Before you get on your high horse this month, make sure you know what you’re fighting for. Mars, the warrior planet, becomes a crusader when it enters Sagittarius (11/4). Any natal planets in its path will be prodded into life. Whether this feels like vitalization or aggravation depends on our understanding of the transit’s intention. […]

On 10/13 Pluto goes direct, after being retrograde since May. Barely moving all month, it stops just shy of 1-and-a-half Aquarius. Find this degree in your natal chart to see where a mining operation is going on. You’re being ushered underground, to hunt for treasure. The precious nuggets you’re digging for are bits of unconscious […]

September is full of twists and turns. Some of its ingresses and retrogradations are major, some are minor, but each one gives us its own take on the biggest deal happening in the sky right now: the Neptune-Saturn conjunction. Every transit that comes our way is a subplot to this main plot. World-altering on a […]

Mars in Libra (8/6 – 9/22) is an odd bird of a placement. Mars is about asserting the self, but in Libra it needs others to do so. We often see this placement in the natal charts of those who work with one-to-one relationships — marriage counselors, moderators of debates — or who find themselves […]

Mars is chugging along in Virgo all month, sharpening our attentiveness to tasks. Use this transit to streamline your handling of quotidian matters: how you water your houseplants, schedule your shopping, trim your nails (if Mars is aspecting your natal Venus, go ahead and indulge in a full-on manicure.) Kinship Jupiter moved into Cancer last […]

For the past few Skywatches we’ve been looking at the big astro event of the year: the Saturn-Neptune conjunction. It won’t be exact until early 2026, but the two planets are neck and neck in the sky right now. Neptune in Aries The transit started with Neptune’s ingress in late March, dropping us into a […]

As always, the best way to get a bead on your overall transit picture is to clock the outer planets first. Identify where in your chart the heavy hitters are currently passing: especially Neptune and Pluto. They’re always at work, somewhere, in the background of your life. Unless they’re bumping into a natal planet, or […]

Dress for heat but keep an umbrella handy. In April we’ll be navigating fire while dodging the sprinklers. Mid-month,  Mercury’s entry into Aries and Mars’s into Leo (4/15 and  4/17) impassions whatever we’re doing. Will you use it to fuel your  creativity, or waste it on crude displays of ego? Depends on you. On the […]