An Index of Articles on Donna Cunningham’s Astrology blog,Sky Writer, As of March 1, 2011, with active links

In its 2 years of existence, Skywriter has published 470 articles on a wide variety of astrological and self-help topics. This index has been created for the convenience of new readers and astrology students who may want to focus on particular topics and see what’s available here. If you save it on your hard drive rather than printing it out, the links are active so that you can access the articles directly.

Skywriter’s readers are an intelligent and lively bunch. Many of the articles on this list set off an informative exchange of experiences and opinions in the comment section. If a topic stimulates you, scroll down past the article to see what others had to say—and add your own take on it! I hope you enjoy your visit! Donna Cunningham, MSW

PART 1--Posts about the 12 houses…p.1PART 2-- Articles about the Zodiac Signs…p.3PART 3A--Articles about the Inner Planets…p.3PART 3B--Posts about the Outer Planets…p.6PART 4—Building Blocks of Chart Interpretation (Elements, Aspects, etc.)…p.8PART 5—Astrology Applications (Career, Family, Etc.)…p.10PART 6: Articles for Professional Astrologers...p.12PART 7: Strictly for Fun…p.14

PART 1--Posts about the 12 houses:

Readers Ask Series about the 12 houses: (Readers’ questions and my Answers are in the Comment Sections)

Readers Ask: Basic Questions about the 12   Houses Readers Ask: Q&A about the 1st House and   Ascendant Readers Ask: Q & A about the 2nd   House Readers Ask: Q & A about the 3rd House, Mercury, and   Gemini The Best of Readers’ Q & A about the 3rd House and   Mercury Readers Ask: Q & A about the 4th   House Readers Ask—Q & A about the 5th   House Readers Ask: Q & A about the 6th   House Readers Ask: Q & A about the 7th   House Best Insights from the Q& A Session about the 7th   House Readers Ask: Q&A about the 8th   House Readers Ask—Q & A about the 9th   House Readers Ask—Q & A about the 10th   House Readers Ask—Q & A about the   Midheaven Readers Ask: Q&A about the 11th   House Readers Ask: Q & A about the 12th   House New Insights into the 12th House from our Q&A   Session

Other posts about the 12 houses: Download a chapter on the houses here: AGSA ch13-houses Download a chart blank here:  Blank chart with house meanings. Download: Shovel-Ready Projects for the 12 Astrological Houses Readers Ask: Basic Questions about the 12   Houses A Who’s Who of your Horoscope–the Players in all 12   Houses Pluto-Saturn Preparedness Kit #1—Houses & Areas of Life   Affected The Houses–12 Different Ways to Heal from Stress and   Trauma The Cosmic Piñata, Part 1 — Saturn Transits and Insights into the   Houses How Does your First House Give the Wrong   Impression? Viewing the 3rd House through Neptune’s   Lens

Things You May Not Know about the 5th House and   Children Saturn Transits the 7th House—a Rare Interview with Father Time   Himself Everything You Ever Wondered about the 8th   House… Pluto in the Career Houses–The Power to Manifest or Fail for   Spite Uranus in the Career Houses—“You’re Not the Boss of   Me!” Neptune’s in your Career House? It’s not a Transit, It’s an   Epoch! Use Jupiter Transits to the Vocational Houses for a Career   Boost Transits to the Vocational Houses–Temp Job or Career   Departure? The 11th House—an Unsuspected Resource in a Woman’s   Chart Neptune in the 11th House–Setting Boundaries in   Friendship 11th House Transits—New Departures in   Friendship Things You May Not Know about the 3rd and 12th   Houses The Incredible Vulnerability a Stellium   Creates Readers’ Insights into their own   Stelliums A Few Last Insights into Stelliums from   Readers House Positions of the Nodes—Insights from Our Q&A   Series See more articles on the 12 houses in the category Houses of the Horoscope. See articles about the 2nd and 8th houses under Vocational Astrology

The Midheaven Series: Midheaven 101—What the 10th House Cusp Shows about   You Readers Ask—Q & A about the   Midheaven Readers Ask—Q & A about the 10th   House The Midheaven/IC Axis: Who Wore the Pants in your   Family? The Midheaven in Synastry—Meaningful Career   Connections Neptune Squaring the Midheaven—How It Affects your   Career Research Question—What did You Want to Be when You Grew   Up?

