This month offers a crash course in power, strategy and subterfuge. The sky is full of Scorpio…
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 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,…
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…
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…
Three planets change direction this month. Each of these pivots is an invitation to get to know that planet’s symbolism more directly and intimately than usual (see August’s SkyWatch for tips on using planetary stations). Venus and Mercury station on the same day, Nov. 16th. Venus, back in Libra going…
Venus goes retrograde this month, stationing on Oct 5th at 10 Scorpio. She dips back into Libra on Halloween and won’t go direct again until the middle of November. Venusian retrogrades are relatively rare; and as transit-trackers know, the rarer the event, the more important the lesson. The five weeks…
A couple of oppositions this month will test our ability to balance the real and the surreal. The key is to honor both: the worldly Sun (9/7) and Mercury (9/13) in Virgo, and the other-worldly energy of Neptune in Pisces. One way of doing this is to voluntarily access the…
There are three planetary stations in August. Uranus stations retrograde on 8/7, Mercury goes direct on the 18h, and Mars stations direct on the 27th. Each station is our private appointment with the cosmos. Each is a chance to make closer contact than usual with the forces the planet represents.…
