Opening to the Other: Relationships in Progression I am excited to announce I will be teaching at the Portland School of Astrology in November 2016. If you are in the Portland region I hope to see you there! When: Saturday 12 November 2016 Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 … Continue reading Portland School of Astrology Class
Author: grayastrology
Jupiter in Libra
Jupiter in Libra Jupiter enters Libra on 9 September 2016 where it will remain until 11 October 2017. Since this shift occurs at the same time as the last exact square between Saturn and Neptune, there could very well be extreme tensions in one's life in need of balancing which Jupiter entering the sign of … Continue reading Jupiter in Libra
Virgo Solar Eclipse
Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo The Annular Solar Eclipse in Virgo on 1 September 2016 has ties with the Total Pisces Solar Eclipse that happened earlier in the year on March 8, but is most deeply bound to release into the Pisces Lunar Eclipse which will arrive on September 16. Whereas the Pisces Solar Eclipse … Continue reading Virgo Solar Eclipse
Mercury Retrograde in Virgo
We know where [ Hermes ] comes from and what type of consciousness he exemplifies. He is most likely the same dark depth of being from which we all originate. Perhaps for this reason Hermes can so convincingly hover before us, lead us on our ways, show us golden treasures in everyone through the split-second … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Virgo
Aquarius Full Moon
Full Moon in Aquarius The Full Moon on 18 August 2016 is close to being a visible eclipse, and if you are a reader of astrological literature you have probably seen this lunation noted as an eclipse. Eclipses cannot be more than eighteen degrees away from the transiting lunar nodes, and so the Full Moon … Continue reading Aquarius Full Moon
Perseus and the Perseids
Do you still remember: falling stars, how they leapt slantwise through the sky like horses over suddenly held-out hurdles of our wishes—did we have so many?— for stars, innumerable, leapt everywhere; almost every gaze upward became wedded to the swift hazard of their play, and our heart felt like a single thing beneath that vast … Continue reading Perseus and the Perseids
Leo New Moon
The Leo New Moon on August 2 is as black as all new moons go, but the dark night sky will be bejeweled with more glimmering objects than normal as all five visible planets will be on display following the setting of the Sun. Mercury is more briefly aglow at sunset while Venus sustains her … Continue reading Leo New Moon
Synchrony of Mars and Saturn
L'Enigme by Gustave Dore is a famous representation of profound despair over the destruction wrought by humanity, an apocalyptic atmosphere brought on by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Dore has been said to have been inspired by the Victor Hugo verse, "What a spectacle! Thus dies everything that man creates! A past such as this is … Continue reading Synchrony of Mars and Saturn
Capricorn Full Moon
Full Moon in Capricorn The Full Moon on July 19 being in Capricorn binds the lunation with Saturn. Saturn rewards those who take responsibility for everything occurring and honors those who are accountable. Saturn calls us to put in work and persevere through dark times, knowing that the suffering of today will become the soil … Continue reading Capricorn Full Moon
Cancer New Moon
New Moon in Cancer Memories envelope the New Moon in Cancer on 4 July 2016, memories which nourish as well as memories which torment with the pang of loss. The Moon is home in Cancer, and the blackness of the New Moon lacking solar light signifies the pure, raw emotions of the lunar realm. The … Continue reading Cancer New Moon
Full Moon Solstice
All colors come from the sun. And it does not have Any particular color, for it contains them all. And the whole Earth is like a poem While the sun above represents the artist. --Czeslaw Milosz Which yet joined not scent to hue, Crown the pale year weak and new; When the night is left … Continue reading Full Moon Solstice
Interview on Mercury & Gemini
I am excited to share an interview I did with astrologer Mary Jo Wevers about the sign of Gemini and its ruler Mercury on her radio show "Astrology: The Theory of Everything." We spend a lot of time speaking about Mercury retrograde, and this show was in fact recorded right before Mercury stationed retrograde in … Continue reading Interview on Mercury & Gemini
The Radical Moisture of Neptune
The tension of the future is unbearable in us. It must break through narrow cracks, it must force new ways. You want to cast off the burden, you want to escape the inescapable. Running away is deception and detour. Shut your eyes so that you do not see the manifold, the outwardly plural, the tearing … Continue reading The Radical Moisture of Neptune
Gemini New Moon
New Moon in Gemini In the darkness of the New Moon on June 4, 2016 there is a pulsating syzygy of creative force, breaking open new vistas amid the falling apart of forms that had previously felt secure. From the dark womb of the Gemini New Moon, the twins who have been communing in watery … Continue reading Gemini New Moon
Gray Crawford 