Do you still remember: falling stars, how they leapt slantwise through the sky like horses over suddenly held-out hurdles of our wishes—did we have so many?— for stars, innumerable, leapt everywhere; almost every gaze upward became wedded to the swift hazard of their play, and our heart felt like a single thing beneath that vast … Continue reading Perseus and the Perseids
Astrology Archetypes
Interview on Mercury & Gemini
I am excited to share an interview I did with astrologer Mary Jo Wevers about the sign of Gemini and its ruler Mercury on her radio show "Astrology: The Theory of Everything." We spend a lot of time speaking about Mercury retrograde, and this show was in fact recorded right before Mercury stationed retrograde in … Continue reading Interview on Mercury & Gemini
Aries Lunar Eclipse
Lunar Eclipse in Aries On September 27 or 28 depending upon time zone, a total Lunar Eclipse in Aries will arise in which our Moon will turn blood red in the shadow of our Sun. Since this eclipse is also a Super Moon, it will have a more direct, palpable impact on us than a … Continue reading Aries Lunar Eclipse
Full Moon in Sagittarius
Full Moon in Sagittarius The Full Moon in Sagittarius on June 2 is extremely mutable in activity, with the Full Moon square to Neptune in Pisces and the Sun also conjunct Mars and Mercury retrograde in Gemini. Mutable signs are also known as double-bodied signs, as they each symbolize a different aspect of dualism: the … Continue reading Full Moon in Sagittarius
Taurus New Moon
As we are in a time of intense collective events rife with catastrophe, perhaps it is fitting that on May 17, 2015 we will initiate a new lunar cycle at 27° Taurus conjunct the fixed star Algol, known as both the blinking demon star as well as a symbol of the severed head of Medusa. Though … Continue reading Taurus New Moon
New Moon in Aries
The quality of each New Moon helps guide our intention setting accordingly, and the New Moon of April 18, 2015 is active, bold, and deeply shifting. Occurring in Aries at the 29th degree, this New Moon has the fitting sabian symbol of the "Music of the Spheres." To Dane Rudhyar this meant finding our part … Continue reading New Moon in Aries
Lunar Eclipse in Libra
A Moon the red of roses will appear on April 4, 2015 for those living in view of the Lunar Eclipse in Libra (regions of East Asia, Western North America, Australia, New Zealand). The Full Moon will be conjunct it's own North Node in the Venusian sign of Libra, causing the Sun's light to cast … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse in Libra
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
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
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
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
New Moon in Virgo
This New Moon in Virgo is a potent seeding time that will wax into the fifth and final Super Moon of the year, this time in Pisces. Mercury, angelic messenger and guide of souls, is the ruler of this New Moon and gracefully moving as an evening star through his exaltation of Virgo. Mercury is … Continue reading New Moon in Virgo
The Jupiter and Saturn Cycle
"If you know the Saturn in your chart, it will become Jupiter." --Edith Wangemann July 17, 2013: Jupiter in Cancer was in a disseminating trine to Saturn in Scorpio at 5 degrees. December 12, 2013: Jupiter retrograde in Cancer was in a disseminating trine to Saturn in Scorpio at 19 degrees. May 24, 2014: … Continue reading The Jupiter and Saturn Cycle
Full Moon in Capricorn: Venus in a disseminating trine to Mars
We experience yet another Full Moon carrying potent astrological aspects on July 12, 2014 with the Moon in Capricorn and the Sun in Cancer. Most interesting to me is that the disseminating trine in the current cycle of Mars and Venus is ripening at the same time as the Full Moon, as I have been … Continue reading Full Moon in Capricorn: Venus in a disseminating trine to Mars
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