Happy New Moon everyone!This evening the Moon will conjoin the Sun at the very last degree and last minute of the last degree of Aquarius, and then both planets will move together into the sign of Pisces. A very magical new moon moment to consider for today’s horoscope.Each ten degrees of the zodiac, 36 in total, has a unique “face.” Traditionally the first ten degrees, or the first “face,” of Pisces was ruled by Saturn. Saturn’s place of “joy” was …
The God in the Foreground
The dark Moon is in Aquarius today. New Moon tomorrow evening.Under dark moons there’s always a bit of magic in the air. In the fixed air sign of Aquarius we should watch for the spirits of air to surprise us. The spirits of air are the spirits of invention, talkativeness, and progress. They are so much a part of the online world we live in…the grand visions of utopia and slick digital advertising, ideas moving like particles in higher and higher definition, streaming news like …
Sweet Farewell
Today there is a spirit of compromise, friendship, giving, sharing, and even celebrating pictured in the sky. Asking for help, giving help, sharing the load, and all forms of unity or team work toward our goals might be a little smoother today than usual. When Venus and Mars come together in the sky it's like waking up from an important dream to find that you have a room full of your favorite people waiting to help you talk it over and maybe make some new plans or discoveries.The late moon …
50 Shades of No
The dark moon is in Capricorn today and will square the nodal axis this morning before squaring Uranus and then conjoining Pluto. Recently I’ve gotten a handful of people emailing me with the request that I write more in depth about the Pluto/Uranus square, so let’s have a look at it today.First, both Uranus and Pluto are called “outer” planets, or “transpersonal” planets. These names come from the fact that they were discovered more recently as well as the …
Love Loves Strife
The Moon is in Sagittarius this morning, squaring Mars in Pisces before turning void of course for the afternoon (entering Capricorn by this evening). Meanwhile, just in time for Valentine’s day Venus and Mars are conjoining in late Pisces.A lot of people don’t know that Mas and Venus (Ares and Aphrodite) were adulterous lovers in Greek mythology. Though all the gods desired her, Aphrodite was married to Hephaestus because Zeus feared that her beauty might create a war among the …
A Grand Fire Trine
The Moon is in Sagittarius this morning and applying to create a grand fire trine today, first by its trine to Uranus in Aries, and then to Jupiter in Leo. Let’s take a closer look.First of all, a grand fire trine is a complex aspect configuration of three or more planets occupying all three signs of the same element (in this case the fire signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius) approximately 120 degrees apart from one planet to the next. The overall picture when you connect the planetary dots …
Dying Rebel Cosmic Centaur
The Moon has just entered Sagittarius and is immediately sextiling Mercury and then conjoining Saturn and squaring Neptune. A busy day of aspects. Let’s take a look at each of them through the poetry of the darkening Moon…First, as soon as the Moon enters a new sign (if we practice that subtle art of lunar listening) we will begin to re-cognize the shape of our thoughts and notice the new direction of our moods. Thoughts, moods, emotions, ideas, and even actions and …
Mercury Turns Direct
The Moon is in Scorpio again today, applying to trine Venus and Mars in Pisces before making its last quarter square to the Sun. Meanwhile Mercury goes direct this morning.A few things to watch for:* Last quarter Moons are the harvesting time of the Moon cycle…an accumulation of experience has led us to this moment…under the growing power of darkness we might notice something is being eclipsed. A crumbling building, a rusting playground, and a single observer dreaming of the next …
Water and Scorpions
It’s last quarter Moon time, and the Moon is in Scorpio today, applying to trine Neptune in Pisces before making aspect to Pluto later this evening. It’s a watery day today.But how do we speak to water, its meaning or its presence in our lives without objectifying it? Without describing its character in the terms of solidifying earth, or passionate fire, or conceptual wind? How do we let the water describe itself? It takes a subtle noticing…or noticing that something subtle is …
Troubles with Saturn
Today the Moon is void of course in Libra. Meanwhile Mercury and Saturn continue their strong sextile as both planets are slowing to station and as Saturn squares Neptune. Let’s take a deeper look at the “problems of Saturn,” who was traditionally called the great malefic, and then let’s look at Saturn’s relationship to Neptune.Of all the planets in our astrological pantheon, Saturn may be the planet most appropriately named, “the god of opposites.” As …
The Rebel and the Old Man
The Moon is in Libra today, about to conjoin the north node and oppose Uranus in Aries while simultaneously squaring Pluto in Capricorn. Once again with the Moon in a cardinal sign we have the signature of powerful changes reflecting to us from the sky. More specifically, with the Moon and north node in Venus' sign, and with Venus moving to conjoin Mars (the ruler of Aries) in Pisces, it's possible that we're finding our way toward some very special collaborations with others...the kind where …
