Cosmic Circumstances ASTROLOGY

Friday 3/2/12

2012-03-02T08:30:00.000-08:00

At a time of flowing feeling, tension between tender sensitivity and activated physicality breaks, releasing energy of both. Mind leads the way with revolutionary self-assertion. We are building to a peak of reinforced physical nature, ready for expression with the coming spring.

(Sun in Pisces, Moon in Cancer. Mars retrograde in Virgo opposite Sun in Pisces Saturday 12:10pm Pacific time. Mercury into Aries with Uranus. Mars, Jupiter and Pluto grand trine in earth signs 3/12-15.)

Tuesday 2/28/12

2012-02-28T07:01:00.002-08:00

Looks like we survived last week's peak of saturating sensitivity, now making transition to new emergence.

Sun is still in vulnerable Pisces, with the expressive planets lining up in the physicality of earth signs, increasing pressure and defining potential in concrete matters. Moon is leading the way into spring energy (been beautiful with Venus in Aries and Jupiter in Taurus the last few nights). After a couple days of building mentality in Gemini, on Friday the Moon goes over the top of our seasonal cycle into Cancer, the release of flowing feeling (7:08am Pacific time). It may be especially emotional with the Sun in sensitive Pisces.

Moon moves into peak passion Leo late Sunday to start the week, connecting (trine) with mental Mercury, loving Venus and revolutionary Uranus in self-assertive Aries, also a passionate fire sign. It then moves into the practicality of Virgo for a few days, taking care of business, where it will be full early Thursday March 8 (1:39am).

Sensitive times, getting us right with feeling as constructive potential builds. Spirit is leading us toward a dynamic spring and summer of transformative expression.

Wednesday 2/22/12

2012-02-22T00:28:00.001-08:00

With Sun, Moon, Neptune and Chiron in Pisces, vulnerable sensitivity is getting to us, sometimes rattled by Mars retrograde in picky Virgo. It is challenging us to accept the pull of nature and settle with grace amidst the drama.

Moon joins revolutionary Uranus in the personal passion of Aries Thursday night. Sun meets wounded healing Chiron Friday.

Tuesday 2/21/12--Pisces new moon

2012-02-20T19:36:00.000-08:00

Late winter new moon. Heart, soul, healing and dreams together in tender sensitivity.

(Moon meets Sun with Chiron and Neptune in Pisces 2:35pm Pacific time.)

Pisces 2012

2012-02-19T09:28:00.000-08:00

Late winter, a month of tender sensitivity, with healing deep feeling. Physical nature is strong, real harmony a necessity. In spring we will emerge with revolutionary power.

(Sun into Pisces, with Chiron and Neptune. Mars, Jupiter and Pluto in earth signs, Saturn in Libra. Uranus in Aries.)

Friday 2/17/12

2012-02-16T23:11:00.001-08:00

Finishing a month of alignment in awareness, heart spirit hits bottom into grounded earth power.

(Sun in Aquarius, Moon into Capricorn with Pluto.)

Tuesday 2/7/12--Aquarius full moon

2012-02-07T09:16:00.001-08:00

The midwinter full moon, seed germination turning point for this year. Aligned in our essence amidst the pattern of life's interrelationship, heart fully charged with passion ready for release, from here we will move toward a new spring and summer of revolutionary transformation rooted in the power of nature. With healing dreams in spiritual sensitivity, love leads the way.

(Sun and Mercury in Aquarius, Moon full in Leo 1:54pm Pacific time. Venus into Aries with Uranus. Mars in Virgo, Jupiter in Taurus, Pluto in Capricon--grand trine in earth signs 3/14. Neptune with Chiron in Pisces. Saturn in Libra.)

Thursday 2/2/12

2012-02-02T14:35:00.001-08:00

Alignment in awareness. A shift to flowing feeling on the weekend.

(Moon in Gemini trine Sun in Aquarius. Moon into Cancer Friday 10:06pm Pacific time. Neptune into Pisces.)

Monday 1/30/12

2012-01-30T15:32:00.001-08:00

Earthy energy.

(Moon with Jupiter in Taurus, trine Pluto in Capricorn, trine Mars in Virgo.)

Friday 1/27/12

2012-01-27T10:05:00.001-08:00

Peak awareness (Sun in Aquarius). After a few days of tender sensitivity (Moon in Pisces), spirit emerges with personal passion (Moon into Aries 10:28am Pacific time).

The action impulse is getting to us about making things right (Mars retrograde in Virgo). We need to be flexible, go with the physicality of inner prompting.

Wednesday 1/25/12--Mars retrograde

2012-01-25T08:53:00.000-08:00

Mars is now retrograde in Virgo (until April 14), turning inward, activating physicality. It may be prickly at times, prompting us toward adjustment and resolution in practical matters.

It will reach peak alignment with Pluto in Capricorn and Jupiter in Taurus--grand trine in earth signs--on March 14, the expressive planets solid with the power of physical nature as we move into spring.

Monday 1/23/12--Year of the Dragon

2012-01-23T12:56:00.001-08:00

The new moon in Aquarius (11:39pm Pacific time 1/22), Sun and Moon together in awareness at the center of life's interrelationship. Essence alignment. A new beginning based in global perspective. At the full moon on 2/7 it will be launched with passion toward a spring of revolutionary emergence.

The Chinese call this the Year of the Dragon, considered fortunate, a peak of flowering fertility. With Pluto in Capricorn, Jupiter in Taurus and Mars in Virgo--grand trine in earth signs--a big year of reinforced physicality, historic transformation rooted in the force of deep nature.

Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn gives wise mind the assertion of primal power. Saturn in Libra grounds us in love, the harmonious solution. Neptune and Chiron together in Pisces brings healing dreams in spiritual sensitivity.

This is the seed germination point for a very powerful year.

Sunday 1/22/12--Aquarius new moon

2012-01-22T23:38:00.000-08:00

Essence alignment.

(Aquarius new moon 11:39pm Pacific time.)

Saturday 1/21/12

2012-01-21T12:09:00.000-08:00

Sun in Aquarius awareness, Moon in earthy Capricorn. Aquarius new moon late Sunday night.

Tuesday 1/17/12

2012-01-17T10:13:00.001-08:00

At a time of earthy physicality and intensified sensitivity, reinforced dreams of love.

(Sun in Capricorn with Jupiter in Taurus and Mars in Virgo, Moon in Scorpio with Venus and Chiron in Pisces, Saturn in Libra trine Neptune in Aquarius.)

Friday 1/13/12

2012-01-13T13:44:00.001-08:00

A peak of activated primal power (key to this year), with deep love awareness amidst it. A shift from practical matters to harmonious involvement over the weekend. We are moving toward essence alignment at the next new moon, preparation for a spring of revolutionary emergence.

