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Bossing Up: Your Guide to Saturn in Capricorn December 2017--December 2020

January 8, 2018

Saturn shifted into Capricorn on December 19 2017, and--aside from a short stint in Aquarius--it will stay there until December 17 2020. Saturn can be a difficult energy to work with. But with a little knowledge, we can really use this transit to our benefit.

Psychic Renewal & The Comfort of Your Pack: Full Moon in Cancer

January 1, 2018

The potent Full Moon Supermoon Wolf Moon in Cancer (12 degrees) at 6:24pm PST on the very first day of 2018 takes us home to ourselves and our loved ones, offering nourishing, cozy, comforting vibes.

Image of Audre Lorde by Robert Alexander

A Parody of Peace: New Moon in Libra

October 18, 2017

Uranus and Eris make a radical team here to disrupt the status quo, to reveal the deep pain and trauma beneath, to give voice to the oppressed, to empower the disenfranchised. Opposite Libra, the harmony may be upset, but yet harmony is still the intention. The upset is necessary in order to find greater justice and freedom for all. If we stand with Libra in our desire for peace, harmony, and justice, then we must heed Uranus and Eris, we must acknowledge the radical injustice in the systems that are preserved for the sake of a parody of peace.

Fierce Harmony: Aries Full Moon

October 5, 2017

The Aries Full Moon (13 degrees Aries) falls on Thursday October 5th at 11:40am PST. With the Sun and Mercury in Libra, this lunation in Aries charges the polarity point, bringing balance. Libra’s focus is on the other, Aries’ focus is on the self--neither is complete. Together, they represent relationship, the self-other dynamic, balancing the needs and desires of the other with the needs and desires of the self. This polarity also reminds us that we understand the self through the other, and we understand the other through the self.

So We May Become Healers: Virgo New Moon

September 20, 2017

In a moment when health is commodified through private healthcare, expensive yoga, green juice, and organic food, we might ask, what do we really need to be healthy, who gets to be healthy, is that fair, and if not, what can we do about it?

When You Forgot You Were a Magician: Full Moon in Pisces

September 5, 2017

The Full Moon in Pisces conjunct Neptune is about dreams, and the big dreams, the ones that create reality. You have the ability to dream reality into being, and collectively we can do the same on a mass scale. We all are magicians, but many of us have forgotten.

Will You Accept Your Throne? Total Solar Eclipse in Leo

August 21, 2017

Courage, dear ones. We are in a potent time of transformation and transition. In such moments, there are many more possibilities on offer. The future timelines multiply. Our thoughts and actions now determine the course of our future. Where are you headed? It’s your choice. Will you choose love or fear, forgiveness or vengeance, generosity or greed?

How to Tame Your Lion: New Moon in Leo

July 22, 2017

This New Moon is made extra potent by a conjunction to Mars which lends power, dynamism, and determination to the Leo impetus to set out on our own unique path, and playfully create in a way that is true to ourselves. The message is clear: forget what other people want or expect of you, give up trying to please others; the path to joy is through expressing yourself in a way that is true to you. And that NECESSARILY means disappointing others and/or facing criticism.

After Feelings, Freedom: Full Moon in Capricorn

July 8, 2017

On the way to mastery, there are upwellings of emotions as unresolved tensions are brought to the surface for awareness and release. The Sun and Mars in water sign Cancer offers an opportunity to feel into the emotions fully, to move through them and let them move through us, to learn from them and see what they wish to teach us.

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The Way Forward: New Moon in Gemini

May 24, 2017

The New Moon in Gemini, exact at 12:44pm PST on Thursday, May 25th, ups the pace for the coming month. The pattern of background energy shifts from mellow and sustaining to energetic and staccato. As the weather warms we naturally feel more active and curious. This month we are likely to be busy with many different activities, tasks, and social engagements. We leave the home, we leave the garden, we go out into the neighbourhood, we go out and explore. We do many things, maybe all at once.

Wild Nights: Full Moon in Scorpio

May 9, 2017

The Full Moon in Scorpio at 2:43pm PST on Wednesday May 10th brings light to themes around material and emotional security, the body, sensuality, sexuality, money, power, possession/ownership, and indulgence. Scorpio is the most powerful and intense sign, and tends to bury its immense emotional charge deep underground. This Full Moon may bring an upwelling of emotions that have been repressed. As always, take the opportunity for release and integration.

The Importance of Pleasure: New Moon in Taurus

April 25, 2017

Halfway between winter and summer, the New Moon in Taurus soothes us with bird songs and the smell of fresh earth. Taurus invites us to slowness, and enjoyment of lush blooms and thick green. The trees sing: think less, enjoy more. Replace thought with embodiment, worry with pleasure.