help them brand their businesses according to their birth charts. With Uranus now transiting my 11th house, I have been brainstorming ways I can collaborate with people and do more in person meet ups in order to create an astrology community. I am having a baby at the end of this summer, so I wanted to squeeze in an event before this happens, as I won’t be able to host another until 2027!

Daniela and I are joining forces to host an intimate, in-person workshop blending astrology and branding for a group of 20-25 guests. This will be a three hour experience designed to explore how your birth chart can inform your career path, creative direction, and personal brand, both strategically and intuitively. In the lead up to the South Node and Jupiter both entering Leo over the next few weeks, it’s the perfect time to play around creatively and get more inspired when it comes to your work.

The workshop will be divided into two parts, the first half being a teaching segment where we will cover:

• Identifying the parts of your birth chart that speak to your personal brand and aesthetic

• Different chart examples and how this plays out visually and in marketing

• Finding the transits for when you may want to change direction in your career, expand your own business, or do a total rebrand

• Opportunity to share your chart with everyone and get input from us

The teaching portion of this workshop will be followed by a Q&A and open conversation over drinks and treats where you will be able to connect 1:1 with Daniela and I, and other attendees.

You will also leave this workshop with a personalized 5-page guide that will cover your career timing for the next two years written by me and brand recommendations based on your birth chart placements by Daniela, all written in advance to support deeper reflection and post-event integration.

Tickets are currently on sale here at early bird pricing until June 10.

The event will be held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Thursday, June 18 from 6:30 - 9:30pm. We will be starting the workshop promptly at 7pm. The exact event location will be revealed when you purchase your ticket.

And for those of you who aren’t in New York but are still interested in this topic, Daniela and I will be doing a shorter, virtual version of this workshop at the end of June on Substack for paid subscribers, so stay tuned for that.

We hope to see you there!

Alice and Daniela

I hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend!

I will be hosting the next live workshop over Zoom this coming Sunday, May 31, perfectly timed to the full moon in Sagittarius! As we’ve been over in the monthly forecasts recently, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto have all completely moved into new signs over the last year or so, so I want to go more in depth on what these longer, outer planet transits mean for you.

Specifically, we will be looking at what to expect when transit Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto make exact aspects to planets and angles in your birth chart, and how that may result in both bigger life changes and significant internal shifts happening for you. These are the transits that bring about these once in a lifetime transformations, so they’re a huge deal to note.

Throughout this workshop, we will be reviewing what Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto represent, tracking timelines of when they make exact aspects to natal planets and angles, pinpointing when you may feel these transits a bit more intensely, and looking at chart examples that illustrate the effects of these transits. If you have already experienced some of these outer planet transits, during the second part of the workshop you will have the opportunity to share your chart and what you experienced during that time period.

Ahead of the workshop, you may want to have a transit chart already pulled up, although I will spend a couple of minutes making sure everyone knows how to do so.

This workshop will be hosted on Sunday, May 31 at 2pm EST. It will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes. For those of you who can’t make it, I will send out the replay to paid subscribers the following day, on Monday, June 1. Replays of past workshops we’ve done so far are available to watch at any time below:

• Timing major career changes

• Planning your week with astrology

• Interpreting lunar return charts

• Going deeper with annual profections

• Tracking year long themes with transits

• Ruling planets and why they’re so important

• Interpreting solar return charts

• The astrology of pregnancy

The Zoom link to join is below, and I hope to see you there!

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Happy Gemini season!

Out of all the tricky transits we’ve encountered so far in 2026, I actually really like the astrology for the next month. It offers a pause from encountering so many tough transitions thus far in 2026, and it’s a nice send off to Jupiter, which is preparing to leave Cancer at the very end of June. Like always, I will first be going over all of the major transits happening this month, before paid subscribers can read on to find out what everything means for their rising sign. If you want to listen to the overview of the transits for the next month, that episode will be out tomorrow on my podcast, Astrology with Alice.

The main underlying theme for the month ahead is that the Sun is moving through Gemini from May 20 - June 21. Gemini season is a time for greater connection. It’s more geared towards social activities, learning, and travel. Therefore, you could have a desire to pick up new skills or explore different subjects, or you may be coming into contact with a lot of new people and expanding your network. I do find that by the end of Gemini season I’m often exhausted by how many directions I’ve just been pulled in. So the main downside is that Gemini season can feel scattered in that way. But overall, I view this as a pleasant, fun time of year, where you’re being encouraged to follow your curiosity.

The Sun will be joining Mercury, which is already in Gemini, so the first ten days or so of Gemini season will have more emphasis on wanting to be more involved with people or having a desire to learn, read, and write, or it may simply be easier to come up with new ideas. In addition, the Sun will be meeting up with Uranus in Gemini from May 20 - 22, so you could see some initial changes going on in the Gemini ruled house of your chart, since the longer transit of Uranus is getting more activated at this time. Maybe there’s a desire to switch up your approach to this area of your life, or you’re being met with sudden insight or new opportunities related to the Gemini house of your chart.

The last several days of May look a little tricky, and I would say that this may be the time period that brings up the most annoyances or setbacks out of the entire month. First, Mars is in Taurus for the entirety of Gemini season, not leaving this sign until the very end of June. And on May 25 and 26, Mars will exactly square Pluto in Aquarius. There may be tension or frustration you encounter for a couple days period, or maybe you’re trying to control a situation a little too much. You may also have a really strong reaction to something, like more intense anger than usual, or maybe you’re the recipient of someone else acting this way to you. Try not to take any outbursts super personally, and I would probably try to avoid confronting anyone around this time. Also, you may want to consider where you’re being overly stubborn in certain areas of your life, and how you might be open to letting your guard down or being a bit more flexible.

A few days later, Venus in Cancer will square Saturn in Aries on May 28. This is another aspect that may bring up some frustration in your relationships right at the end of May. You may feel annoyed with a friend, or maybe a partnership is requiring you to put in more effort. As a result, you may be reflecting on who is worth your time and energy, as well as who you want to commit to in the long term. Outside of relationships, you may be more aware of your spending habits at this time, and you could feel encouraged to start saving or just be more practical about your purchases.

The first lunation of the month will be the full moon in Sagittarius on May 31. This full moon will take place at 9 degrees of Sagittarius, so anyone with Sagittarius, Gemini, Pisces, or Virgo chart placements right around that degree marker will likely feel the effects of the full moon more intensely. This full moon looks pretty pleasant though, and you could be interested in learning about a different culture, spiritual practice, or foreign country. You may also be realizing how you want to share your knowledge, through writing, teaching, or another medium, or there may be a specific subject you want to learn about in depth.

The full moon will be ruled by Jupiter, which is still in Cancer, the sign of its exaltation, for a few more weeks. So in addition to bringing up realizations or change in the Sagittarius ruled house of your chart, you may see greater activity occurring in the Cancer ruled house too. There may even be a positive link between these two houses, where the topics of one house are influencing situations happening in the other. Also, the full moon will trine Saturn in Aries, lending an air of stability or longevity to whatever you may be working on at this time. It could feel easier to commit to something, or hard work you’re engaging in may feel more worth it.

On June 1, Mercury moves into Cancer, the sign in which it will later station retrograde on June 29. Because of this retrograde, Mercury will be in Cancer for a while - until August 9. With over two months of Mercury in this sign and the Cancer ruled house of your chart, a lot of your thoughts and attention will be focused on that one specific area for a while. With the retrograde on the horizon, you may be reflecting more on your home and family life, like what you want to change within your family dynamics or how you can make your home feel more like your own. You could also start to think more about your personal past and end up feeling a bit nostalgic.

