New Moon in Scorpio: Sparks
New Moon in Scorpio: Sparks Bad news (especially when it happens to someone else) makes us appreciate what we’ve got. But untimely death is the ultimate Bad Thing, the grim joke that raises profound questions about life itself. It’s best not to rush past the mourning and depression that naturally follow [...]

Neptune turning direct: The Fog.
I spent the last couple of days mostly on the couch, mindlessly surfing the net and taking long naps, eating leftover Halloween candy, almost completely unable to marshal my resources and get anything done. I figured it was a sort of social hangover after the push of hosting a big Halloween dinner and simultaneously frolicking [...]

Full Moon in Taurus: Fearless
Full Moon in Taurus: Fearless Each year while the Sun moves through Scorpio, the scene is set for facing fearsome realities and possibilities that we’d rather avoid. The days are short and the shadows long, the trees are losing their leaves, and melancholy easily gains a toe-hold. But at the Full Moon in [...]

The last days of Saturn in Virgo
After spending just a little over two years in Virgo (since September 2, 2007), Saturn enters Libra on October 29. If Saturn is the demanding father or boss who pushes you mercilessly toward some standard of excellence and achievement, his transit through signs describes his management style. While Saturn transited Leo, authority figures – both [...]

New Moon in Libra: Comparisons are Odious
Comparisons are Odious There is a popular expression that warns, ‘Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides,’ and it’s particularly good advice for this Libra New Moon season. Libra, as the relationship sign, symbolizes a keen awareness of others that can work to our advantage in relationships and in certain careers, [...]