I’m watching this gif move to the song Storms in Africa by Enya and I’m telling you it goes so well. I’ve been unironically listening to a lot of Enya lately. Maybe it’s because she’s a Taurus queen, I’m a Taurus queen, it’s Taurus season, and all I want to do is water plants and awww a lil’ bunny hops by and the hummingbirds are drinking sugar water from the feeder all while listening to the ethereal energy of Enya + the whole Pure Moods gang. The longing of a cottagecore existence where I can fit all my trash for the year in a single mason jar still quakes with in my Earth(ly) sign core. Maybe I am just feeling the final moments of Jupiter in Pisces ..don’t worry she’ll be back..
I started drafting this post on my birthday, May 2. On my birthday, which was the same day as my solar return, I woke up on a May Gray day in Hollyweird. I watched the morning news (quaint), drank a friggin’ latte, and started writing to you. Typically on my birthday, I opt out of labor. So far the beginning of this new solar year has been spent overwhelmed with gratitude. I’ve been feeling very loved, and dare I say SECURE in my relationships. I’m pretty sure I’m an anxious-preoccupied attachment style (my bad? or my parents bad? lol). Right now, I’m feeling ok with where I’m going. How I feel could change tomorrow but that’s where I’m sitting now. My solar return chart is below:
So you may have heard the term “solar return” used interchangeably with birthday, however your solar return isn’t always gonna be on your birthday (most times it is, but it also can be +/- 1 day!) Solar return = when the sun returns the astrological placement of the sun in your chart. Mine just so happened to be on my bday this year. So legend has it, that my solar return chart may indicate themes that could play out until the next time the sun returns to my sun in 2023. So from May 2022-2023 I should expect to be heavy influenced by this Gem Rising ~ Gem Moon, 12th House heavy chart phewwwwwie. I could see this maybe playing out as some spiritual journey or maybe even being able to crack into more abstract realms + thinkings. I used to free associate write so naturally as a child, too many psychics have told me to tap in. Shit is this the time? Solar return charts are also fun to reflect on, as you can see how things really did end up playing out!
side note: you can do a return chart for any planet/planetary object, if you like!) + I do offer SOLAR RETURN READINGS (perfect b-day gifts for others or yourself) + here's a solar return chart generator to make it easy peasy to find yours.
If you have enjoyed these Substack posts, my podcast, or if you just think I’m hot feel free to send me some birthday love on Venmo, I will eat a delicious pasta and think of you. <3
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ASTROLOGY BOOKINGS
Readings are back this summer bb but get em while they’re hot! 🔥 Check my calendar for avails and to book your slot. Once you book your slto I will follow up with booking instructions. Readings are currently offered from May 17-June 8. Descriptions / pricing of each reading is here. The next time slots will be updated will be in my June newsletter, with dates (most likely) for end of June into mid July!
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SO WHAT’S UP WITH THE SKY
As the email subject noted, we’re in between eclipses right now! We kicked off Taurus season with a new moon solar eclipse on 4/30 in the sign of Taurus and we will be experiencing another eclipse, this time a blood moon total lunar eclipse in the sign of Scorpio on 5/15 @ 9:14pm PT. Eclipses are said to be portal-like times, chapters closing, new beginnings. I find that the energy of an eclipse typically might not even be seen or noticed til years and years later. Sometimes it will slap you in the face and make itself undoubtedly seen.
The last time we had eclipses in the Taurus/Scorpio axis was back starting in late 2012 into the end of 2014. What has changed since then? Is there a life event theme you can see now that maybe wasn’t as clear then? For me, the last time we had the eclipses here I went from getting a job in the field I studied, photography, thinking I was gonna live in Chicago forever and that I finally had the job that solved my life (LOL U KNOW THAT THOUGHT!! That ahhh yes this will fix all this…stuff…) to by the end of that eclipse series (a mere year later) putting in my intention to leave that same job and sign my last ever lease in Chicago before moving to LA. Even at that time, I couldn’t have told you what was happening, what I was doing, what I wanted. I knew that I needed change, NOW. Those little pings, downloads, whatever you want to call them that we get from who knows where might be those celestial alarm clocks going the fuck off.
We discussed this a bit on the What’s Your Sign bonus Patreon episode about the most recent solar eclipse, but since we have the North Node in Taurus this time around, these eclipses come off to me about working from a place of what we want to call in. Taurus, our Fixed Earth Venus sign, represents to me embodying the energy of being honest about what we need to feel loved, to feel secure, what we want to add to our life. Scorpio, our Fixed Water Mars/Pluto sign values greatly what we need to emotionally protect, how can express freely and without judgement. It’s a cleansing sign to me. What things do we need to remove from our ether, to keep our circle safe? WHAT SHALL WE BANISH, YA? I hope these eclipses will bring the push, though sometimes a dramatic push, that you need, even if you don’t quite know it yet.
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WHAT I’M DIGGING
5 words everyone loves to hear: I started rewatching Mad Men.
I sort of leave it on like it’s a podcast?
The Northman (dir. Robert Eggers) - I got to see an advance screening back in August 2021 and it was without all the CGI and it was duckin futsss. I could see crew in the naked volcano battle, and Nicole Kidman’s wig line was SO visible I had no idea they CGI’d that shit, and someone was just holding a prop bird and flapped it across the screen. I liked it just as much in the advance screening as I did the glossy final version. It’s Hamlet! I’ve never seen Gladiator but is this my Gladiator?
The Staircase (HBO Max) - Staircase freaks, we are EATING. Colin Firth is absolutely killing I mean murdering uh u know IT as Michael Peterson, Toni Hive REJOICE. STAHLBERG. ARE U KIDDING ME. I can’t wait for more episodes, I gobbled those 3 up so fast. Of course you could pre-game and watch the doc series of the same name on Netflix. Going in cold, or pre-heated, this show fucking rocks
alright bbz, cya in June, cya in your natal chart readings!
xo Stevie