4 days agoThe Lion’s Gait …On the Bending & a beautiful ingressThe variation between the way in which humans and animals walk is immense. Whether bipedal or striding on all fours, there is natural locomotion we see in animals (with the exception of raccoons, of course) we rarely see in people. Blame it on shoes, poor posture, Saturn, or gravity, the…Astrology3 min read
Aug 3Spiritus Animalis …On the spirit of MarsSpiritus animalis is Latin for animal spirits: It’s “the breath that awakens the human mind.” Not power animals exactly, more the primal instincts that commonly override our better reason. In fact, John Maynard Keynes, one of the most detested men in the eyes of Bitcoiners and gold bugs, once said…Astrology3 min read
Jul 26True or Mean …On the Uranus/North Node conjunction (again)The day has finally arrived for Uranus and Rahu (North Node of the Moon) to align. It happens at 18º34' Taurus. After reading that sentence, you may be like: “But that’s not what ‘so and so’ said. They said it’s on the 31st. You may even see that in your…Astrology2 min read
Jul 20Panpsychic Probabilities …On the Uranus/North Node conjunctionThe most interesting transit of the year is fast approaching… I usually don’t dabble with such characterizations or predictions, but I can’t help myself here. The Uranus/North Node conjunction coming up on the 26th of July (18º Taurus) will be an alignment that we look back on in 15 years…Astrology4 min read
Jul 13Questing for Soul …On the speed of Hermes under this Full MoonIt seems as if there is an inverse correlation between the growth in technology and that of Soul. Perhaps it has something to do with the outsourcing of our innate capabilities into a machine (think: memory) or our ability to navigate our lives without the interference of information swarming our…Astrology4 min read
Jul 6Revealing the Medicine …On the stories within the first 4 Signs of the ZodiacTo understand where we are at, we just need to spend some time contemplating what’s happening between Aries and Cancer. There have been a few ingresses in this territory lately, alongside the larger themes towering over them. In Aries, Jupiter is headed for Chiron’s cave In Taurus, Mars and Uranus are…Astrology4 min read
Jun 26The Miracle of Life & Choice …On Cancer & the Beehive ClusterAround ten thousand years ago, just as our nearly forgotten relatives were supposedly figuring out agriculture, contemplating the trade-off with the old nomadic ways, they were also quite fixated on the Goddess-or the Mother. It’s hard to imagine what they talked about, but they clearly worshiped the feminine, and I…Astrology4 min read
Jun 19The Three Acts of Venus …A few Venus transits to considerIt’s important to have our convictions, yet it’s just as important to be able to allow our minds to be changed around them. Attraction seems to be the starting point. We move toward what pulls at us and the more time we spend there, the more we tend to value…Astrology3 min read
Jun 12Training Grounds…On the Mars/Chiron conjunction We all have our predictions. Whether we like to admit it or not, we are all little soothsayers speculating on how this or that will turn out. As an astrologer, we are expected to have an advantage over the rest, but really, none of us truly…Astrology4 min read
Jun 5Kakorrhaphiophobia…On the Pallas/Uranus conjunction If you’re not familiar with kakorrhaphiophobia, don’t worry, you are not alone. It’s an exotic Greek word that relates to an abnormal fear of failure or public ridicule. Most of us have a touch of this ‘kako’ whether we can admit it or not. We have…Astrology3 min read