The Moon is joining Saturn within the next few hours so lets think about some things to keep in mind if you are having a Saturn transit. This should be especially useful for the mutable signs right now – Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces, and also anyone having their Saturn Return. By the way, new thing,…
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Exploring Reception in the current Mercury in Libra square Mars in Capricorn planetary alignment
Exploring Reception and Non-Reception in the current Mercury in Libra square Mars in Capricorn alignment. After Mercury moves on beyond its conjunction to Jupiter it will be applying a square to Mars in Capricorn. This perfects at 11 degrees of both Libra and Capricorn in the evening of October 13th Eastern time. There is an…
Venus sextile Jupiter – A Study in Reception
Reception is an astrological concept that occurs between planets that are in aspect to each other, where one of the planets is in the essential dignity of the other planet. As I write this, Venus in Cancer is separating from an exact sextile from Jupiter in Virgo. Venus in Cancer is in the sign of…
Mercury in Gemini Over the River and Through the Mutable Cross
The Mutable Grand Cross we have been experiencing for nearly the whole month of June is now beginning to separate. Late May and June brought the midpoint of Mars and Saturn retrograde. The potentials of the seed planted by the retrograde station of the planets now begins to bloom into a recognizable plant. Now that…
Sun square Chiron – Nuances of Awareness Through Language
Poetry, after all, milks the unconscious. ~Anne Sexton This is a moment in astrology that emphasizes understanding of the strengths possessed in personal identity with regard to about general existence in life – our skills, accomplishments, achievements. Alongside that, there could be a simultaneous awareness of the shortcomings of what could be called the reason for existence. There could…
Love’s Wisdom at Full Term – Venus at Superior Conjunction
Love, art, money and creativity are now going through purification process. That process may be happening in a subdued way, on an internal level, and with deliberation, pace, seriousness, contemplation, and with an associated sense of responsibility. Art, money, personal values, love, and creativity are being cleansed, purified, and given new life as they…
Variety of Satisfaction of Venus in Gemini
Tell me everything. ~My multiple Gemini, including Venus in Gemini, friend. Venus enters Gemini on May 24 and remains in the sign of the twins, and of contrast and multiplicity, and cerebral deftness, until June 17. During this time love and pleasure become filtered through the lens of Gemini. In Gemini, Venus’ expressions…
Mercury in Pisces Moving Fast and Other Numina
This week, from the Sunday March 13, to Sunday March 20th, Mercury is traveling at a much faster speed than its average. When planets in the sky are in fast motion the experiences associated with them on earth also move quickly. On many days this week, Mercury is now moving at almost double its…
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…
Sun in Sagittarius square Nodal Axis
The Sun in Sagittarius applies a square to the nodal axis this week, exact on December 18. This week we receive our first illuminated glimpse of the message of the Virgo North Node and Pisces South Node, which are transiting those signs through April 2017. Wondrously, yet as so often happens in astrology, at the…