This evening at 7:38 PM Eastern, Mars stops in the sky at 23 degrees Scorpio. After stationing, he pivots and begins to move forward again, retreading the same patch of sky that he’s traveled since he entered his retrograde shadow in February. Everything changes. Projects that stalled ten weeks back (in mid-April, when went retrograde)
Posts by Anne Ortelee
The Saturn-Neptune Square
Tonight, Friday, June 17th, 2016, Saturn will square Neptune at 11:28 pm Eastern time. This is the second of three squares between practical, earth-bound Saturn and dreamy, watery Neptune during the current cycle: the first was on November 26th, 2015 and the next and last will be September 10th, 2016. When these two planets talk
The Neptune Station and the Uranus-Eris Conjunction
When my young friend Dylan was about three years old, his mother and I took him to the beach and he built a sand castle. It was a labor of love, meticulously constructed and beautifully decorated. After a while, Dylan began to notice that the tide was rolling in, and that the water was about
New Moon in Gemini on June 4th, 2016
It is another big week in the heavens, as the coming weekend features a REALLY big New Moon in Gemini – given extra oomph by a tight conjunction with Venus, and a glorious Venus Star Point in Gemini perfecting next Monday. The New Moon itself takes place on Saturday evening, June 4th, at 10:59
A Pivotal Moment with Jupiter and Saturn
Bright and early on Thursday morning, May 25th at 8:28 am EDT, we encounter the third in a series of three squares between Jupiter and Saturn that started last August. That makes this the final Closing Square in a Jupiter-Saturn cycle that has been running since May 2000, when the two planets were joined in
Full Moon Gemini Sagittarius 1:14 May 21, 2016
There is a rather cranky Full Moon at 1 degree Gemini-Sagittarius, perfecting at 5:14 PM Eastern on Saturday, May 21st. In the chart, the Goddesses are feeling especially thwarted. Women will struggle with the energy over the next few days, as will the “anima” in each of us, regardless of sex. You’ll probably be tempted
This Delicious New Moon in Taurus
She’s here! She’s here, as of Friday, May 6th, at 3:29 pm Eastern time. The most prominent feature of this New Moon chart is a delicious and decadent Grand Trine in Earth: the Sun and Moon in Taurus singing in harmony with Jupiter in Virgo and Pluto in Capricorn. The sky is chock full of
A PHYSICAL Mercury Retrograde
Retrograde season is officially upon us! Mercury just stationed retrograde at 23 degrees Taurus on Thursday, April 28th at 1:20 pm Eastern time. Now he’ll be traveling backwards till May 23rd, when he stations again at 14 degrees Taurus. He’s locked in a Grand Trine in Earth with Jupiter in Virgo and Pluto in Capricorn.
