The heat of fixed fire sets the tone this month. The Sun is in Leo for the first part of the month, as it always is in August; this particular August, Mercury is in Leo, too, for the second part of the month. But there’s an awful lot of Virgo going on as well. Conscientious […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]