The Sun is in Virgo, and the harvest season is nigh. Virgo herself, in depictions of the constellation, wields a bundle of ripe wheat — a salient contradiction, since Virgo […]
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Clear Your Slate by the Light of a New Moon in Virgo
Plus, the rebellious planet coaxes you out of your comfort zone
If you felt like August was a bust, I’ve got good news for you. This week’s new Moon in Virgo is the perfect opportunity for cutting ties with the past. […]
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Leo’s Party Is Over, and the Sun Slides Into Virgo
The maiden’s tough-love approach will help us tidy up summer’s messes
With much ado about nothing — and plenty of lamenting by Leo now that “their birthday month” is over — the unstoppable Sun slides into Virgo, maiden of the zodiac. […]
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A Blue Moon in Offbeat Aquarius
When the seasonal Full Moon bathes you in light, howl your holiness
Shining from the Piscean edge of Aquarius, Sunday’s full Moon is a seasonal “blue moon” — a phenomenon that occurs, well, once in a blue moon. Also known as the […]
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Finding Your True North in a Tilting Cosmos
Whatever your sign, the only thing worth being is yourself
Astrology is a complex system that, while not meant to define us, does lend itself to our becoming. The position of the planets and their relational aspects to one another […]
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A New Moon in Leo Provides Courage
But its angle to Uranus means chaos looms; lean toward facts
If you thought July was dramatic, hold on to your tinfoil hats! This week’s new Moon in Leo delivers an oversized portion of lionly courage — a useful quality, and […]
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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
The Sun and planets provide a swift kick and new resolve
Well, summer was fun while it lasted! These are the lessons we have to learn to live with, I suppose, even with the Sun in frisky fire sign Leo, urging […]
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A Week Illuminated by the Full Moon in Aquarius
A time to balance the self-centeredness of Sun in Leo
Full Moons, as you are probably aware, can light the way to self-examination. When they occur in Aquarius, we are offered an opportunity to find the sweet spot between individualism […]
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The Planets Are About to Make Your Summer Steamier
In fiery Leo, Mars sidles up to Venus
While the Sun continues to travel through sensitive Cancer, things are beginning to simmer in flirty fire sign Leo, where Mars and Venus are coming into a sweet celestial embrace. […]
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Expect to Lose Your Rose-Tinted Glasses
With Neptune retrograde in Pisces, a chance to assess your subtler self
Following along with Jupiter’s backwards dance from Pisces into Aquarius — an invitation to reel everything in and check for consistency en route to our goals — blue planet Neptune […]
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Jupiter Is Retrograde in Mystical Pisces
The planet of luck and expansion says look back … and forward
As you were dancing around a sacred solstice bonfire with far-out friends and midnight familiars, Jupiter stalled momentarily in the sky. Then, it went retrograde in Pisces, where it has […]
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Set Your Intentions by the Light of the Eclipse
But think before you leap through the ring of fire
There will be a partial solar eclipse tonight, June 10, which people in the northern reaches of planet Earth will have the thrill of seeing as a ring of fire […]
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A Gemini Sun Means Scintillating Socializing
But with Mercury in retrograde, it won’t all be on easy street
Happily heralding the impending season, the Sun’s transit through Gemini stimulates the social senses. Short trips and casual encounters — staples of Gemini’s spontaneous nature — ease us into post-pandemic […]
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L’Optimisme Is in the Air
But a planetary ménage à quatre may rock the boat
Baudelaire once famously counseled his readers on the need to enjoy life despite its pressures: “Whether it be with wine, poetry, or virtue — whatever suits you best, just get […]
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Get Lost, Get Lucky, and Stay Hopeful
A full Moon eclipse in Sagittarius brings newfound purpose and freedom
Just when we were ready to resolve ourselves to an uncertain summer, the CDC’s announcement that fully vaccinated folks can look forward to a maskless future seems to have been […]
