The Moon is in Libra today, about to enter Scorpio, and meanwhile Venus has just entered the sign of Leo.What to watch for:* Good news comes in an email or conversation with someone* Working out an agreement is successul* Agreeing to terms or coming to a smooth resolution* Compromise* Empathy* Softening a stance or listening to someone's needs* Hearing a rumor or secret or piece of news that hasn't been made public yet* Guiding a process behind the scenes* Transparency or disclosure* …
Why We Do the Things We Do
The first quarter Moon is in Libra today, creating a very wide (but still active) cardinal grand cross between the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Pluto, and Uranus. Meanwhile Saturn/Neptune are still in a close square.Here are some of the extraordinarily complex themes at work during the recent activation of Pluto/Uranus by the transiting planets in Cancer:* Diplomacy, rage, maturity, and vulnerability trying to work together constructively* Witch hunts and trials of public opinion/perception* Facts vs. …
Pluto Opposite Sun: Listening to the Soul
The Sun is just past its opposition to Pluto, an opposition that activated the current transiting opposition between the USA's Sun and Pluto in the same signs.The Sun/Pluto opposition brings up the complexities and shadows of the national unconscious here in the US.Here are some of the complexities at play, and I take these from the narrative I've witnessed in my facebook feed over the past two days from all different kinds of people who read my horoscopes:* The subjects of gun ownership, gun …
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Pluto Opposite Sun: Great Strength Needs Great Virtue
The Sun and Mercury are opposite Pluto.In the I Ching there is a hexagram called "Great Strength." The ideograms of the hexagram show a hulking strong man standing with his arms crossed, and below him is an ancient bamboo weapon. The image was of a lower class citizen whose duty it was to protect the royalty, like a body guard or police officer. The message of this hexagram has to do with the precarious fragility of great strength. The decision reads, "Great strength necessitates firm …
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Offering Nothing to Resist
The Moon is in the sign of Leo today, applying to a square with Mars in Scorpio, Venus in Cancer is trine to Mars in Scorpio, and Mercury is cazimi with the Sun in Cancer.What to watch for:* Gathering together with someone or with a group of people that you had formerly dismissed or separated from (Venus trine a recently turned direct Mars)* Carefully handling the unrealistic or uneven demands of someone or something else (Venus/Mars trine with Moon/Mars square)* Unrealistic demands or …
A New Moon in Cancer
Happy New Moon Everyone!Today a special meditation on Saturn/Neptune, including the subject of demons, the nature of signs and omens, and the recent Donald Trump Star of David tweet.Let's start with a brief restatement of the Saturn/Neptune dynamic. Saturn represents limits, death, old age, restrictions, concrete facts and concrete thinking, discipline, realism, time, things from the past, etc. Neptune, on the other hand, represents the imagination, dreams, images, illusion, fog, ideals and …
America and the Cancerian Crab
The dark Moon is in Cancer today, along with Mercury, the Sun, and Venus. Tomorrow the 4th of July also features a New Moon in Cancer.Here are a few things we might say about what makes the USA so Cancerian:* The genesis of our story is something we refer back to over and over and over again* The genesis of our national story involves seeking a new home* The genesis of our story includes immigrants seeking a new home from all over the world* The genesis of our story includes hoarding and …
Venus and Pluto Opposite
The Moon is in Gemini today, slowly applying to an opposition with Saturn.Here's a few things to look forward to over the next month:* Gradually Venus will begin to emerge from the beams of the Sun. By late July she will appear in the western sky as the evening star, emerging in the sign of the Lion, like a queen. Venus related things have been in recovery and rebirth mode for several weeks now, but there is still a month left before she finally emerges in her own light again.* Meanwhile, Venus …
Mars Direct and the Beginning of the End
The Moon is in Taurus today, applying to an opposition with Mars in Scorpio. Meanwhile, Mars is direct today!Here's what to watch for and then an I Ching reading for today's astrology:* Reversals of circumstance or changes of mind and heart may bring up challenges or opposition within relationships, work places, and families.* The shedding or eliminating or rejecting of something (Moon opposite Mars just turned direct)* The disruption to the status quo, or a rain on the parade (Moon in Taurus …
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Mars Direct Day!
Happy Mars Direct day everyone! In the next 24 hours Mars will begin to move forward again through the zoidac. Meanwhile the Moon has entered her exaltation in Taurus. Woohoo!Here's what to watch for:* What has been severed or taken apart may start to come together again* A revision or deconstruction process is nearing completion, or nearing an important turning point* What has been blocked, stuck stubborn, and willfully defiant will now start to turn around* A conflict from the past starts to …
Level 10 Mars Ninjas
Happy Mars Stationing Day. Brought to you by an Aries Moon that is moving toward a conjunction with Uranus in Aries!Here's what you might see out there in life land:* Feeling recharged, recovering, and raring to go* Accidentally injuring yourself, again, and feeling generally pissed off or grumpy* Feeling motivated, ready, able to do leaping ninja kicks out the door* Ninja kicking people who are ready to do leaping ninja kicks out the door* Resolving conflicts from the past* Clearing the air, …
Last Quarter Moon with Mars Stationing
The last quarter Moon is in Aries today, and Mars has basically stopped moving and will turn direct by the end of the week.Here's another set of themes you might notice this week, especially as the last quarter Moon comes through today:* Humility or grace in defeat* Emotional courage* Showing others that you are resilient by getting back up after you've fallen down or taken a hard knock* An important decision...do we fight something or do we walk humbly and take the high road?* Criticism and how …
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