The Sun is winding down its annual tour of Scorpio’s turgid bayou country, headed for the clear, open skies of Sagittarius (arriving on November 22). But as it paddles for the surface, the Sun makes aspects this week to three planetary giants: Ju…
Tag: transits
Mercury in Sagittarius: Infinite Jest
Mercury entered Sagittarius on Monday for a several week stay (it will enter Capricorn on the 30th). Those born with Mercury in this sign (or in my case, in the 9th house and opposed Jupiter; same difference) will freely attest to its ebullience, phi…
Neptune turning direct: The Fog.
I spent the last couple of days mostly on the couch, mindlessly surfing the net and taking long naps, eating leftover Halloween candy, almost completely unable to marshal my resources and get anything done. I figured it was a sort of social hangover af…
Mars transits: 3 ways to botch them
Transiting Mars moved into my first house a few days ago and I’ve been reminded – as I am every two and a half years – of a few things. First of all, important Mars transits – such as Mars moving into the first or tenth houses…
Mars in Sagittarius Refrigerator Poetry
Mars entered Sagittarius last night – and there the warrior planet shall mount his crusade, tilting at windmills astride a fiery steed, through December 7. Are you feeling Mars’ primal vigor colliding with Sagittarius’ good-natured enthusiasm…
Why You Shouldn’t Fear Scorpio (Much)
Roughly a metric buttload (what? it’s a measurement!) of planets are currently moving through Scorpio, and people can’t stop talking about it. Of course, it doesn’t take much to get people talking about Scorpio. We’re fascinated…
Become the Transit or Suffer the Transit
When a planet transits a house it is asking you to embody more of its energy in that area of your life. The more you resist embodying the energy of the planet, the more that energy will creep up on you from the outside. Instead of fearing or avoiding a planet’s energy, purposely welcome it
Mercury Retrograde in Virgo: Stop Tinkering with Sh*t
What to do and what not to do during Mercury’s retrograde through Virgo.
Transiting Saturn: Restructuring and Getting Real
This is a continuation of the previous post Transiting Saturn and Your House in Capricorn. Because Saturn is the traditional ruler of Aquarius, both the Aquarius and Capricorn houses are included in these delineations. Natal Capricorn or Aquarius in the 1st house As Saturn transits through each house of your natal chart, it carries with […]
Transiting Saturn and Your House in Capricorn
Transiting Saturn is still the ruler of Capricorn Transiting Saturn, like natal Saturn, is the ruler of Capricorn. Each of us has a house in our chart that contains Capricorn and that house is ruled by Saturn. Saturn has its “Saturn” functions: to make you aware of reality, to create structure in your life, to […]