I blew my first Saturn return. It was only years later, through astrology’s exquisite backward lens that I understood the full measure of my bad choices. During the time I should have been striding into early adulthood with hard work and gumption, I regressed into a floundering child. Saturn squares my natal Moon. Planets in square are archetypes in tension—the power can … [Read more...]
Mars turned retrograde on September 9. During its powerful station the day before, a wildfire devastated my Oregon hometown of Talent. I’m so fortunate my home survived. The Almeda Fire raced from the highway into my town—down my very street. It came within 200 feet of my house! Thanks to the gods, the firefighters and the asphalt of Talent Avenue—the cross … [Read more...]
For the first time since 1952, cheetahs will soon roam wild in India once again. Eight of the big cats, famed for reaching speeds of 70 mph without breaking a sweat, are set to arrive in August from Namibia, to make their home at Kuno-Palpur National Park. A combination of hunting, habitat loss and food scarcity led to the cheetah’s extinction in India, but thankfully, now … [Read more...]
The Saturn/Uranus square is a tight symbol for old worlds colliding with new ones. It’s easy to see the extreme divisions and dire straits all around. Clashes are ongoing and everywhere—between right and left, the powerful and the powerless, democracy and autocracy, the believers of reason and those who tell lies. Things are tense around the globe. That also means, … [Read more...]
December 2021 is busy with celestial potential. How to take advantage? Select which transit(s) call to you and get on their wavelength now. At its birth astrology was not about prediction. It was about collaboration. It was designed to increase people's abundance and happiness by teaching them how to harmonize with the Greater-than-Human Forces within and around their … [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
