Several Circles, 1926 by Wassily Kandinsky Lunar Eclipse in Taurus When eclipses strike, everything can change with rapid fluidity and chaotic cacophony. Though solar eclipses have the most extreme reputation due to light bringing Sol suddenly transfiguring into the darkness of Night, lunar eclipses bring matters to a head with a propulsive force that overturns … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse in Taurus
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Solar Eclipse in Libra
Bridget Riley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZgRwbccpuo Audio recording of Solar Eclipse in Libra article Solar Eclipse in Libra Eclipses render paradox into realization. There's nothing like experiencing the life giving light of the Sun extinguished, dissolved into an otherworldly darkness in which day suddenly becomes night. A paradox insists on coming to terms with events and material beyond … Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Libra
Aries Full Moon
Wolf by Henri Matisse https://youtu.be/oaWr0bZEMEI Audio recording of Aries Full Moon article Aries Full Moon The Aries Full Moon on 29 September will ignite a rapid tempo of quickly developing events in the month ahead, as the lunation will be followed by a tumultuous eclipse season in October. In many ways the lunation is a … Continue reading Aries Full Moon
Virgo New Moon
Minoan style gold ring from Mycenae https://youtu.be/Yd3KRp5QMO0 Audio / Video recording of my New Moon in Virgo article Virgo New Moon The New Moon in Virgo is at the turning of the season, initiating a new lunar cycle one week before the Equinox. It's natural to take stock during this time of the year, making … Continue reading Virgo New Moon
Leo New Moon
Lion and Sun at Golestan Palace in Iran Leo New Moon Leo is the fiery home of Helios, the radiant source of light, life, and livelihood. The light bringing nature of the Sun is our most common association with the burning star at the center of our solar system, yet the astrology surrounding the New … Continue reading Leo New Moon
Aquarius Full Moon
The Regina Vasorum or Queen of Vases (4th-century BC) Aquarius Full Moon The polarity between Leo and Aquarius involves the cohering, radiant luminosity of the Sun set against the fragmenting, intellectual distance of Saturn that can separate from the conditioning of consensus norms to connect with core values that run counter to external expectations. As … Continue reading Aquarius Full Moon
New Moon in Cancer
Siren Coming Out of the Waves, Dressed in Flames by Odilon Redon New Moon in Cancer The idea that we can never step into the same river twice, famously attributed to Heraclitus, represents our experience of flux in life. Aware of our mortality and the constantly changing nature of form and desire, we work to … Continue reading New Moon in Cancer
Podcast on Venus retrograde in Leo
I was recently interviewed by Melissa LaFara on her Energetic Principles Podcast about the upcoming Venus retrograde in Leo as well as a recap of the astrology of 2023 and a look forward to the astrological hot spots for the rest of the year. We did an overview of the entire 2023 astrology in December … Continue reading Podcast on Venus retrograde in Leo
Capricorn Full Moon
from The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Arthur Rackham Capricorn Full Moon The Full Moon on 3 July activates the polarity of Cancer and Capricorn, cardinal signs which utilize inward receptivity as part of their potent ability to initiate change and new growth. While Cancer is a watery … Continue reading Capricorn Full Moon
Gemini New Moon
Fresco from the Temple of Isis in Pompeii depicting the discovery of the boat with the coffin of Osiris, East wall of Sacrarium https://youtu.be/PFF72BuFZYM Gemini New Moon The darkness of the New Moon in Gemini will be fertile with numinous meaning, illusory visions, and the truth that can only be discovered through inward searching, exploration, … Continue reading Gemini New Moon
Podcast Interview: the Moon in the Four Elemental Roots
I had the pleasure of being interviewed recently by S.P. Hall on his Luminaries In and Out of Sect podcast. S.P. attended my recent talk at NORWAC 2023 on "The Moon in the Four Elemental Roots" and wanted to interview me about the topic of my talk: the interplay between the Moon, the four elements, … Continue reading Podcast Interview: the Moon in the Four Elemental Roots
Sagittarius Full Moon
Maenad holding a thyrsus, 120–140 AD Sagittarius Full Moon Sagittarius is the ferocious speed of the arrow, the ruthlessness of pinpointing the target. The Moon flowering into fullness amplifies the quickness and fiery visions of Sagittarius, distributing revelations and bringing matters to a head in ways that starkly illuminate issues. The enflamed heat of the … Continue reading Sagittarius Full Moon
Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio
Bottle by Kati Horna https://youtu.be/G5l2Kma91jI Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio The first week of May marks a turning in the seasons as the Sun reaches fifteen degrees of Taurus, placing the Sun midway between the Aries equinox and the Cancer solstice. In the northern hemisphere the corresponding blossoms of Spring herald the transition toward Summer and … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio
Solar Eclipse in Aries
Multitudes by Norman Lewis https://youtu.be/IijP6DqFagI Audio recording of Aries Solar Eclipse article Solar Eclipse in Aries "You, darkness, of whom I am born– / I love you more than the flame / that limits the world / to the circle it illuminates / and excludes all the rest. But the dark embraces everything: / shapes … Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Aries
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