There’s nothing that is particularly auspicious about the December Full Moon falling on Christmas, despite the various post going around that the two have not fallen on the same night since 1977. Having said that, it is a beautiful reflection of what many will be doing in the coming days. The Moon is linked […]
“Listen–are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” – Mary Oliver This year the winter solstice falls in the evening of the 21st of December here in Seattle. In the Northern Hemisphere this 1st day of winter is also marked by the Sun’s ingress into the sign of Capricorn. This earthy sign […]
Venus goddess of love, beauty and partnership will turn on her heals, appearing to move backward through the zodiac, from July 25th until Sept 17th. The idea of Mercury Retrograde (Rx) is reaching a colloquial tipping point, in the Western World’s lexicon, has resulted in frequent misconceptions as to what means when a planet is […]
Mars and the Sun have been conjunct, or in relatively the same part of the sky as one another, give or take 2 degrees of the zodiac, since the second week in June, with both the Sun and Mars in Gemini at the time. With the arrival of the Solstice the Sun is now in […]
“Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe Me.’ Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky.” – Hāfiz The Sun moved into Cancer today marking the first day of Summer, in the Northern half of the world. Whether this Solstice day marks for […]
Deep Transformation The up coming Full Moon at 13.23˚ Scorpio occurs just after Sunset on May 3rd – here in Seattle. Full moons are often times of intensity, with big emotions commonplace. And on a clear night a Full Moon can truly be a breathtaking sight; one that even the most cynical among us finds […]
Inner transformation This Wednesday April 16th – slow moving, transformative, god of the underworld Pluto will appear to stand still, and then amble backwards until late September. This retrograde motion has this god of transmutation revisit the parts of our lives he impacted for much of last year. When a planet goes retrograde (Rx) it […]
Not all New Moons are made equal. The New Moon, in the wee hours of the morning here in the Pacific Northwest, is a horse of a different color. True it is a New Moon in Pisces, which happens once a year. But just talking about how to work with a New Moon in watery, […]
Inpatient revolution Oh my, what a week we have in-store for us. In the lead up to the last of the Uranus Pluto squares, that have been going in and out of exact alignment since 2012 with the 7th and last occurring on the 16th of March, we get a jolt of change with Mars […]
I have written on a number of occasions about the power of the New Moon when longing to birth something into being; and today’s New Moon in Aquarius is no exception. However there is something unusual about this New Moon. This is the second New Moon in Aquarius this year; which is highly unusual. The […]