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 [...]
LAST SOLAR ECLIPSE IN ARIES The Solar Eclipse in Aries on March 29th marks the end of the Aries/Libra Eclipse cycle that has dominated the skies for the past two years. This will come as a great relief for those tired of the wild pendulum swings between war and peace; harmony and cacophony, [...]
IS THIS FOR REAL? It isn't always easy to tell the difference between a vision and a fantasy. Each beckons you to have faith in the phantasmal; to put aside your doubts and fears and follow your dreams. You pray that your dreams are taking you to where you want to go, that [...]
LUNAR ECLIPSE IN VIRGO Are you at the end of your rope? It’s a question worth asking when there’s a Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on March 14th. Virgo is the zodiac sign of work, health, and service in Astrology so these are going to be stressors during this time that the Moon grows [...]
COULD WE START AGAIN, PLEASE? Mythologies and Bible stories are full of critical moments where things go terribly wrong. Whether it’s Gilgamesh taking a catnap after retrieving the plant of immortality, Orpheus glancing back over his shoulder to see if Eurydice was still following him, or Judas saying yes to the thirty pieces [...]
MORE THAN JUST A BAD HAIR DAY Venus turns retrograde on March 1st. Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, Venus will be acting contrary to type as long as she is traveling backwards in the zodiac signs of Aries and Pisces. Needless to say this isn't the time to change [...]
MARS OUT OF RETROGRADE We're not even three months into 2025 and Mars has already left its scorched footprint on the year. Named after the Roman god of war and mayhem, you don't have to look very far to see his handiwork. One would think that the planet's retrograde (Mars turned retrograde on [...]
GO YOUR OWN WAY A Sun/Uranus square always brings an unexpected upset, but this one's close proximity to the Full Moon in Leo on February 12th is bound to be as dramatic as it is game-changing. Whether this signals a breakdown or a breakthrough is hard to tell. Uranus, the planet of revolution [...]
TRUE BELIEVER Jupiter is the planet of good fortune and higher purpose. Jupiter lifts our sights and our spirits so that we reach for our better selves rather than stoop to our lowest common denominator. Last October 9th Jupiter turned retrograde in the zodiac sign of Gemini. This is when it pulled the [...]
URANUS OUT OF RETROGRADE Uranus, the planet of revolution and change, comes out of retrograde on January 30th. 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 [...]
