Adam Elenbaas

The Moon is in Leo today, trine to Mars. Meanwhile the Spring Equinox is less than two days away!The Spring Equinox is also referred to as the zero Aries point, or the first day of the zodiac. So whether you're looking at this event from the perspective of the northern hemisphere's spring season, or as the start of the zodiacal year, it's an important celestial event. From a seasonal standpoint, the Aries moment refers to the time when the light takes over and we have more daylight than …

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The Moon is in Cancer today, moving toward a trine with the Sun in Pisces.Here's a list of what to watch for based on a number of the planetary themes right now:* The Jupiter/Saturn square is almost exact. You find yourself unfriending or unfollowing people left and right on facebook, twitter, and instagram for the incessant anger and self righteous negativity being directed toward everyone and anything they don't agree with or find "corrupt."* The Jupiter/Saturn square is almost exact. You find …

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The Moon is in Cancer today. I think we need some Cancerian sweetness this morning...* Cancer is the sign of the Moon, and the Moon is the great reflector in the sky. Memory is also a form of reflecting upon past experiences. It is never the experience of the past itself. And so the past is something we relive as we recall it from multiple perspectives which are themselves moving, never static. This fluid recalling...this living reliving, is the foundation of memory. One of the reasons Cancer is …

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The 1st quarter Moon is in Gemini today. Here's a quick list of teachings that first quarter moons bring to mind, and this Moon in particular:* 1st quarter Moons reflect the transition from "more darkness" to " more light" on the surface of the Moon. They therefore represent one of the cardinal pivot points of each monthly lunar cycle. As such they often signify events that move something from darkness to light, from weakness to strength, from unseen to visible, from wondering to known, from …

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The Moon is in Gemini today. Here's what to watch for!* Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, and the Moon are in a mutable grand cross today, and the Moon and Jupiter are both in Mercury's sign. Watch for media and communication debacles, philosophical squabbles, and ideological short circuiting. The Jupiter/Saturn square reflects the generational tensions and the "insider/outsider" conflicts happening all over the world right now. As Mercury is in his depression it might be one of those days where you …

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The Moon is in Taurus today, exalted, and her ruler Venus is also exalted. Following yesterday's post, here are five things we can learn from Venus' exaltation in Pisces.* Venus in Pisces is like that moment where even an awkward American feels natural when greeting friends with a kiss. Because why wouldn't we smooch in the streets or put our arms around each other? Venus in Pisces reminds us that affection is the currency of love. Affection foots the bill for all our worries and fears, and no …

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The Moon is in Taurus today. Here are 5 simple truths we can learn from the sign of the bull:* Simplicity is one of the safest, most durable, loyal, easy, and supportive qualities of nature. If we want to experience happiness in any phase of life then we might consider simplifying our expectations, or habits and routines and methods.* When you follow a routine and you make sure to include time for resting and playing or small pleasures, then your experiences becomes both stable and enjoyable. …

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The Moon is in late Aries this morning and will shortly enter her exaltation in Taurus. Last night Mercury was conjunct Neptune in Pisces, and I had a strange sleep adventure which I wrote about here on facebook at around 3am. It was so striking I had to write it down, and this morning I am still struck by the magic of the experience.In short, I was having a lucid dream about looking into my daughter's eyes and wondering what was "behind" or "within" them. What does she see when she looks at me …

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It's 3am, and I'm in a strange hypnagogic state tonight after taking some cold medicine made from plants of the Amazon. A friend sent me some he made from Peru and said "in case you feel a cold coming on this winter." Its been unseasonably warm and today I started feeling that uh oh tickle when I swallowed. So I took some of the plant medicine and fell asleep only to be woken up by a loud crashing. It was the same tension rod holding up the same curtain that likes to fall down once in a …

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The Moon is in Aries today, engaging the Pluto/Uranus square and also making a trine to Saturn in Sagittarius. Meanwhile Mercury is conjoining Neptune.Here's what to watch for:* The ghost in the machine (Mercury/Neptune)* Omens, powerful synchronicities, hidden messages (Mercury/Neptune)* Lucid dreaming, spirits, seeing through the veil (Mercury/Neptune)* Delusions, illusions, intoxication, confusion (Mercury/Neptune)* Communication from another realm or world (Mercury/Neptune)* Highly …

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The Moon is in Pisces today, soon to enter Aries. Meanwhile the Jupiter/Saturn square is nearly exact and will be intensifying as we reach the Spring equinox and our full moon/lunar eclipse in the next few weeks.Let's look at the Jupiter/Saturn square from a new angle today. This morning while meditating on the Jupiter/Saturn square, especially in light of the wave of anti-establishment enthusiasm on both the left and right wings of American politics, I recalled the 10th hexagram of the I Ching, …

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