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If you are new to astrology read this first. ✨ Week Ahead Forecast: The Wheel Turns ✨ Here’s your Astroweather for 9th–15th June 2025  — a big, bold week full of emotional truth, cosmic turning points, and some real invitations to grow up and open up. 🔮 Part I: The Individual Conversations ✴️ The Conversations Between the Gods (Chronological guide to the week’s big moments) 🕊 Monday 9 June – Jupiter Enters Cancer A major shift. Once every 12 years, Jupiter —God of vision, blessing, and growth—enters the lush, watery kingdom of Cancer . This is His exaltation . He is not just visiting—He is honoured here, resourced and radiant. Cancer is not just a sign. It is a sanctuary —a palace of emotional belonging . The hearth. The inner home. The place we are called to protect and tend with devotion. In this kingdom, Jupiter blesses what nourishes. He grows what is rooted in care, intimacy, and meaning. This is a quieter kind of growth—felt in the body, not just seen in the world. 🌿 Reflect:  What do I want to grow that will hold me—and hold others too? Read more about Jupiter in Cancer: A God On High: Jupiter in Cancer 🪨 Monday 9 June – Mercury Square Saturn As Jupiter arrives, Mercury —God of thought and language—clashes with Saturn , Lord of boundaries and discipline. It’s the first hard word of the week. Mercury wants to speak, but Saturn wants to be sure. This transit can bring delays, heaviness, or communication breakdowns. But it’s not punishment—it’s refinement. This is a moment to pause. To choose your words. To honour silence. To speak from truth, not reaction. ✒️ Reflect:  What needs to be said? And what needs to be listened to with more depth? And, Mercury Square Neptune After meeting with Saturn, Mercury , the messenger, forms a square with Neptune , God of dreams, illusions, and divine longing. This is the moment where what’s said may not be what’s meant—and what’s meant may be impossible to say. Confusion, miscommunication, half-truths, and strange intuitions may colour the day. Don’t rush to define or decide. Let the haze lift in its own time. This is a test of perception. It’s not about finding the answer. It’s about staying with the question—softly. 🌫 Reflect:  Where am I clinging to clarity instead of allowing mystery? And where might a quieter truth be whispering beneath the noise? 🖤 Monday 9 June – Venus Square Pluto On the same day, Venus —Goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure—enters the underworld through a square to Pluto , God of shadow and transformation. This is a confrontation with power in love. It may reveal fears you’ve buried or desires you’ve been hiding from—even from yourself. It’s intense. But it’s also purifying. Let this moment show you where your heart is still entangled in old stories. 💔 Reflect:  What am I trying to control instead of trust? Where do I need to surrender power to invite deeper love? 🌕 Wednesday 11 June – Full Moon in Sagittarius (20°39') Here comes the flare of clarity. The Full Moon in Sagittarius  brings truth to the surface. A belief, identity, or idea you’ve outgrown is ready to be released. Sagittarius wants freedom. But not to flee— to follow something meaningful . This Moon reveals where you’ve been living small, and what you’re ready to walk toward with more purpose. Let go of the old truth, and feel for the new one rising beneath it. 🔥 Reflect:  Where have I been clinging to an outdated belief about what’s possible? 💞 Thursday 12 June – Mercury Sextile Venus A healing moment after the sharpness earlier in the week. Mercury  (now a little wiser after His chat with Saturn) enters a soft conversation with Venus . The mind and heart reunite. Words come more gently. Understanding is possible. This is a moment to forgive. To connect. To find beauty again after truth has done its work. It may feel like a small moment. But it matters. This is how we begin to build from love, not just from fear. 🌸 Reflect:  What truth can I express with softness now? What connection can be mended with honesty? ⚔️ Sunday 15 June – Jupiter Square Saturn (1° Cancer–Aries) The main event. Jupiter, newly arrived in Cancer, full of hope and heart, meets Saturn in Aries—firm, focused, and unyielding. This is the first test of the dream . Jupiter says: "I want to grow something sacred. " Saturn replies: "Then you must build it. With discipline. With courage. With time." It may feel like doubt, like resistance, like the thrill of a vision being met with the weight of reality. But this square is not here to crush you. It’s here to anchor you . This is where you choose to begin for real . This is where you show The Gods that you mean it. 🧱 Reflect:  What am I willing to commit to, even if it’s hard? Read more about the Jupiter Saturn square: Saturn & Jupiter: In Pursuit of Step by Step Progress 🔥 Sunday 15 June – Mars Square Pluto As Jupiter squares Saturn , another cosmic confrontation ignites: Mars —God of action and desire—squares Pluto , the shadow-lord of death, power, and transformation. This is not a gentle nudge. It’s a primal surge. Anger, power struggles, inner pressure—it all rises. But this tension can also be a forge. Pluto says: “If you’re going to act, know why.” Mars says: “If you’re going to go deep, don’t hold back.” This energy can be volatile or constructive, depending on how honest you’re willing to be. 🔥 Reflect:  What am I fighting for? And is that fight coming from fear, or from truth? The King Returns, but the Palace Is Not Ready This is not a quiet week. This is a council of the Gods . It starts with Jupiter —the God of hope, vision, and expansion—stepping into His favourite Kingdom of Cancer  on Monday . He returns not just to dream, but to bless what we’re ready to tend with devotion: home, safety, care, nourishment. But the halls of the palace are not quiet. At the gates, Mercury squares Saturn —the mind meets the limit. In the shadows, Venus squares Pluto —love confronts what it’s been avoiding. In the fog, Mercury also squares Neptune —what’s said isn’t always what’s meant. We could imagine it like this: Jupiter arrives like a King returning to His homeland. But He finds the court in disarray. The counsellors are arguing (Mercury–Saturn). A hidden betrayal is uncovered (Venus–Pluto). Whispers spread through the halls—half-truths and illusions (Mercury–Neptune). There is no feast. Not yet. First, the truth must be spoken. The rot cleared. The dream clarified. By Wednesday , the Full Moon in Sagittarius  shines a light on belief: What do you no longer believe? What truth are you ready to follow instead? Then on Thursday , Mercury and Venus  speak softly—a moment of reconnection. Heart and mind touch again. A chance to speak from care, not defence. But the real test comes on Sunday . 🛡 Jupiter squares Saturn  — The dream is challenged by discipline. 🔥 Mars squares Pluto  — The will is confronted by power. This is the crucible . Jupiter says: “I want to grow.” Saturn says: “Then build something real.” Mars says: “I will act.” Pluto says: “Then face the consequences of power.” It’s not just about hope now. It’s about embodiment. Responsibility. Integrity. This is where we feel the friction between who we were, and who we are becoming. 🌱 What Might We Feel in Ourselves? Mental heaviness or doubt —difficulty expressing ourselves clearly (Mercury–Saturn). Confusion, overwhelm, or emotional fog —hard to trust what we think (Mercury–Neptune). A longing to root, soften, and feel held —what matters now feels sacred (Jupiter into Cancer). Emotional intensity, jealousy, or fear of loss  in relationships rises (Venus–Pluto). A need to release old stories —a belief or identity no longer fits (Sagittarius Full Moon). A reckoning between hope and effort —we feel the weight of commitment (Jupiter–Saturn). Rage, pressure, or deep frustration —an urge to act, but needing to face what’s beneath it (Mars–Pluto). 🌍 What Might We See in the World? Words face resistance  as truth is tested and silenced (Mercury–Saturn). Misinformation spreads  or clarity dissolves into spin and speculation (Mercury–Neptune). A collective shift  toward emotional care, safety, and family values begins (Jupiter into Cancer). Power struggles in love, money, and beauty  surface—scandals or reckonings (Venus–Pluto). Bold truths are revealed —especially around belief, justice, and freedom (Sagittarius Full Moon). Idealistic visions clash with real-world constraints —systems demand proof (Jupiter–Saturn). Hidden tensions erupt —force, rebellion, or confrontation pushes change (Mars–Pluto). 🧭 How to Walk With It All You don’t need to chase every transit. Just listen to your life : What feels ripe to grow, but scary to begin? What conversations feel uncomfortable, but necessary? What relationship, belief, or story is asking to be rewritten? Where does my desire meet my fear? Where are you called to soften—and where are you called to strengthen? Jupiter in Cancer asks: “What does real care look like?” Saturn in Aries answers: “And what will it take to build it?” Together, They’re offering you the beginning of a new cycle. Not easy. But real. So take the first step. Let it be awkward. Let it be honest. Let it be full of heart. The Gods are speaking this week. Not with thunder—but with steady hands and watching eyes. And they’re asking you not just to dream a better life—But to begin living it . Rising Sign Forecasts Where are you being asked to grow—and what’s the first step in building it? ♈ Aries Rising This week brings growth through home, family, and your inner roots . You may be longing for more softness, stability, or care—but building it will take emotional maturity. Saturn says: don’t rush. This isn’t about escaping into the past. It’s about creating a new foundation for your future. First step:  Make one choice that honours your need for emotional safety. ♉ Taurus Rising Your mind is hungry for more: learning, writing, speaking, connection. But you’re being asked to slow down and speak with purpose. Saturn reminds you that not every idea needs to be shared—only the ones that carry truth. This is about meaningful communication , not more noise. First step:  Say less. But mean more. ♊ Gemini Rising You’re being called to grow into a new sense of value—financially, emotionally, spiritually. But you can’t do it with your old blueprint. Saturn in your house of dreams asks you to get serious: what future are you actually investing in? First step:  Align your spending—and your energy—with what matters most. ♋ Cancer Rising Jupiter has entered your  sign. This is the beginning of a new 12-year cycle of personal expansion. But Saturn says: who are you becoming? This isn’t about becoming someone else. It’s about becoming more you —with structure, with commitment, with courage. First step:  Name the version of yourself you’re growing into—and take one action in alignment with them. ♌ Leo Rising This week calls you inward. Jupiter is opening your 12th house of healing, retreat, and surrender—but Saturn reminds you that not all solitude is nourishing. This is about purposeful withdrawal —pausing not to hide, but to listen more deeply. First step:  Make time for silence. Something is waiting to be heard. ♍ Virgo Rising Your vision is growing. Jupiter lights up your house of hopes and collective dreams—but Saturn asks you to clarify what you truly  want to create with others. Not all connections support your growth. This is about conscious community and aligned collaboration. First step:  Reach out to someone who inspires you. Let your vision be witnessed. ♎ Libra Rising Your public life is asking for expansion—career, purpose, visibility. But Saturn says: slow down. Lead with integrity. This is about building a legacy, not chasing validation. First step:  Define success for yourself—beyond what anyone else expects. ♏ Scorpio Rising Your belief systems are shifting. Jupiter calls you to study, travel, explore—but Saturn says: live it, don’t just think it. It’s time to walk your talk, to integrate your spiritual truth into your daily actions. First step:  Put one belief into practice this week. ♐ Sagittarius Rising Something deep is being asked of you—emotionally, financially, spiritually. Jupiter is opening the door to intimacy and transformation. Saturn asks for maturity in your joy and your creative risks. This is the work of trusting the process, not controlling the outcome. First step:  Be honest with yourself about what (or who) you’re afraid to let in. ♑ Capricorn Rising Your relationships are asking to grow—but not without effort. Jupiter expands the potential for love, partnership, and connection. Saturn says: build trust, not fantasies. This is about mutual care, not just chemistry. First step:  Have the honest conversation you’ve been avoiding. ♒ Aquarius Rising Jupiter invites you to grow through service, wellness, and ritual. This isn’t about fixing yourself—it’s about showing up for yourself. Saturn asks: is your daily life supporting your spiritual growth? First step:  Commit to one small practice that nourishes your body and  your soul. ♓ Pisces Rising Your creativity, joy, and desire are ready to flourish—but Saturn in your house of worth reminds you that play isn’t frivolous when it’s sacred. This is the week to take your pleasure seriously. First step:  Prioritise something that brings you joy—and trust it’s part of the path. And finally, 🐍 A Note on the Snake Each week, alongside the astroweather, I’ll be sharing a thread to help us attune to something deeper: the slow approach of the Saturn–Neptune conjunction  at 0° Aries in February 2026. This isn’t just another transit. It’s a reweaving of the world. Saturn , God of Time and Form, and Neptune , God of Mystery and Meaning, are moving toward union for the first time in Aries in thousands of years. This is a rare meeting of the visible and invisible, the body and the soul. And we are living it. The Snake is the symbol I’m using to hold this journey. Not as a metaphor, but as a living thread between worlds. You can read my inspiration here . Each week, I’ll offer a reflection or prompt to help you feel these Gods in your own life. To explore this in your own chart, I may soon be offering Saturn–Neptune readings. (Stay tuned.) 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week Two Feel the Gods Where They Live in You Last week, we met The Snake. The sleeping serpent. The quiet current beneath it all. We began to trace the long, slow approach of a once-in-a-lifetime union: Saturn and Neptune, together at 0° Aries , in February next year. This isn’t a moment. It’s a movement. And it’s already begun. So how do we work with it? This week, we begin with a simple prompt: Where do Saturn and Neptune live in you? You don’t need to know the technical language to feel them. Just ask yourself gently: Where am I being asked to grow up (Saturn)? Where am I being asked to let go (Neptune)? And if you'd like some help getting to know where They sit in your chart, get in touch . A final note, I’ve been busy behind the scenes these past couple of weeks freshening up my website and giving my blog a bit of love. It’s all starting to take shape now and I’m excited to say you can subscribe  to receive this weekly forecast straight to your inbox. ✨ As a subscriber, you’ll get extended rising sign horoscopes  each week plus a little extra magic that won’t be shared anywhere else. And as a thank you, you’ll also receive £10 off your next reading , whether online or in person. Come and take a look around the new blog space and sign up here: Conversations with The Gods | Blog (If you’re on your phone, scroll about halfway down the page — the sign-up box is nestled there.) Let me know what you think of the new layout. I’d love to hear from you! And as always, if you’d like to explore what any of this means in your chart, especially as Jupiter makes His final moves, I’d love to support you in a reading. Online or in person at Essential Therapies. And just £90 if you subscribe! Bookings open in June. Come and sit with me. For those new to astrology: This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud. So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts. As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical! For more on all this, read this post. You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form   and give me your birth date , place  and time  and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me  and I'll explain it all to you! A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

JUPITER–SATURN SQUARE: THE CONFRONTATION OF PRINCIPLES We are now in the final moment of the opening square  of the Jupiter–Saturn cycle that began on 21 December 2020 , when the two met at 0° Aquarius . That conjunction was a collective pivot—an ideological seed moment that set a new 20-year cycle into motion. Now, in June 2025 , we hit the final 90° angle —a square. This is not harmonious. The square is of the nature of Mars . It creates friction . But that friction has a purpose: to produce something. It’s the moment the seedling hits resistance in the soil and either grows stronger or withers. Here's the timeline we're working with: 1. August 19, 2024 Jupiter:  17° Gemini (direct) Saturn:  17° Pisces (retrograde) Aspect:  First exact square in this cycle. 2. December 24, 2024 Jupiter:  14° Gemini (retrograde) Saturn:  14° Pisces (retrograde) Aspect:  Second exact square. 3. June 15, 2025 Jupiter:  1° Cancer (direct) Saturn:  1° Aries (direct) Aspect:  Final exact square in this series. THE ARCHETYPAL TENSION At the heart of this is a clash of two cosmic laws : 1. JUPITER: the impulse to expand Elevation, growth, optimism, abundance, generosity, confidence Tendency toward inflation, arrogance, overextension, waste, moralising Archetypally: Zeus, the magnanimous king 2. SATURN: the principle of contraction Structure, restraint, endurance, responsibility, reality, consequences Tendency toward limitation, pessimism, repression, fear, defeat Archetypally: Kronos, the stern Father, the god of time and law Expansion vs. Contraction Possibility vs. Limitation Optimism vs. Realism Vision vs. Structure The Yes vs. the No These are not just opposites—they are necessary counterweights. The square is not asking us to pick a side. It’s asking us to grow up  and hold both . WHY NOW? Because the future (Jupiter)  that was imagined in 2020 is now meeting the conditions of reality (Saturn) . Jupiter in Cancer  is now concerned with belonging, nourishment, emotional safety, and the abundance of care . He’s exalted here—he wants to bring plenitude through connection, family, memory, the roots of life. Saturn in Aries  is being pushed to act fast, to lead without the comfort of the known. This is the elder being forced to march in a war he didn’t plan, building while under fire. These signs square  one another. Cancer wants protection. Aries wants assertion. Saturn wants rules. Jupiter wants flow. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US? We are being asked to grow  (Jupiter) within the limits of reality  (Saturn).To build something meaningful —not just dream it. To face the friction  between our desire to expand  and the constraints we’re under . This square could look like: Wanting to start something meaningful (Jupiter in Cancer), but lacking the external structure or inner confidence (Saturn in Aries) to make it happen. Feeling a call to build a life that’s emotionally rich—but confronting real limitations in time, energy, or resources. Longing for home, for family, for roots (Cancer), but being pushed to take risky, individual action (Aries). The tension between caring for others and asserting the self. The stress of having a big vision but not knowing how to ground it— or  of being stuck in survival mode when you’re desperate to live for something more. WHAT ARE WE BEING ASKED TO HOLD? Responsibility for our growth. – You don’t get the vision (Jupiter) without the cost (Saturn).– Enthusiasm must be tempered by realism. The discipline to nourish wisely. – Jupiter in Cancer wants to give and give and give—but Saturn demands boundaries.– What are you offering that you actually don’t have the reserves to sustain? A confrontation with disillusionment. – The gilded cage: abundance that comes with strings.– False promises falling apart under Saturn’s scrutiny. The need to act with integrity. – Saturn in Aries is asking for action. But not reckless.– Mature, restrained, effective action—backed by clarity, not impulse. WHAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY? If you can hold the square— not resolve it, not escape it, but hold it —you get: Clarity on what actually matters (Jupiter in Cancer) The backbone to do what needs doing (Saturn in Aries) A vision that has teeth —something that’s beautiful   and   durable You don’t get a free ride here. But you do get to grow in proportion to what you’re willing to take seriously. This square asks: What are you building that’s worth your full weight? And what will it take to make it real? This square is about the pursuit of step-by-step progress . Incremental, deliberate movement  toward something that actually matters. A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

