Venus and the Moon in Capricorn. Redondo Beach, CA. November 2021. On Tuesday, January 18, Venus became visible in the sky as morning star after a period of invisibility. If you are out sky-watching for Venus, know the exact date might change by a day or two on either side depending on atmospheric conditions &…
Synodic Cycles
An Old Mars in Late September
As of this writing in late September, 2021, Mars is at 9 degrees of tropical Libra. The Sun is inching up to Mars, and is currently moving through the 7th degree (aka 6 degrees) of tropical Libra. So this is a very special alignment and we should note two things: Mars is behind the Sun’s…
Venus Emerging – Venus’ Heliacal Rise in May 2021
“Venus, then, is the temperament of the celestial gods, and the friendship and union, by which their harmony subsists; for as she is proximate to the sun, in conjunction with whom she revolves, she fills the heavens with the best temperament, gives fertility to the earth, and is the source of perpetuity to the generation…
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…
March 2019 Astrology Podcast
A lot of dynamic astrology happens in March. The lull of the Sun’s dip into Pisces, the retrograde beginnings, build to a roaring Aries equinox. Great planetary energetics ripple into myriad expressions, one after the next, after the next. Every planet is important this month. Every planet swells with its urge to express. Which…
5 Stand Out Astrological Events of May 2018
Sun in Taurus opposite Jupiter in Scorpio – May 8, 2018 The Sun stands 180 degrees away from Jupiter in the sky. This is Jupiter’s Full Moon moment in its yearly cycle. Jupiter is fully illuminated. After the Sun goes down, in the heart of the night (midnight), look directly overhead, and Jupiter will be…
Remediating Planets in the Birth Chart. Part 2
“The way you get people to testify against themselves is not to have police tactics and oppressive techniques. What you do is to build it in so people learn to distrust everything in themselves that has not been sanctioned, to reject what is most creative in themselves to begin with, so you don’t even need…
5 Stand-Out Astrological Events in January 2018
Ah, not to be cut off, not through the slightest partition shut out from the law of the stars. The inner — what is it? if not intensified sky, hurled through with birds and deep with the winds of homecoming – Rainer Maria Rilke 1. Uranus Stations Direct — January 2, 2018 — An Impulse…
The End of a Cycle – Saturn and Venus Combust the Sun
Like the Moon, each of the seven classical planets can be tracked in terms of their relationship with the Sun. When the Moon is new, a new cycle of increasing light and energy begins. When the Moon is full, that cycle has reached its culmination, and the fruits of the cycle are more easily observed….