We’re entering the First Quarter, a time of skill building and taking action, with a chart that offers contrasting messages. Mercury remains under the beams of the Sun, just past the illumination of their cazimi. Jupiter opposes these two, with … Continued
After the intense Fire of the New Moon, the Crescent Moon in Capricorn wants to make it real. The challenge is, too much is happening. Ideas, plans, contingencies, goals, all crowd in at once. This chart is intense: The Moon … Continued
Overnight Saturday, the New Moon in Sagittarius arrives. This fiery New Moon lights us up with a big idea, a mission, a quest. We’re launching into December, the final month of this intense and crazy year with a restless energy … Continued
Tonight we blaze into the Balsamic Moon with a Grand Fire Trine brighter, more powerful, and more focused than before. This much Fire can run away with us if we’re not careful. The Sun in the first decan of Sagittarius … Continued
Tonight we welcome the New Moon in Virgo, a time when the Moon is dark in the sky. Seeds are planted now we cannot see. Something new is coming forward but we can’t make it out yet. It’s a quiet … Continued
This Full Moon in Aquarius is brilliant in every sense of the word. It’s a Supermoon, the first of four in a row. The Moon is closer to the Earth than average, making it appear bigger and brighter in the … Continued
Before dawn on Friday, we enter the Gibbous phase with the Moon in Capricorn. This is a solid, stable, no-nonsense Moon, an appropriate Threshold Guardian on the way to a wild Full Moon. The Gibbous Moon often creates a pause, … Continued
Monday, we enter the First Quarter phase, marked by a square between the Sun and Moon. Squares tend to be pushy. We feel a need to do something to move forward, or release a sense of tension. This makes the … Continued
Late tonight, Venus and Mercury meet at 03º43’ Virgo. Mercury retrograde is informed by the principles of Venus: harmony, pleasure, relationship, peace. Thursday morning, the Moon enters Libra, trines Pluto, then reaches the semisquare with the Sun that signals the … Continued
Early Sunday, the New Moon in Leo makes a dramatic entrance. August is one of the most active months of this year astrologically, so it’s fitting we start off with Leo energy. The New Moon falls at 12º34’ Leo, in … Continued