Checking in with the eclipses of war
The potential for military conflict that I explored at the December 21, 2010 Lunar Eclipse is unfolding exactly as expected: “Eclipses bring matters to a turning point, whether they’re matters of love, loss, financial changes – or conflict…. (T)his eclipse degree is conjunct the fixed star Betelgeuse (27 Gemini), a …
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January 4 Solar Eclipse: Marley’s Ghost
In this eclipse chart, Saturn in Libra is a Jacob Marley figure (Saturn rules business, and Libra represents partners), contesting the single-minded ambition of the Capricorn with a single question: What good are achievements if you have no one to share them with you?
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Eclipses: Magic in the Dark
Sometimes, momentous events take place without our noticing; it’s only in hindsight that everything seems clear, even preordained. This is often the case with eclipses. We wait with bated breath for something dramatic to happen on the day of an eclipse, or the week before, or (surely) a few days …
Read MoreGuest segment on The Astrology Show with Jessica Adams
If you haven’t discovered Jessica Adams’ free podcast The Astrology Show, you’re missing a treat. Each month, Jessica and co-hosts Adam Smith and Neil Spencer serve up “outer space for your inner ear,” covering a lively range of astrological topics. Tune in to their double edition, year-end show for a …
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December 21 Eclipse for Your Sign: Aries-Virgo
The December 21 lunar eclipse at 29 Gemini is not only ruled by Mercury retrograde, but the chart for the eclipse sports a flamboyant square from the Sun and Moon to Jupiter and Uranus in Pisces. What does this mean for your sign? Today, Aries – Virgo. Libra – Pisces follows tomorrow.
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Eclipse fallout: Impermanence as a good thing
I woke this morning thinking about how exhausting that lunar eclipse on Saturday was, and about how I’m just beginning to find my balance. And my mind kept returning to this old essay about the impermanence of things – right down to the earth beneath our feet – and about …
Read MoreThe Upside of Eclipses
Eclipses are coming! Eclipses are coming! Time to hide under the bed, batten down the hatches, buy duct tape to seal off the doors and windows? In a word, no. But we astrologers can sound a little like tabloid journalists as we breathlessly – urgently – proclaim the drama of …
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LunarEclipse in Capricorn: lighting the quivering fuse
The chart for the June 26 lunar eclipse at 4.26 Capricorn is a doozy, with the Moon conjunct Pluto, the Sun conjunct Mercury, and the whole shebang square Jupiter/Uranus on one end of the sky and Saturn on the other (click image below for a larger view). Eclipses always symbolize …
Read MoreNow Conan, *that’s* how to handle an eclipse to your natal Sun.
The basic plotline of what’s being called “the latest late-night wars” is, by now, familiar. Nearly six years ago, Jay Leno announced that he would step down as the host of “The Tonight Show” in 2009, and his network, NBC, promised that the most coveted of talk show duties would …
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Eclipses in Capricorn: The Buck Stops Here
Saturn describes the universal rule that says you create your own reality. But I don’t mean to suggest that the awful things that happen to you are a function of your nasty karma or your failure to think positively enough. Rather, I consider Saturn’s message empowering, not punitive. The very word “responsible” implies that you are able to respond. Nowhere in that word will you find the concept of “blame.” Responsibility is not about assigning blame, either to yourself or others; rather, it’s about finding the most useful way to frame a given situation, and to accurately assess the ways in which you are able to respond to its challenges and opportunities.
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