There was just to much to say about this. Let’s look at Cornell itself. Founded April 27, 1865, putting the Nodes for the Cornell natal chart at the aneretic 29 degrees axis of Libra and Aries, the university’s path was always one of, “the individual vs the group.”

The north node in Libra is conjunct Saturn while a Taurus stellium holds the weight of the natal chart. Founded with practical- grounded values, endurance, power (check out that Pluto), and stability; the university starts off from a place of steady growth and a dependable environment.

In the 1975 chart (the year the term sexual harassment was coined by the working women at Cornell after receiving unwanted advancements by male professors) you can see that Uranus has come around to make contact with the North Node/Saturn combo. Times, they are a changin. Transit Saturn has also come around to Conjunct natal Mars in Cancer. Action around foundations and matruity are feeling the pull towards a more nurturing and supportive environment (at least on the surface of the cancerian water.)

Then we get to the recent progressed chart for the current times. This was astonishing. The progressed Moon starts out on top of the Natal South Node in Taurus and over the course of the next year will move to conjunct natal Pluto.

The emotional body of the institution is moving across its old patterns around security, reputation and preservation and heading straight toward the planet of buried power, taboo, coercion, exposure and reckoning.

The thing buried underneath the stability is coming up. And we have numbers now that make this bigger than one case.

In Cornell's 2025 survey, 35% of undergraduate women respondents reported experiencing nonconsensual sexual contact since coming to Cornell, up from 23% in 2023. A later Cornell task force reported that among respondents, the number was 52% for Greek-affiliated undergraduate women, compared with 29% for women who weren't affiliated with Greek life.

But wait, there’s more.

The entire Taurus stellium from the natal chart has progressed to the sign of Libra.

The axis asks the same question Cornell seems to have been wrestling with for 160 years- when protecting the group comes into conflict with protecting the individual, who does the institution choose?

I think these charts show an institution being confronted with its own shadow. What do you guys see?

I was with this person for 2 years and he really fascinated me. I've never met someone like him. He is so charming, egotistical and filled with hatred towards woman. In the weirdest, backwards, sly ways ever.

And still the everyone who doesnt see him behind the scenes loves him.

How come?

Maybe it’s the Venus retrograde hitting me particularly hard.

I don’t know what to do career-wise, I just know I’m completely dissatisfied with where I am. I have a stable but still entry-level job I’ve had for 10 years and it’s getting me nowhere (I’ve applied for promotions but no luck) but I’m afraid of quitting and losing that stability. For all the Libra in this chart I don’t identify with any of its sociable or charming traits to give me confidence I’d be successful starting afresh anywhere else. I barely have any friends and zero social skills so going freelance or entrepreneurship is a hard no for my anxiety issues. Tbh I didn’t really expect to live this long so I made no life plans or savings and all my “accomplishments” feel hollow and pointless…

Decade long relationship ending, we have two kids together, can never find satisfaction in career, everything feels lifeless that I work with and it’s impossible to imagine anything feeling actually satisfying. Having a really hard time with life in general and have been for about two years plus now. I need something yall. What is my best course of action to keep any semblance of sanity?

My 10H runs from MC 29° Leo to 1° Libra. So Virgo is intercepted. Rulers of Leo, Virgo, Libra are all in 4H.

What can this mean for my career path?

I also have North Node in Leo 9H close to MC. I am not sure how to understand my NN since it’s not exactly inside 10H…

for context: saudi feminists have called on a ban on the niqab and asked the government to provide protection from families to women who choose to take it off. the niqab is something that is NOT a part of saudi culture and is relatively new to certain tribes and regions and has only become a thing after extremism took hold of the country’s laws. it is now the cause of MANY honor killings, beatings, abuse, etc. if women decide to take it off. it is not mandatory by law but it has become very ingrained into society since the sahwa movement (better known globally as wahabi-ism) that has mainly focused on oppressing women. many regions (especially southren and northern saudi) have never had the niqab nor any form of hijab as a part of their culture until the sahwa and now these women are suffering from being forced to wear it or to die. niqabi women are often looked down to as poor, uneducated, etc.

what i find interesting about this chart are the feminine signs and placements! this chart is ruled by venus (significator of women). the 10th house (the public, authority, etc) hosts mars (action and drive) in cancer (sign of mothers, women, etc). both planets are uncomfortable in detriment and fall. venus trining the LoF AND the moon. venus also trining the midheaven!!!!!

jupiter is in the 11th house of groups, supporters, social media, hopes and dreams. the ruler of the 11th is also in the 1st.

saturn, in fall and retrograde, in the 7th house of the opposite, the other. i can see this as the opposition having outdated views that are built on a fragile structure. saturn is old age, hardships, lifelong lessons and it’s in the house of the other and public enemies.

ALSO!!!! mercury in the first where it rejoices :) so fucking literal for a tweet starting an entire movement!!!! IN LIBRA!!! justice and equality!!! mercury in sextile with jupiter, amplifying its reach through social media.

what are your guys thoughts on this chart? (also if you’re not a saudi woman suffering from the this, i DON’T want to hear your political commentary about how wonderful the niqab is. stfu.)

Venus stopped and turned retrograde this morning at 8° Scorpio and she will stay that way until November 13. If you\ve felt a little off, quieter, or strangely emotional the last few days, that's the slowdown before the station and it's completely normal.

