Alwenna Blog
Notes from building a kinder, sharper astrologer.
"Your Venus Return: The Yearly Reset for Love"
Once a year, Venus comes back to the exact spot it held when you were born. It's a quiet personal reset for love, beauty, and what you value. Here's what a Venus return is — and what it isn't.
"Trines and Sextiles in Synastry: The Easy Flow (and Its Hidden Risk)"
We wrote about squares and oppositions — the friction that bonds. This is the other half: trines and sextiles, the aspects that just feel easy. Here's what flowing chemistry gives a couple, and the one thing it can quietly cost.
"The 3rd House: Communication, Banter, and Everyday Talk"
Grand love is built in small talk. The 3rd house — how you think, joke, text, and trade everyday words — decides whether a relationship feels easy day to day. Here's how two charts talk to each other.
"The Summer Solstice 2026 and Your Relationships"
On June 21, the Sun enters Cancer and the year turns. The solstice isn't a prediction — it's a seasonal reset that tilts every relationship toward home, feeling, and care. Here's how to read the turning point for you two.
"The 6th House: Routines, Habits, and the Everyday Care That Holds Love Together"
Love is decided less by grand gestures than by who does the dishes — and how. The 6th house rules routines, habits, health, and small daily acts of service. Here's how two charts share a life, not just a feeling.
"The 2nd House: Shared Values, Money, and What You Build"
Money fights are rarely about money. The 2nd house — what you value, how you hold security, what you call "enough" — is the quiet placement behind most of them. Here's how two charts meet there.
"The Part of Fortune in Synastry: Where You Find Joy Together"
Most synastry asks where you clash or click. The Part of Fortune asks a sweeter question: where do the two of you find ease, luck, and simple joy? Here's the calculated point that maps a couple's happy place.
"The 9th House: Shared Beliefs, Travel, and Growing in the Same Direction"
Some couples have everything in common and still drift apart — because they're growing toward different horizons. The 9th house rules beliefs, meaning, travel, and the future you're each reaching for. Here's how two charts share a direction.
"The Descendant: The Partner You're Magnetically Drawn To"
Your Ascendant is the mask you wear. Directly across from it sits the Descendant — the point that quietly describes who you fall for. Here's the relationship angle hiding on the other side of your chart.
"The Conjunction in Synastry: When Two Planets Merge"
The most intense contact in a relationship isn't the square or the trine — it's the conjunction, where one person's planet sits right on top of another's. Here's what merging feels like, and why it's neither good nor bad until you know which planets.