The Complete Miniseries on the 12th house: Readers Ask: Q & A about the 12th   House New Insights into the 12th House from our Q&A   Session 12 Famous People with 12th House   Suns 7 Secrets You May not Know about the 12th   House Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the 12th House—but Were Afraid to   Ask 80 Qualities of Venus in the 12th or other Venus-Neptune   Combinations Daybreak and the 12th House   Sun

Jupiter in the 12th—When Does Good Luck Turn   Bad? Transits from the 12th House to the 1st–Like Night and   Day The 12th House—Comparing Ancient and Modern   Views

PART 2-- Articles about the Zodiac Signs: Why Cancer Isn’t a Popular   Sign Spotlight on Leo—a Tale of three   Queens AstroDebate—What’s the Ruler of   Virgo? The AstroDebate about Virgo’s Ruler: An Opinion   Sampler WHAT IF….Virgos Ruled the   World? An Improbable Best-Seller List: Self-Help Books for all 12   Signs What’s So Rare as a Day in June? You tell   me! Why It’s Hell Being a Libra any   More!! Put Yourself in Scorpio’s   Shoes How to Survive Your Pisces   Sweetheart How to Survive a Pisces Dad—and How I Survived   Mine

Part 3--Articles about the Planets:

In case you missed them, here are the popular planetary tests:

How Strong is your Sun? Here’s the   Score! How Strong is your Moon? Here’s the   Score? How Strong is your Mercury? Here’s the   Score! How Strong is Your Venus? Here’s the   Score! How Strong is your Mars? Here’s the   Score! How Strong is your Jupiter? Here’s the   Score! How Strong is your Saturn? Here’s the   Score! How Strong is your Uranus? Here’s the   Score! How Strong is your Neptune? Here’s the   Score!   How Strong is your Pluto? Here’s the   Score!   From Joyce Mason: Chiron Quiz: How Strong is Your Chiron? and The Chiron

Resonance Quiz: What’s Your Chi-Res Score?

And here, on one page, are links to all of Skywriter's popular series of  Planetary   Tests .

Part 3A—the Inner Planets

Posts about the Sun and Leo:

12 Famous People with 12th House   Suns Daybreak and the 12th House   Sun 10 Things You May Not Know about Solar   Returns

10 Good Articles about Solar   Returns Spotlight on Leo—a Tale of three   Queens

The Dance of the Primal Lights –How the Sun and Moon Light Up the   Personality

Posts about the Moon and Cancer:

How Strong is your Moon? Here’s the   Score? Why Transits to the Birth Moon are so   Challenging How Outer Planet Transits to the Moon Affect Family   Life Why Cancer Isn’t a Popular   Sign Cancerians, Memory and   Emotion The Dance of the Primal Lights –How the Sun and Moon Light Up

the   Personality The Moon Signs and their Emotional   Habits Outtake from a Moon-Pluto   Life Understanding Mercury Aspects to the   Moon Cosmic Piñata #6—a Moon   Miscellany Readers Ask: Q & A about the 4th   House The Moon’s Nodes–An Expert’s   View Readers Ask: Q&A about the Moon’s Nodes by Donna Van   Toen Fool’s Gold—the Slippery Slope of the South   Node

Posts about the Moon and its Cycles:

2010 Eclipses–How do They Affect   You? Eclipses: Moving Beyond the Four Walls of the   Known Using the Daily Moon Sign to your   Advantage How To Use The Moon For A Daily Emotional Weather   Report The Void of Course Moon–A Lunar   Sabbath? Why Transits to the Birth Moon are so   Challenging How Outer Planet Transits to the Moon Affect Family   Life The Progressed Moon through the 12   Houses A Question and Answer Session on the Progressed Moon by Gretchen   Lawlor

