FATHER FIGURE On April 18th, the Sun in Aries will square Pluto in Capricorn for the last time in our lifetimes. Since both signs are patriarchal in nature, this will bring to an end a 14 year period where you have had to grapple with your own relationship to your father. Was he [...]
I DREAMED A DREAM There will be no flying saucers landing on the White House lawn on April 12th. Nor will there be single-horned horses delivering Unicorn realness. In fact, April 12th will appear to be a day like any other. But to anyone familiar with bedknobs, broomsticks, or beanstalk seeds – magic [...]
THE BUCK STOPS HERE Nobody likes hardship - not even Scorpios and Capricorns. People will do whatever they can to avoid it. They'll duck out, go back the way they came, or quit all together. Some might even adopt the Ostrich policy by burying their heads in the sand or find a foxhole [...]
ADULT RELATIONSHIPS Venus/Saturn conjunctions (like the one on March 28th) have a pretty bad reputation in Astrology. According to traditional texts they're supposed to signify a paralyzing fear of rejection, broken hearts, and loveless unions. Given that Astrology has been around for 2500+ years these interpretations might have made a sense in a [...]
INCOMING You probably didn't ask for trouble – people rarely do when Mars forms a square to Uranus in the sky – but you're still going to have to deal with it on March 22nd. This particular planetary combination is famous for infractions, transgressions, and hostile takeovers. Your first reaction may be to [...]
SPRING'S AWAKENING A talent can be like a seed that lies buried inside ourselves waiting to put forth shoots. Sometimes it sprouts right away and sometimes it remains dormant for years or even decades. And then there are those occasions when a talent flowers, wilts, and goes to seed – planting the possibility [...]
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? They used to say that something was in the water whenever populations became deluded or crowds went mad. It was almost as if an invisible spirit had suddenly taken hold of people – making them behave in an extreme and irrational fashion. This is often attributed to [...]
MIRACLES STILL HAPPEN It's been a while since someone parted a sea or multiplied loaves and fishes to feed the hungry, but that doesn't mean that the world is bereft of miracles. For those who are holding their breath waiting for some kind of supernatural intervention then yes, life is going to be [...]
THAT SHIP HAS SAILED There's often a feeling of regret when Mercury forms a closing square to Uranus (February 24th). Chances are you're wishing you knew then what you know now because if you did then you would never have made the choices you did. But getting a genie back into its bottle is [...]
REFORMATION This week Uranus, the planet of revolution and change, shows off a kinder, gentler aspect. Famous for kicking over gameboards and sending all the pieces flying, Uranus becomes less radicalized and more enlightened thanks to a sextile to Jupiter on February 17th. Not only is Jupiter capable of gathering together all the [...]
