Story Cycles: A Course in Secondary Progressions I'm excited to announce a six week course on secondary progressions beginning on November 7 and running through December 12, 2020. Secondary progressions are known as one of the most important cycles of personal development in astrology, especially in terms of exploring the trajectory of our life narrative … Continue reading Secondary Progressions Course
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Mars Retrograde in Aries
"Cruelty has a Human Heart, / And jealousy a Human Face; / Terror the Human Form Divine, / And Secrecy the Human Dress. / The Human Dress is forged Iron, / The Human Form a fiery Forge, / The Human Face a Furnace seal'd, / The Human Heart its hungry Gorge." -- William Blake, "A … Continue reading Mars Retrograde in Aries
Full Moon in Pisces
O you tender ones, step now and theninto the breath that takes no heed of you:it will part as it brushes your cheeksand then tremble behind you, united again. O you who are blissful, you who are whole,you who seem the beginnings of hearts.Bows for arrows and arrows’ aim, through tearsyour smile will glow more … Continue reading Full Moon in Pisces
Leo New Moon & Mercury
New Moon in Leo There is an indomitable spirit in each of us. An enlivening inner fire sourced from the stars, received within the depths of our heart whenever its radiance lights us up with presence and purpose. All of us in any moment can drop attachment to linear time and enter into timeless communion … Continue reading Leo New Moon & Mercury
2020 Astrology Recap & Forecast: Energetic Principles Podcast
I am pleased to share a recent conversation I had with Melissa LaFara on her Energetic Principles Podcast you can listen to here:https://soundcloud.com/energeticprinciples/ep-podcast-97-w-special-guest-gray-crawford-astro-recap-halfway-through-2020I previously talked to Mel in December 2019 in a forecast episode about the entire year of 2020. Mel invited me back to discuss what we predicted in comparison to what actually happened, … Continue reading 2020 Astrology Recap & Forecast: Energetic Principles Podcast
Full Moon in Aquarius
Full Moon in Aquarius The Full Moon in Aquarius on August 3 illuminates the torch of the reclusive seer, the fire at the core of the hermit's lantern, and messages received from those that have strayed far off the mainstream path. The airy and humanitarian sign of Aquarius will provide a remote space for the … Continue reading Full Moon in Aquarius
New Moon in Cancer: Cronus and the Comet
Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that a spring was breaking out in my heart. I said: Along which secret aqueduct, Oh water, are you coming to me, water of a new life that I have never drunk? Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt—marvelous error!— that I had a beehive … Continue reading New Moon in Cancer: Cronus and the Comet
Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn
I will wail and howl. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like a jackal and wail like an owl. — Micah 1:8 as translated in Catafalque by Peter Kingsley Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn Under shadows obfuscating our lunar light, through the howling of wolves in wilderness and a cacophony of crows cawing … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse in Capricorn
Planetary Nodes of Jupiter, Saturn, & Pluto on The Basement Astrologers Podcast
The Basement Astrologers Podcast: Planetary Nodes of Jupiter, Saturn, & Pluto I had the pleasure of recently appearing on The Basement Astrologers Podcast with Kipp Dubow, an astrologer who lives not too far from me along the Salish Sea in Tacoma, Washington. We talked about the meaning of the planetary nodes by way of first … Continue reading Planetary Nodes of Jupiter, Saturn, & Pluto on The Basement Astrologers Podcast
Cancer Solstice Eclipse
Solar Eclipse in Cancer The Annular Solar Eclipse on June 21 will emit a thin golden ring of light around a pulsating black center. For those who can view the eclipse in daylight hours, the supremacy of the radiant sun will be overcome by the darkness of night, the blackness that gives birth and through … Continue reading Cancer Solstice Eclipse
Mercury Retrograde in Cancer
Mercury Retrograde in Cancer Mercury shifts retrograde at least three times a year, yet some are positioned at more pivotally important times than others. Mercury will station retrograde at 14º45' Cancer on the night of June 17 in Pacific standard time, only a few days before the Moon will eclipse the Sun on the solstice. It is … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Cancer
Pallas Athena, Jupiter, & Pluto on the Kosmic Tonic Podcast
Pallas Athena & the Jupiter Pluto Conjunctions I was recently interviewed on the Kosmic Tonic Podcast about the meaning of the asteroid Pallas Athena conjoining Jupiter and Pluto during all three times that Jupiter and Pluto unite together in 2020. I met Eliza and Jasmine at UAC (United Astrology Conference) in 2018 and Kestrel at … Continue reading Pallas Athena, Jupiter, & Pluto on the Kosmic Tonic Podcast
Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius
Take up the blood from the grass, sun. Take it up. These people do not thirst for it. Take up the insect children that play in the grass, sun. Take them away. These people are sick of them. Take down the long slender reeds, sun. Cut them down. These people cannot make flutes any longer. … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius
New Moon in Gemini
New Moon in Gemini The New Moon in Gemini on May 22, 2020 heralds a lunar cycle that will require the cunning skills of Mercury, the ability to consider many perspectives while navigating twists and turns in events and keeping an open mind regarding necessary changes in direction. Gemini delights in the discovery of new … Continue reading New Moon in Gemini