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  • Mercury Cycles podcast interview on Holes to Heaven

    Mercury Cycles podcast interview on Holes to Heaven

    I was interviewed by Adam Sommer on May 23, 2019 for his Holes to Heaven podcast about Mercury cycles. We talk about Mercury’s synodic cycle and how to begin applying its phases to the secondary progressed chart. If you become more interested in Mercury in the secondary progressed chart, I have a recording available to… Read more

  • New Moon in Taurus: Plowing Fields

    New Moon in Taurus: Plowing Fields

    Taurus New Moon The New Moon in Taurus on May 4 initiates a new lunar cycle from the middle of Taurus, the cross quarter point of Spring in the northern hemisphere otherwise known as Beltane. Pollination, burgeoning blooming, and the steady patience and diligent tending needed for cultivating gardens intersect with magical notions of veils… Read more

  • May 9 Lecture for Washington State Astrological Association

    May 9 Lecture for Washington State Astrological Association

    The Light and Shadow of Mercury in the Secondary Progressed Chart Thursday 9 May 2019 7:30 pm For those in the Seattle area, I’ll be giving a talk for the Washington State Astrological Association (WSAA) about the meaning of Mercury in the Secondary Progressed Chart on Thursday, May 9. The talk begins at 7:30 pm… Read more

  • Libra Full Moon: Balance in the Bending

    Libra Full Moon: Balance in the Bending

    Full Moon in Libra The Full Moon in Libra on April 19, 2019 brings illumination as we arrive at a crossroads. We have a choice of which direction to follow, a choice of whose guidance to follow, a choice to push forward with ambitious initiative or to pause in contemplation, incubating recent insights before taking… Read more

  • On Venus and Neptune in Pisces

    On Venus and Neptune in Pisces

    “The lover carves into his soul the model of the beloved. In that way, the soul of the lover becomes the mirror in which the image of the loved one is reflected” — Marsilio Ficino from De amore Neptune was not known to Marsilio Ficino during the Renaissance in which he was translating ancient texts… Read more

  • New Moon in Aries

    New Moon in Aries

    New Moon in Aries The New Moon in Aries on April 5 kindles the star fire of inner soul force and determination in the face of collective events that feel overwhelming with their historical weight. Aries takes its name from the constellation of the charging ram, zodiacal terrain ruled by red hot Mars where our… Read more