Signs of the Zodiac
The First Quarter square between the Sun and Moon asks: Have we set a course? Are we moving decisively on our chosen path? In the midst of an intense eclipse season, this is problematic. When big changes are happening, how … Continued
For this insightful connection between Sun and Moon within the Crescent phase, the Moon moves into Virgo and makes lots of connections: sextile the Sun, square Venus, trine Uranus, and inconjunct Saturn and Chiron. The insight at this waxing sextile … Continued
At this Crescent Moon in Leo, we find ourselves in deep waters of emotion, intuition, spiritual experience, and creativity. The mystery and magic of Neptune’s station in Pisces flows all of this toward the Crescent Moon. At this phase the … Continued
Today we enter the Solstice, which, this year, flows into a New Moon with an annular solar eclipse. It’s a complex and intense lunation. It will stir up (is already stirring up) strong emotions. We’re in transition, needing to reckon … Continued
Before dawn (in my eastern time zone), the Moon reaches the semisquare to the Sun that signals the opening of the Balsamic phase. Here the Moon is once again a thin crescent, losing light until she disappears into the New … Continued
In a few hours, the late Aries Moon sextiles the Gemini Sun. This moment of insight arrives near the end of the Last Quarter phase. This Moon is not in the easiest position: conjunct Eris while squaring Pluto/Jupiter. This Moon … Continued
I’m up too late as the Moon Moon sails right into Mars and Neptune while squaring the Sun and the North Node. It’s unfolding now and not-now, before and later, all times at once as action and emotion meet in … Continued
This trine from Moon to Sun, happening within the Disseminating phase, offers insight. But to get the message we have to pay attention. Trines are easy to miss because the connection between the planets is a comfortable flow. We feel … Continued
The Moon @ 3 Aquarius has been through conjunctions with Pluto and Jupiter and is just past Saturn. Some tough territory where we’re brought face to face with reality right down to its roots. Do we like what we see? … Continued
This afternoon in my eastern time zone, the Full Moon in Sagittarius arrives. This year’s Strawberry Moon is a penumbral lunar eclipse happening across the Sagittarius–Gemini axis. This eclipse Full Moon in mutable signs heralds many transitions, happening at many … Continued