Venus Retrograde in Aries & Pisces I'm honored to share an interview I recently conducted with Arielle Guttman about the upcoming Venus retrograde in Aries and Pisces, but even more deeply into the entire Venus cycle and the sacred geometry of the five pointed star and rose pattern that Venus forms. https://youtu.be/Qei0zARnBbk In the second … Continue reading Venus Retrograde in Aries and Pisces with Arielle Guttman
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Venus Retrograde in Aries & Pisces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ozG2tjy3QM The steps I make all go backwards while yours continue advancing the arch of our alliances has penetrated my nest in all its colorful swagger it’s taken a walk down my veins and even the hardest of chains that destiny uses to bind us is like the finest of diamonds that lights up my … Continue reading Venus Retrograde in Aries & Pisces
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
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
Mercury Retrograde in Gemini
—When I die, I will see the lining of the world. The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset. The true meaning, ready to be decoded. What never added up will add up, What was incomprehensible will be comprehended. −And if there is no lining to the world? If a thrush on a branch is not … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde in Gemini
Taurus Full Moon
We say it is human nature to be attached, thinking of the bond between the mother and the child she births, the parents who focus on nurturing the development of the human being birthed into the world through their merging. Yet although attachment and connectivity is a primal urge of humanity, there are many people … Continue reading Taurus Full Moon
Mystery of Stillness
n OthI n g can s urPas s the m y SteR y of s tiLnes s -- e.e. cummings In the last few days our Moon has eclipsed Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and Saturn in order. Writing in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America, I am looking through a window upon … Continue reading Mystery of Stillness
Maat in the Heart of Mercury
The Inferior conjunction of Mercury and the Sun on October 16, 2014 is in the sign of Libra and conjunct Venus, evoking Maat through the added atmosphere of the Goddess (Venus) and the Scales (Libra) of Balance, Law, and Justice. In Egyptian mythology, the god Thoth is associated with Mercury, and Maat is the goddess … Continue reading Maat in the Heart of Mercury
Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight
"I go along dreaming roads of the twilight" Antonio Machado Between thought and expression, between the colors of the sunset and the eye of the beholder, in the liminal light of twilight we feel the atmosphere of Mercury retrograde. Mercury retrograde is a three week period in which we can surrender to opening our awareness … Continue reading Mercury retrograde: a forest dark in liminal twilight
Mercury Mediates the Cardinal Cross
Just as we are in the wake of the exact Cardinal Cross corresponding to a multitude of chaotic current events, Mercury steps into his Superior Conjunction with the Sun. When Mercury is moving direct and conjunct the Sun it is called a superior conjunction because Mercury is moving very fast (this is in contrast with … Continue reading Mercury Mediates the Cardinal Cross
Mars Retrograde in Libra
Mars Initiation Mars entered his retrograde shadow zone (9-10 Libra) on December 27, 2013 January 16, 2014: Venus retrograde (19 Capricorn) squared Mars (19 Libra) February 28, 2014: Mercury stationed direct at 18 Aquarius /// New Moon at 11 Pisces March 1, 2014: Mars stationed retrograde at 28 Libra March 2, 2014: Saturn stationed retrograde … Continue reading Mars Retrograde in Libra
Mercury Retrograde at the Gate of Neptune
Mercury stations conjunct Neptune in Pisces Mercury stations retrograde on February 6, 2014 at 3º20' conjunct Neptune in Pisces (Neptune will be at 4°25') at 1:43 pm PST. Mercury returns to Aquarius on February 12 having been between zero and four degrees of Pisces from January 31 - February 11 (take note people with planets … Continue reading Mercury Retrograde at the Gate of Neptune
Rites of Lilith: Venus stations at a New Moon in Aquarius
Venus Stations Direct conjunct Pluto Venus stations direct on January 31, 2014 at 13º34' conjunct Pluto in Capricorn (12:49 pm PST). January 31 to February 1 is the traditional time of Imbolc, a holiday at the cross-quarter between the Solstice and Equinox (by zodiac degree, however, this will be happening more like February 3 - … Continue reading Rites of Lilith: Venus stations at a New Moon in Aquarius
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