There’s a pattern in spiritual discourse, particularly around the twin flame journey: complex truths are flattened into instructions. Transformation becomes technique. Ancient teachings are reframed as mindset tools. The language is appealing—direct, affirming, actionable—but something essential gets lost. I recently came across one of these frameworks: five steps to end separation with your twin flame . On the surface, it offers reassurance. It affirms that union is always available, that the external world is just a mirror, that the work is inner. But beneath that, there’s more. More tension. More risk. More truth. Here are the five steps as they are presented: 🔥 How to End “Separation” in 5 steps 🔥 Do not see yourself as separate—no matter what the 3D shows you. Stop checking the 3D for confirmation of movement. Don’t seek validation or reassurance from your twin flame. Reprogram your subconscious mind. Study and apply the Law of Assumption. This essay isn’t a rejection of those five steps—it’s a deeper reading. A critique, but not a dismissal. I want to trace the esoteric roots beneath each point; to show where they hold, where they oversimplify, and what’s required to make them real. These principles aren’t new. They echo Hermetic laws, mystical teachings, and psychological truths. But they’ve been repackaged in ways that risk bypassing the very depth they depend on. I’m not interested in promises of instant reunion. I know personally that at best, they foster anxiety; at worst, they make you feel like a failure. I’m interested in the nature of union itself. What it reveals. What it demands. What it undoes. And I’m not looking for the soundbite version. I don’t want a reunion that flickers and fades. I want something that endures. A partnership transformed at the root. A love reconfigured by consciousness—so deep, so steady, so alive, that it becomes something the earth has never seen. And you don’t get there in a weekend. You don’t get there with a checklist. You get there by becoming the person who could hold it. Not just call it in. That’s the path I want to speak about. Let’s begin there. Step 1: There is No Separation The Truth Behind the Mirror The claim that there is no separation is not new. It echoes the perennial philosophy, Hermetic law, and every non-dual spiritual tradition: all is one . You and your twin are not two separate souls, but one consciousness expressed in apparent multiplicity. From this perspective, separation is illusion—a function of perception, not reality. But stating that “there is no separation” is not the same as knowing it. And knowing it is not the same as embodying it. The idea works well in theory; the challenge is what we do with it when faced with a blocked number, a blank screen, or the aching silence of someone who used to see us. To insist “we are not separate” in the face of rejection can easily become a spiritual defence mechanism—a way to avoid pain rather than feel it. It can be used to silence longing instead of understanding it. Or worse, it becomes a performance: we say the words to signal how advanced we are, but privately we’re still grasping, still spiralling, still afraid they’ll never come back. The deeper teaching here is this: if all is one, then everything arising—including the longing, the grief, the absence—is also part of the union. The ache is  the union. The silence is  the message. The split is real within our perception, because we are not yet whole within ourselves. And if our twin flame is our mirror, then what we are truly encountering in them is our own fragmentation—what we have not yet claimed or healed or made peace with. The Law of Correspondence— as within, so without —is not a trick for instant manifestation. It is a call to integrity. If you say “we are not separate,” then the invitation is to live as if that is already true. Not to pretend. Not to bypass. But to become the version of yourself who is no longer seeking someone else to make you feel whole. This requires discernment. Discipline. And, perhaps most of all, honesty. Because the truth is, many of us—myself included—have said the words long before we were ready to live them. We’ve clung to the idea of oneness because we didn’t know how to sit with the experience of absence. We wanted the spiritual reassurance without the spiritual maturity. The end of separation does not begin with affirmation. It begins with awareness. And awareness is rarely comfortable. But it is always real. Step 2: Stop Checking the 3D The Mirror Is Not the Master There’s an urge that’s hard to describe unless you’ve lived it: the compulsion to check. Their social media. Their last seen. Their playlist. That photo from 20xx you know you shouldn’t still be reading into, but somehow are. The scroll becomes ritual. The absence, unbearable. So we hunt for signs. For crumbs. For proof that something is happening—even if it’s not happening with  us. The instruction to “stop checking the 3D” is offered as a kind of shortcut: if you stop looking at the illusion, at what you don't have and the evidence that you don't have it, you’ll stop reinforcing it. But that’s only part of the story. The deeper question is this: why are you checking in the first place? In Hermetic philosophy, the physical world is the lowest expression of reality—the densest echo of a higher pattern. It’s not false, but it’s not primary. To constantly seek confirmation in the 3D is to reverse the order of causality. You start looking for proof before  the thing has been made true in you. You outsource your knowing. You measure progress by what you can see. But the mirror doesn’t lead. It follows. And if you keep checking it to see if something has changed, you’re not leading. You’re still reacting. You’re still waiting for them to show you who you are. I’m not saying this from a place of arrival. I’ve looked. I’ve checked. I’ve tried to decode the silence. But I’ve learned—over and over—that what I was really searching for wasn’t him. It was evidence that I mattered. That I was still seen. That I wasn’t crazy for feeling everything I felt. This is the deeper medicine of Step 2. Not to shame the need to check. But to question what part of you is doing the checking—and what it believes will be restored if it finds something. When you stop checking the 3D, you’re not denying reality. You’re reordering it. You’re saying: I will no longer let the echo define the source. And that’s where things begin to shift. Step 3: Don’t Seek Validation from Your Twin Flame The Trap of Echoes This one is subtle, because it wears the mask of connection. You reach out—just to say hi, just to ask something simple, just to check they’re okay. But if you’re honest, it’s not just that. There’s a deeper pull beneath the words. A quiet hope that they’ll say the thing you’ve been dying to hear. That they’ll close the gap. That they’ll confirm it wasn’t all in your head. The problem is: when we seek reassurance from the person who once broke our heart—or who never fully claimed it—we are not really asking them for truth. We are asking them to override our self-doubt. And that is not love. That is a child looking for a parent. Most twin flame teachings will tell you this is energetically counterproductive. That if you reach out from a place of fear or lack, you reinforce the very separation you’re trying to dissolve. That’s true—but again, it’s only the surface. What’s really at stake here is identity. If you need them  to tell you what this connection is, then you have not yet claimed your own experience of it. If you need them  to choose you in order to choose yourself, then you are still living in their reflection—not your own presence. And here’s the kicker: the version of them you’re reaching for is often the one shaped by your old beliefs. You’re asking the past to redeem you. You’re asking the echo to speak in a new voice. But true union doesn’t begin when they return. It begins when you stop needing them to tell you who you are. This doesn’t mean we don’t long for connection. Or that the desire to be seen is wrong. It means we learn to hold that desire without making it a demand. We learn to validate the truth we’ve lived—even if they’re not ready to say it back yet. This is sacred work. Hard work. The kind of work that rebuilds the self from the inside. And when we do it, we stop speaking to the old version of them. We start calling in the one who can actually meet us. But we have to meet ourselves first. Step 4: Reprogram Your Subconscious Changing the Pattern That Keeps Repeating Reprogramming the subconscious sounds like something you'd do in a few days with a list of affirmations and a good YouTube meditation. But what it really asks is something far more demanding: that you confront the stories you inherited before you had words. That you look at what you believed as a child—about love, about safety, about your worth—and question whether any of it was ever true. The subconscious is not a filing cabinet. It’s a living system. It holds the shape of your early attachments, the nervous system responses you didn’t choose, the ancestral echoes passed down without your consent. You can’t overwrite that with a few positive phrases—at least not until the old circuitry has been acknowledged, felt, and gently unwound. The Law of Assumption teaches that we manifest from belief, not desire. But beliefs don’t live in the intellect. They live in the body. They show up as shame, as reactivity, as the moment you ghost yourself because someone else hasn’t called. And until we bring those beliefs into conscious awareness, they keep recreating the same experiences—no matter how many times we try to assume something new. We are always manifesting. The question is whether we’re doing it consciously or unconsciously. And most of us are creating from shadow—because we’ve never been taught how to actually feel what we feel. We’re trained to suppress, to push through, to distract. But your feelings are not the problem. They’re the map. They’ll tell you exactly where you are—and exactly what you’re still believing. This is the work I’ve done in private. No one sees it on Instagram. No one claps for it. But it’s the reason I don’t spiral like I used to. It’s why I don’t feel abandoned every time silence appears. Because I’ve gone back to where the fear began. And I’ve brought myself home. That’s reprogramming. Not a trick. A return. Step 5: Study the Law of Assumption But First, Understand What You’re Assuming The Law of Assumption says that we don’t manifest what we want—we manifest what we assume  to be true. Not what we consciously affirm, but what we already believe underneath. You become the version of yourself who already lives in the reality you desire, and the external world adjusts to match the new internal state. But most of us don’t know what we’re assuming. We think we’re calling in love, but deep down we believe we’ll be left. We say, “I am in union,” while still feeling like a second choice. And the Law doesn’t respond to our declarations. It responds to our being. That’s why the inner work comes first. Before you visualise union, you need to meet the parts of you that don’t believe in it yet. The part of you that’s still grieving. The part of you that’s angry. The part of you that stopped trusting love years ago but didn’t know how to say so. These are the assumptions you’re manifesting from—not the ones you post on your story. But here’s the beauty of it: when you see what you don’t  want—what’s still hurting, what’s still afraid—you can finally choose something else. You can name a new truth. You can make space for a new belief. And once that belief is real—not just in your mind, but in your nervous system—everything starts to shift. The Law of Assumption isn’t magic. It’s alignment. And it begins with you. Conclusion: A Real Way Forward These five steps aren’t wrong. But they’re not enough—not on their own. They point toward something real, but they don’t tell you what it will take to actually live it. The path to union is not a checklist. It’s a transformation. It will ask more of you than you expect. But it will give more than you can imagine—if you let it. Union begins inside. But that doesn’t mean the longing for external connection is misguided. We’re not here to transcend our humanity. We’re here to inhabit it fully. We’re built for connection. We are shaped in relationship. And it’s not wrong to want the kind of love that meets you, holds you, stretches you, stays. Maybe we need that desire—the ache for union—to begin the work (I know I did). Maybe it’s the thing that gets us to look inward at all. And that’s not something to feel ashamed of. That’s just the architecture of being human. The longing itself is sacred. What matters is what we do with it. Whether we chase a fantasy, or use the desire as fuel for our own becoming. Whether we try to control reality, or begin to create it—consciously, courageously, from the inside out. This work—of meeting yourself, of reprogramming your inner world, of feeling your feelings instead of fleeing them—will change your life. It’s not a trick. It’s not a loophole. It’s a path. And whether or not your twin flame appears at the end of it, you will. And that’s what union is really about. An invitation If you’re walking this path and it feels overwhelming—if the Work feels too big, or too lonely, or too unclear—I want you to know: you don’t have to figure it all out on your own. This is deep terrain. And sometimes, even with all the insight in the world, we hit a moment where we can’t see our own blind spot. We know the union is real. We’ve felt it. But we can’t seem to get out of the loop we’re in. That’s where support can make all the difference. If you feel called, you can book a Twin Flame Journey Session  with me. One session is often enough to shift what’s stuck and bring you back into alignment with the truth of who you are. We’ll look at what’s playing out in your inner world, what’s being reflected in your reality, and what your soul is trying to show you through it all. I’ll help you reconnect to your own Divine Inner Wisdom—the part of you that’s never been separate. My intention is always to empower you to walk this journey with clarity, with self-trust, and with the kind of fierce tenderness that transforms everything it touches. You’re not broken. You’re becoming. And I’d be honoured to walk with you, even briefly, as you remember that. And so it is. Learn more here about what I can offer. Free Twin Flame Resources If you'd like to explore this journey more deeply, I’ve written a series of essays to help you navigate the big questions that arise - and to support you as you begin the inner work this path asks of you. They ALL encourage you to remember that you are the expert on you and you have everything you need within to walk this path with grace and to a successful destination.   Twin Flame Q&A's | Conversations A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

Jupiter  is God of 'expansion, magnitude, growth, elevation, superiority. [Jupiter has] the capacity and impulse to enlarge and grow, to ascend and progress, to improve and magnify, to incorporate that which is external, to make greater wholes, to inflate; to experience success, honour, advancement, plenitude, abundance, prodigality, excess, surfeit; the capacity or inclination for magnanimity, optimism, enthusiasm, exuberance, joy; joviality, liberality, breadth of experience, philosophical and cultural aspiration, comprehensiveness and largeness of vision, pride, arrogance, aggrandizement, extravagance; fecundity, fortune, and providence.' From Cosmos and Psyche by Richard Tarnas Jupiter in Gemini from May 26th 2024 to June 9th 2025 : What Might This Year Teach You? When Jupiter enters Gemini, He doesn’t land easily. This is a God who likes wide views and deep wisdom. He’s used to looking at the whole story. Gemini, though, scatters His gaze. Pulls Him in ten directions at once. The wisdom here isn’t in the overview, it’s in the details, the tangents, the unfinished conversations, the things we think are irrelevant but somehow end up mattering most. Jupiter is the God who grows us. He expands what He touches, sometimes beautifully, sometimes overwhelmingly. In Gemini, He expands the mind. The messages. The stories. The information. The noise . But what if we worked with it? What if instead of trying to quiet the noise, we got curious about what it’s really trying to say? Maybe this is a year to ask better questions. To listen for the deeper thread beneath the chatter. To notice the stories we’re telling, about ourselves, about others, about life, and gently pull at them. Are they true? Are they kind? Are they still serving us? This isn’t the kind of learning you get a certificate for. It’s the kind that shows up in how you speak to yourself at 3am, or how you listen to your child when they’re telling you about something that doesn’t make sense. It’s how you show up in everyday conversations. Whether you speak your truth, or hide it behind a smile. Let Jupiter help you grow, not by giving you the answers, but by teaching you how to stay open to them. Let this be a year of learning to listen . Not just to others, but to yourself. To the part of you that knows when something clicks. When something is right. When a story has come to an end. Read more about Jupiter here  - including how Jupiter shows up in your sign and house natally. The Start of The Expansion When Jupiter entered Gemini in May 2024, He didn’t enter quietly. He came holding hands with Pluto, forming a trine, a harmonious connection between two very different Gods, working together with surprising grace. Jupiter expands. Pluto transforms. One lifts us up to see the bigger picture. The other pulls us down into the underworld of what’s hidden, raw, and real. Together, they brought depth to the lightness of Gemini. This wasn’t going to be a superficial transit. At its best, this was a time of transformative learning , a year where ideas weren’t just exchanged but changed us. Words held power. Insights ran deep. We were asked to dig beneath our usual way of thinking, to look past distraction and into the roots of why we believe what we believe. Some of us found ourselves obsessed with new knowledge, psychology, or the workings of our own minds. Others discovered a power in their voice they hadn’t accessed before. With Pluto involved, this was never going to be a ‘nice’ transit. It was meant to uncover us, just a little. To break open stale ways of thinking and replace them with something more real. Something more ours. And now, as we near the end of this cycle, Jupiter has begun to shout. Jupiter in Gemini by Rising Sign With some journal prompts to meet yourself in reflection If you're not sure what your rising sign is and would like to find out, request a free digital birth chart here - you'll need your time of birth, date of birth and place of birth. Aries Rising (3rd House) Themes:  Communication, Siblings, Local Travel, Learning Opportunities : Expansion in communication skills, positive developments in relationships with siblings, neighbours, and the local community. You might take short trips or engage in activities that involve learning and teaching. Challenges : Be wary of overcommitting to too many social activities or projects. Miscommunication or misunderstandings might arise, so clarity is crucial. Since May 2024: Your mind has been busy. New ideas, short courses, different perspectives, maybe even new connections with siblings or neighbours. But what has all the noise revealed about what you believe? What have you learned about how you speak, what you say and what you don’t? What conversations changed you this year? Where did you realise you had more to learn? Have your words grown more honest, more kind, or more courageous? Taurus Rising (2nd House) Themes:  Finances, Personal Values, Material Possessions Opportunities : Potential for financial growth and increased earning opportunities. You might reassess your values and find new ways to enhance your material security. Challenges : Avoid excessive spending or financial risks. Ensure that your financial decisions are grounded and well thought out. Since May 2024: Your relationship with money, possessions, and your own self-worth has been under Jupiter’s