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Hope you had a great September and enjoyed the dance of the Moon and Jupiter in the heavens.  Jupiter was the closest he’s been to the Earth in 150 years.  Quite a show!  You’ll be glad to know that October looks a little quieter astrologically. Continue reading →

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Hope you enjoyed the Blue Moon last night — and tonight.  Compared to what we’ve been seeing, September looks pretty quiet, sort of!  Here’s what’s up.

Pluto:  The planet of transformation, deep rooting out of old patterns and shining light in dark places that we don’t want to look into finishes his long retrograde (backward, i.e. moving west to east) journey on September 18th at 1:05 a.m. EDT.  At that point he will be at 7 degrees Capricorn.  Attention all those with any planet or other sensitive point on the chart, like Ascendant, MidHeaven (top of the chart) or the lunar nodes at 2-12 degrees Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus, Aries, Libra or Cancer.  Now I’m sure you’ve figured out that this will really hit the uncomfortable (but growth stimulating) aspect between Uranus (rebellion, destroyer of old forms — or any form for that matter) in Aries (sign of the quest for Self) and Pluto, who’s in the sign of structure, stability, and the status quo. So, the energy could be quite intense around that time — great time for personal growth, shedding of old patterns — or not.  We can get more entrenched and unwilling to move, but it will be painful, if that’s our decision during this transit. Continue reading →

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Hope you had a great July.  After two really active months, astrologically speaking, August looks a little calmer.  Interestingly, the month begins and ends with a full moon.  When there are two full moons in one month, the second one is called a “blue moon.”  Hence the expression “once in a blue moon.”  A full moon occurs when the moon is in the opposite sign that the sun is in; a new moon occurs when they are in the same sign. Continue reading →

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Hope you all had a good June and enjoyed the celestial doings.  July will be much quieter, although it begins with a solar eclipse that I wrote about in June.  Here’s what I wrote then, in case you’ve forgotten — or don’t want to remember! 🙂 Continue reading →

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June promises to be a very busy month with some pretty spectacular heavenly doings.  The two indicators of feminine energy –the Moon and Venus — are putting on quite a show with back-to-back eclipses and a couple of planets are changing direction – so June won’t be dull! Continue reading →

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Hope you had a wonderful April and are continuing to enjoy the lovely dance that the Moon and Venus are doing.

Venus will go retrograde on May 15th.  She will be at 23 degrees Gemini and will continue “backwards” until June 27.  In June she will also transit the Sun, but more about that next month.  A planet in retrograde is often experienced more inwardly and can have more difficulty expressing itself freely.  I believe one of the most positive uses of this retrograde is to be more loving toward ourselves and to contemplate (always a good retrograde word) how that changes the world around us.  It’s also a time to think about how we relate to each other and to Mother Earth.  I believe this celestial dance of Venus and the Moon is very signifiant as it calls us to better balance our masculine and feminine sides and masculine and feminine energy in general.  This can be a time to strengthen our own inner Sophia.  Those with planets from 18-28 degrees Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo, Pisces, Aquarius and Libra will be most affected by this change in Venus’s direction.  All this in prep for her transit across the face of the Sun (male principle) on June 5. Continue reading →

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I hope you all will continue to enjoy the lovely dance between Venus, Jupiter, the Moon and the Pleiades this month.  It’s quite the display!

Three planets change direction in April, which means they are moving very slowly, sort of standing around — hanging out, if you will. Continue reading →

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Hope your February was all that you’d hoped — unless of course you were hoping for snow in the Albany area, as some of us were.  All right — as I was!  March ushers in spring – in theory anyway — with the Vernal Equinox on March 20, when the sun enters Aries at 1:15 a.m.  This is the astrological new year — so Happy New Year!  Two days later we have a new moon in Aries — more new beginnings.

Everyone’s favorite retrograde — Mercury, in case you hadn’t guessed — occurs on March 12 at 3:49 a.m.  He had just gotten into Aries and will retrograde back into Pisces, to join the Sun (until March 20) and Neptune, who arrived in her own sign to stay last month.  Mercury will go direct in early April — before you submit your taxes.  As you know, a Mercury retrograde can confuse computers, communication, travel and it can seem that you have to re-do everything.  It’s a great time to re-treat, re-think, re-group and re-adjust. Continue reading →

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Can’t believe that January is almost over, but February starts this week, so here’s what’s happening in the heavens.

Saturn:  Our friendly taskmaster, guide, Dweller on the Threshold changes directions (goes retrograde) on February 7th at 9:30 a.m.  He’ll be at the very end of the sign Libra (29 degrees) and he’ll be there for the rest of the month.  All those with planets in late degrees Libra, obviously, Aquarius, or Gemini will experience this as a fairly easy (if Saturn is ever easy) transit.  By late degrees I mean from about 24 to 29/30 degrees.  Also those with planets in early degrees Scorpio, Cancer or Pisces will be affected by this change of direction because Saturn is so close to Scorpio.  (He’ll enter that sign in October.)  People with planets in Aries, Capricorn, Aquarius or Leo will also notice this change.  A planet in retrograde motion is experienced more inwardly and Libra seeks balance (think of a teeter totter), fairness and relationship.  When a planet changes direction it takes it a while to get moving in the new direction, so it just pulses energy until it starts moving.  That’s why we may feel this more strongly than at other times.  Saturn will change direction again in June. Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!  Hope you all had wonderful holidays!

2012 is going to begin quietly — at least astrologically speaking.  All the planets continue to do their thing and move through the heavens without major events.

Mars is the only planet that changes directions in January and he does so on January 23rd at 7:54 p.m.  He’ll be at 23 degrees Virgo and will continue his retrograde motion until April.  For those with planets or luminaries (Sun or Moon) at 15-29 degrees Gemini, Pisces, Sagittarius, Taurus or Capricorn will feel this change in direction more than others. Mars will be conjunct (i.e. next to) Neptune in the US natal chart (dreams, illusion, film industry, collective yearnings, mass confusion and/or conformity). This occurs in the US’s 9th house of religion, belief systems and taboos.  Should be interesting to watch how this plays out on the national stage. Continue reading →