Posts about Mercury and the 3rd House on this Blog: How Strong is your Mercury? Here’s the   Score! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mercury and the 3rd   House (links) Four Kinds of Smart–Which One Are   You? Readers Ask: Q & A about the 3rd House, Mercury, and   Gemini The Best of Readers’ Q & A about the 3rd House and   Mercury Things You May Not Know about the 3rd and 12th   Houses Viewing the 3rd House through Neptune’s   Lens Understanding Mercury Aspects to the   Moon Understanding Mercury-Saturn   Combinations Understanding Mercury-Uranus Combinations—It’s DIY   Time! Understanding Mercury-Pluto   Combinations

If It Weren’t for that Mercury Conjunction to   Pluto…. Cosmic Piñata #5—Mercurial   Morsels Enough with the Mercury Retrograde   Hysteria! Why Mercury Retrograde is a Good Thing–Its Helpful   Uses Obama’s Flubbed Oath–Perfect Mercury Retrograde   Story? Funny Quotes and Cartoons about Uranus, Venus, &   Mercury Puzzle Lover? I’ll Bet your Mercury is   Strong! A New Look at the Astrology of   Twins English for Astrologers–No Astrobabble   Please

Posts about Venus and Relationships: AstroDebate—Which Sign does Venus Really   Rule? How Strong is Your Venus? Here’s the   Score! Readers Ask: Q & A about the 7th   House Venus-Saturn Aspects—Waiting for   Love Chart Clues to Marriage—Will You or Won’t   You? Why It’s Hell Being a Libra any   More!! Why It’s Hell Being a   Libra Venus-Uranus Aspects among the   Glitterati Venus-Uranus Aspects: Two-Minute Friends and other Modern   Relationships Saturn in Libra: How to Set Healthy   Boundaries Saturn Transits the 7th House—a Rare Interview with Father Time   Himself Relationship Patterns of Venus-Neptune   Aspects 80 Qualities of Venus in the 12th or other Venus-Neptune   Combinations How to Survive Your Pisces   Sweetheart Difficult Neptune Aspects in Chart   Comparison What your Astrology Chart Says about your Boundary   Issues The Steamy Side of Venus-Pluto Aspects—A Photo   Gallery High Maintenance–a Venus-Pluto   Vignette Venus in the Elements: Fire, Earth, Air, &   Water Missing Elements and How They Affect Your   Relationships Libra Alert: Personal Power & What It Looks Like in a   Friendship Libra Alert: How to Stop Being a People   Pleaser

Posts about Mars: How Strong is your Mars? Here’s the   Score! Mars and Conflict—Road Block or Productive   Detour? Mars Mission 2: Anger—the Guard Dog of   Denial Mars Alert—Code   Red! Mars Retrograde 101—Answering your   Questions Understanding Mars in the Fixed   Signs Mars-Pluto Aspects? Use your Manifestation   Mojo! The Mars-Uranus Conjunction in Pisces and Children Born with   it The Law of Progressive Annoyance—Mars or   Jupiter? Mars—What Great Minds say about Its   Functions Depp’s Darker Roles—Where Do They Show in his   Chart?

Posts about Jupiter: How Strong is your Jupiter? Here’s the   Score! Hyperactive Jupiter Syndrome—The Down Side of an Upbeat   Planet What Jupiterians DON’T Know–but Think They   Do Readers Ask—Q & A about the 9th   House Use Jupiter Transits to the Vocational Houses for a Career   Boost Jupiter in the 12th—When Does Good Luck Turn   Bad? Why Saturn has as much to do with Luck as   Jupiter Jupiter and the Astrology of   Self-Justification The Law of Progressive Annoyance—Mars or   Jupiter? Jumpin’ Jehosephat—Jupiterian Wisdom and   Wisecracks

