Archive | October, 2012

Cat Eyes

Are there Scorpios in your life who cast a spell on you? Certain members of this select coterie can engage other people like quick sand. A sense of intrigue emanates from deep within them. And every year, as the season begins to chill, this energy eroticizes the atmosphere for all of us. It has to do with the lure of the unseen. Secrets draw us in.

This Halloween (Samhain to the ancient Celts) the Sun is joined in Scorpio by Saturn, a transit we will be talking about in upcoming Skywatches.… click here to continue reading.

Oct 2012
Your Duopoly at Work

The crowd was well-pumped, thanks to the Olympics earlier in the summer. When the games in London were over, Americans looked around hungrily for another garishly lit mega-spectator sport to dive into. In late August Mars slipped into Scorpio (until October 6th), whose egoic aspect excels at high-stakes strategizing, manipulation, character assassination and back-stabbing. The stage was set for the bloated orgy of mendacity that is the US presidential election season.

When the transits spiked at the Autumnal Equinox, bringing crescendos of popular feeling (Uranus in Aries) and bloodshed in the halls of power (Pluto in Capricorn), Americans clicked into gear for the next round of photo ops, sound bites, gaffes and gotchas.… click here to continue reading.