Uranus goes direct today, as it does every year. If you feel that things have descended into chaos in the last few months, change is afoot and clarity may be right around the corner. . . (read about it)
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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…
The last time Saturn changed signs, I wrote about it here in the Pandora blog. That was in July of 2010. Now Saturn is finishing up the tail-end of Libra (his favorite sign to occupy) and entering the dark, mysterious regions of Scorpio, to travel...
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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…
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,…
“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”...
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“Wake up!” says Pluto. “Recently I initiated some part of you into a death-and-rebirth experience. Now I’m telling you again: this is a time of profound change.” (If you've seen this post before, that's because Pluto goes retrograde every year. Some years it will affect...
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“Wake up!” says Saturn. “I gave you a chance to see your responsibility recently. Now I’m telling you again: this is a time of testing.” Today is a Pivotal Day When a planet turns retrograde it makes a pivot in the sky and also creates…
If what follows looks familiar to you, it’s because this is my post from last year when Uranus went direct. Uranus goes direct every year, so the post continues to be useful, but the dates will be slightly different every year. Uranus has spent the…
This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Tale of Eros and Psyche Venus is finally going direct today. In celebration, one final post about Eros and Psyche, because we’ve arrived at the end of the story. The tale...
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This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Tale of Eros and Psyche Psyche receives a lot of help in the completion of her four tasks, often at the very moment when she has given up. Where does that...
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This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Tale of Eros and Psyche How heartbreaking it is when a girl first discovers that other girls will sometimes pit themselves against her and compete over boys. She discovers this in...
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This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Tale of Eros and Psyche At this point in the story, Aphrodite is determined that Psyche must be done away with. So she devises the most difficult and diabolical task of...
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This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Tale of Eros and Psyche Aphrodite has another task for Psyche. This time, she is to fill a crystal goblet from the Fountain of Forgetfulness and return with it to the…
This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Tale of Eros and Psyche Aphrodite is very angry that Psyche has completed the first task. She sets another, very difficult and this time dangerous task for the mortal woman. It...
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This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Tale of Eros and Psyche As her first task, Psyche is presented with a huge granary filled with a tremendous variety of seeds. Aphrodite tells her to sort each type of...
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This is part of a series of articles, beginning here: Venus Goes Retrograde: The Myth of Eros and Psyche Upon first discovering that Eros really has gone, Psyche panics. We know this because the first being she encounters after her husband’s flight is Pan, the...
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We’re in the middle of a Venus retrograde period, lasting from October 8 to November 18. Today is the day in Venus’ backwards journey that she conjuncts the Sun. The Sun sheds light into the dark corners and brings illumination to Venus’s domain, which is...
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(If you are beginning this thread here, read this first.) Psyche wandered the earth, lost in grief. She found herself at the temple of Ceres, where she cleaned and tidied the harvest tools until Ceres took notice of her anguish and advised her to go...
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