PUMP ME UP! Mars enters Aries on April 30th, but no sooner does it take up residence in its own sign than it will form a sensational sextile to Pluto in Aquarius on May 3d making this an auspicious date for any launch, ask, or daring move you have in mind. The general [...]
MERCURY OUT OF RETROGRADE Is it safe to go back in the water? That’s the question you'll be asking on April 25th when Mercury comes out of retrograde. Mercury retrogrades are always dicey, but this latest one (April 1st to April 25th) was especially unruly because of the Solar Eclipse in Aries. This [...]
JUPITER CONJUNCT URANUS Uranus and Jupiter come together in the zodiac sign of Taurus on April 20th. Uranus is the planet of revolution and change. Its job is to kick over the game board and to send all the pieces flying. It delights in treating everyone to a wild spin on the Wheel [...]
SOLAR ECLIPSE IN ARIES This is the first Solar Eclipse in the zodiac sign of Aries since 2006. This is especially powerful because the Sun is exalted in Aries and the eclipse itself will be taking place at 19 degrees Aries – the degree of the Sun's exaltation. Solar Eclipses traditionally spelled trouble [...]
THE RETURN OF MERCURY RETROGRADE It could be said that Mercury takes a poltergeist's delight in wreaking havoc on the clockwork regularity of our day-to-day lives when it's retrograde. Appliances stop working, cars malfunction, and mobile devices start transmitting absurd messages with all the freewheeling abandon of an unruly Ouija board. Needless to [...]
LUNAR ECLIPSE IN LIBRA Many relationships and partnerships will be going through a rough patch this week as promises are broken and agreements are pushed to the breaking point. A rash of public falling outs, break-ups, and divorces are to be expected when there's a Lunar Eclipse in Libra on March 25th, but [...]
HERE COMES THE SUN For centuries the Spring Equinox heralded the start of a new year. In fact it still does in Iran, Turkey, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It's called Nowruz which means "new day." The Sun is exalted in the zodiac sign of Aries because this is when the young Sun – [...]
ANSWERING THE SIREN CALL It isn't always easy to tell the difference between a vision and a fantasy. Each beckons you to have faith in the phantasmal; to put aside your doubts and fears and follow your dreams. You pray that your dreams are taking you to where you want to go, that [...]
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL Uranus is the planet of revolution and change however it takes on a more enlightening aspect when it forms a sextile to the Sun in Pisces on March 9th. This is like that moment in a Shakespeare comedy when things are made right. Identities are revealed, outlandish schemes [...]
TRIPLE CONJUNCTION CAZIMI! Triple conjunctions are rare birds as is, but the fact that two of the planets will be cazimi makes them rarer still! On February 28th the Sun will conjoin both Mercury and Saturn in the zodiac sign of Pisces. Typically a Mercury/Saturn conjunction acts like a wet blanket in the [...]
