Tombstone by Arnold Böcklin https://youtu.be/QPtZxwKuB2o Audio recording of Virgo Full Moon article Full Moon in Virgo The Full Moon in Virgo on 24 February 2024 involves the dualism of light and darkness to an unusual degree. Like glowing embers in a lantern giving some measure of light to a shadowy passage, like fire kindled within … Continue reading Full Moon in Virgo
Mercury cazimi
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius Every person is a half-open doorleading to a room for everyone. — from “The Half-Finished Heaven” by Tomas Tranströmer, translated by Robert Bly Mercury is a friend to humanity, albeit a tricky guide who enjoys sleight of hand and cunning words that catch us off guard. In astrology, when Mercury pauses … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aquarius
Mercury Cycles podcast interview on Holes to Heaven
I was interviewed by Adam Sommer on May 23, 2019 for his Holes to Heaven podcast about Mercury cycles. We talk about Mercury’s synodic cycle and how to begin applying its phases to the secondary progressed chart. If you become more interested in Mercury in the secondary progressed chart, I have a recording available to … Continue reading Mercury Cycles podcast interview on Holes to Heaven
Mercury Retrograde in Pisces
Mercury Retrograde in Pisces "All I have is a voice / To undo the folded lie, / The romantic lie in the brain / Of the sensual man-in-the-street / And the lie of Authority / Whose buildings grope the sky: / There is no such thing as the State / And no one exists alone; / Hunger allows no choice / To the citizen … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Pisces
Celestial Cazimi of Mercury in Aquarius
Superior Conjunction of Mercury in Aquarius On 29 January 2019 Mercury unites with the Sun at 9º55’ Aquarius, known as the superior conjunction of Mercury in which the star of Hermes is purified and regenerated in the heart of the Sun. It is known as the "superior" conjunction because Mercury is moving direct and fast … Continue reading Celestial Cazimi of Mercury in Aquarius
Mercury Retrograde in Leo
Mercury Retrograde in Leo Flower-muscle, slowly pulling open / the anemone's vast meadow morning, / until the loud sky's polyphonic light / comes pouring down into its womb, muscle of infinite reception / flexed in the quiet flower star, / sometimes so overwhelmed by fullness / that the sunset's call to rest is scarcely able … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Leo
Mercury Retrograde in Aries
Mercury Retrograde in Aries Journeying through the cosmic sea of celestial conditions, what Plotinus called the cosmic circuit, some periods will be felt as more volatile and challenging than others. Mercury retrograde periods have a bad reputation as signifying doom, a misguided notion as all Mercury retrograde periods are not equal and in actuality … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Aries
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
Mercury cazimi in Scorpio
Mercury at the heart of the Sun in Scorpio Mercury forms its superior conjunction with the Sun on 27 October 2016 at 4°42' Scorpio. The superior conjunction occurs when Mercury is moving swiftly through the zodiac on the far side of the Sun in orbit, aligning with Earth in a straight line with regards to the … Continue reading Mercury cazimi in Scorpio
Libra Lunar Eclipse 2016
Lunar Eclipse in Libra Riding the dragon of the Libra Lunar Eclipse is Lady Justice, wielding her sword that cuts through inequities, imbalances, deceptions, and disempowerment. The Full Moon Eclipse on 23 March 2016 illuminates the release and initiation of the Total Solar Eclipse that began this lunar cycle, and in the peeling away of … Continue reading Libra Lunar Eclipse 2016
Mercury melds into the Sun as Neptune stations
Mercury Superior Conjunction On November 17, 2015 at about 6:53 am Pacific time, 9:53 am Eastern time, and 3:53 pm Central European time, Mercury will enter the heart of the Sun meaning that Mercury will be at the exact degree and minute of the tropical zodiac as the Sun: 24º56' Scorpio. This concept in astrology … Continue reading Mercury melds into the Sun as Neptune stations
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