(Sun, Mercury and Pluto in Capricorn, Jupiter in Taurus, Moon and Mars in Virgo--grand trine in earth signs. Venus with Neptune in Aquarius trine Saturn in Libra. Moon into Libra Saturday. Aquarius new moon 1/23.)

Sunday 1/8/12--Capricorn full moon

2012-01-08T11:38:00.000-08:00

The first full moon of winter. Soul grounded in heavy power, heart full in flowing feeling.

(Sun with Pluto in Capricorn, Moon full in Cancer 11:30pm Pacific time.)

Thursday 1/5/12

2012-01-05T15:52:00.001-08:00

From a new foundation (Sun and Pluto in Capricorn), solid with the earth this week (Moon and Jupiter in Taurus), building in mentality now (Moon in Gemini), shifting to flowing release Saturday (Moon into Cancer 1:05pm Pacific time), a full moon there Sunday night (11:30pm).

*2012

2012-01-04T14:08:00.000-08:00

Big energy grounded in deep nature coming out with transformative power. Revolutionary mind emerging amidst it. Love leads the way.

(Jupiter in Taurus trine Pluto in Capricorn. Uranus in Aries. Saturn in Libra.)

Saturday 12/24/11--Capricorn new moon

2011-12-24T15:48:00.000-08:00

Heavy grounding in deep nature, with big energy backing to a stop in primal power, turning forward.

(Capricorn new moon with Pluto, trine Jupiter ending retrograde in Taurus Sunday.)

*Happy Christmas*
A seasonal festival of home and family, celebrated by many names in many cultures, to honor the return of light to this world.
Though we must get through the coming winter, the Sun is on the rise from here, building toward a new spring of flowering fertility.

Peace and love, everyone, everywhere.

S

Thursday 12/22/11

2011-12-22T15:36:00.000-08:00

Hitting bottom is dragged out this year, waiting for the Moon to join the Sun rebounding in grounded constructiveness Saturday. And with Jupiter backing to a stop in peak earth power Sunday, Monday begins a big shift of forward momentum from a solid new foundation.

(Capricorn new moon Saturday 10:06am PT. Jupiter ends retrograde in Taurus Sunday 2:09pm.)

*Winter Solstice Christmas New Moon

2011-12-21T16:55:00.001-08:00

The Sun at the low point of our seasonal cycle, winter solstice in the north, moving into Capricorn, the grounded force of physical nature, Wednesday 12/21 9:30pm Pacific time. This year the Moon is right behind it, reinforcing the experience, into Capricorn Saturday 12/24 5:47am, meeting the Sun for new moon (with heavy Pluto) at 10:06am. Grounding at the bottom of things, rebounding with primal force from core needs.

At the same time, big, expansive 12-year cycle Jupiter is completing months of retrograde--backtracking and internalizing--in the peak earth power of Taurus, Sunday 12/25 2:09pm. A big tide of creative physicality is ready to turn forward with transformative consequences.

Tuesday 12/13/11

2011-12-13T10:32:00.001-08:00

Mental tide completes a few weeks of backtracking, internalizing, starts to move forward again. Heart and soul align in passion.

(Mercury ends retrograde 5:43pm Pacific time. Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Leo, trine Thursday 12/15 8:06am.)

Saturday 12/10/11--full moon eclipse

2011-12-10T07:06:00.000-08:00

The power of deep mind, backtracking for months, has come to a stop and begun to move forward again in true self nature (Uranus direct in Aries), energized by a full moon total eclipse near the bottom of our seasonal cycle (Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Gemini). Sunday, a shift to outflowing emotional release (Moon into Cancer 5:26am PT) begins a revolutionary assertion of personal passion.

Saturday 12/10/11--Sagittarius full moon

2011-12-07T13:16:00.000-08:00

At the last full moon before winter solstice, low ebb for the year, both planets of mental influence--quick Mercury and deep Uranus--are completing periods of backtracking and internalizing (retrograde) in fire signs, ready for a new round of passionate expression. Planets in all three earth signs are a powerful reinforcement of physical nature.

We are getting down to the bottom of things, preparing for a coming year of revolutionary transformation.

(Sun in Sagittarius, Moon full in Gemini--total eclipse--12/10 6:36am Pacific time. Uranus ends retrograde in Aries 12/9 11:05pm, Mercury ends retrograde in Sagittarius 12/13 5:43pm.)

Friday 12/2/11

2011-12-02T11:27:00.000-08:00

Getting down to the bottom of things (Sun in Sagittarius, toward winter solstice), with tender sensitivity (Moon in Pisces). Mind backtracking, internalizing (Mercury retrograde), unexpected changes requiring flexibility.

Planets in all three earth signs (Venus, Pluto, Jupiter, Mars) reinforce physical nature. We are grounded by dreams of healthy interrelationship (Saturn in Libra trine Neptune in Aquarius).

Spirit emerges with personal passion this weekend (Moon into Aries Saturday 5:51pm Pacific time).

Wednesday 11/30/11

2011-11-30T13:15:00.000-08:00

Settling down to the bottom of things, moving through alignment in awareness, mind reflective amidst it. Love, power, creativity and action in grounded physicality.

(Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aquarius, Mercury retrograde. Venus with Pluto in Capricorn, Jupiter in Taurus, Mars in Virgo.)

Thursday 11/24/11--Sagittarius new moon

2011-11-24T20:52:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving in America. New moon in Sagittarius, the low ebb of our seasonal cycle, warm and philosophical. Mind is reflective for a few weeks. Spirit rebounds with primal power starting Saturday night.

(Sagittarius new moon 10:10pm Pacific time. Mercury retrograde until 12/14. Moon into Capricorn 7:04pm Saturday.)

Friday 11/18/11

2011-11-18T06:26:00.001-08:00

Wrapping up a month of intensified feeling (Scorpio), spirit/moon moving through peak passion (Leo), into earthy expression (Virgo, with Mars) for the weekend.

Thursday 11/10/11--Scorpio full moon

2011-11-10T04:47:00.000-08:00

With the Sun in the emotional intensity of Scorpio, the Moon is full, with big Jupiter, in the flowering fertility of Taurus (12:16pm Pacific time). Spirit energy and creative physical force are ready to release into global expression. Deep feeling Neptune has completed its last retrograde in visionary Aquarius for 150 years. We are anchored by dreams of life's interrelationship, moving forward from here.

Wednesday 10/26/11--Scorpio new moon

2011-10-25T17:57:00.000-07:00

Alignment in the magnetism of spirit.

(Scorpio new moon 12:56pm Pacific time.)

Monday 10/24/11

2011-10-24T17:51:00.001-07:00

Into Scorpio now, a magnetic vortex of emotional intensity. New moon alignment there Wednesday 12:56pm Pacific time.

