The energy for tomorrow’s lunar eclipse is starting to build, and it’s likely to have a profound effect on many of us. The eclipse will peak at the moment of the Full Moon at 4:14 pm Eastern. This is a Full Moon in Sagittarius, the sign that represents our search for meaning. Sagittarius describes the Truth that we create for ourselves, and the urge for expansion and adventure that drives us in search for that Truth. The Gemini Sun opposes... Read more
“The dream is the small hidden door in the deepest and most intimate sanctum of the soul, which opens to that primeval cosmic night that was soul long before there was conscious ego and will be soul far beyond what a conscious ego could ever reach.” – Carl Jung Art by Katalin Koda Read more
CASSINI MISSION from Chris Abbas on Vimeo. Read more
It’s human nature to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Nobody wants to feel bad, or go through difficult situations. I have been an astrologer for more than half of my life now, so it’s hard for me to remember what it was like before I new about planetary cycles that were likely to bring challenges that required adjustment and change, but I imagine that it is pretty confusing. Life is going great, and then all of a sudden here comes... Read more
A retrograde lesson We are most familiar with Mercury turning retrograde and the snafus that ensue, but all of the planets turn retrograde at one point or another. When the planets in the sky are observed from Earth, they sometimes appear to move backwards because not all of the planets are moving at the same speed. If you are driving in a car and pass another car that is moving more slowly, it may seem as though that car is... Read more
A friend of mine died on Friday. I had known him casually for many years and worked closely with him for about five. His death at the age of 65 came less than a month after a diagnosis of a return of melanoma shocks and saddens all in our community in which he was well-loved by so many people. Before John’s first diagnosis he had been in the throes of the square from transiting Uranus to Uranus in his natal... Read more
Thanks to the great Allspirit site for this poem by David Whyte. Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone. As if life were a progressive and cunning crime with no witness to the tiny hidden transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely, even you, at times, have felt the grand array; the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding out your solo voice You must note the way the... Read more
Neptune just slipped back into Pisces where it will remain until 2025. Neptune’s role in the astrological pantheon is to cause us to question where the physical world ends and a more transcendent reality begins. It therefore rules our spiritual experience, but it can also be confusing and induce delusion if our grasp of reality begins to slip. Over the past few years Neptune was in Aquarius, which is ruled by Uranus (modern rulership), and Aquarius, the sign ruled by... Read more
sorry for the inconvenience! There was some bad code but it’s been repaired. Here’s the link to the June Skywatch. Read more
I seem to be surrounded with death this week – one good friend is dying, another good friend’s dog has died, and now the Doctor of Death himself has died at the age of 83. Jack Kevorkian, a physician, began writing articles about euthanasia in the early 1980s and began a career of “death counseling” in 1987. His first public assisted suicide was in 1990, and although he lost his medical license in 1991 he continued to assist terminally ill... Read more
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