A TEACHING MOMENT There's nothing to be gained by pointing fingers. Accusations, recriminations, and mea culpas alike will all fall on deaf ears when the Sun squares Pluto and Jupiter this week. What's done is done and everyone has to deal with the fall-out. It's like one of those moments in the old [...]
WHAT'S WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE A crisis always brings out people's true character. It's the hardest of times but it's also the most honest of times as boasts, fears, promises, and insecurities all fall by the wayside to reveal the person underneath. Some will be found wanting while others will step up to [...]
PROTECTION WHEN YOU NEED IT Jupiter in Capricorn gets a bad rap. That's because the planet of good fortune and higher purpose is said to be in its "fall" in Capricorn. Often described as conformist, dull, and compromised, a Capricorn Jupiter's good fortune is seen as barely adequate; its higher purpose bound up [...]
TIME OUT Saturn, the disciplinarian planet, has sent us to our rooms to reflect upon our past actions and think about the future we want to create. Saturn has pulled the plug on the procrastination and broken up the polarization. That better world that we envision won't be brought about by outrage, blame, [...]
WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER Saturn enters Aquarius on March 21. The planet of trials and tribulations, Saturn is most powerful right when it enters a sign; immediately testing us in those areas of life that fall under the domain of this constellation. Saturn searches out our weak spots and exposes our shortcomings. [...]
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS This week's Super Moon will be in Virgo (March 9) and you can already see people practicing good hygiene - vigorously washing their hands for at least 20 seconds, wiping down seats, knobs, and handles with alcohol wipes, and coughing into their elbows rather than into other people's [...]
ANSWERING THE SIREN CALL It isn't always easy to tell the difference between a vision and a fantasy. Each beckons you to have faith in the phantasmal; to put aside your doubts and fears and follow your dreams. You pray that your dreams are taking you to where you want to go, that [...]
HOW TO SURVIVE A MERCURY RETROGRADE Sinking feelings are par for the course when Mercury is retrograde in Pisces. That's because the typically clipped and analytical messaging of Mercury takes on a more oracular tone when it's traveling through the sign of the fish. Cryptic warnings and enigmatic utterances often go ignored at [...]
THERE IS NO ESCAPE FROM HISTORY Jupiter in Capricorn sextiles Neptune in Pisces on Feb. 20. It takes a long time for these planets to move into this kind of alignment. In fact the last time these two planets formed this aspect was in 1854 – which was when the Republican Party was [...]
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN Mars, the planet of gumption and drive, enters Capricorn on Feb. 16. Mars is exalted in Capricorn because it combines discipline with drive. You don't just reach out and grab anything in sight. You put in the time and effort to master the things that lie beyond reach. And you'll do [...]
