FAQ:
Q: Why is this a guide for my Rising sign and not my Sun sign?
A: Your Rising sign is a sensitive point that sets up the rest of your birth chart. When viewing a zodiac wheel, your chart is sliced into 12 segments, each representing an area of life. These are called the 12 houses. Each house is ruled by a zodiac sign. When the Moon's North Node transits a house in your birth chart, this area of your life experiences an urgency for expansion and alignment. When the Moon's South Node transits the opposite house, you shed outgrown patterns or dynamics in this domain, making space for new growth.
Q: Where can I learn more about my own Virgo or Pisces birth chart placements?
A: If you have planets, luminaries, or other celestial bodies positioned in Virgo or Pisces—such as a Virgo Sun, Pisces Moon, Pisces Saturn, to name a few—the last section of each guide will cover this impact. If you are a Gemini Rising or Sagittarius Rising, your personalized guide will delve into the nodes squaring your sensitive career and home angles.
Q: Will this guide tell me everything that will happen?
A: This guide will provide you with major themes and patterns that can possibly play out in your life, giving inspiration for potential events and circumstances. It isn't prescriptive, though. When it comes to eclipses, the key isn't in what will happen but why it is happening. Keep this guide on hand for moments when uncertainty is in the air, and you wish you had an astrologer on speed dial. Referencing this guide can help you spark connections among seemingly unrelated (yet cosmically linked) events.
Q: Should I be scared of eclipses?
A: No, there is nothing to be afraid of. Eclipses temporarily alter the usual order of things. Just as shuffling mixes up a deck of cards to create new possibilities, eclipses trigger new events and dynamics. Rather than fear change, appreciate the interconnectedness of the universe. When you leave a job, you create an opening for another person searching for their dream role. When you move houses, you make room for someone else to find a space that suits their current needs. You are part of the forever shifting cosmic order.
Q: What house system do you use?
A: I use Whole Sign houses. This house system evenly divides a birth chart’s 360° zodiac wheel into 12 houses, with each house segmented at 30°. In this traditional method, each zodiac sign starts at 0° and rules over an entire house.