The author of proclaimed works of fiction and nonfiction, Jamaica Kincaid is a writer, Harvard professor, and gardener. Originally from Antigua and Barbuda, Kincaid came to the United States first as a seventeen-year-old when her mother sent her to be an au pair in New York City. From there,...
Born on May 19, 1921 in California, Yuri Kochiyama was a radical leftist Japanese American activist who dedicated her life to fighting for racial equity. Her fierce commitment to fighting for her community make her an admirable activist and historical figure.
On April 19, we move from the fires of Aries into the more calming, nurturing terrain of Taurus season. This transition is a pretty significant change in energy. The sun is exalted in Aries, which makes Aries season a time when themes that have to do with the sun—self-exploration,...
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For a little inspiration this Aries season, we’re going to write about the chart of Dr. Maya Angelou, a civil rights activist, poet, and memoirist. Over the course of her life, Dr. Angelou worked...
To put it mildly, this Aries season finds us in a much different place than we may have been in, for instance, around this time last year. As the Coronavirus pandemic crosses the United States and the world, many of us are unsafe physically, financially, emotionally, and otherwise. This is not...
Pisces season complete with Mercury retrograde—is upon us, ushering in a period of deep reflection, relative inaction, and mild to moderate confusion. Without a doubt, over the next month or so we’ll mis a deadline or two.
Ruled by Jupiter and Venus by exaltation, Pisces...
In honor of Pisces season and Black History Month, we are taking a look at the birth chart of legendary novelist, the late Toni Morrison. Born on February 18, 1931—exactly three years before Audre Lorde, fun fact—Morrison actually has her sun at twenty-nine degrees of Aquarius. If...
One of the most inspiring feminists of our time, Audre Lorde has a birth chart that speaks to her commitment to truth, justice, and the liberation of the erotic. Born on February 18, 1934, Lorde just sneaks into the end of Aquarius season. With Libra on the ascendant, she has the sun conjunct...
As we move into Aquarius season, the Tarot invites us to work with the energy of the Star, the Major Arcana card ruled by the sign of the water bearer. Number seventeen of the Major Arcana, the Star comes right after the Tower card. To dive into the meaning of the Star, then, it can be helpful...
To celebrate Capricorn season, we wanted to honor the revolutionary Capricornian feminist, Simone de Beauvoir. Starting this month, we’ll be publishing a written chart analysis of one feminist per month, to celebrate their work and better...
As Capricorn season begins, we wanted to take a look at the meaning of the sign alongside the Tarot card that it is associated with, The Devil. For folks who don't know, each of the twelve zodiac signs is associated with a card in the Major Arcana....
We’ve all heard of the Saturn return—around age 28 or 29, the planet Saturn re-enters the sign it was in when we were born, initiating us into a crash course on life’s hardest lessons. Adulting, we could say, becomes necessary with the Saturn return. This transit exists to...
