Pet astrology is fun and works better than you might expect even if you can only find a rough approximation of their sun sign. Pedigree or breeder friends, even better, can proffer, the exact time.
Tashi, small fluffball Lahsa apso, 17 September 2025 8.15pm Aberdeen, has a busy, busy 6th house Virgo Sun and vocal Mercury opposition a not-always practical 12th house Saturn. A flashy and attention-demanding 5th house Leo Moon and Leo Venus give her confidence; and a 4th house Jupiter hints at happy-home-time. Plus a determined, get-my-own-way 10th house Pluto trine a wayward 1st house Uranus may make her tricky to train.
Prior to this 4 kilo squiggle, was a 40 kilo grey Weimaraner, named Turtur (colour like a dove), 5 May 2012 11.30pm Salernes, France. A boisterous Sun Jupiter in Taurus in the entertaining 5th house she insisted on being centre of attention at all times – greeting everyone with rapturous glee and knocking them over, stealing canapes and anything else that was not stored in a locked cupboard. She had an Earth Grand Trine of Sun trine Mars trine Pluto and was all physical vitality demanding endless exercise of 10 kilometres a day at least. And for a breed known at best for what is politely called ‘dominance’, her Mars Pluto could be seriously defiant and strong-minded.
When I moved from France back to England, tr Uranus was conjunct her Sun as she was wrenched away from her beloved vineyards where she could be let off the lead and went snake hunting, non-poisonous there mercifully. Weimaraners were bred to hunt wild boar but they only came out at night in that region and she only met one who got away. In rural England she had to make do with diving into hedges on the end of a lead and coming out with a poor assassinated pheasant.
Before her were two brother felines – Camembert and Roquefort, 14 April 2005 4am Port Vendres, France, whom the vet unkindly dubbed les chats du guttieres – alley cats. They had charming and high vitality 3rd house Sun Venus in Aries though they were very different temperaments – one pushy and the other quieter. Sun Venus trine Pluto with Mars Neptune on the midpoint did give them chutzpah. Sadly when the transiting North Node was conjunct their Pluto and tr Saturn was conjunct their Jupiter, one ran away over a house move and the quieter, sweeter brother died suddenly a few weeks later of a heart attack.
Before that – Sophie, a Maine Coon, 5 July 1994 11.47pm London, was clingy affectionate and not even-tempered – a Cancerian with a Moon Mars in Gemini. She co-habited with a midget rescue tortoiseshell called Peppermint who had to have been Gemini since she never stopped vocalizing and disappeared every night out of the cat flap to go terrorizing the neighbourhood cats.
Back a step on the pet ladder there was an English pointer, exquisitely beautiful but oh so stupid and neurotic, named Dizzy, who was terrified of Slasher (renamed Tom Pom) a stray black cat, bruised and battered who moved in without an invitation and stayed.
First pets were two Jack Russells – one called Demon (not by me) who was anything but demonic in nature, a sweetie, except if you were a rat or a rabbit. Totty bought to keep him company turned out to be a fiend and had to be rehomed.
Pets have a short lifespan compared to human and when they go it is painful. But the consolation is that they have had a good life and it is their time.
“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” Bernard Williams
“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function.” Garrison Keillor
“Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.” Max Eastman
“The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs.” Charles de Gaulle
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” Robert A. Heinlein
“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” Groucho Marx
I only knew one birth date of all my pets, the S. Husky. She had an Aries Sun conjunct Venus. And, she was a pretty girl for sure. But,with all of the Aries, too, it was her way or no way. The cats, I gave all them the 4th of the month that I approximated they were born. There was a Virgo, Libra and Taurus. Funny enough, they all fit w/ their approximate Sun signs. The Virgo Sun liked to talk being Mercury ruled. She never stopped talking. The Libra was def. Venus ruled, pretty calico girl and liked everything pleasant around her, no loud noises or discord or she’d go under the bed. The Taurus boy was a tough little boy. He weathered diabetes for 6 years and other health ailments w/ grit and determination.
