May 2nd-8th: Taking Root
The New Moon in Taurus occurs early in the week, Monday night for those in the Americas. This monthly reunion of the Sun and Moon re-centers affairs somewhere amidst the great fields Taurus. As...
View Article8th-14th: Fear Is The Mind-Killer
The 2nd not-so-great week in a row, this one will see us through the most stressful planetary configurations we’ll have to wrestle with for the rest of the year. In addition to the difficulties...
View ArticleAstrology 4/30-5/6: Dark Spaces, Silver Light
Photo by Sigurd Rage The Moon waxes its way to fullness, shining out over a week of mixed influences. The Sun strides closer to conjunction with auspicious Jupiter, highlighting the rewards of courses...
View ArticleWithin Darken’d Halls
photo by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich The week begins with the Sun’s ingress into Scorpio on Monday. The Sun trines Neptune on Tuesday and then conjoins Saturn on Wednesday night. Mercury,also in Scorpio,...
View ArticleFull Circle
The week begins with a flurry of planetary activity. Retrograde since election day, Mercury stations direct on Monday, righting communications. The same day, however, Venus makes an emotionally...
View ArticleAspects: Connecting the Dots
Aspects are the relationships between the planets, measured by the angles they make in the sky. Aspects bring the power of two (or more) planets together, fusing them, highlighting contradictions, or...
View ArticleOpposition: 180 Degrees
An opposition occurs when planets are on opposite sides of the zodiac, 6 zodiac signs away. When planets are opposed, their energies tend to interfere with each other, with tension between the two the...
View ArticleJupiter in Cancer
June 25, 2013—July 16, 2014 The following is an excerpt from my 2013 Astrological Almanac. This handy tome contains descriptions of every day, monthly summaries, an ephemeris, a yearly walk-through,...
View ArticleAstrology 3/14-3/20: Churning The Ocean
The Moon waxes as we pass between eclipses, the days overflowing with an agitated mixture of the past and future. The week begins with a potentially chaotic but brief grand cross. Its middle,...
View ArticleDecember 2016: Wild Cards
Though there are a number of unique moments this December, the bulk of the month’s events orbit around the potent configurations between Saturn in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Libra and Uranus in Aries....
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