Oh My Stars

Happy Great Conjunction everyone! Did the Second Coming or the collapse of civilization happen last night? (looks around) No? Shrug. Oh well, best to get on with life then… When I wrote here last time about the Great Conjunction, I managed to both over- and under-sell its potential. Consider for a moment the profound effects…

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. -William Butler…

Although no planet in astrology is entirely good or entirely bad all the time, Jupiter has a solid reputation for being arguably the best of the “good guys.” Who doesn’t love sitting around at a party discussing philosophy with their Sagittarius friends after all? And we could use all the levity and humor we can…

In a sense, you can’t tell with one hundred percent accuracy the effect of a transit until you factor in how the person experiencing it will react to it… or (just as importantly) Case in point: The Great Conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn this month. Back in 2019 when we were all starting to pay…

A typical horoscope lays out what you can expect for yourself in the next week or month based on your Sun Sign. That sort of thing is great, sure… especially if you happen to be the only person on your planet. Astrology, like life in general, is a lot more complicated than “there are twelve…

(CLICK HERE for the month’s major aspects!) (Wondering what the next few months hold in store for you? Write me with your date, time, and place of birth — and send you a free sneak preview!) Here’s the most important astrological forecast of the month. Really? Yes! Why? Knowing when the Moon Void of Course…

On Monday (at 4:29 AM Eastern time to be exact) there will be a Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse at 8° Gemini. Eclipses are always challenging to interpret. On the one hand, they are essentially a Full Moon, but a particularly pronounced one. A Full Moon can trigger a lot of intense and potentially unpleasant emotional responses.…

Michael J. Fox recently announced his retirement from acting due to his ongoing struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Although the disease itself progresses very slowly, at this point he no longer feels he is able to keep working. This will be a two-part series looking at the astrology of Michael J. Fox. First, a general look…

In challenging times, it’s good to have something reliable to lean on. For the last seven years, one of those things for me has been this blog. And here we are, at my 1,000th entry! I couldn’t let the occasion go by without saying something, so here I would like to present ten of my…

One of the great things about being an astrologer is that it gives me the opportunity to give a lot of people a sense of realistic, well grounded optimism. I generally like my clients, and in a larger sense I like humanity. But sometimes that inevitably leads me to a little cynicism. (Wondering what the…

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