Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius In the twilight of encroaching darkness Mercury disappears at sunset toward the beginning of its retrograde period, initiating its invisible phase. As nightfall and its bed of glittering stars overtake our senses, we lose the light of Mercury during the liminal time of its retrograde until it's reflected light returns again … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius: Crossing of Cronos
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Scorpio New Moon: Mars & Pluto
New Moon in Scorpio New Moons are a time of darkness. In alignment, we go within our own darkness and set intentions for the forthcoming lunar cycle as our Moon regenerates in the heart of our Sun. Scorpio is a zodiac sign also associated with the dark and the hidden, as well as transformation. We … Continue reading Scorpio New Moon: Mars & Pluto
Taurus Full Moon: Unveiling Essence
Full Moon in Taurus The Full Moon in Taurus arrives in the cross quarter holiday time of Samhain, the turn of the wheel in the Northern Hemisphere into the dark season. Traditionally this is a time in which the veils separating our material awareness with the otherworldly realm of spirits and ancestors thins, supporting rituals … Continue reading Taurus Full Moon: Unveiling Essence
Jupiter in Scorpio
O come and go. You, still almost a child, with your spell transform for an instant the dance figure, make it one of those pure constellations in which we fleetingly transcend dull ordering Nature. For she was roused to full hearing only when Orpheus sang. You were still swayed by those ancient chords and a … Continue reading Jupiter in Scorpio
Libra New Moon: Balancing Uranus
New Moon in Libra The New Moon in Libra on October 19 is opposite Uranus in Aries, creating a polarized atmosphere of torrential winds making the oscillating scales of Lady Justice challenging to bring into balance. Notably the Libra New Moon reactivates the catalytic opposition between Jupiter and Uranus that has dominated the past year … Continue reading Libra New Moon: Balancing Uranus
Full Moon in Aries
Aries Full Moon The Full Moon in Aries arrives with a jolt within deeply shifting, turbulent astrological atmosphere. The Moon full of light in Aries calls us to show up with courage to areas of life and relationship needing our undivided attention. Aries stokes the flames of our personal sovereignty and drive to passionately go … Continue reading Full Moon in Aries
Pisces Full Moon & Neptune
Full Moon in Pisces The Full Moon in Pisces on September 6 is united with Neptune, bringing amplified access to imaginal fields in which our extrasensory perception can pick up sensations and messages that would normally escape our awareness. The floodgates opened by this lunation are especially powerful due to it being the Full Moon … Continue reading Pisces Full Moon & Neptune
OAA events: September 15 & 16
Oregon Astrological Association 4312 SE Stark Street (Friend's Meeting House) Portland, Oregon 97215 Friday 15 September 2017 Saturday 16 September 2017 If you are in the Portland, Oregon area, on the weekend of September 15th and 16th I will be presenting a talk and workshop for the Oregon Astrology Association about relationships and astrology. On Friday 15 … Continue reading OAA events: September 15 & 16
Total Leo Solar Eclipse
NOTE: This post has the unique distinction of being co-written in collaboration with astrologer June Rose Trimbach. We will be co-teaching classes together in the coming season, and as we were already communicating a lot about our shared ideas regarding this Total Solar Eclipse, it seemed like a fitting opportunity to introduce our coming work … Continue reading Total Leo Solar Eclipse
Mercury Retrograde in Virgo & Leo
The quieter we are, the more patient and open we are in our sadnesses, the more deeply and serenely the new presence can enter us, and the more we can make it our own, the more it becomes our fate; and later on, when it "happens" (that is, steps forth out of us to other … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Virgo & Leo
Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius
Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius The mares that carry me as far as longing can reach rode on, once they had come and fetched me onto the legendary road of the divinity that carries the man who knows through the vast and dark unknown . . . And the axle in the hubs let out … Continue reading Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius
Leo New Moon & Mars
New Moon in Leo The Leo New Moon on July 23 is united with Mars, bringing primal intensity and vigor to the lunation. New Moons are a time to set intentions, yet the symbolism of the Moon being invisible correlates with the necessity of embracing the unknown for no matter how much passion we invest … Continue reading Leo New Moon & Mars
Capricorn Full Moon & Pluto
Full Moon in Capricorn The Full Moon in Capricorn on July 8 is applying tightly to a union with Pluto, dredging up more intensity from interior realms than is the norm for a Full Moon. Invisible to the naked eye, Pluto rules the celestial underworld of the Kuiper belt. Though we may at times … Continue reading Capricorn Full Moon & Pluto
Cancer New Moon & Mercury
New Moon in Cancer The New Moon in Cancer on June 23 follows closely behind the Cancer Solstice in which our Sun stands still, as well as the rebirth of Mercury within the heart of the Sun. The solstice in Cancer is one of the peak moments of the year, the beginning of Summer in … Continue reading Cancer New Moon & Mercury
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