art by Kate Monkman When the planet of drive and desire, anger and frustration travels through the sign of peace and harmony it’s not always easy. Mars in Libra craves harmony and true partnership- the equanimity that occurs when everything in our lives is in balance. Libra is the sign of love and […]
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art from Astrosignum Retrograde update: We currently have five planets (including Chiron) in retrograde motion: Pluto, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Chiron. Mercury, in preparation for its retrograde turn on September 27th, has slowed down and we are in the “shadow phase” of the Mercury retrograde cycle, where communication becomes more personal and therefore […]
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art by Julie Dillon I found this article quite interesting: What is the 21st century going to be about? If you had asked me 20 years ago, on, say, Sept. 10, 2001, I would have had a clear answer: advancing liberalism. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of apartheid, Deng […]
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http://gty.im/1325828628 As someone with a difficult chart myself, I have long pondered this question. For me, nothing supports the idea of working out issues, problems and situations through multiple lifetimes than astrology. We are born with these charts before anything happens to us, and when we have a difficult chart and our life patterns […]
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This week we have no major planetary aspects causing trouble, and the week begins with the energies of the Virgo New Moon (catch up here if you missed it) lingering for the first few days. New Moons bring that sense of a clean slate, and here we have a trine from Uranus which helps to […]
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by Lynn Hayes. At the New Moon the energy of the Sun and Moon unite in a burst of enthusiasm, and each month as the New Moon progresses through the signs we have an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the principles of each sign in sequence. This year’s Virgo New Moon takes place September […]
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by Lynn Hayes. At the New Moon the energy of the Sun and Moon unite in a burst of enthusiasm, and each month as the New Moon progresses through the signs we have an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the principles of each sign in sequence. This year’s Virgo New Moon takes place September […]
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art by Karin Foreman The correlations between astrology and religion has always fascinated me. Religion denigrates astrology as fortunetelling, but also utilizes it to date all important holidays. A portion of this article was posted back in the mists of the history of this blog, but it is still fascinating to me. Back […]
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So many of you have asked for some kind of recording and let’s try it this week. There is a recording of this update at the end of the post. Let me know what you think in the comments. This week we have a lack of the fire element in the planetary energies, and Mars, […]
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There is a certain death that occurs as part of the healing process, a part of us unable to survive illumination. As we turn the light around, according to one Daoist alchemical text, a piece of soul will fall away. While it is tempting to spin out of the uncertainty and quickly into rebirth, there […]
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