The Fourth of July is upon us – Independence Day, here in the US – and I thought it might be worthwhile to take a look at the birthday chart. Institutions have birth charts just like people: they begin with a certain natal potential, make choices, experience transits and progressions, ripen and grow and live out their lives. For
The Cancer Ingress: Welcome, Summer!
Greetings from the bright red desk in New York City, where the season of summer has just begun! The Sun entered Cancer just after midnight last night: Wednesday, June 21st at 12:24 AM Eastern US time. Cancer, of course, is ruled by the Moon, whose mutable moods affect us more strongly than usual, whenever several planets are
Comey, Jupiter, and the Full Moon in Sadge
Dear all: Well, we’ve got a couple of big days ahead. (And FYI, if you join the mailing list, you’ll get these updates earlier!) Jupiter, Lord of the Heavens, stations this Friday morning, June 9th, at 10:04 AM Eastern US time. He’s been travelling retrograde since February 6th, and in the sign of Libra, which rules law, marriage, partnerships, diplomacy,
Today’s Wild, Inspiring New Moon In Gemini
This afternoon, Thursday, May 25th at 3:44 PM Eastern US time, we’ll encounter a wild, inspiring New Moon in Gemini, setting off fresh 30-day and 2.5-year cycles around Gemini matters such as writing, communication, truth, lies, news, siblings, neighbors, cars, and technology. This is the first New Moon to occur since the Nodes went into Leo-Aquarius
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
The Moon, the Nodes, and the News
The Full Moon perfected just minutes ago – Wednesday, May 10th, at 5:43 pm Eastern US time – at 20 degrees, 24 minutes on the Scorpio-Taurus axis. The aspects in this chart aren’t necessarily easy to live through, but they are nonetheless fertile. It’s a great time to plant what you want to see growing in your
Yesterday’s Mercury Station
Just after noon yesterday, Wednesday, May 3rd, that old trickster Mercury stopped dead in the sky, turned around, and started going forward. He’s been moving retrograde since April 9th: which explains all the indecision, uncertainty, broken-down communications, and busted technology we’ve all been experiencing for the last 25 days. For the next two weeks, you’ll be asked
The Taurus New Moon and a Fiery Friday
Happy New Moon, everybody! As I discussed in the last newsletter, we have beautiful aspects Wednesday and Thursday – with the New Moon in the sign of her exaltation (Taurus) and Venus in the sign of HER exaltation (Pisces), and the two goddesses forming a sextile to each other for the Moon’s closing aspect Thursday