This week is packed with planetary juju leading up to the eclipse. A harmonious sextile from Mars to Saturn and Pluto is just behind us but the energies of calm and powerful strength still linger to offer a strong foundation from which we can create. With the Sun having moved into Capricorn at the Solstice, […]
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Photo by Matt Champlin Long dark mornings gradually awaken to frost covered landscapes Green fields now hardened rock, trees with their cast iron fingers pointing Accusingly at grey overcasts skies, clouds pregnant with water to fall as snow Lights from house lined streets their a golden glow cascading before them. A damp dark […]
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art by Wendy Andrews For millenia, the December solstice has been celebrated in the northern hemisphere as the time of the return of the Sun. Called Yule in the Celtic lands and Shab-e-Yalda by Persians, among others, the return of the Sun was worshiped as a god -in the Celtic lands the Oak […]
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photo from Anthony Murphy The planetary energies are relatively quiet this week and mostly benevolent. The effect of Jupiter in a harmonious trine to Uranus which culminated last week still lingers for another week or so. With no other major planetary alignments to dilute the effect of this wonderful trine, we can create […]
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Photo by Markus GrassThis beautiful poem was written by Clarissa Pinkola Estes on the death of the wonderful John O’Donohue, whose works appear frequently in these pages. Under the trine from Jupiter to Uranus this week our perspectives can shift and we can begin to see our world in a new light. The Painted Face […]
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New feature! On Fridays I’ll select one of the over 2500 articles I’ve written to revive for today’s times. Today we explore Edgar Cayce’s unusual views on reincarnation and planets. “Ascension” by Juan Carlos Garcia I found this article about Edgar Cayce and astrology linked to the Astrology Weekly forum. I am particularly […]
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There is lots to unpack this week! Grab something to drink and let’s get started. First, the challenging square aspect between Jupiter’s expansion and Chiron’s pressure to squeeze out the pain from old wounds for release is on the wane. If this has affected you personally, either emotionally or physically, you may find you feel […]
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Photography by Marianne McCann Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will […]
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As we prepare for the upcoming square between Jupiter’s expansive optimism and Chiron’s pressure for healing old wounds, I thought it would be useful to repost some articles about Chiron that you may have missed. art by James Mesple. The mythological Chiron was a creature that was half man and half horse, so he is […]
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The big news this week is Jupiter bring its expansive powers of confidence and optimism into the usually sensible and practical sign of Capricorn. Historically, financial markets have done very well when Jupiter is in its own sign of Sagittarius – economics rely on optimism of the masses to stay buoyed up, and when that […]
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