astrology, explained
without the jargon.
Real guides to reading your birth chart, understanding your placements, and working with the sky instead of against it. Written for people who want to actually understand it, not just be told their sun sign.
How to Reinvent Yourself (as Many Times as You Want) with Gala Darling
Gala Darling on reinvention, radical self-love, money, freedom and becoming THAT b*tch, plus what her Sagittarius stellium and Manifestor design say about all of it.
read itBirth Chart Basics
all 5 →Plain-English guides to reading your natal chart. What the planets, houses and angles actually mean, and how to make sense of your own.
The 12 Houses in Astrology and What Each One Means
The twelve areas of life your chart divides itself into, what each house rules, and why the same planet behaves completely differently depending on which one it lands in.
What Is a Birth Chart? A Beginner's Guide
The map of the sky at the exact moment you were born, and what each part of it is actually describing.
Your Big Three: Sun, Moon and Rising Signs Explained
Identity, emotional world and first impressions. What your sun, moon and rising each govern, why they can feel like three different people, and how they work together as one.
How to Read Your Birth Chart, Step by Step
The order to read a chart in, in five layers, so you build a real picture instead of drowning in symbols on the very first look.
Your North Node and the Direction You Are Growing In
The growth end of your chart, and the comfort zone it is asking you to build beyond. Always read as one axis, never alone.
Zodiac Signs
all 3 →What each zodiac sign actually means, beyond the horoscope stereotypes, plus season-by-season guides to what the sky is asking of you while the Sun moves through each one.
It's Scorpio Season, Baby: Your Scorpio Season 2026 Guide
Mercury and Venus are both retrograde as the season opens, so Scorpio season starts in the deep end. The dates, the themes, the journal prompts and the affirmations.
It's Libra Season, Baby: Your Libra Season 2026 Guide
Venus, Libra's own ruler, stations retrograde halfway through the season. The dates, the themes, the shadow side and how to make this your Venus era.
Leo Season 2026: It's Time to Become the Main Character
Leo Season arrives alongside a Saturn retrograde and a nodal shift into Leo and Aquarius. Here is what that means, and how to work with it.
Love & Relationships
all 2 →Venus signs, attraction patterns, compatibility done properly, and what your chart says about how you love and what you actually need.
How to Be Magnetic: Dark Feminine Energy, Pleasure and Money with Ayana Forbes
Ayana Forbes on becoming magnetic AF: pleasure, money, Lilith and the dark feminine goddesses, glamour magic and dropping shame for good.
What Your Venus Sign Says About How You Love
Venus governs how you love, what you are drawn to, and what makes you feel valued. It is far more useful than sun sign compatibility.
Career & Money
all 3 →The placements that describe your work, your earning patterns and what you are here to be known for. Midheaven, second house, tenth house and north node.
How to Reinvent Yourself (as Many Times as You Want) with Gala Darling
Gala Darling on reinvention, radical self-love, money, freedom and becoming THAT b*tch, plus what her Sagittarius stellium and Manifestor design say about all of it.
The Bad B*tch Coven: An Online Coven for Women Who Want BIG, Magical Lives
An online coven for women who want to live BIG lives, manifest outrageous things and make seriouuuus money, with a monthly circle, a platform written for your chart and a whole coven of baddies doing it with you.
Your Midheaven and What You Are Here to Be Known For
The point at the top of your chart that describes your public role, your reputation and the work you want your name on.
Moon & Transits
all 4 →New moons, full moons, eclipses, retrogrades and nodal shifts. What is actually happening in the sky and what it means for how you plan.
Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio 2026: What It Means, What to Do and What to Avoid
Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio until 13 November with Venus retrograde right beside her, so secrets are spilling, exes are texting and every conversation is going DEEEEP. The dates, the do's, the don'ts and what it means for your sign, babe. 🦂
Full Moon in Taurus 2026: Your Money Moon in Scorpio Season
The first full moon of Scorpio season lands in Taurus, the sign of money, worth and pleasure, exactly square Pluto. The themes, the timing and what it means for your sign.
Full Moon in Aquarius 2026: What It Means for Every Sign
The Aquarius full moon arrives with the nodes freshly on the Leo and Aquarius axis. What it means, and how it lands for every sign.
New Moon vs Full Moon: What Each One Is Actually For
One is for planting, the other is for harvesting and seeing what is really there. How to work with both without turning it into homework.
your actual chart, read properly.
Reading about placements is one thing. Seeing every one of yours interpreted in full, updating with the sky each season, is the whole point of MY SZN.
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