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…
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Sun Opposite Chiron, Mercury-Mars Opposite Neptune
The Sun beams its rays directly on to Chiron retrograde, creating awareness of the shape of a physical, emotional, or spiritual misalignment. Retrograde planets are thought to be weakened in their expression. The functions they signify may be inhibited or made to move through a circuitous route to arrive at a version of themselves that…
Mercury Direct – Cool River Waters
After being retrograde since August 30th,, Mercury will station direct on Thursday September 22 at 14 degrees Virgo. Mercury will station in its exaltation degree in Virgo, and will be in a trine to Pluto. Notably, amplifying the direct station theme, Pluto stations direct within days of Mercury, on Monday September 26th at 14 degrees…
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…
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…
Meditation and the Cross : Notes on a Super Mutable Sky
The current moment offers potent astrology. There is so much going on. Friday’s New Moon in Gemini kicked off an activation of the March 9th eclipse in Pisces. Note any themes from that time period that are arising again. With Venus and the Moon flanking the Sun at the time of the New Moon,…
New Moon in Gemini 2016 – Within the Chambers of the Heart and Mind
The New Moon in Gemini takes place June 4 , 2016 at 14 degrees 53 minutes Gemini at 11 p.m. EDT. This New Moon is part of a complex planetary pattern, with the simplest and most immediate influence being its nearness to Venus. At the time of the New Moon, Venus is only 29 minutes…
Jupiter stations Direct in Virgo: The Self-Evidence of Truth
Spiritual truth transcends mere words. Whatever is put into words immediately becomes profane, a commodity capable of manipulation and distortion. Truth is not the evident form, but the hidden fire. We cannot find truth in outer forms any more than we can see fire in wood that has not been enkindled. ~David Frawley, Pandit Vamadeva…
Full Moon in Virgo 2016 – Opposition, Concord, Discord, Harmony
The path up and the path down are one in the same. ~Heraclitus The Moon is Full in Virgo on February 22, 2016 at 1:19 PM EST at 3 degrees Pisces-Virgo. At this time there is a clear revelation. Previously obscured information is now visible and ready to be actualized into form to with full…
Mars conjunct Jupiter trine Pluto
Sign up for the Newsletter — Book a Reading Mars and Jupiter will meet at an exact conjunction on October 17 at 6:40 PM EDT. Mars joins Jupiter in the second decan of Virgo, at 14 degrees 11 minutes. Both bodies apply a trine to Pluto before Mars meets and surpasses Jupiter. Mars Jupiter aspects…