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Soul Summons
During the first week of April, Mars and Saturn in Aquarius are too close for comfort (peaking 4/4). But then, this transit is not about comfort. It’s about putting the pressure on… Subscribe to read the full Skywatch.
Mar 2022
Ready or Not
This calendar month begins a day before the start of the lunar cycle. Here comes March, ready or not. If you use the lunar cycle to navigate the unfolding of time, as the ancients did, you’ll appreciate the shape of March. One New Moon (March 2nd) launches the month, and another closes it (March 31st). […]
Feb 2022
Good Hard Work
The Sun conjoins Saturn the first week of February, reminding us that we have work to do. The specific nature of this work varies from person to person, depending on where mid-degree Aquarius falls in your chart. But all of us are getting the same Saturnine message: Effort pays off. Can we view our tasks […]
Look Up
As the new year began, a lot of people were watching a movie about the annihilation of Earth. “Don’t Look Up” is a wake-up call movie, that’s clear. What isn’t so clear is how wake-up-able its audience is. Life as parody It must be galling to make satirical art in a society where every headline […]
Jan 2022
In All Beginnings
2022 is beginning in more ways than one. The New Moon (Jan 2nd 10:35 am PST) arrives while we’re still sweeping up the confetti and hauling our empties to the recycling. It’s unusual for the lunar cycle to start right alongside the calendar year. Everything is possible This double emphasis signifies a growth spasm: we […]
Dec 2021
Shaken and Stirred
As December begins, just before the lunar Eclipse, Neptune makes a direct station. The great sea god is so near we can practically smell the salt on his breath. Do you have natal planets around the twentieth degree of Pisces? If so, you’ve been feeling the confusions and/or inspirations of this slow-moving transit for a […]
Nov 2021
The Eagle and the Scorpion
In November, the astrological month gets going on the 4th, just a few days after the calendar month begins. If you use lunations to see which way the cosmic winds are blowing, you know how much a New Moon chart can say about the month ahead. It’s the birth chart of the new cycle, setting […]
Break ‘Em Up
Every generation has its traumas. My parents had World War II. My peers and I had Viet Nam and Watergate. Our children — the generation now in charge — arrived when wars had gone digital and stateless. Their worldview was framed by 9/11. Foreign-policy-wise, those two burning skyscrapers set the template for the American epoch […]
Oct 2021
Heading Direct
October features four planetary stations. Mercury’s (10/18) is the one that gets the most press, but it is the least consequential. Stopping in the sky Mercury retrograde has become a cliché of pop astrology. Interestingly, it’s often mentioned with a laugh, which seems to imply “I know I shouldn’t be blaming a transit for having […]
Sep 2021
Slip into the Zone
As September begins, relationships may take us to extraordinary places, if we follow the cues. Whenever a transpersonal planet interacts with a personal one, we get the chance to inject a little magic into everyday experience. The first week of this month is full of these opportunities, as Mars opposes Neptune and Venus squares Pluto. […]