Aquarius Sun, Gemini Moon, Pisces Mercury, Capricorn Venus, Aries Mars. A lot would say this Valentine’s Day is far from conventional in the romance area. With a strong focus on air and a tug of war between cardinal and mutable, February 14th is going to be a two way street between acting and missing our shots.
This Valentine’s Day could be the year of romantic luck for a lot of us, though! But why?
The presence of Sun in the First House puts a firm stamp onto your sense of self, making it important for you to feel proud of yourself and know who you are. You may find that you want to have a ‘brand’ for yourself and a signature you are known for. Because Sun is in Aquarius, it’s likely going to be something others haven’t done yet. This placement wants to be known for rocking flashy hair colours or new catchphrases way before anybody else.
The First House is what is considered a ‘good’ house for the Sun to be in because it aligns naturally to Aries, which is where the Sun is in exaltation. This can help counteract the detriment effect of Aquarius Sun, meaning this person is more likely to love and accept their quirky self faster than other Aquarius counterparts.
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Aquarius Sun is where the Sun is in detriment as it is the opposite sign of Leo, its ruler. This can mean that you can struggle with finding a positive sense of self, perhaps not feeling confident in who you are or feeling too strange for people. Once this placement realises its worth, Aquarius Sun becomes a trailblazer for encouraging others to be their most authentic selves.
Specifically, Aquarius Sun in the second decan has a Gemini feel as the second Aquarius decan is ruled by Gemini and Mercury. This adds a layer of charisma, communication and changeability to this person’s aura. The Sun is the bright light we show to people and it may be that yours is hard to pin down and put into a box as the unique Aquarius in you is further influenced by mutable ever-changing Gemini.
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Nell and Luke, the twins of the Haunting of Hill House, are displayed as soft and innocent souls which end up on traumatic paths of emotional destruction.
For Nell, she is haunted by a dream (ghost) all her life and experiences terrifying sleep paralysis. Toward the end of her life, she appears to act out toward her older brother, Steven, and attempts to reach out and yet isn’t heard by anyone but her father until it is too late. The years before her passing, Nell finds happiness in love and marital life as she marries the doctor who she sees about her sleep paralysis, an unusual and quirky first meeting for future spouses. He continues to help and ease her in her sleep paralysis whilst they are together, until one day he dies seemingly at random, and Nell is forced back into a state of chaotic flux.
In Luke’s case, he finds himself homeless and addicted to drugs when his life is left without structure and support. His family pay for him to go to rehab a few times over, but the traumas and questions from his childhood shadow over him, making his recovery difficult. It isn’t until he finds a friend in rehab that Luke makes a turn for the better, but even this friend ends up being a cautionary tale for Luke. When his twin sister passes, he is distraught and shaken, left with a feeling of numb, cold nothingness over him.
As twins, they represent two paths going the same way. Both Nell and Luke struggle with wounded childhoods which force them into harmful states and events in adulthood (Nell’s obviously linked to the bent neck lady, and Luke’s hinted at by his visuals of the hat man and counting to seven). Their older siblings all somewhat ignore or disregard them, leaving Nell and Luke to feel extremely misunderstood and alone.
So what’re their placements?
Theodora Crain is the middle child in the Haunting of Hill House and a mysterious and complex individual for those around her to pin down. She doesn’t want to keep people close, and yet has the power to keep anyone closer than they are even aware. Theo knows she isn’t perfect and she self sabotages her relationships with others (like Trish), but ultimately she’s still a very wise and mature woman, just one that doesn’t take her own advice.
So what’s her chart going to say on that?
Steven Crain is the oldest son in the Crain family. In the Haunting of Hill House, Steven, as an adult, becomes an author and writes – without their acknowledgement to begin with – all his families deep, dark haunting stories into a book. This stirs his family, some not accepting the royalty money he offers them, some accepting it in secret, and causes deep divides in his family at the ethics of Steven releasing such a book when he didn’t believe any of the stories when his family told him them.
With all of this in mind, what can we expect of Steven’s chart?
Shirley Crain, oldest sister in the Haunting of Hill House, is a reasoned individual who appears to bury a lot within her, for others sake or for her own. As an adult, she finds a career in funeral work, however with a subtle hint that Shirley never truly learnt from her time at Hill House.
Looking at the character of Shirley, what can we say of her placements?
Olivia Crain, the mother in the Haunting of Hill House, is a patient, emotional and nurturing individual who appears to meet her untimely demise through no fault of her own, but instead fated paranormal happenings she has a gift she cannot control for.
Olivia loves her children endlessly, never scolding them for their antics or beliefs, but instead taking them in wholeheartedly. Her and her family live in Hill House as she is renovating it to sell on to fund designing her family’s dream home.
So, what can we make of her placements? What could her chart look like should she be real? Well…
Hugh Crain, father in the Haunting of Hill House, is a quiet, stoic and somewhat mysterious character. He spends a lot of time watching, thinking on how best to mediate his family. For the most part, he is ill framed by his family and accepts this, even if it is unjust.
His character is somewhat complex and misunderstood by the other characters, whilst appearing very calm and minimal on the surface. So, what can we make of him astrologically?
Horoscopes get one hell of a bad rep within the astrology community. Why? Because horoscopes have been used the wrong way for a long time.
Truly, horoscopes are what astrologers know as transits. So what’s the issue?
Tabloids and clickbait magazines found their way a long time ago into astrology, but because learning years of knowledge isn’t marketable, they had to simplify transits to something else. That something else being the Sun sign as its the easiest placement to track and identify ourselves as.
This further divulged, if it ever was, from transits. These magazines started just writing any vague points, giving horoscopes their bad rep.
Transits are actually incredibly accurate and useful to study. They show us how the current astrological layout affects our natal charts. They’re also the basis of charts such as Lunar Returns, showing us our next lunar cycle, or Solar Returns, showing us our year ahead from our birthdays. They are how we negotiate the universe at any given time.
But, not all is lost! What can you still do about reading horoscopes?
So, if magazine horoscopes have always been your thing, don’t feel like you have to shun daily astrology. Instead, embrace the larger knowledge available to you: get into transits!
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