Saturn rules structure, boundaries and patience. Saturn brings us obstacles and limitations both internal and external, forcing us to confront what must be done and thereby […]
The bodies most often categorized as planets in modern astrology are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Planets? The clever […]
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 […]
The week begins with the Sun’s ingress into Scorpio on Monday. The Sun trines Neptune on Tuesday and then conjoins Saturn on Wednesday night. Mercury,also in […]
The still-new Moon waxes slowly across the week, incrementally increasing the tempo. There is a steady build, but the real intensity lies some weeks out from […]
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 […]
The week begins just after Uranus and Pluto’s first square and Saturn’s direct station, which occurred last Sunday but reverberate throughout the week Despite the relatively […]
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 […]
The intense week climaxes early with Tuesday’s Full Moon in Aries, whose kinetic and inflammatory energy threatens the mandatory equilibrium imposed by the Sun’s pending […]
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. […]
An action packed and not particularly pleasant week. Mercury stations retrograde on Tuesday night, introducing us formally to the 3 1/2 weeks of twisted words […]
A combination of factors provide a more genial atmosphere than previous weeks. Venus strolls through Cancer unafflicted this week, handing out rewards, pouring honey on wounds […]
The solstice on June 21st (17:16 UTC) swallows the week, washing out daily worries in the light of seasonal concerns. In the northern hemisphere, the Sun […]
June’s game-changing pace continues with a week that oscillates between solemn and hyperactive. Venus enters Gemini on Thursday, splitting in two to fly Doublemint-style through the […]
This week the Moon waxes into visibility, growing from a silver finger-nail into a cup half full of reflected light. On Wednesday, Mercury leaves the whale’s […]
Saturn in Libra stations retrograde on Wednesday, January 26th, following the 22nd’s celebratory Jupiter ingress (See Re-Enter The Dragon) with a strong dose of reality. The […]
(The following essay is an excerpt from my 2011 Astrological Almanac.) 2011 is an intermediary year, following the storms of 2008-2010 and preceding the difficult configurations […]
This week sees several changes. Mercury, flying through the last degrees of Libra, enters Scorpio on Wednesday, intensifying and sharpening the tone of communications and the […]
This week builds on the energies unleashed during the last. As the Moon waxes through the first quarter, we hold hands with a backward walking Venus […]