On the 22nd there will be a Full Moon at 00°49’ Cancer. Full Moons are the times when matters climax, they are “now or never” moments regarding any projects we have initiated or intentions set at the preceding New Moon fourteen days ago. However this Full Moon could have a rather more ponderous or controlled feeling to it since the Sun is moving into a conjunction with sign ruler Saturn and Moon, although strong in its home sign of Cancer, may feel a little crushed by this opposition.. This particular lunation occurs one day after the Winter Solstice and is noteworthy because we [...]
JANUARY 01/01 Mars enters Aries 05/01 Mercury enters Capricorn 06/01 New Moon and partial Solar Eclipse 15°25’ Capricorn 06/01 Uranus stations direct 28°38’ Aries 07/01 Venus re-enters Sagittarius 13/01 Jupiter squares Neptune 14°54’ (Sag-Pi) 21/01 Full Moon and total Lunar Eclipse 0°52’ Leo 21/01 Venus squares Neptune 14°30’ (Sag-Pi) 24/01 Mercury enters Aquarius FEBRUARY 04/02 New Moon 15°45’ Aquarius 03/02 Venus enters Capricorn 10/02 Mercury enters [...]
……it’s just an illusion…or is it? There will be a New Moon at 15°07’ of Sagittarius on December 7th. This is a pretty buoyant New Moon, by all means be optimistic but don’t get too taken away because it could be an illusion! On New Moons we set our intentions for the month ahead and this one in particular offers the Sagittarian perspective on our destiny and our relationship with the universe inviting us to look ahead with optimism. This New Moon comes sandwiched in between Mercury stationing direct (the previous day) and Mars conjoining Neptune in Pisces (the day [...]
Seductively passionate…. After a stay in flirtatious Libra, one of its home signs, Venus, the planet of values (what WE value and desire), love and finances, re-enters the “still waters run deep” sign of Scorpio on the 3rd of December. Venus usually spends approximately 37 days in each sign but due to its 42-day retrograde period (now ended) it will actually remain for a second bout in Scorpio until the 4th of January 2019. In Scorpio, Venus is in her mythical lover’s den (one of them, the other being in Aries). Venus in Scorpio can lend itself to uncanny ways of seduction [...]
…..will we see clearly now? In earlier days Neptune was known as the planet of “chaos” meaning that the planet has little or no action upon the physical plane, it’s sphere of influence being largely confined to the psychic or emotional plane and….its influence in the natal chart will depend upon the native’s ability to respond to its vibrations.* Neptune turns direct on the 24th November at 13° 41’ of Pisces, its own sign. This means that uncertainties or lack of clarity that you have been internalizing and that may have surfaced from the past, finally start to lift as the[...]
….focus is what we need On the 23rd there will be a Full Moon at 0°52’Gemini. 0° is a critical degree when the planets are full of promise of the new energy they’ve just entered. As we all know, full moons are when matters that have been simmering under the surface emerge to be dealt with. This lunation occurs on the 3rd-9th house axis (Gemini-Sagittarius) in traditional astrology; how I think vs how they think, short trips vs long journeys, reason vs intuition etc. Both signs are concerned with gathering and spreading knowledge as well as education and travel. There is a [...]
Jupiter on steroids? Leaving the murky waters of Scorpio after a 12-month stay where many a sexy scandal was caught in the net, especially in the make-believe world of the film industry, then again with 3 trines to Neptune in Pisces what were we to expect? Jupiter will enter its home sign of Sagittarius on the 8th of November, just one day after the New Moon and the change of signs of the Lunar nodal axis. Sagittarius is the 9th sign of the zodiac, it is a mutable, Fire sign, masculine and diurnal characterised by optimism, love of freedom, lack of tact, unreliability combined with [...]
Emotions run deep…. There will be a New Moon at 15°11’ Scorpio, the second New Moon of five occurring at 15° of their relative signs. This is also the day that the Lunar Nodes will change signs, passing from the Leo-Aquarius axis to that of the Cancer-Capricorn one. Mars, the traditional ruler of Scorpio, is transiting Aquarius and is in a separating trine with Venus, still retrograde but now in Libra, this could give us a greater sensuality or boost our creative talents which are still bubbling under the surface of the retrograde. This aspect also symbolizes a perfect balance [...]
The transiting nodes are reality checks on our soul path… On November 7th, the Lunar Nodes will ingress the Cancer/Capricorn axis after having been in the Leo/Aquarius polarity since 9th May 2017. So the modality will change from Fixed (Fire-Air) to Cardinal (Water-Earth) and the nurturing instinct together with the desire to feel loved typical of the sign of Cancer will become more prominent during the next two years whilst the Capricorn area of your chart is where you’ll find difficulty in leaving your comfort zone by renouncing your more public life and your worldly ambitions to pay [...]
Mercury rides into Sagittarius, goes OOB and retrograde…. Here we are again on the brink of another Mercury retrograde period, the third and final one of this year. Mercury will enter the optimistic sign of Sagittarius on the 31st October, slip back into Scorpio for 12 days during the retrograde period (lasting from 16th November to 6th December) and will also be out-of-bounds (OOB)***from 3rd to 20th November. The retrograde period starts at 13°28’ Sagittarius (antiscion 16°32’ Capricorn) and will end at 27° 17’ Scorpio (antiscion 2°43’ Aquarius). Mercury begins his [...]