The Astrology of Becoming a Parent
As we’ve been incubating Lora, our head of astrology, Michelle Grodnick, has been incubating another exciting creation: her first child! Michelle became pregnant right around the time she started working with Lora, and it’s incredible to see how all creations gestate: whether…
By the Lora Team — August 18, 2026 — 6 min read
As we’ve been incubating Lora, our head of astrology, Michelle Grodnick, has been incubating another exciting creation: her first child! Michelle became pregnant right around the time she started working with Lora, and it’s incredible to see how all creations gestate: whether it’s a literal child, a creative project, or a revolutionary product. What’s cute about Lora and Michelle’s baby is that they’re both due in September 2026! I wonder if they’ll have the same birth chart…
The Astrology of Becoming a Parent
As I am entering the newborn portal and beginning my maternity leave, I wanted to share some of my discoveries about astrology throughout my pregnancy. There are specific astrological elements that relate to parenthood and children, and it’s been interesting to live the transits in real time as it relates to becoming a parent myself.
Astrology placements that associate with parenthood, children, & family:
The Moon
The Moon is the Mother archetype, ruling things like how you nurture, how you were nurtured, how you were as a child, and what your primary caretaker was like. When the Moon transits specific parts of your chart, themes of nurture, care, deeper emotions, and parenting can become more prominent in that arena.
4th House
The 4th House in your birth chart represents your home, family, and ancestry. Planets in your birth chart in the 4th House can tell you a lot about your upbringing and family life when you were growing up. When a planet transits your 4th House, we see an added focus on family and your home.
5th House
The 5th House in your birth chart represents children, creative projects, hobbies, pleasure, and romance. For our purposes, we’ll focus on the children + creative aspect: in the 5th House, you are creating something, whether it is a physical child or creative project. When a planet transits your 5th House, we see an added focus on children and creation.
Ascendant
The ascendant (you may know this as your rising sign) rules your identity. So when planets transit your ascendant, we see shifts in your identity. Becoming a parent is obviously a massive change in identity and how you are perceived.
Midheaven
The midheaven is the start of the 10th House, and it rules your purpose, career, and what you give to the world. When planets transit your midheaven, we see shifts in your purpose. Becoming a parent changes your role in the world, and your general life purpose will shift.
The chart when I felt ready to become a parent:
I always knew I wanted to be a mom, but I wasn’t in a rush to make it happen. I knew it would happen for me eventually (I have several planets in the 4th house, and my natal Moon is on the Midheaven), but it wasn’t until this moment that I actually felt ready.
Of course “ready” means something different to everyone– for me, it wasn’t anything around money, career, or physical things. It was just a mindset shift. I felt like I opened up to whatever would happen once I embarked on the journey to parenthood. As a Capricorn stellium + Virgo rising, I love planning & controlling outcomes, so my feeling of “ready” had to do with surrender and a sense of calm. What “ready” is for you is totally unique to you.
If you want to discover this for yourself, I’d look at your prominent placements like your rising sign, moon sign, and any major planetary aspects like a stellium, opposition, or square. What you’re looking for is to balance this astrology in some way. For example, if you have a ton of water placements, maybe what you need is more grounding, stability, and the physical stuff. For me, it was the opposite with all my earth placements.
The chart of this moment was a Full Moon in Gemini, exactly on my Natal Moon placement! You can see here the Moon is at 13 degrees of Gemini and the Sun is at 13 degrees of Sagittarius. This Full Moon was also conjunct my Midheaven, and the Sun was conjunct my 4th house cusp (also called the IC). Purpose, family, and motherhood were all illuminated in this moment. It’s also interesting that this moment felt like a mindset shift for me, as Gemini is ruled by Mercury, which represents the mind + thought processing.
The chart when I found out I was pregnant:
This is obviously a very sensitive topic, and I want to stress that I did not use astrology to predict when I would actually become pregnant. Don’t drive yourself crazy– remember, the moon moves through the entire chart over the course of a month, so there are moments that are astrologically significant for parenthood that occur every single month.
For me, I knew this week would be significant for me regardless of my motherhood journey. It was a Mars Cazimi in Capricorn (Mars was in the heart of the sun), and I have that placement in my own Natal Chart. Repeat transits like that are something to look out for to know when something significant might happen. I thought maybe something big would happen with work or just something exciting in general. Venus was also Cazimi at the same time, so I just felt like it would be great energy. Looking back, it makes so much sense that this was the moment I found out I was pregnant:
You see the Mars + Venus Cazimi in Capricorn in my 4th house of family (also very close to my 5th house cusp) down at the bottom of the chart. Additionally, this day was also a Virgo Moon, which is my ascendant sign. So this one was a combination of the repeat Natal transit, 4th house/5th house emphasis, and Moon transiting my ascendant. It was a big moment!!
You’ll notice that throughout this whole time period, the Lunar Nodes were hovering around my ascendant + descendant axis. When the nodes hover around the astrology placements associated with parenthood, that is a major moment to watch out for too!
The chart around my due date:
Of course we have NO idea when this baby will actually be born, and as much as I’d like to predict it based on astrology, I’m really trying not to drive myself crazy. I will say that astrology is absolutely genetic, so there will certainly be strong astrology connections to both mine and my husband’s chart when she does decide to be born.
But what was amazing to see is the New Moon that is happening the week of my due date– it’s at 18 degrees of Virgo, exactly on my ascendant:
You see the Sun and the Moon sitting exactly on my ascendant above. A New Moon is a new beginning, and on my ascendant, it’s a new beginning for my identity as a parent. Whether or not she’s born on this day, this New Moon will certainly ring in the moment where it’s all getting very real!!
Overall, when it comes to parenthood, I love to use astrology as a tool for deeper self-discovery and less for prediction. Fertility, birth, pregnancy, and parenthood are extremely sensitive topics that can induce a ton of anxiety. For me, where astrology is best suited is for getting us through the tough moments, not to remove uncertainty but to more deeply understand ourselves in the moments we’re experiencing.