June 9 brings the most positive aspect of this month, as Venus and Jupiter, the two benefics, meet up in Cancer. Whereas relationships may have felt a bit tense with the Venus-Saturn square on May 28, it will be a different story by June 9, and you may feel much more uplifted in your friendships, work partnerships, or romantic relationships. Creative inspiration may come to you easily at this time too, or you could feel more generous and optimistic. You can also think of this conjunction as a positive wrap up to Jupiter’s year long transit through Cancer. You may want to reflect back on how much growth has gone on in this Cancer ruled house of your chart over the last twelve months.

We shift out of the sentimental Cancerian energy a bit on June 13, when Venus moves into Leo. Venus will be in Leo until July 9, which will have you leaning into personal self expression. There may be a hobby you want to try out, or you could be experimenting with your style in new ways. This would also just be a great time to relax, and find activities you enjoy doing for leisure, that aren’t linked to productivity or success in any way. However, Venus will oppose Pluto on June 17, so for a couple of days surrounding this date, again this theme of control within relationships may pop up, similar to what we went over with Mars squaring Pluto at the end of May. Try to step back and assess what is worth obsessing over, versus what is simply out of your control. And keep in mind that usually the bigger plan the universe has in store for you is better than what you’re trying to force yourself.

The new moon in Gemini will occur on June 14 (June 15 for time zones ahead of the U.S.). This new moon will be at 24 degrees of Gemini, so anyone who has Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo, or Pisces planets or angles right around 24 degrees will feel the effects of this new moon in a bigger way. All of the themes associated with Gemini, like learning, social activity, and developing communication based projects will get a boost at the time of this new moon and in the days that immediately follow. You may also be ending a situation in your life that isn’t meant to make it to that next new chapter, or you could need some time to reflect on what you want to pursue next. In addition, new opportunities, partnerships, or mindsets may begin to take hold right after June 14.

The ruling planet of the new moon in Gemini is Mercury, which will be in Cancer at this time. Both the new moon and full moon this month will have this tie in with the Cancer ruled house of your chart, making the themes of that house extra relevant for you this month. And again, you may notice a link between the Cancer ruled house and the Gemini ruled house of your chart, with the topics of each influencing each other. Also, it could be that this theme of home and family gets brought back up again at the new moon, and you may be thinking more about how to prioritize or make adjustments to this part of your life.

And finally, the last major event of the month will be Chiron shifting into Taurus on June 19. Chiron hasn’t changed signs since 2019, when it moved into Aries, so this is a longer transit that is a bigger deal to note. Though Chiron will return to Aries for a final wrap up from September 17, 2026- April 14, 2027, this is the start of it being in Taurus until 2033. Over the next few months, you may notice how Chiron’s influence of needing to do deeper healing work, facing insecurities, or practicing greater vulnerability may already be manifesting in the Taurus ruled house of your chart. With Chiron, the more open you are about what’s bothering you, the more able you are to connect with people going through something similar and grow in a specific area of your life.

Let’s now get into what everything means for your specific rising sign…

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I often get asked when the best time to schedule a haircut or other types of beauty related appointments would be based on astrology. I know that may seem like something small, but after several bad haircuts under not so great astrology, I am never taking my chances again. In addition to looking at the timing of making beauty related or self care appointments, I also want to zoom out and look at the overall astrology of self care, like how you nurture yourself, activities you find to be calming, and transits for when you will naturally feel more in tune with your mind and body.

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The Moon

Let’s first turn to your birth chart to understand what type of activities you like to engage in that help you feel more grounded, calm, and in touch with yourself.

The moon sign is the most important when understanding environments you seek out to feel safe and comfortable. The moon also describes your home environment, early childhood, and how you process your emotions, so depending on what sign and house your moon falls in will indicate how you go about expressing your feelings, as well as the little self care practices you may engage in out of habit. Below, I’ve grouped the moon signs by element, as they share similar qualities.

Moon in fire signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) - you may find a lot of comfort in having new experiences, learning, traveling to new cities or countries, or engaging in a creative practice, it’s also important that you find different outlets for self expression, like trying out a new hobby or personal style, there’s a need to not lose sight of the playfulness of your inner child. I recommend Element’s Mandarin Crush hand and body cream to soothe your body after long travel days or social events.

Moon in earth signs (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) - you probably like the stability of an everyday routine, you may feel your best when you’re making an effort to workout regularly, eat nutritious foods, and engage in activities that are more hands on and bring you back to your physical body; trying out new wellness activities, like a spa day or a nature walk may be what you turn to to feel more grounded. I recommend Element’s Wicked Ficus candle for unwinding and putting work to the side for the night.

Moon in air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) - you likely crave stimulating conversations and connection with people, you may find a lot of peace in reading books, listening to podcasts, and teaching yourself new information; finding an outlet for your overthinking, like reading or journaling, may be especially helpful, it’s also key that you find little ways to have more variety in your everyday life, so things don’t feel so routine and boring. I recommend Element’s Kiso Forest hand and body lotion to help you reconnect with your body when you’re feeling too mentally stimulated.

Moon in water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces) - establishing deeper emotional connections with people is important to you, you may find more inner peace when you’re engaging in a spiritual practice and getting in touch with your own intuition and higher self, you’re also learning how to lean into your sensitivity rather than avoiding your feelings, being around water or connecting with animals may make you feel more calm too. I recommend Element’s Acadia hand and body soap for your next bath time or spa night at home.

With the moon, it can be interesting to reflect back to the age of 27 (or look ahead to that age if you haven’t gotten there yet). This is when you get your first progressed lunar return, and all of the traits associated with your moon placement become a lot more important to you. If you are someone who earlier on in life didn’t really prioritize self care or slowing down to nurture yourself, then at this age you may have an awakening where you suddenly do want to tap into the traits of your moon sign in a bigger way.

The 6th and 12th Houses

In addition to the moon, you will want to note the 6th and 12th houses in your chart. The 6th house speaks to your physical body and daily routines, while the 12th is more about your mental health and spiritual practices. What planets, if any, are placed there? How do the qualities of that planet show up in the physical or mental health activities you engage in?

For instance, if you have Venus in your 12th, then you may find a lot of peace through tending to solo creative projects or a spiritual practice. These may be activities you would prefer to do alone, and which you’re more private about. Or if you have Saturn in your 6th house, you may thrive when you are following a structured everyday routine, where you’re focused on eating well, getting exercise in, and taking care of your body. However, because Saturn placements tend to get easier as you get older, it may take you some time to realize that you need to prioritize wellness in this way.

Even if you don’t have planets in these houses, you will still want to note what signs rule your 6th and 12th. The qualities of that sign will inform how you approach these areas of your life that have to do with your mental and physical health. If you have Taurus ruling your 6th house, then maybe there’s a more tangible aspect to your self care rituals, and you could like to splurge on fancier skincare products or Taurus like traits of getting in touch with nature, cooking, or experimenting with fashion and your aesthetic may be different ways in which you calm down and get more in touch with yourself. To contrast, let’s say you have a more energetic sign like Sagittarius ruling your 6th house. It could be that through learning, engaging in a writing practice, or treating yourself to occasional travel is how you nurture yourself. You may also crave freedom and flexibility to do your own thing, rather than following such a strict, everyday routine.

Tips for scheduling self care activities

Now let’s get into some tips for when self care may be more emphasized for a period of time. There might be a year-long period when you’re super into working out regularly, or there could be a specific month or week where you feel called to get a haircut, schedule a facial, or change up your nighttime routine.

