New Moon in Scorpio Scorpio is known as a place of depths, deep feelings and desire to penetrate through superficial exteriors into the hidden core of matters. Scorpio is also the zodiac sign perhaps most commonly associated with death and rebirth processes, those experiences called regenerative or transformative. Yet Scorpio is also known to resist … Continue reading Scorpio New Moon: Fire from the Depths
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Taurus Full Moon: Uranus and the Rebirth of Venus
Full Moon in Taurus The Full Moon in Taurus on October 24 illuminates our shift toward the depth of the season, and as foliage falls into rebirth during the increasing darkness in the northern hemisphere, so does the Full Moon draw us within internal regeneration to discover the seeds of new life to nurture in … Continue reading Taurus Full Moon: Uranus and the Rebirth of Venus
Libra New Moon: Deepening of Venus Retrograde
Libra New Moon The Libra New Moon on October 8 brings us into the deepening of Fall in the northern hemisphere as the days darken and multicolored leaves descend from branches, and seeds buried under the earth pulsate with the promise of new life. The New Moon is in the home of Venus, and also … Continue reading Libra New Moon: Deepening of Venus Retrograde
NORWAC 2019: Psyche & Eros
Psyche & Eros: the Fall of Venus & Mercury I'm excited to announce I will be speaking at the 2019 Northwest Astrological Conference to be held May 24 - 27, 2019 in Seattle, WA (well, technically at the Southcenter Doubletree Suites). NORWAC always has a welcoming atmosphere and features many fantastic speakers at the 2019 … Continue reading NORWAC 2019: Psyche & Eros
Aries Full Moon: Saturn’s Harvest
Full Moon in Aries The Aries Full Moon occurs two days after the Libra Equinox, the turn toward the deepening darkness of Fall in the northern hemisphere, while the southern hemisphere experiences the fecund flowering of Spring. A time of balance in light and darkness, the Libra Equinox offers the gift of clarity reflecting upon … Continue reading Aries Full Moon: Saturn’s Harvest
New Moon in Virgo
New Moon in Virgo Virgo is a mutable sign of seasonal transition, as in the northern hemisphere we shift from Summer into Fall, while in the southern hemisphere we complete Winter in turn for Spring. The New Moon in Virgo on September 9 similarly serves as a bridge between distinct astrological seasons. Previously, we experienced … Continue reading New Moon in Virgo
Venus Retrograde Webinar
Venus Retrograde: Persephone's Seed Date: Sunday 30 September Time: 2:30 pm, Pacific Standard Time Cost: $25 You're invited to join me for a webinar exploring the upcoming Venus retrograde in Scorpio and Libra that will occur between October 5 and November 16. We will explore the meaning of Venus retrograde in general … Continue reading Venus Retrograde Webinar
Communion of Venus & Spica
Venus conjunct Spica 104 A Evening, / you gather back / all that dazzling dawn has put asunder: / you gather a lamb / gather a kid / gather a child to its mother 104 B of all stars the most beautiful -- Sappho fragments translated by Anne Carson Venus has been glowing in the … Continue reading Communion of Venus & Spica
The Planetary Nodes of Neptune
Nodes of Neptune Those who study and practice astrology are very familiar with the nodes of the Moon, yet across traditions of astrology there are diverse, sometimes conflicting, ways of interpreting and using them. One thing astrologers agree on is that exploring the nodes of the Moon in natal charts and transits unlocks significant information. … Continue reading The Planetary Nodes of Neptune
Full Moon in Pisces: Flow into Fomalhaut
Full Moon in Pisces The Full Moon in Pisces on August 26 illuminates the lunar cycle that began with the partial Solar Eclipse in Leo on August 11, facilitating the finding of one's place within all of the volatile changes that have been stirred up since June by Mars retrograde, Mercury retrograde, and a series … Continue reading Full Moon in Pisces: Flow into Fomalhaut
Partial Solar Eclipse in Leo
Partial Solar Eclipse in Leo On 11 August 2018 we experience a Partial Solar Eclipse in Leo, the final solar eclipse in the series of eclipses in Leo and Aquarius we have been experiencing since 2017. Although it is not a "total" eclipse as we experienced a year ago, meaning that the Moon will not … Continue reading Partial Solar Eclipse in Leo
Daimon: Guiding Star of Soul
Daimon: Guiding Star of Soul September 14 & 15 Santa Fe, New Mexico I'm excited to announce I will be presenting a workshop on the Guardian Daimon along with June Rose Trimbach for the NCGR chapter in Santa Fe, New Mexico on the weekend of September 14 and 15, 2018. For a link to the … Continue reading Daimon: Guiding Star of Soul
Mercury Retrograde in Leo
Mercury Retrograde in Leo Flower-muscle, slowly pulling open / the anemone's vast meadow morning, / until the loud sky's polyphonic light / comes pouring down into its womb, muscle of infinite reception / flexed in the quiet flower star, / sometimes so overwhelmed by fullness / that the sunset's call to rest is scarcely able … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Leo
Total Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius
Blood Red Moon in Aquarius Dissonance (if you are interested) leads to discovery — William Carlos Williams Total Lunar Eclipses are one of the most dramatic visual phenomenons in astrology, as the full light of the Moon becomes enveloped in blood red shadow. Within the space of the shadow's sojourn, we sense the dragons of … Continue reading Total Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius
Gray Crawford 