Astron, A- stron, or without light, not bright, concealed, dark. Astrology is a science of darkness, probing through light. Light from the Sun and the stars, from all those luminous bodies that give shape to the sky. Shape that’s not only physical but also symbolic, rich in meaning and concealing myths that are a fundamental bridge between sky and life on Earth, between the conscious and the unconscious, between dreams and words, and between light and dark. Many architectural works, from cromlechs and pyramids to cathedrals, museums and homes, are oriented according to light. “Light” is often defined as a natural architect, a fundamental element for the perception of space, sometimes studied for its functional aspects, and others for its evocative power as a source of warmth, life and image of the divine.
Shining light on 2023, from an astrological point of view, means investigating the planetary positions that characterize it. These include Saturn’s entry into Pisces in March, Jupiter’s passage into Taurus in May and, last but not least, the momentous change of sign for Pluto, which after more than 15 years will move from Capricorn to Aquarius, marking a change of color that will gradually become more evident and affect all aspects of our lives.
“Think of the building as a mass of shadows, then - as in an emptying process - make reservations for the installation that will allow the lights we want.” Peter Zumthor
2023 Horoscope: Aries
That hunch that accompanies the first months of the year is no glare. It seems more like enlightenment and the definition of a new path to take. Very few among you have yet to converse with darkness (born April 18 and 20). For everyone else, 2023 presents itself as an open field that doesn’t welcome the typical proud, hard and lonely battles, but rather awaits to be warmed and nurtured by your warm, free and forward-looking energy — without banging your head against obstacles. Overwhelming energy, which in summer can also turn into fiery, vibrant passion, and is anything but innocent.
2023 Horoscope: Taurus
Winter sweeps away the long square of Saturn that for many of you has been synonymous with sacrifice, waiting, worrying and, in the most virtuous cases, soul-searching. It’s lighter in atmosphere, it’s as gentle as the beam of light coming in through the window without suddenly waking you. Sight is clearer, the heart is safer. From Pluto to Jupiter, there is a slew of planets to support, enrich, sweeten, caress, eroticize, revolutionize, inspire and make the New Year extremely enjoyable. This sky has a light that needs no adjustment, one that will adapt to your moods, including the seemingly more nervous, though not necessarily more worrisome.
2023 Horoscope: Gemini
For those born in May, the best light is the lantern of the alchemists, to be held with one hand while with the other you make your way through the hedges, shrubs and more or less logical entanglements of the self. It’s a light that can lead to truth, to that identity that too often feels fragmented, directionless and therefore stuck. What’s different is the fog that pours into the minds of those born in the third decade, which can be pierced, sure, as long as the headlights work. Summer, or rather the months from June to October, are shaping up to be the most flamboyant, sparkling and engaging — a real breath of fresh air that removes all forms of boredom.
2023 Horoscope: Cancer
It’s no longer the haze of recent days, no longer the darkness of recent years, no longer the darkness of prolonged absences, everything smells of a new dawn. The arc of light on the horizon draws lips you’d like to kiss, but no need to dream, they are there waiting. Waiting for you to regain confidence, to speak those words that have always radiated emotions to the world, for their fragile and powerful sincerity, for their being illuminated directly by the heart, for their color of poetry that paints a smile even on the hardest rock.
2023 Horoscope: Leo
There are those who have tried to put out your light, and have been met with stoic resistance, a battle cry, an invincible fury. There are those who have tried to change its color, to dim it or to make it dark, graying and serious, and in response have been blinded by the living flame that shines even brighter in your eyes. Let nobody attack your lumen, not even that Jupiter who will test your faith, or that Uranus who will want to catch you off guard. Meters may blow, wires may fray, light bulbs may loosen like feelings, ideas may get confused, but your Sun, in its most sincere light, will find a way to become even brighter.
2023 Horoscope: Virgo
Every path to enlightenment involves slow, silent and simple steps. Small daily rituals, gestures and words that are repeated, always the same. You are certainly masters of routine and daily sacrifice, which sometimes loses its meaning and turns into a source of stress or a tool of manic control. Saturn’s opposition, active for those born in August, will serve to rediscover the sense of each habit and eliminate the superfluous. Decidedly different, meanwhile, is the situation for the second and third decade, propelled by the happy winds of Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto, ready to land in new professional and sentimental territories, with sails full of satisfaction.
2023 Horoscope: Libra
The sky on the horizon is clear, very clear. It embraces every shade of blue and isn’t tainted by the white of airplanes. It has the clear light of a clean and light mind, almost totally free of guilt. It has the dark light of a deep soul that has come to terms with its shadowy areas, with the unspeakable and the animalistic. It has the shimmering light of a heart full of hope, or perhaps already of a certainty that has only to take one step, perhaps just before summer, kissed by a magical Venus for moments that will taste of infinity.
2023 Horoscope: Scorpio
You enter the stage when the curtain falls. If it gets dark and the spotlights go out, if the play of lights disorients and leaves your eyesight in the grip of an illusion, if your body grows tired and eyelids droop, there you appear in full form, sharp, powerful, majestic. But what happens if the lights remain on? What happens to your mystery if the truth declares itself at every moment? Where does the thinking shift if the thumb pressing the switch isn’t your own? While those born in the first decade hold the helm with Saturnine wisdom and steadfastness, those born in November prepare to adjust their eyesight, words and actions to the permanent light of a disorienting Sun.
2023 Horoscope: Sagittarius
It would be enough to clearly see yourselves in order to choose, among the thousands of paths you currently travel, the one that lights up in the darkness and leads straight to the emergency exit. Immersed in and sometimes constrained by too much that feeds off your energy, fraying your hair and generating ill-calibrated electrical impulses, the new year presents the inevitable theme of a choice for those born in November and keeps many in the third decade in suspense, in a fog that won’t dissipate. One can take advantage of the summer wind, which will remove a few clouds from the sky, restoring the eyes with a clear perspective and the mind with a clear, sincere and loving vision.
2023 Horoscope: Capricorn
You don’t want to take part in all this generating, accumulating, chasing and wasting. If you do anything it’s out of necessity, not abundance. If you say a word it’s for clarify, not to flood the audience with your ego. If you give a kiss it’s out of passion, not habit. The excellent transits of 2023 protect you from the excessive materialistic detours and keep you connected to the source of light that gives meaning and direction to your actions, increasingly enriched and unhindered by a burgeoning sensibility.
“Modern architecture, abstractly stereometric, destroys all sensitivity for the structure and decomposition...We have created nothingness around things." Carlo Scarpa.
2023 Horoscope: Aquarius
You suddenly appear like a rainbow, you have the colors, the shades, the authority and the smile. No guarantee of permanence, no claim to clarity. Whole, double, you are the drawing of a limit and the symbol is its overcoming, you are the surprise that keeps your head up. Being indifferent is virtually impossible. Few appearances will come in the new year, with Uranus and Jupiter engaging much on the practical/work level and a Venus opposition that would like more indigo in the heart. The winter months work better, with Mars, Jupiter and Saturn ready to foster important alliances.
2023 Horoscope: Pisces
Apart from a few nervous moments, due to the insistent quadrature of Mars, you approach 2023 with great focus and sharp visions of the present and future, both for this and the other worlds you inhabit. For second and third decades, the new year promises major revolutions, personal and professional achievements and accomplishments, and the possibility of following that fatalistic desire for escapism that you often silence with hyper-controlling neuroses. For those born in February, the conjunction of Saturn is a beacon of light on the inside, in the formless shadowy areas that appear as dark masses — powerful black holes of the unconscious with which to openly dialogue.
