Saturn stations retrograde in Sagittarius on March 14, 2015 at 4°56' 7th and final first quarter square between Pluto and Uranus on March 17, 2015 Mercury conjunct Neptune in Pisces on March 18, 2015 at 8°1' Solar Eclipse in Pisces at 29°27' on March 20, 2015 Aries Equinox on March 20 happens thirteen hours after … Continue reading Solar Eclipse Equinox
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Guiding Stars Radio: Dark Moon before a Solar Eclipse Equinox
On Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at 10:00 am Pacific Standard Time, I will be appearing on Kristin Fontana's Guiding Stars radio show. Click below for a link to her website (featuring an excellent weekly astrological starcast for each sign) and a link that will take you to the radio show as well as to an archived … Continue reading Guiding Stars Radio: Dark Moon before a Solar Eclipse Equinox
Tending the Fire of the Virgo Full Moon
The Full Moon on March 5 glows radiant in the sign of the winged Virgin, and her presence can help us tend the fiery trine between Jupiter retrograde in Leo and the new conjunction between Venus and Uranus in Aries. What's more, the flames of the exact trine between Jupiter, Venus and Uranus are further … Continue reading Tending the Fire of the Virgo Full Moon
Bound in Pisces: Psyche and Eros, Venus and Mars
In February 2015 the asteroids Psyche (#16) and Eros (#433) will be conjunct Venus and Mars. From February 6 through February 20, 2015, Psyche and Eros will be conjunct Venus and Mars in Pisces. February 17, 2015: Psyche and Eros are conjunct at 23 degrees of Pisces. Venus will be at 26° Pisces and Mars … Continue reading Bound in Pisces: Psyche and Eros, Venus and Mars
Leo Full Moon
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits -- John Keats, Endymion Today's Full Moon in Leo arrives at the time of Imbolc, the pagan holy day marking the … Continue reading Leo Full Moon
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury retrograde is an inner alteration that comes to us three times a year, and our first of 2015 that begins on January 21, 2015 in Aquarius initiates a year of Mercury retrograde phases in each of the three Air signs of reflection, thoughts, and ideas. Being afraid of Mercury retrograde is like being afraid … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Saturn in Sagittarius
Saturn in Sagittarius On December 23, 2014 following a Solstice New Moon, the demanding task-master Saturn entered the shifting, fiery, and focused sign of Sagittarius. This new transit of Saturn in Sagittarius has resonance with the Solstice, as Saturn will not leave Sagittarius for good until the Capricorn Solstice of 2017. Saturn holds together the … Continue reading Saturn in Sagittarius
The Guilt of Prometheus and Pandora’s Gifts
I invite you to read this beautiful exploration of the Prometheus myth and its archetypal impact on our collective experience and personal individuation within the collective. As she often does, Monika in her "Symbol Reader" writing here encapsulates the feeling of the current astrological climate without explicitly stating that she has done so. To me, … Continue reading The Guilt of Prometheus and Pandora’s Gifts
Cancer Full Moon
To feel. To feel deeply. To feel into the moment wholly, opening fully, being present through unclenching and unclasping without distraction, without our habits of dissociation and ingrained emotional reactions. To unlock our essence in defiance of the surrounding consensus values, beyond the inner conditioning we have clung to from childhood and pivotal peaks like … Continue reading Cancer Full Moon
Rebirthing the Matrix
Jupiter station retrograde in Leo (23°) on December 8, 2014 Mercury conjunct Sun in Sagittarius (17°) on December 8, 2014 Venus ingress into Capricorn on December 10, 2014 Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn on December 14, 2014 Mercury ingress into Capricorn on December 16, 2014 Venus conjunct Pluto in Capricorn and square Uranus … Continue reading Rebirthing the Matrix
Guiding Stars Radio: Gemini Full Moon
I will be on Kristin Fontana's "Guiding Stars Internet Radio" show on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 10 am Pacific Standard Time. We will be discussing the upcoming Full Moon in Gemini as well as the upcoming ingress of Mars into Aquarius through the lens of Evolutionary Astrology as taught by Jeff Green. You can … Continue reading Guiding Stars Radio: Gemini Full Moon
Neptune stations in Pisces
The image above from Andrzej Wajda's Ashes and Diamonds centers around a moment of epiphany, an opening of consciousness resonant with the dissolving of personal structures that can occur when Neptune stations direct as it has now at five degrees of Pisces. People love to write about the Age of Aquarius, but Neptune stationing direct is … Continue reading Neptune stations in Pisces
Taurus Full Moon
We say it is human nature to be attached, thinking of the bond between the mother and the child she births, the parents who focus on nurturing the development of the human being birthed into the world through their merging. Yet although attachment and connectivity is a primal urge of humanity, there are many people … Continue reading Taurus Full Moon
Mystery of Stillness
n OthI n g can s urPas s the m y SteR y of s tiLnes s -- e.e. cummings In the last few days our Moon has eclipsed Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and Saturn in order. Writing in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, I am looking through a window upon … Continue reading Mystery of Stillness