This solar eclipse is the last in a series that have fallen in Capricorn and Cancer since July 2009, traveling alongside some difficult planetary configurations. Eclipses herald change, and many of us have found ourselves careening from crisis to crisis – insecure about access to life’s essentials, flapping our wings in perturbation, frantically looking for ways to make ourselves feel safe, and to bend the world to our will. Kicking back and letting nature take its course has not felt like an option. But as with all eclipses, this one is part of a larger story…
Tag: Pluto
The July 1 “Diamond” Eclipse: Push back
Saturn’s your personal coach, kicking your ass all the way to the finish line. When he’s done with you, you’ll be huddled in a corner, weeping – or else stronger and more glittering than you ever imagined you could be.
The Essence for 23 June 2011: Pluto as Distraction
1:30 PM PDT the Moon squares Pluto, and this may bring forward some concern about the much-ballyhooed Cardinal Cross. Over the next 10 days the transiting Sun will fill in with Uranus, Pluto, and Saturn, and bring a lot of … Continue reading →
Conquer Your Week With Astrology – June 20-25, 2011
Give me five minutes, I’ll give you the week ahead! This week: getting the most out of the Jupiter-Pluto trine.
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Astrology of Now: Get Up, Stand Up
“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote that about 250 years ago. Ask yourself: how am I free? how am I a slave?Uranus, the planet of freedom, is in Aries, the sign of the individual.Pluto, the planet of en…
The Contortionist: Mercury Inconjunct Pluto
As Mercury moves through Gemini over the next couple of days it will be getting some static from Pluto in Capricorn. Right now there is an inconjunct (or quincunx) between these two planets. This is a 150 degree aspect. If … Continue reading &#…
The Astrology of Disaster: Springfield, MA’s Deadly Tornado
(Astrology Explored) On the very day of a solar eclipse, in the southend and downtown of densely populated Springfield, MA, a tornado formed and tore through this New England city, leaving four dead. The tornado was latter described as an … Continue reading →
Neptune/Pluto Aspects
eeply unconscious and difficult to define processes. The darker side of life becomes glamorous. We are dazzled by secrets and taboos. We can’t look away from the wreckage. We are mesmerized by the age we live in. We are fascinated by secrets and mysteries. We become obsessed with penetrating the unknown. Deep experiences of mysticism. Powerful unconscious […]
Eclipse Aspects to Natal Planets: The Narrative of Change
Uranus/Pluto Aspects
-ray insight. Shocking transformations. Awakening to something deeper. Awaking to deep healing. Awakening to underlying problems and issues. Progress that demands total change. Awakening to the dark side. Awakening to what everyone has tried to sweep under the rug. Awakening to unpleasant truths. A period of time that demands complete overhaul almost overnight. Sexual revolution. […]

Planets woven together by difficult aspects describe your defining attributes; each time an eclipse scores a glancing blow off these aspects (about every four and a half years), you’re given another chance to become a little bit more…you.