Neptune, the god of mists and waters, casts a dreamy sheen over the month of June. The planetary station on June 12th marks his maximal impact. As a pebble dropped into a pond creates concentric circles in space, the effects of a transit like this spread outwards in concentric circles of time. The couple of […]

In last month’s Skywatch, we talked about the tug-of-war between Gemini and Sagittarius: Information vs knowledge. This month a string of oppositions puts this theme front and center. Mercury goes into Gemini as May begins, and stays there until early July. Words flow quickly during this period; topics are multiple and varied. Emphasis is on […]

The intensity of March continues into April. As the new month begins, the suspense is building. The Full Moon is on the 4th, and right afterwards, the Sun and Mercury kick off the Uranus-Pluto square. Fresh from its exactitude two weeks ago, this great square remains king of the skies. Jupiter In the midst of […]

The big news this month is that the major transit of our times is having its last exact hit. All of March reverberates with the Uranus-Pluto square. It’s Venus that sets it off. She conjoins Uranus and squares Pluto on March 4th – 5th. Mars follows up even more explosively on March 11.th Right smack […]

Here’s the big news: The major transit of our times, the Uranus-Pluto square, is having its last exact hit. The whole month reverberates with its power. Venus lights the fuse… To read the full Skywatch subscribe now.

As February begins, things are coming to a head. Every month, the Full Moon period lasts roughly five days: 2½ days on either side of exactitude. This month, that exquisite moment of culmination — when the Moon opposes the Sun to the minute of arc — occurs right out of the gate: on Feb. 3rd […]

By astrological law, the first moment of any process sets the template for what follows. The first big transits of the new year reverberate with a loud inaugural buzz.(1) 2015 begins robustly, with the Sun setting off the Uranus-Pluto square. Like a midwife awakened in the dead of night, we’re being called to urgent consciousness. […]

The Solstice is power-packed this year. The most important transit of our era is coming to a peak. The Uranus-Pluto square is exact to the minute of arc on December 14th and 15th,(1) and the whole month reverberates with this clash of planetary titans. What’s more, on the solstice itself (Dec 21st), Uranus makes a […]