I’m up too late as the Moon Moon sails right into Mars and Neptune while squaring the Sun and the North Node. It’s unfolding now and not-now, before and later, all times at once as action and emotion meet in … Continued
Within the challenge of the Last Quarter, we reach a sextile between Sun and Moon. It arrives in about four hours, predawn EDT. This lunar cycle offers amazing connections. Has more been going on all along that I’ve missed? No, … Continued
Yesterday evening, we entered the Balsamic phase, the last shift of the Moon before the coming New Moon. Once again, much has changed. We seem to be living in a time when the world changes daily, sometimes hourly, as powerful … Continued
The New Moon is always a dark Moon. Obscured, unseen, she waits in the shadows. This is the moment of maximum yin, which means yang is potentiated. There is a moment you can catch sometimes at the ocean, the moment … Continued
What must we leave behind to reach what we most desire? Venus and Neptune together in Pisces are creative, mystical, magical, and long to merge. Mars separates. Mars in Sagittarius separates most often by leaving, quickly, for new adventures. What … Continued
We’re floating along in the New Moon phase still today, a Venus–Neptune conjunction creating glamour everywhere we look. “Glamour” is an old Scots word for the ability to make things look like what they’re not. Modern celebrity culture, sure, but … Continued
In the midst of looming change, we’re tempted to escape by zoning out. Some of that can be helpful but try to notice how, when, and how much we detach from life. There’s too much going on to miss. We … Continued
The Moon in Pisces gets lost in dreams, drifting off course in pursuit of a wisp of smoke in the sunset or a faint flame in the dark. Or it might be we are in a land that can only … Continued
Today is astrological Samhain. The Sun reaches 15 Scorpio, halfway between the Autumn Equinox (0 Libra) and the Winter Solstice (0 Capricorn). Samhain is the opening of the Celtic year, our entry into the dark half of the dark half. … Continued
Tonight we reach the waxing trine between Sun and Moon that offers harmony and insight on our way to the Full Moon. We will feel flows of emotion and sensation all day. Remember the Sun and Moon get wide orbs. … Continued