The Equinox, still buzzing in the air, set the tone. As October begins, the Sun reaches the degrees of Uranus and Pluto, and >pop< goes the T-square. Each of us is on a teeter-totter of some kind, doing our best to steady ourselves… when suddenly a tree limb lands heavily on one side or the […]

It’s time to take stock. Virgo is about checking what’s on our shelves, straightening out our dresser drawers and deleting old computer files. The New Moon in Virgo on Sept 5th is a good time to pledge to eliminate all unnecessary drama over the next four weeks. Not a pledge to make glibly, since Mars […]

Are we ready to broaden our horizons, sisters and brothers? Viewpoints are about to be blown open, willy-nilly. We will see both the negative and the positive extremes of Jupiter this month, as it takes over from Mars as the trigger for the Cardinal Cross. Whatever we think about what’s going on in the world, […]

To those emotionally courageous souls whose path involves feeling everything that’s there to be felt, I have this to say: Get ready for the roiling waters. July will be replete with strikingly different feeling tones. At times we’ll probably feel we are carrying crosses: boxed in by the squares (90° angles between planets). At other […]

As June begins, Mercury has just entered Cancer, a poignantly personal sign that makes us prone to, well, taking things personally. Cancer is Cardinal Water, the element of emotional sensitivity. Venus follows on the second, marinating our social lives in this same subjectivity. Then Neptune – planet of mists and oceans — stations on the […]

Open your mind and upgrade your software. It’s time to interact. There are four ingresses into Gemini this month — thrilling news to lovers of mental engagement. The skies favor word-clever dialogues and exciting, new ideas. Venus ingresses on May 9th, the day of the solar eclipse. Mercury enters on the 15th, the Sun goes […]

As the month begins, the air is still quivering from the volatile energy of the Equinox. That blast of aggression we just experienced was Mars, the Sun and Venus igniting the Uranus-Pluto square in late March. All Cardinal turning points (Equinoxes and Solstices) are paradigmatic: their transits set the template for the season to come. […]

March opens with a flood. Both Saturn and the North Node in Scorpio, a tenacious water sign. Since mid-Feb until the middle of this month, half the solar system is in Pisces, a diffused, receptive water sign. In July, Jupiter goes into Cancer, a nurturing water sign. Sunken Treasure All year we are being asked […]