In 1976, the US was a couple years past the heart of an economic downturn, and Martha Stewart had recently ended her stint as a stockbroker on Wall Street. She and her family had moved to a dilapidated farmhouse in Westport Connecticut five years prior, the furthest commuting town from New York City*. She spent…
Symbolism of the North Node in Leonora Carrington’s Natal Chart at Record-Setting Auction of Surrealist Painting
British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington’s surrealist painting, “Les Distractions de Dagobert” was recently sold for $28.5M at a live-broadcast Sotheby’s auction. While there is no exact time of birth for Carrington, her date of birth is fairly undisputed. The chart below is a sunrise chart for Carrington’s birthdate, April 6, 1917. The Sotheby’s auction that saw…
Weekly Forecast 5.17.22
May 17 – May 18: Mars conjunct Neptune at 24°– 25° Pisces Mars is in mutable Pisces, which can pre-dispose the planet of action to scattering its focus. This can be amplified by passing over the ethereal fog of Neptune, which casts an imaginative, idealistic, or further scattering ray upon this typically determined planet. This…
Weekly Astro Forecast 5.9.22
This week is host to some pretty key astrological events as far as the year is concerned: Jupiter enters Aries Mercury stations retrograde in Gemini The total lunar eclipse in Scorpio For those of us who are already feeling the Aries vibes, let me give it to you straight and fast: We are essentially in…
May 2022 Astrology Forecast
The Sleepwalker. Julius Diez. 1917 May’s astrology weaves a few divergent energetic themes into a very astrologically dynamic month. Active skies this month offer a spectrum of experiences for all the signs and planetary placements. For many, the scenery may be changing, as life situations rapidly shift and evolve. Others may be focusing intensely on…
Solar Eclipse Keywords for the New Moon Solar Eclipse in Taurus April 30, 2022 and Venus conjunct Jupiter in Pisces
The Moon is dark in Aries and Taurus until it appears as a sliver int he sky again – maybe Monday or Tuesday. It’s a time of rest, dreaming, visioning, quiet beginnings, and release. If you’re up before sunrise, see if you can watch Venus and Jupiter rise before the sun. They look magnificent now…
Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn 2022
Pluto has now stationed retrograde at 28 degrees Capricorn. This can correspond to a number of experiences, especially if you have planets or points (the angles of the chart) near the degree where Pluto is stationing: * A longing for depth in the topics of the houses in your birth chart where Pluto is stationing…
April 2022 Astrology Forecast
April features some of the most significant astrology of the year. There is a lot of pretty significant astrology this year, – the Mars retrograde in the second half, Jupiter changing signs in the middle of the year (like he just can’t wait to get into Aries), the eclipses in fixed signs that activate the…
The Significance of the Equinox
All major days where there is a shift in the Sun’s apparent trajectory are power days in the year. Today the Sun rests over the equator, and begins to head northward as seen from Earth. On this day the Sun rises due east and sets due west. Just as we mark these changes in the…
The Oceanic and Mythic Sun Neptune Conjunction in Pisces
Image: On the Open Sea, 1921, Rene Quillivic The Sun will conjoin Neptune at 22 degrees Pisces on Saturday March 12. This aspect is building until then. This planetary duo coming together in Pisces is a double serving of imagination and mystery, as both the planets and the sign have threads of this theme in…