The Full Moon on March 5 contains plenty of planetary punch! The Sun is in Pisces now, opposite the Virgo Moon. The Pisces/Virgo polarity involves a rebalancing of our need to attend to the details of our ordinary life (Virgo) with the longing of the soul to transcend details and experience a divine flow (Pisces). The Moon itself reflects the changing urges of the soul, and in Virgo there is strong pressure to pay attention to the details that give our lives... Read more
The March Planetary Illuminations report is now posted and you can read it in its entirety here. If you are on my mailing list you will soon receive a simplified version of the report which is in plain English and easy to understand. If you’re not on my mailing list, please sign up in the sidebar! There is a great deal of planetary excitement this month and here is the introduction to get you started. The biggest planetary factor influencing... Read more
In response to a few questions I had from readers after other astrologers wrote about the New Moon being in Pisces, I thought it would be useful to discuss the idea of the “cusp.” This is one of those concepts about which you can read a myriad of different opinions from very reputable astrologers. The cusp idea comes mainly from the popular world of “sun sign astrology.” Since the Sun doesn’t move from one sign to another on the same day... Read more
If you know the artist who created this work please let me know!! The Aquarius New Moon on the 18th takes place at the 29th degree of Aquarius just a few minutes before the Sun enters Pisces. Aquarius is symbolized by the “water bearer,” but Aquarius has nothing to do with the watery realm of emotion. Rather, it symbolizes the cleansing effect of water which purify and cleanse every aspect of human existence so that it can be illuminated and refreshed.... Read more
From an astrological perspective, religion is a shared belief system and symbolized by Jupiter and Sagittarius. A belief system is a collection of ideas that help us to find meaning in our lives. When we find a group that shares our belief system, this becomes a religion. From an astrological viewpoint, religion is a collection of small “t” truths – a truth that we create for ourselves. From this perspective, atheism is just as much a shared belief system as any... Read more
There is an incredible synchronicity between the events around a planet’s discovery and world events that occur around that time. Uranus, planet of revolution, was discovered in 1781, concurrent with revolutionary activity in the fledgling United States, in Haiti, in France, and the Industrial revolution in Britain. Neptune’s discovery in 1846 witnessed the rise of spiritualism, seances and a more spiritual approach to religion (all aspects of Neptune). The planet Eris was discovered in 2006 and named after the Goddess of... Read more
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?” That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that the present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha The mind lives in the realm... Read more
Many of my readers will know Jeff Jawer from his writings which have appeared all over the Internet for the past fifteen years and more. When I started this blog and was trying to shop my articles, Jeff’s site with Rick Levine, StarIQ, was the first one I contacted since their site had the kind of articles I myself wanted to write – newsy pieces that connected astrology to the world in a way that everyone could understand. Later when... Read more
As an astrologer it is interesting to watch how current planetary cycles play out in the news. Saturn just moved into Sagittarius where our belief systems (Sagittarius) are being challenged, and right now Saturn is within two degrees or so of a challenging square to Neptune. Saturn as many of you know is the Celestial Teacher of the astrological pantheon – he is the voice that scolds us when we are unrealistic and the guide who allows us to make stupid... Read more
Many of you know that the process of healing trauma is the domain of Chiron and as such is an important part of the work I do with clients as well as an important focus in my own life. When Chiron was first discovered we astrologers believed that Chiron represented the unhealable wound, but during 30 plus years of readings I realized that these wounds DO heal, but it’s not a simple process. They don’t just magically go away but instead... Read more
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