magnifying glass. What does security really mean to you now? Is it numbers in a bank or a sense of inner steadiness? Where did your value system shift? What have you learned about what truly matters to you? What beliefs about success or survival needed an upgrade? Gemini Rising (1st House) Themes:  Self-Identity, Personal Initiatives, Appearance Opportunities : Personal growth and expansion of your identity. This is a time to pursue personal goals, enhance your image, and embrace new beginnings. Challenges : Be mindful of scattering your energies across too many ventures. Focus on what truly matters to you and avoid superficial pursuits. Since May 2024: You’ve been stretched. Pulled into becoming more of yourself. Jupiter moved through your first house like a travelling teacher, with lessons on identity, direction, and truth. Who are you now, at the end of this story? How have you changed this year? What have you begun to believe about your own potential? Did any old masks fall away? Cancer Rising (12th House) Themes:  Solitude, Spirituality, Subconscious Opportunities : Deep introspection and spiritual growth. You might explore hidden aspects of yourself, engage in healing practices, or take time for solitude and reflection. Challenges : Avoid escapism or getting lost in daydreams. Ensure you maintain a healthy balance between solitude and social interaction. Since May 2024: This has been a more internal year for you. A quiet expansion. One that may have taken place in dreams, therapy, solitude, or behind the scenes. Jupiter asked you to grow your faith, but only after letting something hidden rise to the surface. What did you finally admit to yourself? Where did silence become sacred? What healing happened that no one else could see? Leo Rising (11th House) Themes:  Friendships, Groups, Aspirations Opportunities : Expansion in your social circles and networking opportunities. You might get involved in group activities or work towards your long-term aspirations. Challenges : Be cautious of spreading yourself too thin among various social commitments. Ensure your goals align with your true desires. Since May 2024: You’ve been learning through friendships, community, and your wider hopes for the future. Jupiter has been asking: who do you belong to? What do you believe in? What do you want to build with others? Which friendships opened you up and which no longer fit? Where did you find meaning in shared vision? How has your vision for the future shifted? Virgo Rising (10th House) Themes:  Career, Public Image, Authority Opportunities : Professional growth and recognition. You might receive promotions, new career opportunities, or public acknowledgment for your work. Challenges : Avoid overextending yourself professionally. Strive for balance between your career and personal life to prevent burnout. Since May 2024: Your career or public self has been expanding, but not necessarily in linear ways. You may have been pulled in lots of directions or questioned what success really means. This hasn’t been about ticking boxes it’s been about realigning with your truth. What did you outgrow professionally? Where have you felt more visible or more scattered? What truth wants to lead your work now? Libra Rising (9th House) Themes:  Higher Education, Travel, Philosophy Opportunities : Expansion through higher education, long-distance travel, or exploring new philosophies and belief systems. You might pursue advanced studies or travel abroad. Challenges : Ensure that your explorations are grounded in reality. Avoid overcommitting to travel or studies that aren't well planned. Since May 2024: Your beliefs have been the terrain of transformation. Jupiter here is the seeker, the philosopher, the pilgrim. You might have studied something new, travelled (literally or internally), or found yourself questioning things you thought were certain. What did you stop believing this year? What spiritual, philosophical, or intellectual doorway opened? What wisdom do you carry now that you didn’t before? Scorpio Rising (8th House) Themes:  Shared Resources, Transformation, Intimacy Opportunities : Growth through shared resources, investments, and deep psychological transformation. Intimate relationships might also deepen. Challenges : Be mindful of financial risks and ensure clarity in dealings with shared resources. Emotional intensity may require healthy coping mechanisms. Since May 2024: This was never going to be a surface-level year. Jupiter lit up your underworld - inheritances, debts, deep bonds, fears, power, intimacy. The Gods have been whispering in the dark. Have you listened? What truths have emerged from your shadows? How has your relationship to power, control, or surrender changed? What parts of you have died and what’s growing in their place? Sagittarius Rising (7th House) Themes:  Partnerships, Marriage, Contracts Opportunities : Expansion in partnerships, both personal and professional. You might form significant new relationships or strengthen existing ones. Challenges : Avoid idealising relationships or making hasty commitments. Strive for balance and mutual understanding in partnerships. Since May 2024: Relationships have been the mirror. Jupiter has shown you the many faces of connection - romantic, business, platonic - and invited you to learn more about what you want, what you offer, and what you need. What old patterns have you seen more clearly? How has your understanding of partnership matured? What kind of relationship are you now ready for? Capricorn Rising (6th House) Themes:  Work, Health, Daily Routine Opportunities : Growth in your work environment, improvements in health, and optimising daily routines. You might take on new work responsibilities or start a wellness regime. Challenges : Be careful not to take on too much work or neglect your health. Maintain a balanced approach to your daily tasks. Since May 2024: This has been a year of sorting out the details, the health routines, work habits, responsibilities, and maybe even the way you speak to yourself day to day. Jupiter has been trying to grow you through small, practical steps. What did you learn about caring for your body and mind? Where did you feel overextended and why did you say yes? What new rhythms are you ready to honour? Aquarius Rising (5th House) Themes:  Creativity, Romance, Children Opportunities : Creative expression, romantic opportunities, and activities related to children. This is a time to indulge in hobbies and artistic pursuits. Challenges : Avoid overindulgence in pleasures or taking unnecessary risks in romance. Keep a balanced perspective on creative projects. Since May 2024: Creativity, pleasure, romance, children, the fifth house is the house of heart and expression. Jupiter here asks: do you believe in joy? In play? In your own voice? This year may have stretched your capacity to enjoy being alive. Where did you allow yourself more freedom or fun? What did you create, start, or love into being? Did your relationship to your own desire shift? Pisces Rising (4th House) Themes:  Home, Family, Inner Foundation Opportunities : Positive changes in your home environment, family relationships, and emotional foundation. You might move, renovate, or strengthen family ties. Challenges : Ensure that changes to your home or family life are well thought out. Avoid neglecting your personal needs while focusing on family matters. Since May 2024: Your roots have been the classroom, your family, your home, your emotional foundation. Jupiter’s been asking you to dig into your past to find the seeds of your future. Sometimes that’s meant grief. Sometimes, healing. What did you come to understand about where you came from? What stories were ready to be rewritten? What does ‘home’ mean to you now? My Reflection – Libra Rising (9th House) This week, I feel overwhelmed. It’s a familiar feeling. One I’ve known well since 2010, when my marriage ended and I became the one who holds everything. The kids. The house. The bills. The mood of the room. The future. I hold it all in my head. But this year, this Jupiter in Gemini year, I also held something else. I wanted to build something that could teach. Something that could help people see that even when life is full, even when the diary is packed and the washing up hasn’t been done, there is still space to grow. Still space to learn. To stretch your thinking. To see the world differently, and in doing so, live it differently . Since 2017 I’ve been doing the work. Quietly. In between everything else. And I think this year has been about realising I’m ready to teach it. That I have something to say. That I don’t have to wait for permission or for the ‘right’ time. There is no right time. There is only now, and whether you’re willing to show up for it. I always have too much to do. That hasn’t changed. My kids come first. Making sure they’re safe, fed, loved, held. Making sure this house is a home. That’s always been the priority. That doesn’t leave much room. But somehow, things have been built anyway. I’ve learned to rest when it’s too much. To trust that what truly needs doing will get done. And the rest can wait. Not everything is urgent. Some things aren’t mine to carry. What’s changed is how I work with time. Sometimes a blog post starts while I’m doing the washing up. A song will play, and the tone of something drops in. Fifteen minutes later, while the kitchen is being put back together, I’ve got the bones of it. I type it into my notes app. Let it sit. Come back when I have another window. Another twenty minutes. That’s how this whole year has been: made up of little windows. Snatched moments. One paragraph at a time. And now there’s something real to show for it. A body of work. A rhythm. A voice. So if there’s one thing I’ve learned, if I do have any advice, it’s this: You already know. The wisdom is there, within you. You’re not waiting to become wise. You’re just learning to listen. And when you do, you’ll find you’ve had the answers all along. Time is never the real limitation. What matters is choosing. Intending. Following the thread even if you have to pick it up and put it down again a hundred times. It still leads you home. So maybe now it’s your turn. What has this year grown in you? What have you learned, not just in your mind, but in how you live? What truth has taken root, quietly, while you were busy being human? You don’t need a big answer. You don’t need to write a blog post or teach a class. Just take a moment. Breathe. Listen. Something in you knows. And that’s enough. What's next? If you’d like to explore what Jupiter’s been opening up in your chart, or how to work with where He’s heading next, I’d love to hold that space with you. You can book a reading with me online, just choose a date that works. I’m at Essential Therapies on Thursday evenings and every other Saturday if you’re local, or we can connect via Zoom from wherever you are. Book a reading with me here . Jupiter is moving into Cancer on the 9th of June, where He’s exalted. This is a beautiful time to invite His wisdom into the heart of your life - your home, your family, your sense of belonging. To shift from surviving to something softer. Something more supported. To bring the magic into the day-to-day and begin transforming the ordinary into something that feels held, nourishing, and even fun. You don’t have to do it all alone. Let’s open the door together. A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

The Return of The Nourisher From the 9th of June 2025 (London), Jupiter, our God of growth, faith, and higher truth, returns to Cancer, the sign of His exaltation. Here, He doesn’t just act well. He feels  good. Safe. Generous. Powerful. Jupiter in Cancer is like a feast shared under a full moon, a fire lit in a storm, a hand on your back when you thought you were alone. This is His favourite place to pour blessings, through belonging, care, and deep emotional restoration. Jupiter in Cancer reminds us that abundance doesn’t have to be loud. It can be the quiet knowing that we are enough. That we’re held. That there is room at the table. Over the coming year, this transit brings a chance to expand in all the ways that matter most: through home, family, roots, memory, emotional security, and soul nourishment. It’s a time to grow where you’re planted, or to find new soil if the old ground has turned dry. In a world that often equates success with speed, Jupiter in Cancer whispers a different wisdom: slow down . Soften. Come home. The Archetype: Jupiter in Cancer When Jupiter travels through Cancer, His expansive nature meets The Moon’s domain of care, feeling, and protection. This combination magnifies: Emotional generosity  – the desire to nurture and be nurtured Faith in family and tradition  – chosen or blood A sense of home as sacred  – and a yearning to create safe, meaningful spaces Intuitive wisdom  – growth that comes not from logic, but from the gut Cultural and ancestral memory  – a reach back into the past to support the future Fertility and nourishment  – literal or symbolic, this transit helps things grow It’s a time when compassion becomes a superpower, when kindness stretches wider, and when emotional sensitivity is not a liability but a guide. Jupiter here expands the water element: emotions, intuition, memory, the unconscious. It blesses anything that feeds or shelters families, homes, communities, inner children, gardens, spiritual practices rooted in lineage or devotion. June 2025 – June 2026 A Year of Replanting What Was Uprooted Jupiter enters Cancer on the 9th of June 2025 , and will journey through this deeply feeling, life-giving sign until the 30th of June 2026 . It’s a potent, rare transit. He hasn’t been here since mid-2013 and this time, He arrives under a sky that’s already in flux. By the time Jupiter crosses Cancer’s threshold, the other outer Gods will have already shifted or be preparing to. We’re not in the same world we were a year ago, let alone 13 years ago, and we won’t be going back. Pluto  has left Capricorn for Aquarius, ending a 15-year excavation of power, systems, and structural shadow. Saturn  has entered Aries, beginning a brand new cycle of definition and discipline through action. Neptune  is flickering on the cusp of Aries, washing the old stories clean and asking us to imagine with fire instead of mist. Uranus  prepares to break new ground in Gemini, electric with ideas, unstable with change. And Jupiter , our God of growth and wisdom, comes home to water, to roots, to memory, to emotion. Not to flee the fire, but to nourish  what can still grow. The Saturn–Jupiter Square (Exact the 15th of June 2025) As Jupiter begins His new journey through Cancer, He does so under tension. On June 15, 2025 , He forms a square to Saturn in Aries , the first hard aspect in the 20-year Jupiter–Saturn cycle that began with their conjunction at 0° Aquarius on the Winter Solstice of 2020 . That moment marked the birth of a new collective paradigm: one concerned with air, ideas, systems, and long-term societal shifts. Three and a half years later, that seed is now under pressure. The square is the test. Like a plant pushing through the soil, the vision born in 2020 must now meet the resistance of real life and prove it has the strength to grow. The archetypal tension here is ancient. Jupiter is the impulse to expand, to grow, to elevate and inspire and to have faith that more is possible. He seeks abundance, meaning, joy, and philosophical breadth. Saturn is the principle of contraction, restraint, responsibility, and reality. He brings structure, discipline, and consequence. Jupiter says yes; Saturn says not yet. Together, they govern the architecture of a meaningful life. When they form a square - a tense conversation of friction and effort - we are not given ease. We are given a challenge: how do we grow within limits? How do we move forward while carrying weight? This dynamic now plays out between Cancer and Aries . Jupiter, exalted in Cancer, seeks to nourish and protect. He wants emotional safety, deep roots, and care that expands outward. Saturn, in Aries, is under pressure to act quickly, lead bravely, and build without precedent. But growth without boundaries collapses, and discipline without purpose becomes oppression. This square pushes us to find a rhythm between nurture and drive. Between the need for safety and the courage to step into the unknown. For some, it will highlight the tension between home life and personal ambition; for others, it will raise questions about how we care for others without abandoning ourselves. This moment matters because it sets the tone for Jupiter’s entire year in Cancer. What begins here is not a grand realisation, but a pursuit of step-by-step progress , a grounded attempt to bring big-hearted visions into embodied form. It’s not about escaping difficulty but about understanding the value in challenge . We’re being asked to hold the tension between expansion and contraction without flinching. To grow something real, we need to be responsible for what we’re cultivating and brave enough to keep going, even when the soil is heavy. This is the work of maturity. Of meaning. Of building lives that actually hold us. What Might Jupiter in Cancer Bring? Personally A deep pull to reconnect with your emotional needs A desire to grow roots: through home, family, or a sense of inner safety A renewed relationship with your past or ancestry Creative or literal fertility: the urge to plant, nurture, protect, and build something lasting Healing of the inner child, especially through nourishment, tenderness, or the right kind of boundaries If you’ve felt emotionally barren, out of place, or spread too thin, this year may bring a return to yourself. Growth doesn’t always look like going further. Sometimes, it looks like coming home . Collectively A renewed focus on food, housing, care work, parenting, and maternal systems Amplification of nationalism, nostalgia, or protective policies (the shadow side of Cancer) Greater attention to climate resilience, land, and environmental caregiving Possible rising interest in ancestral healing, cultural memory, and traditional spiritual practices Support for those rebuilding what has been lost, from homes to families to faith This is a year where compassion may become currency again. But also where emotional reactivity (Cancer’s defensive shell) could rise, especially as change speeds up in other parts of the sky. Jupiter’s Invitation Jupiter in Cancer doesn’t want a standing ovation. He’s not here for spectacle. He’s here for continuity. For what holds. For what feeds us in the places no one sees. He’s not asking you to change the world. He’s asking you to come home. Home to what soothes and sustains. And to what you’ve been too busy, or too tired, to tend. Jupiter doesn’t promise ease. But He does offer perspective on what really matters. On what isn’t negotiable anymore. On how much you’ve given without asking for anything in return. This isn’t a year to reach further. It’s a year to return to the part of you that remembers how to care, not as sacrifice, but as truth. Not to fix anyone. Just to honour what still lives under the surface. The root system. The memory of enoughness. A Prompt to Contemplate Where in your life are you being invited to come home ? Not just physically but emotionally, spiritually, and energetically. What needs tending? What has gone dry that wants watering? Jupiter expands whatever He touches. So ask yourself: Where do I long to feel safer, softer, more held? What would it mean to grow, not outwards, but inward, into my own heart? To go deeper, you can explore where Jupiter is moving through your  chart right now. The house He’s passing through reveals the part of life calling for nourishment, growth, and emotional truth. Jupiter in Cancer Rising Sign Reflections A return to enoughness. A quiet homecoming. A year to remember what love really is. ♈ Aries Rising – 4th House You’re being called inward now. Back to the roots: physical, emotional, ancestral. This is a year to tend your home, your family, your inner child. Something long-neglected is ready to be loved. Let yourself rest. Let yourself belong. The foundations you build now, inside yourself, will carry you for decades. ♉ Taurus Rising – 3rd House You don’t need to prove your knowledge anymore. Jupiter in your 3rd reminds you that wisdom lives in the everyday: in your voice, your writing, your conversations with people who truly see you. There is abundance in connection and this year, you're invited to speak from the heart, to listen with softness, and to trust that what you know matters. ♊ Gemini Rising – 2nd House This is about value: real, felt, embodied. Not the numbers in your account or what others think you’re worth, but the deeper knowing: I am enough.  