Mercury stations conjunct Neptune in Pisces Mercury stations retrograde on February 6, 2014 at 3º20' conjunct Neptune in Pisces (Neptune will be at 4°25') at 1:43 pm PST. Mercury returns to Aquarius on February 12 having been between zero and four degrees of Pisces from January 31 - February 11 (take note people with planets … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde at the Gate of Neptune
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Rites of Lilith: Venus stations at a New Moon in Aquarius
Venus Stations Direct conjunct Pluto Venus stations direct on January 31, 2014 at 13º34' conjunct Pluto in Capricorn (12:49 pm PST). January 31 to February 1 is the traditional time of Imbolc, a holiday at the cross-quarter between the Solstice and Equinox (by zodiac degree, however, this will be happening more like February 3 - … Continue reading Rites of Lilith: Venus stations at a New Moon in Aquarius
Venus Retrograde in Capricorn
Psyche's Desire As 2013 comes to a close with a powerful Dark Moon in Sagitarius, and 2014 begins with a potent New Moon aligned with Mercury and Pluto, we are now over a week inside the portal of our current Venus retrograde cycle in Capricorn. Venus retrograde cycles are magical portals that take us out … Continue reading Venus Retrograde in Capricorn
Asteria Alchemy of Asteroid Goddesses
Emotional transformative crises are changing our psychospiritual vibrations so that we may attune our individual frequency to the spiritual core which resonates with the whole of creation. The positions of Ceres, Pallas Athene, Juno, and Vesta in our charts describe a personal way whereby we can effect this change. --Demetra George, Asteroid Goddesses, page 5 … Continue reading Asteria Alchemy of Asteroid Goddesses
Lou Reed: the primordial poet
1942 - 2013 Lou was a prince and a fighter and I know his songs of the pain and beauty in the world will fill many people with the incredible joy he felt for life. Long live the beauty that comes down and through and onto all of us. — Laurie Anderson, his loving wife and … Continue reading Lou Reed: the primordial poet
Solar Eclipse Clearing on a Hekate Moon
Samhain Threshold Samhain is the ancient Celtic celebration of the mid-point between the Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice that is traditionally celebrated on the night of October 31 or dawn of November 1, our traditional Halloween holiday in Western culture, similar to how Beltane is traditionally celebrated on May 1. If you want to get … Continue reading Solar Eclipse Clearing on a Hekate Moon
Mercury Retrograde: the liminality of being in between becoming
Mercury Retrograde in between Eclipses The painting "Bringing Light without Pain" above is by Roberto Matta, an artist with a Scorpio Mercury and Sun (11/11/1911), and so an apt painter to showcase in this time when Mercury is retrograde in Scorpio and headed toward it's "inferior" conjunction with the Sun in Scorpio. While being able … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde: the liminality of being in between becoming
Libra Equinox 2013
Equinox of September 22, 2013 In the Northern Hemisphere where I live (Olympia, Washington of the USA) we are experiencing the Autumn Equinox today, but to remember the importance of integration and balance at the equinox, I want to acknowledge those in the Southern Hemisphere who are experiencing the Spring Equinox today. There are obvious … Continue reading Libra Equinox 2013
Queen of Heaven in the Harvest Moon
The Queen of Heaven who walked in ChaosVenus as evening star in Scorpio conjunct Saturn and the North Node of the Moon at the time of the Full Moon on September 19, 2013.This Pisces Full Moon is not only the Harvest Moon in the Northern Hemisphere, it's Sabian symbol at 27 Pisces is "The Harvest … Continue reading Queen of Heaven in the Harvest Moon
J.K. Rowling and Virgo Mercury
J.K. Rowling's progressed Mercury retrograde JK Rowling speaks at Harvard commencement The link above is to a speech J.K. Rowling gave at a Harvard University commencement ceremony on June 5, 2008. In this speech she elucidates the benefits one can gain from failure, as well as the supreme importance of imagination and how it gives humans the … Continue reading J.K. Rowling and Virgo Mercury
Ceres Sun Leo / Full Moon Aquarius
Ceres at the Crossroads The legacy of Goddesses in all Her forms will be lit by the Full Moon in Aquarius occurring on August 20, 2013 at 6:45 pm here in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, as Ceres will be conjunct the Sun and Mercury in Leo at the time of … Continue reading Ceres Sun Leo / Full Moon Aquarius
Nirvana and the Grand Water Trine
Kurt Cobain 1967 - 1994 Scorpio Neptune, Cancer Jupiter, Pisces Saturn-Venus-Chiron Imagination can be the source of our pleasure, perhaps is our most important human gift, and yet it can also be our downfall when we choose to hide from the challenges life is presenting us for growth and greater strength by sealing ourselves off … Continue reading Nirvana and the Grand Water Trine
The Neptune and Jupiter Cycle
Grand Water Trine of July 2013: Trinity in the Neptune-Jupiter cycle Angelic grace or imaginal joviality may be evoked by the conjunction of Neptune and Jupiter, but their cycle has a deeper relationship with the evolution of consciousness. In July 2013 we are now in the first quarter trine phase of this most recent cycle, … Continue reading The Neptune and Jupiter Cycle
Sirius New Moon in Cancer
New Moon in Cancer The image above is by my favorite painter, Marc Chagall, a Cancer who is enjoying his birthday today wherever he is, as I write this. It is called, "So I came forth of the Sea and sat down on the edge of an island in the moonshine," and to me it … Continue reading Sirius New Moon in Cancer
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