Venus is about to move into Scorpio- a sign she’s not particularly comfortable in. Venus in Scorpio is in what traditional astrologers term the sign of her detriment(remember back to this Toolbox?). This doesn’t mean that Venus is weak in…
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The week ahead…
I got to thinking about the words serendipity and coincidence a lot during the week. It was that sort of week. Exhibit A: A fabulous looking Jessica Rabbit (ok, someone dressed as Jessica Rabbit) hopped off my train on Sunday.…
Jupiter Transits of the Houses: Part 1
We’ve been talking a lot over the past week or so about Jupiter and Jupiter transits. This series of posts has been partly timed because I’ve had to write something about the shift in energy that is Jupiter going into…
How to interpret a Jupiter transit…
First up, you need to understand a little about the potential of Jupiter transits. If you missed Saturday’s post on that very subject, it’s here. As we saw, Jupiter is not some sort of celestial Santa Claus. The number of…
The week ahead: something about sense and sensibility…
It’s Father’s Day here in Australia, and it’s been a glorious one. We went out to a place called Cottage Point for lunch. Cottage Point is Sydney’s smallest suburb- with just 50 or so houses- and is on the Pittwater…well,…
Tuesday Toolbox: Solar Astrology
One of the most common questions I get is a variation on the following: I’m an Aries Rising and Leo is on my 6th house, but you said that if I’m a Leo Sun this New Moon will be in…
Saturn Direct: learning your lesson
Saturn has been retrograde since mid March. During this time we should have all been using the time wisely to get our Saturn shit together. Saturn constricts rather than expands (which is why many astrologers see Saturn transits…
Tuesday Toolbox: Eclipses…
Eclipse season is almost with us again- we have one next week and two in September: 18/8/16 Full Moon 25 Aquarius 51′ 1/9/16 New Moon 9 Virgo 21′ 16/9/16 Full Moon 24 Pisces 20′ There’s debate over whether the first of…
Mercury in Virgo…
One I prepared much earlier… ‘and on that farm he had a …. crocodile!’ announced Sarah. ‘But there aren’t any crocodiles on farms, Sarwah,’ pointed out A. My daughter and my niece were singing “Old Macdonald Had a Farm” in…
Tuesday Toolbox: 5 Reasons to keep an astro journal…
I’m a mad journaller- it’s something about the notebooks, I think. I’ll start a new journal for each major trip, and a new notebook for each fiction project. I also have an astro journal. I used to put all my…