The Moon is in Jupiter's home sign of Pisces today, opposite Jupiter and moving toward a trine with Mars.Here's what to watch for:* Support, allies, friendships and positive influences intervening to help (Moon/Jupiter)* Good news that comes as a relief (Moon/Jupiter)* The release of a burden or the sharing of a burden (Moon/Jupiter)* Confirmation and the word "yes" (Moon/Jupiter)* Coalitions and unifying fragmented groups (Moon/Jupiter)* Peace treaties within families, tribes, or close …
Hug a Leo Today!
The Sun has moved into Leo today...Things to note about Leo:* As the fixed sign of Summer, Leo reflects a stabilizing energy taking place as the Sun is declining toward the Autumn equinox. Leo's desire to be seen, to be recognized, to live from the heart, or to live up to one's truest potential, is reflective of this solar dynamic. Leo seeks to establish the security and fixity of solar life and vitality amidst the inevitable decline and decay of the year. All the virtues we so frequently …
Moon and Mars and Pirates!
The Moon is in Aquarius today, moving toward a square with Mars in Scorpio.Here's what to watch for:* Moody, aggressive, confrontational situations (Moon square Mars)* Physical exertion, exercise, physical fitness, lifestyle, and the transformation of the body (Moon square Mars)* Women's health, mothers, inflammation, irritation, exacerbation (Moon square Mars)* Pirates (because Moon square Mars!!!)* Water sports, sharks, swimming (Moon square Mars)* Disease, viruses, impurities and cultural …
Consistent, Confident, Compromising
The Moon is in Aquarius today, opposing Venus and Mercury and making a sextile to Saturn.Here's what to watch for today:* Two kinds of stubbornness meeting head to head (Moon opposing Venus and Mercury, all in fixed signs)* A creative standoff or opposition* Someone trying to deprive your light and convince you there is something more reasonable or rationale to be using your time/energy with* Conflicts between mothers and daughters, or women in general (Moon opposite Venus)* A clear and …
A Revolutionary Full Moon
Happy Full Moon Everyone!Here's what to watch for today...* The Saturn/Neptune square highlights the difference between the court of public opinion/perception, and the simple or direct reality of someone or something..."facts" and "stories" and the manipulation of facts and stories* The blurring/blending of concrete reality and fictional, virtual, or imaginative reality...think Pokemon Go (this is also an expression of the Saturn/Neptune square)* Unexpected, shocking, revealing events that bring …
Happy Birthday Astrologer
I'm heading out of town for a birthday holiday with my family. I will return to horoscope writing next Monday! Meanwhile, I wrote this last night. This is for all my readers and all my astrology friends...isn't astrology amazing?! Thank you for supporting me and my work, and here is to many more days of star gazing to come!Why I Love Astrology...I'm laying on my couch tonight, looking up at the ceiling fan. It's finally cool in the house. My wife is asleep, my daughter is asleep, the dogs are …
Straight Forward and Kind
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 …
