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(CLICK HERE for the month’s major aspects!) Here’s the most important astrological forecast of the month. Really? Yes! Why? Knowing when the Moon Void of Course is happening is probably the handiest of all the common astrological techniques. Learn it, make it work for you, and save yourself tons of unnecessary aggravation! Seriously: you want…

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…

Mercury has turned retrograde once again, lasting until August 16th, and it’s time for the traditional reminders to stay calm, alongside warnings about being careful with your communications and your short trips and your proofreading and so on. I’m here to tell you that it’s okay to panic just a little, this time. in astrology,…

(SCENE: The Board Room where all the planets get together once a week to discuss next week’s transits. The planets are gathering up their papers and preparing to return to work. MERCURY, dressed like a tweedy assistant math instructor, clears his throat and rises to speak.) MERCURY: If you’ll excuse me, there’s one more item…

When you’re in love, it’s like dreams can come true. But that doesn’t necessarily your dreams, or the dreams you used to dream. But usually, in the final analysis, life and love bend towards at least a notion of how things should be. The process can be frightening and painful. But sometimes… sometimes… it can…

As many of you may already know, a “trine” is when two planets are 120 degrees apart. It’s generally considered to be the “best” aspect. If you have one in your birth chart (and you very well may, somewhere) the standard description makes it sound a little like someone did Feng Shui on that part…

When Mars is retrograde, it’s often a time when it’s better to think about bold action, rather than to actually strike out. When Mars is retrograde and conjunct the South Node (as it is now), it’s a time when you should think especially carefully before you act based on old wounds from the past, or…

I often tell my clients that a New Moon is an excellent time to set your intentions for the coming month. I sometimes wonder, though, how useful that advice is, or how many people actually follow it. Setting your intentions on a New Moon is a little like New Year’s resolutions: by mid February at…

Today on my blog I am interviewing someone who is a pioneer in the field of astrology: the first person to ever get a Sign Change operation. Under condition of anonymity, she has generously offered to share her story with us today. *** MC: First, tell us a little about yourself. ANON: Well, I was…

“We cannot tell what the course of this fell war will be as it spreads, remorseless, through ever wider regions.” -Winston Churchill, addressing Allied delegates, 1941 The July 12th New Moon this year is a particularly important Solar Eclipse. What makes it so significant (more so than the average Eclipse, even) is because it is…
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