At the First Quarter Moon, Sun and Moon square each other and squares call for action. The 90-degree edge leaves us feeling off kilter. We need to do something to get back into balance. Tonight, when we reach the square, … Continued
Overnight, we entered the final challenge of the Gibbous Moon, the square-and-a-half between Sun and Moon that opens the last stage before we reach the Full Moon. The Gibbous phase can be frustrating, a sense of things going wrong outside … Continued
I missed my post last night for the waxing trine and include it today to keep the sequence going as we move through this waxing cycle. This trine is a companion chart to the Venus–Neptune trine in that the charts … Continued
Tonight’s Full Moon in Capricorn is also a penumbral lunar eclipse, the last in the Cancer/Capricorn eclipse cycle we’ve been in since the summer of 2018. Happening in my eastern time zone just after midnight on July 5, this eclipse … Continued
Tonight we reach a moment of insight within the Disseminating phase: The Moon will trine the Sun, late Capricorn to late Taurus. We’re reaching the end of Taurus season. With Uranus in Taurus, this year’s time in the sign of … Continued
It’s late morning here and the Moon has shifted into Capricorn, slow and steady after her gallivant through Sagittarius. It’s Mother’s Day in the US and worth noting that Capricorn, an Earth sign, is “feminine,” although I find ‘yin’ a … Continued
Remember the Jupiter–Pluto conjunction of ten days ago? An intensely alchemical Plutonian transformation magnified by Jupiterian enthusiasm and excess. It was the first of three, the opening up of Pluto in late Capricorn. We were pushed to an edge within … Continued
We enter the Balsamic phase tomorrow morning under a Capricorn Moon, which is not a bad thing. It’s true the Moon’s not comfortable here, like being far from home and staying with people who don’t like you. Yet we can … Continued
We move toward the New Moon in Capricorn on Christmas night knowing this New Moon is accompanied by an eclipse. The darkness is deeper. We are held in a place of stillness. Whether you celebrate one holiday, several, or none … Continued
I am awake too late and writing this post as the Crescent Moon approaches. This semisquare between Sun and Moon marks a point of challenge in this waxing Moon phase, our first check on the way to the Full Moon. … Continued