Full Moon Penumbral Lunar Eclipse in Pisces, 24 degrees 20 minutes, September 16, 2016 3:05 pm EDT. With this Full Moon we are on the home stretch of what has been an intense two weeks for many. This Full Moon is the second eclipse in September, and its impact will reverberate for months to…
Saturn in Sagittarius
Drying off under a Cazimi Mercury Retrograde in Virgo
Today Mercury is in an interior conjunction with the Sun. Mercury is cazimi, a special condition where Mercury is described as having strength by virtue of being in the heart of the Sun. This is the middle of Mercury Retrograde, a halfway point that occurs in each cycle of this planet’s retrogrades. This particular midpoint is…
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…
Mars conjunct Saturn in Sagittarius 2016 – Judiciously Wielding the Sword of Truth
Mars conjunct Saturn at 9 degrees 53 minutes Sagittarius August 24, 2016 at 7:26 am EDT. Mars and Saturn conjoin at 9 degrees 53 minutes Sagittarius on August 24. This astrological event is the culmination of both the Saturn and the Mars retrograde cycles of 2016. This planetary meeting reflects an inner and outer environment…
Saturn Stations Direct 2016 – Moment of Outcomes
Saturn stations direct August 13, 2016 at 9 degrees 47 minutes Sagittarius at 5:50 am EDT. The most distant visible planet, Saturn rules over the structures that support life and the boundaries that differentiate between objects. When Saturn turned retrograde in March, it initiated a several month long inner process of gestation. A…
New Moon in Leo 2016 – The Vision and Tempered Theatre
New Moon 10 degrees 58 minutes Leo: August 2, 2016, 4:44 PM EDT This New Moon evokes a question. This week, the beginnings of an answer are apparent. The full answer arrives over the coming week with Saturn’s direct station, and more so in the months to follow as Mars meets Saturn and the latter…
Taking Stock and Looking Ahead – Mid July Planetary Overview
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…
Neptune Retrograde 2016 – An Impartial Washing
An impartial washing containers for a sea that strong are held only by the beyond pretensions of human holding are just that what surrender means is cultivated is experienced if reality is dissolving you can see through it to the core and the essence gradually shaped by the curved pad of your thumb and it…
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…