Dec 2022
The Great Paradox
December is alive with skittering restlessness. Planets in Sagittarius (fire) are coming up against Mars in Gemini (air) as well as Neptune and Jupiter in Pisces (water). The resulting energy field is hot and searing, like steam. As all these mutable planets bump into each other, we’re likely to be buzzing around like molecules in […]
Nov 2022
Up out of the Swamp
It happens annually around this time. The Sun’s leap out of the swamps of Scorpio into the aspirational surge of Sagittarius is one of the year’s most dramatic shifts. Picture a flaming arrow blasting upwards out of a cool green marsh. This year, we have three arrows bursting skyward. On the 15th, Venus enters Sagittarius, […]
The Blue Angels
Where I live, in San Francisco, the sky is roaring with war planes. Fleet Week is upon us. Every year, tourists come into town to watch the magnificent men in their lethal flying machines. An air force tradition from the days when American superpowerdom was undisputed, the show seems to recall a simpler time, when […]
Oct 2022
Shifts in the Wind
Are you ready to change direction? From the beginning of the month to the end, October is a month of pivots. Four planets will be changing directions: three go direct (SD) and one goes retrograde (SR). If you are attuned to subtle shifts in the energy field, you will feel them on Oct 2 (Mercury […]
Sep 2022
Hunger for Meaning
Traditional astrology credited us humans with having two minds. Mercury, the “lower mind,” is the kind of intelligence that governs automatic thinking. We use it to do rote tasks, collect and disseminate data. It asks the who/what/where/how questions of life. Jupiter, the “higher mind,” governs philosophical ideation. More abstract and wide-ranging, this part of the […]
Aug 2022
Call of the Wild
Uranus has a star turn this month, giving us a chance to consider how much we value freedom. Not just our own; other people’s, too. This is the planet of revolution. It’s about how whole societies handle, and resist, the need to change. There’s no better time to ponder the layers of meaning of a […]
God on Their Side
So they finally got their way. The dogged little cadre of religious fascists who vowed fifty years ago to re-outlaw abortion played the long game, and finally scored. (1) They were the tortoise and everybody else was the hare. These guys know full well that the American public is overwhelmingly in favor of legal abortion. […]
Jul 2022
The God of Secrets
Kicking off the month is a square between Mars and Pluto (peaking 7/1-2), fire vs. earth. The warrior planet is maximally bellicose in Aries, where it’s been for more than a month. Mundane astrologers will be watching the headlines for inflammatory discord. Those who track their personal transits will be watching their compulsions. Mars in […]
Jun 2022
Buzzing with Gemini
As June begins the Sun is in a flurry of Gemini, a sign made for the digital age. The world is full of information, and this restless sign wants to know it all. On the 13th, Mercury, the messenger, joins the Sun in Gemini. It’s in this placement that Mercury (locomotion, mental processes) is most […]
The First Casualty
In the world’s most enduring stories, moral certainty is the secret sauce. We take comfort in a nice, clear dividing line between Right & Wrong. David vs. Goliath, white hats vs. black hats, Ivan Drago vs. Rocky Balboa. And the God-vs.-Satan story, which has kept Big Religion afloat for millennia. It’s especially gratifying to root […]