This month offers a crash course in power, strategy and subterfuge. The sky is full of Scorpio…
Traditional astrology credited us humans with having two minds. Mercury, the “lower mind,” is the kind of intelligence that governs automatic thinking. We use it to do rote tasks, collect and disseminate data. It asks the who/what/where/how questions of life. Jupiter, the “higher mind,” governs philosophical ideation. More abstract and…
Uranus has a star turn this month, giving us a chance to consider how much we value freedom. Not just our own; other people’s, too. This is the planet of revolution. It’s about how whole societies handle, and resist, the need to change. There’s no better time to ponder the…
Kicking off the month is a square between Mars and Pluto (peaking 7/1-2), fire vs. earth. The warrior planet is maximally bellicose in Aries, where it’s been for more than a month. Mundane astrologers will be watching the headlines for inflammatory discord. Those who track their personal transits will be…
As June begins the Sun is in a flurry of Gemini, a sign made for the digital age. The world is full of information, and this restless sign wants to know it all. On the 13th, Mercury, the messenger, joins the Sun in Gemini. It’s in this placement that Mercury…
During the first week of April, Mars and Saturn in Aquarius are too close for comfort (peaking 4/4). But then, this transit is not about comfort. It’s about putting the pressure on… Subscribe to read the full Skywatch.
This calendar month begins a day before the start of the lunar cycle. Here comes March, ready or not. If you use the lunar cycle to navigate the unfolding of time, as the ancients did, you’ll appreciate the shape of March. One New Moon (March 2nd) launches the month, and…
The Sun conjoins Saturn the first week of February, reminding us that we have work to do. The specific nature of this work varies from person to person, depending on where mid-degree Aquarius falls in your chart. But all of us are getting the same Saturnine message: Effort pays off.…
2022 is beginning in more ways than one. The New Moon (Jan 2nd 10:35 am PST) arrives while we’re still sweeping up the confetti and hauling our empties to the recycling. It’s unusual for the lunar cycle to start right alongside the calendar year. Everything is possible This double emphasis…
