Mars has finally retrograded out of Sagittarius and is now in the late degrees of Scorpio, its home home sign. The Moon is also in Aquarius today, moving toward a square with Mars.Here are a few things to watch for:* By going back to something from the past we find ourselves empowered* Something from the past has tremendous power over us* Revising or revisiting something has significant consequences* Scrutinizing or carefully cutting something apart or slicing through illusions we find the truth …
Mystery Not an Empty Word
As the Moon and Venus move closer to a trine of Neptune, we might recognize the growing feeling of mystery, allure, depth, and sensuality.CS Lewis once wrote, "It is the chief duty of the interpreter to begin analyses and leave them unfinished."Heraclitus wrote, "Nature loves to hide."Lao Tzu wrote, "The way that can be named is not the way."And James Hillman wrote, "The soul is undiscovered, though explored forever, to a depth beyond report."In the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the children meet …
Considering What Influences
The Moon is in Scorpio this morning, just moving into a conjunction with Venus and both applying to a trine of Neptune.Someone recently mentioned that astrologers were typically supported by patrons, and then yesterday I signed up to be a patron for a colleague's podcast at $1 per episode. This helped me to conceptualize or add a different understanding to the nature of my fund raising efforts. Astrologers like myself, who write daily horoscopes, need patrons. Just like the various national …
All Things Without Complaining or Arguing
The Moon has just entered Sagittarius and is applying to Venus, Saturn, and Neptune through this evening.With Mercury diving more deeply into the Sun in Scorpio, let's continue examining the symbolism of Mercury combust the Sun.In the past week I've been revisiting the Psalms, or what was called the "Tehillim" in Hebrew. The word means something like "songs of praise" or "praising," and the book of Psalms is part of both the Hebrew Bible and also the Christian "Old" testament. The study was …
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The Well Spring of a New Moon in Scorpio
It's New Moon today!! Yay!!!This new moon takes place with sextile to Jupiter in Virgo and features the detriment of Jupiter and the depression of the Moon.What does that mean? Quite simply...it's one of those cycles that starts with the excitement of what we might call "negative joy." It's the kind of joy where you feel like you've come home to yourself, or you've opened your eyes to something you've been avoiding, or you simply see now what's been hidden, or you remember, down to your bones, …
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Let’s Not Make Nice About Scorpio
The Moon is in Pisces today, void of course. Meanwhile the Sun has just entered Scorpio, taking us here in the northern hemisphere into the middle of Autumn.Let's discuss the symbolism of the Sun's entrance into Scorpio. Scorpio is one of the most seductive, powerful, and subversive signs of the zodiac. It's hard to talk about Scorpio without suspicion. It's hard to talk about Scorpio without power in your voice, and it's hard to talk about Scorpio without making somebody, somewhere, …