Tag: Planetary cycles

The Mars effect, February 2018: Stocks, politics and personal power

Mars went into Aries on January 28th and will remain in that fiery sign of will and adventure through March 9th.  While in Aries, Mars is at its most potent and the aggressive force is permitted full expression, unhampered by the niceties of signs like Libra or Pisces, by practical considerations such as Capricorn and Taurus […]

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Mars transiting through Aries – Harness the power of the “Id”

Mars is the planet of desire and need – it is the planet associated with the “Id” in psychological theory – “the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.”  The Id makes no value judgments – it is pure desire and instinct, and so is Mars.  Freud didn’t care […]

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The Jupiter/Pluto dance: What it means for you

Jupiter, beloved by many as the planet of beneficent good fortune, is in Libra now where it is bringing its expansive qualities into the realm of diplomacy, beauty and a search for harmony.  This all sounds lovely, but things are about to get more intense as Jupiter is about to face off against Pluto, planet of ultimate […]

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Jupiter in Libra 2016-2017 brings blessings of beauty and love

Jupiter moved from the detail-oriented mental sign of Virgo into the relationship-oriented sign of Libra on September 9th 2016 and will remain in that sign until October 20th 2017. Jupiter, the Great Benefactor Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system – filled with expansive gases and generating twice as much energy as it […]

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Retrograde Mercury demands attention

I have known for a long time that the Mercury retrograde phenomenon occurs when Mercury is closest to Earth, but the obvious implications of this escaped me until I read this interesting article by John Townley: The retrograde period occurs when we are the closest in our orbit to a planet, when we are speeding […]

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The Eris-Uranus conjunction of 2015-2017

(Album Art from “All Hail Discordia” by Divine Right.) If the global situation seems crazy and insane (and it does!) we can blame it on the conjunction between Eris and Uranus in the warrior sign of Aries, a conjunction that began in 2015. Eris is a small planet that was discovered in 2003.  Her Roman name […]

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“The year that rock exploded”: Neptune in Sagittarius

I was just reading a review of a new book about 1971 as “the year that rock exploded” which says: “In his new book, Never a Dull Moment,Hepworth makes the case that the music from 1971 was the result of “a huge explosion of creativity in a very short period of time” and lives on […]

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Mars goes retrograde 2016: What it means for you

The planet Mars is essentially the driver of the psyche.  Mars energizes us, motivates us, inspires desire and want and need.  Mars helps us to set boundaries and defend ourselves, it also gives us the chutzpah we need to go on the offensive where necessary.  If that primal instinct to need and defend is thwarted […]

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October 2015 Planetary Illuminations (astrological forecast) now posted

If you are on my mailing list you will soon receive your simplified version written in plain English that is easy to understand.  You can read the whole article here, and I’ve summarized the major events for you below.  I believe that we will find the intensity of the past few months beginning to subside […]

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