Jupiter is expanding your sense of security now. You’re allowed to receive. You’re allowed to thrive. Let your relationship with money and self-worth be shaped by care, not scarcity. ♋ Cancer Rising – 1st House You are the soil. The vessel. The flame. Jupiter is moving through your very being, asking you to come back to yourself, not as an idea, but as a home. You’re allowed to be seen, to be celebrated, to be loved without earning it. This is a year of expansion through gentleness. Your presence nourishes others but don’t forget to include yourself. ♌ Leo Rising – 12th House The blessings are quiet now. Behind the scenes. In dreams, in silence, in the places no one else can follow. Jupiter in your 12th reminds you: you are never alone. Even in retreat, you are held. Let this be a year of spiritual reweaving. You don’t have to understand it all. You only have to soften enough to listen. ♍ Virgo Rising – 11th House You’re not meant to do it all yourself. Jupiter in your 11th invites you into community. Not surface-level networks, but true belonging. Let yourself be supported. Let yourself hope again. The future is being shaped by what you believe is possible especially when you remember you don’t have to walk it alone. ♎ Libra Rising – 10th House It’s time to bring care into the work. Jupiter is blessing your career, yes but not in the way the world measures success. This is about purpose that nourishes you too. Visibility that comes from alignment, not performance. Let the legacy you’re building include rest, kindness, and a life you don’t have to escape from. ♏ Scorpio Rising – 9th House Jupiter here offers you a new lens. A higher perspective. A way of seeing the world that is bigger, kinder, and truer. This is a year for faith. Let your beliefs stretch wide enough to include joy. Let yourself be changed by what you learn. There’s more love here than you’ve been taught to expect. ♐ Sagittarius Rising – 8th House This is deep. Intimate. Uncomfortable but transformative. Jupiter in your 8th house asks you to receive where you've always given. To trust in the unseen exchanges. To let yourself be met, emotionally and spiritually, without controlling the outcome. You are not meant to carry it all alone. ♑ Capricorn Rising – 7th House Love is the teacher this year. Real love - the kind that nourishes, not drains. Jupiter in your 7th house opens the door to partnership, but not just with others. This is about meeting yourself, too. Seeing your needs without judgement. Knowing you are worthy of gentleness. Let this be a year of shared grace. ♒ Aquarius Rising – 6th House It’s the small things that heal. The routines. The food. The way you speak to yourself at 7am. Jupiter in the 6th is asking you to stop abandoning yourself in the name of productivity. Let care be part of your work. Let presence be your service. You deserve to feel good in  your body and not just useful to  others. ♓ Pisces Rising – 5th House Let joy in. Let pleasure lead. Jupiter in your 5th wants you to create, to dance, to fall in love with life again. This is the house of the heart, and Jupiter’s presence here says: it’s safe to feel. Safe to express. Safe to want. You were made to shine. Let it happen gently. ✨ Want to explore what Jupiter in Cancer is activating in your  life? This isn’t just a passing transit, it’s a deeply personal invitation to grow where it matters most. Whether Jupiter is moving through your house of home, partnership, career, or soul, He’s offering guidance, healing, and expansion in that part of your life. In a one-to-one reading, we’ll look at where Jupiter is travelling in your chart, what He’s touching, and how to work with the opportunities and emotions He’s stirring. 📍 Readings are available online via Zoom or in person at Essential Therapies in Sidmouth. Book directly through my website, or message me if you have questions. Let’s see what this tender, powerful God has in store for you. 👉 Conversations with the Gods | Book a Reading A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

Between Doubt and Trust: A Story of Remembering When I was a child, I knew there was more to life than what we could see. It wasn’t something I was taught. It was just there , woven into everything. But as life happened to me, as losses accumulated, as betrayals hardened me, as the world showed its sharp edges, that knowing faded. It wasn't that I simply doubted. It was that I knew  there was nothing beyond my immediate reality. No hidden benevolence. No secret orchestration. No divine force looking out for me. If there was any kind of greater intelligence , it seemed clear it wasn’t for me. I wasn’t worthy of its kindness. Or worse, maybe it was indifferent to me altogether. When people spoke about trusting the Universe, I didn’t just roll my eyes. I felt anger. Contempt. How stupid could you be, to believe something so naïve? "Trust the Universe," the memes said. As if life hadn’t already proven otherwise. I wasn’t sceptical. I was certain. And I stayed that way: solidly, cynically grounded in the visible, measurable world, until life itself began to pull at the edges of my certainty. Until the impossible started happening. First quietly, through encounters I couldn't explain. Then louder, through timings so perfect they defied coincidence. It wasn’t just the arrival of The Magical Man *  ( read my story here ) that shifted something in me. It was everything that followed. I started to notice the patterns. Not in a dramatic way, but in the quiet details. The way my thoughts would mirror the sky. How animals moved. How the air changed. How certain days felt heavy and others sparkled with possibility. It was like the whole world was humming with meaning, and I had started to tune in. Slowly, I began to understand: I wasn’t separate from life. I was part  of it. Not just living in the world, but moving with it. Woven into its rhythms. I was already reading the energy of the day, through feelings, through instinct, through the way the world responded to me. I just didn’t have a name for what I was doing. When astrology found me, it was like someone handed me the map. I didn’t have to guess anymore. I could see the shape of the day before it unfolded. See how the sky was moving, and what it was asking of me. Where I was in the story. And I realised: I’m not strange for living this way. I'm not crazy. I’m not making it up. I’ve just remembered something we all once knew. This language has been here for thousands of years. It’s written in the stars, and written in us. Yet despite everything, the magic, the miraculous, the thousands of impossible synchronicities, the evidence, the fact that the birth chart can reveal aspects of our lives and selves even we've forgotten, doubt still lives alongside my noticing . Scepticism still sits quietly in the corner, arms folded, waiting for more irrefutable proof. Trust doesn’t come easily. It has to be chosen: again and again. It has to be practiced. Strengthened, like a muscle. Here are three lived experiences that help to remind me, to choose, even as I forget: 3. The Book That Found Me When I was a child, there was a book I loved beyond reason. A beautiful, illustrated story that stayed with me long after I was “too old” for it. I can’t explain why it mattered so much. It just did. It was a kind of secret comfort I didn’t have to explain to anyone. Somewhere along the way, the book vanished. Life happened. My childhood bedroom was cleared. I grew up, moved away, had children of my own. But sometimes, when rooting through old boxes or visiting my parents, I’d think of it. I’d search. I’d even try Googling, but without a title or author, it was like trying to summon a ghost. Eventually, I wondered if maybe I had imagined it. Then, in the autumn of 2017 - a season of endings and new beginnings - the title of the book dropped into my mind, fully formed. Out of nowhere. 'My Very Own Sister' I searched online. And there it was. Just one copy for sale. £174. ( I was born in 1974. And it turns out the book was first published in 1974. Coincidence? ) I didn’t buy it. £174 is an extortionate amount for a book, but especially for a single parent on a limited budget. But that was okay. It felt like enough just to know it existed outside of me. That I hadn’t made it up. At Christmas, I showed my Mum the book for sale online. She remembered it instantly. She hadn't seen it since I was a child. She couldn't say where it was. 'Maybe it’s in a box in your loft?', she said. (It wasn’t. I knew it wasn’t.) Still, I hoped. Quietly. That one day I would own this book again. That I'd be able to hold it in my hands, and re-read the story that had felt so magical, so special, when I was small. Perhaps another one would turn up, and at a more affordable price. At the time, I was in the middle of something I couldn’t yet name. A season of longing. Of trying to hold onto faith in something I couldn’t see. I didn’t know it yet, but I was walking the first hard miles of a much longer journey. A journey that asked me to believe in what had no proof. A journey of faith. Of trust in a greater intelligence whose kindness I was worthy of. That wasn't indifferent to me. Months later, after a summer of deep healing and impossible synchronicities, I went back to my parents’ house. And there, on the dresser in the guest room, was the book . Perfect. Untouched by time . Exactly as I had remembered. I sat down on the bed and cried. Because opening it, I remembered the story, and in remembering the story I realised why it had been so treasured. So cherished. So loved. It's a story about a little girl. With a secret twin. A twin who lives in a hidden golden palace. A secret twin who called her, " My Very Own ." A secret twin that loves her more than anyone else in the world. The Most Beautiful Valley In The World I had forgotten the plot, but not the feeling. The longing. The belonging. The place where she was truly seen. Truly known. Special. And loved. And I understood why I had clung to that story. Why it had planted itself so deep inside me. Because it wasn’t just a story. It was a prophecy. The child I was had known something the adult me had forgotten: That I was made for connection. That love is real. That my longing is not a mistake, it's written into my being. That a love like this is possible. My book was returned to me in perfect timing. It came back when I was ready to hold that truth again. 'My Very Own Sister' by Astrid Lindgren (1974-1st UK Ed) Hans Arnold Illustrated Curious to know how? My mum had just happened to find it - sticking out of a pile of random junk in the loft. It hadn’t been carefully stored. It hadn’t turned up during any of the countless tidying sessions or reorganisations the loft had gone through over the past 30-odd years - including when a new roof was put on, and everything had to be moved and sorted. It hadn’t found its way downstairs with all the other childhood books my mum had lovingly saved and retrieved when her grandchildren were born. It had simply... stayed hidden. Waiting. And yet, when it finally appeared, it was exactly as I remembered it. Delicate yes, but whole. (45 years old by then!) Still in amazing condition. Read the book here . 2. The Magic Number Around the same time, another impossible thing happened. I was driving home from my parents’ house with my kids (then 11 and 14) and our new puppy. On the drive there, I had noticed my mileage was about to tick over to 66,666. Since I’d been seeing synchronicities everywhere, I thought: That'll be a moment worth noticing. I didn’t expect the chaos that would follow. On the motorway, my tyre blew. Terrifying. Fast lane. Three lives depending on me. Somehow, I steered us to the hard shoulder. Shaking. Pretending I wasn’t terrified. No idea how to put on the spare tyre. No breakdown cover. No idea where we were. The AA said it would cost hundreds and take hours. The kids and I walked along the side of the motorway, me carrying the puppy, my daughter sobbing, my son trying to be brave. And then, just when I was about to give up and pay whatever it cost, the traffic police appeared. At first they said they couldn’t help. Then they changed their minds. They changed the tyre. They stayed with us. They rescued us. We got back on the road, crawling along at 60mph. Hours behind schedule. Exhausted. And then, something happened. At 6:00pm: 66,660 At 6:01pm: 66,661 At 6:02pm: 66,662 At 6:03pm: 66,663 At 6:04pm: 66,664 At 6:05pm: 66,665 And at 6:06pm , the odometer hit 66,666 . Perfect. Impeccable. As if the entire terrifying mess had been designed to slow us down just enough  to witness that moment. Even the chaos had been held. Even the terror had been threaded into a larger design. Not every sign of magic looks like a blessing at first. Sometimes it comes disguised as loss. Sometimes it doesn’t give us what we thought we wanted, it gives us what we needed  to awaken. This last story didn’t always feel like magic when I was living it. At times it felt like heartbreak. But looking back, I see it was the beginning of everything. The beginning of me. 1. The Man I Was Always Meant to Meet I met The Magical Man a year before we spoke. One lunch break, walking with a friend, we bumped into him. They talked. I stood silently by. But something happened that I still can’t explain. I was utterly captivated. By his voice. By his gestures. By the presence of him. He spoke about trusting the universe. About magic. I thought he meant card tricks. I had no idea he was speaking about real magic - the kind you live. When we walked away, my friend told me about him. It was clear she cared for him. I suggested she pursue it. She said, "I’m not his type." Somewhere inside, I assumed that meant he wouldn’t consider me his type either. But I couldn't get him off my mind. From then on, it was as if I saw him everywhere. Every time I left the office, I'd see him. I started hearing about him. His manager sat opposite me, and it seemed everyone was always talking about him. He became very present in my world, even though we'd never spoken. We smiled when we saw each other. I may have mouthed "hi." When I found out he was moving into my office, I wasn’t surprised. It felt inevitable. And that's the primary feeling I had, looking back: I will know this man. I just need to wait. And when we finally spoke about it, it turned out he had felt the same. From that very first moment, he had known we were connected. He had asked the Universe when he would meet his person. And the answer had come: Wait until December. We started talking in September. By December, it was undeniable. But just weeks later, it became clear that a relationship wasn’t on the cards for us. There wasn’t a dramatic ending. We just... agreed. For him, I think he knew he wasn’t ready. Maybe I wasn't his One after all. For me, it felt like I was being asked to pause. To hold what I’d felt without trying to make it into something. To trust the timing of something I didn’t understand. And at first, it didn’t hurt. Not then. Because I could still feel the presence of something larger - like the connection wasn’t ending, just changing shape. Becoming something quieter. A friendship. But that, too, dissolved. Conversations faded. Silences took their place. And eventually, the absence settled in. That’s when it hit me. What I’d thought I could hold lightly, what I told myself I’d accepted, began to crack me open. I didn’t expect it. I didn’t understand it. We’d barely known each other. But the grief that rose in me was total. It brought with it the ache of every other abandonment I’d ever felt. The longing for something I didn’t even believe I deserved. The shame of having wanted. The disbelief that something so powerful could leave without explanation. And underneath all of that, something deeper: A quiet, insistent voice that said, This isn’t the end of the story. This is the beginning of you. It was a dark night of the soul, even though I didn’t have that language for it then. He was the catalyst. But the journey was mine. What he activated in me was something ancient. Something sacred. Something I had to walk through, alone. The years that followed weren’t about finding love “out there.” They were about finding home in here . I began the slow, humbling, magical work of building trust: not in him, not in fate, but in the Universe itself. In the intelligence that moves through everything. In myself. Those memes I used to mock, the ones that said “just trust The Universe”, I write them now. In fact, just yesterday, I wrote one without even thinking: "Let The Universe bring you what you want. You don’t need to control it. You just need to be able to receive it." I couldn’t have imagined being someone who would say that. But I’ve lived it now. I’ve felt the difference between forcing and allowing. I’ve watched life reveal itself in perfect timing: not just once, but over and over again. I’ve studied astrology formally, yes, but more than that, I’ve embodied  it. I’ve lived it. Felt it. Worked with it. And now, I’m no longer searching for a map. I am the map. I move with the sky. I listen. I trust. Well, mostly. This isn’t a story about falling in love with someone else. It’s about returning to the person I was always meant to be. The person I always was. I just had to remember. Looking back, it makes perfect sense. But still. Doubt persists. And I don't just have my stories to rely on. The Magical Man has stories aplenty of his own. Many more than I. He’s lived through ridiculous experiences that defy reason, seen things on the daily that he can’t put into words, he's been told by The Divine Feminine herself that he is a divine being deserving of love, and still he refers to himself as a "non-believer", still he says, “I don’t believe any of it.” It’s how he copes. It’s how I cope too. Because the truth is, belief is dangerous when you’ve been hurt. Hope can feel like a setup. Because if we believe. If we really, fully open to the idea of mutual, divine love, then we have to risk the most frightening things: Not just heartbreak. But humiliation. Shame. The horror of having been foolish to trust. The fear that we will be seen. And found lacking. The fear that if we hope and it breaks, it will break us  too. That it will confirm the oldest, darkest fear: That we were never enough to be chosen. Never enough to be loved in the way we long for. Read more about my experience of all this here: My Twin Flame Journey: 8 Years On Trust Isn’t Certainty. It’s a Way of Living. These stories don’t erase my scepticism. They don’t demand blind faith. They remind me. They soften the edges. They invite me to live as if The Universe is kind, even when fear whispers otherwise. They invite me to keep choosing trust, again and again, even when my mind demands proof. Because here’s what I know now: I have been met before. I will be met again. And every step, even the ones that felt like wrong turns, have carried me exactly where I was meant to go. Maybe I can't believe it all the time. Maybe I don't have to. Maybe trust was never meant to be a feeling I could cling to, but a way of moving through the world with my eyes open. A way of letting wonder and doubt live side by side. A way of remembering, even when I'm not sure. Maybe it’s enough to keep walking toward love anyway. Maybe it’s enough to live as if  the magic is real, until one day, it doesn’t feel like pretending anymore. A Final Note This is what I want to offer you, if you’ve made it this far, not an answer. Not a fix. Not a promise that life won’t still ache. But the gift of remembering. Remembering that there is more to this life than what we’ve been told. That the world is alive, responsive, full of signs and meaning. That we’re not lost in it, we’re part of it. And that the wisdom you need isn’t somewhere outside of you. It’s already here. In your noticing. In your longing. In your story. You don’t have to believe. You just have to stay open enough to remember. And if you want help finding the language of your own story, Astrology is the map I use. It’s not a belief system. It’s a living, breathing conversation with the sky, with life itself. It’s the same conversation you are already part of, whether you realise it or not. You and I, we are walking the same path. It may look different for each of us. But underneath it all, it’s the same longing. The same remembering. And it would be an honour to walk a little way alongside you. If you feel called to explore your own map, the one written in the stars and in you, you can find more about my astrology sessions here . Learn more about my fundamentals here . And book in with me here . *The Magical Man You may wonder why I call him The Magical Man . The first reason is because He is Magical, in more ways than one. The second is because of what our meeting, and the experiences that followed our meeting, awoke within me. Meeting him was more than a romance that didn’t happen. It was a catalyst. A crack in the structure of my life that let the light in. What I later came to understand is that some connections are different. They don't come to complete us, or even to stay with us. They come to awaken us: to burn away the illusions we didn't even know we were carrying. In the New Age, this kind of connection is called a twin flame or twin soul: two souls who mirror each other so fiercely that everything false must fall away. Not so we can be together, necessarily. But so we can become who we were always meant to be. The Twin Flame Journey isn't easy. It's not a love story in the way the world usually understands it. It's a path of radical self-knowledge, healing, and transformation. And it's not something you choose, rather something that is thrust upon you. When the time is right. It was only after meeting Him, and letting go of the idea of "us", that I found the framework I needed to navigate what was happening to me. To manage the deep emotional, spiritual, and psychological metamorphosis that had been triggered in me. That I eventually learned to embrace. And be grateful for. That I would choose again, given a choice. Astrology became one of the tools in my arsenal. Not as an escape. But as a map. A way to understand the energies shaping my journey, and my own soul’s call to become more than I had ever dared to imagine. This is what I bring to my work now: Not theories. Not dogma. But lived experience. And the deep compassion that can only come from walking the road yourself. If you are on a journey like this - messy, painful, beautiful - know this: You are not broken. You are becoming. And you don't have to walk it alone. Read more about The Twin Flame Journey here and find my answers to questions the journey provokes in you here . And if you'd like some support (I offer Mentorship and Twin Flame Journey Readings ), you know where I am . A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

