Adam Elenbaas

Mercury is almost to its stationing degree and also opposite to Neptune right now. Meanwhile, Venus is moving into a trine with Neptune over the next few days before opposing Pluto.Here's what to watch for:* Mercury opposite Neptune can bring forgetfulness, wishful thinking, and disillusionment* Mercury opposite Neptune can bring visions, dreams, imagination, romance, and sublime thoughts* Mercury opposite Neptune is about the message and the messenger. When they are on the same page it's …

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Lunar eclipse day!Today, a meditation from the I Ching. If you'd like more hard astrology on the eclipse, check out yesterday's post for more info on how to track the eclipse in your own birth chart.* The 22nd hexagram of the I Ching is called Grace, or adornment, and its image is that of a fire at the base of a mountain.​* The fire at nighttime illuminates the mountain, and so to detect or recognize the greatness of something we need small accent lights, small adornments that draw …

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Happy Sunday everyone. Tomorrow we have a full moon and lunar eclipse in the sign of Aquarius.Here is what to watch for:* In your natal chart, pay attention to the Aquarius/Leo axis in general. If you use whole-sign houses this is relatively easy, but otherwise look for about 15 Aquarius in one of your quadrant-based houses. * The topics of the house are active, up for review, and may include the general lunar eclipse themes of culmination, closure, or transition. Remember that full Moon, lunar …

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And so today Jupiter in Libra squares Pluto in Capricorn.Let's take a look...* The obvious and mundane manifestation here in the US involves the ongoing legal investigation into the president's finances, election meddling with Russia, and his potential attempts to avoid, dodge, or manipulate this process through various plots.* What's happening in the news is a gross reflection of an archetypal theme that is timeless, and that's the theme of injustice and corruption. Where do injustice and …

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As we approach a lunar eclipse on Monday, Jupiter and Pluto are moving into their exact square.Here is what to watch for:* Lunar eclipses bring culmination, completion, resolution, and closure.* Sometimes closure occurs gradually, and lunar eclipses can be the "beginning of the end" of an era, a season (inner or outer), relationships, or something else.* Closure or resolution or completion can also happen because of more dramatic events.* Culmination can mean that something has reached its …

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Mercury is applying to an opposition with Neptune today, and meanwhile, Jupiter is squaring Pluto.Here's what to watch for:First, Jupiter and Pluto...* Pardoning, being pardoned* Forgiveness, acceptance, tolerance* The compromise between rules, discipline, doctrines, or tradition, and tolerance, grace, fairness, and equanimity* Pardoning as an escape, forgiving as allowing something that shouldn't be allowed, forgiveness as avoidance* Exposing dogma, intolerance, or severe thinking* The karma of …

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Today the Moon enters Sagittarius and makes a waxing trine to Mars and the Sun. Meanwhile, Jupiter approaches its square to Pluto, which will be exact this Friday.Here's what to watch for:* The Moon in Sagittarius will bring with it a lifted energy as it moves from a Mars to a Jupiter ruled sign and immediately applies to trine Mars and the Sun.​* The trine from the Moon to Mars and the Sun could bring up lingering feelings of frustration or anger. Be careful, even though Mars and the Sun …

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Happy Monday everyone, and just past the first quarter Moon! Today Venus enters Cancer where she will slowly being activating a cardinal grand cross throughout the Month of August. Meanwhile, Mercury is moving toward an opposition with Neptune and another retrograde, Jupiter is closing in on a square to Pluto and another opposition to Uranus, and the coming full Moon is a lunar eclipse. Hold onto your butts! :-)Rather than breaking down each transit's themes today (we will do plenty of this …

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The Sun and Mars are still cazimi today, and Mercury is now in the sign of Virgo, moving into a long-standing opposition with Neptune.Here's what to watch for...Over the next few weeks, Mercury will move toward its first station within about two degrees of an opposition to Neptune. Mercury will turn retrograde on August 13th but will stay close to its opposition to Neptune for another week after that.This transit will highlight the following themes over the next few weeks:* Angelic messengers* …

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Mars is cazimi with the Sun today and tomorrow.Today an I Ching Meditation on Mars Cazimi:* Hexagram 32 is called "Duration," or "Durability"* The 32nd hexagram depicts thunder over wind. Thunder is above and wind below. The nature of thunder is action, disturbance, or arousal. The nature of wind when it's below thunder is to be comparatively gentle, constant, and yielding in contrast to the dominance of the thunder above.* Mars at the heart of the Sun is seated on the throne of the ruler. The …

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