Venus Retrograde In Scorpio & Libra 2026: War & Peace

Venus will turn retrograde at 8 degree Scorpio on October 3rd. This is a day to watch as the conditions in that moment are unignorable. Specifically, there will be a tight sun, moon, Saturn T-square in the Cardinal signs. Even more relevant, Venus will…

Astrology Highlights for July 20-26, 2026: The Commonality

For nearly eight decades, the sextile of Neptune and Pluto has been present in most birth charts, in various signs and within various orbs of exactitude. And this week’s exact aspect between them is the first in a series that will last through Feb. 2032, when it finally wraps up.

We could be forgiven to thinking that it’s so common, there isn’t much to say about it. But in fact, it’s a chart signature that binds us together, a point of commonality. Even something like a slow-moving Pluto transit in a particular sign doesn’t last as long as this sextile has.

Weekly Forecast: July 20-24, 2026 – Mercury Direct

Mercury in Cancer continues to actively square Aries Saturn all week through Thursday, then Mercury stations direct in the afternoon. Slowdowns and blockages in communications, plans, and attitudes may take a while to clear, but it’s a bit like a…

Effects Of Being Cut Off From Pain & Suffering

“People do not realize just how much they are putting at risk when they don’t accept what Life presents them with, the questions and tasks that Life sets them. When they resolve to spare themselves the pain and suffering, they owe to their nature. In s…

Last Week Of July, 2026 – Full Moon Drama Incoming

Things feel tense and pressured at the moment. Further, the stakes are high for many, if not most! It doesn’t matter if the current transits don’t hit your chart.  Chances are they hit the guy next to you; you’re in the blast radius. …

Learn From the Past to Understand the Grail

A few weeks ago, on a visit to a blissfully cool, wet Glasgow, my friend Anne Whitaker shared a particular piece of her research that came about because she’d been looking at “Barbault’s Basket” and thought to herself, well, that’s strangely familiar. Anne was remembering the pattern in the sky at the moment of the […]

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