photo by Werner H. Mueller The New Moon takes place the morning of the 14th with the Sun and Moon conjunct in the water sign of Cancer. As a water sign Cancer deals with the realm of emotions and instincts, but being a cardinal sign of action, Cancer take an active role in seeking to nurture and care for others. The New Moon begins a new lunar cycle; the conjunction of the Sun and Moon in which the pure and... Read more

In a world where Jupiter and Pluto are both in Sagittarius, taking expansion to ridiculous extremes and the mundane becomes an ideological fixation in the case of the Cult of the Iphone, here is an anthem for our time from the very entertaining David Pogue of the New York Times. Read more

Jill at Brilliant at Breakfast has a brilliant post today on the need for Cindy Sheehan to get some grief counseling. I think it’s safe to say that there are few on the left who don’t respect the work that Cindy Sheehan has done in gaining recognition for the debacle that is the Iraq War, but as Jill so brilliantly puts it: When Sheehan announced in May that she was tired of being the right’s favorite punching bag and going... Read more

Crab Nebula photo from the Hubble site. On July 9, Mercury turns direct and begins the end of this heavy retrograde period, and Venus forms a trine to Pluto which enables a deepening of our love for each other and for ourselves. When the Goddess of Love takes a trip to the underworld, fear takes a back seat and we find ourselves with a new sense of courage as we face one another unadorned by the artifice with which we... Read more

I didn’t think I’d find much of interest in the Live Earth concerts, thinking it little more than a big hype, but nevertheless I tivo’d all 20-some hours of it. When I sat down to watch it yesterday I found it both inspiring and annoying. There are incredible little films interspersed throughout the concert footage that tell small stories of the effect of climate change that made me want to make big changes in my own “carbon footprint” by doing... Read more

Jill has tagged me for this meme which requires: 1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme, Writing a blog has taken much more time than I ever thought I had, but has been endlessly rewarding both in terms of growing my astrology practice as well as sharing information that people seem... Read more

The Summer Dayby Mary Oliver Who made the world?Who made the swan, and the black bear?Who made the grasshopper?This grasshopper, I mean–the one who has flung herself out of the grass,the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down–who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.I don’t... Read more

Last year there was quite a bit of hysteria as the calendar approached June 6, 2006 or of course 6/6/6. This year the masses appear to be convinced that 7/7/7 will bring astonishing good fortune: I got a feeling about that day,” he said. “I’ll win over $700. Everything will go people’s way that day. At least hopefully mine.” Gambles of a different sort will take couples down the aisle. Kathleen Murray, deputy editor of The Knot – – said... Read more

Wow!! Thank you Ursi for yet another fantastic link to this flash movie: “Your Guide to Constellations, Deep Sky Objects, Events and Deep Space.” (Film requires Flash 7 or better). There’s a nice view of the conjunction of Saturn and Venus, just separating from their dance. Read more