This is the kind of love that’s real. That plants itself in your daily life and blossoms through care, through presence, through showing up. Venus: the principle of desire, love, beauty, and value. She is the impulse and capacity to attract and be attracted, to love and be loved, to seek and create beauty and harmony, to engage in social and romantic relations, sensuous pleasure, artistic and aesthetic experience. She is the principle of Eros and the Beautiful , Aphrodite , The Goddess of love and beauty. Nigella Lawson - the sumptuous cook Venus in Taurus She does not arrive with a flourish. She does not enter the room. She is  the room. The worn velvet of the armchair, the soft clink of a spoon in the cup. The silence that lingers between people who have already said everything. She is the way the sunlight rests on skin without asking permission. Venus in Taurus does not need to seduce. She reminds. Reminds you of the weight of your own body in the sheets. Reminds you how the world tasted before you learned to rush. Reminds you that real love, true, rooted, ripened, moves like honey, not like fire. She does not want to be worshipped; she wants to be touched. She wants a love that remembers to shut the windows when it rains. A love that stays to do the dishes. A love that waits in the doorway, coat in hand, until you’re ready to speak. She is not here to improve you. She is here to return you to yourself. To the places you forgot were sacred: The space between your ribs. The dirt under your fingernails. The ache in your chest that only soft things know how to reach. Let the world spin its stories of more, more, more. Venus in Taurus wants less. But deeper. Slower. Real. Venus in Taurus: A Homecoming There is a kind of love that doesn’t ask questions. It just lays the table. Lights a candle. Pulls the chair out slightly, waiting for you to sit down. That’s this. Venus in Taurus knows what she wants and it’s not a promise, a thrill, or a story to tell someone later. It’s a moment. This  one. Venus in Taurus through the Houses What are you coming home to? Aries Rising – 2nd House What do you reach for when you want to feel better? This transit touches your relationship with comfort, money, and worth. Not your big dreams , but your daily ones, the ones that ask for soft socks and a well-stocked fridge. Let it be simple. Let it be enough. Let it be yours. Taurus Rising – 1st House This is about you. Your body. Your beauty. Your right to take up space. It’s not about changing anything, it’s about not changing . About remembering that being fully in your skin is more seductive than trying to be anything else. Eat slowly. Speak softly. Let yourself be seen. Gemini Rising – 12th House You won’t find Her out in the world. She’s in the dream that lingers, the song you forgot you loved, the memory that tastes like honey. This Venus whispers. She invites you into silence, solitude, softness you don’t have to share. Don’t rush to explain it. Just feel it. Cancer Rising – 11th House You find her in friendship. In the ones who don’t flinch when you cry or go quiet when you shine. This Venus reminds you that love doesn’t always come in a romantic box, it can arrive in laughter, in shared soup, in someone remembering your dog’s name. Hold them close. Let them hold you. Leo Rising – 10th House There’s something magnetic about you right now. Not performative just quietly radiant. People notice when you walk into the room. This is Venus in velvet heels, calm, composed, commanding. You don’t need to sell yourself. Just be . Virgo Rising – 9th House This is the deep breath after too many thoughts. You might crave beauty that stretches you - through books, art, other languages, new views. Don’t explain it all away. Let beauty re-enchant you. Let yourself want more than just efficiency. Libra Rising – 8th House This is the kind of intimacy that happens in the quiet after. Not flashy. Not loud. Just a deep knowing. You might feel the urge to merge, or to pull back from what no longer feels true. Either way, don’t fake it. Your body knows the difference. Scorpio Rising – 7th House Love gets clearer now. You want softness but not weakness. You want presence. If they can meet you there beautiful, if not, hold your own hand and know that’s enough. Sagittarius Rising – 6th House Ritual. Rhythm. Reverence for the ordinary. This is love through doing - the coffee brought to your desk, the sheets changed before you ask. It’s not glamorous, but it’s real. And it matters more than you think. Capricorn Rising – 5th House Let it be delicious. Make art. Flirt badly. Buy flowers for yourself. This Venus doesn’t care if it’s productive. She cares if it’s alive. Give yourself permission to enjoy something that leads absolutely nowhere. Aquarius Rising – 4th House Home is calling. Not just the house, but the feeling. You might want to cook. Or stay in. Or speak gently to the version of you that still needs safety. Let this be a month of nesting. Of tending. Of feeling held. Pisces Rising – 3rd House Speak slower. Write softer. Notice the colour of the sky on the way to the shop. This is about everyday beauty, the ordinary miracles. The right word. The deep conversation. The walk that clears your head. You don’t need to be anywhere else but here. Working with me If you want to explore how Venus is showing up in your  chart, I’d love to walk with you. This is a beautiful time to deepen into your relationship with love, money, beauty, and self-worth. ✨ I offer 1:1 readings both online (Zoom) and in person at Essential Therapies in Sidmouth. ✨ You can book online - just choose your date. Book here . ✨ New subscribers to my newsletter get £10 off their next session. Subscribe here. Venus is home. Maybe it’s time you came home to yourself, too. Venus in Taurus in the Natal Chart When Venus is in Taurus in a natal chart, relationships tend to be marked by steadiness, loyalty, and a deep desire for comfort and security. Love is something to be cultivated over time, a slow burn rather than a spark. People with this placement often crave physical affection and value consistency over drama. There’s a sensual quality to the way they love - through touch, presence, shared meals, and everyday rituals. They are deeply loyal once committed, and they need relationships that feel safe, dependable, and grounded in reality. But Venus isn’t just about love, She also speaks to our values, self-worth, pleasure, and money. With Venus in Taurus, personal values often centre around stability, beauty, and quality. People with this placement tend to value what is tangible and enduring. They appreciate simplicity and are drawn to what feels natural and timeless rather than trendy or flashy. There’s often a strong connection to the physical world, and pleasure is found in the senses - good food, soft fabrics, music, nature, and physical intimacy. Financially, Venus in Taurus often points to a steady and practical approach to money. These individuals may prefer to build wealth slowly and securely, valuing long-term stability over risky ventures. They’re usually quite resourceful and may have a good eye for beauty and quality, which can make them gifted with money in industries like design, art, or hospitality. Self-worth is built on inner security and material reliability, they feel confident when they can rely on themselves and trust in what they’ve created. To learn how to break down your own Venus sign step by step read this: Working With Venus in Your Chart Venus in Taurus, A Poem Love That Touches the Earth She does not rush. She does not shout. She walks barefoot through the garden and waits for you to notice the scent. She is the pause between heartbeats, the way your body softens in safe hands, the warmth of bread, the hush of dusk, the touch that says, you are enough. She is the Goddess of roses and resistance, of hips swaying to music only the soil remembers, of gold not worn but earned from tending, from time. She is not here to impress you. She is here to stay. To show you that love is not always lightning, sometimes it is stone. Weathered. Steady. Sacred. The place you sit and rest. She teaches that longing is holy, but presence is holier. That your body is not a battleground but a blooming. That beauty is not a prize but a birthright. And that the truest love is the one that wakes with you, sips tea beside you, and touches the earth with every step. Want to Learn More About Your Venus? If you have Venus in Taurus natally then how your Venus expresses also depends on the house placement, Her conversations with other Gods, and the what's going on in the rest of your birth chart. Venus in Taurus will show up differently for everyone, depending on the bigger picture. Learn about Venus through the others signs here . And if you want to dive deeper into your Venus - how you love, what you value, how you attract abundance - I offer a Venus Reading for £95 . Get in touch to uncover how your Venus expresses herself and how you can work with her energy to bring more love, pleasure, and alignment into your life! Click below to learn more about me and my services: A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and occasionally nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

If you are new to astrology read this first. ✨ Week Ahead Forecast: Stay Curious What's happening this week? Venus comes home. Mercury has something to say. And Jupiter is packing His bags. This is an in-between week. Let’s break it down simply. 🌗 First Quarter Moon in Virgo (2nd June) This Moon phase is always about building momentum . It’s the halfway point between the New Moon (a beginning) and the Full Moon (a culmination). Virgo, the sign She’s in, asks for focus, clarity, and intentional effort. This is the time to take practical steps  toward something that matters to you, especially something you might have wished for or committed to around the New Moon in Gemini (26th May). 🪞 Inner Work:  What’s your next step? Don’t overcomplicate it. Pick one thing that feels like it brings order or healing. 🌍 Outer World:  Expect themes of improvement, health, routines, work tasks, or even tidying up to be in focus. 💖 Venus sextile Jupiter (4th June) and then enters Taurus (6th June) This is Venus’s last moment in Aries , a sign She’s been travelling through since early February , with a long pause and deep inward spiral during Her retrograde from 1st March to 12th April . Think of it this way: Venus has been learning how to love boldly . How to go after what She wants. How to lead in love and money, not just wait. Refresh yourself on Venus is Aries with this blog post . On the 4th, She gets a goodbye hug from Jupiter (God of wisdom and growth) in Gemini. It’s a soft blessing , a reminder that whatever we’ve been through since the start of this year, we’ve grown and expanded from it. And on the 6th, She comes home  to Taurus, a sign She rules. This is Venus' earthy and sensuous sign. Here She wants peace. Comfort. Touch. She wants to receive , not chase. The journey has changed Her. It may have changed you  too. 🪞 Inner Work:  What have you learned about love, worth, value, or beauty since February? Can you open now to receiving more of what nourishes you deeply? 🌍 Outer World:  Expect a shift toward slower, more grounded pleasures: food, nature, physical touch, financial stability. Read about Venus in Taurus Venus in Taurus: Love That Touches the Earth 💬 Mercury sextile Mars (5th June) Mercury (God of the mind) is still in Gemini, the sign They rule, and recently had Their cazimi , which is like a rebirth moment. Mercury is sharper now, clearer. Mars (God of action) is still in Leo, proud, expressive, brave. Their conversation on the 5th is a green light  moment: thoughts become action. Words get energy. Plans can move forward. 🪞 Inner Work:  Speak with courage. Say the thing. Ask the question. Write the words. 🌍 Outer World:  Watch for bold headlines, big announcements, decisive moves. There’s a lot of “let’s do it” energy in the air. 📣 Mercury enters Cancer (8th June) After a bold talk with Mars, Mercury moves into the emotional waters of Cancer. From here, Mercury speaks in feeling , not facts. Thoughts become tinged with memory, mood, and meaning. 🪞 Inner Work:  Speak with softness. Let the truth rise from your belly, not just your head. 🌍 Outer World:  Watch for stories about home, family, belonging, safety, and care. Emotions may run closer to the surface in conversations. 🌟 Backdrop: Jupiter is almost done with Gemini Jupiter has been in Gemini since May 2024 , and He’s only here for a little longer, until the 9th of June . After that, He won’t return for another 12 years . So this is it. The final stretch. This week might feel like a crescendo , especially in areas ruled by Gemini: communication, ideas, connection, learning, choice. The seeds you've been planting all year, in how you think, speak, connect, are ready to bloom. If you've been doing inner work around mindset, storytelling, or truth-telling you’ll feel this . It's the last big gust of wind before He changes the weather. 🪞 Inner Work:  What new perspective has Jupiter brought into your life? Where are you being asked to think bigger, connect more courageously, or let your voice be heard? 🌍 Outer World:  Expect lots of talk, big ideas, fast-moving stories, and possibly some noise and overwhelm, Jupiter in Gemini tends to turn up the volume. Read more on Jupiter's time in Gemini in my spotlighted essay: Jupiter in Gemini: What story did you grow into? 🌀 In Summary: This week is about motion  — from idea to action, from insight to embodiment. Venus is shifting gears , offering us a chance to soften after a time of striving. Mercury is transitioning , asking us to balance sharp thought with emotional truth. And Jupiter is finishing up  His year-long journey through the sign of conversation and curiosity - this is your last chance to ride that wave. ✨ Ask yourself: What’s been growing in me this past year and how do I honour it now? Where do I need to take action? What truth needs to be spoken? Can I let myself receive? Rising Sign Forecasts Here are your rising sign horoscopes  for the week of 2nd–8th June 2025 , focused on Venus coming home to Taurus after months in Aries, a place of striving and fire. She’s now ready to soften, root, and remind us of what feels good in the body and the world. This is a moment to pause and notice the beauty that’s been quietly waiting to be felt again. Wherever Taurus falls in your chart, that  is where a little more pleasure is being poured in this week. ♈ Aries Rising – Taurus rules your 2nd House After months of wondering if you’re doing enough, earning enough, being enough… Venus brings a balm. This is your invitation to slow down and feel into your worth without needing to prove it. Reconnect with what’s already abundant in your life. Your value is not up for debate. Try:  a barefoot walk, a slow meal, or a simple money ritual that reminds you you’re safe. ♉ Taurus Rising – Taurus rules your 1st House She’s home. And so are you. You’ve been through it, the push, the proving, the inner fire of Venus in exile. Now, a softness returns. Let it show in your skin, your smile, your way of moving through the world. You don’t have to chase anything. You are magnetic when you’re just… you. Try:  adorning yourself, letting your senses lead, and doing something just because it feels good . ♊ Gemini Rising – Taurus rules your 12th House This is subtle, a warm breeze you feel behind closed doors, a flicker of peace in the quiet spaces. Let yourself rest. Venus here wants you to release striving and drop into the dream. Pleasure can be private, sacred, and healing. Let go of what you’re carrying alone. Try:  sleep, dreams, nature walks alone, or music that makes you weep. ♋ Cancer Rising – Taurus rules your 11th House You’re being reminded of the beauty of belonging. This week could bring supportive friendships, affirming community moments, or creative collaborations that feel easeful. Venus here helps you remember: you're not alone. Let others in, the right ones bring joy. Try:  planning something with friends, or saying yes to a group that feels soul-aligned. ♌ Leo Rising – Taurus rules your 10th House You’ve been working hard. But Venus in your house of visibility and vocation says: don’t forget the pleasure. Beauty belongs in your work. This week, something may land, a project, a moment of recognition, a renewed sense of direction. Let yourself enjoy it. Try:  making your workspace more beautiful, or honouring a small success with a treat. ♍ Virgo Rising – Taurus rules your 9th House After all the mental effort, Venus is calling you into the world, or at least into a different perspective. Travel, learning, philosophy, nature, it’s time to expand through pleasure . You don’t have to think your way through this next step. You can feel your way there. Try:  booking a trip, starting a spiritual practice, or simply spending a day under the sky. ♎ Libra Rising – Taurus rules your 8th House You’ve done so much inner work lately, especially in the spheres of relationships, unravelling, letting go, facing truth. Venus now brings comfort to the deeper layers. This is a moment of sensual healing, emotional intimacy, maybe even financial support. Don’t flinch from what feels too good to be true, your body will tell you what is real. Tap in. Try:  a warm bath, bodywork, journaling with music, or intimacy that starts with trust. ♏ Scorpio Rising – Taurus rules your 7th House If love has felt like a battlefield, this week could shift things. Venus here brings softness, harmony, and beauty to your one-to-one connections. Whether it’s romantic, platonic, or professional there’s a chance now to create balance and feel met. Try:  being receptive. Say yes to support. Let someone surprise you with kindness. ♐ Sagittarius Rising – Taurus rules your 6th House Work doesn’t have to be a grind. Venus is bringing grace to your daily routines. Look for the moments that feel just right : the walk to work, the coffee ritual, the playlist that gets you through. Your body is also speaking this week. Listen. Try:  stretching gently, beautifying your space, or cooking something nourishing from scratch. ♑ Capricorn Rising – Taurus rules your 5th House This is the good stuff. Venus in your 5th invites you to create, play, flirt, express. After months of inner effort, this is a moment to delight in being alive. Let your heart open. Let joy be reason enough. Try:  dancing, making art, going on a date, or just doing something with no outcome required . ♒ Aquarius Rising – Taurus rules your 4th House The ache for home softens now. Venus here wraps the inner child in a warm blanket and whispers, "You are safe." Tend to your nest. Reclaim peace. This is about emotional security, not appearances. Let beauty begin with where you wake up and who you are when no one’s watching. Try:  fresh sheets, flowers on the table, or cooking an old family recipe. ♓ Pisces Rising – Taurus rules your 3rd House Words feel sweeter now. Your thoughts settle. Venus is softening how you speak and listen. This is a week for kind communication, poetic expression, and noticing beauty in everyday life. You might find more ease in your voice, and more connection through your words. Try:  writing letters, sharing your thoughts, reading something beautiful out loud. And finally, 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive: A Prelude to the Saturn–Neptune Conjunction at 0° Aries In his essay “A Snake is Not a Symbol,”  James Hillman reminds us that the snake is not merely a metaphor but a living, breathing presence. To "keep the snake alive" is to stay in relationship with this vital force, to honour the depths of our psyche, and to resist the urge to interpret or transcend our experiences prematurely. As we approach the rare and potent conjunction of Saturn and Neptune at 0° Aries on 20th February 2026 , we are invited to embody this principle. This alignment marks the beginning of a new cycle, a fusion of structure (Saturn) and imagination (Neptune), reality and dream, form and formlessness. Historically, Saturn–Neptune conjunctions have coincided with significant societal shifts. For instance, the conjunction in 1989 aligned with the fall of the Berlin Wall, symbolising the dissolution of old structures and the emergence of new paradigms. Now, as these two Gods meet at the very start of the zodiac, we stand at the threshold of a profound transformation. This conjunction is not just an astronomical event; it's a call to action. It's an invitation to ground our dreams in reality, to build structures that support our highest ideals, and to navigate the delicate balance between discipline and surrender. 