When last we saw Jupiter and Saturn, they were trying to reconcile their differences with the help of a Human Being who had climbed up onto Mount Olympus to talk to them. Today they’re having an argument about whether optimism or pessimism is the right...
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When last we saw Jupiter and Pluto, they were just dragging themselves shakily away from a crash landing. Today we find them in Jupiter’s (very messy) living room, occupying a stuffed chair and outdated, falling-apart sofa, looking at some objects on the coffee table. Jupiter: ...
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It's the question everybody's asking--when will the recession end and hope and prosperity be restored? There are not one but several very difficult planetary combinations happening in the sky this year and they are contributing to a blanket of gloom. That's the bad news. The...
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Solutions for Water-Gone-Wrong In my recent post Personality Flaws of the Four Elements I described ways the 4 Elements can go wrong, each according to its own nature. How To Know If You’re Drowning In Water Water is arguably the hardest element to get right,...
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Solutions for Air-Gone-Wrong In my recent post Personality Flaws of the Four Elements I described ways the 4 Elements can go wrong, each according to its own nature. How To Know If Air Has You Lost In A Cloud Air is the intellectual element and...
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This month, Saturn and Uranus finish their epic battle, which has been going on since November of 2008. They have spent most of this time with Saturn in Virgo and Uranus in Pisces but now Uranus has moved into Aries while Saturn has moved into...
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“Darling I don't know why I go to extremes Too high or too low, there ain't no in-betweens And if I stand or I fall It's all or nothing at all Darling I don't know why I go to extremes” * That’s Billy Joel talking...
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“Wake up!” says Jupiter. “Recently I initiated you into a big-time growth experience. Now I’m telling you again: it’s time to expand.” Today Is A Pivotal Day When a planet turns retrograde it makes a pivot in the sky and also creates a metaphorically “pivotal”…
Leo types are experts at discovering and unleashing human creativity—in themselves and in others. Here’s how they do it, along with advice about how anyone (even those with only a smidgen of Leo in their charts) can do it too: Be playful and childlike. Have...
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The planet Saturn is about to change signs. This momentous event happens only every 2 and a half years. You’ve probably read about Saturn on my blog before. You probably already know that he represents the archetypal Father principle. Saturn rules the following things (and…
I want to take a moment to bid a fond farewell to Saturn in Virgo. I don’t usually say a valediction to a planet departing a sign, because I’m usually too busy heralding its entry into the next sign at exactly the time when you,…
This is a profoundly domestic New Moon. This Moon asks, “Exactly how do you want your home to be? Do you feel safe at home? Do you feel supported? What can you do to make it a better nest for you?” Mars, traveling through Virgo...
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Solutions for Earth-Gone-Wrong In my recent post Personality Flaws of the Four Elements I described ways the 4 Elements can go wrong, each according to its own nature. How To Know If Earth Is Grounding You When your life is carefully measured from achievement to...
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“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…
Solutions For Fire-Gone-Wrong In my recent post Personality Flaws of the Four Elements I described ways the 4 Elements can go wrong, each according to its own nature. How To Know If Fire Is Burning You Up When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything...
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Human temperament is made from combinations of the four elements, Fire, Earth, Air and Water. Everyone has all four, but in different proportions. Everyone also differs in how well they express each element—whether that element is expressed mostly in a clean and clear way or...
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June’s full moon is also a lunar eclipse, and a complex melting pot of influences it is too. The Capricorn moon likes to keep a lid on all things emotional, while the Cancerian Sun says, “let ‘em rip!” Toss intellectual Mercury and passionate Pluto into…
Do you know why Cancer types are so lovable? Emotional intelligence, that’s why. And the root of emotional intelligence is soothing—self-soothing and the soothing of others. This sensitive Water sign quickly learns that life is lived through a feeling-filter (it’s true even for those who...
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(My dear readers, this post was supposed to go out on June 4, but I just didn’t have what it took to get it out on time. Obviously I was feeling the transit as I was writing about it! ;-) So please mentally transport yourself...
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Jupiter and Uranus are up to something really different this month—the two of them are not only coming into conjunction, but they’re also both moving into Aries. Here’s what it might be like. Uranus and Jupiter are in a tidepool at the edge of the…
