The Leo New Moon on August 2 is as black as all new moons go, but the dark night sky will be bejeweled with more glimmering objects than normal as all five visible planets will be on display following the setting of the Sun. Mercury is more briefly aglow at sunset while Venus sustains her … Continue reading Leo New Moon
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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
The Radical Moisture of Neptune
The tension of the future is unbearable in us. It must break through narrow cracks, it must force new ways. You want to cast off the burden, you want to escape the inescapable. Running away is deception and detour. Shut your eyes so that you do not see the manifold, the outwardly plural, the tearing … Continue reading The Radical Moisture of Neptune
Venus & Mercury Retrograde in Taurus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUhnNHnMmGI Venus receives Mercury Retrograde Venus conjoins Mercury Retrograde in her own home of Taurus this Friday, May 13. Venus unifies, harmonizes, brings us pleasure, and in the earthy, body-centered lair of Taurus, she wants to delight our bodily forms and the deepest recesses of our sensory, sensual natures. Mercury in astrology can destabilize, contest, … Continue reading Venus & Mercury Retrograde in Taurus
Venus in Leo
Venus in Leo Venus in Leo has claimed center stage in our sky at night as she should, brilliantly radiating at her maximum elongation from the Sun over the past few days. Venus in Leo is on her way toward a conjunction with Jupiter in Leo, and these two beautiful lights will be getting closer … Continue reading Venus in Leo
Union of Isis and Osiris
On April 28, 2015 the Isis and Osiris asteroids conjunct at 6° Leo Previously on March 2, 2013, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 11° Aquarius In June 2011, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 12° Leo In April 2009, Isis and Osiris were conjunct at 13° Aquarius In August 2007, Isis and Osiris were … Continue reading Union of Isis and Osiris
Saturn in Sagittarius
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
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
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
Gemini and the Ugly Duckling
Gemini New Moon: meetings of Mercury & Venus The Lunar Eclipse on May 24 occurred at the same time that Mercury and Venus were conjunct at 19 degrees of Gemini, also in range of being conjunct Jupiter. In June the cycle continues, as Venus and Mercury will be conjunct again, magically, at the time of … Continue reading Gemini and the Ugly Duckling
Taurus and Incarnation
Taurus and Being Human in FormWhat do you desire? What do you value? You may have noticed others, including astrologers, asking you these questions recently as we have been experiencing an incredibly intense time period of Taurus energy these past couple of weeks, but especially now. Unrelated to astrology, in the community college class I … Continue reading Taurus and Incarnation
Aries and Individuation
The Birth of Archetypes In Botticelli's masterwork The Birth of Venus we can sense the initiatory impulse of Aries: a Goddess arising out of an oceanic expanse, naked and primal, radiant and yet revealing an inclination to slightly cover up her exposed beauty. Or perhaps that slight insecurity is coming from the woman rushing in to cloth … Continue reading Aries and Individuation
Osiris: Alchemic Archetype
OSIRIS ASTEROID Asteroid 1923 Osiris was discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Palomar Observatory near Pauma Valley, California. At this time, Pluto was conjunct the North Node of the Moon in the sign of Virgo. The Virgo Pluto and North Node was also trine Saturn in Capricorn … Continue reading Osiris: Alchemic Archetype
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