in that moment, did one planet have the upper-hand? not just through resourcing or rulership, but did they cast the stronger ray of light? i think about this card a lot when i think about superior and inferior aspects (aka "overcoming"):

@kiraryberg.bsky.social and i cover mutual reception and how to interpret it as part of FEELING SEEN: the aspects guidebook and workshop, available for download right now. 
it's on sale until this saturday oct 18! www.third-sister.com/feelingseen

when i think about mutual reception, this is the image in my head

the sun is interested in centers and peripheries, and knows that every point at the periphery is also another center. that’s why i love its glyph so much ☉

rosemary is the vivifying vow, the presence-insisting call to reach for all of who we are, which is why it's such a potent plant for clearing what-is-not, for vows of undying love, and for remembering the dead. it is solar in its constancy, its clarity, its clear vision.

rosemary is a plant of the sun. it is a plant of memory, renewal, recovery, clarity, and cleansing. it crowns gods, royalty, victors, scholars, and newlyweds. warming, drying, vivifying, antioxidant, resilient, evergreen.

on this venus day, i'm celebrating venus being in cancer.

"we ride at dawn: heliacal stars for beginners" is here!
maegkeane.substack.com/p/we-ride-at...

as much as it looks like this:

when i share my screen in my astrology readings, it often looks like this:

A bunch of people have told me they want to know more about fixed stars but find them overwhelming. Astrology is already a lot as is and not just for beginners. There’s a ton to learn no matter how long you’ve been into this thing. It's part of its charm but you're not alone in finding it dizzying.

Planetary telegraphs are back! www.third-sister.com/telegraph

(testimonial from C.C.)

I don't have a birth time for Cannon so here is her untimed chart (the Moon could be anywhere from Sagittarius 23° to Capricorn 7°).

Some research led me to Annie Jump Cannon's Wikipedia page today, and what an Antares heliacal rising + Vindemiatrix parans example she is. Meet the person who is said to have classified the most stars in a lifetime: around 350,000.

if you'd like to hear me read the first two pages of the finding fulfillment guidebook, you can do that here: maegkeane.substack.com/p/finding-fu...

peppermint, like mercury, like zippy, and as mercury opens roads, peppermint opens the the senses.

peppermint is a plant of mercury (though not everyone agrees). peppermint helps humans with alertness, cognition, nausea, bloating, stomach cramping, cold and flu symptoms (particularly fevers and congestion), and many other things (so multi-talented).