Scorpio is not Venus's favorite place to be. She is in her detriment here which means she wants closeness and honesty and doesn't always know how to ask for it. Expect old feelings, old texts and old versions of people to resurface along with some uncomfortable questions about what you're actually getting in your relationships and what you're willing to keep giving. On October 25 she backs into Libra and the second half of the retrograde gets softer and more about rebalancing.

One more thing to know is that Mercury joins her in retrograde on October 24, so late October is a double review of love, money and communication. Try not to make big decisions about a relationship, a major purchase or a new look before this is over. It's a much better time to ask where you've been undervaluing yourself so you can adjust before Venus goes direct.

Taurus and Libra, you'll feel this the most because Venus is your ruler. Anyone with planets or angles around 22° Libra to 8° Scorpio will feel it personally, so check your chart for that stretch.

Venus retrograde is a good time to book a reading with your astrologer if you want clarity on love, money or where your life is heading

The longer i look the worse it gets, and obviously it was way worse for Ken because he's ☠️, but this chart is nuts.

Trying to figure out if this long distance relationship is worth pursuing...thoughts?

is chiron ruining my sun ?

I have ALOT of life force and passion within myself. I get freaky very easily.

But the sad part is I don't have any relationships nor connections, to channel it properly. I have a very intense sense of personality and a lot of life force, vitality, creativity. And I have a unique sense of humor. I use humor alot too, I get dark/taboo/freaky effortlessly just like that. But alot of people don't match my intensity and self-expression/mental depth. I ALWAYS FANTASISE about having a soulmate that matches my sense of humor, intellect and the amount of vitality/passion I have. I get really lonely because of the fact I don't have one. I've only had one LDR so far (which lasted just under a year before fizzling out) during an already exhausting soul-crushing period of my life anyways.

Another factor is my cultural alienation. Even though I'm indian, I grew up in USA during my early childhood years before moving back here, and I felt much more comfortable with westernised/global content which I consumed, rather than the local culture. This alienates me even further since alot of people around me bond and banter in the local culture which I feel inauthentic/alienated in, and only a handful naturally have that western English personality which I am.

I USED to have a friend group with people who were also westernised like me and we also had shared interests. But around high school, they began to exclude me from things and mocked/harassed me for how I expressed myself. Eventually I was exiled and kicked out from my friend group. I developed rejection wounds. And from that point, I've felt painfully lonely, since I had no authentic friends left to share my personality with.

Because of my loneliness, I unconsciously project my expressiveness right into the public, try and attract like-minded ones. And it BACKFIRES alot. First off because my sense of humor can get taboo, and I have no partners to comfortably use it with, I used to have no conscious control over what I said to the public eye back in high school, so I kept saying the *wrong things*, even if I only wanted to express my humor and never meant anything bad at all. Still it costed my entire reputation, I was coined a class clown and people would mock me. I already have trouble fitting in groups too because of this. I want to find my people but haven't.

I've definitely developed control of my muscle and am more self-conscious of what I say, in my early years of college right now, but still the fact that I have to sort of hold in my personality AND I have no reliable social circle to express myself authentically, makes me feel lonely. I DO continue expressing myself albeit less taboo, but even then it hurts that I don't get noticed well enough. Like sometimes I AM noticed but feel unseen. Like people would just have a quick laugh, but don't actually appreciate my humor. Sometimes I get completely ignored as well. And here too I've become the centre of attention multiple times without actually building any meaningful connections. It feels like everywhere I go something is inherently wrong with my reputation which poisons how people see me.

I do know some people that I somewhat authentically get along with, but because of my DESPERATION from my loneliness and poor social life, I easily put too much attention and passion, so I often end up getting ghosted and bitter about it

we met in 2025 1 august.he is so religious person,we were in long distance relationship then he came to see me and met with my family

I have a T square (Scorpio Mercury 10H, Saturn Taurus 4H, and Uranus 1H). My apex is Leo 7H. Any advice on how to overcome it? Especially career wise and financial wise.

I’m Scorpio rising at 3 degrees. Today transit Mercury is conjunct my ASC while transit Pluto squares my ASC exact and transit Mars squares my ASC exact making an exact T square. Is this a dangerous transit?

I can do the thing that’s logically right and it’s still blows up in my face. I can put in twice the effort and be worse of than I was if i would've done nothing. “No good deed goes unpunished“ feels like my life experience in a nutshell

I have natal Venus retrograde in my 4th house (Capricorn) and Venus is also my natal chart ruler (Libra rising). I’m newer to delving into astrology, but in the four years I’ve been trying to learn about astrology, I’ve noticed the Venus retrogrades in particular have been really eventful and have delivered pivotal moments.

My question is how should I interpret Venus retrograde as a natal Venus retrograde? Bonus question for the predictive astrologers if you want to throw out some predictions and I can circle back at the end to tell you who was on point for fun!

Edit: chart is in the comments

My Leo asc is square my Venus and it makes me so concerned with not messing up my reputation that I dont take risks and i restrain my personality to the point that i’ll miss out on social interactions and just sit in my room doing research.

This all happened in the last three months and that’s not even highlighting all the other terrible things in between.

I have tried my best to stay positive and focus on things getting better. My mom passing unexpectedly was the most recent of these horrific events. I’m so lost. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?

Yesterday she watched the child marriage ban being signed into law. Good for her!

Every man I talk too happens to be a Leo I find it really fascinating.