🌱 Introducing: Weekly Reflections to Keep the Snake Alive To honour this unfolding journey, I will be sharing a weekly reflection, a gentle prompt, a question, or an image, designed to help you stay connected to your inner world as we move toward this significant celestial event. These reflections are not about prediction but about presence. They are invitations to: Tune into your inner landscape , noticing the subtle shifts and stirrings. Engage with your dreams and intuitions , allowing them to inform your waking life. Embrace the process of transformation , recognising that endings and beginnings often coexist. Each week, we'll explore a facet of this journey, keeping the snake alive by staying in touch with the soul's unfolding narrative. To read on where the inspiration came from find James Hillman's essay here: The Snake Is Not A Symbol 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive — Week One The soul doesn’t shout. It whispers. But if you lean in, you’ll hear the breath beneath everything. This week, begin simply. Don’t go looking for grand signs. Just notice what won’t leave you alone. The thought that lingers. The feeling that returns in quiet moments. The ache that isn’t loud, but steady. This is the snake stirring. Not a problem to be fixed. Not a puzzle to solve. But a presence to sit beside. Reflection prompt: What part of you is still alive beneath the surface, even if the world told you to forget it? Try: Lying on the ground. No phone, no book. Just your body against The Earth. Let Her remind you what it means to belong here. Now for what I've been focused on as Jupiter finishes up in my 9th house... I’ve been busy behind the scenes these past couple of weeks freshening up my website and giving my blog a bit of love. It’s all starting to take shape now and I’m excited to say you can subscribe  to receive this weekly forecast straight to your inbox. ✨ As a subscriber, you’ll get extended rising sign horoscopes  each week plus a little extra magic that won’t be shared anywhere else. And as a thank you, you’ll also receive £10 off your next reading , whether online or in person. Come and take a look around the new blog space and sign up here: Conversations with The Gods | Blog (If you’re on your phone, scroll about halfway down the page — the sign-up box is nestled there.) Let me know what you think of the new layout. I’d love to hear from you! And as always, if you’d like to explore what any of this means in your chart, especially as Jupiter makes His final moves, I’d love to support you in a reading. Online or in person at Essential Therapies. And just £90 if you subscribe! Bookings open in June. Come and sit with me. For those new to astrology: This forecast assumes a bit of an understanding of astrology and some practice at feeling into the energy of the moment to see how it's manifesting for you in your experience. If you are a beginner then it may not be easy to discern or feel, especially when the astrology is loud. So, a recommendation: If you are learning, then pick one of the transits - whatever feels most interesting to you - and take note of when it is happening. Then just pay attention to what themes arise - I'll make some suggestions of what you might notice in the outer world and how you might tap into it in your inner world. Notice what’s showing up in your mood, your body, your conversations, or even in the stories you’re drawn to on telly or in the news. It’s not about getting it “right”, it’s about getting curious. That’s where the magic starts. As you get more practiced with noticing you can expand your awareness to more than one transit in the week and before long you'll be immersed in the astrology and your way of being in, and experiencing the world, will have shifted into something altogether more magical! For more on all this, read this post. You may also find the rising sign forecast helpful because this will narrow the range to where you're most likely to feel and notice the transits in your life. If you don't know your rising sign then fill in this contact form   and give me your birth date , place  and time  and I will send you a picture of your birth chart and an overview of your rising sign. If you'd like a comprehensive overview of your chart then book a reading with me  and I'll explain it all to you! A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

Jump to: Who is Jupiter? Jupiter in your chart Jupiter in the signs Jupiter in the houses Book a reading with me Jupiter , the largest planet in our Solar System, has an orbital period of approximately 11.86 years meaning it spends about a year in each sign of the zodiac. Jupiter: God of Thunder, Toast*, and Too Much of Everything If the cosmos had a booming laugh and a tendency to over-order at the buffet, that would be Jupiter. He is the Big God. The one with the thunderbolt. The one who throws lightning like confetti and expects you to be grateful  for the illumination. King of the Gods, patron of eagles and optimism, He doesn’t just walk into a room, He arrives with a brass band, three philosophers, and a vision board. Jupiter (or Jove, if you're feeling Roman and reverent) is the archetypal principle of More . More learning, more laughter, more belief, more risk, more stories, more dreams. He is the God who says yes  before the question is finished, who leaps before He looks, and assumes He can fly. He is not the God of neatness or restraint. Where Saturn says “No,” Jupiter says “Why not?” Where Mercury asks “Is it true?”, Jupiter says “It could  be…” And while Mars sharpens his sword, Jupiter’s already on horseback, headed for the border with a grin and a loaf of bread. A Few Things You Should Know About Jupiter (in case you meet Him at a party): He is diurnal  – He belongs to the day, the light, the bright “aha!” of realisation. He is masculine  – not in the stiff-upper-lip sense, but in the expansive , slightly boisterous way. Think uncle-at-the-wedding energy. He is hot and moist  – yes, really – which means He brings life, vitality, growth. And probably a steam room. He is the Greater Benefic  – the one you want showing up with presents. Even if He sometimes forgets the receipt. Jupiter Rules: Sagittarius and Pisces  – the adventurer and the mystic. Both prefer possibilities to details. He’s exalted in Cancer , where He swaps the battlefield for the dinner table and expands the family. But He doesn’t do so well in Gemini  and Virgo  – He finds their spreadsheets suspicious and their questions unsettling. And in Capricorn , He feels a bit like He’s been grounded by Saturn and is forced to pay attention to receipts and council tax. What Jupiter Wants He wants growth. He wants you to believe in something big—yourself, the divine, the possibility that Tuesday could hold miracles. He governs: The desire to understand  – through travel, study, and pondering the meaning of life over a decent curry. Joy and abundance  – not just the material kind, but the kind where your soul feels like it’s had a good meal. Spiritual elevation  – the impulse to reach for the sky not because you need to escape, but because something in you remembers the stars. But beware: He also governs hubris, overconfidence, and the belief that you can definitely keep all your New Year’s resolutions and also start a religion on the side. Jupiter Key Words (or, the items on His CV): Expansion  – like elastic trousers at Christmas. Optimism  – often illogical, always infectious. Magnanimity  – big-hearted, open-handed, sometimes open-walleted. Success  – not guaranteed, but fervently expected. Faith  – in life, in the divine, in that slightly wobbly bridge over the canyon. *Why Toast? The “toast” bit was a wink toward the idea that Jupiter isn’t just the God of thunder and grandeur, but also of celebration . He’s the one who would raise a glass (or a goblet the size of a chamber pot), declare “To new beginnings!” and insist on a speech before dessert. He doesn’t just rule , He revels. In other words: Jupiter is the God who toasts  the moment. It’s not literal toast (although, honestly, He probably loves  a good slice of buttery sourdough too - abundance and all that - and who doesn't?!). It's the act of cheering , of affirming life , of seeing something beautiful or meaningful and saying, “Yes. More of that, please.” In Summary: Jupiter is not subtle. He is not tidy. But He is magnificent. He is the part of you that wants to believe things will work out. That reaches for the horizon. That laughs loudly and forgives easily and trusts there’s more where that came from. He is the God of Meaning and Mirth, a divine wind in your sails, the thunder in your chest when you say yes  to something unknown. And when He speaks, He doesn’t whisper. He bellows. He declares. He toasts to your future and expects you to drink. Cheers to that. Jupiter in your chart Jupiter is the God of more —more meaning, more truth, more hope, more everything. But how that more  feels depends a great deal on where He lives in your chart, the condition He’s in, and whether He’s on His rightful throne or sleeping on someone else’s sofa. A Note on Sect If you were born during the day, congratulations: Jupiter is part of your team. He’s the Greater Benefic, and in a daytime chart He’s generally more comfortable throwing out blessings and opportunity. You may feel His optimism more keenly, or find that His gifts land more readily. He’s in his element—broad daylight, big visions, big faith. But if you were born at night, He’s not the captain of the ship. That’s the Moon’s domain, and Jupiter—still powerful—is slightly less sure of himself. He still wants to help, but He might go overboard. More isn’t always better. He can puff things up, inflate expectations, overpromise, or give you a glimpse of a beautiful future without quite explaining the fine print. Condition Matters Is Jupiter in His own sign—Sagittarius or Pisces—or His exaltation in Cancer? If so, He’s strong, confident, and well-resourced. Think high priest with a full pantry and a direct line to the divine. But in Gemini or Virgo, where He’s in fall, or in Capricorn, His detriment, He can feel out of place. The God of big skies doesn’t love small talk or spreadsheets. He may still bring growth, but it’s likely to come through hard-won wisdom, not effortless grace. The Blessing and the Bloat Wherever He lives in your chart, Jupiter brings expansion. That might be through luck and generosity—or through excess and inflation. He encourages you to believe in yourself, but if poorly placed, He may tempt you to believe you’re untouchable. He wants the best for you. But He doesn’t always know when to stop pouring the wine. The Shape of His Gifts In a well-supported position, Jupiter brings ease, confidence, joy, opportunity, and a sense of being guided. In a hard aspect with Saturn or Mars, He may come bearing burdens disguised as blessings—faith that’s tested, growth that’s painful, or optimism that turns brittle. In air signs, His gifts may come through ideas, teaching, or connection. In water signs, through emotional or spiritual insight. In fire signs, through bold action and creative belief. In earth signs, through tangible success and a grounded philosophy of life. Even Jupiter Has a Shadow Because He’s so focused on what could be , Jupiter sometimes overlooks what is . He can miss the details, gloss over the pain, or assume that everything will work out if you just believe hard enough. His shadow includes arrogance, indulgence, avoidance, and moral superiority. Still, even at His worst, He invites us to grow. To reach. To trust. He is the spirit of expansion, and in the end, whether by grace or grit, He teaches us how to open. Jupiter through the signs A Tale of Two Lights Jupiter is the God of growth, belief, and becoming. Where He lives in your chart shows where you’re invited to expand—but how easily that happens, and how it feels, depends on whether you were born by day or by night. In a day chart , Jupiter is on home turf. His blessings tend to come more straightforwardly—through confidence, faith, and the sense that life will rise to meet you. In a night chart , His gifts still arrive—but more often through subtle lessons, tested trust, or after a journey of disillusionment and realignment. It doesn’t mean you’re less lucky. Just that Jupiter, here, is less the triumphant king and more the wandering monk who finds gold at the edge of the desert. And remember—Jupiter’s sign is only one part of the picture. His house placement  shows the area of life where this growth plays out. His aspects to other planets  reveal whether He moves freely or is locked in a debate. So take this as a flavour, not a full recipe. Jupiter in Aries ☀️ Day Chart: This is Jupiter as the flame thrower. The God of Thunder picks up a sword and charges headfirst into the unknown, declaring it a holy quest. In a day chart, this placement brings bold beginnings, unapologetic optimism, and the unshakable belief that life is something to be conquered, not tiptoed through. You trust your instincts. You leap before you look—and most of the time, it works out, or it makes a great story. You grow by doing. By risking. By burning through inertia with the fire of belief. There’s a kind of divine impatience here, as if waiting were a sin against potential. Wisdom comes not from study alone, but from daring to test what you believe in the field of life. And yet—sometimes the loudest voice in the room isn’t the wisest. Jupiter in Aries must learn that growth doesn’t always need speed or noise. Sometimes it’s about where you're going, not how fast you get there. 🌙 Night Chart: Here, Jupiter’s flame is still bright—but it’s tempered. It flickers more often. This is the God of Growth learning to pace Himself. You still crave expansion, courage, and personal sovereignty, but there’s a bit more reflection baked in. The self-trust doesn’t always come first—it grows through trial. You may need to be wrong before you can be wise. You might spend years questioning yourself, only to realise you were capable all along. And when that realisation comes? It lands deeper. Truer. This Jupiter doesn’t shout. He kindles. You grow not by proving yourself right, but by discovering that bravery includes tenderness, too. You’re still a pioneer—but you may not see yourself that way until you look back and realise you were the one holding the torch. Jupiter in Taurus ☀️ Day Chart: This is Jupiter with soil on His hands and honey on His tongue. The God of Growth slows down, stretches out, and finds wisdom in the rhythm of the land. In a day chart, He brings ease in the tangible world—money, comfort, nourishment. You trust that what you need will come if you keep showing up, step by steady step. There’s an unshakeable belief in natural abundance. You grow through consistency. Through learning to listen to the body, the seasons, the ground beneath your feet. Life teaches you that pleasure can be holy and that patience is a kind of faith. The danger? Becoming too still. Jupiter here must remember that safety isn’t the same as soul. Sometimes the next layer of abundance only comes when you dare to let something go. 🌙 Night Chart: At night, Jupiter in Taurus is quieter still—more private, more internal. The craving for stability can become its own trap. You may hunger for certainty, but growth comes when you realise that true safety doesn’t lie in possessions or predictability. It’s found in presence. Your faith builds slowly, like trust after betrayal. The body teaches you how to stay, how to soften, how to receive. There’s often a deep well of creativity here that blooms once you stop trying to control the outcome. You’re learning that abundance doesn’t mean more . It means enough . And that enough is a sacred state. Jupiter in Gemini ☀️ Day Chart: Here Jupiter wears winged sandals and can’t stop asking questions. He grows through dialogue, banter, ideas that sparkle like sunlight on water. In a day chart, this placement brings a love of language and a joy in the exchange of thought. Curiosity is the compass. Connection is the fuel. You grow by learning from everyone and everything. By gathering stories like stones in your pocket. There’s a belief that every new encounter contains a piece of the divine. And often, it does. But wisdom here means learning to finish one book before you open five more. Depth as well as breadth. Your gift is translation—taking something vast and making it shareable. 🌙 Night Chart: At night, Jupiter in Gemini hums under the surface. Your mind might run fast, but your belief in yourself takes time to catch up. The fear of sounding foolish might stop you from speaking, even though your words could set someone free. Growth comes from trusting your voice—not because it's perfect, but because it's true. You may find that learning brings you back to yourself, not away from it. Meaning is revealed in the small moments: a glance, a sentence, a spark. You’re here to remind us that divine truth doesn’t only live in temples. Sometimes it’s on the bus, in the bookshop, or the last line of a poem. Jupiter in Cancer ☀️ Day Chart: Jupiter here is the hearth fire, the meal shared, the arms that hold. He grows through love, roots, and emotional safety. In a day chart, this is the placement of the nurturer, the wise parent, the heart-centred mystic. You believe in belonging—and you often create it wherever you go. Growth comes not from ambition, but from connection. You may be the one others turn to when they’ve lost their way, because you know how to keep a light on. The divine feels personal here—like a mother’s voice, or a dream that says, you’re not alone . But don’t forget to nurture yourself, too. Jupiter in Cancer must learn that you can’t pour from an empty cup, no matter how generous your spirit. 🌙 Night Chart: Jupiter in Cancer at night is a deep, lunar tide. You may long for the kind of support you didn’t always receive. There’s a vulnerability here that can feel overwhelming—but it is also the source of your greatest wisdom. You grow by learning to trust your emotions—not just feel them, but honour them. Faith is built through intimacy. Through caring and being cared for. You may be deeply intuitive, but cautious with your heart. The blessing? When you finally let love in, it rewires everything. Your belief isn’t abstract. It’s embodied. It feeds, shelters, and heals. Jupiter in Leo ☀️ Day Chart: Here comes Jupiter in gold—robed in sunlight, full of flair. This is the God who teaches through drama and delights in applause. In a day chart, you’re blessed with creative fire and a larger-than-life spirit. You believe in your ability to lead, to inspire, to shine. You grow through self-expression. Through saying, this is who I am —and meaning it. You’re here to bring joy, to uplift, to celebrate the divine spark in yourself and others. But take care not to confuse visibility with value. You don’t have to be seen  to be sacred. 