Tag: Moon

The Full Moon in Leo: Diva Moon

This Full Moon can show you how to be an absolute, gold-standard showstopper. But to make it work you’ll have to do things a little differently and accept some outside input. The upcoming (February 7th) Full Moon in Leo will … Continue read…

Red, Red Wine…

It’s wine o clock on a Friday afternoon here in a very soggy Sydney.
I am sipping on a glass of pinot gris from the Yarra Valley, and inhaling the fumes from fresh enamel paint. The Moon is in Pisces, Mercury is about to wheel and deal his way out o…

Today’s Influences: Get It Done Right

If you have mundane tasks that need to be done, today is excellent for powering through. The Sun in Capricorn provides focus and assistance from authority as it trines busy Mars in Virgo. You can receive recognition (Sun) today for … Continue rea…

The Rising Planet: Your “First Responder”

The planet closest to your Ascendant, usually in the first, second, or third houses, is called the rising planet. I also call it the “first responder” planet, because it’s the planet that is first on deck to handle anything new that comes your way. What’s your first responder planet, and how does it operate in your life?

I Don’t Know How She Does It

Despite being located in Indonesia, the official religion in Bali is Hinduism- but a different sort of Hinduism to what is practised in India. I won’t get into details here (mainly because I’ll probably get them wrong!), but is has to do with what …

Declaration of Intent

The other day, before the Moon moved into Sagittarius, I declared (in hindsight, possibly a little rashly) that I was not having any cocktails until Christmas (Bintang doesn’t count and is cheaper than a bottle of water back home) and that I was goin…

Total Eclipse…and all that…

As I write this, I have half an eye on a piece of pork belly that I am attempting to blister the crackling on before pouring milk into the pan to cook it slowly. Scented with sage, the milk will tenderise the meat so it should melt off the fork. I’m …

The Whole of the Moon

We are not far away from the Sagittarius New Moon, and a partial Solar Eclipse.
Eclipses, as we know, are extremely potent New Moons and usually herald change of some type. And the thing about change is that we can’t control it. The other thing about…