
Speaking of surfacing information, Mercury is currently stationing retrograde in Scorpio, set to turn direct at 5 degrees on Friday. The planet is squaring Pluto in Aquarius over the next ten days. I’m naturally aligned with this energy; always i…


It looks like we may have found a scrap of hope at the bottom of Pandora’s box during this very retrograde period. At this month’s Salon we talked about what’s next in these rapidly changing times, and what’s happened to members of The Oxford Astrologer during this Venus retrograde. A few resources were recommended. Peg […]
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This New Moon in particular is on the Sabian symbol 17 Scorpio: A woman, the father of her own child. It sounds pretty inscrutable, until you realize it just means having the strength to do it all yourself – raise a children, protect a child, and by extension anything creative that you might do. All by yourself, sometimes even in the face of loss… maybe even because of it.

The Scorpio New Moon encourages authenticity, determination, and the strength to do what needs doing. Venus sextiles Mars, inviting us to revisit old desires before pursuing new ones, while Mercury and Venus both station direct and begin turning our attention toward the road ahead. A fiery Mars–Jupiter conjunction launches a new two-year cycle of action and opportunity.