Big energy in grounded physicality. Jupiter in Taurus trine Pluto in Capricorn Friday 9:46am.

Monday 10/17/11

2011-10-17T13:36:00.001-07:00

In a time of love and justice, energy shifts to outflowing release.

(Sun in Libra, Moon into Cancer 6:38pm Pacific time.)

Tuesday 10/11/11--Libra full moon

2011-10-11T08:40:00.001-07:00

A full moon grounded in the need for true love, harmony and justice, energized with revolutionary personal passion, empowered with deep nature force. Healing deep feeling anchors us in spiritual sensitivity.

(Sun in Libra with Saturn, Moon full in Aries with Uranus, trine Mars in Leo, square Pluto in Capricorn with Jupiter in Taurus. Neptune with Chiron in Pisces. 7:06pm Pacific time.)

Today begins the seventh and final energy pulse of the ninth and final level of intensifying evolutionary development described by the Mayan Calendar, which comes to completion on October 28.

Apocalypse means, "the light of truth revealed." A new world is dawning.

Saturday 10/8/11

2011-10-08T17:54:00.001-07:00

At Libra new moon on 9/27 an empowered tide of love amidst intensified reality began. On 10/6-7 the Moon moved through isolating alignment in our essence, Aquarius, now in the tender sensitivity of Pisces for the weekend.

On Monday our tested hearts emerge with deep nature power and revolutionary wisdom, Moon into Aries, a full moon reflection of reinforced love there Tuesday night.

The phoenix is awakening.

(Sun in Libra, Moon in Pisces. Moon into Aries Monday 5:57am Pacific time, conjunct Uranus 9:58am, square Pluto in Capricorn 4:05pm. Full moon Tuesday 7:06pm, opposite Saturn in Libra 10:17pm.)

Friday 10/7/11

2011-10-07T18:20:00.000-07:00

The last couple days, a rite of passage. From a place of love, alignment in awareness amidst the pattern of life. (Sun in Libra/Moon in Aquarius) The Jews call it the Day of At-one-ment. Now, into tenderness. (Moon in Pisces)

Tuesday 9/27/11--Libra new moon

2011-09-27T12:25:00.000-07:00

A new beginning in loving relations, charged with passionate wisdom and deep nature power, grounded in the need for real harmony.

We must accept creation at every moment, key to peace amidst the drama.

(New moon in Libra 4:09am Pacific time, opposite Uranus in Aries, square Pluto in Capricorn, with Saturn in Libra.)

Friday 9/23/11--equinox/Libra

2011-09-22T19:42:00.001-07:00

Day and night equal everywhere on our planet, tipping toward night in the north, autumn equinox (2:05am Pacific time). The Sun crosses into loving Libra, sunset for the year, a time of romantic color.

The heart sensitivity of the Moon is activated by deep mind in passionate expression (with Mars in Leo trine Uranus in Aries).

Big, heavy energy is shaking the foundation of physical reality (Pluto in Capricorn, Jupiter in Taurus), a tide of powerful transformation. We are centered in the need for harmony (Saturn in Libra). We move forward guided by awareness of life's interrelationship, and our need to accept the mystery of divinity amidst it.

Tuesday 9/20/11

2011-09-20T11:33:00.001-07:00

With big energy in earthy physicality, Moon has been in mental Gemini since Sunday, shifting to outflowing release in Cancer 11:53am Pacific time.

Saturday 9/17/11

2011-09-17T15:18:00.001-07:00

Alignment with physical nature. Love leads the way.

(Moon in Taurus with Jupiter trine Sun in Virgo 2:20pm Pacific time, Pluto in Capricorn. Venus into Libra with Saturn.)

Friday 9/16/11

2011-09-16T11:35:00.000-07:00

A big moment of heavy earth power. It starts moving forward from here.

(Sun in Virgo, Moon with Jupiter in Taurus 8:26pm Pacific time, Pluto ends retrograde in Capricorn 11:23am.)

Thursday 9/15/11

2011-09-15T11:51:00.001-07:00

Heavy power, aligned with the ground of primal nature force for the first time since the 1760's, has been dragging us back to our core issues for months. That process is now complete, and begins moving us forward from a new foundation this weekend. (Pluto ends retrograde in Capricorn Friday 9/16.)

On Friday 9/23 we emerge from a late summer of practical resolution and adjustment (Sun in Virgo) into autumn's new beginning in the land of love (Sun in Libra), especially reinforced this year (with 30-year cycle Saturn).

We are ready for a shift from the burdens of responsibility to renewal guided by harmony.

9/12/11--Virgo full moon

2011-09-12T17:28:00.001-07:00

Situational resolution, heart full in tender sensitivity. Spirit emerges tomorrow.

(Sun in Virgo, Moon full in Pisces 2:27am Pacific time. Moon into Aries 11:49pm.)

Friday 9/9/11

2011-09-09T10:37:00.000-07:00

We are grounded by physicality (Sun in Virgo, Pluto in Capricorn, Jupiter in Taurus), feeling what we need for comfort, making adjustments, taking care of old business, getting things ready for a new fertility cycle about to begin. Heavy power is nearly done internalizing in deep nature force (Pluto ends retrograde in Capricorn 9/16).

The heart spirit of the Moon is moving through alignment with life's interrelationship (Aquarius), into tender sensitivity (Pisces), where it will be full 2:27am Pacific time Monday. The harvest full moon ripens and releases in vulnerable feeling, then emerges Tuesday with personal passion (Aries).

Big energy is charging us up with flowering earth power. It will come out in the new year (12-year-cycle Jupiter in Taurus, retrograde until 12/25), which the Chinese call Year of the Dragon, considered a prosperous time of fortunate developments. We are preparing for a new year of transformative fruitfulness.

Saturday 9/3/11

2011-09-03T14:15:00.000-07:00

Earthy energy and intensified feeling. Spirit hits bottom Monday night, into primal power and grounded constructiveness.

(Sun in Virgo trine Jupiter in Taurus, Moon in Scorpio trine Mars in Cancer. Moon into Capricorn Monday 7:03pm Pacific time.)

Virgo new moon

2011-08-28T10:28:00.001-07:00

Ripening fruitfulness, heavy with deep nature power. We are led by love.

(Virgo new moon, trine Pluto in Capricorn. Saturn in Libra.)

Sunday 8/28/11--Virgo new moon

2011-08-27T10:47:00.000-07:00

The last new moon of summer, in Virgo (8:04pm Pacific time), a convergence in ripening fruitfulness, a harvest of physical adjustment and situational resolution. We are letting go of what doesn't serve us, getting things in clarified order, ready for an autumn of renewal, this year with an emphasis on true love and harmony (Saturn in Libra).