Venus

I find Venus to be very important with aesthetic related activities specifically. So if you’re wanting to do something that is more focused on your appearance, you will want to check where Venus is transiting in your chart. When you get a Venus transit happen to the below parts of the chart we’re about to go over, these will naturally be times when you’re reflecting more on how you dress, present yourself, and are perceived by the world.

Having Venus transit one of the signs it rules or is exalted in (Libra, Taurus, or Pisces) is a great time to lean into activities like upgrading your wardrobe, changing up your style or hair, or making other significant beauty appointments. Still, no matter what sign Venus is transiting though, you will also want to check when it’s hitting upon important natal placements in your chart, especially ones that have to do with your public image or aesthetic. Here are a few of those I would note:

• Venus transiting your 1st house (your rising sign)

• Venus moving over your Midheaven (see diagram below)

• Venus transiting your Sun sign

• Venus transiting the sign of your chart ruler (the planet that rules your rising sign)

• Having Venus return to the sign in which you have Venus placed in your birth chart, also known as your “Venus return”

With Venus, I would try to avoid making any drastic changes to your appearance during Venus retrograde periods. For reference, the next Venus retrograde is coming up from October 3 - November 14, 2026. What you want to have done under a Venus retrograde often isn’t what you end up liking once the retrograde is over.

The Moon

Returning to the moon again, I also find the sign in which the moon is transiting and the aspects the moon is making with other planets to be relevant. The moon rules the sign of Cancer and is exalted in Taurus, so those are always better signs for the moon to be in when it comes to slowing down and engaging in self care. But you could apply the same exercise we just did with Venus to the moon too, by running down that list and noting when the moon is in the sign of your rising, your sun, your Venus, etc.

I would try to avoid scheduling important beauty appointments when the moon is making these aspects:

• Conjunctions, squares or an opposition with either your natal Saturn or transit Saturn

• The several hours period when the moon is void of course every couple of days. The void of course moon is when the moon is at the end of a sign, and isn’t making aspects to any other traditional planets (Uranus, Neptune, Pluto don’t count)

Is the moon phase relevant?

I don’t obsess over the moon phase as much, so I wouldn’t avoid scheduling a haircut or other appointment because of a full moon for instance. However, if I’m wanting to refresh something about myself, typically the best time to do that would be at a new moon or in the two weeks after the new moon, building up to a full moon. The new moon and the days that immediately follow it are symbolic of a new chapter unfolding, and often there is a desire to change up something in your life. For instance, the upcoming new moon in Taurus on May 16 leading up to the full moon in Sagittarius on May 31 would be a great period for doing some type of refresh. See the diagram below for a visual of a new moon happening in someone’s 1st house - often a more significant transit for changing up your appearance or beauty routine.

Making bigger changes to your health or appearance

The above timing we just went over is for more day to day appointments with self care, but I also wanted to briefly touch upon when you encounter bigger, year long or more transits for taking care of yourself, cutting back on negative habits, and better nurturing both your mind and body.

When you have a longer transit like Saturn, Jupiter, or the North and South Nodes transit your ascendant or Midheaven, you could want to change up your appearance in a bigger way. It could feel like you’ve outgrown a certain way of dressing for instance, and you’re wanting clothing that reflects a new lifestyle. The ascendant specifically has to do with your physical body, so when you have a planet like Saturn move over your ascendant, you might be more aware of how your body is aging and how you might make healthier choices in your everyday life to feel your best. You could literally be forced to slow down during this time, or there could be health concerns you need to address. New health habits you implement under these longer transits will often stick with you for the years to come. You could also check when a transit like the nodes or Saturn aspects your ascendant or Midheaven ruling planet.

Meanwhile, tracking transits to your 6th and 12th transits is less about aesthetics, and more about taking the time to understand how your mind, body, and spirit are all interconnected. Again, when you have a longer transit like the North and South Nodes, Jupiter, or Saturn move through your 6th or 12th house, you may have the desire to take stock of your everyday routine, and cut back on activities that are putting too much stress on your plate or eliminate habits that aren’t working for you anymore. Oftentimes, people will stop drinking under a major 6th or 12th house transit, or they may search for a better work-life balance, because they’re more aware of how overworking themselves is affecting their mental health.

During these periods, you may naturally be spending more time alone, so there’s an opportunity to reflect on what’s going on internally with you. You may come to find that by prioritizing caring for your physical body through exercise or healthy eating has a positive effect on your emotional state, and vice versa - by slowing down and resting you also have extra energy to show up and be more productive.

Let me know in the comments if there are specific transits or parts of your chart that you feel are very relevant when leaning into self care and nurturing yourself !

In my readings, the two areas of life I get asked about the most are relationships and career. Second to those is moving, as well as other home or family related changes. I recently realized I hadn’t spoken that much about the astrology of home and family on this Substack, but with Jupiter still in Cancer for the next two months, now seemed like the right time. So today’s newsletter is dedicated to how you can track when you may undergo a move or spot when significant changes may happen to your home or family relationships.

Before we get into it, I had my friend and fellow astrologer on the podcast this week, Michelle Grodnick. We talk about her specific interest in family and ancestry astrology, as well as the astrology of bigger life pivots in general. She is also pregnant, due less than two weeks after me, so we discuss how the timing of pregnancy showed up in both of our charts in different ways. You can find her on Substack here.

First, let’s go over the key parts of the chart that correlate with your home life and family situation. Then we’ll get into different transits that can occur to these chart placements, and how these transits may result in various situations playing out in your home and family life.

Birth chart placements that correlate with home and family

One or more of these parts of the chart will be activated when someone is moving or dealing with significant changes happening to their home and family life. When these chart placements are aspected by current transits, in some instances it may result in moving homes or renovating your current space, while in others, it could be that the dynamics within your family relationships are shifting or parents and siblings are undergoing bigger changes themselves. It could even be that you experience several of these themes at once under a transit.

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Uranus just changed signs yesterday, which is a major deal because it kicks off a brand new 7-8 year cycle that will carry us until 2033! Uranus is a planet that brings about more significant change in our lives, so now that it has fully moved into Gemini, you can expect to see bigger shifts happen in the Gemini ruled house of your chart. Below, I’ve put together a little guide on everything you need to know about Uranus and the time frames in which you can expect greater change to happen.

For more information on this transit and what it means for you, you can always revisit your yearly horoscopes, where I zoomed in on key dates throughout 2026 for when you’ll feel this transit a bit more intensely. Part 1 of “Uranus Transit Stories” is also out now on my podcast, with part 2 coming on Thursday. Listeners have written in about what they’ve personally experienced having Uranus transit through the Taurus ruled house of their chart over the past 7-8 years, so you can get a better idea of what to expect if you’re the next rising sign over.

First, let’s review the qualities Uranus has as a planet:

• Represents change, which can come about very unexpectedly and quickly

• Craves freedom and wants to break free from anything that feels restricting

• Willing to experiment and challenge the status quo

• Innovative and takes risks

• May feel shaky, like it’s hard to get an exact structure or firm commitment, or there could be a lot of ups and downs

What happens when Uranus enters a new sign and house of your chart?

Uranus takes about 84 years to make its way through all 12 signs and all 12 houses of your chart. It spends 7-8 years in one sign and therefore one house (I use whole sign houses to track transits). During that several years window it spends in one house, you will see the qualities we went over with Uranus take hold in that specific area of your life. You can expect those house topics to go through a series of changes over almost a decade, and what you plan to have happen there now likely won’t be what you’re doing seven years later.

