A SLIPPERY SLOPE A slippery slope gets slipperier when retrograde Mars squares Neptune for the second time on November 19th. Mars in Gemini is fond of expediency. It likes to do things quickly without a lot of concern for formalities and technicalities. If a certain vaguely questionable action lands the deal or gets [...]
LUNAR ECLIPSE IN TAURUS Since Antiquity Solar Eclipses have been seen as impacting the heads of state whereas Lunar Eclipses impacted the welfare of the people. That's because the Moon is the planet in Astrology that has the most influence on our bodies therefore Lunar Eclipses affected the "body politic". "Body politic" means [...]
MARS RETROGRADE IN GEMINI Someone once said that everything they learned, they learned in kindergarten - how to share, how to play, how to put things back where you found them, and how to lose. These are important life lessons because they teach us how to get along with others who aren't always [...]
SHADOWLAND Projecting our shadow side is nothing new. Everyone does it. It happens whenever we blame someone else for making us do something we know we shouldn't do, assume that strangers are trying to deceive us without proof, or shame people for the things that we are secretly ashamed of. You've probably noticed [...]
THIS DAY FORWARD Saturn coming out of retrograde is like returning to work after a hiatus. The expectation is that you'll just naturally pick up from where you left off, but over the course of the first day you can't help noticing how much things have changed. Maybe there's a new face or [...]
CAN WE TALK? The Sun in Libra forms its last trine to Saturn in Aquarius on October 11th which makes this the best time to reach across the aisle, extend an olive branch, or do whatever it takes to get the other party to come back to the table. This may be the [...]
NOW OR NEVER Pluto, the planet of ordeals and the transformations that arise from them, comes out of retrograde on October 8th. The planet of rebirth, Pluto's job is to drag us kicking and screaming into the next stage of our personal evolution whether we like it or not. For the past 5 [...]
CAN'T QUIT THIS Mars in Gemini tends to chase after the next bright shiny object. Whatever piques its interest goes to the top of the "must have" list. However Mars is more casual than ambitious when it's in the sign of the Twins, so there's no great need to accomplish what it has [...]
TAKE OFF THE ROSE-COLORED GLASSES You might want to check to make sure you and the other party are on the same page. Venus/Neptune oppositions – like the one on September 24th – are famous for leading people astray. Whether it's a romantic pairing or a business collaboration, there's something about this union [...]
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE Oppositions in Astrology are like navigating the Scylla and Charybdis. You have to choose between two planetary energies knowing full well that the one you go with will somehow be unsatisfactory. This week's Sun Virgo/Neptune Pisces opposition shows that selecting the Virgo path means turning away from the [...]
