There is nothing wrong with standing back and thinking. To paraphrase several sages: ‘Nobody can think and hit someone at the same time’ ~Susan Sontag, Regarding The Pain of Others Mars is in Sagittarius: March 5 – May 27 Mars stations Retrograde at 8 degrees Sagittarius: April 17 Mars opposite Sun: May 21, 1 degree…
Venus in Aquarius 2016 — Lightning’s Love and Friendship
As Venus travels through each sign in the Zodiac, this planet demonstrates the feeling tone of charm, affection, sharing, pleasantness, indulgences, tastes, and interpersonal interaction both socially and intimately. Venus is a moderately hot and moist planet. In Aquarius, the sign of the waterbearer, Venus expresses affection to others freely, finding the most pleasurable and…
Sun conjunct Neptune in Pisces – Foray in Reverie
“Lest we forget,that nothing in this world endures, not even a home; and that our life is short, shorter even than the life of the elephant, the crocodile and the crow.” ~Joseph Roth I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our…
Mars Retrograde 2016
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~Winston Churchill Mars takes about two years to travel around the zodiacal band while Earth takes one year to travel the same distance around the Sun. When Earth is directly beside Mars in orbit,…
Full Moon in Virgo 2016 – Opposition, Concord, Discord, Harmony
The path up and the path down are one in the same. ~Heraclitus The Moon is Full in Virgo on February 22, 2016 at 1:19 PM EST at 3 degrees Pisces-Virgo. At this time there is a clear revelation. Previously obscured information is now visible and ready to be actualized into form to with full…
Five Ways to Utilize the Energies of the March 8 Solar Eclipse in Pisces
This post is from a note sent out to subscribers of the Atlas Astrology newsletter. If you would like to receive the newsletter you can get it here. Greetings everyone, On March 8 at 8:57 PM EST there is a New Moon Total Solar Eclipse at 18 degrees 56 minutes Pisces. The effects of eclipses can…
Mercury in Aquarius 2016 — Solitude Among Strangers
Here in my solitude, I have the feeling that I contain too much humanity. ~Ingmar Bergman, Images: My Life in Film After an extended traversal in Capricorn, Mercury has entered Aquarius. Due to the retrograde motion, and the presence of Pluto in Capricorn, Mercury’s travels there were especially heavy. If you are feeling the lightness…
Mars trine Chiron : Willful Creation/Healing of Fractured Visionary Reality
We create from what we can imagine. We are living right now inside the imaginings of people whose mental illness makes them believe they are superior to other human beings. This video is part of the resistance, the new imaginings that we use to pull ourselves towards liberation. ~ Adrienne Maree Brown, Beyonce’s Visionary Fiction:…
New Moon in Aquarius 2016
Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented culture, and doing nothing is hard to do. It’s best done by disguising it as doing something, and the something closest to doing nothing is walking. Walking itself is the intentional act closest to the unwilled rhythms of the body, to breathing and the…
Venus conjunct Pluto in Capricorn : Highest Peaks and Lowest Valleys
“I have loved in life and I have been loved. I have drunk the bowl of poison from the hands of love as nectar, and have been raised above life’s joy and sorrow. My heart, aflame in love, set afire every heart that came in touch with it. My heart has been rent and…