In the months leading up to Uranus moving into a new sign and house, usually you already feel a desire to experience change there. Maybe you feel like you’ve outgrown certain elements of this part of your life and you’re ready for something new. For example, if you’re a Virgo rising and Gemini is your 10th house, over the last year, you may have started to feel like you want to do something different in your career. New interests may have come to you recently that could later inform a bigger change at work over the next several years. Or if you’re an Aquarius rising, maybe you’ve had more of a desire to express yourself creatively, or you could feel like putting yourself out there with dating. It can be interesting to pay attention to the first few months of Uranus being in this new sign and house, as initial changes that occur now will often inform how you end up approaching this area differently in the years to follow.

Themes of Uranus in Gemini

Gemini is the sign associated with everyday communication, whether that’s sharing ideas through writing, speaking, online content, or within your relationships. As Uranus enters this sign, the way you learn, communicate, and share knowledge may be going through noticeable shifts. Combining these themes with the house Gemini rules in your chart, you may be picking up new information quickly having to do with that house’s topics, or through learning more about this area of your life, maybe you feel more comfortable speaking or writing about those themes. In addition, you may be seeking greater connection with people through engaging in activities associated with the Gemini ruled house in your chart. For instance, if Gemini rules your 12th house, maybe you get way more interested in researching mental health or spirituality, or you could want to form a community around these topics. Or if Gemini rules your 4th house, you may want to look more into your family’s ancestry, or you could be learning practical skills that help you decorate or make repairs around your home.

Key dates for Uranus over the next 7 years

When I recorded the Uranus transit stories podcast, I called out that 2022 was a key time frame for the Uranus in Taurus transit. We were in the thick of the Taurus/Scorpio eclipses at that point, and in July/August 2022 specifically, the North Node and Mars met up with Uranus in Taurus, amplifying that Uranus transit a lot more. Throughout a lot of the stories I read, this critical point in 2022 was when people noticed bigger shifts happening in the Taurus ruled house of their chart, which didn’t occur until 3-4 years into the Uranus in Taurus transit.

Noting when Uranus gets triggered by shorter transits like this will be key to watch as Uranus makes its way through Gemini now. I would say peak intensity for this Uranus in Gemini transit will be felt throughout the early 2030s, as Uranus is aspected by the South Node, Jupiter and Saturn all around a similar time frame. Here are a few dates over the next few years that grabbed my attention.

2026: end of April - August specifically, as all of the inner planets move through Gemini and conjoin Uranus one after the other. First Venus, then Mercury and the Sun, then Mars. These inner planet conjunctions with Uranus will serve to kick off initial changes you will feel with this transit.

2028: May and June specifically, when Mercury and Venus retrogrades happen simultaneously in the sign of Gemini, prompting greater reflection and maybe a revisiting of topics having to do with Gemini ruled house topics.

2029: Eclipses start happening in Gemini, aspecting Uranus there, which may prompt more obvious changes to occur in that house for you. These eclipses pick up momentum in the second half of 2029.

2030: The South Node meets up with Uranus in Gemini, and Saturn also enters Gemini. Felt very intensely specifically in June 2030 when the Sun, Mars, Uranus, the South Node, and Saturn all cluster in Gemini at once.

2031: Saturn moves closer to Uranus in Gemini, while both planets are opposed by Jupiter in Sagittarius. Felt throughout the year, but may reach a peak around October-November 2031. You may have a desire to restructure or grow a lot more in the Gemini ruled house of your chart around this time, or the topics of the Sagittarius house opposite may influence how you’re approaching the topics of the Gemini house.

2032: Saturn reaches an exact conjunction with Uranus before both planets enter Cancer. Though Uranus will return to Gemini several months later and finally leave Gemini in 2033, June 2032 will be key to watch, as the Sun, Venus, Mars and Mercury all meet up with Saturn and Uranus in Gemini at once. You could notice a wrapping up of major themes or a final push to do something different in this area of your life represented by the Gemini house in your chart.

What if you have planets or angles in Gemini?

If you have chart placements in Gemini, or other mutable signs like Virgo, Pisces, or Sagittarius, you will want to note when transit Uranus in Gemini reaches the exact degree of those planets. Uranus will spend about a 1-2 year period moving back and forth across a planet or angle in your chart as it stations retrograde, then direct, then retrograde again, and so on. When a planet or angle in your chart is affected by Uranus, you can expect to see greater change brought to the topics of what that planet or angle represents.

For instance, out of the entire time Uranus spends in your 1st or 7th house, you will likely feel the biggest effects of change happening with either your sense of identity (1st house) or relationships (7th house) when Uranus reaches the exact degree of your ascendant or descendant. Because those angles fall opposite to one another, you may experience changes happening in both of these areas simultaneously. The same could be said of when Uranus reaches your Midheaven or IC. That would be a peak time period of seeing change happen both in your career and at home and with family. If your Midheaven falls in the 9th or 11th house, notice how career changes feel more significant when Uranus reaches the degree of your Midheaven angle, rather than when it goes through your 10th.

If you have a planet in a mutable sign, notice how the house topics of where that planet is placed become more noticeable when Uranus exactly aspects that planet. You can also check what other houses in your chart that planet rules, as those house topics may also go through significant change for that exact 1-2 year period. In the diagram below, you can see Uranus crossing over someone’s Gemini Venus in the 7th house. In addition to bringing up changes associated with the 7th house and Venus like relationships or work partnerships, you will want to note what other houses Venus rules, because change will occur there too while Uranus is exactly aspecting this person’s natal Venus. Venus rules the signs of Taurus and Libra, which are associated with this person’s 6th and 11th houses respectively. So those house themes will be super relevant when it comes to understanding what areas will go through changes at this time. So while yes, they may experience relationship changes (Venus and 7th house), they will also want to note how shifts are occurring with their work, health, and routine (Taurus ruled 6th house) as well as with their friendships and bigger community (Libra ruled 11th house).

Let me know if you’re already feeling this Uranus transit going into effect in the comments below!

Happy Friday!

I wanted to send out an email with information about booking a reading with me - a perk you have as a paid subscriber of this newsletter.

Below is the link to join the waitlist to be notified when I open my readings.

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There are three charts you will want to have pulled up when following along with this workshop:

Transit chart

Solar return chart

Secondary progressions

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Happy Taurus season!

After making it past the tense aspects that happened at the very end of Aries season, as Mercury and Mars met up with Neptune and then Saturn in Aries, I’m expecting Taurus season to be relatively calmer. This year’s Taurus season is also interesting, because there’s a lot happening astrologically at the very start, and then a lot happening at the very end, with not much in the in between. So you could notice the most action taking place in your life during the last week of April and then the third week of May.

As usual, I will first be going over all of the major transits happening this Taurus season before paid subscribers can then read on to find out what everything means for their rising sign. The podcast version of the monthly transits is also available to listen to below.

The main underlying theme for the month ahead is that the Sun is moving through Taurus from April 19 - May 20. (April 20 - May 21 for time zones ahead of the U.S.). I love Taurus season, because it’s geared toward pleasure and indulging your five senses. It’s a great time for doing a bit of shopping, having fun with cooking or trying out new restaurants, getting out into nature, and treating yourself to self care type activities. I associate Taurus with feeling more connected to your physical body and finding ways to get more grounded in your everyday life. So you can apply these themes to the area of life represented by the Taurus ruled house of your chart.

Right at the start of Taurus season, the Sun in Taurus will come into a square with Pluto on April 25. So in the couple days surrounding this date, there may be a situation you’re obsessing over or trying to control a bit too much. It will be important to trust that what’s meant to happen will, and this may also be a period of shedding any mindsets or situations that aren’t working for you anymore. You could get the urge to swiftly cut something out of your life that is holding you back or transform a certain pattern for the better.

