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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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, … Continue reading
A healthy amount of ambiguity tolerance is the life giving quality of this astrological moment. In a space where simultaneously and continuously, so much is happening, arising, firming up and taking form, dissolving, changing, and evolving, in many areas of outer life, and in many spaces within oneself, keeping a certain set of qualities … Continue reading
You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft; a certain free-margin , or even vagueness – ignorance, credulity – helps your enjoyment of these things. ~Walt Whitman A Mutable Grand Cross now dominates the heavens. The mutable signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces … Continue reading
Success is just living with balance, and savoring the most of what is effectively limited time on this planet before we all get snuffed out. ~Guy Spier in conversation with Adrienne Dorison. Guy Spier, in cooperation with two friends, bid $650,000 in a fundraiser to have lunch with Warren Buffett. An event that proved life … Continue reading
While Venus is in Taurus she broadcasts through her rays her dominion over the senses. Associated with life’s pleasures, in Taurus it’s the ornamented surroundings and the soft fabrics on the skin and earthy sensuality where Venus finds her expression. In fixed sign Taurus this placement indicates preservation in the mode of Venus, and it is here we find … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
The New Moon on May 6 is at 16 degrees 41 minutes of Taurus at 3:29 PM EDT. The first earth sign of the zodiac is primal place of embodiment in flesh. This annual New Moon in Taurus comes at a time when harmony between the desire for speed emanating from Mars retrograde and Saturn … Continue reading
