Astrology Highlights for Oct. 14-20, 2024: A Moonlit Battlefield
This Aries Full Moon has its origins in the dramatic Solar Eclipse of April 19, 2023, which fell at 29º50′ Aries. The Aries place in our birth charts was awakened by that eclipse, and ever since, we may have been struggling to figure out what to do with the spaces that opened up there.
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Astrology Highlights for Oct. 7-13, 2024: Getting to the Top
In our quest to take executive action, we also need to listen to the Sun in Libra’s side of the story, which is that nobody gets to the top on their own. Nobody.
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Astrology Highlights for Sep. 30-Oct. 6, 2024: Learned from a Libra
We would do well to just enjoy one another a little more, and to help each other fill in our empty spaces and work our way toward completeness. It’s the essence of relating, of peace, and of love–and in spite of the world’s many flaws, and our own, it seems this is the way the world works best. I learned that from a Libra.
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Astrology Highlights for Sep. 23-29, 2024: The Poppy Field
Libra is a sign associated with good manners, but those with this placement whom I’ve known well actually love a good argument. They’re scrupulously fair, though, and when you’ve won the point, they concede without hesitation.
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Astrology Highlights for Sep. 16-22, 2024: The Censer
There’s a vision for this eclipse: it’s time to let go, but first, we have to give ourselves over to the losses, worry, grief. Carry the censer; fill your home with the healing smoke. Make it an offering in the high mass of the soul.
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Astrology Highlights for Sep. 9-16, 2024: Flappy vs. Focused
The Sun in Virgo squares Jupiter in Gemini this week, which means the flappy and focused sides of our nature are in conflict. Neither wants to give an inch. But we need them both, to coordinate restlessness with focus, and obsessive attention with movement and variety.
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Episode 252 | Podathon Day Three: Pluto in Libra, with Kirstin Vasgaard!
Today, the Moon finishes its trip through Virgo with a couple of challenging aspects, before easing into Libra. Mars enters protective Cancer for a two-month sojourn. And April interviews Pluto in Libra astrologer Kirstin Vasgaard for insights into that generation’s gifts and challenges. Plus, all the Podathon news, including how to make your donation, receive special gifts, and be enrolled in a drawing for a chance to win one of our fabulous prizes!
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Astrology Highlights for Sep. 2-8, 2024: Everyday Extraordinary
Peer through a microscope at something ordinary. Removed from its larger context, something like pollen or cells taken from your cheek becomes art. You lose the bigger picture as you zoom in, but isn’t it amazing to see its individual components in such detail?
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Astrology Highlights for Aug. 26-Sep. 1, 2024: Regrets, I’ve Had a Few
Coming at the end of a Mercury-saturated week, this Last Quarter Moon is a moment to focus on and tame not only our tongues, but our busy, chattering, Mercury minds. The calmer the mind, the more control we have over what we say, and the fewer regrets we’ll have to live with in the long run.
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Astrology Highlights for Aug. 19-25, 2024: Pedal to the Metal
Imagine you’re a teenager getting a driving lesson from your dad. You take off with a great squeal of the tires, both feet pressed down hard on the gas pedal, while the whole time your dad is yelling at you to slow down. Soon you’re hollering at one another. And that’s what it’s like when Jupiter and Saturn are square each other.
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