🌙 Night Chart: At night, Jupiter in Leo is quieter about wanting to be seen—but the longing is still there. You might hide your brilliance or only show parts of yourself you think will be accepted. Growth comes from reclaiming your voice. From knowing that worth isn’t something you earn—it’s something you remember. The divine didn’t make you dim to please others. Your job is to glow. Jupiter here teaches that true radiance doesn’t need a stage. It just needs you. Jupiter in Virgo ☀️ Day Chart: Jupiter dons an apron here. He grows through service, order, and devotion to the details. In a day chart, this is the humble sage—the one who knows that meaning is found in the small, the daily, the often-overlooked. You grow by improving what already exists. By tending, healing, refining. There’s faith in the process, trust in what can be fixed. You believe in doing good well. But don’t let perfection become your religion. Jupiter in Virgo must remember: even the divine makes a mess sometimes. 🌙 Night Chart: This Jupiter is more careful. He wants to help, but questions if he’s doing enough. You may be overly self-critical, always measuring your worth by your usefulness. Growth comes from softening. From letting yourself be without  having to earn it. Wisdom doesn’t only arrive in tidy packages—sometimes it slips in through the cracks. Your soul expands when you stop trying to be perfect and start learning how to be whole. Jupiter in Libra ☀️ Day Chart: Here Jupiter wears silk and speaks in sonnets. He grows through beauty, balance, and connection. In a day chart, this is a lover of elegance, justice, and sacred partnership. You believe in harmony. In shared wisdom. In the power of two. You grow through relationship—through finding your truth in reflection. But beware the temptation to keep the peace at the cost of your own voice. Jupiter here teaches that real balance includes you. 🌙 Night Chart: Jupiter in Libra at night seeks harmony but may struggle to believe it’s possible. You might give too much, or hold back too long, fearing your truth will upset the scales. You grow by speaking honestly, even when it shakes things. By learning that love doesn’t require perfection—only presence. The divine here is relational. It speaks in mirrors, in music, in the moments between words. Jupiter in Scorpio ☀️ Day Chart: This is Jupiter cloaked in mystery. He grows not through ease, but through descent. In a day chart, this placement brings a hunger for depth, truth, transformation. You’re drawn to the underworld—to what’s hidden, taboo, unspoken. And somehow, you grow stronger for it. You believe in rebirth. In rising from your own ashes. Your path may not be easy. But your wisdom is hard-earned—and powerful. 🌙 Night Chart: Jupiter in Scorpio at night is often forged in silence. You may have learned early that trust is dangerous, or that power must be hidden. But your growth lies in reclaiming what was buried. In realising that your intensity is a gift, not a flaw. That your emotions are portals, not problems. You carry the sacred in your shadow. And the more you love what lives there, the more whole you become. Jupiter in Sagittarius ☀️ Day Chart: Home, sweet temple. Jupiter in Sagittarius in a day chart is like a God returning to His kingdom. You’re born with a hunger for truth, freedom, expansion. The world is your teacher—and you’re a willing student. You grow by exploring: new lands, new beliefs, new possibilities. Faith comes easily. You believe things will work out—and often, they do. Just be wary of mistaking restlessness for revelation. Even the wanderer needs to stop and integrate. 🌙 Night Chart: At night, this Jupiter still longs for meaning—but may question where to find it. You may try on belief systems like coats, unsure which one fits. Or chase experiences that leave you full but not fulfilled. Growth comes from pausing. From letting the truth rise from within, not just arrive from outside. You’re not lost. You’re seeking. And when you find your truth? You don’t just believe it. You live  it. Jupiter in Capricorn ☀️ Day Chart: Here, Jupiter puts on a suit and gets to work. Growth comes through structure, ambition, integrity. You believe in effort, in legacy, in goals that stand the test of time. You’re not here for shortcuts. You build slowly but surely. Your wisdom comes from experience—and it’s worth listening to. Just don’t forget that you’re allowed to enjoy the view. Jupiter here must remember that joy isn’t a reward. It’s part of the path. 🌙 Night Chart: Jupiter in Capricorn at night can feel heavy. You may believe that you have to prove your worth before you receive anything good. That blessings only come to the responsible. But true growth comes from unlearning that story. From finding faith not just in achievement, but in being. You’re not here to carry the world alone. Sometimes the wisest thing you can do… is rest. Jupiter in Aquarius ☀️ Day Chart: Here Jupiter thinks in constellations. You grow through vision, rebellion, innovation. You believe in progress, in collective wisdom, in changing the game entirely. You’re a seer of the future. A thinker beyond your time. You grow by stepping back from convention and stepping into possibility. But don’t forget your heart in all that intellect. The revolution you’re dreaming of needs soul, not just systems. 🌙 Night Chart: At night, Jupiter in Aquarius can feel a little out of place. You may struggle to find where you belong, even as you help others feel included. You might doubt your ideas until someone else claims them. But your brilliance is real—and needed. You grow by trusting your difference. Your faith doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s. In fact, it’s stronger when it doesn’t. Jupiter in Pisces ☀️ Day Chart: Jupiter here dissolves into mist. You grow through dreams, compassion, music, and mystery. You believe in what can’t be measured—what’s felt, intuited, remembered from beyond. In a day chart, this placement brings a natural trust in the divine. You may find that life moves through you like a tide, carrying you where you’re meant to go. But you must anchor yourself, too. Expansion here doesn’t mean drifting—it means remembering your soul’s shape. 🌙 Night Chart: At night, Jupiter in Pisces is deep ocean. You may be sensitive to everything, and unsure how to hold it all. Boundaries blur. You might lose yourself in longing or illusion. But this placement holds a quiet magic. You grow when you stop trying to fix the world and start listening to what it's whispering. Your greatest gift is your ability to feel what others cannot. Just remember—you don’t have to absorb it all. You're not the ocean. You're the vessel that carries its song. Jupiter through the houses Jupiter in the 1st House This is the God in the mirror. With Jupiter rising, there's a larger-than-life quality to you—an aura of warmth, openness, and possibility. People feel it when you enter a room: the sense that things might just go well. You grow by becoming more you . There’s a hunger to live fully, to experience the world directly and boldly. Faith comes from trusting your instincts. Your presence uplifts others, often without trying. The invitation here is to embody what you believe. Let your very being be an expression of your philosophy. Jupiter in the 2nd House Here, Jupiter builds temples from the tangible. You grow through cultivating resources—money, skills, self-worth. This isn’t greed. It’s a sacred appreciation for what supports life. You’re learning that abundance isn’t just about what you have, but how you relate to it. You may find joy in sharing generously, investing in what matters, or turning values into action. Your spiritual path may involve redefining what wealth truly means. The more you honour your worth, the more the world reflects it back. Jupiter in the 3rd House Jupiter becomes a messenger here—expanding thought, language, and the connections between people and ideas. You grow by learning, asking, writing, speaking, weaving meaning into your everyday world. You’re the kind of person who sees wisdom in a conversation at the corner shop, who believes truth lives in ordinary places. Faith is found not in abstract ideals, but in dialogue, curiosity, and the courage to question. Jupiter in the 4th House With Jupiter at the root, your soul seeks sanctuary. Home, family, and the ancestral line are where your growth is seeded. You may feel called to create a space of belonging—not just for yourself, but for others too. This placement speaks of emotional generosity, of faith that comes from knowing you’re held—even if you had to build that sense of safety yourself. Your spiritual expansion may begin in silence, in memory, or in the soil of your lineage. The inner life is where the real treasure lies. Jupiter in the 5th House Here Jupiter laughs loudly and throws glitter at the sky. You grow through joy—through creativity, romance, performance, play. There’s a natural sense of abundance when you’re expressing what lights you up. You might feel called to inspire others, or to teach through story, art, or even parenting. You remind us that delight is divine, and that being fully alive is its own kind of wisdom. Your heart is a lighthouse. Don’t be afraid to let it shine. Jupiter in the 6th House This is Jupiter with rolled-up sleeves. You grow by being of service—through work, healing, routine, and care. There’s something sacred about your attention to detail, your capacity to improve what others overlook. You may find joy in perfecting a craft, supporting a team, or tending to bodies and systems. Faith here isn’t lofty—it’s practical. It’s in the morning ritual, the clean workspace, the kindness to strangers. You elevate the ordinary. Your life is a quiet offering. Jupiter in the 7th House Jupiter in the 7th grows through the sacred mirror of relationship. Partnership is a path to expansion—whether through romance, business, or the rich dance of human connection. You believe in fairness, in dialogue, in the power of two minds meeting. You’re here to learn about trust, equality, and what it really means to walk alongside someone. Your spiritual growth may come through learning when to yield and when to stand tall—when to compromise, and when to choose yourself. Jupiter in the 8th House This is Jupiter in the underworld, seeking treasure in the dark. You grow through transformation—by facing what’s hidden, taboo, or emotionally intense. Your journey may involve intimacy, loss, inheritance (material or spiritual), or learning to trust in what you cannot control. You may be drawn to psychology, magic, or deep healing work. This placement whispers: go deep, not wide. The greatest riches are buried beneath the surface. Jupiter in the 9th House Jupiter reigns here—this is His temple. You grow through philosophy, travel, learning, teaching, and seeking truth. There’s a restlessness in you that hungers for meaning beyond the local and familiar. You may be a natural teacher or guide. Your worldview is expansive, and you often feel called to share it. There’s a built-in faith that life will open doors when you walk toward them with purpose. Your spirit thrives when it’s moving—through landscapes, languages, or belief systems. Jupiter in the 10th House Here Jupiter climbs. You grow through your role in the world—your vocation, your reputation, your legacy. There’s a desire to contribute something meaningful and lasting. This placement often brings success, not just materially, but in the sense that others trust your wisdom. You might feel a strong sense of responsibility—to lead well, to live with integrity, to be an example of what's possible. Your life is your message. You’re here to rise—and bring others with you. Jupiter in the 11th House With Jupiter here, you grow through community, vision, and shared ideals. You’re a believer in better futures—an optimist who sees what the world could  be. You thrive in circles, networks, and causes. There’s a natural generosity to your friendships, and you may find spiritual meaning in activism, group work, or progressive thinking. You’re not just dreaming the new world. You’re helping to build it. Jupiter in the 12th House This is Jupiter adrift in the sea of the soul. You grow through surrender—through solitude, spiritual practice, and compassion for the unseen and forgotten. There may be times in your life when faith is all you have. And strangely, that’s where the gold lies. You’re connected to something vast and timeless, even if you can’t always name it. Your expansion doesn’t look like the world’s version of success. It looks like grace. Like presence. Like remembering that you are already whole. Explore Jupiter in your birth chart 🌟 Want to explore what Jupiter has to say about you  and your life? Whether He’s lighting up your sense of purpose, whispering through your work, or calling you to trust in something bigger—Jupiter always has something to say. A one-to-one reading can help you hear Him more clearly. We’ll look at where He lives in your chart, the conversations He’s having, and what He might be inviting you to grow into next. ✨ You can book a reading online or come and see me in person at Essential Therapies in Sidmouth. ✨ I offer sessions via Zoom too, so wherever you are, we can connect. ✨ Head to my website to book—or reach out if you have any questions. Let’s listen to what the Gods have in store for you. Jupiter’s got a story to tell—and it starts with you. A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

An Essay by James Hillman  Often I begin a workshop on animal images with the snake. The snake works like a charm, freeing people of their insidious notions of snake symbolism and, therefore, of animal symbolism in general. The questions I ask sound like this: “How do you understand a snake image?” “What does a snake mean?” “What’s your interpretation?” I have assembled and condensed the replies: 1. The snake is renewal and rebirth, because it sheds its skin. 2. A snake represents the negative mother, because it wraps around, smothers, won’t let you go, and swallows whole. 3. It is the animal embodiment of evil. It is sly, shifty, sinister, fork-tongued, and it is cursed by God to slide on its belly because of what it did to Eve and Adam. The Book of Revelations says that the serpent is the Devil himself. 4. It’s a feminine symbol, having a sympathetic relation with Eve and goddesses in Crete, India, Africa, and elsewhere. 5. The snake is a phallus, because it stiffens, erects its head, and ejects fluid from its tip. Besides, it penetrates crevices. 6. It represents the material earth world and as such is a universal enemy of the spirit. Birds fight it in nature and heroes fight it in culture. 7. The snake is a healer; it is a medicine, and we see it still on the signs of pharmacies. It was kept in the healing temples of Asclepius in Greece, and a snake dream was the god himself coming to cure. 8. It is a guardian of holy men and wise men – even the New Testament says that serpents are wise. 9. The snake brings fertility, for it is found by wells and springs and represents the cool, moist element. 10. A snake is Death, because of its poison and the instant anxiety it arouses. 11. It is the inmost truth of the body, like the sympathetic and para sympathetic nervous systems or the serpent power of Kundalini yoga. That’s why the sophisticated folk medicine among native Americans, South Asians, Chinese, and Africans, for instance, relies on parts of snakes for remedies. 12. The snake is the symbol for the unconscious psyche – particularly the introverting libido, the inward-turning energy that goes back and down and in. Its seduction draws us into darkness and deeps. It is always a “both”: creative-destructive, male-female, poisonous-healing, dry-moist, spiritual material, and many other irreconcilable opposites, like the figure of Mercurius. This twelfth interpretation of the snake takes all the other eleven and turns them into steps in a program in which the snake is finally explained by the final step: the unconscious psyche. What has really been said by this last term that is not better said by the image itself, its fascinating flickering tongue, its rattle or hiss and quick strike, its reticulated glistening skin, its coil and sidewinding, the panic rising on sudden sight of it? Why must we exchange the living image for an interpretative concept? Are interpretations really psychological defences against the presence of a god? Remember: most of the Greek gods, goddesses, and heroes had a snake form – Zeus, Dionysus, Demeter, Athene, Hercules, Hermes, Hades, even Apollo. Is our terror of the snake the appropriate response of a mortal to an immortal? For instance, a black snake comes in a dream, a great big black snake, and you can spend a whole hour of therapy with this black snake, talking about the devouring mother, talking about anxiety, about repressed sexuality, and all the other interpretative moves that we therapists make. But what remains after all the symbolic understanding is what that snake is doing, this crawling huge black snake that’s sliding into your life. The moment you’ve caught the snake in an interpretation, you’ve lost the snake. You’ve stopped its living movement. Then the person leaves the therapeutic hour with a concept about “my repressed sexuality” or “my cold black passions” or “my mother” – and is no longer with the snake. The interpretation settles the emotional quivering and mental uncertainty that came with the snake. In fact, the snake is no longer necessary; it has been successfully banished by interpretation. You, the dreamer, don’t need the snake anymore and you then form the habit of not needing dreams anymore either once they have been interpreted. Meaning replaces image; animal disappears into the human mind. There are various ways of keeping the snake around. It can be imagined as a felt presence and talked with; it may need to be fed and housed, painted and modeled. It can be honored by attentions, like recalling it several times during the day: by “doing something for it” – a physical gesture, lighting a candle, buying an amulet, discovering its name. It can be brought closer by visualizing it, sensing its skin, its strength. Now imagination replaces meaning, and the human mind gives itself over to the animal presence. This is the psychological and imaginative work of animating the image, giving a life-soul back to the snake that may have been removed from it by your desire to understand it. The snake may have no objection to being understood. It may be pleased with your turning to herpetology books about snakes, by your visit to a zoo to watch them, by your reading of ancient serpent mysteries. But whatever you do, consult with the snake first so that you do not insult it by following your own plan without recognizing its arrival in your life. Its arrival is a summons to divert your intentions from yourself at least partially toward it. Animating the image – that is the task today. No longer is it a question of symbolic contents of dreams... 🐍 Keeping the Snake Alive: A Note from Me This essay by James Hillman is something I’ve come to recently, as part of my studies in astrological counselling. But even in that short time, it’s shifted something in me. Because the truth is—it’s not easy. Just last night, I had a dream. And the very first thing I did when I woke was try to figure out what it meant . That’s what we do, isn’t it? The ego wants to understand. It wants to pin the image down and move on. Hillman talks about that—the way the waking self wants to close the dream, to file it away as something finished. But the dreaming self is still in it. Still there , inside the image. And maybe that’s where the real work is: not in solving the dream, but in staying with it. Letting it move through us. Letting it speak in its own way, on its own time. The same goes for astrology. When I look at a chart, I’m not trying to translate it into bullet points. I’m listening for The Gods. I’m watching the images flicker. I’m learning to sit with the unknown and let it reveal something deeper over time. Because your birth chart isn’t a fixed story—it’s a living conversation. The symbols don’t always need to be interpreted. Sometimes they just need to be honoured. So if a snake shows up—in a dream, in a reading, in your life—don’t rush to figure it out. Let it stay wild. Let it live in your imagination. Let it whisper. Let it wind. It’s not easy. But this is how we keep the snake alive.

