Virgo Season Surprises
Virgo Season encourages preparation and planning like a kid buying school supplies. This year, that deliberate and diligent energy starts with a normal new moon before it crashes into the shocks from 2 eclipses.
Astrology
The Pluto in Aquarius Years
The beginning of 2026 offers a deluge of opportunities to uncover how to work with Pluto as the personal planets enter Aquarius and meet the planet of secrets and transformation. On January 17th, Venus enters Aquarius encouraging us to find harmony through technological and social innovations. The next day the Moon follows creating an Aquarius stellium. When the Moons teams up with both Venus and Pluto expect heightened emotional reactions to the search for peace or, at least, answers.
Shooting the Outer Planet Arrow
On July 7th, the outer planets joined forces forming an arrow that pierces through to a radically different future. As each inner planet opposes the tip of that arrow, they pull back the bow adding their individual strengths and weaknesses to the flight of the outer planet arrow.
Mars in Leo
Visualize the attention and excitement captured by the spotlight on a stage as Leo’s domain. With Mars the Mighty Warrior back to full speed in May, he delivers his usual energy to whomever embodies his confidence and speed.
The Optimistic Jupiter and Pessimistic Saturn Cycle
In our Solar System Jupiter, the optimistic and expansive Greater Benefic planet, is followed by Saturn, the realistic and limiting Greater Malefic planet. While Jupiter’s… Read More »The Optimistic Jupiter and Pessimistic Saturn Cycle
Scorpio: Sex, Death and Magic
Astrologically speaking Halloween, happens while the Sun is in Scorpio, the sign that rules sex, death and magic. Scorpionic urges include sacred sexuality, morbid fascinations, and rituals for power and knowledge, tempting every sign while the Sun travels through this arc of the zodiac.
Mars in Cancer
Picture Cancer as a home full of food, comforts and hugs, a safe space that encourages emotional support and guidance. Now imagine that home with the mighty warrior, Mars, taking up residence.
In August’s Conflict, Hero’s Emerge
The Aquarius Full Moon always challenges us to heroic efforts as we reconcile the tension between our longing for a brighter future for our community and our immediate desires for personal power. This year that tension comes with 2 weeks of shocking conflict in mid-August.
The Great American Eclipse of 2024
These mixed signals and unexpected consequences come from the steroid shot this Eclipse gives to the already challenging Mercury Retrograde period. Allow extra time, consider alternative plans and prepare for surprises.
All About Mercury
Gemini highlights the quick thinking, communication and sometimes tricky and changeable nature of this planet that gives its name to the word mercurial. While Mercury in Gemini embodies the trickster, Mercury in Virgo embodies the crafty trader. While Mercury in an Earth Sign is less flexible than when it is in Air, with the help of the Mutable nature of Virgo, Mercury is able to adapt, repurpose and cobble together whatever it needs to solve a practical issue.