October 23 Sun enters Scorpio: 07:23 AM EDT Every year, here in the northern hemisphere, we descend at this moment into the dark time. We finish with the harvest and lose our leaves. Days get shorter, nights lengthen. We pull in: into our houses, our bodies, our Selves. And …
September 22 Sun enters Libra: 09:55 PM EDT What is Libra if not the moment of perfect balance between day and night? Like an angel dancing on the head of a pin or a time acrobat performing a fleeting moment of profound equilibrium, Libra asks us to consider these things. …
August 23 Sun enters Virgo: 00:09 AM EDT When you think of Virgo do you think uptight, anxiety riddled, analytical, critical, bitchy? Or do your thoughts align with images of an emerging goddess; one whose voice must be heard if we are to make it through these times of earthly …
Mercury is retrograde this month: Read all about it here. Get aligned here. July 22 Sun enters Leo: 05:01 PM EDT Venus sextile Jupiter Each of us has a heart, just like our solar system has a sun. Our hearts beat like drums accompanying the rhythm of our …
If you have ever wondered why all the days of the month are not represented in this column here is a short explanation: On the days that are missing there are no mutual aspects between the planets and the Sun. The wanderers (planets) give those days to the ‘wayfaring moon’ …
May 20: Sun enters Gemini: 10:15 PM EDT In the era of fake news, when facts are a matter of opinion as a matter of course, Gemini is a significant player. As the twins, a dual or mutable sign, on one hand it has two sides. Gemini rules hand eye …
April 19: Sun enters Taurus: 11:13 PM EDT Taurus is generally considered to be the most stable and resolute sign of the zodiac, as predictable as the ground we stand upon. It’s the fixed earth sign: Fixed = power, earth = matter. We can play with those key words; power …
March 20: Mercury Conjunct Venus Sun enters Aries: 12:16 PM EDT Vernal Equinox Aries is a kind of razor’s edge, the perfect balance of light and dark, yang and yin, masculine and feminine, but only for a moment. Then the gunshot, the starting blast and we are off to the …
Hope is a tricky fish. Our hopes are like islands in the setting sun, always on the horizon. Better to consider the path (not the goal). A path that may or may not take you to your happy ending. Every new moon offers us the option to set an intention: …
February 18: Sun enters Pisces: 12:18 PM EST If the 20th century was the Century of the Self it’s quite possible that the 21st is the Century of the Selfie. Many of us live in a hall of mirrors and aren’t quite sure which image of ourselves is the real …