During each waxing cycle, we prepare for something, aiming toward a goal seeded at the New Moon. The Gibbous phase is a final check, often a challenge. Are we really ready? Instead of pushing us harder, this calm, steady Taurus … Continued
Friday afternoon, we reach the Full Moon in Taurus. This is a Supermoon, the last of this calendar year, which means the Moon is closer to Earth and will appear larger and brighter in the sky. Ancient astronomers and astrologers … Continued
It’s Friday afternoon and the Moon has already moved into Taurus. It’s time to take a breath, a long, slow one, and reconnect with the ground under our feet. Overnight, we’ll enter the Disseminating phase with the Moon in mid … Continued
Tonight we enter the Last Quarter phase with the Moon in steady Taurus. After the frenetic pace of the last weeks, we welcome a slow time. The Last Quarter is a productive phase. We prepared in the waxing cycle. We … Continued
Before dawn tomorrow, we enter the Balsamic phase with the Moon in late Taurus. This is the dark phase The Moon, now a crescent in the sky, will disappear, returning a day or so after the New Moon. The Moon … Continued
With this New Moon in Taurus, we find ourselves in a new story. We are out of spring eclipse season, yet its effects have barely begun to unfold. We’re past the exact Jupiter–Uranus conjunction, yet seeds planted then have only … Continued
We’re entering the Crescent phase in a few hours with the Moon in early Taurus. Today and for the next few days, we’re invited to find calm, within and without. Taurus is a calm sign. The strength and stillness of … Continued
Tomorrow morning we enter the First Quarter phase with the Moon in late Taurus. This is a lovely, calm, stabilizing Moon squaring the late Aquarius Sun. This helps calm the edginess created by Mars and Pluto. The Moon trines Venus … Continued
I watched the Gibbous Moon rising late this afternoon and realized I’d lost a day somewhere. Indeed, we’re now in the Gibbous phase, which we entered overnight. In this lunar cycle, the Moon is showing us what to pay attention … Continued
Here in the Northern hemisphere, we’re in the colder, darker season. Tomorrow night, we reach the darkest point in the Sun’s journey, the longest night of the year. Solstice means “Sun stands still,” a phrase that captures what we see … Continued