The Moon has just entered Sagittarius and is immediately sextiling Mercury and then conjoining Saturn and squaring Neptune. A busy day of aspects. Let’s take a look at each of them through the poetry of the darkening Moon…First, as soon as the Moon enters a new sign (if we practice tha

The Moon is in Sagittarius this morning and applying to create a grand fire trine today, first by its trine to Uranus in Aries, and then to Jupiter in Leo. Let’s take a closer look.First of all, a grand fire trine is a complex aspect configuration of three or more planets occupying all three

The Moon is in Sagittarius this morning, squaring Mars in Pisces before turning void of course for the afternoon (entering Capricorn by this evening). Meanwhile, just in time for Valentine’s day Venus and Mars are conjoining in late Pisces.A lot of people don’t know that Mas and Venus (

The dark moon is in Capricorn today and will square the nodal axis this morning before squaring Uranus and then conjoining Pluto. Recently I’ve gotten a handful of people emailing me with the request that I write more in depth about the Pluto/Uranus square, so let’s have a look at it to

Today there is a spirit of compromise, friendship, giving, sharing, and even celebrating pictured in the sky. Asking for help, giving help, sharing the load, and all forms of unity or team work toward our goals might be a little smoother today than usual. When Venus and Mars come together in the sk

The dark Moon is in Aquarius today. New Moon tomorrow evening.Under dark moons there’s always a bit of magic in the air. In the fixed air sign of Aquarius we should watch for the spirits of air to surprise us. The spirits of air are the spirits of invention, talkativeness, and progress. They

The New Moon is in Pisces today but will turn void of course by this evening. Meanwhile, today Mars enters its rulership in the sign of Aries (with Venus to follow by tomorrow and conjoin by tomorrow night).How about this idea of integration? It’s a popular concept but also one that we rarely

The Moon is void of course this afternoon in Pisces. Meanwhile the Sun is applying to square Saturn as it conjoins Neptune, Mars and Venus are conjoining this weekend in the sign of Aries, and Jupiter and Uranus are trining each other as Uranus and Pluto are squaring. Wow. There’s a lot going

The Moon is in Gemini today, void of course until late tonight. Meanwhile, Venus in Pisces is square to Saturn in Sagittarius. Let’s take a closer look at this aspect and see how it might be reflected in our lives right now.While Venus in Pisces represents a kind of unbounded beauty, Saturn i

Today the Moon has entered the sign of Cancer and is making trines this morning to Venus and Neptune in Pisces and then by later tonight will be triggering the Pluto/Uranus square and the nodal axis of the Moon.First, whenever the Moon enters a cardinal sign (for the past few years in fact), the Pl

The Moon is in Cancer today, now void of course until tomorrow. With Venus and Neptune conjoining and in square to Saturn, it’s a good day to talk about leaky vessels, flow and flowing, wounds and wounded-healers.There are so many cliches floating around about “flow” these days th

The Moon is still void of course this morning in Cancer, though it will enter Leo this afternoon and immediately trine Saturn and oppose Mercury before being Full by tomorrow night.The Moon entering Leo is like an empress or queen holding court in our lives. She might enter through your own moods a

Happy Full Moon Today! The Moon is in Leo and will be full by this evening while it is also conjoined with Jupiter.Whenever we get full moons across the Leo/Aquarius sign axis, we’re usually being asked to look at the subjects of identity and authenticity, popularity or positive projections o

Void of course Moon today, just past full. Meanwhile, Mercury is beginning to slow down in its retrograde and will be making a long sextile to Saturn in Sagittarius over the next few weeks. Let’s take a deeper look at this transit.First it’s important to look at the aspect itself along

The Moon in Virgo is opposing Mars in Pisces but will be void of course again shortly…day two of organizing, relaxing, cleansing, reading, and revitalizing. Here in the mountains of WV where I proposed to my wife a little over a year ago.A quick Merc RX story…My wife’s office comp

The Moon is in Libra today, about to conjoin the north node and oppose Uranus in Aries while simultaneously squaring Pluto in Capricorn. Once again with the Moon in a cardinal sign we have the signature of powerful changes reflecting to us from the sky. More specifically, with the Moon and north no

Today the Moon is void of course in Libra. Meanwhile Mercury and Saturn continue their strong sextile as both planets are slowing to station and as Saturn squares Neptune. Let’s take a deeper look at the “problems of Saturn,” who was traditionally called the great malefic, and the

The Moon is in Scorpio again today, applying to trine Venus and Mars in Pisces before making its last quarter square to the Sun. Meanwhile Mercury goes direct this morning.A few things to watch for:* Last quarter Moons are the harvesting time of the Moon cycle…an accumulation of experience h

The New Moon is in Aquarius today, just as the Sun has entered Aquarius and we now move into the fixed sign of winter. Meanwhile, Mercury is stationing and will turn retrograde by Thursday (also in the sign of Aquarius). Today we’ll look at Aquarius a bit more in depth, then tomorrow Mercury

This morning the Moon in Aquarius conjoins Mercury in Aquarius before opposing Jupiter in Leo and then conjoining Venus in Aquarius. Since tomorrow Mercury turns retrograde, today we’ll look at the Mercury retrograde cycle in depth.A few fun facts about Mercury retrograde to start…1. D