February opens with a Venus-Neptune conjunction. This is a sweet, dreamy transit, which will be especially palpable to those with natal planets in late-degree mutable signs. All of us should savor it, as one of a series of fond farewells to Neptune in Pisces, the world-altering fourteen years now coming to a close. On the […]

The new year begins with the Mars-Pluto opposition (see November and December SkyWatches) perfecting — i.e. reaching the exact minute of arc — for a second time, at 1° Leo/Aquarius. Any of us with charts featuring the first degree of fixed signs are getting it between the eyes. Maybe it’s showing up as a conflict […]

The world is dominated this winter by the Mars-Pluto opposition. Notorious for power plays (see last month’s SkyWatch), this transit pits the planet of ego against that of decay and renewal, a.k.a. Natural Law. Be on the lookout for things that are ready to die (Pluto), whether living beings, societal constructs, or parts of our […]

In terms of world events, November carries a considerable buzz. And there is an astrological logic to all this intensity. We’re dealing with two types of tension this month. The first is a series of fixed-sign stand-offs. The New Moon hits as November begins, with the Sun and Moon at ten 1/2 Scorpio, and if […]

October begins with an annular Solar Eclipse — a New Moon with extra clout. It’s a double dose of the smoothest of signs: Libra, the Mr Nice Guy of the zodiac. Let’s deepen our understanding of Libra by challenging its mistaken association with romance. Libra is not about love so much as the idea of […]

September announces itself with a double blast. On the first day of the month, Pluto goes back into Capricorn — its last hurrah in that sign for 250 years — just as Uranus is stationing retrograde in the sky. Pluto is the Drama Queen of the solar system; Uranus is the Gotcha planet. Both are […]

The big milestone this month is the series of mutable squares, spearheaded by Jupiter and Saturn. The two gas giants are exactly 90° apart on August 19th, and then again in December. Especially hard hit will be those charts with planets in the middle degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. This includes those of […]

Are we ready for the second half of 2024? We just crossed a big threshold with Jupiter’s ingress into Gemini, marking a shift in the collective wind. Buzz buzz buzz: the digital field is crowded and busy. Jupiter has entered the sign of information flow, to help us navigate the latest global pandemic: the collective […]