Can you help identify this deck? A portion of this article was originally published in 2013. I dug it out of the archives because we are living through a plethora of catastrophes: a pandemic, the overthrow of many governments around the world, volcanoes, cyclones, fires… but there is inspiration to be found in […]
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art by James Christensen Mercury is the planet of the mind – it governs all kinds of information and messaging as well as the way we think and communicate on an individual level. Mercury also governs travels of short distances and the very idea of busy-ness. Mercury is the focal point of the […]
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artist unknown The Full Moon in Aquarius at 10:36 pm EDT on July 23, 2021 is the first of two Aquarius Full Moons in 2021 – the second one will occur on August 23rd. Today’s Full Moon is at 1 degree Aquarius – the instigation and inception of the new sign, with the […]
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artist unknown Venus and Jupiter are both very beneficial planets, so even the stressful aspects are not too bad. Today Venus, newly in Virgo, is opposite Jupiter which is at zero degrees Pisces as it retrogrades back into Aquarius. Venus moving ahead, Jupiter covering old territory. There is a sense here of an […]
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art by Silvia Duran The planets are beginning to quiet down, and as the more powerful forces wind down for now the subtler energies of the Moon can come into focus. The Moon is in Sagittarius now, whispering a tale of adventure and optimism, hinting that better times are ahead. We can certainly […]
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art by Catherine McElroy Mercury, planet of the mind, is in Cancer right now where our thinking tends to be more emotional and sensitive. Cancer is an acquisitive sign – it likes to gather and collect things of sentimental value, including thoughts and assumptions about the people around us. The unlayering process of […]
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artist unknown We spend much of our lives adding layers to our thoughts, our ideas, our emotions. Like our closets, we keep adding layers but rarely remove any which is why organization porn is so popular on Instagram. When we do this emotionally, the clutter can build up to the point where we […]
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art by Catrin Welz-Stein Many of us thought that COVID-19 was behind us, and hopefully we are moving into the last phase of the pandemic. But we are not out of the woods yet, and still learning its lessons. This piece from Gary Zukav is so perfect for the choices we are making […]
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art by Kristina Makeeva On Saturday July 17th the Libra Moon sets off the approaching opposition of the Sun and Pluto, finding a tender balance between the sensitivity of the Cancer Sun and the relentless pressure of Pluto to emerge from the safety of the cocoon and step out into the brilliant light […]
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art by Marta Orlowska While the skies are relatively quiet today with no exact aspects, the Cancer Sun is moving into an opposition to retrograde Pluto in Capricorn which culminates tomorrow. Under the influence of retrograde Pluto we are going back over difficult chinks in our reality to see what can be repaired […]
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