November offers up a potent series of transits, the most dramatic being the conjunction of Mars (male principle) and Pluto (transformation). For the world in general and for each of us in particular, issues that have been building will reach a crisis point. What has been festering beneath the surface now leaps into form.  The […]

In the early part of this month, the Sun (10/3-7) and then Venus (10/8-11) set off the Uranus-Pluto square. For a good week and a half, we get to assess how we’ve been handling the definitive transit of our era.(1) Since 2008, whenever the square has been provoked into action, there’s been an explosion, either […]

In last month’s Skywatch we looked at an intriguing transit scenario: What happens when a personal planet mixes it up with a transpersonal planet? Two of August’s transits were warm-ups for September’s. One was with Uranus (interruptions of normal function) and one with Neptune (confusion of normal function). This month’s is with Pluto (breakdown of […]

August opens with a Venus-Uranus square, setting the tone for the month.(1) In the sign Cancer, Venus’ preferences lean towards the safe and familiar: cosy settings, cats on laps, dinner at your aunt’s house. Through August 13th (when Venus goes into Leo), family issues are in the forefront. But don’t get comfortable. Uranus is waiting […]

On the first weekend in June, Mercury retrograde (June 7th) inaugurates a three-week review of all things Mercurial. We’ll be reconsidering the ways we get around (driving, walking, running, riding the subway) as well as the ways we read, speak, listen, and figure things out.1 Mars and the Cross A week after the station, Mars […]

This month starts out with two love slaps from Saturn, the planet of earned rewards. It will be opposed first by Mercury and then by the Sun between May 2nd and 10th. Saturn in Scorpio For a couple of years already, the transit of Saturn (karma) in Scorpio (sexuality) has been asking us to take […]

Right now a lot of people are feeling like a character in a fairy tale, making their way through a dark forest. Remember how these stories sometimes featured an old beggar woman, or a troll or talking animal, who showed up to offer the hero a sword of invincibility or a magic cloak? Often the […]

As Spring comes upon us, big decisions are in the air.  They may be making us feel boxed in, since the transits aren’t giving us much room to move.1 Mars makes a retrograde station on the New Moon, the first day of March.2  A few days later, Jupiter goes direct. This puts both of these […]