On the surface, there is confusion, but underneath a variety of important shifts are in process. This week the Moon waxes its way between eclipses while a retrograde Mercury acts as our dishonest guide through this confusingly liminal period. Venus’ mid-week conjunction to Pluto in Capricorn adds more mystery to mood, bringing people into contact [...]
The Equinox comes this week, marking a moment of truce in the eternal war between light and night. Yin and Yang, past and future hang together in the air for a few days, splitting our gaze. Two sets of eyes look out, one pair looking forward, the other pair peering into the recent past. [...]
The Moon wanes as the week descends steadily towards the Equinox. Venus enters Libra on Wednesday, but spends the rest of the week trying to maintain her poise amidst difficult aspects to Uranus and Pluto. Pluto stations direct on Friday, outlining the hard course of both personal and collective evolution. The week concludes [...]
The week begins as a new lunar cycle unfolds. No Cardinal Crosses, no Mercury retrograde. This week begins with a set of dynamics that will be with us for the next 3 weeks, an overstock of planets in Earth Signs pushing us to focus on physical and fiscal matters. Meanwhile, Jupiter stations retrograde in [...]
This week tugs once more at August’s rough pattern before gathering its loose ends to spin September’s tales. A number of important transitions occur this week. The week begins with Venus’s ingress into Virgo. Venus is followed by the Sun Tuesday morning, marking our entrance to the last leg of the quarter. The middle of [...]
After a harrowing pair of weeks, this one sees golden light creep through the storm clouds, though it does not disperse them. We have entered a phase of this August’s process which can be likened to a centrifuge- the storms spinning off the inessential in order to clarify our view of the heart of affairs. [...]
The 2nd not-so-great week in a row, this one will see us through the most stressful planetary configurations we’ll have to wrestle with for the rest of the year. In addition to the difficulties augured by the planetary positions, the earth will also be subject to moderate-to-strong solar storms for much of the week, troubling [...]
An action packed and not particularly pleasant week. Mercury stations retrograde on Tuesday night, introducing us formally to the 3 1/2 weeks of twisted words and confused ears. Hours later, bold Mars enters passive aggressive Cancer. On Thursday Neptune retrogrades back into Aquarius, dehydrating a dream or two. The week combines all the joy [...]
(originally published Sept. 3rd, 2007) Venus in Leo is bright, radiant, authoritative, wrathful, loving and sovereign. A brief backwards glance into the pantheons of the past reveals a pair of goddesses whose resonance rides easy on the currents of Venus in Leo- the Egyptian Goddesses Sekhmet and Bast. Healer, Protector, Destroyer Sekmet and Bast are [...]
The action falls this week as the Lunar cycle winds to a close with Saturday’s New Moon in Leo. Amidst the monthly wrap up, the planetary actors change places in anticipation of August’s drama. Venus enters Leo on Thursday, scattering the heart’s bright rays wide. Later the same day, Mercury enters Virgo, trembling with [...]
Austin Coppock is a writer and astrologer based in the San Francisco Bay area. He has published yearly Almanacs for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and is the current president of the Association for Young Astrologers.
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