Bridget Riley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZgRwbccpuo Audio recording of Solar Eclipse in Libra article Solar Eclipse in Libra Eclipses render paradox into realization. There's nothing like experiencing the life giving light of the Sun extinguished, dissolved into an otherworldly darkness in which day suddenly becomes night. A paradox insists on coming to terms with events and material beyond … Continue reading Solar Eclipse in Libra
Mars in Scorpio
Scorpio New Moon
City Beyond the Tree by Margo Hoff Scorpio New Moon Ancient astrology texts give the fixed, watery sign of Scorpio a special status due to being the place where the Moon experiences her fall. Being the place where Fortune has her fall, Scorpio is considered zodiacal terrain where nothing can be exalted. When planets are … Continue reading Scorpio New Moon
New Moon & Venus in Capricorn
New Moon in Capricorn Within the heart of the dark forest we seclude ourselves from the tumult and toxicity of civilization. We feel the slow rhythm of the earth under our feet, the songs of the wild in the air, the sense of the trees reaching out from and sinking deep into subterranean nourishment. … Continue reading New Moon & Venus in Capricorn
Sagittarius New Moon: Tension of the Bow
New Moon in Sagittarius The New Moon in Sagittarius arrives at the close of 2017, a few days before the Capricorn Solstice and the peak time of darkness in the northern hemisphere and peak time of light in the southern hemisphere. The threshold we cross at the New Moon also involves the end of two … Continue reading Sagittarius New Moon: Tension of the Bow
Synchrony of Mars and Saturn
L'Enigme by Gustave Dore is a famous representation of profound despair over the destruction wrought by humanity, an apocalyptic atmosphere brought on by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Dore has been said to have been inspired by the Victor Hugo verse, "What a spectacle! Thus dies everything that man creates! A past such as this is … Continue reading Synchrony of Mars and Saturn
Mars Retrograde 2016
Mars Retrograde in Sagittarius & Scorpio The Mars retrograde that begins April 17 at 8°54' Sagittarius and ends June 29 at 23°4' Scorpio promises to generate intense, life altering events. Mars retrograde periods correspond symbolically with extreme inner heat that amplifies the potential for complete transformation of life circumstances, and this particular Mars retrograde coincides … Continue reading Mars Retrograde 2016
New Moon in Aquarius
Aquarius New Moon The New Moon in Aquarius on February 8, 2016 ushers in the Year of the Fire Monkey in Chinese culture, and similarly holds an array of aspects facilitating bursting forth with new endeavors. Mercury remains in its retrograde shadow zone, yet has separated from triggering the Pluto and Uranus square. Venus is … Continue reading New Moon in Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in Saturn’s Home
Hermes I call, whom Fate decrees to dwell in the dire path which leads to deepest hell O Bacchic Hermes, progeny divine of Dionysius, parent of the vine, And of celestial Aphrodite Paphian queen, dark eye-lash'd Goddess of a lovely mien: Who constant wand'rest thro' the sacred feats where hell's dread empress, Persephone, retreats; To … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Saturn’s Home
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