Astrology Lessons - Blog Posts
VENUS in the houses... MY ADVICE TO YOU✨
1ST HOUSE and 5TH HOUSE : Love yourself, but don't become egotistical.
2ND HOUSE : Embrace change in love, but don't let it change who you are and keep working towards your goals.
3RD HOUSE : Stay informed, but don't overwhelm yourself.
4RTH HOUSE : Be peaceful, but don't become passive.
6TH HOUSE : Heal yourself from wounds of love, but do not rush. Love, but stop if you are not having it appreciated.
7TH HOUSE : Trust yourself, but don't develop arrogance.
8TH HOUSE : Love others, but don't let them hurt you.
9TH HOUSE : Have patience in love, but don't settle for less.
10TH HOUSE : Be open to love, but don't force a connection.
11TH HOUSE : Help people, but have boundaries.
12TH HOUSE : Give love, but don't exhaust yourself.
The Reason Why We Need Difficult Chart Alignments
People often wonder what is the point of debilitated planets in one's chart. Why do we go through difficulties, why do some people struggle, while some have an easier time.
Whenever someone asks me that question, I always think of a conversation I once had with an online friend I used to hang around a few years ago. It was before my spiritual project has taken off, I was looking to find myself, I gave up on trying to find regular job security, I was diving full into spirituality, and I don't regret any of the above, but it was a miserable process. I had many difficult professional experiences before that, and as much as I was unsure of the future, I felt liberated. I was trying to talk to that friend about my life, my suffering, my hopes and my determination for self improvement, and my friend, who by the way has very easy chart aspects and was really praised in her office, looked at me sceptically as if I was inventing things and said "Surely, it doesn't have to be THAT bad!". Only...for me at that time, it was.
People who haven't had the experience of encountering challenges often can't fathom how difficult this area of life could be for others. To them, that Universe doesn't exist. They think people who had to go through these challenges somehow always encounter them as a result of a mistake, or it's something that can be easily corrected. A person who has known suffering, even if they bounce back from it and gain happiness, is forever humbled by the experience, and that suffering makes them develop greater empathy.
Ease without challenges produces blindness, complacency and unconsciousness. We can't have maturity and awareness without experiencing challenging circumstances. Greatness is born from overcoming obstacles, not having things handed on a silver platter.
Numerology Master Numbers and Astrology
As an astrologer, I am definitely not the only one who uses the celebrity base on astrotheme as an endless supply of natal charts to learn from. It gets even more interesting, when you mix your knowledge of astrology and numerology.
Planets in the astrology chart are often linked to numerological vibrations. For example, I have been surrounded by many life path 7s in my life, mostly family, and all these people tend to have 6th/12th house natal planets. They often have difficult lives, oriented not towards material gain but service to others and gaining spiritual humility. Life path 5s often have dominant mercurial vibes - in some way, those energies rule their chart, I’ve seen mostly Virgo and Gemini risings. Life path 1s often have Aries/1st house or some sort of action motivated/fire ruled energies in their astrology charts.
Those with master vibrations in numerology tend to have a hard life and bloom later in life - often in their 50s. That happens due to the fact, that master numbers have two different energies to master in one lifetime. The intensity is overwhelming for the human body to deal with, and it takes time to do the double work, it takes twice the time to find balance and fulfillment with such intense energies. I had people be jealous of my life path 11, but I always tell them that if they like it so much, together with this vibration they would carry the burden. So you get double the homework - blending both the energy of 1 and 2 into your life, and constantly preserving the balance between them. Same with all other master numbers.
Obviously the double work explains, why many people with those vibrations can suddenly skyrocket to fame as they approach their 50s, and suddenly, as they gain maturity, their intense energies blossom with strong gifts, after a lifetime of working on them or maybe even not tapping into them at all. That happened for example to the famous author of the 50 Shades of Grey novels, a LP 11 who openly says that she is surprised her midlife crisis writing lead to success, since she didn’t write before her 40s at all, and her writing was more of a guilty pleasure for her.
