Pelican Dream 1 by Michelle Doucette New Moon in Cancer The zodiacal, living image of Cancer is the watery home of the Moon. A place of deep emotional content where we hold memories of sentimental nostalgia as well as painful wounding; lunar patterning that draws and magnetizes us into resonant relational dynamics. Within the reflection … Continue reading New Moon in Cancer
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Capricorn Full Moon
Agate ring stone (ca. 1st century B.C.–3rd century) Full Moon in Capricorn The Full Moon in Capricorn on June 24 will illuminate the solstice turning point of the year, the time of peak light in the northern hemisphere and peak darkness in the southern hemisphere. Capricorn is zodiacal terrain ruled by the resilient endurance of … Continue reading Capricorn Full Moon
Solar Eclipse in Gemini
Play Shadow by Leonora Carrington "I hazard the explanation that a shock is at once in my case followed by the desire to explain it. I feel that I have had a blow; but it is not, as I thought as a child, simply a blow from an enemy hidden behind the cotton wool of … Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Gemini
Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius
Ultimum Conjunction: Jupiter and the Royal Eagles of Projection (2019) by Marlene Seven Bremner Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius The usual silvery luminescence of the Moon turns blood red during a total lunar eclipse. The thrust of primal change, the disruption of existing stability, the awakening of what had been dormant that pours down from one … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius
New Moon in Taurus
New Moon in Taurus The darkness of the Moon in Taurus has a richness like none other, its subterranean soil serving as a gestating matrix within which desires may take root and receive the inner nourishment needed to emerge vibrantly into the world. The New Moon in Taurus on May 11 holds a pulsating potency … Continue reading New Moon in Taurus
NORWAC 2021
NORWAC 2021 I will be speaking as part of an exemplary gathering of astrologers at the 2021 Northwest Astrological Conference (NORWAC) that will take place from May 27 – 31, 2021. It will be a virtual conference and so there are no travel costs associated and you will be able to watch recordings of all … Continue reading NORWAC 2021
Full Moon in Scorpio
Full Moon in Scorpio The Full Moon in Scorpio on April 26 will uproot and open emotions, sinking senses down into contact with the ceaseless stream of circulating desires within subconscious sources. Since Scorpio penetrates into the roots of desires like no other sign in the zodiac, the Scorpio Full Moon will dig underneath the … Continue reading Full Moon in Scorpio
New Moon in Aries
New Moon in Aries Like the primordial Eros who emerges from dark-winged Night in Orphic cosmology, the potent light of celestial fire that erupts out of the abyss of darkness, the New Moon in Aries on April 11 is bursting with propulsive force. The New Moon in Aries is loaded: it is applying closely to … Continue reading New Moon in Aries
Full Moon in Libra
Full Moon in Libra Once every nineteen months or so, Venus will race into the sacred heart of the Sun with speed. Called a superior conjunction of Venus, this rhythmically regular renewal of Venus occurs when Venus is moving direct on the far side from the Sun from us in orbit. It's more of a … Continue reading Full Moon in Libra
New Moon in Pisces
New Moon in Pisces The New Moon in Pisces on March 13 will serve as an expansive container for imaginal activation and revisioning the way forward. Pisces is a boundless sign of nocturnal water, providing the lunation a moist environment ideal for sinking into embodiment of whatever sense of soulfulness has been stirred up recently. … Continue reading New Moon in Pisces
Full Moon in Virgo
Full Moon in Virgo The Full Moon in Virgo on February 27 serves as a lighthouse guiding us from a period of great volatility and tumultuous rupturing toward a restorative shore. The light of the Sun reflected from the Moon in Virgo will accentuate a sensual attuning to the deep changes underway and emerging processes … Continue reading Full Moon in Virgo
New Moon in Aquarius
New Moon in Aquarius The New Moon in Aquarius on February 11 contains a catalyzing undercurrent that will overflow into external events and experiences in the month ahead. With the Sun and Moon joined by Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn all in the sign of Aquarius together, there will be reshaping and reordering of personal … Continue reading New Moon in Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius Every person is a half-open doorleading to a room for everyone. — from “The Half-Finished Heaven” by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Robert Bly Mercury is a friend to humanity, albeit a tricky guide who enjoys sleight of hand and cunning words that catch us off guard. In astrology, when Mercury pauses … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Full Moon in Leo
Full Moon in Leo Cast the emptiness from your arms into the space we breathe: perhaps the birds will sense the increase of air with more passionate flying. — Rainer Maria Rilke, from the First Elegy of Duino Elegies translated by Edward Snow The fiery Full Moon in Leo on January 28 will set events … Continue reading Full Moon in Leo