Today Mercury is in an interior conjunction with the Sun. Mercury is cazimi, a special condition where Mercury is described as having strength by virtue of being in the heart of the Sun. This is the middle of Mercury Retrograde, a halfway point that occurs in each cycle of this planet’s retrogrades. This particular midpoint is…
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The Time Between Eclipses
We are in the liminal space between two major eclipses. Eclipse seasons bring on a bend in space and time that brings major shifts and changes into our lives, and requires the summoning of the strength we have cultivated to move through this passage of time with awareness rather than fear. Right now we…
Mars square the Nodal Axis – Threading Ego on a Golden Spool
As soon as the heart moves toward something, there is no distance. ~Geoffrey Cornelius Mars in Sagittarius squares Virgo North Node and Pisces South Node in a conjunction with Neptune retrograde August 29, 2016. The key and hinge of this moment in astrology are the concepts of passion, temper, fieriness, sex, power, courage, and action…
Mars conjunct Saturn in Sagittarius 2016 – Judiciously Wielding the Sword of Truth
Mars conjunct Saturn at 9 degrees 53 minutes Sagittarius August 24, 2016 at 7:26 am EDT. Mars and Saturn conjoin at 9 degrees 53 minutes Sagittarius on August 24. This astrological event is the culmination of both the Saturn and the Mars retrograde cycles of 2016. This planetary meeting reflects an inner and outer environment…
Full Moon in Capricorn 2016 – Orderly Chaos of Divine Mind
Full Moon in Capricorn 6:57 pm EDT July 19, 2016 The decan, a triple division of 10 degrees of each sign of the zodiac, in which this lunar cycle culminates speaks of exercising foresight to shape material reality to meet a defined intention. This process involves discarding illusion and acknowledging material reality as it…
Taking Stock and Looking Ahead – Mid July Planetary Overview
Keep up to date with the astrology – Sign up for the Atlas Astrology newsletter Venus entered Leo on July 12th, where it will stay until August 5th. When a planet changes signs, some subtle mood or overt circumstance changes along with it. The inner planets (Mercury and Venus) change signs more frequently than the…
Mars Direct in Scorpio 2016. Let’s Get It.
After being retrograde since April 17th, Mars resumes forward motion when it stations direct today, June 29, at 7:38 pm Eastern Daylight Time at 23 degrees Scorpio 03 minutes. On a direct level, Mars’ station direct indicates the externalization of the drives that were directed within and underground for the past several months. Assertion,…
Mars Retrogrades back into Scorpio – Death of Philosophy
Mars coming back to Scorpio can represent the piercing gaze of dominance and the calm that comes through the undeniable inner confidence in the possession of strength. This is an outward form of strength and dominance that can come from an inner weakness. Yet this can also be the outer form of more deeply embedded…
Full Moon in Sagittarius 2016 : Immolation, Purification, Ferocity, Desire
“Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be. One can give nothing whatever without giving oneself—that is to…
Mercury in Taurus: Sensuous Cerebral Pace is the Trick
Mercury is neutral planet that takes on the qualities of whatever it touches. While Mercury is in Taurus, it will make a set of two trines to both Jupiter and Pluto, because it is preparing for its retrograde cycle. As Mercury creates its harmonious alignments with these planets, the effects will be observed in or…