June begins with a series of broadly fortunate changes. Venus and Mercury both return home to signs they rule, and the greater benefic, Jupiter, stations direct. […]
April’s story, though possessed of many details, can be broken down into two major parts. These are the plotlines spun out by Mercury and Venus’ retrograde […]
It is said of March that it comes “in like a lion, and out like a lamb.” This is almost true this year, as the beginning […]
February’s skies promise a month both fast and strange. Mars and Venus’ presence in Aries pushes the pace of the month, accelerating it through a pair […]
The Moon in Sagittarius sails through the daylight skies without incident or aspect. Meanwhile, Mercury in Capricorn completes a sextile to Neptune in Pisces, making it […]
The year makes its first big move with the Full Moon in Cancer this week. Although every Full Moon is worthy of note, this one completes […]
The year begins with the Moon in Aquarius’s aspects to the tight nest of configurations between Uranus in Aries, Jupiter in Libra and Saturn in Sagittarius. […]
The year begins with a set of chess pieces, lined up and awaiting orders. January is full of strategic considerations, for it is here that we […]
The skies of 2017 shine bright and gaudy as a Vegas casino, and house just as many games of skill and chance. The year deals a […]
Though there are a number of unique moments this December, the bulk of the month’s events orbit around the potent configurations between Saturn in Sagittarius, Jupiter […]
This week, haunted by the specter of Justice, begins with the Sun’s entrance into Sagittarius, and continues with Mercury’s midweek conjunction with Saturn in the same […]
This November’s principle dynamics concern the confusion between fantasy and facts which has characterized much of 2016. This month’s most dramatic configurations call for both a […]
This week sees an abundance of action in the early degrees of Scorpio. Mercury follows the Sun into the subterranean sign on Monday, and then conjoins […]
Boots on the Ground Our two friends this month will be diplomacy and discipline, as represented by Jupiter in Libra and Mars in Capricorn. Although rather […]
September holds a number of interesting configurations. Together, they should serve to bring many of this year’s themes to completion. The month is straddled by two […]
This week’s dramatic celestial action sets the stage for September. It begins with Venus’ entrance into Libra on Monday, which is followed by Mercury’s retrograde station […]
Many events have led us to this fiery threshold, and it has come time to cross it This week delivers the long-delayed conjunction of Mars and […]
This month we ride out to meet this year’s most difficult configurations on the field of battle. It is a hectic month, with sudden starts and […]
Most of the planets hold their positions this July. Other than the swift Moon, only the Sun, Mercury and Venus change signs. These three bodies all […]
This week hosts Mars’ long awaited direct station. The red planet slows to a crawl and then stops on Wednesday the 29th, signaling the end of […]
All Aboard This June is a spinning carousel, whose revolutions will leave us alternately elated and nauseous. The month’s first week contains a potent configuration of […]
This week completes the series of changes set in motion by last Saturday’s Full Moon. By its end, we will have transitioned into the next movement […]
This week offers insight and the opportunity for joys large and small. Things begin, on Monday, with retrograde Mercury’s meditative conjunction with the Sun and Jupiter’s […]
The Territory May divides itself into two very different and unequal parts. The first portion, which will take us up until the 20th, contains a number […]
The Basics Let us begin with the astronomical fundamentals of Mars’ retrograde. The facts, as it were. First, Mars assumes retrograde motion in relationship to the […]
This week is host to a penumbral lunar eclipse in Libra early Wednesday morning, super charging the beginning and middle of the week with red and […]
The Moon waxes as we pass between eclipses, the days overflowing with an agitated mixture of the past and future. The week begins with a potentially […]
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