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The Erotic as a Primordial Force of Nature: Full Moon in Scorpio

May 6, 2020

While Eros eventually evolved into Cupid, the cute god responsible for inspiring love and romance, in the earlier mythologies of ancient Greece, Eros was one of the primordial Gods. Alongside Chaos, the original void from which all else emerges; Nix (Night); and Tartarus, (The Abyss); Eros was imagined as one of the original elements responsible for the birth of all else in existence, a non-gendered, procreative force spurring the creativity of the cosmos itself.

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On Wealth and Revolution: New Moon in Taurus

April 22, 2020

Every year, Taurus season in the Northern Hemisphere brings with it the thick blooms of spring, and the sprouts of seeds planted during the initiating season of Aries. We witness--if we are so fortunate--the wealth of nature, Earth’s riches, the blossoming that comes only after the dead of winter. And we are brought back to our senses with this beauty, brought into our bodies, and into the present. We may remember the magic of stillness and silence…. But, of course, it’s not so simple.

Astrology and Coronavirus: Aries Season

March 25, 2020

Just days after the total solar eclipse in Capricorn on December 24th, a Chinese doctor, Li Wenliang, raised the alarm about multiple mysterious pneumonia cases, the cause of which was unknown. (Eclipses are considered among the most significant astrological events, thought to correspond with significant events, often out of our control, that bring about changes that unfold over months.)

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Business as Usual is Cancelled: Mars in Capricorn

March 12, 2020

I do find it interesting that what with Coronavirus and the blockades in support of Wet’suwet’en, we are being forced to stop. As Mars moves through Capricorn (February 16th--March 30th), it activates the major themes we’ve been working with for over a year.

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Critical Mystic: Full Moon in Virgo

March 9, 2020

Pisces, without Virgo, risks idealism, delusion, and self-sacrifice. So many have been cheated into following gurus, teachers, and cults, that promise salvation but turn out to be frauds. Religions and cults have long abused the energy of Pisces, by convincing us that our critical faculties interfere with our spiritual lives. We ought to trust, have faith, believe, and not question. And then we are ripe for abuse by power hungry, manipulative leaders…

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Remember Fun? Full Moon in Leo

February 7, 2020

Aquarius, for all its friendliness, can get serious. Too much future-scheming leads to living in the head. Ideas are important, but if we aren’t present, in touch with our senses, and able to experience the pleasures of life, then what’s the point? Leo is the remedy: it reminds us of fun, joy, embodiment, and play.

Image from Songs of Love and Death etc. by Margaret Armour Afterwards MacDougall; from the British Library Collection

Connected: New Moon in Aquarius

January 24, 2020

Aquarius is community oriented. It’s about friendship, connections, networks. Aquarius knows what it means to be excluded and isolated, and also what it means to be connected and appreciated. And it knows that the only way to find true community is to be your own weird and unique self. This month, the opportunity is to move forward in collaboration with others. What can we accomplish through community that we can’t do alone? How can we pool our resources and expertise in order to overcome the challenges we face?

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.

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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.