For this month’s discussion, I would like to take a wholistic view of the Year 2025 and what it has to offer. This is going to be a year full of shifts in perspectives on a number of levels (houses). There are several big planets that will change signs (and houses) during the year, which is rather unusual. These big hitters are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Why would big planet sign changes be noticeable? Unlike Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, and [...]
To wrap up our discussions on moon care, I would like to focus this month on the remaining group of moons in the earth signs. These are Capricorn, Taurus, and Virgo moons. Earth moons are more connected to the tangible world than any other moons. Therefore, their well-being is closely related to their physical environment. Thus, Virgo moon may get aggravated by a clutter in their home, Capricorn moon by the lack of progress on a project, and Taurus by a [...]
To continue discussion of moon care, this month let’s move our focus to fire signs moons. These are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius. People with their moons in the fire signs are generally very brave, uplifting, and inspirational to others. While fire is not a natural element for the moon to be in, considering moon’s watery nature, there are many unique qualities and talents offered to the individuals with these placements, and they should be fully appreciated. Aries Moon – Individuals [...]
To continue our conversation about moon care, this month I would like to focus on our air signs moons – Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius. People with their moons in air signs tend to need more grounding experiences in their lives as they tend to be in their heads more and get anxious and overstimulated easier than any other moon sign. Air signs are focused on information, communications, and logic. When there is something on their minds, air signs benefit more than [...]
A few days ago, I was participating in an exercise class. As I looked around the room, I saw many enthusiastic people and a very cheerful and upbeat instructor performing exercises in a nicely setup studio. Everyone seemed to really enjoy themselves. I signed up for the class because I knew it was good for my self-care routine and I needed to decompress from a busy and stressful week. Logically, I should have been enjoying every moment. However, on a deeper [...]
So, how was August for you? It feels like the month flew by with a flurry of activity. And yes, it was certainly full of relationships-oriented work and areas for elevation and improvement. Mercury retrograde played its part as well in miscommunications, travel delays, travel reservations changes, and missed appointments. However, it is all part of life, and all was manageable. Every time Mercury goes retrograde, I feel that it teaches me to be more patient and tolerant of everyday life’s [...]
It is that time again – Mercury is going retrograde on August 5th to go direct on August 29th. Mercury will begin its retrograde in the sign of Virgo at 4 degrees and will reach 21 degrees Leo on August 29th before it goes direct. So, should you be worried about your summer travel plans? Probably not. Mercury is a planet ruling communication, commerce, and short distance travel, among other things. So, just like with any other Mercury retrograde, simply double [...]
As I was looking through some natal charts last week, which included a few challenging aspects and planetary placements, a question came to mind, “Should we be afraid of our astrological charts?” As a teaching assistant a few years ago, I remember new students were terrified of what they would find in their own charts. This was especially true as they began to study the character of each planet (and “enhanced” their study materials with Internet searches from questionable resources). I [...]
After the roller coasters of April and May, June should be a relatively stable month. It still will be busy but not with the extremes of eclipses or Uranus/Jupiter conjunction that we experienced in the past few weeks. Mars will be moving from Aries (where it is strong as it rules the sign) into fixed and steady sign of Taurus. While Mars will move along topics of this area of our life forward (depending where you have Taurus in your chart), [...]
April turned out to be a bit of a roller coaster month. I felt like one thing was following another without much breathing room. While I understand the astrological energetic exchanges that the planets bring us, it still often catches me by surprise. Knowing what is coming up does not always equate to living through it. 😊 As I am writing this blog, I am somewhat relieved that today is the day when Jupiter stationed to go direct, April 25th. It [...]