Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky split: An astrologer explains

Gemini novelist Joyce Carol Oates writes, “In love there are two things– bodies and words.”

As of late, Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky have inspired a deluge of the latter.

Hot on the heels (or hooves) of a super buck moon in Capricorn, the long time couple announced their separation via a joint Instagram statement.

The reality star and the real estate tycoon are allegedly still living together amicably in their shared home as they navigate the shifting state of their relationship.

The two have spent an incredible 27 years together, half of them under the scathing scrutiny of the public eye. Through myriad cheating rumors and other hints at fracture, Richards and Umansky have maintained a united front and a rock steady union.

Most recently the two, ironically or not, celebrated Independence Day together in Colorado.

The duo tied the knot in January 1996 and share daughters Alexia, 27, Sophia, 23, and Portia, 15. Richards also has a 34-year-old daughter, Farrah Brittany, from her first marriage to Guraish Aldjufrie.

The revelation of the separation brought to mind the memory of a certain red headed, e-cig sucking psychic in season 1 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills who curtly informed Richards that her husband would never be able to emotionally fulfill her and once their children were grown they would have nothing in common and that she should keep the door open for women.

Rude on the delivery, sis but possibly accurate in the intel?

Read on to learn more about the stars that bind Richards and Umansky.

Cardinal power couple

Born January 11, 1969, Kyle Richards is a get paid and get laid Capricorn sun with an aesthetics as religion Libra moon and a ‘look at me’ Leo rising.

Her man Mauricio Umansky was born June 25, 1970 making him double water with a compassionate Cancer sun and an escape is my love language, empathy is my lube Pisces moon.

Capricorn and Cancer are zodiac polarities, meaning they sit opposite one another on the zodiac wheel. As the adage maintains, opposites attract and in the case of these two signs they truly compliment one another and together form a dynamic, fortifying whole.

In terms of archetypes, Cancer is the great cosmic, moon synced mother and Capricorn is the stern, take your time and do it right, daddy of the zodiac and when their powers combine you get a parental pairing for the ages.

That Umanksy’s sign is associated with the maternal and Richards’s with the paternal helps subvert norms and strengthen this dynamic.

Both of these cardinal signs are concerned with security and investment but their approaches are markedly different. For Capricorn the investment is time and for Cancer it is emotion.

Capricorn rules the tenth house of career, worldly success and public image and fittingly, Richards has been a working actress since the tender age of 5. Cancer rules the home and apropos of this, Umansky has amassed his fortune in real estate.

Cancers and Caps like Umansky and Richards make for an excellent build the dream, expand the empire kind of pairing.

Cancer keeps the home fires burning and the crusts cut off the peanut butter sandwiches and Capricorn makes sure there’s money coming in and status rolling out.

In terms of elements, water like Umansky nourishes, softens and vitalizes earth like Richards and in turn, earth lends water form and purpose, a dirt directive if you will.

With these two there’s a shared sense of tradition and a dedication to prioritizing the foundation of family over all things.

Neither Cancer not Capricorn surrenders easily which serves to explain reports that Richards and Umansky have been separated for some time but remain under one roof. The deep investment/serious commitment quality of these cardinal signs serves to explain the consistent ride or die energy of this couple.

They are both fiercely protective of what they have built and weathered together, emotionally and monetarily and we’re unlikely to hear either of them utter a disparaging word about the other or their union.

It does not surprise me that a Cancer and a Cap would continue to cohabitate together even after ending their romantic relationship as Cancer holds on for dear life to what is dear to them (it tracks that our man is still wearing his ring amidst his marital woes) and Caps likes to maintain a sense of security and a secured perimeter in the face of emotional strain.

With all this good juju what went wrong? These two were clearly drawn to each other for the purpose of building but perhaps as they sit atop the pinnacle it is time to reevaluate where they stand with each other and what direction to go from here.

It’s interesting to note that Richards’s life is positively awash in water signs. In addition to her Cancer spouse, her bestie Faye Resnick is a crab as are RHOBH cast mates past and present, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp, Lisa Rinna and Erika Jayne.

Richards’s roll dog Bethenny Frankel and eldest daughter Farrah Brittany Aldjufrie are both Scorpios and her youngest daughter Portia Umansky and half sister Kathy Hilton are both Pisceans.

