• …… can we anticipate surprises? Uranus starts his yearly, five-month retrograde period at 28°31’ Aries on the 2nd August. He will end this period at 24°34’ Aries on the 1st of January 2018. The subsequent retrograde period will start in September 2018 at 2°33’ Taurus (the planet enters Taurus on May 2018 and backtracks from August onwards to conclude in January 2019 at 28°36’ Aries). Some info…(this is more or less a repeat of last year’s Uranus retrograde fact sheet) Uranus has an 84-year orbit and spends roughly 7 years in each sign. After his discovery in 1781 [...]

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    AN INTRODUCTION TO SECONDARY PROGRESSIONS

    Early 2016 I was invited by astrologer Faith Thomas of Insight Astrology (FB page Insight Astrology, please take the time to have a look around Faith’s page, she has some super articles and advice there) to write up an article of my choice for her page. I chose the subject of Secondary Progressions and Faith published my article in April 2016, this was later also published by the Kepler College on their website (www.keplercollege.org -  also well worth a look since they offer webinars and lessons at very reasonable prices). So since many of you have shown an interest in Secondary [...]

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    A time to shine but not for all….. There will be a New Moon at 00°44’ Leo on the 23rd of July. It is the first of two in the sign of Leo this year the second one being involved in the total Solar Eclipse at the end of August. New Moons are times when the Sun and Moon are conjoined in the identical degree of the same sign and this causes the Moon to remain hidden from our view. It’s a great moment to set intentions for the coming month regarding the matters of the house where it falls in our natal chart. New Moons can be seen as moments of “seeding”. The Moon in Leo finds[...]

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    being responsible is part of the game…… On July 9th there will be a Full Moon at 17°09’ Capricorn, a Cardinal Earth sign and the sign of the Moon’s detriment where it is at its least at ease. This Full Moon falls on the traditional 10th-4th axis, work vs home, public vs private, one parent vs another, rigidity vs flexibility etc. The persons most affected by this lunation will be those with planets or angles between 15-20° of the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. Full Moons are peak energy times, “now or never” moments regarding any projects we have [...]

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