Posts about Saturn: How Strong is your Saturn? Here’s the   Score! Saturn’s Delays and Why We Should Embrace   Them Venus-Saturn Aspects—Waiting for   Love Saturn Transits the 7th House—a Rare Interview with Father Time   Himself Saturn Retrograde in Libra: Relationship Revision   Time Saturn in Libra: How to Set Healthy   Boundaries Astrology and Conscious Parenting: Saturn in   Synastry Why Saturn has as much to do with Luck as   Jupiter What Planet Rules Mentorship? Saturn or   Chiron? Life Patterns of People Born with Uranus-Saturn   Aspects How the Pluto-Saturn Square may Affect People born with that   Aspect The Cosmic Piñata, Part 1 — Saturn Transits and Insights into the   Houses Saturn Transits—What do They Mean to your   Career? Taming Transiting   Saturn Nothing to Fear but Fear   Itself Quotes about Saturn’s Issues—Wise Counsel from our   Elders The Saturn-Neptune Quincunx and its Part in our Economic   Woes

Posts about Chiron: From Joyce Mason: Chiron Quiz: How Strong is Your Chiron? and The Chiron

Resonance Quiz: What’s Your Chi-Res Score? Chiron Potpourri—a Q&A Session with Joyce   Mason Chiron and Vocation: Do What You Love and Wholeness Will   Follow Chiron Cycles and Life’s   Purpose Chiron Transits—a Q&A Session by Joyce   Mason What Planet Rules Mentorship? Saturn or   Chiron? Chiron and Humour: Wounded Clowns that Heal   Us AstroDebate—What’s the Ruler of   Virgo? Clowning Around with Chiron, Robin Williams, and an   Eclipse

Part 3B: Posts about the Outer Planets

Posts about Uranus:

How Strong is your Uranus? Here’s the   Score! 10 Things You May not Know about   Uranus Uranus In The Career Houses—“You’re Not The Boss Of   Me!” Career Challenges for the Pluto-Uranus in Virgo   Generation Venus-Uranus Aspects among the   Glitterati Venus-Uranus Aspects: Two-Minute Friends and other Modern   Relationships The Mars-Uranus Conjunction in Pisces and Children Born with   it Three Things I’ve Loved about Uranus in   Pisces Celebrating the Last–and Future–Uranus in Pisces   Generation Uranus in Aries and the Cosmic   Soup Uranus in Aries—a Heads Up for the Accident   Prone Uranus in Aries & Flower Essences–8 Years of Significant Change   Ahead Relocating under Fire? Help from Astrology and   Essences Career Challenges for the Pluto-Uranus in Virgo   Generation Life Patterns of People Born with Uranus-Saturn   Aspects Challenge: Interpret the Uranus-Neptune Conjunction of the   1980s-90s Best Interpretations of the Uranus-Neptune Conjunction—Contest   Results Neptune & Uranus in Mutual   Reception Uranian Ideas—Exceptional Thoughts about an Exceptional   Planet

Posts about Neptune: How Strong is your Neptune? Here’s the   Score! 22 Articles about Neptune on   Skywriter Neptune Squaring the Midheaven—How It Affects your   Career Neptune and the Cosmic   Soup Relationship Patterns of Venus-Neptune   Aspects 80 Qualities of Venus in the 12th or other Venus-Neptune   Combinations Neptune’s Role in Giving and   Receiving Difficult Neptune Aspects in Chart   Comparison Addicted to Anguish–a Sketch of one Neptunian   Type Viewing the 3rd House through Neptune’s   Lens Neptune in the 11th House–Setting Boundaries in   Friendship Fog in the Workplace—Neptune or Pisces in the Career   Houses Neptune’s in your Career House? It’s not a Transit, It’s an   Epoch! Skywriter’s Readers share their own Neptunian Career   Tales Neptunian Musings—Mysterious but Strangely Apt   Quotations

Posts about Pluto: How Strong is your Pluto? Here’s the   Score! PlutoPaloozas, Here’s Plenty of Pluto   Posts! 6 Things You May Not Know about   Pluto Cosmic Piñata #3: A Plutonian   Potpourri Pluto in the Career Houses–The Power to Manifest or Fail for   Spite Career Challenges for the Pluto-Uranus in Virgo   Generation Outtake from a Moon-Pluto   Life \ Pluto Problems Got You Perplexed? Here’s What   Helps! And You Thought Pluto Wasn’t   Funny!

