“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”~ The 14th Dalai Lama The human mind is incredibly complex, and the solar eclipse on June 10th indicates that over the next 6 months or so […]

There are three planets in the Zodiac that reflect the various ways chaos manifests in our world, and all three of them are strongly activated in the upcoming lunar eclipse on May 26th. Mercury brings chaos based in information overload, in having too many choices, in the open spaces of the public marketplace. Mercury is […]

Here’s a quick overview of what this New Moon chart suggests for the USA as a whole, as well as a look at how we can use the available energy in our personal lives this month. Give me a couple of paragraphs to clue in the astrologers, then I’ll get to the interpretation. (Astrologers: Chart […]

I loved carousels as a young child, but when my parents finally gave in to my entreaties to learn how to ride a real horse, I lost interest. Grabbing for a brass ring while going around in circles on a wooden sculpture just didn’t compare with riding a live horse on a trail that actually […]

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti The number-one question astrologers are being asked this month is something along the lines of: “So, will 2021 be better than 2020?” The only unequivocal answer I can give is that it will be very different. In […]

I’ve been fielding some questions about what the upcoming Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in the sign of Aquarius “means”. It’s getting a lot of buzz because it is not only a major event astrologically, but also astronomically, as the two planets will be close together by not only celestial longitude (the measurement used by the Zodiac) but […]

This is the first of what will be at least a couple of posts on the upcoming presidential election. I’m doing this not just as an exercise in prediction but because it’s important that we have some idea of what we need to guard against in the upcoming months, and how we can mitigate harm […]

If you keep up with the current astrology, you’ve surely read the warnings — including my own — about Mars’ transit through Aries that began in June, and will be active for the rest of the year due to a retrograde. There are good reasons for these warnings. Given the current state of our society, […]

If you’ve spent much time at the beach and understand what you’re looking at, you can read patterns of seaweed and sand to learn more about recent patterns of the deep ocean tides . If you understand what you’re looking at, you can read the pattern of a fairy ring in the grass and know […]

The cross-quarter holidays (commonly called Beltane, Lammas, Samhain, Imbolc, and by many other names) are celebrations of their Elements — Earth is the Spring/Summer Midpoint in Taurus, Fire is the Summer/Autumn Midpoint in Leo, Water is the Autumn/Winter Midpoint in Scorpio, and Air is the Winter/Spring Midpoint in Aquarius. Magically, these holidays are the perfect […]

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner Back in January, I noted in my post about 2020: "Overall, this year’s focus is on the structures of civilization — everything from infrastructure to communication networks to the structures of laws and ideas that keep […]

My book — Touch the Earth, Kiss the Sky: Allowing the Rational Mind to Welcome Magic and Spirituality — has finally been released! Here’s an overview as well as a look at the Table of Contents and the first section of the Introduction so you can decide if you want to add it to your […]

Back in the late ‘70s, when I was still on my slow, self-funded adventure through college, I spent a couple of years working at the local race track as a groom. It was a 7-day a week job, starting at 5 in the morning, 3 or 4 hours a day — or longer if one […]

Just a short update for the month ahead. The New Moon falls late in the evening of October 27 — 11:38 ET. Watch your secrets this month. They may be exposed, or you may discover that keeping the secret led to unintended consequences. Or you may blurt out a secret and regret it, or discover […]

As the world gets a little crazier every day, we are overdue for some time to spend sorting things out, finding the patterns, organizing effective responses. This Virgo New Moon, while not an eclipse, is a remarkable configuration that, over the next month, may give us the knowledge and power we need to make important […]

“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” Alan Watts While the challenging outer planet transits that dominate this year are still in force, this Leo New Moon brings a bit of relief and lightness to the overall picture, giving us a […]

I’m often asked by skeptics how I can possibly believe that the planets influence human behavior or events. My response is that they are asking the wrong question. What they really want to know is how I can possibly believe that astrology can predict human behavior or events. It’s obvious that the Sun and Moon […]

You’ve probably heard the myth of Icarus, but I’ll tell it again, because it’s a good one to keep in mind over the next few months. Back in the days of King Minos, who was the son of the gods Zeus and Europa, a craftsman named Daedelus built a labyrinth for the king. Minos needed […]

This year’s Gemini New Moon brings us face-to-face with decisions and choices that we must make based on the best information we can gather. And therein lies the problem. There will be no lack of information — if anything there will be too much. We’ll have difficulty determining the accuracy of the information we have, […]

I love the weeks when the Sun is in Taurus. Here on the mountain where I live, everything is growing apace, the trees leafing out in multiple shades of green. I write this on my front porch, as the Sun rises through the trees to my left. Small cherries are forming on the tree in […]