Astrology

The Sun is enclosed by the malefics, Mars and Saturn, through a square this week.Here's what to watch for:* The Sun in Aries is an exalted Sun. Youthful, charismatic, determined, action-oriented, brave, and potentially reckless, confrontational, or impulsive. Meanwhile, the Sun is being enclosed by the square rays of Saturn and Mars, god of war and warriors, and god of time, old-age, ignorance, but also discipline and commitment.* The enclosure....* Checks, restrains or blocks enthusiastic or …

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Happy Spring Equinox!Today the Sun crosses over the zero Aries point, and we officially enter the light half of the zodiacal year.Here is what to watch for:* The Sun moving across the zero Aries point means the Sun is moving into the place of its exaltation. The Sun is especially powerful in the cardinal fire sign of Spring.* Exalted planets are like honored or revered guests, or you might think of them like the owner of a business as opposed to the domicile lord who is like the everyday manager …

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Venus is conjoining Mercury today as Mercury continues to slow down to its station point this week.What to watch for:* The emphasis on communication dynamics in relationships, as well as beauty, love, harmony, friendship, aesthetics, romance, etc, paired with subjects like the mind, intellect, thoughts, speech, learning, translation, interpretation, ideas, information, gossip, technology, and rhetoric, continues as Mercury is slowing down to stop and Venus is catching Mercury again.* Mercury and …

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Late tonight we have a New Moon in Sagittarius, conjunct the galactic center degree, within just a few days of the Winter Solstice and the transition of an "old Saturn," into Capricorn. Here's what to watch for: * It's the end of an era * You're preparing to start over * You're resolved to make your practices and beliefs more concrete, more practical, more mature, more serious * You're ready to build something from a new foundation * You're seeing the big picture, getting a new vision * You're …

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 More today on Saturn's upcoming entrance into Capricorn: * Today we'll look at the elemental status of Capricorn. * Capricorn is a feminine/yin earth sign. The history of elemental theory in astrology is complicated by the fact that the four elements were used differently by different ancient philosophical schools of thought over time. * As a result, we have inherited and sometimes unconsciously assimilated a variety of contradictory ideas about the elements. For example, sometimes we …

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The next week of astrology is pretty nuts. We've got Jupiter moving into a very magical trine with Neptune. Mercury is stationing to turn retrograde in a very close conjunction to Saturn. Mars is going to oppose Uranus. The Full Moon is coming through. Venus is entering Sagittarius and Mars is entering Scorpio. And finally, Saturn is entering Capricorn after several years in Sagittarius. Most of that is happening in the next week!Here are some big themes to watch for, given all that's happening …

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