Episode 115 | Capricorn Last Quarter Moon: Shakeups and Headbutts
An invigorating but unpredictable Mars/Uranus square; a Capricorn Last Quarter Moon; Mercury unites with Neptune before leaping into Aries. And a listener question about the difference between sun sign and rising sign birth charts.
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Aquarius New Moon: Little Solar Systems
Few of us can be happy with a completely solitary existence. But I think it’s unusual to bloom so spectacularly within a community garden—because we’re each of us little solar systems, too, with ourselves at the center, sovereign Suns who need to shine.
Read MoreCancer Full Moon: A Soft Place to Fall
My astrology teacher used to say, “It’s a transit, it will pass.” It’s a comforting thought … but is the point of a transit, to just endure it until it moves on? Presumably we’re meant to learn from them – though it’s next to impossible to that do in the moment.
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Capricorn New Moon: Starting with Why
Capricorn will stop at nothing to climb to the top of the mountain. That’s why we pledge, at his New Moon, to climb important mountains of our own. But most of those resolutions don’t pan out.
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Scorpio New Moon: On the Road to a Foreign Country
Once, there was so much road ahead of me that I could afford to make some wrong turns along the way. It doesn’t feel that way now. I can see that there is an end point to this journey.
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Pisces Full Moon: The World Without Us
At the Pisces Full Moon, we’re also reminded that “dust we are, and to dust we shall return.” Virgo, who holds strong opinions about dust, shudders at the very idea. But our wise Pisces natures shrug in cheerful acceptance of life’s inherent messiness, the missed deadlines, the world in disarray, and the house that needs dusting.
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Taurus New Moon: Living Well
All of us make trade-offs of time, money, and energy every day. The opportunity in this Taurus New Moon is to figure out whether you’re making the trade-offs that are right for you.
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Libra Full Moon: Passion and Prudence
Libra may have more perspective than Aries, but not necessarily greater clarity about what to pursue. In fact, Libra can find herself overwhelmed by these possibilities, weighing first one, then the other… until Aries is jumping up and down in frustration: ‘Just! Choose! One!’
Read MorePisces New Moon: Lilies of the Field
Several times each week I put away my brain and my clever, touch-typing fingers and I break out The Nap. For a brief, luxurious time, I let go of the past that propels me so punishingly in the present. For awhile, my imagination is freed from the constrictions of the identity I’ve created for myself.
Read MoreCancer Full Moon: Mother Christmas
As in life, my mother’s face in the Moon is kind and wise and always happy to see me. It reassures me about the life I’ve chosen, and laughs at the idea that any daughter of hers could be as heartless as Scrooge.
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