Sun in Leo· Waxing crescent· Mercury direct· Venus in Libra· Mars in Cancer· Jupiter in Taurus· Saturn in Pisces· 40° 42′ N · 74° 00′ W·
N° 001 · The Opening Chart For grown love

A cosmology of grown love.

Purple·me is a small journal on astrology and relationships. Not fortune-telling — a symbolic language for the tender, unruly work of loving another adult with all your history intact.

Today
Loading
Local sky, approximate
The Sun is in
The season's tone
The Moon
Follow her rhythm.
Venus & Mars
The Opening Essay · No. I
A dark starfield with delicate gold constellation lines forming a graceful ecliptic pattern
Essay N° 001 · 14 min read · Nadia Solberg

Your Mercury retrograde is not the problem.

Three times a year, we blame a planet for what we always meant to say. A small argument for astrology as a mirror — not an excuse — and a much kinder set of tools than the ones on the fridge.

Read the essay

From the journal

See all pieces →
Three vintage tarot cards face-down on deep aubergine velvet, warmly lit by candlelight
Essay N° 002·11 min

The five wounds Venus won't heal for you.

On the difference between being lovable and being loved — and the specific work no chart can outsource.

A vintage star chart on aged cream paper with a brass compass and magnifying glass, lit warmly from the side
Essay N° 003·9 min

How to love a Scorpio without disappearing.

Notes for anyone who has ever been asked, quietly, to become the entire weather system of the relationship.

An antique brass astrolabe on black velvet, dimly lit by a single candle
Essay N° 004·10 min

The 7th house is a mirror. It is also a door.

A short piece on partnership as a mutual assignment — and why the people who unsettle us most may be the correct ones.

The stars incline — they do not compel. What we do with the incline is the whole of the work.

— House motto

On slow astrology

This week
A crescent moon over a still lake, subtle violet aurora on the horizon
Practice·Moon & ritual

Follow the moon, not the trend.

Eight phases, eight small assignments for a relationship — from the tender beginning to the slow release.

An open journal with a hand-drawn moon-phase illustration, brass compass and dried lavender beside it
Field guide·The Houses

The twelve houses, translated to love.

A working glossary — because "the 5th house" should feel less like a stranger and more like a room in your own home.