New Moon in Libra Darkness surrounds every New Moon, as the Moon withdraws its reflected light to be reseeded by the Sun. With the Moon shrouded in black each month as it approaches its revivifying solar union, we are invited to silently recenter within the mysterious liminality of an old cycle ending while another begins … Continue reading New Moon in Libra
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Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio and Libra
Someday, at the end of the nightmare of knowing,may I emerge singing praise and jubilation to assenting angels.May I strike my heart’s keys clearly, and may none failbecause of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings.May the tears that stream down my facemake me more radiant: may my hidden weepingbloom. How I will cherish you then, you … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio and Libra
NORWAC 2021
NORWAC 2021 I will be speaking as part of an exemplary gathering of astrologers at the 2021 Northwest Astrological Conference that will take place from May 27 - 31, 2021. There is presently an "early bird" discount for registration in effect until November 30, so if you plan to attend it will be most affordable … Continue reading NORWAC 2021
Full Moon in Aries
Full Moon in Aries The Full Moon in Aries on October 1, 2020 will pour a fiery ferment into our lives and stories, inflaming the tension that has been building in the past month. Since the middle of August, Mars and Saturn have been engaged in grinding conflict that has exacerbated impasses, amplified anger, and … Continue reading Full Moon in Aries
New Moon in Virgo
New Moon in Virgo The New Moon in Virgo on September 17 draws a season to a close, initiating us into the final season of 2020. While the heat of Summer transitions into the crisp coolness of Autumn in the northern hemisphere, in the southern hemisphere the lunation demarcates the end of Winter and … Continue reading New Moon in Virgo
Secondary Progressions Course
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
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
Gray Crawford 