We also start off Taurus season with Mars and Mercury both still in Aries, coming off of the conjunction they just made with Saturn. Mercury will remain in Aries until May 2, and Mars will stay there for almost all of Taurus season, until May 18. So you may experience a push pull type energy of wanting to slow down with the Sun in Taurus, but then getting impatient or feeling like something needs to happen already with Mercury and Mars in Aries. You may also be in the planning stages of a new project or opportunity, and you’re ready to initiate something in your life.

Venus moves into Gemini on April 24, followed the next day by Uranus entering Gemini on April 25. Uranus entering Gemini is a huge deal, as it will remain in this sign until 2033. Over the next seven years, you can expect to see a series of changes, as well as sudden, likely unexpected developments occur in the Gemini ruled house of your chart. You may feel urged to break free from anything that feels restricting there too. And having Venus enter Gemini from April 24 - May 18 will just serve to amplify this Uranus transit a bit more in its first few weeks in this part of your chart. So just take note of how things start to move more quickly there once we get to the end of April. You may also be learning new subjects or figuring out how to communicate your ideas and creativity in different ways.

May 1 brings a full moon in Scorpio, happening at 11 degrees. So the lead up to the start of May will likely be the busiest period out of the next month, as you wrap up projects, hear back about opportunities, or schedule plans with people. However, with the moon in this more introspective sign of Scorpio, you may feel called to heal emotions about something that’s been bothering you or transform a certain mindset or habit you’ve outgrown - kind of similar to what we just went over with the Sun squaring Pluto just a few days before. In addition, you might be favoring deeper connections in relationships over more surface level social interactions around this May 1 time frame.

The ruling planet of the full moon is Mars, still in Aries, although in a much easier position than it was in back at the new moon in Aries in the middle of April. Mars will also be applying to a square with Jupiter in Cancer, so I expect this full moon to be about taking action and having more energy to put towards new endeavors, instead of feeling frustrated or slowed down. You may also be traveling around this time, or you could be more interested in spirituality or educating yourself on a specific subject.

The day after the full moon, Mercury will move into Taurus from May 2 - May 17. As Mercury joins the Sun in this sign, you may be more patient in your thinking, and you could be planning a project or opportunity out carefully rather than trying to rush the process. You may also be interested in learning about Taurus related themes like nature, gardening, cooking, fashion, or finances.

Then we skip a couple of weeks before we get another flurry of activity happening in the last few days of Taurus season. There will be a new moon in Taurus on May 16 at 25 degrees. In the days right before May 16, you may feel lower energy as you reflect and prepare for what comes next in the Taurus ruled house of your chart. In the days that immediately follow the 16th, note how new opportunities begin to take hold or you may have various projects or partnerships arise. There will be more positive momentum backing whatever you’re starting in the second half of May. The new moon will be conjunct Mercury in Taurus, so you may also be tending to communication based work, like writing, presentations, or social media content. It could be that you’re handling numerous calls or scheduling meetings too, or you may simply be running into people and taking care of numerous errands. This Sun-Mercury cazimi goes exact on May 14, so see if these themes involving communication surface even a couple of days before the new moon takes place.

The ruling planet of the new moon is Venus, which will be in Gemini at this time. So you could notice greater activity being brought up in the Gemini ruled house of your chart at this time too, or a positive opportunity may pop up there. I want to say that this new moon will be more social than a new moon usually is, just because of the Mercury conjunction and the ruling planet being in Gemini. So I would schedule plans with people, get some writing done, brainstorm ideas, etc right around this time.

Plus, Mercury moves into Gemini and meets up with Uranus there on May 17, so there’s going to be more outreach and connection with people happening closer to the very end of Taurus season. Mercury moving into the sign of its rulership will be great, and you could find yourself overwhelmed with new ideas that you want to pursue in the coming weeks. If you’ve felt stuck on what type of content to create or have been craving more social connection, I would expect these areas to go through a positive shift at this time.

Right before Mars leaves Aries, it will conjunct Chiron on May 16, so another theme that may pop up close to the new moon is one of healing certain insecurities and speaking up when you are upset about something, instead of letting it fester. Mars shifts out of Aries and into Taurus on May 18. Mars doesn’t do that well in Taurus, but honestly it will be nice to have it finally move away from Chiron, Saturn and Neptune - all very difficult planets. You may not be as pressed to accomplish a ton of work or see immediate results once Mars enters Taurus. Instead, you could be focusing on what tasks and activities feel right to you and are enjoyable to do. Looking at your individual chart, note how you may want to make a decision or take greater action in the Taurus ruled house.

Yet another planet changes signs right at the end of Taurus season, as Venus moves into Cancer on May 18 - June 13. This Venus transit will shift your creative focus toward the Cancer ruled house of your chart for a few weeks, and you may also be prioritizing your family relationships a bit more. It could be that you get the desire to decorate your home or clean and organize your space around this time too. I was already planning to decorate my baby’s nursery right in this window, without realizing Venus would be in Cancer!

Let’s now get into what all of this means for each rising sign!

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Happy Tuesday!

The next live workshop will be held this coming Sunday, April 19. Last week, I put out a podcast and newsletter on the astrology of pregnancy, but I wanted to do a workshop on this topic too, because it will be easier to discuss certain patterns that occur with transits, solar returns, and progressions to a chart at the timing of pregnancy and birth. This topic of astrology is super helpful to know more about, because it’s a common question that comes up when giving readings.

Throughout this workshop, we will be reviewing a lot of what I went over in this newsletter, but I will be expanding upon the information further when we look at various chart examples. As a disclaimer, I will get into some chart examples for complications that have come up with pregnancy, like miscarriage for example. If that’s something you’re uncomfortable hearing about, I’ll make it clear when we get to that section if you don’t want to listen. Expect a lot of chart examples though, and the second half of the workshop will offer anyone attending the chance to share their own chart, and we will look at what was going on at the time of pregnancy. If you’ve never been pregnant, you can still come with your mom, sibling, or a friend’s chart information and we can look at what was happening for them at these pivotal moments.

Ahead of this workshop, you can always pull up the three types of charts we will be looking at to have on hand. I will walk you through how to do this during the workshop too.

• A transit chart

• A solar return chart

• The secondary progressed chart

This workshop will be hosted on Sunday, April 19 at 2pm EST. It will last 1 hour and 30 minutes. For those of you who can’t make it, I will send out the replay of it to paid subscribers on Monday, April 20. Replays of past workshops we’ve done so far are below:

• Timing major career changes

• Planning your week with astrology

• Interpreting lunar return charts

• Going deeper with annual profections

• Tracking year long themes with transits

• Ruling planets and why they’re so important

• Interpreting solar return charts

The Zoom link to join is below, and I hope to see you there!

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In case you missed it last week, I announced that I’m pregnant! I am having a baby girl and she is due this Virgo season amidst the eclipses. I am currently halfway through the pregnancy with 20 weeks down, 20 more to go, and it’s been so hard not to share about this for the past few months, especially given how accurate the astrology has been for this major life change!

A lot of you have voiced how interested you are in the topic of using astrology to better understand the timing of pregnancy, so that’s what I’ll be getting into today. Below is a guide I’ve put together of what transits often point to having children. We’ll be getting into astrology that speaks to periods for conception and giving birth, timing nausea and other illness throughout pregnancy, when pregnancy may be more difficult, and also the major identity shift that comes from becoming a parent. In addition to transits, I’ve also added some information to look at in a solar return chart and with the secondary progressed moon too.

