Mars has just entered Scorpio where it will stay until late January. Here's what to watch for: * Whenever Mars enters Aries or Scorpio it is officially back in its home sign, which you can think of like the owner of a home or property returning after a time abroad. * Mars in its home sign is empowered in the same way that it's easier to manage the affairs of your own house from within it as opposed to being abroad! * When Mars is transiting through another sign of the zodiac it has to act …
Video Blog of the Day: Q&A on Saturn, Mercury RX and More!
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Saturn as the “Ruler of Time”: A Video Blog
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Saturn Entering Capricorn: A Video Blog
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Saturn Entering Capricorn: Part Two
More today on Saturn's upcoming entrance into Capricorn: * Today we'll look at the elemental status of Capricorn. * Capricorn is a feminine/yin earth sign. The history of elemental theory in astrology is complicated by the fact that the four elements were used differently by different ancient philosophical schools of thought over time. * As a result, we have inherited and sometimes unconsciously assimilated a variety of contradictory ideas about the elements. For example, sometimes we …
Saturn Entering Capricorn: Part One
What does it mean that Saturn is about to enter Capricorn? Today we'll look at what it might mean that Saturn is entering a "tropical" sign, and then in days to come we'll explore the other various features of Capricorn that will define Saturn's upcoming transformation! Here are some things to think about: * Saturn entering Capricorn, first and foremost, means that Saturn is entering one of its two home signs. Capricorn is Saturn's feminine/yin home. Capricorn is an earth sign and it is a …
Mercury Retrograde Conjoining Saturn
With Mercury flowing backward into a conjunction with Saturn, you might be noticing the following themes: * The need to create more space and time * The need to shorten something * The need to tighten, reduce, or simplify * The feeling of limitation and constraint * Feeling mentally inept * Feeling like you can't communicate clearly or effectively * Feeling like your thoughts or words are either too rigid or not clear enough * Feeling hesitant to commit * Experiencing or expressing extreme …
Mercury Heading Back to Saturn
Mercury is moving backward now to repeat its conjunction with Saturn, which will occur over the next few days. Today, a meditation from the I Ching in light of this transit: * The 37th hexagram of the I Ching is called "Family Duties," or sometimes "Clan" or "Family Life." * The judgment reads "Women's persistence brings reward." * The image is that of wind rising out of a hearth fire. * The image commentary says, "There is factuality in the speech of superior people, and consistency in …
Mercury/Saturn: Awakening to the Sounds of an Old Bell
Mercury is stationing in a close conjunction with Saturn, about to turn retrograde. Last night, out of nowhere, one day after the Mars/Uranus opposition and an earthquake shook my house, an old antique clock started working again, perhaps shaken to life by the tremors of the earth. It actually woke me from sleep, and I puzzled over it for an hour or so before going back to bed. The winding key for the clock is missing, and it literally hasn't worked for years.During the night I had a dream that …
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What Mercury Stationing with Saturn Feels Like
When Mercury is stationing in a close conjunction with Saturn in the sign of the Centaur, in a close trine to Uranus in the Ram, who is being opposed by Mars in the sign of the Scales, you could be feeling... * Like you can't say anything that doesn't echo back to you filled with all kinds of shadow material * Like you can't really speak very well at all * Like you want to become a more effective, more successful, more popular, more provocative speaker, writer, communicator * Like you really …
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How to Sum Up the Week Ahead?!
The next week of astrology is pretty nuts. We've got Jupiter moving into a very magical trine with Neptune. Mercury is stationing to turn retrograde in a very close conjunction to Saturn. Mars is going to oppose Uranus. The Full Moon is coming through. Venus is entering Sagittarius and Mars is entering Scorpio. And finally, Saturn is entering Capricorn after several years in Sagittarius. Most of that is happening in the next week!Here are some big themes to watch for, given all that's happening …
Mercury/Saturn and Mars/Uranus
Mercury is just separating from a conjunction to Saturn in Sagittarius but will station and turn retrograde and move back to Saturn in Sagittarius shortly. Meanwhile, Mars is moving into an opposition with Uranus. You might be feeling: * Back and forth about whether your love or hate technology * Back and forth about what you believe or hold true * Fiesty, fiery, argumentative * Committed to your ideas and beliefs, G'd it! * Having a hard time staying organized * Driving yourself to catch up or …