A guide to emotional healing when everything feels like a lot Clearing the Heart We are always walking around with an iceberg of buried feelings just below the surface. Shame. Grief. Anger. Fear. Disappointment. Most of it so old we hardly remember where it came from. But it lives in us, in our physical body, our emotional body, our mental loops, our spiritual aching. And most of us have never been taught how to feel it. We’ve been told to stop crying, calm down, be quiet, carry on. From a young age, we learn to push our feelings aside, to keep the peace or protect our place in the world. Our very survival depends on being accepted, and so we become masters at suppression. But the body remembers. The Past Isn’t Just Behind Us, It’s Inside Us Every uncomfortable feeling is a doorway. A signpost pointing inward. Not to shame us or punish us, but to help us see  what we've buried. When the astrology is intense - during eclipses, retrogrades, or major transits to our natal placements (where The Gods sit in your birth chart) - those inner signposts become louder. The veil lifts just enough for us to see where we’ve been carrying the weight of the past. We might find ourselves in situations that feel uncannily familiar. We may be triggered by something small that unlocks a flood of emotion. We might suddenly feel fragile, angry, sensitive, or overwhelmed. It can feel like too much. But it’s not a step backwards. It’s an invitation. Feeling to Heal (But Only When You’re Ready) There’s a reason some emotions stay buried for years. Sometimes they were too much to feel in the moment they first arose. Sometimes we didn’t have the tools, the safety, or the time. So our body held onto them for us. And now, when the moment is right, when we’re stronger, safer, more resourced, The Universe offers another chance to feel what we couldn’t before. Healing doesn’t come from fixing ourselves. It comes from seeing ourselves with compassion. We change not by forcing change, but by understanding what hurts. By witnessing the feeling, holding it, and letting it soften in its own time. 🕊 Gentle Practices for Big Emotions If you're in the thick of it, emotionally stirred, mentally foggy, physically tired, these are practices I return to when the sky (or my insides) feel stormy: 🌬 Burn it Write down everything. The anger, the sadness, the confusion, the memories, the people who hurt you in the past or are hurting you now - all  of it. No filters. Get it out of your body and your mind and onto paper. Then (safely) burn the paper. Let the fire transmute what your heart no longer needs.→ [Read the full “burn it” ritual – here ] 🌳 Walk it out Let nature lead. Ask the Universe, “Where should I go today?”  and trust the first place that comes to mind. Walk slowly. Notice what’s around you. Let thoughts rise and pass without clinging.→ [Full practice: Walking with the intention to connect with nature – read more here ] 🧘 Sit and feel Light a candle. Breathe into your belly. Ask yourself, “Where is this feeling in my body?”  You don’t have to name it. Just be with it. → [Read about emotional experiencing as a practice – here ] 💧 Let the tears fall If you need to cry, cry. There is nothing shameful about your tears. They are sacred water. They are release. They are movement. 🌿 Support from the Earth Your body is doing a lot. Support it gently with herbal allies that have carried me through many emotional waves: 🍋 Lemon Balm  – soothes the nervous system and quiets racing thoughts. A gentle hug in a teacup. 🌹 Rose  – opens the heart and softens grief. Sip as tea, add to baths, or wear as oil. 🌿 Motherwort   – calms anxious hearts and brings you back to your centre. 🛡️ Yarrow   – strengthens emotional boundaries and helps you stay brave when the feelings are big. (Always check safety and suitability before using herbs.) 💎 Working with Crystals for Support & Transformation Crystals have been part of my life for years now. I use them daily, but especially when I’m moving through something emotionally intense or energetically heavy. There’s something deeply reassuring about having that quiet, ancient support close to my body or in my space. I wear one as a pendant, sometimes I hold one while journaling or meditating. There’s always one in my pocket. They don’t fix anything, but they remind me to stay present, open, and supported. Here are a few I return to again and again but I recommend going to a crystal shop and seeing what calls to you - you'll end up with the crystal you need for the moment you are in: 💚 Malachite  – Transformation & Truth This is the one I reach for when I know  something big is shifting. Malachite doesn’t mess about, it gets straight to the heart of things and helps you release old stories. It’s intense, but powerful. 🤍 Clear Quartz – Clarity & Amplification The “Master Healer,” Clear Quartz brings light to confusion and helps you hear your own truth more clearly. It amplifies whatever you’re working on, intentions, healing, insight, and gently clears emotional fog. 🌊 Chrysocolla – Expression & Emotional Release This soothing stone softens tension in the heart and throat, helping you speak from truth and feel what’s ready to be released. Like water on stone, it encourages honest communication and emotional flow. 🔵 Lapis Lazuli – Wisdom & Inner Knowing A deep, royal stone that awakens your inner voice and connects you to ancient wisdom. Lapis helps you see through illusion and speak your truth with grounded strength. ❤️ Red Jasper – Stability & Courage Earthy and grounding, Red Jasper is the stone I turn to when I need to feel held. It brings a steady kind of strength, quiet, enduring, and brave, and helps you stand your ground without losing your softness. 🖤 Black Tourmaline  – Grounding & Protection Perfect for when the energy feels noisy or overwhelming. This one helps me come back into my body and feel safe, especially in busy places or emotional conversations. 💗 Rose Quartz  – Self-Compassion Sometimes we don’t need to push through—we need to soften. I use this when I need to be reminded that love is here, even when I’m struggling to feel it. You don’t need a huge collection. Just start with one that calls to you. Hold it. Breathe with it. Carry it in your pocket. Place it under your pillow. Let it remind you, you are held. To learn more I recommend you do your own internet search and let yourself be guided to what you need to learn in the moment. 🫶 If It Feels Like Too Much Sometimes healing means doing something very small. Here are a few gentle anchors that help bring me back to myself: 🌱 A magic walk Let your walk become a conversation with The Universe. Ask for signs. Follow your instincts. Let nature be your mirror. 🌟 Gratitude Right now. Three tiny things you’re grateful for. Let your nervous system remember that not everything is heavy. 🌌 Ask for magic Say it aloud or whisper it in your mind: “Dear Universe, please show me something magical today.”  Then stay open. 🧣 Wrap yourself in softness Blankets. Socks. Tea. Gentle words. Offer yourself the kind of care you would give to a scared child. “You’re safe. I’ve got you.” Let It Rise, Let It Go The difficult moments aren’t detours. They are depth. Every intense feeling is your soul whispering, There’s something here to see. Let it rise. Let it move through. And when you’re ready, let it go. Because here’s something we don’t hear often enough: Sometimes your emotions are meant to be dysregulated. When someone disrespects you. When a boundary is broken. When your heart aches or your world shifts - dysregulation isn’t a failure. It’s a sign you’re connected  to your emotional truth. Being emotionally regulated doesn’t mean being calm all the time. It means allowing your emotions to move - rage, grief, sadness, joy - and then coming back to yourself. Screaming into a pillow, sobbing, shaking, hitting a cushion, going for a wild stomp through the woods - these are not signs you’re broken.  They are signs you are feeling . Your body is doing what it knows how to do: release. To feel is to be human. To move through is to heal. To recover is to remember your centre. You are not meant to be calm at all times. You are meant to be real . You are allowed to come undone. You are allowed to recover. You are allowed to feel everything  and still be whole. ✨ A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.

White Butterfly: Symbolises Purity & Rebirth I know what it’s like to feel stuck. To wake up one day and wonder, how did I get here? When did life become a never-ending to-do list of work, family, and obligations with no space for me? When did I start feeling so… disconnected? Unseen? Like there must be more, but I have no idea where to start looking for it? That was me before I found astrology. Not the sun sign horoscopes in the back of a magazine kind of astrology (fun, but not exactly life-changing). I mean the real, deep-dive kind of astrology that hands you a map of yourself; your desires, your struggles, your patterns, and most importantly, the way through them. And that’s what I offer you. Not just an astrology reading, but a way back to yourself. Why Astrology? Why Now? Life doesn’t come with a manual. But your birth chart? That’s about as close as it gets. It’s a conversation with The Gods, a cosmic imprint of who you are, why you’re here, and how you can navigate the twists and turns of your journey. It doesn’t predict your future; it empowers you to create it. When you invest in an astrology reading, you’re investing in clarity. In seeing the patterns that have been running your life, in understanding why you keep ending up in the same situations, and most importantly, in changing them. Because knowing yourself on this level? That changes everything. Why Me? Let’s be honest, you could go to any astrologer. There are plenty out there. But you’re here, reading this, which tells me something. You’re looking for more than just technical astrology. You want guidance that feels real. You want wisdom that speaks your language, not something lofty and abstract, but something you can apply to your actual, messy, beautiful life. That’s exactly what I bring to the table. I don’t just read charts; I see people. I know what it’s like to feel lost because I’ve been there. I know the frustration of feeling like life is happening to you instead of through you. And I know the power of astrology to change that, because it changed me. I speak to those of you who are overwhelmed, stretched too thin, questioning if this is all there is. The ones navigating relationships that feel unfulfilling, careers that no longer inspire, lives that feel like they’re missing some kind of spark. I see you because I was you. And astrology? It was my way home. How Can This Help You? Imagine knowing that the things you struggle with aren’t random. That your patterns, your fears, your dreams, they all make sense. Imagine having permission to be exactly who you are, without shame or self-judgment. Imagine seeing your relationships in a new light, understanding your cycles of growth, and finally feeling like you have direction. This is what astrology gives you. A fresh perspective. A deeper understanding. A sense of purpose that’s been there all along, just waiting for you to claim it. Which Reading is Right for You? ✨ Birth Chart Reading  (90 mins) – The best place to start if you’ve never had a reading with me before. This is your personal cosmic blueprint, a map of your soul’s intent and life’s journey. 🔄 Follow-Up Reading  (60 mins) – For returning clients who want to dive deeper into their chart, explore transits, or gain clarity on current life themes. 💖 Venus Reading  (60 mins) – A deep dive into your love life, relationships, and self-worth. Understand your patterns in love and how to create the relationships you truly desire. ☀️ Solar Return Reading  (60 mins) – Your personal forecast for the year ahead. A new conversation with The Gods, offering insight into the opportunities and challenges coming your way. What Happens in a Reading? When you book a session with me, we’re not just ticking off planets and houses. We’re having a real, heart-centred conversation about you, your life, your challenges, and your deepest longings. I trust The Gods to reveal exactly what you need to hear, whether you know what that is yet or not. Every reading is different, because you  are different. Our conversation will flow naturally, centred around what is most relevant and important for you in this moment. This isn’t about predicting your future. It’s about giving you the tools to create the one you truly want. Why See an Astrologer Regularly? Astrology isn’t just a one-time thing, it’s a lifelong tool for growth and self-discovery. Just like you wouldn’t go to the gym once and expect lasting results, astrology works best when you engage with it over time. Life is always moving, always shifting, and The Gods continue speaking long after your first reading. Checking in with your chart regularly helps you stay in tune with yourself, offering clarity when life feels uncertain and reminding you of your deeper purpose when you get lost in the day-to-day. When you work with me over time, we build a relationship. I come to know your chart like an old friend, recognising the recurring themes, the progress you’ve made, and the lessons still unfolding. Together, we track your journey, celebrating growth, making sense of challenges, and finding the best way forward when life throws the unexpected your way. Think of it as having a trusted guide who speaks both the language of the stars and the language of you . Whether you’re navigating love, career changes, spiritual awakening, or simply seeking deeper self-awareness, our ongoing conversations with The Gods will keep you aligned with your true path. Ready to Begin? If you’ve been waiting for a sign, this is it. If you feel the pull to know yourself on a deeper level, I’d love to share this sacred conversation with you. It’s time to stop settling. It’s time to stop feeling lost. It’s time to invest in yourself. Not because you’re broken or need fixing, but because you deserve to know yourself deeply. Because the life you want? It starts with understanding the life you have. The Gods have been speaking to you since the moment you arrived, are you ready to listen? 💫 Book your reading today Want to know more about me first? Read my story and what to expect from a reading with me. A note on AI & my writing: I use ChatGPT as a writing assistant—not as a writer. These are my thoughts, ideas, and words, shaped by my lived experience and deep love for self-work, self-awareness, the spiritual journey, and astrology. AI helps me refine, structure, and occasionally nudge me toward better phrasing, but the voice you’re reading is mine. I use it as a tool to help me put into words everything I believe is valuable in sharing my insights. Honesty matters to me, and this is simply one way I bring my thoughts to life.