This is a niche of astrology I’ve been researching for the last four years, but I decided to wait until I got pregnant myself to speak on it, since I wanted to better understand and have first hand experience of all the nuances and bodily changes that come with being pregnant. Now that I’m in it, I’ve realized I knew very little before about how hard pregnancy actually is, so I’m glad I held off until now. Also, I know this is a sensitive topic, and astrology doesn’t take the place of medical advice when trying to conceive or when pregnant. Instead, I view it as a helpful supplement to understand the timing of your life and when something major like this may take place for you. Tracking the transits to my chart also helped me immensely when I was in the first trimester trenches, wondering when I was ever going to feel like myself again. I’m also excited to continue researching this topic further in order to more fully understand the many variations pregnancy and trying to conceive can take.

Below is the podcast episode I put out today on my own experience getting pregnant, why I chose to have a child when I did, and what I’ve gone through the past few months of my pregnancy. This episode speaks more to my personal journey, while what we get into below is a more straightforward, detailed guide.

Stay tuned for further information on the live workshop I’ll be hosting on this same topic on Sunday, April 19. I’ll send out another email about this in the next few days. The workshop will be super helpful, because it will give other people the opportunity to share about their different experiences they’ve had with pregnancy, as well as what you may have witnessed with friends or family members who have had kids. We’ll also get into even more chart examples in this workshop.

Okay, let’s now get into the astrology of pregnancy. Get comfortable, because this is about to be a long one!

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When I get questions about what astrology rituals I engage in, like how I manifest at a new or full moon or what I do at the time of eclipses, I usually have nothing to add. While engaging in these activities can be nice, I don’t see astrology as something that needs to be that complicated - it simply exists in the background of your everyday life. I view astrology as a useful tool that helps you to better understand developments happening day to day, and it also serves as a reference for major life chapters that might be unfolding over several years. You don’t need to force yourself to do anything around specific astrological events, your life will naturally play out as it is meant too and the astrology will echo that.

Astrology shows up in all different areas, whether it’s reflecting internal changes happening at work, indicating that a certain week might be more social for you, or hinting that it might be time to go easy on yourself and slow down. By keeping track of transits to your chart (link out to an article on this), you can make sense of these various ebbs and flows throughout a given week, month, year, or even decade. In today’s newsletter, I want to break down a few of the ways I incorporate astrology into my everyday life to show how you can make greater sense of where you are currently are and where your energy might be best directed.

Resources

For all of the points that I’m about to go over, you will be tracking transits to your chart. These are some helpful resources for how to do so.

• I personally pull up a transit chart when I want to know exactly where the current planets are in relation to my own chart. In addition to online chart generators, you can use an ephemeris.

• If transits feel confusing, there are a couple of helpful astrology apps that do the interpretation work for you. Time Passages and Chani are popular options. I don’t use either, but have heard good things about them.

• Because a lot of what I talk about below is referencing transits to specific houses of your chart, you may want to pull up this past article I did on the themes of all 12 houses.

• I also recommend keeping a journal and taking note of what happens throughout your week and how that corresponds with current transits. You can even revisit past years in your life and write down major events that occurred and how the transits at that time reflected that. I did an example of my “transit diaries” last year.

Here are a few of the ways I use astrology in my everyday life.

1. I track the Moon to understand where my emotions and priorities will lie on any given day

Because the Moon is the planet that moves the most quickly, only spending 2.5 days in one sign and house of your chart, it is the transit that is the most telling of how you will feel on a day to day basis.

On any given day, I know what sign and house of my chart the Moon is moving through. Tracking the Moon helps me to understand why a certain area of life may be a bigger priority that day, as well as what days may be more significant in terms of activity, versus other days in that same week that may feel slower. For instance, I know that when the Moon is moving through my 5th house of creativity and leisure activities, work likely won’t be as busy. But then a couple of days later when the Moon has shifted into my 6th house, my work schedule suddenly picks back up again.

Tracking the Moon even helps to see more minor happenings, like what days I may be more motivated to exercise (usually the moon in a cardinal sign is when I feel extra energized), or when I may need a slower start to the day because I’m tired (hello, moon in Pisces!). I also use the moon to pick days to organize events with friends, because I know I’ll naturally feel more social. In addition, I schedule astrology readings, workshops, and work announcements by looking to the Moon’s transit. If I’m wanting people to purchase something from me, I’ll usually time that to the Moon transiting a financial house of the chart (2nd or 8th houses or connecting with Venus). Or if I’m announcing an offering that I want to go over well with my audience, I will time it to the Moon being in the 1st or 10th house (more visible parts of the chart) or the 11th (community oriented). If I’m hosting a workshop or event, I’m usually identifying the best Moon transits out of the month for teaching and connecting with people.

I will say that you don’t necessarily need to plan too much with astrology, these events and emotions that correspond with the Moon’s transits will naturally occur. For instance, even if I’m not planning some type of social outing for a day that the Moon is in a relationship oriented house of the chart, people may still reach out to me or ask me to meet up. The same goes for career - I will receive emails about work opportunities or simply be busier than usual without me needing to do outreach or force it.

This workshop I hosted several months ago and corresponding newsletter are helpful if you’re wanting to go deeper in using the Moon to plan out your week.

2. Recognizing that certain times of the year are geared toward different activities and themes

If you’re wanting to understand the various “seasons” that make up your year, like what month your career might be a bigger deal, versus when a better time may be to take off work and schedule travel, that’s when you will want to look to the slightly longer transits of the Sun and Mars.

The Sun spends about thirty days in a sign and house of your chart, and it shows where you’re going through significant personal development and tapping into new interests and sides of your identity. When the Sun and Moon aspect each other at the time of the new and full moons each month, you can identify that as a key periods out of the month for noticing a specific house and sign’s topics getting intensified. In the days building up to a new or full moon, you will notice the topics of the sign and house in which the lunation is occurring becoming more prominent in your life. A new moon in your 2nd house may have you feeling super focused on launching a work project or building your own business that month, while a full moon in your 7th house may have you doing a lot of reflecting on a relationship or coming together with people you care about more frequently. These will be background themes you’re seeing play out over several weeks, rather than just a couple of days. In the diagram below, the Sun is in the 11th house and a full moon is occurring in the 5th house. Both 11th house themes of community and social commitments and 5th house themes of creativity and building self confidence will be relevant for them this month.

Meanwhile, Mars typically spends about six weeks in a sign and house of your chart (unless it is nearing a retrograde or actually retrograde) and shows where you’re feeling more motivated and inspired to take action during that period. Therefore, the transits of the Sun and Mars are pretty similar in that they define this several weeks period of seeing greater activity occur in a certain area of your life. However, Mars just tends to bring up more aggravation, irritation, and impulsive behavior than the Sun, which is something to note. Mars can point to an area of your life that may feel a bit frustrating for a few weeks

For further information on how the new and full moon cycles can help you plan for your month, you may want to revisit this past article I did.

3. I like to look to Mercury’s cycle with the Sun to understand when I’ll have more inspiration for communication based work.

This exercise is more specific to what I do for work, since so much of my day involves writing, podcasting, coming up with short form content, and speaking with people. Therefore, I like to look at what Mercury is doing over a longer period of time to understand when I will receive more ideas or developments in these areas. If you have a similar career that revolves a lot around communication, tracking Mercury might be especially helpful.

