IF NOT NOW, WHEN? "Carpe diem" means "seize the day", but not all days are meant to be seized as you'll discover on July 8 when retrograde Mercury squares Mars. The pressure is on for you to act boldly, to charge ahead; but there's a silent part of you that knows better. It [...]
OH WELL, KARMA'S A BITCH Jupiter and Pluto are named after the two gods of Justice in Roman mythology. Jupiter is the higher authority you appeal to in hopes that things will be made right and Pluto is the divine retribution that pursues wrongdoing to the ends of the earth. When two planets [...]
TRIUMPH OF MARS Mars, the planet of gumption and drive, enters the zodiac sign of Aries on June 27. Named after the Roman god of war, Mars fights for what it wants and expects to win. The most ruthless planet in Astrology, Mars doesn't care if your gain results in somebody else's loss. [...]
FINDING YOUR WAY BACK HOME AGAIN Solar eclipses are Astrology's great course correctors. Although feared in ancient times, they were also used to rectify the calendar. If an eclipse appeared as predicted, then the calendar was right; if not – then it was back to the astronomical tablets to see where things had [...]
TO DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM Neptune is the planet of imagination in Astrology. It's Neptune's job to get you to dream of something that's fuller and richer than what life has to offer. It's only by getting you to fall in love with the possibility of what could be that Neptune inspires you [...]
SHAKY GROUND Nobody likes to see the collapse of their highest hopes or cherished dreams. These things are supposed to be our guiding lights. However an eclipse, by definition, is when a guiding light disappears from the sky and in this case it will be the Moon on June 4. Lunar eclipses ask [...]
DON'T DREAM IT; BE IT It takes a willingness to suspend disbelief and capacity to reimagine to navigate these peculiar times. You need to step away from what's been lost, to resist caving into fear and helplessness, and to pick up the paint brush because what you're looking at is an empty canvas. [...]
DON'T GET GASLIGHTED Do you know what gaslighting is? It's when somebody is messing with you. It begins with sowing seeds of doubt about conversations you never had and promises you never made and gradually escalates into the other party accusing you of making things up in your head. Suddenly it's not your [...]
MORE THAN JUST A BAD HAIR DAY Venus turns retrograde on May 13. Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus will be acting contrary to type as long as she is traveling backwards in Gemini. Needless to say this isn't the time to change your look, switch love partners, or [...]
LIFE IN LIMBO Planets often act in the opposite way to how they normally behave when they turn retrograde. Mercury, a planet that seals deals, introduces complications and delays when it's moving backwards in the sky. Venus brings break-ups instead of make-ups, Mars signals retreats instead of advances, and Jupiter pulls the plug [...]
