Tag: Planetary cycles

11.17.20. The final dance of Mercury opposite Uranus

art by Joma Sipe Mercury, the planet of the mind, first opposed Uranus on October 7th – where Mercury presides over information and communication, Uranus opens the portal to the higher mind where innovation and creative discoveries take place.  Mercury has been in Scorpio since September (although it dipped back into Libra while […]

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This Scorpio New Moon will urge us out of our comfort zone

art by Corinazone on Deviant Art The New Moon in Scorpio is a SuperMoon (™Richard Nolle), meaning that the Moon is at its closest point to earth (perigee).  We usually think of a SuperMoon as being a big full moon in the sky, but a New Moon can also be a SuperMoon, or […]

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11.13.20 Mars turns direct, ending the Summer of Retrogrades

2020 has brought us a tremendous period of retrograde activity as you can see in this image which I created to show the details of how many planets would be retrograde in 2020 and when.  The period between June 18th and September 29 marked an incredibly long period of time to have this many planets […]

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11.12.20 Pallas and the conjunction of Jupiter to Pluto

art by Ellen Vaman The final phase of the Jupiter conjunction to Pluto in Capricorn hits today, and the evidence is everywhere.  Ideological (Jupiter) conflict (Pluto), the destruction and rebuilding (Pluto in Capricorn) of everything that we believe to be true (Jupiter).  The Archetypal Explorer put this chart together tracking the Covid peaks […]

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11.11.20 Mercury re-enters Scorpio and the truths come out of the darkness

art by Laurie Bain Hamilton This is not a political post!  But when Mercury, planet of the mind and information, travels through Scorpio, the sign of the dark night, there is a passionate intensity that causes us to delve beneath the superficial for the real truths.  Even in today’s political climate where there […]

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11.10.20 As the Jupiter/Pluto noose tightens, the Sun trines Neptune today

artist unknown The big news of course is the very tight alignment between Jupiter (ideologies and beliefs) to Pluto (destruction and transformation). Under this influence, which began in April of 2020, we’ve seen political chaos over lockdowns and virus containment on top of other political issues thanks to the Saturn/Pluto conjunction.  The rise […]

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10.30.20 About the long-lasting square from Mercury in Libra to Saturn

  art by James Christensen Mercury is traveling retrograde right now in Libra, having left Scorpio last week to retrace its steps through the sign of balance and integration.  Libra’s job is to determine where polarities exist and find ways to bring harmony where none currently exists, and for this reason Libra is […]

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How to make it through the Mars/Pluto square!

Mars, planet of action, anger and motivation, went into Aries in late June, and by August was aligning in a square to the Capricorn stellium of Jupiter, Pluto and Saturn.  In its focus on being serious, doing the hard work and building lasting structures Capricorn tends to put the kibosh on Mars, leading to some […]

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Juno and the Black Moon Lilith tell an important story right now

There is an astonishing amount of planetary energies in the sky right now.  To recap, we have had three planets tightly wound together in the stable, grounded sign of Capricorn since the spring of 2020 (Jupiter, Pluto, Saturn), creating restriction and pressure for responsibility and the supremacy of societal organizations.  Mars (action and desire) is […]

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Mars enters Aries and we must face the warrior within.

art by Todd Lockwood Mars entered Aries today, June 27 2020.  Mars would normally be in Aries for about five weeks, but because it will retrograde during the summer it won’t leave Aries until January 6, 2021. That is a long time for Mars to be in the sign of its domicile – […]