Venus and Mercury are conjunct right now in Gemini, along with the Sun, and the power of Venus to soften the mind (Mercury) is illuminated by the Sun and offers an opportunity to open the doors to the wisdom of the heart. A sextile from both planets to Mars today helps to activate this opening…

We can’t blame everything on Mercury retrograde, because don’t forget there are four other planets retrograde as well. Today, astrodynamics.net went down and I’m in good company because Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer, yesterday was “hit by technical failure” when its website went down. Retrogrades turn our attention to the past – we tend…

Thanks to Astrococktail for this enlightening link about America’s Seventh Saturn Return by astrologer Robert Cole that appeared in Mother Earth News in 1981. I love it when astrology is taken seriously by the mainstream media! On October 22, 1981—in the midst of a massive solar system alignment which is currently happening in the ancient…

Even my assistant, who doesn’t believe in astrology, now is an expert on Mercury Retrograde. The expression “forewarned is forearmed” was never truer than when dealing with Mercury’s retrograde travel time. So I was pleased to see this article posted in Astrology News: There is an ancient Roman saying: “Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.”…

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