Indicators of long term love

In terms of beneficial aspects, Mauricio’s Jupiter sits pretty on Kyle’s moon in Libra indicating there’s an inner child vibe between them, an emphasis on being kids together as they raise the ones they’ve brought into the world.

Umanksy’s Venus in Leo is conjunct Richards’s ascendant, meaning the way he shows and receives love helps her move through the world like a big cat with the cream at home and the confidence to get what she wants. She wants to shine and his love is, or has been, a candy anchor.

We see this expressed in the way Umansky has ceaselessly had his wife’s back in her many frays with both friends and family. The combination of these excellent aspects and the cardinal commonality between them leads me to believe reconciliation and a recommitment ceremony are not out of the question or off the table for these two.

The moon made me do it

Full moons always mark a point of culmination, the completion of a cycle and the shedding of skin.

This is true for all of us under the sun and among the zodiac wheel but because the full moon that took place the day the couple announced their split was on the Capricorn/Cancer axis, it had specific and acute impact on both Richards and Umansky.

Richards’s twelfth house is ruled by Cancer, and this house deals in endings, ghosts, escape and emotional severances!!!!

Further, Cancer season, with its ties to the past and to the roots that both stabilize and stagnate, is always and ever an invitation to reexamine our familial dynamics and determine what is and isn’t feeding our growth and stoking our sense of wonder.

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A Sagittarius suitress?

For months, spectators have been speculating that Richards is romantically involved with country singer Morgan Wade and that their relationship was a factor in her split from Umansky.

In February 2022, Richards posted a ladies luncheon pic of her with a group that included Wade to her Instagram account with the caption, “I stalked @morganwademusic on IG after listening to her music while driving solo from Utah to Colorado while making #housewivesofthenorthpole & today we met up in person for the 1st time.

The most unlikely of friendships some may think but kinship knows no boundaries.” Just how boundless said kinship has become is a matter of world wide web debate.

The two have since cropped up on one another’s social media feeds, sporting matching rings and heart tats. The internet was quick to point out that in addition to following Wade’s lead and getting sober since the met, Richards has opted for a much more leather heavy, rock n’ roll, Wade-inspired aesthetic as of late.

“Shahs of Sunset” alum Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi speculated that Richards’s recent slim down and glow up is evidence of new love with Wade. Wade was previously linked to Kady Cannon who wished her ex well amid news of Wade’s alleged new romance with Richards. In their joint statement, Richards and Umansky vehemently denied a third party was involved in their decision to separate.

In terms of astrology it’s important to note that Wade is a Sagittarius sun with a Pisces moon, the same lunar placement as Umansky.

Interestingly, Wade’s Venus, planet of love and attraction, is closely conjunct Richards’s Mars, planet of sex and aggression in the secret loving sign of Scorpio.

This aspect suggests a real primal attraction between the two and a deep, immediate connection. It comes on strong and sudden and can feel jarring to outsiders and absolutely irrefutable to the two of them.

This is some hot s–t folks and however that energy manifests, physical or otherwise, friendship or body merging, it will prove to be a meaningful, soul baring and wholly transformational relationship for both parties.

Since I have an eighth house Mars I went digging for lyrical evidence of this alleged love affair. In her 2023 song “Psychopath,” Wade imagines a lover giving her eulogy and waxes/wonders, “One day I’ll return to dust/Was there life before there was us?” Sounds like a goth hearted, fated Scorpio conjunction to me folks.

Add to the mix that Wade is on the cusp/precipice of her life altering, level upping, death of the former and birth of the future Saturn return.

Her relationship with Richards, whatever form it takes, and whatever pushback it generates, could be the catalyst for her evolution into full fledged adulthood.

Kicking it back to Kyle and Mauricio, in the words of Scorpio sage Bethenny Frankel, “Kyle and Mauricio have been together three decades.

They have had a remarkable relationship, a partnership, a family…I’m Team Kyle and Mauricio together, apart and happy or whatever they choose to do.”

Same here, BF, whether they take this next step together or apart, or with other people we wish all parties unadulterated joy and fulfillment of ever kind.

Astrology 101: Your guide to the stars

Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports back on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. She is also an accomplished writer who has profiled a variety of artists and performers, as well as extensively chronicled her experiences while traveling.