With heavy power in grounded constructiveness (Pluto in Capricorn) and big creativity in peak spring flowering (Jupiter in Taurus), there is a solid core of planets in the three earth signs, giving strength to practical realism and the force of deep nature. With mental Mercury now moving forward again, it's a good time to settle in and take care of business, enjoying the bounty of our blessings, getting ready for good things to come, rooted in real needs, real strengths.

This is the harvest of consequence. Soon, a fresh start in the land of love.

Wednesday 8/24/11--Virgo

2011-08-24T16:21:00.000-07:00

Sun through the peak passion of Leo, mid-summer, now into Virgo, late summer, the resolution of practical matters. With heavy Pluto in grounding Capricorn and big Jupiter in earthy Taurus, a ripening harvest of this year's transformative developments.

Mental Mercury ends retrograde Friday 8/26 at 3:03pm Pacific time, completing weeks of reflection and internalizing, ready to move forward again from deep within us. Moon into Cancer, the release of built-up feeling, Wednesday, through the radiant power of Leo Friday/Saturday, meeting the Sun for new moon in Virgo, physical adjustment, Sunday, 8:04pm.

A month of alignment with deeply empowered nature force. Soon, autumn renewal led by love.

Tuesday 8/16/11

2011-08-16T15:19:00.001-07:00

At a moment of tender sensitivity (Moon in Pisces), reflective mind, soul, and love align in peak passion (retrograde Mercury, Sun, and Venus meet in Leo). From here, heart emerges with a spark of spirit (Moon into Aries 5:02pm Pacific time).

Tuesday 8/16/11--Venus alignment

2011-08-15T11:53:00.001-07:00

On Tuesday, August 16, at 5:08am Pacific time, Venus, the Sun, and our planet will be in alignment. For some reason, the patterns impressed in the fields of southwest England this summer have made repeated reference to this, as if it has consequential significance. The Mayan Calendar makes special note of the Venus cycle, with the rare eclipse alignment next June 6 cited as especially important.

Venus is the newest planet in our solar system, its adjustment into its current orbit witnessed and mythologized throughout our world. It is associated with love, the binding force that naturally resolves conflict in the mutual relief of harmonious resolution. With Venus in alignment behind the Sun, its energy is magnified as it reaches us. Next year, with Venus in front of the Sun, it will serve as a focusing lens of love.

At this time of historic evolutionary intensification, where yielding to the miracle of nature is the best we can do, accepting the loving influence of beautiful, incandescent Venus may be critical to individual and collective salvation.

"There's nothing you can do, but you can learn to be you in time--it's easy. All you need is love."

Saturday 8/13/11--Leo full moon

2011-08-12T15:15:00.001-07:00

The mid-summer full moon, peak power alignment turning point for this year, 11:57am Pacific time. Sun in the radiant passion of Leo, Moon full in Aquarius, awareness at the center of life's interrelationship. From here, big energy is released into ripening fruitfulness, ready for an autumn of love and renewal.

Tuesday 8/9/11

2011-08-09T11:37:00.001-07:00

In a time of peak passion, mind reflective, spirit hits bottom, into grounded nature force. Activated emotion releases revolutionary wisdom and primal power. Full moon Saturday.

(Sun in Leo, Mercury retrograde, Moon into Capricorn 1:38pm Pacific time, with Pluto 11:06pm. Mars in Cancer square Uranus in Aries 9:34am, opposite Pluto in Capricorn 10:12pm Wednesday.)

Saturday 8/6/11

2011-08-06T22:12:00.000-07:00

Sun in Leo, peak passion, Moon in Scorpio, intensified feeling. Moon into Sagittarius Sunday, down to low ebb, hitting bottom with primal power in Capricorn Tuesday 1:38pm Pacific time, meeting heavy Pluto there 11:06pm.

Last Wednesday, active Mars went over the top into flowing feeling Cancer, just as mental Mercury went retrograde for a few weeks. Activated flow, mentally reflective amidst it. This week, big energy with revolutionary passion and deep nature force--Mars square Uranus in Aries Tuesday 9:34am, opposite Pluto in Capricorn Wednesday 10:12pm.

The mid-summer full moon next Saturday is this year's peak power alignment turning point--Sun in Leo, Moon full in Aquarius 11:57am.

Saturday 7/30/11--Leo new moon

2011-07-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

New moon in Leo, mid-summer, the peak of passion (11:40am Pacific time). It will build toward big release at the full moon Saturday 8/13.

Mercury goes retrograde for a few weeks Tuesday 8/2 (8:50pm), mind turning reflective, undermining momentum, increasing magical connections if we give in to changes. At the same time, the action impulse of Mars shifts from building mentality in Gemini to outflowing emotional release in Cancer Wednesday 8/3 (2:22am), drawing on deep feeling healing in tender sensitivity (trine Neptune and Chiron in Pisces), with heavy power in grounded nature force (opposite Pluto in Capricorn).

According to the Mayan Calendar, 7/31 to 8/17 is the fifth of seven energy pulses we go through in this year's ninth and final wave of evolutionary intensification.

In a time of peak passion and mental reflection, energized expression of transformative power will be coming out on this planet.

Wednesday 7/20/11

2011-07-20T17:25:00.001-07:00

After a few days of alignment in sensitivity (Cancer Sun, Pisces Moon), spirit emerges with personal passion (Moon into Aries 9:25am Pacific time). This weekend we move into peak summer (Sun into Leo Friday 9:12pm).

Thursday 7/14/11--Cancer full moon

2011-07-14T04:49:00.001-07:00

The first full moon of summer (11:40pm Pacific time). Cancer Sun, Capricorn Moon. Flowing soul, earthy heart.

Wednesday 7/13/11

2011-07-13T14:24:00.001-07:00

With the Sun in Cancer, over the top of our seasonal cycle in the release of flowing feeling, the Moon hits bottom, into the grounded nature force of Capricorn (7:14am Pacific time), meeting heavy power Pluto there (5:34pm), the first full moon of summer late Thursday night (11:40pm).

Friday 7/1/11--Cancer new moon

2011-07-01T12:59:00.001-07:00

Heart and soul meet over the top of our seasonal cycle in the release of flowing feeling, kicking off a summer of transformative development. We are led by love charged with revolutionary wisdom.

(Moon and Sun meet in Cancer 1:54am Pacific time, opposite Pluto in Capricorn, square Saturn in Libra and Uranus in Aries.)

Tuesday 6/21/11--solstice

2011-06-21T19:07:00.000-07:00

Summer solstice in the north, the sun at its highest point for the year. Everything that's been building and emerging will now shift to outflowing development, especially after the new moon on July 1. This year it involves earthy creativity, grounding in love, healing dreams in tender sensitivity, and revolutionary expression of transformative power.

(Sun into Cancer--summer solstice--10:17am Pacific time. With Jupiter in Taurus, Saturn in Libra, Chiron and Neptune in Pisces, and Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn.)

