The Moon in Virgo is trining the Sun in Capricorn this morning before it turns void of course later this morning.As Mercury and Venus are still traveling side by side in sextile to Saturn in Sagittarius, it’s a good day to look again at the power of ideas and words. Another glowing image from the media that reflects our current astrology is the passing of long time ESPN news anchor, Stuart Scott. Stuart was an African American sports news anchor who brought an urban, hip-hop and popular …
The Magic of Virgo
The Moon is in Virgo today, applying to trine Pluto later this afternoon. Meanwhile Mercury has entered its shadow phase (the first phase of its overall retrograde cycle).Whenever the Moon is in Virgo its like we’re transported into the past, when the phrase “chop wood carry water” wasn’t just a metaphor or zen koan. If you wanted to stay warm you had to chop wood, and if you wanted to stay cool you had to draw water from the well. In many ways its our distance from the …
Saturn’s Ideas Take Time
The Moon in Leo is moving into an opposition with Mars this morning, and meanwhile Mercury and Venus are still traveling in conjunction through the early degrees of Aquarius…After yesterday’s attack on the Charlie Hedbo magazine I woke up this morning feeling like I should be able to find more global/media images for Saturn’s recent entrance into Sagittarius. Sure enough, upon surfing the CNN news website for just a few minutes I found this headline: Zuckerberg starting a book …
Winter’s Lion
The Moon is in Leo today, applying to conjoin with Jupiter later this evening.One good question to ask ourselves in order to understand each sign a little better is, “how does the quality of light during this sign’s time of year inform the archetypal landscape of the sign?” Even though the zodiac is used all over the world, it comes from the northern hemisphere, and so its good to understand the seasonal qualities of the signs from that point of view (on a side note–I …
Cool cats live the longest
The Moon has finally entered Leo after a very long void of course in moody Cancer. The day begins with a trine to Saturn and simultaneous opposition to Mercury and Venus in Aquarius. This early on and then a bit of a lull while the Moon gradually applies to trine Uranus by later tonight.Images and Archetypal Themes of the day:* A mother looks over her messy, excited children, wonders how she will keep everyone happy, wonders how she will ever get anything done* Mother/daughter rivalry, jealousy, …
Mercury/Venus Conjunction
The Moon is void of course in Cancer today, just past full.Meanwhile, Mercury has just entered Aquarius and is conjoining Venus in Aquarius, while both are closely sextile to Saturn in Sagittarius. Let’s look at some images that reflect this planetary alignment. Remember that working with archetypal images isn’t so much about decoding or translating what they mean in some literal sense, but rather allowing the layers of their meaning, and the imaginal worlds of the imagery to enter …
Full Moon today!
This first full moon of the new year falls across the Cancer/Capricorn axis, while it simultaneously engages the Uranus/Pluto square and the nodal axis of the Moon: a cardinal grand cross.This grand cross may not be quite as strong given that the 4th point in the cross is a node rather than a planet, but the argument should still be made that we are passing through an incredibly powerful porthole to start the new year.Images:* A mother exhausted by her child, breastfeeding, stares at her framed …
Which normal?
With the void of course Moon in Gemini, let's reflect upon how many things we are...how many angles and sides there are to each of the labels and adjectives we use to describe ourselves, to describe each other, and the world we live in...While corresponding with a student recently about this very subject, I used this example...That guy says to me, "You're an ASTROLOGER?! That's so weird. So not normal."I have a choice...I can respond from that overly simplified idea of his...or I can respond …
Sun/Pluto Conjunction
The Moon is in Gemini today, aspecting Uranus, Chiron, and the nodal axis this afternoon. Meanwhile the Sun is almost conjoined with Pluto in Capricorn just as its entered the second, Venus ruled decanate of Capricorn.Success, hard work, determination, public reputation…but not without style, class, pleasure, and beauty. This is the second decanate of Capricorn…where the influence of Venus is working its way into the Capricorn season. Meanwhile Mercury is about to conjoin with …
What is the point?
The waxing Moon is void of course in Taurus and will soon enter Gemini where it will immediately oppose Saturn and then square Neptune in Pisces. With so much mutable energy in the sky today it's going to be one of those "worlds within worlds" or "worlds between worlds" kind of day. Here's a brief list of what to watch for...* Heavy or depressive moods and mental states* Communication breakdowns or standoffs* Argumentation and Debate* Miscommunication or being misunderstood* Questioning …
