SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST Mercury conjoins Jupiter for the last time in Gemini on June 8th. This is significant because Mercury is the ruler of Gemini which means that Jupiter's good fortune will materialize in your everyday life. Don't expect any grand sweeping events, but rather simple assists and commonplace favors. It [...]
ON THE SCENT You're on a fact finding mission that no one can dissuade you from when Mercury in Gemini forms a trine to Pluto in Aquarius on May 27th. Like a detective in a film noir movie whose curiosity has been peaked, you won't be satisfied until you get to the bottom [...]
SATURN ENTERS ARIES Saturn, the planet of trials, and tribulations enters Aries on May 24th. News of this will likely send a shiver through most horoscopes as Saturn is widely regarded as a humorless disciplinarian intent on curbing your enthusiasm and spoiling everyone's fun. And it's true that Saturn imposes limits, but at [...]
BACK WHERE YOU STARTED? On May 17th, the Sun conjoins Uranus in Taurus for the last time and they won't come together again in the zodiac sign of the Bull for another 84 years. This is great news for people who like their rules clear and criterions consistent because Uranus, the planet of [...]
STATE THE OBVIOUS Chances are the child who pointed out the Emperor wasn't wearing any clothes likely had Mercury in Taurus. There's something wonderfully frank and unbothered about the planet of messengers when it's traveling through the zodiac sign of the bull. It's interest in telling it like it is comes from the [...]
A PAUSE IN THE ACTION The good thing about Pluto turning retrograde on May 4th is that whatever crisis you've been struggling with these past six months will retreat back to the dark corner from whence it came. Retrogrades mark a change in planetary disposition; a time when what was on is called [...]
RAISE THE DRAWBRIDGE This week's T-square in fixed signs means nobody will be giving an inch. Needless to say it's not the time to make a pitch, request, or plea because it will be immediately shot down. Moreover trying to get feuding sides to see reason or to negotiate a compromise will fall [...]
DON'T DREAM IT; BE IT Neptune is the planet of vision and visions are good for lifting our sights and challenging us to imagine a life that's different from the one we're living now. Wanting to be a better version of ourselves is very much a Neptune in Aries ideal and when it [...]
MERCURY OUT OF RETROGRADE Mercury coming out of retrograde is usually good news. That's because it's during the time that Mercury is traveling backwards in the sky that we experience unexpected fiascos like our car breaking down, our computer going on the fritz, or appliances just giving up the ghost. It's like somebody [...]
A KINDER, GENTLER SKY The beauty of trines and sextiles is in the way they bring out the best in all the planets affected. Even ornery characters like Mars, Saturn, and Uranus undergo an attitude adjustment under the graces of these astrological aspects. Mars becomes fostering rather than bullying, Saturn goes from being [...]
