Hundreds of Austin's columns from over the years...

January 2, 2018

Astrology of 2018: The Lay of the Land

2018 is a year of beginnings, although many of them may look like endings. We are introduced to dynamics which will take us well into the […]
January 1, 2018

Astrology Dec 31 – Jan 9 (II♑️): Building a Year

The Sun enters the second decan of Capricorn on December 31st. This decan is a place of dreaming and building, labor and design. It is both […]
December 21, 2017

Astrology Dec 21 – 30 (I♑️): The Sight in Our Feet

The solstice arrives on the 21st, initiated by the Sun’s passage into the first face of Capricorn. It marks the dominance of night in the North […]
December 19, 2017

Saturn in Capricorn

Saturn will be in tropical Capricorn from December 19th, 2017 until 2020. The slow planet will be in and out of the Goat’s sign throughout that […]
December 11, 2017

Astrology Dec 12th – 20th (♐️III): Chop Wood, Carry Fire

The Sun rises in the third and final decan of Sagittarius for the first time this year on December 12th. Traditions provides us with difficult images […]
December 1, 2017

Astrology Dec 2nd – 11th (♐️II): Here There Be Weasels

The Sun rises for the first time this year in the second decan of Sagittarius on Saturday, December 2nd. The second face of Sagittarius is a […]
November 22, 2017

Astrology Nov 22nd – Dec 1st (♐️I): Obstacle Cartography

The Sun enters Sagittarius on the evening of November 21st, and rises in the first decan of the Archer’s sign on the 22nd. The first decan […]
November 12, 2017

Astrology Nov 12th – 21st (♏️III): The Sensualist’s Fast + New Moon in Scorpio

The Sun’s time in the third and final decan of Scorpio conjures the rustle of crow wings, and a cascade of visions. A woman places a […]
November 3, 2017

Astrology Nov 2nd – 11th (♏️II): The Breath of the Earth

While the Sun’s journey through Scorpio began with a descent into the cave of hunger in the first decan, the second will entail a good stewing […]
October 24, 2017

Astrology Oct 23rd – Nov 1st (♏️I): The Use of Hunger

The Sun enters the first decan of Scorpio on October 23rd, with plans to reside within that span of 10 degrees until November 1st. This year, […]
October 16, 2017

Astrology Oct 13th – 22nd (♎️III): The Drunken Master’s Tutelage

The Sun enters the third and final decan of Libra, which spans the last 10 degrees of the sign, on October 13th. As we look at […]
October 12, 2017

Jupiter in Scorpio

Jupiter enters Scorpio October 10th, beginning the planet’s 13-month tenure in the sign of the Scorpion. This ingress ends the series of Jupiter-Uranus oppositions which plagued […]
October 2, 2017

Astrology Oct 3rd – 12th (♎️II): Pacta Sunt Servanda

The Sun rises in the second decan of Libra for the first time this year on Tuesday, October 3rd. While the first face of Libra introduced […]
September 22, 2017

Astrology Sep 23rd – Oct 2nd (♎️I): The Hall of Two Truths

The Sun sets foot in the first face of Libra on Friday, September 22nd, and rises within that decan for the first time on the 23rd. […]
September 12, 2017

Astrology Sep 13th – 22nd (♍️III): The Chamber of Remembrance

The Sun enters the third decan of Virgo on September 12th, and rises in that decan the first time this year on Wednesday the 13th. Journeying […]
September 5, 2017

Astrology Sep 2nd – 12th (♍️II): Vision and Craft

The Sun enters the second decan of Virgo on September 2nd and will be there until the 12th. Here, as the roots of the Tree drink, […]
August 23, 2017

Astrology Aug 23rd – Sep 1st (♍️I): Beneath the Tree

The Sun enters the first decan of Virgo on August 22nd, beginning another span of 10 days time. Here, the Sun’s rays fall upon a woman […]
August 14, 2017

Astrology Aug 12th-22nd (♌III): Bright Masks and Dark Mirrors

In the third face of Leo, which the Sun enters on August 12th, appears a figure sitting on a carved throne.  Above them, emblazoned with proud […]
August 2, 2017

Astrology Aug 2nd-11th (♌II): The Wounded Lion

The Sun rises in the second decan of Leo on the morning of August 2nd. The Sun will prowl this span of the sky until August […]
July 8, 2017

Astrology July 22nd – Aug 1st (♌I): Sword and Skin

The Sun enters the first decan of Leo on July 22nd. In this first face a serpent, flaming and lion-headed, descends. It falls like light into […]