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December 2013 Astrological Overview

Bookend Dark of the Moons The days to Winter Solstice (Dec 21st) are when the solar light is diminishing.  But in that dark, the light of the spirit shines bright.   The Sun is in hopeful Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter, the light bringer.  In the madness of holiday rushing around, or longings, and loneliness…there can be magic.   The fire of   Sagittarius (Sun) makes for lively get-togethers, travel and dreaming (about the future).  This gives way to the active sounding out of Capricorn (Sun), when the “how” to the “what” is given deep consideration.  Both signs are do-ers, so what’s in the incubation stage in December, has both momentum and substance.   December begins and ends in the suspended time of active dreaming – the   dark of the Moon .  There are New Moons   on December 2 nd   (Sagittarius) and January 1 st   (Capricorn).  Both of these are sublime, to get in the groove that is most ...

August 2013 Astrology Overview

Chiron, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto occupy the central roles in the Astrology of August. Escaping its retrograde shadow on August 4th, Mercury is currently in direct motion. This represents a major shift in the energy, especially since Mercury will enter Leo right after, by August 8th. Up to this point – and continuing throughout the current month – it has been a powerful time for the Water, or feeling, element, three planets residing under this sign: Jupiter in Cancer, Saturn in Scorpio, and Neptune in its own sign of Pisces. At the beginning of August, Jupiter leaves the trine with Saturn and Neptune, and comes into opposition with transformative Pluto. Then, by the time of the New Moon of August 6th, it enters into square with Uranus. This is configuration is a truly powerful one, marking a time of intuitional leaps and fresh beginnings in the realm of ideas and inventions. Another dose of the feeling element is brought in by the New Moon which strongly aspects Chiron, the Wo...