The Moon is in Leo. I had a lucid dream a week ago that my daughter would come under the Virgo Moon. Tick tock, tick tock! In kickstarter news, we’re at $11,298 raised toward our stretch goal of $15,000 which will help me and my wife hire a part-time baby-sitter from our yoga studio community

The Moon is in Leo today, and the Saturn/Neptune square is still very close.Let’s discuss another angle of the Saturn/Neptune dynamic today and talk about disarmament. The disarming effects of generosity and grace, or charity and kindness.One thing commonly signified by the Saturn/Neptune squ

The Moon has just entered Virgo and is immediately applying to an opposition of Neptune and square of Saturn. The day ahead will thus engage or activate the Saturn/Neptune square quite strongly.Since we’ve been taking time to cover the Saturn/Neptune square in depth, let’s turn the dyna

The Moon is in Virgo today, just past its last quarter and square to the Sun.As if we need anymore dark news…the public massacre in California yesterday is yet another in what feels like an endless string, and yet it should at least be noted astrologically that we are watching a series of cha

The Moon has just entered Sagittarius and is applying to Venus, Saturn, and Neptune through this evening. With Mercury diving more deeply into the Sun in Scorpio, let’s continue examining the symbolism of Mercury combust the Sun. In the past week I’ve been revisiting the Psalms, or what

The Moon is in Sagittarius today, applying to a trine of Uranus and then square of Jupiter. An exciting day of transits.Watch for the burst of Uranian excitement, unpredictability, eccentricity, rebelliousness, or shock this evening around 7:00 pm (east coast), and then between 9 and 10:00 pm the M

As I am preparing to teach another round of astrology courses to another group of eager students, the question I’ve been meditating on is “why do I do this?” Or even more directly, “What is the value of learning astrology?” Especially considering the fact that the majo

The Moon is in Sagittarius this morning, void of course. Meanwhile Saturn in Sagittarius is within less than two degrees of an exact square of Neptune, and yesterday the “western world” was shocked by a series of mass murders by Islamic terrorists in Paris.One of my astrology students a

The Moon is in Capricorn, about to sextile Mercury and then the Sun in Scorpio.Right now Mercury is combust the Sun, but as the Moon, Mercury and Sun all make aspect, something that looks bad might turn out okay by the end of the day.The combustion of Mercury turns into cazimi by the evening. For e

The Moon is in Pisces, moving toward a square of Saturn in Sagittarius this evening. The image of the wise woman sage comes to mind, and so it’s fitting that both Susan Weed and Demetra George are visiting our herbal and astrological programs tonight! But in all seriousness, Saturn

The Moon is in Pisces today, applying to an opposition of Jupiter in the next few hours. I’m excited because very shortly I will be launching my kickstarter to raise funds for another full year of horoscope writing. The kickstarter will last 40 days and will occur during the birth of my first

The Moon is in Aries this morning, about to enter her exaltation in Taurus. First a kickstarter update, then today’s horoscope.We’ve just crossed the $3,000 mark on our way to the $7,500 I’m trying to raise in order to support another year of daily astrology writing. If you have r

The Moon is exalted in Taurus today, just past full, though not making any more aspects until she enters Gemini tomorrow. Meanwhile, Jupiter, Venus, and Mars are all conjoined in Virgo, and ruler Mercury in Libra is fading from an opposition to Uranus. Getting clean, getting sober, getting right wi

The Moon is in Gemini today, just separating from an opposition to Saturn and now applying to squares of Neptune, Jupiter, Venus, and Mars.Again Mercury is highlighted by both the Moon in Gemini and her approaching aspects to several planets in Virgo. With Mercury in the sign of the scales (Libra),

The Moon is about to enter Leo this morning, moving into its last quarter phase as it squares the Sun in Scorpio. Meanwhile today Venus is conjunct Mars in Virgo and Mercury has just entered Scorpio.Let’s talk about the Venus/Mars conjunction for a moment while considering the new position of

The Moon is in Leo today, just past last quarter. Meanwhile, Venus and Mars are still conjunct by degree but just beginning to separate. Jupiter is still very close by in Virgo.A quick list of themes to watch for:​* Innocence and youth, or the appearance of innocence versus the hidden truth o

The Moon is in late Leo today, void of course. Perhaps the most interesting transit currently intensifying is the square between Saturn and Neptune. A transit highlighting the difference between what is actual and what is imaginal, or the actualization of the dream, vision, or fantasy. Let’s

The Moon is in Virgo today, applying to conjoin Mars and Venus in Virgo by this evening. Our house currently looks like a cocaine party gone totally wrong. A diatomaceous earth cocaine party, but don’t let that fool you because these kinds of white powder parties are as exciting as they come.

The dark Moon is in Scorpio this morning, and it will be the new moon by tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile Mercury is moving more quickly into its conjunction with the Sun in Scorpio.Yesterday we talked about the Mercury/Sun conjunction as an intimation of “sacred anxiety.” Today let’

The Moon is in Virgo today, void of course, and the nodes of the Moon have just entered Virgo and Pisces. Meanwhile Mercury will turn direct within the hour and is the current ruler of Venus, Mars, Jupiter, the Moon, and the north node, all in the sign of Virgo.Let’s take a look at the variet