Signs of the Zodiac
Tonight, we enter the Disseminating phase with the Moon right in the middle of Aries. This second decan of cardinal Fire is a royal place, the decan in which the Sun reaches their greatest exaltation. In the Disseminating phase, we … 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
We’ve already entered this Balsamic phase as the Moon loses light in the sky, preparing for the New Moon in Leo. It’s time to let go of what’s holding us back, what’s complete, what we don’t need. The chart is … Continued
Tonight we enter the Last Quarter phase with the Moon in steady Taurus. After the frenetic pace of the last weeks, we welcome a slow time. The Last Quarter is a productive phase. We prepared in the waxing cycle. We … Continued
Life has been busy! The Mars–Uranus conjunction has kept things hopping. Since the Full Moon was exact early on Sunday, we’ve had the Moon conjunct Pluto, the Sun trine Neptune, and Mars trine Pluto. In the early hours of Monday, … Continued
Tomorrow just around dawn, the Full Moon in Capricorn will be exact. This means the Moon will look most full in the sky tonight, if your sky is clear enough to see the Moon. Here, we have clouds. Indeed, it … Continued