Mars is never the big star of the astrological year, but it often serves as a trigger for the events being set up by the larger and “heavier” transits. And as we all learned from six freakin’ months of Mars in Aries… we ignore Mars at our peril. Here’s a list of all the major…

There’s something about the Eclipses in astrology that really captures the imagination. Unfortunately, that can mean “captured” in the sense that worrying about that monster in your bedroom closet used to “capture your imagination” every night until your folks finally shelled out for some therapy for you. They’re inherently a little unpredictable in their effects,…

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…

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