An assembly line of Ukrainian grandmothers is making Molotov cocktails, as fathers and sons leave mothers, daughters and wives at the border. The men must stay and fight for their homeland. In basements and subway stations, families huddle on blankets, children are hungry. The sound of air raid sirens soars through empty streets. A western journalist interviews … [Read more...]
A nation dying or being reborn? The US Pluto Return
Pluto returns to its natal position in the US chart on February 20, 2022; also, due to retrograde/direct motion, on July 11 and December 28 this year. Rome had two. England has had three. This year the United States gets its first Pluto Return. It takes Pluto approximately 250 years to circle the zodiac. That means, if you live long enough, as nations do, Pluto … [Read more...]
The Saturn/Uranus Impossible Dream Challenge: Act 2
The Saturn/Uranus square is exact three times in 2021, giving us a long interval in which to make magic: from February 17, June 14/15, to December 23/24 To my “Crane Gang,” here comes part two of your Saturn/Uranus Impossible Dream ritual! In the glow after my first covid shot, the car in front of me all the way from the clinic to the freeway offramp had … [Read more...]
Can’t relate to your Venus? This is for you!
Venus has recently emerged as the Evening Star and will be visible for the next nine months in the west after sunset. Evening Star Venus is said to be at her most radiant and graceful--at the height of her powers. Until she descends into the Underworld in late December, 2021 on her way to becoming the Morning Star. I was born with Venus in Scorpio—which I couldn’t … [Read more...]
The Underworld Journey: When Venus is Combust
On March 25, 2021, within orb of the Libra Full Moon on March 28, Venus is conjunct the Sun--a condition known as "combustion," which happens twice in every Venus cycle, once when she's retrograde and once when she's direct, as she is now . Read about both in this article from summer of 2020, when a retrograde Venus met the Sun. Last week, as retrograde Venus disappeared … [Read more...]
