Venus is just separating from it’s opposition to Uranus and Mars is now applying to a square with Pluto.* Here in the US another mass/public shooting, this time in a church in Texas. Last week we also saw bicyclers mowed down on a bicycle path in NYC.* Last week I wrote several times about Ve

Over the next few days, Venus and Mars will be moving into a lesser known configuration called “contra-antiscia.”* A sign’s contra-antiscia is the sign/degree equally distant from the other side of the Aries/Libra axis. Contra-antiscia signs also have equal ascensional times (each

Over the next few days, the Sun is moving through its opposition to Uranus, just as the new Moon comes through. Meanwhile, Venus and Mars are moving into a contra antiscia with each other today and tomorrow.Here’s what to watch for:* Brilliance, insight, clarity (Sun/Uranus)* Discovery, break

Just finished my latest talk on the yoga of the houses. Today’s talk is on the 3rd house, which was traditionally called, “goddess.”  It’s $10 to download from my audio store. Enjoy!

A few days ago I wrote about a concept in astrology called “contra antiscia.”​Today Mars and Venus are moving into this lesser known aspect (look back a few posts ago on my wall to read about the ins and outs of contra antiscia).As I’ve looked through my facebook wall today

Venus and Mars are just separating from their contra antiscia, and the Sun is moving into an opposition with Uranus. Meanwhile, Mercury is moving into a conjunction with Jupiter.Here’s what to watch for:* The Sun/Uranus opposition creates a kind of hyper-tense alertness, a call to arms, a rev

Today an exploration of a young Mercury and an old Jupiter.* Not everyone is aware of the fact that when the Sun is just about to conjoin Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn, those superior planets (superior = slower than the Sun) are considered to be symbolically “old,” as they near the end of th

Over the next week, Venus will move into a square with Pluto and Mars will also enter Venus’ home sign of Libra.What to keep your eyes on over the next ten days or so:* Women in power* Women and the underworld* The transformation of the feminine* Death in relationships* Power struggles and di

Mars is entering the sign of Libra today, the home sign of Venus.* Although sometimes we refer to any planet in the sign opposite its own as being it its “detriment,” it was also classically said to be in its exile. The connotation of the word exile is completely different from the word

Jupiter is just separating from its opposition to Uranus, and meanwhile, Venus is opposite Neptune.* Although Jupiter/Uranus is front and center right now in the sky, it’s interesting to note the passing of the iconic Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner, right as Venus is coming into an opposition w

Venus is opposite Neptune.* The 50th hexagram of the I Ching is sometimes referred to as “Establishing the New,” and it depicts an ancient Chinese sacrificial vessel with two handles and four legs.* The vessels were called “ding,” and they were made whenever a new dynasty be

Saturn has been hanging out at roughly the same degree of Sagittarius since all the way back in July. What does it mean now that Saturn is starting to pick up speed again?* Today Saturn is at 22 degrees Sagittarius and some change. Saturn first entered the 22nd degree of Sagittarius around July 7th

Jupiter opposite Uranus is just past its perfection…* Again, we can’t help but notice the presence of Pluto and Saturn in the mix of this configuration. Right now in the collective we’re seeing revolution mixed together with violence, karmic reckoning, destruction, and extremism&#

The Moon is moving into an opposition with Venus and Mars today as Venus and Mars move into a conjunction by the end of the week.* Whenever Venus and Mars come together in the sky there is an erotic or creative tension in the air.* In the sign of Virgo it’s possible that we see images of desi

Some astrological thoughts I’ve had over the past few days… Sometimes we rush to look at the charts involved in tragedies. We look at what planet was rising when the hurricane hit, or we look at what was going on in the chart of the shooter, or what planet was on the midheaven over Las

Happy Full Moon Everyone!Venus and Mars are exactly conjunct today as the planetary rulers of the Jupiter/Uranus opposition.Here’s what to watch for:* The battle of the sexes. Notice for example that yesterday one of the NFL’s leading athletes, Cam Newton, demeaned a female reporter for

Venus and Mars are both moving into a square with Saturn over the next few days and the Sun is moving into a square with Pluto.Here’s what to watch for:Venus/Saturn* Refining your taste* Commitment phobias* Deepening our commitment* Boredom in love* Sexual frustration* Sexuality and ideology*

Both the Moon and the Sun are in Venus’ sign this weekend as Venus moves into a square with Saturn.Here’s what to watch for:* Challenges to women and women’s health​* Younger women approaching older men* Intergenerational love affairs* Ideological conflicts within relationsh

Venus has just moved out of the enclosure between Mars and Saturn, and now Mercury is cazimi with the Sun. Meanwhile, Jupiter is just a few days away from entering Scorpio.Here’s what to watch for:* A little technical astrology. Yesterday’s brief enclosure for Venus may have been challe

As the Jupiter/Uranus opposition closes in, here are a few more things to consider:* I’ve heard more than a few people comment that they feel like they are on the brink of a significant change in their lives, but that they feel, for the moment, stuck in a holding pattern. If this is something