Happy Full Moon Everyone!Today the Moon is full in the sign of her exaltation, Taurus, while the Sun is in the first degrees of Scorpio. Meanwhile, Venus has passed Jupiter and is now applying to conjoin Mars in Virgo. Let's take a look at the archetypal symbolism of today's full moon.Scorpio and Taurus are both fixed signs, which means they are steady, solid, secure, or stubborn. Scorpio comes during the middle of Autumn and Taurus the middle of spring. Whereas Scorpio reflects the intense need …
Let’s Not Make Nice About Scorpio
The Moon is in Pisces today, void of course. Meanwhile the Sun has just entered Scorpio, taking us here in the northern hemisphere into the middle of Autumn.Let's discuss the symbolism of the Sun's entrance into Scorpio. Scorpio is one of the most seductive, powerful, and subversive signs of the zodiac. It's hard to talk about Scorpio without suspicion. It's hard to talk about Scorpio without power in your voice, and it's hard to talk about Scorpio without making somebody, somewhere, …
Saturn/Neptune and the State of Astrology
The Moon is in late Aquarius today, applying to trine the Sun in late Libra. Meanwhile Venus, Jupiter, and Mars continue their triple conjunction as early morning stars, and Mercury is moving into a square with Pluto. Meanwhile Saturn is approaching a square to Neptune. So today, a meditation that is Saturn/Neptune inspired...As I'm currently studying the astronomy of calculating birth charts, I've been surprised by how much the mathematical side of astrology has to offer us. For starters, even …
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Venus and Jupiter Together Again!
The Moon is in Aquarius today, continuing her trip through Saturn row (Cap/Aquarius), and making a trine to Mercury later today.Meanwhile, Venus is catching up with Jupiter one last time after several conjunctions since last June. This time both Venus and Jupiter are in Virgo, along with Mars who has just recently separated from Jupiter. Let's take a look at a list of themes that might be present given this combination and others currently moving through our skies.* The faith and good will of …
False and Cold
The Moon is in Capricorn today, applying to square the Sun in Libra as we cross the 1st quarter threshold of our new cycle.With the Moon in the sign of her detriment today, and the Sun in the sign of his fall, this 1st quarter Moon looks somewhat daunting. Let's look at essential dignities of the lights today with an eye for what these debilities might signify and what we can learn from them.When the Sun is in Libra two challenges tend to appear. One is the tendency …
Personal Truths and Phony Compassion
The Moon is in Capricorn today, about to conjoin Pluto and trine Jupiter and Mars before squaring Uranus by this evening.What do you do when someone tends to judge you for having judgments? Put differently, how do you relate to someone if they withhold their love, respect, or affection if you share your true feelings, opinions, or responses to their behavior or choices?What's the difference between judging someone and having a natural response to their actions because you are in a relationship …
Mars/Jupiter Conjunction!
The Moon is in Sagittarius this morning. You could see it last night as a little thumbnail or ivory sliver in the sky. Today Mars conjoins Jupiter at sunset and will be conjunct all day tomorrow as well.Let's talk about the Mars/Jupiter conjunction today.Mars was traditionally considered the "lesser malefic," because of his excessively hot and dry nature. The word "malefic" sounds pretty menacing to our ears today, but originally its malefic designation was associated with its relationship to …
The Poet Between the Lines
The Moon is in Sagittarius this morning, about to conjoin Saturn in Sagittarius and then moving into aspects with Mercury, Neptune, and Venus by this afternoon.Since Venus is almost exactly opposite Neptune, let's talk about the Venus/Neptune dynamic today.While Venus is the goddess of love, beauty, desire, harmony, and happiness, Neptune represents glamour, intoxication, imagination, fantasy, delusion, drunkenness, and the transcendent or transcendental. When you put these two planets together …
Listening to the Harvest Maiden
The Moon is in Scorpio again today, but now void of course.Meanwhile, Venus in Virgo is moving closer to an opposition of Neptune and Mars in Virgo is about to conjoin with Jupiter in Virgo. It's a good day to reflect on the sign of Virgo, especially on the ideas of purity, morality, innocence, youth, learning, organization, health, and discipleship.We live in a complicated moment in history when it comes to these subjects. More than ever we glamorize youth...we don't want to lose it, we …
Growing in Good Faith
The Moon is in Scorpio today, applying to Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto simultaneously in one action packed day. It's a powerful surge of energy coming out of our new moon as Mercury is finally picking up speed and as we come off last cycle's eclipses.Here's a brief list of what to watch for:* The recovery of something lost or the revelation of something that was hidden... (Mars/Jupiter conjunction with Mercury as ruler gaining momentum again)* Things being made right or errors adjusted (same as …
Mercury Overcoming Saturn
The Moon is void of course this morning, and moving through the via combusta. Meanwhile Mercury is overcoming Saturn through a sextile, and Mars is applying to conjoin Jupiter in Virgo while Venus is applying to eventually conjoin and pass both Mars and Jupiter.The old astrologers would often look at the application of one planet to another in terms of the power dynamic. Which planet might exert more influence or carry greater weight in any given relationship was in part determined by the …
New Moon in Libra
New Moon! New Moon! New Moon!A new Moon opposite Uranus in Aries today, with Mercury now direct, and with a Mars/Jupiter conjunction approaching. It's time to GET. SHIT. DONE. This cycle opens with a bang, and it's all about doing what we know we have to do, in the most tactful and diplomatic way possible. We can't go where we need to go or accomplish what we're here to accomplish in life without ruffling some feathers. And even if we feel deeply troubled by the responses we get from others at …
