Hundreds of Austin's columns from over the years...
January 2, 2020
This essay on the astrology of 2020 is divided into three parts, each of which deals with patterns at different scales of time. The first portion […]
December 3, 2019
Jupiter entered Capricorn on December 2nd, 2019. The big planet will be in the Goat’s sign until December 19th, 2020, just over a year. Jupiter does […]
July 5, 2018
Hi Everyone, I’ve decided to suspend the decan column during Mars’ retrograde (June 27- August 27). I’ve been behind on my writing consistently for much of […]
June 23, 2018
The first ten days, or decan, of Cancer this year is unusually challenging. Mars stations retrograde in Aquarius on Tuesday, June 26th and the very next […]
June 12, 2018
The Sun enters the third decan of Gemini on June 10th, and will be there until the solstice on the 21st. This face of Gemini is […]
June 2, 2018
The Sun spends the first third of June in the second decan of Gemini. In this face we see the Hermaphrodite, the Two becoming One, the […]
May 22, 2018
The Sun enters the first decan of Gemini late on May 20th. There is a rapid acceleration as we leave the slow, Saturnian end of Taurus, […]
May 11, 2018
The Sun enters the third face of Taurus on May 10th, and will remain there until it enters Gemini on the 20th. This span of days […]
May 1, 2018
The Sun enters the middle decan of Taurus on April 30th, and will reside within that portion of the Bull’s sign until May 10th, when it […]
April 21, 2018
The Sun enters Taurus on April 19th, angling its light toward concrete matters. The Sun’s time in the first decan of the Bull’s sign has a […]
April 11, 2018
The Sun enters the third and final face of Aries on April 10th, and will preside over the final degrees of the Ram’s sign until April […]
March 30, 2018
The Sun enters the second decan of Aries on March 30th and will be within that face’s span of degrees until April 9th. Venus enters Taurus […]
March 21, 2018
The Sun enters Aries on March 20th, marking the point of greatest equality between day and night. The war between darkness and light ceases for just […]
March 10, 2018
The Sun enters the final decan of Pisces on the 10th, and rises there, for the first time this year, on the 11th. A week later, […]
February 28, 2018
The first decan of Pisces, which began on February 18th, brought us to the sea-shore and provided an introductory inundation. The second decan, which begins on […]
February 17, 2018
The Knot dissolves Its strings unwound The Mind stops grasping The open hand receives A bird Messenger of land and sea Prophesying a Flood Which comes […]
February 10, 2018
The Sun rises in the third decan of Aquarius this year on the 9th of February. This final decan of Aquarius is a complicated place, for […]
January 30, 2018
The Sun rises in the second decan of Aquarius on January 30th, just prior to the total Lunar Eclipse in Leo. While the first face of […]
January 20, 2018
With the Sun’s entrance into Aquarius and its first decan, we step beyond the confines of Castle Capricorn. Having examined the architecture of our lives since […]
January 11, 2018
The Sun strides into the third decan of Capricorn on January 10th, and settles down, as if upon a throne. Yet, a throne is not merely […]