A solar eclipse in Scorpio is bound to be intense. How do we cope? Fortunately Pallas Athene assists with a helpful trine from Pisces. Details About This Eclipse Date: November 13, 2012 Time of eclipse: 2:08 PM PST Type: Total (strong in intensity) Visible in: …
This year Neptune goes direct on November 10, 2012 Neptune has spent the last few months (since June 4) traveling backwards. Today she turns her face forward and re-covers the same ground. Why should it matter to you? If she’s passing through a zone where…
Jupiter’s yearly pivot from direct (forwards-moving) to retrograde (backwards-moving) begins tomorrow. Calling all Geminis, Virgos, Sagittarians and Pisceans born between If you were born in the following date-spans, you can expect a period of growth and expansion this year, which has already begun: Gemini: born…
Uranus and Pluto are involved in a momentous, years-long square in the sky right now. This is a really big deal and I want to tell you why. Every pair of planets in the sky has a cycle they go through together, like the cycle…
Success, thy name is Saturn. Yet Saturn is such a boogeyman, an object of terror for astrologers, their clients and those of the general public who understand what Saturn demands of us. Feeling trapped? Guilty? Obligated? Pressure to perform? Blame Saturn. Then roll up your…
Our old friend Pluto turns direct again on Monday, September 17, and he’s bringing to a close this year’s underworld journey by showing up, right on schedule, to take out the garbage. Pluto has traveled several degrees backwards and today turns his face forwards again. …
We find Chiron and Pluto in a dark cave, by an underground pool that glows with a magical light. Chiron appears as a gentle, matronly woman with a kind face, dressed in green, flowing robes. Pluto is dressed in flowing magenta robes and is wearing…
5 tips from an astrologer on raising not just any child, but the one you got You want the best life for your child, but it’s hard to know what that is, and parenting is loaded with moments of urgency, moments where something important needs…
“Wake up!” says Uranus. “Are you facing chaos? Lately I’ve turned your life upside down. This year I’m making you an amazing offer: to not only restore the order you used to experience, but to shift your life in a global way so that the…
Venus, goddess of Love and Beauty, goes retrograde in our skies about every year and a half. When she does, she takes us into a six-week journey into the past to uncover what may be the hidden or forgotten places in our relationships. How 2012’s…
Our old friend Pluto has turned direct this week (on Friday, September 13, 2011, to be exact) and he’s bringing to a close this year’s underworld journey. What follows is a repost from last year, with dates updated for 2011. Yup, Pluto is showing up,…
The Four Astrologies Recently, someone asked me the precession question. It is one of about four questions I hear over and over again from people who are curious about astrology despite having been taught to be skeptical of it. I have already answered it here…
This month’s Full Moon is also a Lunar Eclipse and it’s setting up to be a doozy, with Mercury as the Shadow Agent. The Moon is in sunny Sagittarius, while Mercury and the Sun are in cool Gemini. Gemini and Sagittarius are polar opposite signs,…
(Seen this post before? That’s because Chiron goes retrograde every year. This year, does it affect YOU? Read on to find out. . .) “Wake up!” says Chiron. “Are you feeling wounded? Recently I brought you a difficult experience. It was also a reminder, an…