OUTMATCHED Planetary oppositions are Astrology's most difficult aspects because there is no common ground. It's like a seesaw with one planet in one seat and the other planet in the opposite. Unfortunately with the Sun opposed cosmic heavyweights Saturn and Pluto (July 9 and 14 respectively) you're going to feel like you're sharing [...]
WHY NOT? We're often told to go slow when it comes to change. That if we bide our time and are patient then we will recognize the right circumstances when they show up. But this is based on the idea of virtue being its own reward. It assumes that we will still have [...]
JUST SAY NO Beware Ponzi schemes – or anything else that promises money for nothing and clicks for free. Things that look like they’re too good to be true often are when Venus, the planet of seduction, forms a square to Neptune, the planet of illusion on June 24. Both planets are famous [...]
SNARK WEEK When did everybody get so bitchy? That's the question you'll be asking this week when Mars opposes Pluto. Nobody's copping to it, but you can feel the hostility in the underhanded remarks, harsh criticisms, and wholesale lack of support. But before you go into full victim mode you should reflect on [...]
NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS Somebody once said never pour new wine into old wineskins or they'll burst. It's something to keep in mind when Jupiter and Neptune form their second square in the zodiac signs that they rule on June 16. Jupiter stands for the truths you hold self-evident. It's those beliefs [...]
LET'S GET EMOTIONALLY NAKED Just about everyone you know is going to need a hug this week. The approaching Sun/Neptune square on June 9 brings out people’s private anxieties and emotional insecurities putting them on show for the entire world to see. People will feel vulnerable and like they’re emotionally naked. They’ll be [...]
CLOSE BUT YET SO FAR You may feel like the mythical Tantalus nowadays. The gods punished him by placing him in a pool of water with branches laden with fruit hanging overhead. It sounds rather bucolic except that he was also incredibly thirsty and hungry. Every time he bent over to drink, the [...]
UP YOUR GAME What do you do when you don't like the way the game is being played? Do you cry foul, humbly accept defeat, ask for a do-over? Maybe you get so angry that you kick over the gameboard and send all the pieces flying - but that only means you have [...]
FAMILY MATTERS On May 15 Mars enters Cancer. Cancer is the zodiac sign most associated with hearth, home, and family. Many people equate it with an idealized past, giving it the rumpled folksiness of a Norman Rockwell painting, but not all families are the Waltons. Sometimes they're the Sopranos and Mars traveling through [...]
BAD HAIR DAY? Nobody looks good when Venus, planet of love and beauty, forms a square to exacting Saturn and punitive Pluto. Tiaras will be tilted, goodwill gestures ridiculed, and olive branches extended in peace will receive a chilly reception. Neither side of the divide will be on their best behavior and this [...]
