This month is awash with water lessons, specific applications of a yearlong theme (see last month’s Skywatch). There are ingresses into Pisces by Venus (Feb 10th), Mercury (Feb 17th) and the Sun (Feb 18th). In addition, as the month winds down, the ruler of Pisces, Neptune, gets conjunctions from Mercury and Venus, as well as a square […]

This will be a year dominated by the water element, literally and symbolically. Water will be on our minds: externally, in terms of the environment, and internally, in terms of our inner reservoir of feelings. Grand Trine The new month, and the new year, begin with a Full Moon in Cancer. This assures us of plenty […]

2017 has been a preternaturally long year. The remarkable degree of strife and instability being felt right now, even by denizens of the relatively cosseted First World, is compelling us to come up with a response that’s equally extraordinary. We’re being dared to meet thus world moment with a degree of understanding to match. To do so, we have to dig deep within […]

November features a flurry of activity starting around the New Moon of Nov 18th: Thanksgiving week in the USA. Back-to-back transits pop into action in one smooth riff. Even though each has its own separate themes, the proximity of these shifts gives them a cumulative punch. Sensitive souls may find it all a tad overwhelming… unless we glimpse the patterns behind […]

Jupiter changes signs on October 10th. This big gas giant, signifier of the way we acquire knowledge, is going into Scorpio for the first time in twelve years. Re-balancing Consider the difference between Libra, where Jupiter’s been for the past year, and Scorpio, where it will be until late 2018. Since late 2016, the transit through Libra, sign of […]

The big configuration that puts 2017 on the map is peaking this month. This is the Jupiter-Uranus/ Eris-Pluto T-square. The last two Jupiter oppositions with Eris, exact to the minute of arc, take place Sept 9th and 27th. During 2017 this column has covered the symbolism of Jupiter in Libra  (fairness and equality), its opposition […]

For a while now, astrologers have been looking at the transits of late summer 2017 with mixed emotions: some with dread and some with awe, but all with great respect. Uncle Sam singled out The Great American Eclipse, so called because its path of totality highlights the USA from coast to coast, coincides with the New Moon of August 21st. This tells […]

Mars sets off the Cardinal Cross this month, igniting our gnarliest issues. Problems that have been dogging us for years make themselves known, daring us forward. If we’re smart, we’ll dive right into them. “Can you cook and sew, make flowers grow?” (1) Mars is now in Cancer (6/4-7/20), a moody, close-to-home placement. In this sign […]