Pluto in Capricorn: A Laugh and a   Half What to Tell Astrology Clients about Pluto in   Capricorn How the Pluto-Saturn Square may Affect People born with that   Aspect The Steamy Side of Venus-Pluto Aspects—A Photo   Gallery High Maintenance–a Venus-Pluto   Vignette Mars-Pluto Aspects? Use your Manifestation   Mojo! Healing Tools For Plutonians: Transforming The Self And   Others The Houses–12 Different Ways to Heal from Stress and   Trauma Pluto and Bullying: How to Recognize and Deal with   It Battling the Bully – Standing Up For Yourself With Confidence

and   Assertiveness Purge Yourself of Pluto’s Negativity—Get Free of   Bitterness Pluto and the transiting Antiscia–not Over ’til It’s   Over Planet or Not—Pluto IS   Something!

LINKS TO THE BLOGATHON ARTICLES COLLECTIONS ABOUT THE CARDINAL T-SQUARE:  The International Astrology Day Blogathon of 2010 was dedicated to helping people understand and work with the Cardinal T-square and included collections of more than 70 articles about transits by Pluto, Uranus, and Saturn. Go directly to the individual collections here:   

Pluto Problems Got You Perplexed? Here’s What   Helps!  Look After Saturn and Saturn Will Look After You  Uranus in Aries: Claiming a Self-Reliant Future    Passing the Tests and Trials of Saturn to Build Better Relationships A Collection of Articles about Combining Essences and Astrology

Part 4—Building Blocks of Chart Interpretation

Posts about the Elements and Modes: How Cardinal are You? Here’s the   Score! How Mutable are You? Here’s the   Score! How Fixed are You? Here’s the   Score! Understanding Mars in the Fixed   Signs Cardinal T-Square   Articles The Dance of the Primal Lights –How the Sun and Moon Light Up

the   Personality Are You a Fire Type? Here’s the   Score! Are You an Air Type? Here’s the   Score! Are You a Water Type? Here’s the   Score! A Terribly Tentative Test for the Earth Element in your   Chart Healing With Fire, Earth, Air and   Water Flower Essences for Difficult Patterns of Water and Air   Signs Flower Essences for Difficult Patterns of the Fire and Earth   Signs Missing Elements and How They Affect Your   Relationships Get to Know the Water in your Chart–a Wetting   Reception

Bailing out the Water Signs–The Emotional Hangover   Remedy Ways to Use Water to Heal Yourself and   Others Much, Much More about your Watery Signs, Planets, and   Houses! Our Precious Water Supply and How We Can Preserve   It How You Know You’re a Water   Sign A Water Sign, in her Element at Last—Writing Wet, not   Dry Venus in the Elements: Fire, Earth, Air, &   Water Four Kinds of Smart—Air, Earth, Fire, and   Water Cosmic Piñata #4: Astrological Oddities—or   Not?

Articles from the Series about Aspects:

Aspects 101: Major Astrological Aspects and What They   Mean Readers Ask—Q&A about   Conjunctions How to Analyze a   Conjunction Challenge: Interpret the Uranus-Neptune Conjunction of the   1980s-90s Best Interpretations of the Uranus-Neptune Conjunction—Contest   Results I See Dead People’s Charts–Amelia   Earhart The Least Aspected Planet—What Role Does It Play in your   Life? The Not so Minor Aspects—Results of Our   Research Understanding Semisquares—Your Input   Needed Understanding the Sesquiquadrate—Your Input   Needed Understanding Septiles–Your Input   Needed Understanding Quintiles—What’s YOUR   Talent? Understanding the BiQuintile—Your Input   Needed Quincunx vs. BiQuintile–an Answer from   Numerology? Understanding the Mundane Square—Your Input   Needed Mundane square case study: Outtake from a Moon-Pluto   Life Breathing Refined Air: The Esoteric   Aspects Is the Semi-Sextile a Good Aspect or a Bad   One? Neptune & Uranus in Mutual   Reception Pluto and the transiting Antiscia–not Over ’til It’s   Over The Antiscia are Coming! The Antiscia are   Coming!

Part 5—Astrology Applications (Career, Family, Etc.)

