From September 22nd – October 22nd, the Sun warms through Libra, marking the pivot from Summer to Fall in the Northern Hemisphere and Winter to Spring in the South. This is one of two days per year where night and day find equilibrium, where the Sun and Moon preside over even palaces of time. … Read more
By the time you wipe the sleep from your eyes on Monday morning, Mercury will have stationed retrograde. This season, Mercury crunches to a halt in a square with Pluto, the planet of overturning rocks to inspect the earthworms and beetles that normally stay subterranean. Mercury will be retrograde from September 26th 10:10 pm PT … Read more
For months, Mercury has been traveling through the signs at warp speed, in direct motion, zipping through scorched and productive territory. That all changes on August 29/30th when Mercury enters the breezy Candyland of Libra and gets turned around at beautiful signposts and stuck in taffy quicksand. Mercury stations retrograde on September 26/27th, in a … Read more
I was just seasoning a cast iron pan in the kitchen this weekend when I found my thoughts drifting towards the astrological symbolism of what I was doing. Iron is associated with Mars while oil would be a Jupiter thing. I was thinking of the interaction between the two, between the cast iron pan and … Read more
The New Moon in Libra, occurring on October 6th at 4:05 a.m. PT, offers a master class on tact, diplomacy, and compromise. With Mars in the throne room, ready to do battle with a cocktail sword, there will be situations that force athletic negotiations on this side of the Via Combusta (the traditionally prickly passage … Read more
As Saturn goes through it, your moon feelings will be highlighted and you can focus more on topics like self-care, health, and family. This transit is a call to connect to your heart, honor it, and take care of yourself. During a Saturn transit to your Moon, you can reconnect with your core needs, particularly … Read more
After poring over the complexity of the ties that bind us, Venus dons its most comfy dungarees, and hits the spacious vistas of open roads. Less concerned with the alchemical (and sometimes harrowing) ways love breaks us down in Scorpio, Venus in Sagittarius wants to gather the myths, pop songs, and cosmologies that explain … Read more
Each Mercury is unique, although there are some themes that are common to every Mercury retrograde. If you want to revisit some of my previous posts on Mercury retro pop here, here, and here. I want to explore some of the unique features of the present retrograde Mercury in Libra, and to do that I … Read more
Yes, Mercury’s still retrograde. Yes, some obtrusive sandbars and sea monsters lurk on the horizon. But this week, we enjoy a sweet reprieve. On October 15th, the Sun spills its spotlight on our solar system’s fairy godmother: the equivalent of dimming the house lights to hush a squirmy crowd. This is one of the … Read more
This weekend, an unusual group of planets gathers in Libra as retrograde Mercury, Mars, and the Sun all combine. In this new video, I share some thoughts on these different alignments. In this video, I touch the Mercury retrograde conjunction with the Sun, Mars with the Sun, and the Mercury retrograde conjunction with Mars in … Read more