Signs of the Zodiac
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
As I write tonight, the late Scorpio Moon is trine Neptune and sextile Pluto, Jupiter, and Saturn. We’re offered every opportunity to feel the consequences of past structures of power (Saturn) writ so large we can’t possibly ignore them (Jupiter) … Continued
The Moon has entered Virgo and tonight reaches the First Quarter square with the Sun. This is an interesting configuration placing the Moon at a focal point in this chart, not the place a Virgo Moon would choose. Both Sun … Continued
The waxing sextile between the Sun and Moon offers a moment of insight within the Crescent phase. With the Moon in Leo, we want to speak out, be heard, get attention, express ourselves creatively and passionately. The sextile to the … Continued
We’re now seeing the slim, new Moon in the evening sky. If the skies are clear enough, you may also see a faint circle of the Moon’s fullness, an effect known as “earthshine.” Tuesday morning, we reach the official opening … Continued
The New Moon in Gemini arrives today, Friday, at 1:39 pm in my eastern time zone. Gemini is youthful, curious, clever, inventive, and optimistic. This New Moon brings in lots of Gemini. Sun, Moon, Venus, Mercury, and the North Node … Continued
On Monday, the Moon’s Day, we enter the Balsamic phase, the time of letting go. Most often seen as a quiet, shadowy time, this waning cycle charges in with an Aries Moon. Perhaps we’re meant to cut away what no … Continued
Within the challenge of the Last Quarter, we reach a sextile between Sun and Moon. It arrives in about four hours, predawn EDT. This lunar cycle offers amazing connections. Has more been going on all along that I’ve missed? No, … Continued
Last Quarter Moons challenge us to change and adapt. So much is happening, we first need to pause and review. Since Monday’s Waning Trine, the Moon entered Aquarius to conjunct Saturn, then trined Mercury. Mars reached the end of Aquarius … Continued
Tonight we reach a moment of insight within the Disseminating phase: The Moon will trine the Sun, late Capricorn to late Taurus. We’re reaching the end of Taurus season. With Uranus in Taurus, this year’s time in the sign of … Continued