The Moon is in Leo today, making a sextile with the Sun and Venus and then moving straight to the squares with Mercury and Mars, who are opposite today.Here's what to watch for:* Standoffs, debates, heated discussions, * Irritation, exacerbation, exaggeration* Driving a hard bargain, establishing an ambitious new project or agreement* Lack of grace, forgiveness, and mercy in conflicts* Self righteousness, advocacy, and courage* Standing up for something you believe in* Negotiation and …
Venus at the Heart of the Sun, Day Two!
Venus at the heart of the Sun, take two.Whether you like Hillary Clinton or not, whether you like the DNC or super delegates or the media or not, it's a beautiful symbol to see Venus at the heart of the Sun and the Moon in Cancer on the day that a woman is going to be widely celebrated by masses of people as the first ever presumptive female nominee for a major political party in the USA.Meanwhile, Mercury is closing in on an opposition to Mars! Haha! This too shall be mired in …
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Venus is Cazimi: At the Heart of the Sun
Venus is cazimi today, at the heart of the Sun and finally ready to begin her rebirthing process!What does this mean?* Go back to roughly the end of October, 2014 for the last time Venus was beginning her rebirthing phase and starting a new cycle. For example, my wife and I were just returning from our honeymoon and starting our married life together. For many people the start of a new Venus cycle has to do with the endings and beginnings of relationships, lifestyle choices, artistic periods, …
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New Moon, Mutable Grand Cross
Happy New Moon! The new Moon is later this evening and will coincide with a mutable grand cross. It's a big day in astrology town.Here's what to watch for in this mutable grand new moon:* Incompatibilities becoming less and less tolerable* Make or break decisions in relationships, jobs, projects, etc.* The ending of an era, start of a new* Coldness, distance, deception, betrayal, dishonesty, in relationships* Divine discontent in relationships* Imbalances of duty, responsibility, work, in …
One Big Mutable Thing
The mutable grand cross is about as exact as it's going to get during this dark moon to new moon period.Major themes to watch for:* A major transitional phase that could be related to differing beliefs or opinions, rivalries or ideologies within romantic relationships, friendships, or larger cultural/group allegiances* A major transitional phase or challenging period that could have something to do with physical health or lifestyle habits, sex life, values or money, image or appearance* A major …
Evaluating Our Relationships
The Moon is in Taurus today, applying to a trine with Jupiter in Virgo. Meanwhile, the Sun and Venus are now almost exactly opposite Saturn and square to Jupiter and Neptune.Here's what to watch for:* An overly restrictive attitude held for too long within a relationship leads to misfortune* Reconciliation in relationships becomes possible after an amplification of our differences* Father/Son dynamics, an older/younger generational confrontation, passing of the torch, rite of passage* …
The Meaning of Mars’ Retrograde Into Scorpio
The Moon is in Aries today, and Mars is retrograde in Scorpio.During my morning meditation I sat again with the 40th hexagram of the I Ching, called "liberation," and thought about the return of Mars to its home sign through its retrograde motion. The 40th hexagram of the I Ching has to do with eliminating obstacles, finishing things that need completing, or untangling things that have somehow gotten knotted up. The image of the hexagram shows a thunderstorm clearing the air of a heaviness …
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A Mutable Week Ahead
The waning Moon is in Aries today, moving toward sextiles with Venus and the Sun and then a trine with Saturn. Meanwhile, Venus and the Sun are opposite Saturn in Sagittarius and Mercury is applying to an opposition with Mars.Here's what to watch for both today and this week:* Venus is at the final stages of her cycle...it's like those last weeks of a relationship that you know is about to end, it's like those final days of persisting in a habit that you know has got to go, its those last …
Sun/Saturn Contractions
Its last quarter Moon today, and the Moon is in Pisces. Meanwhile Venus and the Sun are traveling closer and closer to an exact opposition with Saturn.The Sun and Saturn have such an interesting relationship. This morning it brings to my mind a passage from the Tao Te Ching: "Contraction pulls at that which extends too far, weakness pulls at that which strengthens too much, ruin pulls at that which rises too high, loss pulls at life when you fill it with too much stuff. The lesson here is called …
Mars Back into Scorpio!
Mars has finally retrograded out of Sagittarius and is now in the late degrees of Scorpio, its home home sign. The Moon is also in Aquarius today, moving toward a square with Mars.Here are a few things to watch for:* By going back to something from the past we find ourselves empowered* Something from the past has tremendous power over us* Revising or revisiting something has significant consequences* Scrutinizing or carefully cutting something apart or slicing through illusions we find the truth …
A Mutable Grand Cross
Over the course of the next week, the Sun and Venus are slowly moving into an opposition with Saturn. This movement is simultaneously creating what's called a mutable grand cross, between the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Venus and the Sun.What does this mean and how should you prepare?* A mutable grand cross points to a major time of transition. While the lasting effects of a previous process, project, person, place, or entire era of our lives are coming to a close right now, the seeds …
Venus Ending Her Cycle, Starting Fresh
Venus is heading into the Sun. Here's a few things to watch for...* Venus related things may be sick, old, dying, or weakened* Venus related things may be going through a pivotal transformation* Venus related things may be going through a kind of purification process* Rebirth for Venus related things is close at handThis might mean that friendships, allegiances, romantic relationships, sexual dynamics, gender and sex topics or issues generally, as well as artistic, stylistic, or material choices …
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