Alwenna Blog
Notes from building a kinder, sharper astrologer.
"Venus–Saturn in Synastry: Is It Love, or Duty?"
When one person's Venus meets the other's Saturn, you get one of the most debated contacts in astrology — binding and committed, or heavy and cold? Here's the honest, two-sided truth about Venus–Saturn between two charts.
"Venus–Pluto in Synastry: Obsessive, Transformative Love"
Some loves are pleasant. Venus–Pluto is not pleasant — it's consuming. When one person's Venus meets the other's Pluto, you get magnetic, obsessive, transformative attraction. Here's what it really is, and how to hold it.
"The Moon Through the Houses: Where You Seek Emotional Security"
Your Moon sign says how you feel. Your Moon house says where you go to feel safe — the area of life where you seek emotional security and comfort. It's a quiet, deeply personal layer of how you love.
"When Their Planets Fall in Your 12th House: Secret, Hidden & Karmic Love"
Some connections feel dreamlike, fated, and hard to define — like you knew them before you met. Often that's their planets landing in your 12th house, the most mysterious overlay in synastry. Here's what it means.
"Neptune in Love: Idealization, Rose-Colored Glasses & the Real Thing"
If you fall for the potential, romanticize hard, and sometimes can't see a partner clearly until it's too late, your Neptune may be steering. It's the planet of dreams and illusions. Here's how to love with it open-eyed.
"What Your Saturn Sign Says About Your Fears in Love"
Venus shows what you want in love. Saturn shows what you're afraid of. Knowing your Saturn — the wall you build and the fear behind it — is one of the most useful, and most healing, things your chart can tell you.
"The \"Double Whammy\": When Attraction Is Truly Mutual"
Some attractions only flow one way. The rare ones flow both. Astrologers call a mutual, reciprocal pull a "double whammy" — and it's one of the strongest signatures of two-way chemistry there is. Here's how to spot it.
"Jupiter Return: Your Year of Luck and Growth in Love"
The Saturn return gets all the attention, but there's a luckier cousin that comes around more often — the Jupiter return, roughly every 12 years. It's a season of expansion, optimism, and open doors. Here's what it can bring to love.
"Chiron in the 7th House: The Partner Who Heals (or Reopens) the Wound"
If relationships have always felt like the place you get hurt — and also where you could heal — your chart may have Chiron in the 7th house. It's a tender placement about wounds and partnership. Here's the gentle truth of it.
"Aspect Patterns in Synastry: Grand Trines, T-Squares & the Shapes Your Love Makes"
Single aspects are one thing — but sometimes three or more planets between two charts lock into a shape: a grand trine, a T-square, a yod. These patterns describe the whole geometry of a relationship. Here's how to read them.