Tag: new moon

New Moon in Aries: Who’s Your Sensei?

I’ve always been reasonably good at getting along with people – except when it comes to anything involving creative expression or “play.” For instance, do not engage me in games of any kind; I’m a poor sport at everything from miniature golf to Yahtzee. Don’t ask me to sing with your band unless you’re prepared […]

Moon Transits

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
–Anton Chekhov

New Moon in Pisces: Illusion of Happiness

You can listen to an audio podcast of this post here. Evidently, recent research suggests that the happiest marriages are between people who are delusional about each other. I think there may be something to this theory. Happy couples are happy, I susp…

Aquarius New Moon: Year of the Full Metal Rabbit

Hail the Aquarius New Moon (Feb. 2, 6:31 pm PST) and the Chinese Year of the Rabbit! I confess that I know next to nothing about Chinese astrology, but over the years I’ve been baffled by descriptions of the alleged gentleness and delicacy of tho…

January 4 Solar Eclipse: Marley’s Ghost

In this eclipse chart, Saturn in Libra is a Jacob Marley figure (Saturn rules business, and Libra represents partners), contesting the single-minded ambition of the Capricorn with a single question: What good are achievements if you have no one to shar…

January 4 Solar Eclipse: Relationships, Resolutions

The chart for this eclipse features the New Moon and Mars in Capricorn, all square Saturn in Libra. With so much tension between planets in the signs of ambition and collaboration, your New Year’s resolutions for 2011 had better provide time and space …