Dear friends, It’s another emotional week on planet earth. The Sun and Moon have plans to meet this week on Friday, December 7th, at 2:20 AM Eastern US time, forming a New Moon at 15 degrees, 7 minutes Sagittarius. Always, New Moons mean new beginnings, though this one hangs onto a little more baggage than normal. In the chart, these
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The Libra Ingress and Venus in Scorpio
Here we are, everyone! A new season is here, as the Sun entered Libra on Saturday, September 22nd at 9:55 PM Eastern US time, marking the Autumnal Equinox, and the official start of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Libra Ingress chart cast for Washington, DC (which governs the whole of the US, because our capital is
The Truth, the Full Moon, and Mercury Retrograde
Dear all, In the wee hours of this Sunday morning — December 3rd at 2:24 AM Eastern US time — Mercury pauses at 29 degrees Sagittarius, pivots, and heads backward till December 22nd. Then, just eight hours later — on December 3rd at 10:47 AM Eastern US time — the Sun and Moon roll through their monthly
Breaking Free: the New Moon in Libra
Dear all, The New Moon in Libra rolls in this Thursday, October 19th, at 3:12 PM Eastern US time. Coming swift on the heels of Jupiter’s entrance into Scorpio last Tuesday, this Libra New Moon puts the finishing touches on the Jupiter-in-Libra story of the past year, and invites us to clear the way for a
Welcoming Jupiter into Scorpio
Note: This post went out yesterday, Tuesday afternoon, to the newsletter subscribers. Sign up here for earlier access. xo, AO Dear all, Jupiter entered Scorpio this morning, October 10th, at 9:21 am Eastern US time – wrapping up a long journey in Libra, and kicking off a brand new thirteen-month cycle around death, sex, taxes,
America, and the Total Eclipse of the Sun
Dear all, The Eclipses are DEFINITELY here! Still reeling from the impact of last week’s Mercury station and Lunar Eclipse — as well as from the Uranus station and Jupiter-Pluto square that happened the week before — we are now in orb of the biggest astronomical event of the year. Next Monday afternoon, the Leo New Moon Total Solar Eclipse will
The Grand Trine in Fire, Fire, Fire
Dear all: In the wee hours of this morning (Friday, May 19th), two of the Big Guys, Saturn and Uranus, trined one another at 26 degrees of Sagittarius and Aries, respectively. Saturn rules structure, whereas Uranus is chaos: two principles that don’t always harmonize well. In communicating via a trine (the gentlest of interplanetary aspects), the two gods are
Weekly Weather October 2, 2016
Weekly Weather Version 2.0 October 2, 2016 After a year and a month sabbatical, my Weekly Weather column is making its entrance, it reappearance, and emerging from silence ~ here it is Weekly Weather Version 2.0. The Weekly Weather Version 2.0 column will be a bit different going forward. Hopefully, it will have content
