The Moon is void of course in Aquarius this morning and will soon enter Pisces, moving swiftly toward its culmination Sunday evening: a rare super moon lunar eclipse across the 0 Aries/Libra axis.Meanwhile Mercury is exactly square to Pluto, and Mars has finally left Leo and entered Virgo.Here's what to watch for:* A surge called holy mission, the drive for purity, the organizational effort or mobilization (Mars entering Virgo)* The sense that an important process is culminating, something is …
Sun, Scales, North Node
The Sun is in Libra today, conjunct the north node, and the Moon is in Aquarius, making a sextile to Mercury retrograde in Libra. Meanwhile Mercury is square to Pluto.Another fantastic expression of the archetypes at play this morning with the Pope's address to congress. Regardless of our religious beliefs or beefs with the Catholic church, it was a message (Mercury) filled with taboo subjects (Pluto) like the right to life at all levels, immigration, foreign diplomacy, religious fundamentalism, …
The Fall Equinox
Happy Fall Equinox!Today the Sun enters the sign of its fall, in Libra, and the astrological Autumn season officially begins. Traditionally the Sun takes its fall in Libra, and the Moon in Scorpio, because these two signs were traditionally associated with the deepest and steepest descent of light in the solar year. Thus we are entering a time of year that is naturally better suited for endings than beginnings, death compared to life, releasing compared to holding, and inwardness compared to …
Mercury RX square Pluto
The Moon is in Capricorn today, squaring Mercury retrograde in Libra. Meanwhile, Pluto is slowing down to station and turn direct and the Sun is about to enter Libra and cross the Fall Equinox point.Again with the Moon engaging Mercury and Pluto today we might see the effects of justice, fairness, executive power or authority front and center. Something overdue, or something that has reached its expiration date is now clear and the contract is up. Sometimes this means that wrongs are being …
High Priests and Hades
The Moon has just entered Capricorn and will make a sextile to Neptune and then trine to Jupiter before conjoining Pluto and squaring Mercury in the next 24 hours.Let's take a look at the variety of current transits and how they might show up. A simple list for today because we're heading out of town for a yoga teacher training retreat this morning. Our last out of town trip before the baby comes!With Mars about to enter Virgo and then moving toward the conjunction of Jupiter, we should see an …
Nearing the Autumn Equinox
The Moon in Sagittarius is making trines to Venus and Uranus this morning, and then slowly but surely working its way to a trine of Mars and its first quarter square of the sun.Whatever has been taking shape since our new moon (which was a solar eclipse this month) is now taking hold and potentially facing its first growth related crisis. First quarter moons have often been described astrologers as a pivotal time of development or something like a coming of age rite of passage. This idea has to …
Moon, Jupiter, Neptune
The Moon is in Sagittarius today, applying to square Neptune and then Jupiter. Meanwhile Mercury is retrograde and now moving toward exact square with Pluto over the next week as we head toward the lunar eclipse.Last night I had a dream of multiple tornadoes coming across the ocean and toward land. Outside hanging from a porch beam instead of a wind chime there was a set of creaky scales moving up and down. In the distance there was also a rainbow set against blackness and the feeling that an …
Mercury Turns Retrograde in Libra
The Moon is in Scorpio again today, about to sextile the Sun in Virgo and then square Mars in Leo before finally becoming void of course. Meanwhile Saturn has just entered Sagittarius, and Mercury is about to turn retrograde.Here's a list of what to watch for today, and as Mercury turns retrograde:* A strong sense of productivity, gaining strength or momentum, and handling each new challenge as it pops up throughout the day (Moon sextile to the Sun)* Emotional moodiness, feeling betrayed or …
Previewing Autumn Astrology: Jupiter/Saturn/Neptune
The Moon is in Scorpio today, still moving through the via combusta and potentially pushing things to the surface or shining a light on something hidden or lurking below the surface. An inspector found a problem with our water heater in the basement this morning...a new heating element is needed...cold, deep water, repair, financial setback...simple themes resonant with the Scorpio moon moving through the fiery road of the via combusta.In the meantime, Mercury is stationing today and will be …
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Previewing Autumn Astrology: Pluto Turning Direct
The Moon is about to enter her fall in Scorpio this afternoon, still moving through the via combusta for another day or so. Meanwhile Mercury is about to turn retrograde, Saturn is about to enter Sagittarius, Pluto will soon be stationing to turn direct, and Venus is finally gaining steam moving forward again.The simplest thing to say when so many simultaneous changes of direction are happening in the sky, during an eclipse season, at the time of the Fall Equinox, is that we are turning an …
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Previewing Autumn Astrology: Saturn into Sagittarius
The Moon is in Libra today, just entering the via combusta and now applying to an opposition of Uranus and then a sextile of Mars.Let's continue today with our Autumn astrology preview by looking at Saturn's entrance into Sagittarius.Saturn will return to Sagittarius after it's final retrograde into Scorpio. The themes of Saturn in Scorpio have been heavier for the past several years. From secrets, to endings and death, to unconscious patterns being exposed, to unavoidable truths and bottom …
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New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Virgo
Happy Solar Eclipse everyone!Today the Sun and Moon conjoin in late Virgo to create an out of sign conjunction with the north node in Libra. Meanwhile the ruling planet Mercury is slowing down to station in mid Libra this week and will turn retrograde by Friday.Solar eclipses are like extra powerful new moons that generally come around twice per year. As the last solar eclipse took place in conjunction with the south node in Aries this past spring, it was a Mars ruled eclipse. As we enter the …
