Whenever the intensity of looking reaches a certain degree, one becomes aware of an equally intense energy coming towards one through the appearance of whatever it is one is scrutinizing. ~John Berger As Mars approaches a conjunction with Jupiter and an opposition with Neptune, Jupiter trines Pluto. There is a sense of being inwardly, if…
Virgo
Mars and Jupiter in Virgo 2015
All love eventually becomes help. ~Paul Tillich remix. Mars enters Virgo September 24th at 10:18 PM EDT, conjoining the fixed star Regulus and squaring Saturn immediately upon entry. Mars and Jupiter now occupy the same sign. The sign Virgo now has two planetary bodies in it, doubling the dose of Virgo energy being emitted toward…
Solar Eclipse in Virgo 2015
Hi everyone and Happy Solar Eclipse in Virgo! We are now in a powerful portal moment for the next two weeks. This Solar Eclipse is an encouragement to use your willpower to create accelerated transformation in your life. It’s a good time to practice manifesting, which, beyond being widely understood as a new-agey kind of…
Distillation and Essence, September 10, 2015
There is an emphasis on the successive signs today, Leo, Virgo, and Libra. The dispositorship chain goes like Mercury Libra —> Venus in Leo, then all the planets in Leo funneling into the Sun in Virgo, which comes back through to Mercury in Libra. With that in mind, here we go. As the Sun is…
A Moon in Many Guises
Hi everyone, The Moon is in Aquarius and will make an opposition to Mars and then Venus Retrograde over the next 12 hours or so. Moon in the air sign Aquarius is good accompaniment for the cerebral Jupiter and Sun in Virgo, and Mercury which has just entered air sign Libra. Aquarius Moon benefits from…
A Virgo Season of Transition
Hi all, The Moon is in Sagittarius today. Currently, Moon is at 11-12 degrees. The next major aspect it will make is a trine to Venus retrograde at about 1 AM or so Eastern Time. The Sun’s entrance into Virgo this year marks an occasion. This Virgo season is ushering in a new astrological season…
The Mutable Cross: Considering The Maker and The Made
Follow the lead of your symptoms, for there’s usually a myth in the mess, and a mess is an expression of soul. James Hillman
A Virgo-Pisces axis story: Bhakti Yoga & Devotion
As the Moon freshly wanes in Virgo, after an opposition to the Sun in Pisces, which encompass the themes of duty (Virgo) and sacrifice for a higher or spiritual cause (Pisces), I thought it would be appropriate to share this story about duty and devotion. This is from a book called Yoga is Union written…