Monday 6/13/11

2011-06-13T00:36:00.001-07:00

For months we have been tested in our relationship with love and harmony. That process is now complete, and we move into a summer of revolutionary transformation.

(Saturn retrograde in Libra ended Sunday, opposite Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn.)

Friday 6/10/11

2011-06-10T10:29:00.001-07:00

Sun in mental Gemini, building toward resolution and release (summer solstice June 21), as the heart spirit of the Moon moves into the love awareness of Libra (Thursday 3:31pm Pacific time), demanding real harmony (conjunct Saturn 9:00am Friday). Moon into the emotional intensity of Scorpio Saturday night.

The centering influence of Saturn is completing months of backtracking and internalizing in love-minded Libra (ends retrograde Sunday 8:52pm). After all it has put us through, we will now start to move forward with a strong sense of true love need.

Moon getting down to the bottom of things, into Sagittarius, Monday and Tuesday, full there Wednesday 1:14pm. It hits bottom, rebounding with the primal earth power of Capricorn, late Wednesday night (10:59pm). We begin the shift to a summer of big, transformative development.

Wednesday 6/1/11--Gemini new moon

2011-06-01T14:28:00.001-07:00

Sun and Moon meet in Gemini (2:03pm Pacific time), the mental perspective near the top of our seasonal roller coaster, centered in the need for harmony (trine Saturn retrograde in Libra).

The shift of the Moon into Cancer on Friday (1:39am), after deep feeling has begun internalizing in tender sensitivity (Neptune retrograde in Pisces 7:06pm Thursday), brings a release of built-up emotional energy. Sunday it moves into passionate Leo, Tuesday into fruitful Virgo.

After emerging into Aries for the first time in 12 years on January 22, big, expansive Jupiter progresses into the peak earth power of Taurus on June 4, trine heavy Pluto in primal Capricorn. A time of great physicality begins. The transformative developments of the coming year will have creative power rooted in the force of nature. The Chinese call it The Year of the Dragon.

Sunday 5/29/11

2011-05-29T08:25:00.000-07:00

Sun in Gemini, a month of mentality, building toward summer solstice in the north, June 21. It began last weekend, with heart moving through awareness into sensitivity (Moon in Aquarius, Pisces). By Friday we emerged with personal passion (Moon in Aries).

Now, earthy energy, grounded by heavy power (Moon into Taurus with Mercury, Venus and Mars, trine Pluto in Capricorn). The Gemini new moon on Wednesday (2:03pm Pacific time), a peak of mental processing, is guided by the need for real love (trine Saturn in Libra).

Next weekend, a shift to flowing release (Moon into Cancer 1:36am Friday), a preview of where we're headed this summer.

Thursday 5/19/11

2011-05-19T13:17:00.000-07:00

Moon hits bottom, into Capricorn, 1:16pm Pacific time, meeting heavy Pluto there late tonight. With Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars in Taurus, a peak of earthy physicality.

According to the Mayan calendar, the third of seven 18-day energy pulses in this year's evolutionary intensification starts May 20. It is called the pulse of sprouting, new life breaking out into manifestation.

Tuesday 5/17/11--Taurus full moon

2011-05-18T15:43:00.000-07:00

Solid with the power of the earth, intensified spirit releasing into flowering.

(Sun in Taurus, Moon full in Scorpio 4:09am Pacific time.)

Tuesday 5/3/11--Taurus new moon

2011-05-02T21:12:00.001-07:00

The peak of earth power, with activated creative wisdom in personal passion and healing dreams in spiritual sensitivity. In a time of intensified nature force, we are guided toward love and harmony. It will carry us forward with flowering fertility.

(Sun and Moon meet in Taurus 5/2 11:51pm Pacific time. Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Mercury and Venus in Aries. Chiron and Neptune in Pisces. Pluto in Capricorn. Saturn in Libra.)

Friday 4/22/11

2011-04-22T11:00:00.001-07:00

Getting into peak earth power, spirit hitting bottom heavy, rebounding with grounded constructiveness. Mind ends weeks of backtracking, internalizing in personal passion, starts to flow forward again. Love meeting wisdom there.

(Sun in Taurus, Moon into Capricorn with Pluto 3:24am Pacific time. Mercury ends retrograde in Aries Saturday 3:04am. Venus with Uranus in Aries.)

Sunday 4/17/11--Aries full moon

2011-04-16T05:16:00.000-07:00

The first full moon of spring, coming late this year. Big energy for self emergence, balanced by the need for harmony, empowered with deep nature. Mind reflective. Love, dreams and healing in tender sensitivity. A great wave of flowering development is released into the world.

(Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus in Aries, Moon full with Saturn in Libra 10:45pm Pacific time. Pluto in Capricorn. Mercury retrograde, until 4/23. Venus, Neptune and Chiron in Pisces.)

Saturday 4/9/11

2011-04-09T05:20:00.001-07:00

Intensified nature power ready to break out. Mind reflective amidst it. Healing deep feeling in tender sensitivity. Give in.

(Sun, Jupiter, Mars, Uranus in Aries. Moon into Cancer 2:02pm Pacific time. Saturn in Libra. Pluto in Capricorn. Mercury retrograde. Neptune and Chiron in Pisces.)

Sunday 4/3/11--Aries new moon

2011-04-02T08:35:00.001-07:00

A spring of revolutionary emergence begins. Heart, soul, mind, wisdom, action and creativity all into the daylight of new flowering, charged with deep transformative power, guided toward harmonious development.

(Moon, Sun, Mercury, Uranus, Mars and Jupiter in Aries, square Pluto in Capricorn, opposite Saturn in Libra. New moon 7:32am Pacific time.)

Monday 3/28/11

2011-03-28T12:32:00.001-07:00

Tension breaks, releasing energy between intensified self and deep power grounded in love. Heart moving through alignment in awareness the next couple days. Big new moon in spring emergence next weekend.

(Sun in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn 5:11am Pacific time, Jupiter in Aries opposite Saturn in Libra 2:56pm. Moon in Aquarius. Aries new moon Sunday 7:32am.)

Thursday 3/24/11

2011-03-24T15:56:00.001-07:00

In a time of personal passion, settling down to the bottom of things, rebounding with primal power this weekend.

(Sun in Aries, Moon in Sagittarius, into Capricorn Friday 6:57pm Pacific time.)

Aries 2011

2011-03-23T12:28:00.001-07:00

In a new era of deep transformation rooted in the power of nature (Pluto into Capricorn, since 2008), as we enter the ninth and final wave of evolutionary acceleration described by the Mayan Calendar (the level of Universal integrity, beginning 3/9/11, complete 10/28/11), we now emerge with big, creative energy and revolutionary mind in the activated assertion of individual passion (Sun with Jupiter, Uranus and Mars in Aries). It is counterbalanced by a forward-looking emphasis on where love and harmony really come from (Saturn in Libra). The Aries new moon on April 3 is an especially powerful moment. A time of revolutionary transformation has begun.

