Saturn has been hanging out at roughly the same degree of Sagittarius since all the way back in July. What does it mean now that Saturn is starting to pick up speed again?* Today Saturn is at 22 degrees Sagittarius and some change. Saturn first entered the 22nd degree of Sagittarius around July 7th, via retrograde. Saturn always turns retrograde or direct when the Sun approaches a trine to it. So, as the Sun entered Leo Saturn started slowing down and finally stationed around August 25th, just …
New Fall Courses Open for Registration!
Dear Readers,I'm please to announce the starting dates of our next online astrology courses, this fall. Beginning on Tuesday nights, starting November 28th, we begin our next one year long natal astrology course, called "Ancient Astrology for the Modern Mystic," and starting Wednesday, December 6th, we begin our new Horary Astrology course, which meets on alternating Wednesday nights for a full year! To learn more about our new programs, and for registration information, please visit the …
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The Gateway of the Fall Equinox
Happy Fall Equinox Everyone!* The fall equinox happens as the Sun crosses the celestial equator while descending in its daily path in the sky, from summer solstice to winter solstice. The fall equinox is the gateway into the dark half of the solar year, where there is more darkness in a twenty-four hour period than light.* The guardian of this gateway is the sign of the scales, a symbol of balance, judgment, and justice.* As the Sun enters Libra, moving into the underworld, it is said to be in …
Full Moon with Neptune
It's full Moon time!Here's what to watch for:* With the full Moon engaging Neptune the themes of rising waters comes to mind. The rising of the waters is of course not only literal but metaphorical. The rising of the waters represents the feeling of overwhelm, of futility or exhaustion, of limits being eroded or deteriorating, of fullness and excess, of neediness and weeping or leaking, of wounds and healing, of thirst and the unquenchable. The Sun opposite to Neptune is the picture of the …
Mercury/Uranus/Mars: Floods and Revolutions
Mars is moving into a trine with Uranus just as Mercury is retrograding back into Leo to make a conjunction with Mars on the eclipse point.This morning, an I Ching Meditation on the planetary transits:* The 43rd hexagram of the I Ching is called "eliminating," or sometimes "breakthrough," and in my personal opinion, it is one of the more complex and subtle hexagrams of the 64.* The character associated with this hexagram, called "Guai" meant "to set apart," or it was a word that referred to the …
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Venus, Pluto, and Jupiter: Real Joy, Real Enthusiasm
Venus is opposite to Pluto today and will also square Jupiter by Thursday.Some mornings while meditating prior to writing the horoscope of the day, I will consult with the I Ching and ask for further clarification regarding the previous day's I Ching reading. The I Ching readings are always geared toward better understanding a particular planetary transit or set of transits. This morning I asked for clarification about yesterday's reading, which was all about hexagram 58, called "Joy" (see …
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Mercury Retrograde Opposite Neptune
Mercury is retrograde and opposite Neptune.Planetary reflections:* When information that has been hidden from us is revealed we see more than just the information presented. For whatever is hidden contains within it the seeds of why it was hidden.* When we have no faith in anything larger than ourselves, then our morality, no matter how advanced it may appear, is always primarily functional. We may say that something is good or bad, ethical or unethical, based purely upon what we believe is good …
Mercury, Venus, and Neptune: Serving What We Desire
Mercury is opposite Neptune and about to turn retrograde, while Venus is trine to Neptune.An I Ching Meditation:* The 31st hexagram is called "attraction," but it is also called "influence," or "wooing," or "conjoining," or "influencing to action," or "seeking union," or "persuasion," or even "courting response."* The image shows a lake atop a mountain. The image is, therefore, one of joyful openness amidst unshakable firmness.* The teaching of the hexagram has to do with the kind of …
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Venus Trine Neptune and Sun Sextile Jupiter
As Mercury and Neptune are making an opposition, the Sun is making a sextile to Jupiter today, and Venus is moving into a trine with Neptune.Let's take a look:Mercury/Neptune and Venus/Neptune* What we say when we're not in our right mind* What is true when we're not in our right mind* The slow deterioration of the mind, the facts, the truth* A challenge to our perception* Messages from beyond* The boredom behind the glamour * The mundane realities of spiritual commitment* The true …
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Mars/Jupiter’s Wisdom
We've just moved across the Summer Solstice, and the Sun has entered the sign of Cancer. Meanwhile, Mars is moving into a square with Jupiter.* Mars is in the superior position with respect to Jupiter, combust the Sun, and in its fall, but is also in the exaltation of Jupiter.* This means that Mars exerts a kind of forcefulness upon Jupiter but we might also say that Mars pays tribute to, or has respect for, Jupiter.* Mars in its fall, under the beams, is an old mars, and a weakened …
Sun/Saturn: Obstacles and Tranquility
As the Sun is closing in on an opposition to Saturn, let's reflect on this transit again today from another point of view.* The 63rd hexagram of the I Ching is called "After Completion," which often strikes readers of the 64 hexagram sequence as odd considering it is the second to last hexagram of the 64, and the final hexagram is called "before completion." So what is the wisdom of this seemingly reverse order of before and after telling us?* After completion depicts a pot of boiling water over …
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Mercury, Venus, and the Sun
Venus has entered Taurus and Mercury will shortly enter Gemini. Meanwhile, the Sun is entering a long and slow opposition with Saturn.Here's what to watch for:* Mercury entering Gemini means that Mercury will be in its own home sign, and despite moving under the beams of the Sun will be in its own chariot (sign) protecting it from the worst effects of combustion.* Meanwhile, Venus entering Taurus is also now in her own sign, which means the very long back and forth through her exile in Aries is …
