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April 21, 2018

Astrology Apr 20-29 (♉I): Beneath the Fields

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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
June 30, 2017

Astrology July 1-10 (♋II): Strange Brew

The Sun enters the second face, or decan, of Cancer on Saturday, July 1st (7/1 8:45 AM PDT). Here philosophers gather privately, inside a walled and […]
April 3, 2017

April 2017: In Magic Chains To Bind

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 […]
December 22, 2016

The Astrology of 2017: Ante Up

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 […]
December 1, 2016

December 2016: Wild Cards

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 […]
October 31, 2016

November 2016: Sorting Stories

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 […]
October 10, 2016

Astrology 10/10-10/16: Molten Silver

Though the week begins with the conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter in harmonious Libra, it climaxes with the exciting, but volatile, Full Moon in Aries on […]
October 1, 2016

October 2016: Cloud and Stone

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 1, 2016

September 2016: Ontological Threshing

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 […]
August 14, 2016

Astrology 8/15-8/21: Ties That Bind

This week is host to a brilliant Full Moon in Aquarius, which in the Americas, occurs early Thursday morning.  While the Moon achieves maximum brilliance, Mercury […]
August 1, 2016

August 2016: Charge!

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 […]
June 19, 2016

Astrology 6/20-6/26: Polarized Light

This week the skies above reflect the polarization below. The week begins with Monday morning’s potent Full Moon in Sagittarius, which opposes the Sun in Gemini […]
May 31, 2016

June 2016: Carousel

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 […]
May 15, 2016

Astrology 5/16 – 5/22: The Arrow’s Path

The first half of the week plods along the same cobblestones we’ve been walking since May began. Yet as the weekend approaches, that road becomes a […]
April 18, 2016

Astrology 4/18 – 4/24: Tarnished Silver

This week, the planetary tectonics grind and shift in order to provide the proper stage for the next phase of this season’s story.  The Sun enters […]
February 22, 2016

Astrology 2/22 – 2/28: The Body of Life

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February 20, 2014

The Nodes in Aries and Libra

The following article appears in the 2015 Astrological Almanac.  Click here to order your copy now.  The North and South Node of the Moon moved into […]
February 19, 2013

Dive

The Moon waxes towards full this week, raising the tide waters of wyrding higher still. Monday dawns shortly after the Sun’s entry into Pisces and the […]
January 21, 2013

1/21-1/27: Perspective

A waxing Moon looks down over an interesting week.   The Sun and Mercury in Aquarius make stimulating aspects to Uranus in Aries and Jupiter in Gemini […]
November 26, 2012

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 […]
September 26, 2012

In The Balance

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 […]
August 28, 2012

Dream Incubation

We spend the week on the boundary between the concrete and imaginary, between what is and what isn’t- yet.  The pressures of the real and the […]
August 21, 2012

The Harvest Queen and the River Dragon

The week begins with the Sun in the last degrees of Leo, making an energetic but potentially irksome sextile with Mars.  Wednesday holds a very positive […]
July 30, 2012

Context

The notes of chaos and instability that have characterized the summer continue for the first part of the week, but subside as we trundle into the […]
May 7, 2012

Tomorrow's Fields

The week begins as the last of the weekend’s “super moon” disappears beneath the horizon.  Early in the week Mercury enters Taurus, the financial fields where […]
May 1, 2012

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 […]