(Sun into Aries 3/20. Sun conjunct Uranus 3/21. Sun square Pluto in Capricorn, Jupiter in Aries opposite Saturn in Libra 3/28. Mercury retrograde in Aries 3/30 until 4/23. Mars into Aries 4/2. Aries new moon--Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus in Aries--4/3. Sun conjunct Jupiter 4/6. Mars square Pluto 4/11.)

Sunday 3/20/11--Spring 2011

2011-03-20T16:31:00.000-07:00

Our planet at the balance point, tipping toward daylight in the north. Sun joins big energy and deep mind in a new spring of revolutionary transformation. We are guided toward harmony.

(Equinox/Sun into Aries 4:21pm Pacific time, with Jupiter and Uranus, square Pluto in Capricorn. Saturn in Libra.)

Saturday 3/19/11--full moon/perigee/equinox

2011-03-19T10:57:00.000-07:00

Full moon, the closest it gets, at equinox. Strong force at the seasonal tipping point.

(Pisces full moon, at perigee, 11:10am Pacific time. Equinox/Sun into Aries with Jupiter Sunday 4:21pm.)

Humanity

2011-03-17T01:19:00.001-07:00

Reinforced nature power is breaking out. We are guided toward harmony. The final level of evolutionary acceleration has begun. Everything is intensifying. Accept the magic of creation.

(Uranus into Aries with Jupiter, square Pluto in Capricorn. Saturn in Libra. Mayan Calendar ninth wave of Universal integrity.)

A time of transition

2011-03-10T14:24:00.000-08:00

The Mayan Calendar describes a rhythmic pattern driving evolutionary development since the Big Bang. According to the traditional count, on March 9, 2011, the ninth and final level of accelerating energy begins. Like an intensifying lens bringing everything into clarifying focus, it will catalyze both upheaval and coalescence. On October 28, all nine levels of the developmental process will be complete, and the full unfolding of evolutionary possibility will be manifest. This will include intelligent awareness, free from the struggles of will, at peace in the flow of life's organic interrelationship.

On March 11, after years in sensitive Pisces, revolutionary Uranus emerges into Aries and a new spring of manifestation. It will join expansive Jupiter, already there, with activating Mars to follow on April 1. The Aries new moon on April 3 will be especially powerful. With heavy Pluto in grounding Capricorn (since 2008) and centering Saturn in loving Libra, the force of nature is being intensified, undermining failing structures, supporting the emergence of healthy alternatives. Big energy is ready to break out, with transformative consequences.

Apocalypse means "the light of truth revealed." Armageddon is not the end of the world. This is the great purification.

Friday 3/4/11--Pisces new moon

2011-03-04T13:09:00.000-08:00

A culminating convergence in tender sensitivity, with activated healing wisdom there. (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Uranus and Chiron in Pisces, new moon at 12:47pm Pacific time.) Since 2003, deep mind has been moving through vulnerable feeling (Uranus in Pisces). You don't get the benefit of wisdom unless you accept the challenge of vulnerability. That process is now complete.

On March 11, revolutionary mind breaks out into new expression (Uranus into Aries) for the first time since 1927. It will join big, expansive energy (Jupiter) already there, with the action impulse (Mars) following April 1. The Aries new moon on April 3 is especially powerful. With heavy grounding at the bottom of things (Pluto in Capricorn, since 2008) and centering in the need for true harmony (Saturn in Libra), a big spring of revolutionary creative emergence is almost here.

Wednesday 2/23/11

2011-02-23T08:33:00.000-08:00

Tender sensitivity, with intensified feeling. Getting down to the bottom of things, big energy in personal passion is charged with primal power, releasing Friday. Grounded constructiveness over the weekend. We are guided by love.

(Sun in Pisces, Moon in Scorpio. With Moon in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn 12:29pm Pacific time Friday. Moon into Capricorn Saturday 11:32am, conjunct Pluto and square Jupiter early Sunday. Saturn in Libra.)

Monday 2/21/11

2011-02-21T13:41:00.001-08:00

Now into tender sensitivity, one last peak of alignment in awareness, with mind, action and dreams meeting there, reinforced by heart centered in love.

(Sun in Pisces, Mercury, Mars and Neptune conjunct in Aquarius, trine Moon with Saturn in Libra.)

Friday 2/18/11--Aquarius full moon

2011-02-17T12:49:00.000-08:00

On the last day of Aquarius, the mid-winter full moon (12:36am Pacific time) in the peak passion of Leo. We complete a month of alignment in our essence, reinforced this year by the demand for true harmony (Saturn in Libra). Stripped to seed nature, forced to the center of awareness amidst the pattern of our involvements, drawn by the pull of deepest feelings (Sun with Neptune in Aquarius for the last time in 164 years), our protective shell breaks, exposing the tender germ to saturating nurturance. We will move through this in the next month (Sun into Pisces, now with healing sensitive Chiron), toward a powerful emergence of revolutionary creative expression with the coming spring.

Wednesday 2/2/11--Aquarius new moon

2011-02-02T13:03:00.000-08:00

The Aquarius new moon, midwinter in the north (Chinese new year). Peak alignment with our essence, isolated in awareness amidst the pattern of life's interrelationship. It can bring separation and distance, but it's purification under pressure, forcing us into our separate centers, true to our essential nature, key to making lasting connections based in core alignment and mutual development. This is the seed germination turning point, completing a time of distillation solid with our essence, beginning a process of emergence toward a new spring of flowering manifestation.

This year it is especially strong, activated into expression, guided by mentality about where love and harmony really come from. In a new era of deep transformation, with healing and dreams completing their meeting in visionary awareness, we are ready to cast off tension and control and demand the freedom and interdependence essential for healthy humanity. By spring, a break-out of revolutionary creative expression will leave behind all that no longer serves us, ushering in a new day of more sustaining forms. It could bring upheaval, but it will lead to a healthier world.

(Sun, Moon and Mars meet in Aquarius, trine Saturn in Libra. Pluto in Capricorn, Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius. On April 3, Sun, Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus meet in Aries.)

According to the Mayan Calendar, March 9 begins the final acceleration of the energy wave that has driven the evolutionary development of life on this planet going back to the big bang. It is hard to know what this energy intensification will bring, but it is surely monumental. On October 28, when, according to the traditional count, the process is complete, all nine levels of emerging organization (cellular, mammalian, familial, tribal, regional, national, planetary, galactic and universal) will be fulfilled, and we will move into a world of possibility beyond our imagining. As always, let's give in to nature, endure what it puts us through, and see where it leads.

