Signs of the Zodiac
The idea of the Earth as a womb is ancient and compelling. Caves have long been seen as places of initiation and rebirth. Passage graves, too, and other built places underground. The kiva. Overnight tonight, we enter the Balsamic phase … Continued
Inside the Last Quarter phase, we reach a sextile between the Sun and Moon that offers insight. Today’s Gemini Sun and Aries Moon create a bright, electrified moment when something(s) become clear. There’s a lot going on. The Moon and … Continued
In about six hours, we reach the waning trine. Trines are easy flows of connection, so easy to miss. Unless we look, we can miss it. Mercury is retrograde now so reflection is a thing, a goal, a way to … Continued
In a few hours, we’ll enter the Disseminating phase of this waning lunar cycle. This means we’ll leave the Full Moon phase, shifting from the experience of the Full Moon and eclipse into a time of sorting out what we’ve … Continued
Not long after dawn tomorrow in my time zone, we’ll reach the Full Moon in Sagittarius which (because the Nodes of the Moon are in Gemini and Sag) is also a lunar eclipse. This Full Moon is also a Supermoon, … Continued
The Gibbous Moon arrives after midnight as the Moon in mid-Libra forms a sesquiquadrate to the early Gemini Sun. As we head toward the Full Moon Eclipse, this phase poses one more challenge. By now in this cycle, we should … Continued
We’ve been traveling these last two days with the Virgo Moon, careful, detailed-oriented, sometimes anxious. Tonight, just before midnight in my time zone, the Moon enters Libra and forms a trine to the Gemini Sun. This waxing trine inside the … Continued
Tomorrow afternoon we reach the First Quarter, the square between the Sun and Moon. This is the midpoint between the New and Full Moons. It’s a place where effort is needed (true with all squares). At this waxing square, we … Continued
This Sun–Moon sextile arrives within each Crescent phase to illuminate something we need to see. Overnight tonight, following on from the Crescent theme of looking for and creating strong, healthy containers, this sextile emphasizes that deep, transformative change begins when … Continued
Today we step into the Crescent phase. The Moon’s lighting grows in the sky. We begin to see signs of emerging growth. We’re called to put effort in to reach our goals. The New Moon phase brought us a lift … Continued