I like to check in on Mercury’s greatest elongation dates throughout the year in order to see when a flurry of ideas or greater activity with communication based projects are likely to take hold. When Mercury reaches its further distance from the sun, which happens every couple of months, you can expect to have an “aha” moment with a concept or an idea you have for a project, or you may possibly be launching something you’ve been developing for a while. Here are a few key dates for the rest of 2026 to pay attention to.

Meanwhile, I’m always aware that when Mercury is retrograde three times out of the year, that those several weeks likely won’t be as productive. I usually don’t try to introduce any type of new idea or offering in my business, and I spend these periods reflecting on how to restructure work in a certain area, giving extra thought to what I want to speak and share about once the retrograde is over. You can find upcoming Mercury retrograde dates here.

For more information on working with Mercury, you can revisit this past newletter.

4. The longer transits of Jupiter, Saturn, and the Nodes help me to understand the bigger picture of what I’m working toward

I can’t emphasize the transits of Jupiter, Saturn, and the North Nodes enough for understanding the longer, one to three year long themes that make up these mini chapters of your life. These transits can indicate when more meaningful life events will happen for you, like getting into a relationship or reaching a major relationship milestone, switching careers or getting a major new job, experiencing shifts in the way you think about yourself and your overall identity, having a baby, moving cities, etc.

The house in which Jupiter is transiting shows where you may want to expand, further your education, and break free from restrictions over the course of a year. Saturn’s transit indicates where you may experience greater stress, but also where you’ll be doing significant restructuring and learning how to commit and take things more seriously during a 3 year period. And the transits of the North and South Nodes through a pair of houses in your chart will show where you’re experiencing significant changes over a couple of years, which could come about by one chapter ending but a new one beginning. You may also be learning how to achieve greater balance between those two areas of your life.

I always know what signs these three transits are happening in, and it’s the first thing I identify when I pull up someone’s chart. It just helps me to place where they are in life and where they’re currently experiencing the biggest growth and change. With my own chart in my daily life, it helps me to identify years of career peaks or when I can expect to be more focused on my personal life or mental health. So if nothing is happening in one area, I’m not trying to force it so much, knowing that in a year or two, activity will start to flow there again. For instance, having Jupiter transit my 12th house for the past year has been a quieter period of not having as much occur in my social life or career. I could choose to freak out about this and force myself to remain busy. However, knowing astrology, I can recognize that by the time Jupiter enters Leo and then Virgo over the next year, I’ll be busy and embarking on new ventures. I can allow myself to rest, knowing that this period isn’t forever.

For further information on how to track year long themes with the transits of Jupiter, Saturn, and the Nodes, you can revisit this past workshop I did on the topic.

Let me know in the comments how you use astrology in your daily life! Always fun to see different approaches to this practice.

In honor of this newsletter turning three this Aries season, I have compiled a categorized guide to all of the astrology articles I’ve written over the past few years!

When I started this Substack, my whole aim was to create a library of evergreen astrological teachings, showing how astrology is such a helpful tool in navigating these everyday life experiences that we all go through. Looking back on the past three years, I’m proud of everything I’ve been able to cover here, and I wanted a place where you can easily revisit previous topics that I’ve written about. This guide links out to all of my past articles and workshops and will remain pinned at the top of my Substack page. I’ll keep updating it as new ones are added.

This was also a helpful exercise, because I’ve been able to see where there are certain gaps in my content. For instance, I’ve made a mental note to talk more about family related astrology in the future. I did write my whole book, Trust Your Timing, on relationship astrology, which is why there’s not more under that category. Everything I have to say on that topic, including synastry, identifying relationship patterns in your birth chart, understanding relationship timing, etc can be found there!

I put out a mix of free and paid content through this newsletter, so I have marked which articles are free to read, versus which ones are behind the paywall. Typically, the more niche or complex the topic is, the more likely it is to be paid content, since I’ve spent more time doing research on it.

Birth Chart Interpretation

The First 7 Steps I Take When Interpreting a Birth Chart (free)

The 12 Houses (free)

Identifying Places of Strength in Your Birth Chart (free)

Ruling Planets and Why They’re So Important (free)

Understanding Saturn in Your Birth Chart (free)

Everything You Need to Know About the North and South Nodes (free)

Understanding Retrograde Planets in Your Birth Chart (free)

What Does Your Chiron Placement Say About Your Healing Journey (paid)

Interpreting the Part of Fortune (paid)

Linking the Houses of Your Birth Chart (paid)

Your Guide to Sect (paid)

Career and Money Astrology

Beyond Career: Different Ways of Interpreting the Midheaven (free)

How Do Your Career Interests Show Up in Your Birth Chart? (paid)

Timing Work and Project Launches with Astrology (paid)

How I Use Astrology to Navigate Work and Running My Own Business (paid)

Timing Major Periods of Fame and Career Success (paid)

Your Birth Chart & Your Approach to Making and Spending Money (paid)

Using Mercury’s Cycle to Track Optimum Periods for Writing, Speaking, or Other Communication Based Work (free)

Relationship Astrology

Why Timing is So Important in Relationships (paid)

Timing Friendship Changes with Astrology (paid)

Timing My Wedding with Astrology + The 8th House’s Importance in Marriage (paid)

Home and Family Astrology

The Astrology of Family Dynamics (paid)

The Astrology of Pregnancy (paid)

Using Astrology to Track Home and Family Changes (paid)

Personal Identity Astrology

The Astrology of Your Personal Style (free)

Using Astrology to Identify Your Core Values (paid)

Important Ages to Take Note of Astrologically (free)

Transits for When You May Feel Lost, Stuck, in a Rut, or Stuck in Comparison Mode (paid)

The Astrology of Slower Seasons in Life (paid)

Using Astrology to Navigate Uncertainty in Life (free)

The South Node and Learning to Let Go (free)

What’s Meant for You Won’t Miss You (free)

How I Use Astrology in My Everyday Life (free)

Travel Astrology

Astrocartography and Relocation Charts (free)

The Best Times to Travel Based on Your Chart (free)

Timing Techniques

The Four Steps I Take When Making Predictions (paid)

Scheduling Events with Astrology (free)

Planning Your Week with Astrology (paid)

Tips for Interpreting a Solar Return Chart (paid)

Solar Returns: Part 2 (paid)

Tips for Interpreting Transits (paid)

Timing Transits (paid)

Aligning Your Life with the Lunar Cycle (free)

How the New and Full Moons Determine Your Year (free)

An Intro to Annual Profections (paid)

Identifying Your Planetary Lord of the Year (paid)

Making Monthly Predictions with Lunar Return Charts (paid)

Your Guide to the Secondary Progressed Moon (paid)

Saturn Transits (paid)

Jupiter Transit Observations (free)

Working with Retrogrades (free)

The Sun-Venus Cazimis of 2026 (free)

Uranus and Cycles of Change (free)

Miscellaneous

Astrology Research Methods + My Writing Process (free)

How to Note Get Anxious About Upcoming Astrological Transits (free)

The 15 Astrology Books You Need on Your Bookshelf (free)

Workshops (all paid)

Timing Major Career Changes

Solar Returns

Lunar Returns

Ruling Planets

Tracking Year Long Themes with Transits

An Intro to Annual Profections

Planning Your Week with Astrology

The Astrology of Pregnancy

There are three charts you will want to have pulled up for this workshop:

Transit chart

Solar return chart

Secondary progressions

Stay tuned for details coming soon about April’s workshop theme!

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Happy Aries season!!

We made it past the eclipses, and Mercury retrograde also ends today. Therefore, you can expect less chaos as we enter Aries season, although there may still be some tension and challenges that come up as the Sun and Mars both meet up with Saturn and Neptune over the next few weeks.

