​The New Moon is in Taurus today, along with Venus and Mercury. Meanwhile Jupiter and Pluto are closely aligned, creating a grand earth trine. What does this mean? Given the simultaneous fire and intensity of Mars and Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius, today’s new moon has the feeling of

Why I Love Astrology:I find myself in the middle of an incredibly difficult day yesterday. My cheeks are hot, my head is hot, my brain is hot, my daughter is screaming, my wife is sick, and to make matters worse hot oil has just exploded off a frying pan onto my arm and there are small little blist

The Moon is triggering a mutable grand cross today. Let’s explore the mutability in the air this morning. Traditionally the mutable signs were called “double bodied.” As I was meditating on today’s astrology this morning I was reminded of the doubled trigrams of the I Ching.

It’s a big day for astrology. Jupiter in Virgo is finally turning direct while ruler Mercury is cazimi and eclipsing the face of the Sun.​Here are two different ways of thinking about today’s transit. 1. Some traditional astrologers say that when a planet crosses the exact conjunc

Today’s astrology features an exact trine between Venus and Jupiter. It’s interesting to note that not all ancient astrologers saw this transit as positively as we might imagine. What’s not to like about a Venus/Jupiter trine, right?! Well, the basic idea isn’t hard to follo

Today the Moon is in late Cancer, moving into Leo by this evening. Meanwhile Jupiter is just starting to move forward again and Mercury is retrograding backward into a conjunction with Venus and a trine with Jupiter.Here’s what to watch for:* An increased need to focus on what is directly in

The Moon is in Leo today, applying to a trine with Saturn.A theme that comes to mind for this simple transit is the idea of what the I Ching calls a “noble calling.” The Moon in Leo applying to trine Saturn in Sagittarius may show the picture of someone methodically working toward a pos

The 1st Quarter Moon is in Cancer today, moving toward the square of the Sun by late tonight.The Cancer/Aries mix brings to mind some of the following archetypal themes:* Conflict in the family* Tribal factions or tribal warfare* The blood thick unity of a group* The ancestral battle cry* Addressin

The Moon is in Leo today, moving toward a trine with the Sun in Aries. Here’s a list of what to watch for: * Venus is in a Mars ruled sign…traditionally this was considered challenging for Venus signified things: friendship, relationships, bringing things together, harmony, beauty, acco

As the Moon is presently engaging the Jupiter/Saturn square from the sign of Virgo, let’s reflect on some of the archetypal dynamics at play within the current political climate of the US Presidential primaries.Remembering that archetypes like Jupiter and Saturn do not exist or express themse

Annnnnd…Mars is now officially retrograde.What to watch for:* An introversion of the Mars archetype–learning patience, controlling our anger, being tactful, biding our time, waiting for the right strategic moment* Suppressing someone else’s enthusiasm* Repressing destructive actio

Happy Tuesday Everyone!Here’s what to watch for:* The Sun will shortly enter Taurus today. Watch for a shift in direction toward the grounded, stable, firm, and fixed, but also notice the underlying Venusian themes coming into focus: beauty, grace, harmony, and ease.* With the Moon waxing tow

Happy Full Moon Everyone! The Moon will be full just after midnight to night (here on the east coast USA).As this Full Moon takes place in the sign of the Scorpion, opposite the Sun in the sign of the Bull, we will likely see an amplification of Mars/Venus themes over the next few days.Here is what

As we turn the corner into the month of May, we are about to see the intensification of the Jupiter/Saturn/Neptune t-square.Although Jupiter and Saturn and Saturn and Neptune and Jupiter and Neptune have all made exact aspects to each other in the past year, the three planets have never exactly ali

Today a special longer treatment of our upcoming Mercury retrograde! First we should recognize that Mercury will turn retrograde in a Venus ruled sign, just as Venus is moving out of a Mars ruled sign (Aries), and into her own sign of Taurus where she is much more comfortable and empowered. Simulta

Mercury is stationing in the sign of Taurus today and will turn retrograde tomorrow. Here’s what to watch for as the weekend approaches: * Revising, reconsidering, rehashing, something from the past (Mercury RX)* Going back through something, carefully, for the sake of greater harmony or peac

The last quarter Moon is in Aquarius today. Meanwhile, Mercury turns retrograde in the next few hours and Venus will soon enter Taurus.As this Moon cycle winds down, the planets occupying the double bodied signs right now (Jupiter, Mars/Saturn, and Neptune) are getting ready for a big month of May.

This morning as I was in my prayer and meditation time, which this year involves a revisiting of various biblical texts, I was thinking about the upcoming Mars’ retrograde and I was inspired to revisit a passage from the very end of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. When I was seventeen y

Let’s take a deeper look at Mars’ retrograde today. Currently Mars is just 18 days away from turning retrograde in the sign of Sagittarius. Meanwhile Saturn has also turned retrograde in Sagittarius, and sitting sandwiched between Mars and Saturn is the heart of the Scorpion star, Antar

For today’s horoscope let’s take another look at the upcoming Mars’ retrograde. During my prayer and meditation time this morning I revisited the very short but powerful book of Jonah from the Old Testament. To recap the story, Jonah is commissioned by God to prophesy and preach t