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 […]
July 25, 2016

Astrology 7/25-7/31: Big Top Show

This week the Moon wanes through blazing skies. Now that the Sun has followed Mercury and Venus into Leo, there is a clear majority of planets […]
July 4, 2016

Astrology 7/4-7/10: The Philosopher’s Womb

This week begins with the New Moon in Cancer, which occurs early Monday morning.  This lunation is followed by Mercury’s superior conjunction to the Sun on […]
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 […]
May 9, 2016

Astrology 5/9-5/15: The Testimony of Stone

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 […]
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 […]
April 14, 2016

Blast Furnace: Mars’ 2016 Retrograde

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 […]
March 14, 2016

Astrology 3/14-3/20: Churning The Ocean

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 […]
March 7, 2016

Astrology March 7th-13th: The Aphotic Zone

This week is host to a total solar eclipse in Pisces.  The eclipse, which takes place on Tuesday evening (March 8th, 8:57 PM EST), will be visible […]
February 29, 2016

Astrology 2/29 – 3/6: Water Pressure

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February 22, 2016

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

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February 8, 2016

Astrology 2/8 – 2/14: The Monkey Crown

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February 1, 2016

Astrology 2/1-2/7: Sunbeam

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January 18, 2016

Astrology Jan. 18th-24th: Out the Hellmouth

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January 11, 2016

Astrology Jan. 11th-17th: Master of the Maze

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January 4, 2016

Astrology Jan. 4th-10th: Blueprint

Though the Moon wanes down to nothing this week, it is hardly a time of falling action.  This intense week sees Mercury station retrograde in a […]
April 1, 2013

Candle Gazing

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 […]
March 12, 2013

Crawling Ashore

This week begins with the slow dark of the New Moon in Pisces, but from there a new cycle unfolds swiftly.  Mars enters Aries on Monday […]