GENDER TROUBLE A Venus/Mars conjunction is supposed to be favorable for romance. The thinking is that women are from Venus and men are from Mars so what's to keep this combination of cosmic energies from creating a match made in heaven? Well, that might have been true back in the day when men [...]
STELLIUM IN AQUARIUS Mars and Venus join Mercury, Pluto, and the Sun in the zodiac sign of Aquarius this week. Usually this would signal a time for everyone to put aside their differences and interlock arms for the greater good, but that won't be happening because of the dark planet in the room. [...]
BREAKDOWN OR BREAKTHROUGH? Once again the Sun will be forming a square to Uranus, the planet of revolution and change, on February 8th. These are bi-annual occurrences when most of us watch in disbelief as our best laid plans get turned upside down or inside out. You can think of Sun/Uranus squares as [...]
GREEN LIGHT Striving doesn't always result in arriving. There are plenty of times when one sets out to achieve a goal and things just don't pan out. Perhaps you launched too early, waited too long, or support for what you wanted to do came too late. Success is part timing, part circumstances, and [...]
URANUS OUT OF RETROGRADE Uranus, the planet of revolution and change, comes out of retrograde on January 27th. After weeks of backsliding, you will feel like you're finally moving with the current of events rather than against it. Uranus's job in Astrology is to break down the things that aren't working – like [...]
WELCOME TO THE NEW AGE An extraordinary astrological event will be taking place on January 20th. This is when the Sun and Pluto form their last conjunction in the final degree of Capricorn before crossing over the zodiacal threshold into Aquarius. For some signs (mostly the earth and water ones) this marks the [...]
A CHANGE IN DISPOSITION Mars and Saturn are regarded as malefics in Astrology. In the classic tradition, these were the planets that brought harm and misfortune. Mars was associated with cruelty and malice while Saturn was connected to bad luck and failure. However these planets didn't always bring bad things any more than [...]
YOUR YEAR AHEAD: 2024 Perhaps the most telling feature of 2024 will be the prolonged stations of Neptune and Pluto at the 29th degree of their perspective signs Pisces and Capricorn. Neptune will be at 29 degrees Pisces from May 4th to September 3d while Pluto will be at 29 degrees Capricorn from [...]
JUPITER OUT OF RETROGRADE Jupiter, the planet of good fortune and higher purpose, comes out of retrograde on December 30th and this, as you might imagine, is a good thing. Many people think of Jupiter as the Santa Clause planet in Astrology and they're right; Jupiter brings boons and blessings like Santa delivers [...]
GOOD-BYE TO ALL THAT The wonderful thing about parting ways with something (or someone) that you should have said good-bye to long ago is the tremendous relief that comes rushing in. You thought you were going to be heartbroken – or at least depressed – but evidently your psyche has been champing at [...]