I inherited a Golden Retriever, we knew her exact birthday and celebrated it every year. Then I found a rescue dog, a Border Collie/Heeler mix whose birthdate was unknown. Those two were sisters from another mother the rest of their lives. My rescue, she was so cunning. The Golden was smart, whip smart, but the rescue was ‘Straight Outa Compton’. I observed her do something so unusual….
My Golden loved toys and playing fetch. Her adopted sister, the rescue, had zero desire for toys or fetch. But- that rescue did something so…..human like? She would steal the toy while the Golden was playing with it, and she would play ‘Keep Away’ with that toy, that she had ZERO interest in. She would purposely use the toy to playfully antagonize her sister. That was a level of intelligence that never ceased to amaze me.
Beautiful. Great post Marjorie – thanks for sharing your parade of pets
I like the little one who were born at my birthday (9/17). . My little dog supposedly was born on 10/10/2020 . She came from a foster family who got her prudent mom after she was found near a road. She is more friendly to other human and just slightly checking other dogs . Including her brother who lives near by.
My dogs sun is conjunct my Jupiter in Aquarius in the 7th house. Jupiter rules my 6th house of pets. His Venus conjunct Neptune conjuncts my Pisces sun – it was love at first sight for me. And our composite sun/mars/uranus conjunction is conjunct his natal moon in Aquarius. Transit Saturn was passing over that conjunction in Aquarius when I adopted him.
We had a wonderful cat whose Sun was conjunct my husband’s ascendant. She slept on his head and face every night. They absolutely adored each other.
What a fun and adorable post, Marjorie!
If I may, here’s a little dog story that sparked my astrologer eye in 2008. A fan of beagles, I followed along as the lively crowd favorite, Uno, won Best in Show at the Westminster Dog show, the first beagle to ever win the prize. Well, knowing that a certain astrologer, Noel Tyl, referred to an Aries Moon as a Numero Uno Moon, of course I wondered if this Uno (technically K-Run’s Park Me in First) sported such a thing to go along with his big win…and I couldn’t resist trying to find out. I was thrilled when the owner or breeder, can’t remember which one, helpfully responded with Uno’s birth date, March 5, 2005. Yep: Taurus Sun, Aries Moon.
Animal Companions is such a hopeful framing, I love it! An I am also Team Tom Pom … delightful post & love all the pics!
Love your new doggo Marjorie – think they might become the little princess of castle Orr! But my fave is Tom Pom – that cat is gangsta ! Did they calm down once they were renamed?
My cat was an Aries. Bit of a flirt but always came home for dinner. The house basically revolved around him.
Definitely. No he never calmed down. Wrecked the car the one time I took him to the vet and was all teeth and claws when he got there. I never took him back – no vaxxes – and he survived till he was 10. It taught me something about having a battered and abused early life – it never really gets sorted. He tolerated me just about but no one else.
Hi. My younger cat is a Gemini and very chatty and the sweetest cat I’ve met. His sun is opposite my sun.
Thank you Marjorie for posting about your dear animal companions. I grew up with both dogs and cats, plus various other creatures, and never feel quite right without a pet. Current cat was rescued by friends from a hideous illegal breeding/selling operation – kittens sold at three weeks – now closed down. She’s Taurus, with plenty of Aries and Mars conjunct Jupiter. As a mix of (apparently) Turkish Van and Maine Coon, she’s very tall and long, so Mars Jupiter makes a visible appearance. An endless Taurean appetite, very affectionate, and extremely feisty and territorial. Too heavy in the rear end to ever catch birds, but anything on the ground stands little chance of escape!
I like Jean Cocteau’s remark about cats: “I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul”
What an uplifting and delightful post in these trying times! I’m now wondering about the chart of my virtual ‘grandchild’ Ruby , an adorable rescue lurcher, whom I love dearly, and indeed many many doggies before her .