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Midlife Cycles

 Astrology for Women in Their 50s

 The Midlife Moment

Navigating your 50s can be tough.
 There’s menopause, the hot flushes, sleepless nights, shifting moods, and the sense that your body is rewriting its own story without asking your permission. You might be feeling waves of fatigue, a lower libido, or a sudden loss of motivation. For many women, it’s not just physical,  it’s emotional too.

Maybe your children have grown and left home, leaving an empty nest, or perhaps you’ve always lived independently, but now that space feels emptier than ever. You find yourself wondering: What’s next? Is this it?

Friends get in touch only when someone you once knew has “shuffled off this mortal coil,” and you start to feel the quiet weight of time. There’s that moment on the bus when someone offers you a seat,  thoughtful, yes, but also a little jarring. Is that how I’m seen now?

You notice the changes in your body and face, the small shifts that remind you of passing years. Maybe you were never too concerned about looks before, but now it feels impossible to ignore. You might even begin to question your value — not only to others, but to yourself.

But here’s the truth: nothing about you is fading. What’s happening is a transformation,  one that astrology beautifully describes as a natural, powerful reorientation of your life.

This loss of self,  this fear of becoming irrelevant,  can feel like a deep wound for many women. But your 50s are not the time to hide or simply “get on with it.” They’re the time to step fully into who you are.

Everything you’ve kept tucked away,  especially from yourself,  is now asking to be seen and embraced. Jung called this the shadow: the parts of us we push aside, deny, or deem unworthy. In midlife, the shadow doesn’t come to punish you; it rises so you can reclaim it, integrate it, and finally be honest about what you want from the years ahead.

This is your time to choose joy, emotional fulfilment, and generosity without resentment or regret. And astrology offers a map for this journey, helping you understand the timing, the cycles, and the invitation behind each change.

Why I Do This Work

With Cancer Rising and both my Sun and Moon in Libra, I’ve always sought to understand myself through relationships, not just romantic ones, but the relationship I have with myself and with life. These placements make me deeply sensitive to the search for balance, belonging, and emotional fulfillment.

Like many women, I’ve wrestled with the shifts of midlife,  and I’ve found that astrology doesn’t just explain what’s happening, it shows us how to move through it with clarity and compassion. That’s why I created Midlife Cycles: to help women see that this chapter isn’t an ending, but a powerful re-alignment with who they really are.

The Turning Points of Your 50s

Astrology shows us that the 50s are filled with transitions designed to help you grow into your next chapter:

  • Healing cycles that bring old patterns to the surface so they can finally be integrated.

  • Reality checks that test your foundations and ask you to reassess what truly matters.

  • Emotional renewals that shift how you nurture and care for yourself.

  • Destiny checkpoints that realign you with your soul’s purpose.

  • The Sacred Threshold of Your Late 50s — when your second Saturn return meets your fifth Jupiter return. Saturn asks you to consolidate your wisdom and own who you’ve become, while Jupiter opens the door to growth and new possibilities. Together, they create a turning point that blends maturity with renewal.

Each cycle has a purpose. Together, they create a map for one of the most transformative decades of your life.

How a Midlife Cycles Reading Can Guide You

In a private 90-minute one-to-one session, we’ll explore:

  • The specific cycles shaping your 50s right now.

  • How these cycles are showing up in your relationships, work, and inner world.

  • Practical ways to work with them, not against them.

You’ll leave with clarity, validation, and a renewed sense of direction — a map that makes sense of your midlife journey.

Walking These Cycles Together

I’m in my mid-fifties myself, and I’m walking these same cycles alongside you. I know how disorienting they can feel — and how profoundly liberating they become when you understand them.

 

Our 50s Are Not a Crisis — They’re a Calling

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