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
Author: grayastrology
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
Motion of Soul
The following quotes are taken from a lecture by Robert Hand at the 2014 NORWAC Astrology Conference. On the final night of the conference, 25 May 2014, Robert Hand presented his talk "Toward a Post-Modern Astrology." I was particularly struck by the following excerpts as the philosophy he presented deeply resonated with my own feelings … Continue reading Motion of Soul
Maat in the Heart of Mercury
The Inferior conjunction of Mercury and the Sun on October 16, 2014 is in the sign of Libra and conjunct Venus, evoking Maat through the added atmosphere of the Goddess (Venus) and the Scales (Libra) of Balance, Law, and Justice. In Egyptian mythology, the god Thoth is associated with Mercury, and Maat is the goddess … Continue reading Maat in the Heart of Mercury
Passionate Longing for Dialogue (1): Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
This is a new project I am working on in collaboration with Monika of the Symbol Reader blog discussing works of art and their archetypal impact. Here we discuss Haruki Murakami and his "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage." We do have some astrology references in here, such as that the main character … Continue reading Passionate Longing for Dialogue (1): Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight
"I go along dreaming roads of the twilight" Antonio Machado Between thought and expression, between the colors of the sunset and the eye of the beholder, in the liminal light of twilight we feel the atmosphere of Mercury retrograde. Mercury retrograde is a three week period in which we can surrender to opening our awareness … Continue reading Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight
The Song We Have Sung For Ourselves
I have not previously reblogged anything here, but in the spirit of the North Node of the Moon in Libra, I feel it important to spread this article to as many people as possible. I have been working with Chiron and feel deep resonance with this writing about him. Astrologer David Coleman in part delves … Continue reading The Song We Have Sung For Ourselves
Dark Moon Equinox
Because the light that we see as coming from the moon is the sun's reflected light, the dark moon is in a sense the moon's true face. --Demetra George, Mysteries of the Dark Moon Balancing light and dark, equal parts lunar and solar, the Libra Equinox of 2014 occurs on a Dark Moon in Virgo … Continue reading Dark Moon Equinox
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