The season’s storms continue, and many get kicked up a notch. Some walk perilous paths, certain of their purpose, cloaks wrapped tightly around them. Others watch objects of comfort and desire burn, winds carrying away the ashes for a sky burial. Yet the sky will return what the gale has stolen. This week is host [...]
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 [...]
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.
