Tag: Moon

Astrology of Now: Bright Ideas, Shiny Synapses

The Moon from De SphaeraAs I write, the Moon is running the gamut of an opposition to Pluto. She’s in her own sign, Cancer, so she’s no pushover, even for the lord of the Underworld. But as she slides through the sea of Cancer, she brings into action a…

Burn Your Name

I like starting things. This is partly because I have a lot of planets in the first house, and the first house is very much associated with Aries…and Aries is very much associated with starting stuff. It’s also because I was born just a couple of h…

A Quiet New Purpose: New Moon in Capricorn

There’s a New Moon in Capricorn on January 11th (at 21 degrees). It’s joined by Venus, Pluto and Mercury, which sit close by, but are not conjunct. Still, you’ll feel the buildup of energy; these planets are activating Saturn ruled &#…

Wake Me Up Inside…

For better or for worse, most of us are attached to the way things are. It’s why we stay in jobs and relationships that are so long past their use by date that if they were a vegetable they would have festered into a manky science experiment mess at …

the astrology of a full moon meltdown…

So, last night, almost exactly as the Moon was full, I had a meltdown. It was a meltdown fitting for a Cancer Full Moon…it was cyclonic, it was also, in retrospect, textbook for the transits the Moon was making to my chart. We’ve talked before abou…

How Does She Do It?

Despite being located in Indonesia, the official religion in Bali is Hinduism- but a different sort of Hinduism to what is practised in India. I won’t get into details here (mainly because I’ll probably get them wrong!), but is has to do with what …

What You Need: Full Moon In Cancer

There’s a rather intense Full Moon on December 28th, at 7 degrees Cancer. It will be opposing the Sun (and Pluto at 9 degrees Capricorn). Cancer wants, Capricorn says “Not so fast”.  Pluto intensifies the entire dynamic. There’…