Last month, Bekah's guest blog piece about Venus and Pluto meeting in a bar offered a fine perspective on the plethora of wild sexual indiscretions that made the news last month. This month she invites us to dance with the Sagittarian Centaur! Solar Eclipse in Mutable Air + a Total Lunar Eclipse in Mutable Fire = ... Marshmallows, anyone? Sagittarius is a mutable fire … [Read more...]
Venus and Pluto rule the opposing signs of this Full Moon—Taurus as form and Scorpio as emotion—which prompted the following question from my guest blogger Bekah Finch: Can the Goddess of Love harmonize with the Lord of the Underworld? Venus does not bow to another's will easily. While her light side is all that is loving, thriving, sensual and beautiful, her dark side can be … [Read more...]
Energy sensitives are well aware of the current line-up of planets in Aries. It's easy to catch headaches these days! Aries is fire that burns hot in the head. It sends us charging forth--discovering, battling, creating, protecting--wherever our impulsive thoughts lead. With the Full Moon in Libra, the sign of balance, we get a not-so-secret instruction: pause and regain … [Read more...]
I hear there hasn't been a lunar eclipse like this--occurring at winter solstice--for 456 years. People get excited about rare celestial events. But I've seen a few of these come and go. To me it seems the greater rarity now is any moment when a human fully meets the sky. Even if a lunar eclipse occurred every year on the solstice, what matters is how you meet it this time. … [Read more...]
Earlier this year, the people-who-have-nothing-better-to-do raised a ruckus about 4-year-old Shiloh Jolie-Pitt dressing like a boy. Apparently she likes short hair, boys' neckties, jackets and hats. Mon dieu! In a Vanity Fair article, mom Angelina Jolie admitted yes, her kid "dresses like a little dude," and later elaborated for Reuters: "I think she (Shiloh) is … [Read more...]
Dana’s writing… brings the meaning of the planets to life like no other writer in this field. She’s the Meryl Streep of astrological writers: smart, sane, and insightful...”
Jeff Jawer, The Mountain Astrologer
