“There was music in the cafes at night And revolution in the air.” ~ Bob Dylan There’s a challenging solar eclipse happening on February 26, and the chart for this one will be in effect for at least 6 months to a year. Revolution is in the air, and so are illusion, deception, inchoate fears […]

This month’s New Moon falls on January 27, at 7:08 pm EST. The chart, predictive for the month ahead, features a number of powerful aspects that demand and catalyze change. Venus in under considerable stress. She represents women, money, art, and relationships in a chart, and is in a challenging aspect to Saturn, so look […]

An insight the size of a mustard seed is powerful enough to bring down a mountain-sized illusion that may be holding our lives together. Truth strikes without mercy. We fear our intuitions because we fear the transformational power within our revelations.” ― Caroline Myss This week features a powerful New Moon that predicts a month […]

We’ll be taking a deep dive into emotional waters this month, as the New Moon in Scorpio and Mercury make a flowing trine aspect to Neptune. This is a fascinating, interwoven chart that speaks to the power of emotion. As we dive, we will be brought face-to-face with our deeply-held beliefs and how they can […]

“Regarding awakened souls, there have never been more able crafts in the waters than there are right now across the world. And they are fully provisioned and able to signal one another as never before in the history of humankind… Look out over the prow; there are millions of boats of righteous souls on the […]

“Mother, mother There’s too many of you crying Brother, brother, brother There’s far too many of you dying You know we’ve got to find a way To bring some lovin’ here today” Marvin Gaye A friend of mine went on a rant on Facebook the other day. She’s a lovely woman whose posts are usually […]

This is the most important New Moon of the year. It’s an eclipse that will further emphasize the Saturn-Neptune square that has been dogging us this year, particularly in the political, social and environmental arenas, including an inability to get to the truth, “othering” (e.g. racism, misogyny, religious persecution), floods and fires and major problems […]

Courage. Generosity. Love. Creativity. Leadership. These are all attributes of Leo, and this month we have an opportunity to express these qualities ourselves and use them to change our lives, and — to whatever extent we can — to change our world. The Leo New Moon falls on August 2nd at 4:46 PM. and gives […]

Teachers need to be comfortable talking about feelings. This is part of teaching emotional literacy – a set of skills we can all develop, including the ability to read, understand, and respond appropriately to one’s own emotions and the emotions of others. Daniel Goleman This New Moon in Cancer brings a chart of deep emotion, […]

“A life truly lived burns away what is no longer relevant gradually reveals our essence until, at last, we are strong enough to stand in our naked truth” Marion Woodman from “Coming Home to Myself” This Gemini New Moon features an interesting astrological pattern called a Grand Cross, and it will challenge us all to […]

This is a powerful New Moon, with the two major configurations in our skies right now (the square between Uranus and Pluto, and the T-square of Jupiter-Neptune-Saturn-Mars ) emphasized and intertwined in profoundly transformative ways. What’s on deck to transform in your life, and in your soul? Take a look at the wake-up calls that […]

The New Moon in Pisces is an eclipse this year, which means that this chart will be in effect for a period of between 6 months and a year. (The influences of these charts are more like waves — rising and then ebbing with the tide — than a spigot that is turned on and off). […]

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” Gautama Buddha There’s a lot of change in the air with February’s New Moon in Aquarius — Mars, the planet of action and confrontation, has a tight hold on […]

“This way or no way You know, I’ll be free Just like that bluebird Now ain’t that just like me” ~ David Bowie, from “Lazarus” Astrologers always find it interesting to look at the charts of extraordinary people, and David Bowie’s chart is, unsurprisingly, quite remarkable. Most people repress at least some of the promises […]

I’ve had several people ask me what’s up with all the deaths of beloved entertainers and sports figures this month. I don’t think it is wise, even if it is possible, to predict death for the individual (with some exceptions when a person is known to be terminally ill). Those astrological indicators that signal death […]

“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt I am amused by the new usage of “adult” as a verb — it’s […]

I have a friend who is also one of my favorite bloggers. Recently, she asked me some fascinating questions in an interview for her blog — questions that had to do with national and world events. I thought I’d expand on those questions a bit here, and use them as examples to illustrate the astrological […]

A book I’m reading got me thinking recently about some of the deeper issues of the current, ongoing Mercury-Neptune square, as Mercury has been retrograding over the degrees of the aspect, dragging out what is usually a very short encounter.  The square aspect generally presents as what a friend of mine called A FOG — […]

“The atmosphere, the earth, the water and the water cycle – those things are good gifts. The ecosystems, the ecosphere, those are good gifts. We have to regard them as gifts because we couldn’t make them. We have to regard them as good gifts because we couldn’t live without them.” ~ Wendell Berry The cycles […]

Astrology’s reputation as “unscientific” (which I covered in The Astronomy of Astrology) and “You Don’t Really Believe in Astrology, Do You?” has meant that most people do not understand the full scope of astrology — what astrology actually can do to help us live better lives. Most of us know that it can predict happenings […]