The New Moon on April 7 is aligned with Uranus in Aries and animates the creative field within, inciting feelings and visions of the extraordinary life we wish to manifest. This is the first lunar cycle to follow the deep dark purging and regeneration of the previous lunar month that began with an incredibly … Continue reading New Moon & Uranus in Aries
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Mars Retrograde 2016
Mars Retrograde in Sagittarius & Scorpio The Mars retrograde that begins April 17 at 8°54' Sagittarius and ends June 29 at 23°4' Scorpio promises to generate intense, life altering events. Mars retrograde periods correspond symbolically with extreme inner heat that amplifies the potential for complete transformation of life circumstances, and this particular Mars retrograde coincides … Continue reading Mars Retrograde 2016
Libra Lunar Eclipse 2016
Lunar Eclipse in Libra Riding the dragon of the Libra Lunar Eclipse is Lady Justice, wielding her sword that cuts through inequities, imbalances, deceptions, and disempowerment. The Full Moon Eclipse on 23 March 2016 illuminates the release and initiation of the Total Solar Eclipse that began this lunar cycle, and in the peeling away of … Continue reading Libra Lunar Eclipse 2016
Venus in Pisces
Exaltation of Venus Venus ingresses into Pisces on 12 March 2016, the sign of her exaltation. The origins of the exaltation system are cloaked in mystery, with some believing they predate the rulership schemes of Hellenistic Astrology from the period of ancient Babylonian Astrology. A planet in its exaltation is able to purely express its … Continue reading Venus in Pisces
Pisces Solar Eclipse 2016
O you tender ones, step now and then into the breath that takes no heed of you: it will part as it brushes your cheeks and 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 … Continue reading Pisces Solar Eclipse 2016
Eclipses and the U.S. Presidential election of 2016
The political race for the Presidency of the United States of America in 2016 has shocked many for how much success Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders have had so far given their polarizing political views. Typically, candidates for the U.S. Presidency are conservatively centrist, yet suddenly a Republican candidate with Nationalist … Continue reading Eclipses and the U.S. Presidential election of 2016
Full Moon in Virgo
The Full Moon in Virgo on February 22 illuminates the polarity of Pisces and Virgo, a meaning synthesized in the image of a woman fully present in the moment, in touch with her soul and body, filled with the spirit of surrounding nature. Virgo is the inwardly directed home of Mercury, the exaltation of Mercury … Continue reading Full Moon in Virgo
New Moon in Aquarius
Aquarius New Moon The New Moon in Aquarius on February 8, 2016 ushers in the Year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese culture, and similarly holds an array of aspects facilitating bursting forth with new endeavors. Mercury remains in its retrograde shadow zone, yet has separated from triggering the Pluto and Uranus square. Venus is … Continue reading New Moon in Aquarius
Full Moon in Leo
The Full Moon in Leo on January 23, 2016 illuminates the meaning we have received from Mercury retrograde in Capricorn and Aquarius, as Mercury will be stationing while conjoining Pluto. This further means that Mercury retrograde is stationing in range of a square with Uranus in Aries, and so there is something to unearth that … Continue reading Full Moon in Leo
New Moon in Capricorn
New Moon in Capricorn The New Moon in Capricorn on January 9, 2016 is fecund with the dark matter of Saturn. Capricorn is an inwardly directed sign of initiating in the multitudinous manifestations of the earth element, the home of Saturn and its significations of structure, boundaries, determination, and transcendence. This particular Capricorn New Moon … Continue reading New Moon in Capricorn
Mercury Retrograde in Saturn’s Home
Hermes I call, whom Fate decrees to dwell in the dire path which leads to deepest hell O Bacchic Hermes, progeny divine of Dionysius, parent of the vine, And of celestial Aphrodite Paphian queen, dark eye-lash'd Goddess of a lovely mien: Who constant wand'rest thro' the sacred feats where hell's dread empress, Persephone, retreats; To … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Saturn’s Home
Full Moon in Cancer
Cancer Full Moon The Full Moon in Cancer on December 25, 2015 occurs on the same day that Uranus in Aries stations direct. It is also the Full Moon that falls equidistant between Lunar Eclipses, in square to both: the total Lunar Eclipse in Aries at 4°38' that happened September 28, 2015 and the annular … Continue reading Full Moon in Cancer
Capricorn Solstice 2015
SOLSTICE Merry Solstice to one and all. The Solstice in the sign of Capricorn on December 21 or December 22 (depending upon your time zone) supports fine tuning the forms we have been developing and launching forward with our work into a dramatic year of change. For those living in the Southern Hemisphere of our … Continue reading Capricorn Solstice 2015
Sagittarius New Moon
New Moon in Sagittarius The New Moon in Sagittarius on December 11, 2015 follows a catalytic Full Moon in Gemini that culminated along with an exact square between Saturn in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces. The polarity from Gemini to Sagittarius is about synthesizing diverse Mercurial explorations into a unified vision befitting our home for … Continue reading Sagittarius New Moon
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