On July 22, Mars joined royal Jupiter to herald the birth of a prince. Though he entered the world with his Sun at the last degree of Cancer, Prince George’s arrival triggered the kind of ecstatic joy and adoration that’s pure Leo (and reflective of the Aquarius-Leo Full Moon a few hours later). The jubilant energy was over the top, especially in Britain, where people … [Read more...]
Gemini New Moon: Join the Greater Conversation
When I inherited the family home two years ago, it came with the phone number my folks had acquired in 1951. It just felt wrong to dispose of a line that had represented my family for so long, even though keeping it means paying two phone bills each month. So I’ve retained the land line despite the fact that telemarketers are my most frequent callers. Meanwhile, I’ve resisted … [Read more...]
Taurus New Moon: Whet Your Appetite
Do you have a love-hate relationship with your appetite? Sometimes it seems like life would be easier (and your waistline slimmer) if that ice cream sundae or cheesy corn soufflé no longer held any appeal. Yet your appetite keeps you connected to your body and its instinctive pleasures. If your appetite disappeared, so would your will to live. On the astrological wheel, … [Read more...]
Aries New Moon: Act It Out!
Four planets, including wild and crazy Uranus, are now in exuberant Aries. And, Mercury is finally picking up speed after its seemingly interminable retrograde. One might conclude that the show can finally hit the road. Yet the fiery, impulsive Aries planets have been duking it out with the edgy Uranus-Pluto square, a discombobulating energy that was particularly strong at … [Read more...]
Pisces New Moon: Parallel Worlds
When I was a kid, we played a storytelling game. "Once there was a girl with blue hair who lived on Mars…" Back and forth a friend and I went. My heroine inevitably ended up at the bottom of the ocean swimming with dolphins and mermaids. Now that the Sun is in the dreamy, undersea world of Pisces, along with Mars, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Chiron, again I’m diving into … [Read more...]