* Scroll to the bottom of this post for a video of me reading this post with some commentary. Your astrological chart is just one facet of “you”. The chart is a map of your karmas in this lifetime. Even though it seems like the information that can be gleaned from the birth chart is…
Take Care of the Minutes and Incarnations Will Take Care of Themselves
“[Paramahansa Yogananda] said “take care of the minutes and incarnations will take care of themselves.” And that is really a spectacularly interesting teaching. It’s, in this moment, what am I doing with my consciousness? And here is the most helpful way to think of it that I have found. Because this world is dual, and…
The Meaning of the Sun in Aries
The Meaning of the Sun in Astrology In a birth chart, the Sun is the locus of an individual’s most foundational operational blueprint for this particular incarnation. It is a core motivational narrative for an individual’s existence in this life. It is not the only motivational narrative shown in the chart – but a key…
The Astrology of Jane Dee’s Good Mood on April 26, 1583
This podcast is about Jane Dee, John Dee’s wife, and a bit of a research rabbit hole I went down as I was reading an article about the Dee household by Deborah Harkness called Managing an Experimental Household Managing an Experimental Household by Deborah Harkness on JSTOR John Dee’s chart on Astro Databank Jane Dee’s…
The Astrology of March 2021
This month I have outlined the main highlights of March’s astrology below. One of the main features that stood out to me for March is Mars moving from the ongoing square with Saturn, ushering in a sense of freedom as it moves on. Whatever energy pattern or specific situation this may constellate as in your…
February 2021 Astrology Forecast
Words from Fra Angelico: Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their coverings, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, and wisdom, and power. Welcome it, greet it, and you touch the angel’s…
In the Throne Room – Jupiter & Saturn Cazimi
This week the Sun has entered Aquarius and will start a new life-cycle with both Jupiter and Saturn. The new cycle begins when the Sun conjoins either of these outer planets within a degree. The cazimi is not visible to the naked eye because the planet is hidden behind the beaming light rays of the…
The Astrology of January 2021
January 2021 Astrology Forecast January 2021 is a very active month. There is an ongoing tension between the established order and an urgency to advance beyond it. There is a temptation to act hastily to accomplish a change, or to act hastily in moving toward freedom or growth. However, the planets are decidedly telling a…
The Ancient Sky and The Star of Bethlehem
Were the Magi actually humans? Or is Magi / 3 Wise Men a symbol that refers to celestial phenomena? Discussion about the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of December 2020 was ubiquitous. Among the astronomers and news outlets and amateur photographers, you may have noticed that there was a lot of discussion about the Jupiter Saturn conjunction actually…
Four Facts About the Jupiter Saturn Conjunction in Aquarius
* Jupiter and Saturn Conjoin in 20 year intervals Jupiter and Saturn come together in a conjunction every twenty years. For two hundred years, these conjunctions typically happen in the same element (But there is some variance. For example the conjunctions can happen continuously in a fire sign for 75 years, but there will be…