Signs of the Zodiac
Tonight we enter the Crescent Moon phase with a Moon in mid Pisces. This Moon is semisquare the Sun (the 45º aspect that defines the Crescent phase) while separating from a sextile to Uranus and applying to conjunct Neptune. We’re … Continued
Saturday afternoon, we enter a new lunar cycle with the Sun and Moon at 01º32’ Aquarius. At the beginning of Aquarius, we take on the energy of the pioneer, the exile. We began the last lunar cycle with a New … Continued
Wednesday morning, we enter the Balsamic phase. In this last phase before the New Moon, we prepare for the new lunar cycle by letting go. The Moon in definitely waning now, thin and dark in the sky. They’ll grow darker … Continued
Within the Disseminating phase, we’re catching a slight feeling things are settling down. Maybe we’re getting a few things done without herculean effort. Maybe? The task now is to stay the course. Early Tuesday, the Moon sextiles the Sun. This … Continued
Within the Disseminating phase, we reach the Sun–Moon trine (27º75’) that offers understanding and insight. With the Sun and Moon in Earth signs, this is a connection around craft. We entered this phase feeling we needed to study. Now we’re … Continued
We leave behind the emotional intensity of the Full Moon in Cancer to enter the Disseminating phase. Here we figure out what we learned at the Full Moon and how to share that learning. In the first decan of Virgo … Continued
Our first Full Moon of 2023 falls in the sign of Cancer, the Moon’s homeplace. Reaching back to one of astrology’s origin stories, to the Thema Mundi, we truly are in the Moon’s home. This Moon at 16º21’ of Cancer … Continued
Welcome to 2023! We entered the New Year in the Gregorian calendar with Venus conjunct Pluto, which tells me we’ll be exploring Venusian things–relationships, creativity, what we value–in intense ways. This intensification of creativity and values will be reflected in … Continued
Tomorrow, we reach several turning points as we shift into the First Quarter phase. First, before dawn, Mercury stations retrograde at 24º21’ Capricorn. Yes, we’re now focusing inward on the real, the practical, and the structural. Do we have what … Continued
Within the Crescent phase, Sun and Moon reach a sextile, a 60º aspect that is an energized connection. The Moon in early Pisces has moved beyond the crystal-clear logic of Aquarius to embrace mystical ways of knowing. Here we are … Continued