The moon wanes over a fiery but less dramatic week than those recently passed. A restless pile of planets makes their way through raw Aries, but the only exact aspect this week is Venus’ erotic conjunction with Mars, which occurs on Saturday night. Compared to previous weeks, there is little new planetary drama prancing across [...]
This potentially dramatic week sees the Moon wax her way toward a Full finale this Saturday. But first, Venus in Leo squares Mars in Scorpio on Wednesday, triggering relationship tensions throughout the middle of the week. This contentious configuration is offset a bit by Mercury in Libra’s even minded and pleasant trine to Jupiter in [...]
The Moon wanes over a number of tensions this week. It is not so much about a single celestial event, as much as it is a cluster of factors. First, Mercury’s retrograde station on Saturday (14th) overshadows the week, making clarity a rare commodity in the midst of a period where it would be most [...]
The week begins just after Uranus and Pluto’s first square and Saturn’s direct station, which occurred last Sunday but reverberate throughout the week Despite the relatively epic nature of recent configurations, there is more in store. Monday Mercury enters Leo, the sign in which the messenger will find his next retrograde. Then, on Wednesday, Venus [...]
The Solstice Sun shines across far reaching concerns this week. On Tuesday, the Moon finds the Sun again in the last degrees of Gemini, the first New Moon in Gemini to go uneclipsed in years. Wednesday holds the Solstice itself, the Sun’s exit from the abode of the frenetic Twins and entry into the tidepools [...]
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 [...]
The Full Moon falls at the end of a busy week. Early Tuesday Venus gets up off of Taurus’ chez lounge and enters Gemini, beginning a 4 month ménage a trois within the sign. Later Tuesday night, Mercury stations direct. Retrograde since March 11th, the swift planet’s direct station signals a turning point in plans [...]
The Moon wanes over a week of transitions. Mercury enters Pisces on Monday, starting things off with the messenger’s shift into the spacey, imaginative sign. The middle of the week is hampered by Venus in Aries’ square to Pluto in Capricorn, providing a few irritations and smothering some excitement. Meanwhile, the Sun stays in an [...]
This week we gaze into the boiling fluids of the Water-Bearer’s bowl, scrying what futures we may be headed toward. Things get moving early in the week with a duo of powerful influences. Tuesday is host not only to the Full Moon in Leo, but also sets the table for Saturn’s retrograde station [...]
The slowly disappearing Moon wanes its way across the first half of the week, overseeing the Sun in Capricorn’s square with Saturn in Libra. The Sun-Saturn square brings with it a certain heaviness, and may exaggerate obstacles and obligations. Yet Friday morning, the Sun moves into lively Aquarius, pulling our attention away from onerous duties [...]
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.
