The most recent opposition (180 degree) formation between Jupiter and Pluto began last summer and you can catch up on that earlier article here. Jupiter inspires us to find meaning in our lives by developing faith and belief in an ideal that works for us. It therefore rules theology and religion, but also travel and exposure to other cultures that expand our minds. Jupiter also presides over the realm of higher knowledge and the search for a truth that makes... Read more
Venus turns retrograde only every two years or so which makes it one of the more rare astrological events (the outer planets retrograde every year and Mercury retrogrades four times a year). When a planet is retrograde, meaning it APPEARS to be moving backwards from our perspective on earth, its influence tends to be more hidden and we generally are urged to look backwards and rectify matters from the past. Astrologer Marina Macario makes an interesting point – that the 40... Read more
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The Full Moon in Cancer follows a beautiful conjunction of the Moon to Jupiter that aligned around 1 am Eastern on January 15th. Lunar transits are quick and generally not powerful, but the expansion of the Moon by Jupiter just before the Full Moon adds power and majesty to the experience of this Full Moon. The Moon rules Cancer, and is happiest in that sign where emotions can find their most immediate expression. In the Full Moon the Sun opposes... Read more
Update: Dylan’s date of birth has been corrected since I first wrote this article, changing the analysis which is reflected in the edits below. Dylan (now called Malone) Farrow has been in the news recently after an article about the various scandals surrounding Woody Allen appeared in Vanity Fair in November. This article reports that Dylan was first molested at the age of seven, which from an astrologer’s perspective is the time of the first “Saturn Square,” when Saturn... Read more
Yesterday I did a reading for a young woman who was reeling from a breakup with a man she considered her soulmate. She was mystified by the ending of the relationship and was hoping to find some clues that would help her to move on. This type of situation occurs frequently, and it’s very interesting from an astrological perspective. Nearly always there is a big transformation that results from the relationship – an opening of the heart, a letting go... Read more
The majority of people don’t know it, but the division of people into generations is really based on astrology. The Baby Boomers, for instance, are loosely tied to the post-war period between 1946 and 1964. However, as I wrote a few years ago, there is a huge difference between the early boomers, with Pluto in Leo, and the late b[l]oomers, who were born after 1956 with Pluto in Virgo. A recent New York Times article pleads “Don’t call me a... Read more
Happy New Year! You can read the entire article here. Meanwhile, here is an overview of the major events to get you started for the month. The New Year begins with a bang with the Capricorn New Moon, featuring a lineup of five planets tightly grouped in the sign of discipline and achievement. Four of those planets and luminaries (Sun, Moon, Pluto and Mercury) are locked within a two degree range, which is very tight indeed. The presence of Pluto... Read more
The beginning of 2014 brings us a powerful New Moon in Capricorn, with a Grand Cross in the cardinal (action) signs. Cardinal signs are initiators – they inspire leadership and movement and are just the thing to motivate the kind of goals and dreams that the New Year tends to foster. This New Moon is a Supermoon (this term is in common usage today but was actually coined by astrologer Richard Nolle) because it is at its closest point to... Read more
Salon posted an article the other year entitled “The year in Misery, 2013.” As a year marked by revelation (and authoritarian attempts to quash revelation), 2013 was a big year for misery — making known and felt our troubling state of current of affairs. This quote accurately describes one aspect of the intense square (90 degree) aspect between Uranus and Pluto that has been driving the global astrology since 2011. Uranus in Aries breaks down the status quo and creates... Read more
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