art by Ellen Uytewaal Mercury, the planet of messages and information, is typically in a sign for less than a month, but because of the upcoming retrograde it will remain in Cancer until August 4th. Any retrograde Mercury period is important since a retrograde planet applies greater emphasis and tends to dominate the […]
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Pluto turns retrograde, beginning a major year of retrograde activity
click to enlarge Pluto turns retrograde on April 25, 2020. That in itself is not unusual since Pluto, along with all of the outer planets, spends about half the year in retrograde motion. What IS unusual is that this year we will have between five and seven planets retrograde for five months. About […]
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A Good Day To . . . 16 February 2020 Mercury Retrograde: Dreaming Backwards
The 16th is a Good Day To . . . listen. There’s an undertone to events that sneaks up on …Continue reading →
Episode 12 | Mercury Retrograde: Where Are My Pants?
Join April and Jen for a breakdown of the week’s astrological highlights: a Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio, Mars joining the Capricorn clown car, and Mercury Rx in Pisces. Also: What goes well with Chinese food, who lost her pants, and this year’s criminally underreported Jupiter/Neptune sextile!
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A Good Day To . . .13 November 2019
The 13th it’s a Good Day To . . . reach for your highest potential, a creative goal, a surprising …
Planetary news this week: Ground and center for creative focus
Image from Deviant Art Last week’s harmonious alignment between Saturn and Neptune is still in strong effect. I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating: Where Neptune can inspire us to dream and imagine, Saturn encourages us to put those dreams to work. And where Saturn’s influence can become somewhat dull as we […]
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Astrology of Now: This Transit of Mercury
This afternoon, at around 4pm GMT, the little planet of speed, insight, commerce and travel, dances across the face of the Sun. With the right equipment, you’ll be able to see it. And I think it’s astrologically significant too. Mercury’s transit to the Sun happens 14 times this century — and only in Taurus or Scorpio. This is the axis of the material vs the hidden, the object and its shadow, procreation and death, sex and power, ownership and enslavement. Last time, Mercury retrograded in Scorpio was 2012 and 2013 — but last time he performed this particular dance in […]
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A Good Day To . . . 31 October 2019
The 31st is a Good Day To . . . embrace the dark mental precipice we’ve plunged over with Merc’s …
A Good Day To . . . 30 October 2019
The 30th is a Good Day To . . . be aware. Obvious, right? That’s something we’re always trying to do, …
Planetary news this week! Mercury turns retrograde and Venus seeks an adventure
Mercury turns retrograde on October 31, 2019, but its effects are already making themselves known. Mercury, planet of the mind, mental function, learning, communication equipment and travels of short duration, is currently traveling through Scorpio, a fixed sign of power and intense emotion. Mercury in fixed signs tends to be more…well, fixed – we becoming […]
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