Astrology Q&A
Q: I have a question for you: every morning in the exact same spot in the sky Venus looks down on me. I have never noticed Venus staying in one spot for so long. Can you shed any light on this happening?
A: That’s a great question about astronomy and while that is not my area of expertise (my profession is astrology – the psychological archetypes of the planets), I will do my best to help you with this conundrum.
This is what I understand about planets in the night sky:
Planets orbit the Sun in an elliptical (oval) pattern, not an exact circle. When a planet is traveling out away from the Sun (and Earth) in this oval pattern it appears to us in the same area of the sky for the entire time that it is in the oblong portion of the cycle because it is moving 90 degrees out/away from Earth.
Once the planet has come back towards the earth and begins the rounder edge of the oval it moves horizontally and so we can see it in a different section of the sky a few degrees towards the east or west respectively.
The inner planets are the most noticeable because they are closest to us and are visible to the naked eye, whereas the outer planets are not.
The ellipses vary in size and so sometime years a planet will stay in one astrological sign for 6 weeks and another year it can be 6 months.
That is why it’s good to have an yearly update of your astrological transits, as the planets change position (signs) they create new geometric relationships to the planets in your birth chart.
Those relationships vary in nature and so it’s good to know if you have a stormy relationship happening or one that is positive for career, relationship, artistic expression etc., it gives us the opportunity to work WITH the energy that life is presenting to us rather than against it.
If you feel that it is time for you to check in and take your astrological temperature hop over to Book a Session for a phone session and we will review your chart to see what cycles of initiation and change you are in and where the forks in the road of your destiny are leading you now. Choose from the drop down arrow next to the payment button to find a price that fits your budget.
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No time for a phone session with Jeannie? Check out www.mysedonaastrologer.com where you can get a 30-40 page interpretation of your transits for the next year. Your report arrives by email so you can print it and keep it handy to review daily, weekly or as needed. This is a great way to keep up on your personal cycles and best of all…. it’s only $27!
Happy Spring and hang on – things are about to get a whole lot more interesting!
