Untangling this Ancient Knot of Pain: Lunar Eclipse in Cancer

January 10, 2020

We tend to think change will require some great exhausting effort. That we will have to gear up for it and push really hard. But the change required now is to stop going about things in that way. To stop forcing and pushing. To do less, consume less, work less. Yes, Saturn in Cap lends itself to discipline and work. But as Saturn is with the South Node, we are called on to release the unhealthy patterns of Saturn, and that includes force and over-effort.

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This Sick Worldview: Jupiter in Capricorn

January 9, 2020

It becomes easier to discern the air we’ve been breathing all along. Through the hard work of examining our collective shadow--that many of us have been engaged in for many years--we can see better now how patriarchy and systems of power and control have shaped our thoughts, beliefs, and ways of life.

Nebuchadnezzar by William Blake

Saturn-Pluto and the Projection Dynamic

January 6, 2020

When we deny the shadow within ourselves, we tend to project it onto others. It becomes: we are good, they are bad (the most widespread and pernicious delusion). In its subtle form, it makes relationships difficult. But in a social context it leads to the logic that we ought to round up the bad guys and lock them away, or worse.

All Our Skeletons: Pluto in Capricorn (2008-2024)

January 4, 2020

Pluto is a deep, roiling, transformative, force that wells from the earth and through our bodies, moving us in ways we don’t understand--offering us our power back; a power at odds with our current world. In the process, Pluto--sometimes rudely--shows us our shadow.

Turning the Page. Welcome to 2020. It's a Whole New Era.

January 1, 2020

Astrologers have been talking about 2020 for a long time. It’s not just any year, astrologically speaking. Astrology measures periods of time by planetary cycles. The cycle of the Sun and Moon create the monthly lunar cycle, but every planetary combination signifies a particular archetypal combination and length of time. This year, several bigger cycles are ending and beginning, suggesting this year marks a significant turning point in the grand scheme of history.