Hello again. Yes, I took a little summer vacation from my blog while I was working on a bunch of other stuff. But since we are heading into the most challenging time of this challenging, eventful year, I figured an astrological heads-up might be helpful. I’m looking at the New Moon on Saturday, August 27th. […]

Here we are in eclipse season again, so it’s time to get ready for a reset. Let’s take a look at the chart of the New Moon (a solar eclipse is always at a new Moon) to see how we can make the most of the opportunities and challenges it presents. There’s a tendency in […]

The chart of this New Moon offers some hope for the month ahead. Profound spiritual awakenings, outpourings of compassion, and artistic flowering are all on the table, served up with generous helpings of luck and serendipity. But not everyone can get to that table. Because there are countering forces of greed and authoritarianism that are […]

“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer The background noise you’ll be hearing in 2022 is the same one we’ve been listening to for over a decade now — the low hum of Pluto as it […]

The New Moon (solar) eclipse on December 4th is in Sagittarius, an outgoing, cheerful Fire sign that is always looking for adventure. Ruled by beneficent Jupiter, it tends towards a celebratory, fun-loving, Santa Claus vibe — appropriately enough, since the Sun is in this sign in the weeks preceding the Winter Solstice. But Sagittarius can […]

Those who have learned to become aware of the subtle energy that underpins the material realm often sense the “disturbance in the Force” that precedes outbreaks of conflict, violence (from volcanos to mass murders), and disruptions in our society. They also can sense the gathering, the intensification of the Force that precedes positive, creative, and […]

I’m not one to blame Mercury for all my problems during its retrograde, and I take full responsibility for the late New Moon post. Nonetheless, this retrograde has been a classic and I admit to grumbling at Mercury under my breath a lot this past week. But the New Moon chart covers the entire month […]

“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”~ The 14th Dalai Lama The human mind is incredibly complex, and the solar eclipse on June 10th indicates that over the next 6 months or so […]

There are three planets in the Zodiac that reflect the various ways chaos manifests in our world, and all three of them are strongly activated in the upcoming lunar eclipse on May 26th. Mercury brings chaos based in information overload, in having too many choices, in the open spaces of the public marketplace. Mercury is […]

Here’s a quick overview of what this New Moon chart suggests for the USA as a whole, as well as a look at how we can use the available energy in our personal lives this month. Give me a couple of paragraphs to clue in the astrologers, then I’ll get to the interpretation. (Astrologers: Chart […]

I loved carousels as a young child, but when my parents finally gave in to my entreaties to learn how to ride a real horse, I lost interest. Grabbing for a brass ring while going around in circles on a wooden sculpture just didn’t compare with riding a live horse on a trail that actually […]

This is the first of what will be at least a couple of posts on the upcoming presidential election. I’m doing this not just as an exercise in prediction but because it’s important that we have some idea of what we need to guard against in the upcoming months, and how we can mitigate harm […]

If you keep up with the current astrology, you’ve surely read the warnings — including my own — about Mars’ transit through Aries that began in June, and will be active for the rest of the year due to a retrograde. There are good reasons for these warnings. Given the current state of our society, […]

If you’ve spent much time at the beach and understand what you’re looking at, you can read patterns of seaweed and sand to learn more about recent patterns of the deep ocean tides . If you understand what you’re looking at, you can read the pattern of a fairy ring in the grass and know […]

The cross-quarter holidays (commonly called Beltane, Lammas, Samhain, Imbolc, and by many other names) are celebrations of their Elements — Earth is the Spring/Summer Midpoint in Taurus, Fire is the Summer/Autumn Midpoint in Leo, Water is the Autumn/Winter Midpoint in Scorpio, and Air is the Winter/Spring Midpoint in Aquarius. Magically, these holidays are the perfect […]