Posts about Family Life:

Readers Ask—Q & A about the 5th   House Things You May Not Know about the 5th House and   Children Highlights of Our Discussion on the 5th House and   Children A New Look at the Astrology of   Twins Astrology and Conscious Parenting: Saturn in   Synastry Tips for Working with Teenagers’   Charts The Mars-Uranus Conjunction in Pisces and Children Born with   it Pluto and Bullying: How to Recognize and Deal with   It

How Outer Planet Transits to the Moon Affect Family   Life

Posts about Vocational Astrology: 

Readers Ask: Q & A about the 2nd   House Readers Ask: Q & A about the 6th   House Readers Ask—Q & A about the 10th   House Readers Ask—Q & A about the   Midheaven Midheaven 101—What the 10th House Cusp Shows about   You The Midheaven/IC Axis: Who Wore the Pants in your   Family? The Midheaven in Synastry—Meaningful Career   Connections Research Question—What did You Want to Be when You Grew   Up? Uranus In The Career Houses—“You’re Not The Boss Of   Me!” Neptune Square the Midheaven—How It Affects your   Career Pluto in the Career Houses–The Power to Manifest or Fail for   Spite Fog in the Workplace—Neptune or Pisces in the Career   Houses Use Jupiter Transits to the Vocational Houses for a Career   Boost Neptune’s in your Career House? It’s not a Transit, It’s an   Epoch! Skywriter’s Readers share their own Neptunian Career   Tales Chiron and Vocation: Do What You Love and Wholeness Will   Follow Career Challenges for the Pluto-Uranus in Virgo   Generation Life Patterns of People Born with Uranus-Saturn   Aspects Saturn Transits—What do They Mean to your   Career? Transits to the Vocational Houses–Temp Job or Career   Departure?

Posts in the Astrology and Personal Finances series:

Astrologers’ Hang-ups about Money—How they Hurt our   Clients Readers Ask: Q & A about the 2nd   House The 2nd House and Money Management   Patterns Your 2nd House—A Clue to Extra   Income Everything You Ever Wondered about the 8th   House… Living Off the Books—an 8th House   Quicksand Uranus in the 2nd—Freedom & Individuality, vs. Financial   Stability Saturn and Uranus Transits to the 2nd/8th House   Axis Neptune in the 2nd—Money, Boundaries, &   Codependency Neptune Transits to the 2nd-8th Axis—Time to Get Real about   Money Money and Pluto in the 2nd House—The Haves vs. the Have   Nots Pluto Transits to the 2nd or 8th —Money Issues Get   Murky Thought Forms–How They Add to Money   Blocks     More Help for Money Blocks—Clearing Past Life   Barriers

Relocation and Astro*Carto*Graphy Articles:

Cosmic Piñata #7: Astro*Carto*Graphy   Stories Chart Patterns for Relocation—What’s   Yours?

"Am I Gonna Move?" (At Continuum.net) Can Relocation Help the Outer Planet   Person? Relocating under Fire? Help from Astrology and   Essences

Posts Related to Boundaries:What your Astrology Chart Says about your Boundary   Issues Boundaries 101 ~ A Course for   Neptunians Boundaries 201–Ten More Tips for   Neptunians Boundaries 301: How to Deal With a   Moocher Neptune in the 11th House–Setting Boundaries in   Friendship 6 Common Misconceptions about Boundaries in a   Relationship The 3 Major Ways of Setting Boundaries—Which Type are   You? Feeling Drained by a Relationship? Cut those Psychic   Cords! Libra Alert: How to Stop Being a People   Pleaser Libra Alert: Personal Power & What It Looks Like in a   Friendship Saturn in Libra: How to Set Healthy   Boundaries How to Recognize and Deal with an Abusive   Person Pluto and Bullying: How to Recognize and Deal with   It Battling the Bully – Standing Up For Yourself With Confidence and   Assertiveness

FREE DOWNLOAD: One of the chapters of my ebook, Counseling Principles for Astrologers goes into codependency and its implications for practicing astrologers in depth.  Download it here: ch7 – codependency.

