From the Mooncircles Archive: Anna Duval wrote this for us a year before her untimely death. We are pleased to remember her gentle voice and compassionate wisdom. At the Virgo Full Moon, the Sun stands opposite in Pisces, which means here in the northern hemisphere, the last month of winter is upon us. Ice packs begin their long melting flow into the sea. Slowly the Sun is … [Read more...]
We like the solstices and equinoxes as they begin the seasons. But just as special are the cross-quarter holidays which come at the heart of every season. Those of us in the Northern Hemisphere approach the heart of winter. This week we're exactly between winter solstice and the spring equinox--when the Sun reaches 15 degrees of fixed sign Aquarius. Our bodies are restless. … [Read more...]
I’ll admit it: I’ve been slow to jump onto the “supermoon” bandwagon. Nobody—neither astronomers nor astrologers—paid any attention to this phenomenon until a 20th century American astrologer, Richard Nolle, made it a “thing” in 1979. The term languished for awhile until the blossoming of the internet. Given its voracious appetite for content, astronomers now regularly write … [Read more...]
"Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around a lake.” –Wallace Stevens The year that’s wrapping up has been a confusing and frustrating one for many of us. Yet since Jupiter entered its own sign of Sagittarius early last month, hope is on the horizon. Not necessarily in terms of external matters – although they may well improve, especially in the sector of your chart that … [Read more...]
These are contentious, polarized times. We know how it feels to be in a stand-off. We know how it feels to shake our heads in disbelief at the views and speech of the other side. What would it feel like to remember our essential unity? What would it feel like to add the energy of love to the fight? There is no better month to try this than when the Sun is in Libra … [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