However, this situation does not apply to every master number. Why? Because the layer we are talking about is only the success in the material world, and fulfillment, happiness and balance in life doesn’t rest solely on that. There are people, who became successful while still young, born with master vibrations - my favorite examples are Harry Potter actors, Tom Felton and Emma Watson, both LP 11s, child actors. Tom Felton’s chart doesn’t have his birth hour, so I’m not gonna shoot in the dark, but Emma Watson’s chart is filled with planets auspicious for public success, like Mars in Dhanishta or Jupiter in the 10th. This is an example of how people’s astrological energies can win them public acclaim in lives easier, even as a master number. However, this success does not have to equal fulfillment in their lives. It’s just one area of life, where these people’s energies flow easily so it was possible for them to be easily successful to the public. Which may explain, why we haven’t heard anything groundbreaking from these actors, since their childhood careers - they will probably reemarge with something more substantial, after they mature.
Nevertheless, we have no idea what kind of emotional suffering these people carry behind the veil of early success. Every master number has SOME area in life where they struggle and it will take them years to master that energy. Or they may have only resolved it moderately while they were young, they were used to operating those energies on an average level and suddenly, later in life the problems may find resolution and their level of fulfillment explodes compared to how their life was before. I have a LP 11 friend, who has a moderately successful career, but her personal relationships never lasted and brought her a lot of pain. Her work friends have no idea about her struggles, and still view her as a very positive, accomplished person. An image of success does not have to equal balance or happiness.
Bottom line is - if you are a numerological master number, study your astrology chart thoroughly. As a master number, you incarnated to guide and serve humanity in some way. It is more important for you than everyone else to understand which energies in your life will be easier to navigate, what you can use to give to others, and which energies you need to give A LOT of patience and time. You can have an easier time especially with the gifts of your Ketu, because this is something you did over many lifetimes, and as a master number, you had many past lives, and you’re highly spiritually connected, so it will come very easily, almost automatically. For example, I have my Ketu in the 8th house. When I first picked up tarot, I had an immediate, instinctive understanding of it, and I was feeling confident even with little practice. Same with astrology, I always had an intuitive understanding of its energies, before I studied it in depth. I also could always seamlessly relate and grasp everyone’s traumas and psychological complexities. Mental flexibility and natural acceptance of controversial, painful topics, and also being able to transform through those energies in my own personal life is simply something I did so many times I will always have an easiness channeling it for others. It is however important not to stop at just tapping into those past life gifts, but simply use them to propel yourself forward and force yourself to leave the comfort zone. Even if it’s painful, shameful and takes years of work.
Most importantly, no matter what your Life Path Number and Astrology Chart say, remember that it is never too late for you, and you can always blossom, no matter what hardship you left behind, and how long it took to build what you always dreamt of.
am i the only one who's not really interested in learning about asteroids in astrology 😭
Hello A
Could you explain the term of out of bounds stuff? I'm quite new of the term of 'bounds '. Can any hypothetical point or asteroid out of bounds too?
Hi! Yes it's pretty simple. Beware that "Terms" in astrology can indicate 2 different things, what you're asking for is presumably the one who has to do with planetary dignities.
Each Planet (not asteroid or points) has its dignities - places where it's comfortable or not - and a planet is said to be "out of bounds" is one which doesn't fall in any essential dignity, is also called "peregrine".
You'll know that essential dignities are 4: rulership, exaltation, fall and detriment. So a planet is "out of bounds" when it doesn't fall in any of these 4. Here's a useful cheat sheet:
No, "out of bounds" do not apply to points or asteroids as they don't have essential dignities even though some new generation astrologers are trying to give them dignities as well.
example (¹) : Mars in Gemini is out of bounds because Mars doesn't have rulership, exaltation, fall or detriment in Gemini
example (²) : Moon in Leo is out of bounds because the Moon doesn't have rulership, exaltation, fall or detriment in Leo
example (³) : Saturn in Taurus is out of bounds because Saturn doesn't have rulership, exaltation, fall or detriment in Taurus
example (⁴) : Sun in Virgo is out of bounds because the Sun doesn't have rulership, exaltation, fall or detriment in Virgo
example (⁵) : Mercury in Aries is out of bounds because Mercury doesn't have rulership, exaltation, fall or detriment in Virgo
example (⁶) : Venus in Sagittarius is out of bounds because Venus doesn't have rulership, exaltation, fall or detriment in Sagittarius
example (⁷) : Jupiter in Libra is out of bounds because Jupiter doesn't have rulership, exaltation, fall or detriment in Libra