Mercury returns direct this week, but it’s going to be a nail-biter of a finish. Many of you have written to me with reports of how difficult this Mercury retrograde period has been. I predicted that this month would be among the most challenging of the year, not only because of Mercury’s retrograde phase, but more »
This promises to be another fairly quiet week, although there will be some movement and more than a few hints of what’s coming next. Mercury is retrograde for another week, keeping us in analytical mode, especially regarding what took place over the summer. We can’t move forward until we resolve certain dilemmas and reconcile conflicting more »
The New Moon in Virgo on September 8 is a quiet, thoughtful time in which we can view old problems in a new light and perhaps see important details that we overlooked in the past. Sometimes all it takes to make big changes is a new perspective, and those little details can make all the more »
I doubt if there are many people who follow astrology who are unaware that Friday’s New Moon at 25°59′ Virgo conjoins the Saturn end of the Saturn-Uranus opposition in Virgo-Pisces. This opposition, exact this week, gives extra weight to this lunation. Because Mercury, Virgo’s ruler, is part of the Virgo stellium, it would appear to more »
We’re still in the wake of last Saturday’s New Moon in Virgo, and we likely will see manifestations of it right up until Wednesday, when the Sun conjoins Saturn, thus carrying the energy of the New Moon to Saturn’s “classroom.” What lesson you’re learning at the hand of the taskmaster depends on what house of more »
The New Moon this Saturday, August 30, is the first following the pair of eclipses earlier this month. The Sun and Moon at 7°48′ Virgo, conjunct Saturn, emphasize responsible manifestation of our goals. Saturn is the taskmaster, but at least we find that what he asks of us is easy to understand – not necessarily more »
The Sun is in Virgo, and fall is definitely here in the Pacific Northwest. The days are noticeably shorter, the light is growing thinner, the nights are cold, and the vegetable stands are overflowing with good things from the Earth. This is my favorite time of year, when I feel invigorated. Perhaps we know deep more »