As personal planets Mars and Venus in Virgo make a series of squares to Saturn, the potential for fractious contention has been prevalent. Cracks are revealed in any situation that does not have a solid foundation The urge to criticize is more powerfully present. It should be crafted toward being constructive rather than injurious. With…
Saturn in Sagittarius
On Venus’ Encounter with Saturn & Uranus
The image for this post is a screenshot of the album In The City by The Chromatics as the song I’m On Fire was playing. It is the most Venus-Uranus conjunction in Aries song to ever do it. Use your best judgement with acting on romantic / pleasure/ aesthetic impulses as Uranus can stoke that…
Full Moon in Virgo 2017: On Self-Possession
I was sent forth from the power, and I have come to those who reflect upon me, and I have been found among those who seek after me. Look upon me, you who reflect upon me, and you hearers, hear me. You who are waiting for me, take me to yourselves. And do not banish…
New Moon in Capricorn 2016: Strategy in the Heart of the Trickster
New Moon in Capricorn, December 29 2016, 7 Capricorn 59, 1:53 AM EST Nothing real can be threatened. Beyonce spoke these words on her most recent album Lemonade. That idea is infused into the Capricorn New Moon. The New Moon takes place in the sign of Capricorn, conjunct Mercury retrograde just past the heart of…
Full Moon in Gemini 2016 – The Spoken Word & Principled Acts of Healing
A student asked, “Can Essential Nature be destroyed?” Coyote said, “Yes, it can.” The student asked, “How can Essential Nature be destroyed?” Coyote said, “With an eraser.” —Robert Aitken Full Moon in Gemini, December 13 2016, 7:05 PM EST, 22 degrees Gemini 26 seconds. Gemini is a double bodied sign, and the themes of duality…
Mercury Retrograde in Virgo 2016 – Fleetness of Mind
Mercury Retrograde in Virgo- 9:04 AM EDT August 30, 29 Virgo 05 – 1:30 AM Eastern September 22, 14 Virgo 49 Every astrological event happens within the context of other movements in the sky. An event like Mercury retrograde which happens about three times per year is best understood as a part of the broader…
Full Moon in Aquarius 2016 – Purposeful Coherent Chaos
Full Moon 25 degrees 52 minutes Aquarius, August 18, 2016 5:27 am EDT. The alignments of the planets can be understood as reflecting a higher order of movement that is then refracted as if through a quartz crystal into the myriad moments of human life. The heavenly bodies are always moving; to freeze them…
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…
New Moon in Capricorn 2016: A Breastplate Forged in a Smithshop
The moment of this New Moon comes as a still point. Though Capricorn is a sign characterized by restraint, the hours in the leadup to the moment of the New Moon were tousled in a big push of energy. The Moon first joined underworld lord Pluto, then squared Uranus for a bit of…