Sunday 1/31/11

2011-01-30T18:18:00.000-08:00

Alignment in awareness, with heavy power at the bottom of things.

(Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Capricorn with Pluto.)

Wednesday 1/19/11--Capricorn full moon

2011-01-19T17:48:00.000-08:00

Grounded in the power of nature, a big release of emotional energy, with wisdom in vulnerability. Soon, a new spring of creative emergence.

(Capricorn full moon in Cancer, Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces. Jupiter into Aries Saturday.)

Monday 1/17/11

2011-01-17T18:31:00.001-08:00

Anchored in physical reality, mind heavy with power at the bottom of things (Sun, with Mercury meeting Pluto, in Capricorn), the heart spirit is over the top into flowing feeling (Moon in Cancer), a full moon there Wednesday 1/19 (1:21pm Pacific time), completing a historic experience of deep mind in tender sensitivity (trine Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces). Saturday, big energy leads the way into passionate emergence (12-year cycle Jupiter into Aries Saturday 9:11am), a preview of where we're headed. We are guided by love (Saturn in Libra).

Though we still must get through the test of winter, alignment in our essence (Sun in Aquarius, starting 1/20) and saturating tenderness (Sun in Pisces, starting 2/18), this full moon, triggering the release of spiritual wisdom, will propel us toward a spring of revolutionary creative expression charged with deep nature power (at new moon on April 3, Sun, Moon, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus in Aries, square Pluto in Capricorn).

Are astrology signs changing?

2011-01-14T09:55:00.001-08:00

I've been asked to comment on the "discovery" sweeping the airwaves that astrology signs are shifting. This is ridiculous and hugely uninformed, something astronomers often bring up to dismiss astrology because they literally don't know what they're talking about.

In Western astrology, your "sun sign" is determined by the sun's position in the twelve equal divisions of our natural seasonal cycle, the solstice/equinox pattern, which, yes, rotates every 26,000 years against the background of stars (very old news). It doesn't matter what stars it's aligned with. There's no "new sign."

As Sir Isaac Newton famously responded to astronomer Edmond Halley, when he questioned how Newton, of all people, could believe there's anything to astrology: "Sir! I have studied it, you have not!"

Thursday 1/13/11

2011-01-13T10:56:00.001-08:00

Physical activation of tender sensitivity. Mind hitting bottom, into grounded expression. We are solid with the power of the earth. Big energy, now in vulnerability, soon leads the way into renewal and emergence.

(Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Taurus. Mercury into Capricorn. Mars in Capricorn sextile Uranus and Jupiter in Pisces. Jupiter into Aries 1/22.)

Thursday 1/6/11

2011-01-06T14:35:00.000-08:00

Tension between earthy energy and the need for harmony breaks Friday morning. (Sun in Capricorn square Saturn in Libra 6:00am Friday Pacific time). Heart is moving through alignment in awareness (Moon in Aquarius), grounded by love (trine Saturn in Libra 4:59pm Thursday), anchored by the pull of deepest feelings (conjunct Neptune in Aquarius 12:51pm Friday). It turns to tender sensitivity Friday night for the weekend (Moon into Pisces 6:57pm), emerging with personal passion Monday morning (into Aries 7:24am).

Tuesday 1/4/11--Capricorn new moon

2011-01-03T21:12:00.001-08:00

A new beginning, grounded in the power of nature, completing a time of spiritual development with intensified love. Heart is charged with activated constructiveness, leading us toward a spring of revolutionary creative expression.

(Moon meets Sun in Capricorn 1:03am Pacific time. Jupiter meets Uranus in Pisces 4:52am. Venus in Scorpio trine Uranus 5:34am, Jupiter 5:39am. Moon meets Mars in Capricorn 3:49pm. At Aries new moon on April 3, Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Uranus and Mars in Aries.)

Wednesday 12/29/10

2010-12-29T21:39:00.001-08:00

Intensified feeling. Mind completes internalizing.

(Moon in Scorpio. Mercury ends retrograde 11:21pm Pacific time.)

Tuesday 12/28/10

2010-12-28T14:05:00.001-08:00

Grounded in reality, centered in what we truly need for love and harmony, activated by a constructive impulse. Mind backing to a stop deep within us.

(Sun in Capricorn, moon in Libra with Saturn 1:40pm Pacific time, Mars in Capricorn square Saturn in Libra Wednesday 7:29am. Mercury ends retrograde Wednesday night.)

spiritual graduation

2010-12-27T12:21:00.000-08:00

Along with everything else, we are completing a time of spiritual testing. Big, expansive Jupiter is making a third and final meeting with Uranus, the pull of deep, wise mind, in sensitive Pisces (on January 4th, the day of the Capricorn new moon, a fresh start in grounded constructiveness). We are graduating from the challenge of accepting vulnerable feeling, ready to move toward a new spring of revolutionary creative emergence in right relationship with core sensitivity.

Monday 12/27/10

2010-12-27T11:54:00.000-08:00

Grounded soul, loving heart.

(Capricorn sun, Libra moon.)

Now solid with the ground of empowered realism (sun in Capricorn with Pluto), this week the heart spirit is getting down to the bottom of things (moon in loving Libra, intense Scorpio and warm Sagittarius). The Capricorn new moon on the 4th is a new beginning for constructive emergence from a foundation of nature power.

We are ending weeks of Mercury retrograde, the mental tide backtracking and internalizing to a stop deep within us, complete at 11:21pm PT Wednesday night. Things should start flowing forward again after that.

*Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T14:36:00.001-08:00

Solid with the earth, grounded by heavy power. Mind reflective.

(Sun in Capricorn, moon in Virgo. Sun meets Pluto 5:03pm Pacific time Sunday. Mercury ends retrograde 11:21pm Wednesday.)

Tuesday 12/21/10--solstice eclipse

2010-12-21T15:37:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, 12/21/10, at 3:39pm Pacific time, the sun is at the low point of our seasonal cycle, winter solstice in the north, just after a full moon total eclipse at the highest point in the sky earlier at 12:13am. This is an extremely rare coincidence, coming at a time, on the brink, of historic transformation. It has been widely suggested that, due to inaccurate European calendar adjustment, it is this date, not the famously tauted 12/21/2012 (which is not astrologically noteworthy), that was foreseen by the Maya as of great significance, a potent moment in the completion of the evolutionary process described by the Mayan Calendar. I agree.