Series on Resentment, Bitterness, and Forgiveness:

Purge Yourself of Pluto’s Negativity—Get Free of   Bitterness Stuck For What Seems Like Forever? Maybe Areas of Unforgiveness are the   Cause How to Handle Chronic   Complainers  Forgiveness–the Final   Frontier Healing Tools For Plutonians: Transforming The Self And   Others

Articles about Flower Essences on Skywriter:  

Flower Essences for Difficult Patterns of Water and Air   Signs Flower Essences for Difficult Patterns of the Fire and Earth   Signs (Donna’s podcast on essences) http://chrisflisher.com/radio_000.htm .    In a Crisis? Rescue Remedy Can Help You through   It Hope for Those in the Dark Night of the   Soul Uranus in Aries & Flower Essences–8 Years of Significant Change   Ahead Relocating under Fire? Help from Astrology and   Essences Common Issues of Pluto and Saturn—and Flower Essences that   Help Space Clearing, Flower Essences, and the Art of Sacred   Space Saturn Remedies–Flower Essences for Overcoming Fear and   Worry Ways to Use Water to Heal Yourself and   Others Red Clover Essence–A Gentle Antidote to Mass Hysteria, by Sheryl   Karas

For those of you who aren’t familiar with flower essences, download the introductory chapter of my ebook, Flower Remedies—How Plants’ Energies Can Heal Us: flower essence information-ch1. (You can order the book itself here:  http://www.moonmavenpublications.com/mysteries.html.)

Q&A Series on a Variety of Topics, including Guest Bloggers: A Question and Answer Session on the Progressed Moon by Gretchen   Lawlor Readers Ask: Q&A about the Moon’s Nodes by Donna Van   Toen Chiron Potpourri—a Q&A Session with Joyce   Mason Q&A: What Professional Astrologers Want to   Know Q&A Session: Tips for Building an Astrology   Practice

Part 6: Articles for Professional Astrologers

Q&A: What Professional Astrologers Want to   Know English For Astrologers–No Astrologese   Please Astrologers’ Hang-ups about Money—How they Hurt our   Clients Awful Things Astrologers Say to   Clients Real World Astrology—Continuing Ed for   Professionals Tips for Working with Teenagers’   Charts Chart Clues to Marriage—Will You or Won’t   You? More Insights into Healing Grief and   Loss What Planet Rules Mentorship? Saturn or   Chiron? Avoiding Potholes on the Professional Path (Link post)

Working with Difficult Transits in a Client’s Chart:

Facing the Difficult Potentials of a   Transit Talking to Clients about Difficult Transits–Readers Have Their   Say A Promise Fulfilled: When Transits Echo Natal   Aspects In the Eye of the Storm—How Outer Planet Transits   Work Why Transits to the Birth Moon are so   Challenging How Outer Planet Transits to the Moon Affect Family   Life Transits to the Vocational Houses–Temp Job or Career   Departure? Catastrophobia: What Causes it and How to Heal   it What to Tell Astrology Clients about Pluto in   Capricorn Pluto Problems Got You Perplexed? Here’s What   Helps! Pluto-Saturn Preparedness 2: Best Case/Worst Case   Scenarios See a series of 25 articles here: A Pluto-Saturn Preparedness Kit FREE TRANSIT TRACKER:  This handy one-page reference summarizes the

transits of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto from 1990-2012. Use it to look back on past transits to your chart or your clients' and to look forward for the next few years.  Download it here: Transit Tracking Table for 1990-2012.

Doing Astrology Charts for Young People:

Tips for Working with Teenagers’   Charts Bringing Hogwarts to American Teens—the Curriculum for my Class I Was a Teenage Astrologer: An Astrology Reference Guide for Teens   Uranus Aries for Teens: Young Fool at the Edge Contest—Interpret the Uranus-Neptune Conjunction of the   1980s-90s The Importance of Astrology’s Vocabulary

 Common Concerns of Practicing Astrologers:

