…On Mercury speeding up, heading for the heart of the Sun in between these eclipses “Reason, I sacrifice you to the evening breeze.” – Aimé Césaire It’s in this phase of the Mercury Cycle when we no longer can catch a glimpse, yet we can certainly experience his hurriedness and desire to get back to the sky. For those familiar with the retrograde, this is…

…On the Pluto station and Chiron/Sun opposition It’s not an easy task to keep our center when the world feels the way it does. With the sense of another world war fomenting and the dread we can feel around any subject we find ourselves focused on, it sure does seem like there are dragons afoot — or…

…On Blake’s visions and how they may be related to eclipses “The Sun has left his blackness, and has found a fresher morning And the fair Moon rejoices in the clear & cloudless night; For Empire is no more, and now the Lion & Wolf shall cease…” plate 8 of America a Prophesy by William Blake The year was 1792. The…

On the Equinox & the final Venus/Chiron trine The Equinox is upon us (23rd). It is the only day of the year when the sun rises directly due east and sets directly due west (1 of 2 that is). Up here, it’s the beginning of Fall; down under, naturally —…

…On the Virgo New Moon & Mercury’s Station I heard somewhere that it takes 60 days to form a new habit. I then heard it was 21. Truth be told, it’s probably somewhere in between — and mostly variable due to the person attempting it, along with many other mitigating factors. In my experience, 29.5 …

…On the start of another Mercury cycle Recently, I came across an article about Alan Watts’ first experiences with psychedelics (similar LINK, couldn’t find the original). Indeed, he was impressed with the compounds, yet seemed even more smitten with the garden he was in. Many of his first journeys took place at the historic Druid Heights in…

…On the Full Moon (Pisces) It’s that time again when the moon becomes “super” by coming a bit closer and is kind to those who are near-sighted. Perigee is the term and it happens with nearly half of the full moons each year. When the moon is perigee it’s around 25k miles closer to Earth…

…On the Dark Moon & difference between Soul and Spirit There are some words that are interchangeable, and there are some that are not. The ego and the self could be exchanged in certain contexts, but not the unconscious and darkness — or even the heart and love; creator or god or programmer can be swapped, but never should we…

…On the Venus/Uranus square & her cazimi Time is a hoodwinker. As we get older, it speeds up. We wish we had more of it, yet we can’t seem to find it. It costs us a lot and it’s the only commodity we can never get back. Time also disappears; when in flow, what is time? And…