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November opens with a powerhouse cluster of planets in earthy Virgo.  Generous Jupiter joins Venus and Mars to emphasize health, healing, well-being, duty and work.   Giving tremendous support to this combination is transformer Pluto’s helpful angle to...

After the rock ‘em, sock ‘em cosmic ride of September, with double eclipses and Mercury retrograde, October will feel like an oasis of calm.  The next four weeks offer scant planetary activity, giving us a break from the constant push and pull tug of war we...

Some months are crazier than others, both celestially and by human calendar.  With back to school and return from vacation, September is typically a very busy month.  But to the usual mix on tap this month, add more cosmic twists and turns, pushing...

August opens with four planets turned retrograde motion, sparking more internal review than if these were operating directly.  Chief among these four, Venus moves back into the sign of Leo prompting review of our creativity, romantic life, sexuality and urge to...

July opens with the first of two Full Moons, on July 2ndand the latter, July 31st.   The July 2nd full moon is supercharged.  The Sun is tightly conjoined to Motivating Mars in maternal Cancer, aligning our will and energy. Both oppose the Moon (our...

As the month of June opens, the Full Moon in Sagittarius occurs on Tuesday, the 2nd.    This particular Full Moon asks us to honor our emotional truth.  To be emotionally honest.  This is not the easiest of Full Moons as it forms challenging...

As we turn from April into May, our awareness is heightened by the waxing Moon.   Under its strong light, old issues are dug up to look at beneath the inescapable glare, especially involving family:  either your own or the larger human family that we...

April opens up between two eclipses.  The first, on March 20th, was a total solar eclipse on the New Moon, while the second falls on Saturday, April 4th, Easter and Passover weekend.  It is a total lunar eclipse of the Full Moon.  The period between...

Can you feel the surge?  March 2015 is not rolling in like a lamb.  More like a lion which will ROAR most of the month.  Especially mid-month.  No gentle spring is this.  The cosmic foot keeps pressing down on the accelerator with very little...

February opens up three planets and asteroid Chiron in watery Pisces:  Venus (love and money), mystical Neptune, Motivating Mars and Healer Chiron.   Like no other water sign, Pisces calls us to pause and reflect.  So with Messenger Mercury in...