First, I’ll be going over all of the major transits happening over the next month, and then paid subscribers can keep reading to find out what this means for your individual rising sign. There are about 2000-2500 words written per each rising, so you can think of it as a written reading that you can refer back to over the course of the next month. If you would rather listen to the overview of the transits for the month ahead, that’s always available to do on my podcast, Astrology with Alice, where I break down the monthly astrology, week by week.

The main underlying theme for the next month is that the Sun will be moving through Aries from March 20 - April 19 (or April 20 for time zones ahead of America). General themes that often pop up during Aries season have to do with learning how to be more direct and assertive. You might be developing better leadership skills in an area of your life, or you may be eager to start up new ideas, projects, and opportunities. However, you may be a bit impatient, so with whatever you do end up starting, try to keep in mind that good things often take time. Especially with Saturn now in Aries, you may need to be more strategic and patient with whatever you might be initiating.

The first week of Aries season may prove to be tricky, as the Sun in Aries will meet up with Neptune and then Saturn in this sign. You will feel these conjunctions, one after the other, the most intensely from March 20 - 25. You may feel slowed down or frustrated for a several day period, or you may encounter feelings of self doubt. It could take a little longer than usual to find those energetic Aries qualities, and in the Aries ruled house of your chart, there may be a situation, relationship, or opportunity that needs to change or possibly end, so that you can start building something new there.

On March 20, Mercury retrograde ends at 8 degrees of Pisces. This retrograde had been ongoing in Pisces since the end of February, so as we move into late March and early April, you may face less confusion in the Pisces ruled house of your chart. You might be met with more ideas there, and you could start seeing things come together with greater momentum in that part of your life. Mercury will remain in Pisces until April 15, so there are still several weeks for you to tie up any loose ends, address miscommunication issues that may have come up, or get plans together in this area.

Then we don’t get any other major planetary shifts for several days until Venus leaves Aries and moves into Taurus on March 30 - April 24. Taurus is a great place for Venus to be in, as it is one of the signs Venus rules. It may feel like relationships of all types are flowing more easily during this time, or you could be more creatively inspired. You may also want to treat yourself without feeling guilty about spending money, and you may be more drawn to shopping, dining out, or having other nice experiences.

A full moon in Libra occurs on April 1, happening at 12 degrees of this sign. You may see the most activity happen this month in the days that immediately surround this full moon, and it could be a period of coming together with people and feeling closer to your community or in certain relationships. You could also feel ready to announce any projects you’ve been developing, or you may hear back about an opportunity or certain news that you’ve been waiting on. The ruling planet of this full moon is Venus, which as we just went over is now in Taurus. Therefore, expect to see positive results or feel more optimistic in both the Libra and Taurus ruled houses of your chart right around April 1. The themes of each of these two houses may end up influencing each other too.

In addition, this full moon in Libra will square Jupiter in Cancer. The Sun in Aries will continue to build to an exact square with Jupiter up until April 5, so the first few days of April are super pleasant with support from both benefic planets, Venus and Jupiter. You may be inspired to travel, learn something new, write, or come up with ideas to teach around this time.

Unfortunately, this sense of peace and optimism won’t last for the rest of the month. On April 9, Mars moves into Aries until May 18. The first few days of Mars being in Aries will be challenging. Just as the Sun did at the very start of Aries season, Mars will first come into a conjunction with Neptune on April 12, before meeting up with Saturn on April 19. So those similar themes of feeling frustrated, possibly burned out, or doubting what you’re working on may resurface again for several days. It may also be that you experience greater feelings of anger or outrage at something, and you may need to find healthier ways to express these emotions. On a lighter note, it could just be that you’re working hard at one specific task or project, and it’s requiring a lot of energy from you.

Mercury also moves into Aries on April 15, quickly meeting up with Mars. The trickiest period out of this entire Aries season looks like this date range from April 9 - 20, as Mercury and Mars come into contact with Saturn and Neptune. With Mercury here specifically, I would be careful about how your words come across. Try not to confront someone super impulsively, and if you find yourself getting heated in a conversation, you may need to take some space to cool off.

The new moon in Aries occurs on April 17 at 27 degrees, which will also amplify the Mars transit as Mars is the ruling planet of this lunation. So the new moon may test you a lot more than the full moon did two weeks prior. At the time of this new moon, Mercury, Mars, and Saturn will all be in a triple conjunction. There are a couple of ways this may play out. One is that you may be initiating something new in the Aries ruled house of your chart, but it is taking a lot longer than you realized, or requiring more effort and patience on your part. Plans may even get slightly delayed or need to be reworked a bit. It could also be that you want to part ways with a situation that you don’t see lasting in the long term.

In addition, the new moon will be conjunct Chiron in Aries, so it could bring up insecurities that you still need to work on healing, or you may be actively working on moving past fears or mindsets that hold you back. So we’re not ending Aries season on the most pleasant of notes, but that’s where Taurus season will come in and create more peace!

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I am hosting the next live workshop this coming Sunday, and for this one, I wanted to zero in on timing career changes. In the group chat last week, I got a lot of feedback that you want to hear more about the timing of specific life events, whether that’s moving, career, pregnancy, etc. For relationships, I have already covered the timing of those changes in my book, so I would check there first, but for these other topics definitely expect more information on them from me soon!

With this career workshop, we will be looking at when bigger shifts or breakthroughs take place in your career, when maybe you get more noticed for your work or you want to change career direction completely. What we will be talking about is different from just a simple job change or promotion, I’m talking about these bigger shifts in your overall life calling that don’t come around often.

I put out an article similar to this topic back in 2024, so you may want to check that out here ahead of the workshop. Also, if you’ve had a major career shakeup like this happen in your life before, come with specific dates of when that occurred if you want to share your chart. Or if you know of someone who has gone through this, it could be helpful to reference theirs. We will be getting into a lot of chart examples I’ve pulled as well.

Ahead of the workshop, I will need you to create an account on Astro-Seek. Recently, they’ve been having issues with AI bots overrunning their website and making it super slow, so in order to follow along seamlessly with the various timing techniques I’m demonstrating, you’ll need to create a username with them.

This workshop will be hosted on Sunday, March 22 at 2pm EST. It should last around 1 hour 15 minutes - 1 hour 30 minutes. For those of you who can’t make it, I will send out the replay of it to paid subscribers on Monday, March 23. Replays of past workshops we’ve done so far are below:

• Planning your week with astrology

• Interpreting lunar return charts

• Going deeper with annual profections

• Tracking year long themes with transits

• Ruling planets and why they’re so important

• Interpreting solar return charts

The Zoom link to join is below, and I hope to see you there!

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I haven’t talked about secondary progressions since the very early days of this newsletter in 2023, so I figured it was time to revisit this topic and go a bit deeper. Also, as a writing tip, I find that during Mercury retrograde periods it’s often helpful to revisit past subjects or concepts and flesh them out more fully, rather than introducing something completely new. So welcome to your revised, more complete guide to the secondary progressed moon!

In this newsletter, we will discuss what progressions are and why the secondary progressed moon specifically is super important to track through the signs and houses of your chart. We will also go over when the progressed moon makes aspects to other planets, and then review the phases the progressed moon makes over a thirty year period in your life.

Inspiration for this guide to the progressed moon came while I was recording the below podcast episode with my friend and fellow astrologer, Seth of The Stargayzer. In this episode, which just came out today, we touched upon why the progressed lunar return is so important, and what we’ve noticed with our own progressed moons changing signs. So you can always listen to or watch that episode for further insight.

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