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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What Aries Has To Teach Us: Erich Fromm and René Descartes

Aries is not a sign associated with philosophy — that is Sagittarian territory according to tradition. However, the Ram knows how to get to the essence of things. In fact, the father of modern western philosophy himself, René Descartes is an Aries Sun. His Sun conjuncts Uranus, the planet of rebellion and innovation, and indeed he upturned 2000 years of received wisdom when he sat down one evening by the fire and started to cogitate about what he really knew for sure, and what he just thought he knew. Descartes famously realised that the only thing he could really be […]

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Something about niggles that grow…

Wednesday 20 April 2016 Moon in Libra Venus square Pluto Very often it’s these little transits, the mercifully super quick ones that last just a day- sometimes more- that indicate something much bigger is happening in the background, something that…

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Mars Retrograde – Pent Up Anger

I spoke with a raging client last night; he’s got Mars in Aries. He was super-pissed. His anger was mildly justified, but a peer had fed the fire. By the time he called me, he was contemplating quitting his job, in … Read More…

Morning of the Earth: Happy Birthday Taurus

Ruler: Venus Exalted: the Moon Detriment: Mars Polarity: Feminine/ Negative Modality: Fixed Element: Earth Body Parts: metabolic system, thyroid, storage systems, neck, throat, tonsils, ears, vocal chords Nature: dry, cold, enduring Motivation: To store, to make solid, to manifest, to…

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