The Mayan Calendar does not end in 2012. According to the traditional count, kept with precision for many generations, the Mayan Calendar ends on October 28, 2011. It is not "the end of the world," but the completion of evolutionary development going back, not 5125 years (the Mayan "Long Count") or 26,000 years (the "procession of the equinoxes"), but 16.4 billion years, back to the Big Bang that initiated this expansive universe. In his clear and groundbreaking work, the Swedish biologist Carl Johan Calleman ("The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness") has effectively explained that the Mayan Calendar describes a natural, evolutionary process that has driven the emergence of increasingly complex organization in our world, from the formation of elements and living cells to human beings aware of their power and place in creation. It involves nine levels of accelerating vibratory influence moving through the field of existence, culminating with the fully realized potential of humanity as divine consciousness in physical form, clear in its relationship with the organic integrity of all life. The ninth and final level, with twenty times the vibratory intensity of the most recently prevailing one, begins on March 8, 2011, coming to completion, along with the other eight levels, on October 28, 2011. This is of monumental significance, a year of unprecedented consequence, one, I believe, that begins on an astrological level with the solstice eclipse of December 21, 2010.

At 1:22am PT, the eclipsed full moon shifted over the top of our seasonal cycle into the energy release of flowing feeling, Cancer, and at 3:39pm PT the sun reaches the bottom of things, hitting the ground of realism and constructiveness, Capricorn, joining heavy Pluto and activating Mars there. Any full moon alignment of sun and moon reinforces the dynamic potential of the sea tides and all natural energy dynamics. The full moon near the solstice this past June made a "grand cross" of major forces at the four seasonal shifting points, giving a balanced reinforcement to elemental life on this planet. Now, this solstice total lunar eclipse of maximum polarity, at a time of tremendous transformative potential, creates a powerful wave of initiating consequence that will play out with catalyzing drama through the coming year. With 30-year cycle centering Saturn in Libra, love leads the way.

In 2008, expansive, 12-year cycle Jupiter accompanied deep power 248-year cycle Pluto as it moved into the primal force of Capricorn, giving creative energy to a heavy shift we haven't seen since the revolutionary late 1700's, when common folk everywhere demanded the democratic liberty to express their nature without imposed restraint. In 2009, Jupiter joined wound-sensitive Chiron and deep feeling 164-year cycle Neptune in the visionary awareness of Aquarius, energizing healing dreams of life's interrelationship. In 2010, Jupiter met deep mind 84-year cycle Uranus as it completed seven years in the spiritual test of vulnerable sensitivity, Pisces. In 2011, Jupiter and Uranus will both cross into Aries, a breakthrough emergence of revolutionary creative wisdom, nature-based alternatives to the failing ways that have prevailed for too long and which we can no longer afford. It may be a time of upheaval and transformation, at times looking like the end of the world, but the ground rumbling and cracking, the collapse of an unhealthy and unfair social order, the threat of unresolved conflict flashing into conflagration, are consequences of reinforced nature breaking through all resistance, giving new room for the colorful manifestation of organic fertility. That's why they call it flower power.

On the night of 12/21/10, the heart spirit of the full moon will climb high in the sky, releasing its energy in the caring nurturance of flowing feeling Cancer, just as the soul vitality of the sun finally feels the bottom, with power and expression leading it (Pluto and Mars) in grounded, earthy Capricorn. (The Capricorn new moon on January 4, the day Jupiter and Uranus make their final meeting in Pisces, is a solid new starting point.) As we catch this wave of dynamic propulsion and move into a year of historic intensification, let us accept the mystery of creation with the understanding that, even as we are profoundly aware and sometimes challenged, only by accepting the flow of life at every moment--all thought, all feeling, all motion, all stillness--can we settle with peace and light in right relationship with the complex forces of this beautiful world. This could be the end of our gestation and the beginning of purified, harmonious life. May it bring comfort and support to all of good heart.

Surf's up.

*last minute gift idea

2010-12-19T15:39:00.000-08:00

In these challenging times full of exciting new possibilities, an astrology reading is a wonderful gift.

For $50, I will email you a gift certificate you can print out and give to someone you love for a one hour exploration of how the developing energy tides are uniquely affecting them, in person or by phone, recorded to cd, with charts and basic instructions. Sometimes just understanding where we are in the cycles of life's unfolding can be a comforting help.

As we reach the end of a year rooted in sensitive testing and move toward a spring of creative emergence, let's accept and settle with the flow of nature, ready for rewarding renewal.

Peace and love, everyone everywhere.

Saturday 12/18/10

2010-12-18T12:50:00.000-08:00

Soul settling to low ebb, charged with wisdom in sensitivity. Reflective mind dragging back to the bottom of things, meeting soul there. Heart building to an energized peak, shifting to big release Tuesday.

(Sun in late Sagittarius, square Uranus in Pisces 10:49am Pacific time. Retrograde Mercury backs from Capricorn into Sagittarius 6:55am, conjunct sun Sunday 5:23pm. Full moon total eclipse Tuesday 12:13am, into Cancer 1:22am, sun at solstice/into Capricorn 3:39pm.)

Monday 12/13/10

2010-12-18T12:46:00.000-08:00

Big, deep tenderness, with mind weighed down by heavy grounding, activated tonight. Emerging passion charged with earthy energy.

(Moon in Pisces with Jupiter 12:18pm PT and Uranus 4:38pm, retrograde Mercury meeting Pluto and Mars in Capricorn 8:13pm. Moon into Aries 11:14pm, square Capricorn planets.)

Sunday 12/12/10--Mercury retrograde

2010-12-12T12:48:00.000-08:00

Mercury is now retrograde in Capricorn for a few weeks (until 12/29). The mental tide is backtracking, undermining momentum with reflection rooted in our experience of physical reality. There is nothing wrong with this. If we give in to flexibility, things will sort themselves out, anchored in core nature.

It began on Friday 12/10, with the sun settling in Sagittarius (on its way to winter solstice, our seasonal low point, 12/21) and the moon moving through awareness in Aquarius. After a weekend of sensitivity (moon in Pisces with Jupiter and Uranus, Venus in Scorpio), Monday night is big, with mind, action, spirituality and power meeting in the heavy physicality that is grounding us (Mercury, Mars, moon node and Pluto align in Capricorn 8:13pm Pacific time) as spirit emerges into personal passion (moon into Aries 11:14pm). Energy builds in peak earth power Thursday-Saturday (moon in Taurus) and mental suspense Sunday-Monday (moon in Gemini), with a full moon Tuesday 12/21 (12:13am) shifting to big energy release (moon into Cancer 1:22am) as we hit bottom in our seasonal cycle, winter solstice in the north (3:29pm), the sun moving into the grounded earth power of constructive Capricorn.

We are centered in love (Saturn in Libra), with healing dreams of life's interrelationship (Chiron and Neptune together in Aquarius). We are ready for revolutionary creative emergence coming this spring. It begins with the Capricorn new moon on January 4.

Tuesday 12/7/10

2010-12-07T15:50:00.000-08:00

Mars, the action impulse, hitting bottom, into the grounded earth power of Capricorn.

(3:49pm PT.)