Q&A Session: Tips for Building an Astrology   Practice Neptune and the Cosmic Soup–How Psychic Contagion Depletes   Us Shields Up! Fight Second-hand Fear and   Despair! Space Clearing, Flower Essences, and the Art of Sacred   Space Boundaries 201–Ten More Tips for   Neptunians Living Off the Books—an 8th House   Quicksand Healing Tools For Plutonians: Transforming The Self And   Others How to Make Sure a Birth Chart is   Accurate Getting the Birth Time Right—Polaris Software Makes It   Possible Avoiding Potholes on the Professional Astrologer’s   Path (Link post)

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More Tips about Promoting Yourself:

Q&A Session: Building an Astrology   Practice Free Advertising—How to Create Email   Signatures The Best Marketing Tool for your Astrology Blog–An Effective “About

Me”   Page Can U Blog? What to Look for in the Birth   Chart   How to Add Impact to Your Site with   Pictures

Tips for Bloggers 1—Retooling your Astrology Posts to Keep them   Fresh Tips for Bloggers 2—Backlinks and other   Tactics Tips for Bloggers 3–A Promising Anthology on   Blogging Testimonials that Work: Promote Yourself with Integrity, Credibility—

and   Class! Writing Tips–10 Dos and Don’ts for Astrology   Blogs

Part 7: Strictly for Fun

Celebrity Charts:

Depp’s Darker Roles—Where Do They Show in his   Chart? Bruce Willis–the Man Who Has Everything Now Has a Second   Wife Craig Ferguson Marries a   Cunningham! Clowning Around with Chiron, Robin Williams, and an   Eclipse Morgan Freeman and Nelson Mandela—Are their Charts   Alike? 12 Famous People with 12th House   Suns Things You May Not Know about the 3rd and 12th   Houses (Jack Nicholson) Venus-Uranus Aspects among the   Glitterati Betty White—the Very Essence of Uranus in   Pisces Celebrating the Last–and Future–Uranus in Pisces   Generation I See Dead People’s Charts–Amelia   Earhart Whoopi Goldberg’s Sun, Moon, and Ascendant: A Perfect   Storm

Links to Sites featured as Internet Find of the Week:

Internet Find of the Week—Research into Affirmations, Jealousy, and other Psychological   Issues

Internet Find of the Week: New Resources for Healing Grief and   Loss   The Planet ahead of your Sun—and What It Says about   You Internet Find of the Week—the Arabian Parts   Calculator Spend Time on Memory Lane—Visit the Astrologers’   Memorial Secret Moon Art–Jude Cowell’s Visionary   Work 5 Funny Astrology Blogs to   Visit The Cosmic Piñata #2: Treats from other Astrology   Blogs A Multimedia Zodiac—Look, Listen and   Enjoy! Hear Donna Cunningham on Web   Radio   How to Add Impact to Your Site with   Pictures

Other Editions of the Cosmic Piñata Column: The Cosmic Piñata, Part 1 — Saturn Transits and Insights into the   Houses The Cosmic Piñata #2: Treats from other Astrology   Blogs Cosmic Piñata #3: A Plutonian   Potpourri Cosmic Piñata #4: Astrological Oddities—or   Not? Cosmic Piñata #5—Mercurial   Morsels Cosmic Piñata #6—a Moon   Miscellany

Humor Posts: Clients Say the Darndest   Things! An Improbable Best-Seller List: Self-Help Books for all 12   Signs Spotlight on Leo—a Tale of three   Queens The Astrologer with a Magic   Lamp And You Thought Pluto Wasn’t   Funny! Put Yourself in Scorpio’s   Shoes What’s So Rare as a Day in June? You tell   me! Funny Quotes and Cartoons about Uranus, Venus, &   Mercury The Law of Progressive Annoyance—Mars or   Jupiter? Hyperactive Jupiter Syndrome—The Down Side of an Upbeat   Planet Chiron: Send in the (Wounded)   Clowns Mayan Calendar Jokes: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the End of the   World 10 Impossible Things—Do You   Believe? Beam Me Up? I don’t THINK   so!!

INDEX OF SKYWRITER'S 418 POSTS by category.  Excellent resource for students. Save it to your hard drive rather than print it, and then all the links are live.  Download it here: Articles Index Skywriter 11-2010.

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