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
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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
New Moon in Leo
New Moon in Leo The New Moon in Leo on August 14, 2015 heralds a shift that wakes us up in our bones like the sound of a lion's roar as dawn approaches. The past two weeks of the waning Moon cycle has brought about pivotal change associated with Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury all initiating … Continue reading New Moon in Leo
Full Moon in Aquarius
Aquarius Full Moon The Full Moon in Aquarius on July 31, 2015 triggers an intensification of mental activity and questioning of thought patterns conditioned by consensus culture, as Venus is retrograde and in its final hours in the sign of Virgo. Venus retrograde can pulls us inward to experience a reorientation of values and generation … Continue reading Full Moon in Aquarius
Venus Retrograde in Leo & Virgo
Venus Retrograde Venus stations retrograde at 0°46' Virgo on July 25 and stations direct at 14°24' Leo on September 6, 2015. Inferior conjunction of Venus with the Sun, or "New Venus," will be at 22°39' Leo on August 15, 2015. The shadow zone of Venus retrograde covering the stretch of time Venus is contained within … Continue reading Venus Retrograde in Leo & Virgo
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
Leo Full Moon
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits -- John Keats, Endymion Today's Full Moon in Leo arrives at the time of Imbolc, the pagan holy day marking the … Continue reading Leo Full Moon
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
J.K. Rowling and Virgo Mercury
J.K. Rowling's progressed Mercury retrograde JK Rowling speaks at Harvard commencement The link above is to a speech J.K. Rowling gave at a Harvard University commencement ceremony on June 5, 2008. In this speech she elucidates the benefits one can gain from failure, as well as the supreme importance of imagination and how it gives humans the … Continue reading J.K. Rowling and Virgo Mercury
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
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