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March 10, 2018

Astrology Mar 11 – 20 (♓️III): Before the Beginning

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, […]
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 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 […]
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 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 26, 2016

Astrology 9/26-10/2: Unfamiliar Footing

This week holds both conclusions and introductions.  Late Monday night, Mars finally exits Sagittarius, leaving behind the site of the red planet’s long and, at times […]
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 […]
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 […]
February 8, 2016

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

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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 […]
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 […]
February 5, 2013

At The Delta

  The Moon wanes over a transitional week.   Things begin with Mars’ undersea conjunction to Neptune in Pisces.  The pair is joined early in the week […]
July 17, 2012

Turbine

The season’s storms continue, and many get kicked up a notch.  Some walk perilous paths, certain of their purpose, cloaks wrapped tightly around them. Others watch […]
June 19, 2012

Turnings

The Solstice Sun shines across far reaching concerns this week.   On Tuesday, the Moon finds the Sun again in the last degrees of Gemini, the first […]
May 14, 2012

The Silent Eye

  This week entails two very interesting celestial events.  First, on Tuesday morning, Venus stations retrograde, beginning her 6 week retreat across the sky’s catwalk.    Then, […]
March 19, 2012

Astrology 3/19-3/25: Turning The Quarter

  This week sees both the season and the lunar cycle shift, setting the stage for the next phase.  Yet things are still over-run with unfinished […]
February 14, 2012

Astrology 13th-19th: Rising Tide

The Moon wanes over a week of transitions.   Mercury enters Pisces on Monday, starting things off with the messenger’s shift into the spacey, imaginative sign.  The […]
January 17, 2012

Astrology 16th-22nd: Bubble, Bubble…

The slowly disappearing Moon wanes its way across the first half of the week, overseeing the Sun in Capricorn’s square with Saturn in Libra.  The Sun-Saturn […]
December 20, 2011

Astrology Dec. 19th-25th: Conversations With Janus

The entire week is haloed by the Solstice, one of the year’s pivot points.  In this place between seasons, several important shifts take place.  First, on […]
October 25, 2011

Astrology 24th-30th: Itchy Old Skin

The week begins on a low energy note, waning Luna moving slowly toward Wednesday’s New Moon in Scorpio.  On the way there, Venus and Mars close […]
August 22, 2011

Aug. 22nd-28th: 'Round The Wheel Goes

This week tugs once more at August’s rough pattern before gathering its loose ends to spin September’s tales. A number of important transitions occur this week.  […]
June 27, 2011

Astrology 27th-3rd: Chasin' Tail

A partial solar eclipse waits for us at the end of a somewhat tense week.  A loose Grand Cross connects the planets as the Sun runs […]