This week is the festival of Wesak, honoring the birth, death, and enlightenment of the Buddha. A portal is opening. Wesak takes place at the Scorpio Full Moon, with the Sun in Taurus. There is some confusion about this, as Eastern religions use sidereal astrology, which means that Wesak sometimes is in June, by which more »
Although there aren’t many major planetary aspects this week, what we’ve got promises to bring a flurry of activity. Mercury has been retrograde since April 18. On Tuesday, the Messenger stations direct at 2°39′ Taurus, in an applying conjunction with the Moon and tight trine with Pluto in Capricorn. The Moon is still in the waning more »
Question: What’s the difference between a Saturn-Uranus opposition in Virgo and Pisces and the same opposition in Libra and Aries? Answer: I don’t know. But we’re about to find out. It’s not often that we get this great opportunity to get out of the lab and into the field. I’ve been studying charts, and theoretically, more »
The Full Moon in Scorpio normally is a magical time of regeneration and rebirth. That’s all the more true for the Scorpio Full Moon on April 28, thanks to a smooth, flowing connection between the Sun, Moon, and Pluto, Scorpio’s ruler. Moreover, the Sun is in tight conjunction with retrograde Mercury, and Pluto is retrograde, more »
The Full Moon in Scorpio on May 9 seems pregnant with possibilities, as if we are standing on the edge of the precipice waiting for a signal to leap off. But with Mercury retrograde until May 31 and Saturn at a virtual standstill, actual movement is not likely. The elements are evenly balanced in this more »