Today marks the fourth phase in the dynamic square (90 degree) alignment between Uranus in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn. The conflict between individual self-expression (Uranus in Aries) and the power establishment and need for control (Pluto in Capricorn) has been seen in virtually every area of our personal lives as well as the landscape of the world political arena. (See the sidebar for all dates) Although the first exact event took place in June of 2012, Uranus and Pluto... Read more
“Routine is not a prison, but the way to freedom from time. The apparently measured time has immeasurable space within it, and in this it resembles music.” ― May Sarton I’m afraid I have still been a bit in the Underworld after a very trying twelve months, but a bit more rest and rejuvenation and I will be back in full swing. The Planetary Illuminations report had to go on hiatus in October but will be back in November. Saturn is... Read more
My bones are mountains. My tears, rushing rivers. The earth’s crust is my skin. Trees adorn my head. The sun, moon, and stars Are in my eyes. The ether of the Universe is my breath. Separateness is an illusion. I am all things and all things are me. -Anya Phenix [related_posts limit=”5″ image=”50″] Read more
The Moon is full in Aries tonight at 7:37 pm Eastern, meaning the Moon will be opposite the Libra Sun. The opposition of the Moon to the Sun indicates a tension between emotion (Moon) and reason (Sun), between conscious thought (Sun and instinctive drives (Moon). The word “tension” is defined as “the state of being stretched tight.” In the Full Moon (or any other planetary opposition as well) we are being stretched to our outer limits to use all of... Read more
Sorry folks, I had to travel to New Jersey to assist my sister who is having a big lineup of Mars, Venus and Pluto in her progressed chart and Pluto transiting her ascendant as well as her Saturn Return. That is a lot for one person to handle and she just lost her husband yesterday after mourning our mother in December and her cat in June. So I am a bit behind. I’m working on the Planetary Illuminations but can’t... Read more
Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. -Rumi This beautiful writing from Rumi captures the essence... Read more
My new guilty television pleasure is the program “Breaking Pointe,” a reality show about dancers in a ballet company in Salt Lake City. They ran last year’s season on BBC America which is where I found it, and then this year’s season ran on the CW network. One of the featured dancers, Allison, is involved in a classic push me/pull you relationship with Rex, another of the dancers. In this kind of relationship one partner is pushing to be closer... Read more
The Moon is full in Pisces on September 19th. In the Full Moon the solar conscious principle is subsumed by the lunar instincts, and the light of the Moon is at its most powerful. The Pisces Moon has the potential to take us more deeply into the inner reaches of our own hearts than ever before while the Virgo Sun demands that we find a way to root the mystical experience into a practical reality. Virgo and Pisces are in opposition (180... Read more
Lots of people are writing about Venus, which moved into Scorpio on September 11th. Because I have Venus in Scorpio, and it’s squared by Pluto which is the modern ruler of Scorpio, making this a double whammy of Plutonian Venus energy, I feel I am somewhat the expert on the subject and not in a way that is particularly fun to talk about! Scorpio has a traditional ruler (Mars) and a modern ruler (Pluto), and like all double-ruled signs it... Read more
Saturn entered Scorpio about a year ago and will take another year and a half or so to travel through that sign. Scorpio is traditionally ruled by Mars and its modern ruler is Pluto, and these are the two planets that govern sexuality. Mars deals with the physical drives including the sexual drive and energy, and Pluto addresses matters of intimacy and the “petit mort” of sexual surrender. Pluto is also fearless when it comes to the dark side of the... Read more
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