Jul 2019
Divine Discontent
As July begins, the atmosphere is heavy with the portents of the recent Solstice (6/21): an annual milestone that marks the astrological beginning of summer. It was especially poignant this year, as it coincided with a station of Neptune. A double water emphasis set the tone for the three months that follow. Neptune sets the […]
Info Wars
Attacking reporters is a classic gambit of autocrats, and with today’s glut of global tyrants, lethal assaults on journalists are increasing all over the world. Including here, in what is supposed to be a rock-star democracy. But like any tin-pot dictatorship, the USA has a president who calls reporters “enemies of the people.” In fact, […]
June 2019
Fire in the Fog
Since 2019 began, existential dilemmas have been buzzing around the mass mind. On June 16th Jupiter and Neptune are exactly 90 degrees apart, for the second time this cycle. The conflict between these two aspirational planets colors the entire calendar year. Restlessness of body, mind and spirit pervades the airwaves. Groups everywhere have been destabilized. […]
May 2019
Sweet Green Grass
The New Moon on May 4th targets the fifteenth degree of Taurus: the most tenacious degree of the most tenacious sign in the zodiac. We will want to be on the right side of the Bull. The first moment of any cycle is its most critical moment. If you use astrological timing to set intentions, you […]
Flake News
As the Trump era careens nauseously forward, the latest bout of huffing and puffing is over the Mueller Report. There was widespread shock and disappointment after its initial release at the Spring Equinox. But whence all this incredulity? We already knew that William Barr, who issued the risibly insufficient summary, was appointed precisely because he […]
April 2019
Three Candles
There are three important stations this month, all hitting late Sagittarius through late Capricorn. This puts the spotlight on one little corner of the zodiac. What part of your life is getting the one-two-three-punch? If you know your natal chart (if not, have an astrologer look at it), locate the houses involved. Notice if you have […]
Mar 2019
The Spark of Life
The standout transit of the month, as it is every March, is the Vernal Equinox. When the Sun hits zero Aries, it is like the blast of a trumpet announcing the three months to come: Spring in the Northern Hemisphere. On another level, because this is the first degree of the first sign, it inaugurates […]
Feb 2019
Creative Destruction
The month begins with the potential for power plays. Mars squares Pluto on Feb first. The transit is notorious because of the fiery impulses it can unleash. But those who get lost in egoic intensity – whether it’s coming from within themselves or from an antagonist — are courting unpleasantness, not to mention wasting the […]
Jan 2019
The Lessons of Time
The new calendar year starts on a note of sobriety. The Sun conjoins Saturn – at its most Saturnine, in Capricorn — on the second day of January; Mercury does so on Jan 11th -13th. These cool, retentive transits serve to emphasize the restrained nature of the season, winter in the Northern Hemisphere. Father Time […]
Dec 2018
Floating into the New Year
There are five planetary ingresses this month. Venus and Mercury move into Scorpio within hours of each other as December begins, Mercury moves into Sagittarius on Dec 12th, The Sun enters Capricorn at the Solstice on December 21st, and Mars enters Aries on the last day of the year, auguring a bombastic New Year’s Eve. […]