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A Note from Saturn Retrograde in Sagittarius

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An imagined note from Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius...to an imagined audience of students:* If you're not involved in ongoing study or practice of some kind, any kind, then it's not likely that much of any part of your life will change in the ways you hope or dream. It's not that studying "makes us better," it's that it makes us different, and difference leads to change...one of the essential ingredients for the pursuit of our dreams and the health of our imagination.* Don't let someone tell …

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Full Moon Horoscope Taurus Season

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Happy Full Moon Everyone!Today the Moon in Scorpio opposes the Sun in Taurus while both planets simultaneously square Jupiter in Leo and both planets feature trines and sextiles to Neptune and Pluto.What to watch for:Something is reaching its maximum tension. Something is boiling over. Something that once looked rich and full is now looking sour and complicated. Or maybe you're feeling fed up with someone or some situation, or yourself. Change is imminent and yet there is stout resistance. It's …

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Beltane Approaching

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The Moon is in Libra today, and quickly applying to pass over the eclipse points from last month. It's a big day of momentum building and transition as we approach the full moon this weekend. Mercury is about to enter its home sign of Gemini where it will quickly enter the shadow phase of its upcoming retrograde.What to watch for:* Suddenly the mind feels ready to get moving again (Mercury entering Gemini)* The slow mind begins multi-tasking (Mercury entering Gemini)* A sudden curiosity or …

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The Gods in Our Words

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The Moon is in Virgo today, applying to a mutable t-square with Chiron in Pisces and Venus in Gemini.A good day to consider the use of language and its ability to heal wounds, as well as the way words can be twisted or used unconsciously to deepen or worsen wounds.For example...the use of the word "thug," used by our president and also the mayor of Baltimore to refer to what could also arguably be called a natural uprising of angry youth. Does the use of words like "criminal" or "thug" …

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Pluto/Uranus Aftershocks

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The Moon is in Virgo this morning, applying to trine the Sun in Taurus and then oppose Neptune in Pisces.A series of shock waves heard around the world. Natural disasters and plates moving, peaceful protests against police brutality and simultaneous city riots, a transgender athlete coming out of the closet, and same sex marriage arguments before the supreme court. Though we can always make the case that the media creates or distorts these epics, or we can say that we simply see what we want to …

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Pluto Retrograde: Reflections on Fate

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The Moon is squaring Mercury this morning and then goes void of course for the rest of the day until moving into Virgo tonight.Reflections on Pluto moving retrograde:* Fate means never having to say, "I told you so." Because when we've really understood fate, then we understand that it's not a matter of prediction or advice. It's not a simple matter of instructions not followed, as though fate is a punishment, and it's not about the early bird catching the worm or any other protestant work ethic …

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Success in Small Things

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The first quarter Moon is in Leo today, about to conjoin Jupiter before moving into a trine with Uranus and then square to Mars and Mercury.What to watch for:* Pride, arrogance, jealousy, showmanship (Jupiter in Leo)* Family pride, arrogance, jealousy, showmanship (Moon conj Jupiter in Leo)* Social class, royalty, wealth, assets, inheritance (Moon/Jupiter in Leo)* Bigness of the heart, hearth, and home (Moon/Jupiter in Leo)* Warmth, generosity, sunshine, strength of personality and ego …

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First Quarter Lion and the Bull

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First quarter Moon in Leo today. A crisis of action, as old man Rudhyar used to say.What to watch for:* Money and pride (Taurus/Leo Sun/Moon)* Simplicity and power (Taurus/Leo)* A nice environment ruined by selfish attention seeker (Taurus/Leo)* Bling and the subject of living within our means (Taurus/Leo)* Generosity versus selfishness (Taurus/Leo)* Expressiveness versus conservation of energy (Taurus/Leo)* Indulgence and luxury (Taurus/Leo)* Loyalty and inflexibility (Taurus/Leo)How do we use …

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The Dream of Taurus

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The Moon is in Cancer today, applying to sextile Mercury before turning void of course. A brief discussion about Taurus...You hear a lot of things about Taurus related to simplicity, earthiness, beauty, and peace. Sometimes maybe a few things about greed or lust or stubbornness or possessiveness. But it's rare that we visit the dreamer in Taurus.Imagine for a minute the most peaceful and relaxing day you've had recently, or maybe a day from an earlier point in your life. If you can't think of …

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In Defense of Planetary Debilities 

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Lately I've gotten a number of emails asking me why I use the essential dignities when describing the planetary weather (for example, Mars is in its detriment in Taurus or Venus is exalted in Pisces). The general concern goes like this, "Isn't the language sort of negative? Isn't it too narrow or prescriptive to use words like fallen or debilitated?"I don't think so, and I'll try to explain why as simply as possible.Before I do that I feel like I should acknowledge the concern about the negative …

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