transits

Comments Sep 25, 2010 | About astrology, Forecasts, Saturday Extra!

Recommended: Llewellyn’s 2011 Daily Planetary Guide

The list of books I couldn’t live without is a short one. At the top is Llewellyn’s Daily Planetary Guide. Indeed, you might call it my secret weapon, and it can be yours, too. Every year, usually in late summer, Llewellyn releases its Daily Planetary Guide for the following year. The 2011 edition is now more »

Comments Jul 30, 2010 | Ask Real Astrologers, Birth chart

Ask Real Astrologers: How Can I Create My Own Transit Chart?

This week’s question comes from Dan in North Carolina: Although I’m a fairly recent subscriber, I was drawn to a number of your interpretations. I do have a question for you. I can’t quite understand how to do “overlays” of recent events on my natal chart, such as Uranus in Aries or the more recent more »

Comments Oct 31, 2008 | About astrology, Ask Real Astrologers

Ask Real Astrologers: Am I at Risk on These Dates?

This week’s question comes from Maggie in Christchurch, New Zealand: I have recently felt drawn to “watch where I am walking,” so I started looking into transits, in particular my transits. I have yet to decide if this is a good thing or not. … My concern is this: There have been a few dates more »

12 comments Apr 29, 2008 | Forecasts

Slogging Through the Obstacles

This is an exciting week, with major astrological shifts that should leave everyone feeling a lot better. I’m more than ready to get out of this stuck space, and I know you all are, too. The week begins with several planets in their detriment or fall, including Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. As I noted in more »

17 comments Apr 27, 2008 | About astrology, General Musing, Love & Relationships

Family Power Plays and Pluto

In many ways families are the microcosm for studying the effects of planets at work in synastry, natally and by transit. I’m watching one unfold in my immediate family between my Aries SO and his younger daughter. She is currently in the early stages of transiting Pluto approaching her natal Capricorn Moon and is more »

15 comments Apr 22, 2008 | About astrology, Forecasts, Love & Relationships

Sexual Tension and a Bit of Drama

Even though the Sun and Mercury are now in placid Taurus, unstable reactive energies continue to dominate this week, promising sexual tension, melodrama, and overindulging in what isn’t good for us. Or is it? As I write, the Moon is gliding through the last degrees of Scorpio, and we’re still trying to determine what manifested more »