Thursday morning the Moon at home in Cancer trines Mercury and Chiron in Pisces. Mercury and Chiron are tightly conjunct. We’re feeling safe enough to tackle some hard truths or allow long held insecurities to rise to the surface to … Read More…
Thanks to Rachel for suggesting Astor Piazzolla, the late great Argentinian maestro of tango. Loss, plangent longing, melancholy love — so romantic — that’s one side of Piazolla’s work. Uncompromisingly avant-garde, experimental and cutting edge — there’s an utterly different side too. Piazzolla was a composer and multi-intrumentalist, but the sound he’s most associated with is that of the bandoneon — a kind of accordion that’s essential to the distinctive tango sound. Interestingly, like James Taylor, he has a powerful Mercury-Uranus contact, and again he has incredible speed and dexterity. But his musical choices are also so daring, so revolutionary. He mixes jazz […]
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The following is a cookbook description of Chiron contacts with the personal planets in relationship. It is an edited excerpt from my upcoming book on Chiron in synastry, Beyond the Wound: Chiron always weaves a spell in the beginning. Unlike the spell of Neptune, which is the promise of forever love and effortless […]
I notice, with all these planets in Pisces, it’s very easy to slip. Slip into, whatever. I also notice that something very small can soothe a person at this time. I’ll give you an example. (…)Read the rest of Little … Read More…
We hear it, think it, learn it, it hurts and then it heals–what is it? An astrological riddle, posed by …
Image:Jupiter Direct Station May 9, 2016 at 8:14:20 am EDT Washington DC. Potential concerns for Jupiter in Mercury-ruled Virgo include moral and ethical values, scientific research, learning and teaching, excessive ambition, harmonious teamwork, good organizational skills, and superficial criticism. And of course, Jupiter may wear many hats such as politician, banker, guru or priest, judge
Sorry, I’ve been scarce. I have two more days of doctors. If all goes well, it may be a number of months before I have to go back. I miss writing, but this has to be done! One comment … Read More…
Moon trine or sextile Neptune must be one of the most romantic, poetic, idol-making aspect one can have. Its not surprising that there are a few matinee idols listed below then. The unreality and glamour of film lends itself so well to the Moon and Neptune. The soft aspects make the Moon even more fantastical, […]
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There’s no template for what turns Mars in Aquarius on. You either resonate with his unique vibration, or you don’t.
James Taylor’s soft, reedy baritone is so sweet and his melody-weaving so certain, his lyrics so perfectly distilled and his phrasing so effortless — he truly was blessed by the gods of music and song. Indeed, his first album, which included classics like Carolina in My Mind and Rainy Day Man was cut when he was just 20 in 1968: his most recent, just last year. But like Orpheus, Taylor had to pay a price for his talent. Taylor had real demons to contend with including wobbly mental health as a teenager (he committed himself several times) and subsequently years of heroin addiction. Making music probably saved him; once his […]
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