An opposition occurs when planets are on opposite sides of the zodiac, 6 zodiac signs away. When planets are opposed, their energies tend to interfere with each other, with tension between the two the consequence. In most cases, what is required is a careful balancing of the two areas of life. The opposition is considered [...]
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Aspects: Connecting the Dots
Aspects are the relationships between the planets, measured by the angles they make in the sky. Aspects bring the power of two (or more) planets together, fusing them, highlighting contradictions, or bringing them into conflict. The 5 classical aspects each represent a different type of connection between two planets. These 5 types of aspects are [...]
11/26-12/2
Full Circle
The week begins with a flurry of planetary activity. Retrograde since election day, Mercury stations direct on Monday, righting communications. The same day, however, Venus makes an emotionally challenging conjunction to Saturn in Scorpio. Tuesday also sees a pair of exact aspects, as Mars conjoins potent Pluto in Capricorn under the reddened light of a [...]
Astrolo 10/22-10/28
Within Darken’d Halls
The week begins with the Sun’s ingress into Scorpio on Monday. The Sun trines Neptune on Tuesday and then conjoins Saturn on Wednesday night. Mercury,also in Scorpio, conjoins the North Node on Wednesday, enclosing the first half of the week in an intense reverie. The second half of the week is dominated by Mars’ opposition [...]
Astrology 4/30-5/6: Dark Spaces, Silver Light
Photo by Sigurd Rage The Moon waxes its way to fullness, shining out over a week of mixed influences. The Sun strides closer to conjunction with auspicious Jupiter, highlighting the rewards of courses pursued successfully. Yet meanwhile Venus creeps ever deeper into the shadow of her coming retrograde, rousing uncomfortable feelings and messing with cash [...]
8th-14th: Fear Is The Mind-Killer
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 [...]
May 2nd-8th: Taking Root
The New Moon in Taurus occurs early in the week, Monday night for those in the Americas. This monthly reunion of the Sun and Moon re-centers affairs somewhere amidst the great fields Taurus. As discussed last week, the question is what to plant in these fields now that that the chaos is beginning to subside [...]
25th-1st: Seeds of Sovereignty
This week we traverse the 4th quarter of the Lunar cycle, waning toward the new Moon on May 2nd. As she fades to invisibility, Luna looks over what has transpired during a confusing April with an eye towards the action of the next month. The Sun has left Aries for Taurus, but Venus replaced him [...]
27th-3rd: The Steps of the White Palace
The Equinox has come and gone, leaving us stranded at the entrance to the next season. This week sees us plowing past the threshold into the heart of the coming quarter’s dynamics. This week Mercury finishes his 9 week scamper through the fields of Virgo with an opposition to both Uranus and Jupiter in Pisces. [...]
Pluto in Capricorn Horoscopes
Pluto moves slowly through the sky, his revolutions encompass grand swathes of history. As is fitting, no human being lives to see Pluto return to the same place. Pluto takes approximately 250 years to make it all the way through the zodiac. It’s been hundreds of years since the last time Pluto was in Capricorn. [...]
Austin Coppock
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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pascaleJ: Thank you very much Austin, Best of everything ...
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Amulette: The May 20 Uranus Pluto square started in for me l...
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ChrisMisvader: Interesting you mentioned that Stephen King notes ...