Planetary cycles

The meaning of Neptune in Aries 2025-2038

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About Neptune.

By its very nature, Neptune is difficult to talk about.  It tends to be evasive and dreamy, and full of imagination and artistic creativity.  It also can become lost in the illusion of fantasy and encourage sacrifice of the individual self, sometimes for a higher purpose and sometimes in a codependent loss of Self.  In its highest form Neptune inspires us to transcend the material world and connect deeply and directly with an experience of the Divine.

In my work, the outer planets act as transformational forces to inspire […]

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By |2025-03-22T12:37:13-04:00March 12th, 2025|Featured posts, Planetary cycles|4 Comments

Venus Retrograde in 2025 and reclaiming the power of Venus

Before getting into Venus retrograde, let’s talk about Venus. Her pantheonic ancestor is the Greek goddess Aphrodite (1-2000 bce), who was said to be the “personification of the generative powers of nature.” She was connected to love, beauty and sexual desire and was sometimes associated with war, as was HER pantheonic ancestors Inanna of Sumeria (2900 bce) and Ishtar of Mesopotamia (3000 bce). Ishtar and Inanna, along with Astarte in the Levant, are the same goddess and these precursors to Venus carried a more powerful archetype. They were associated with the power […]

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By |2025-02-27T12:08:51-05:00February 27th, 2025|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

Ceres in Pisces, February 23 – May 16, 2025

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Ceres is still relatively new in the astrological pantheon, but in my work it has come to symbolize how well we relate to our incarnation. This encompasses so many things: How we relate to food. How we nourish and nurture ourselves. How we handle loss and grief.

The word “self-care” has become sort of trite and over-used, but self-care is exactly what the asteroid-now-called-planet Ceres is all about. Ceres is about our relationship with food (remember it was Ceres/Demeter who starved the world when her daughter was abducted […]

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By |2025-02-23T14:07:48-05:00February 23rd, 2025|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

Lunar nodes on the Pisces/Virgo axis

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The Nodes of the Moon are not planets – they are purely mathematical points that show where the path of the Moon crosses the path of the Sun (called the “ecliptic”).  The North, or ascending, node acts as a signpost to take us into the future – it points the way for our soul’s evolutionary growth.  The South, or descending, node is a signpost from the past.  Through the South Node we release people, places and things which we carry with us that are no longer needed.

The North and South […]

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By |2025-03-18T13:15:57-04:00January 1st, 2025|Featured posts, Planetary cycles|11 Comments

The astrology of 2025: A year of change

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A few years ago (2022) I wrote this article about the planetary cycles coming up in the 2020s and so far we are right on track:

2023. The entry of Pluto into Aquarius will cement the shift into the Age of Air. I’ll be writing about this in greater depth, but the first few years of Pluto’s entry into a sign typically brings great change and we are likely to see a burgeoning of machine intelligence along with a splintering of the tendency of humans to […]

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By |2025-03-18T13:16:19-04:00December 28th, 2024|Featured posts, Planetary cycles|1 Comment

Get ready for Mars retrograde, December 2024-February 2025

The past refuses to be dismissed, for it is the voice of all human wisdom. If ignored, the past exacts its vengeance; men who forget the past are indeed condemned to repeat it.

 (Russell Kirk)

(Mars will be in apparent retrograde motion from December 6, 2024 until February 23, 2025.) Mars often gets a bad rap in astrology: Associated with war, hostility, anger and rage; it fuels the primal “id” of need and desire  – all things we consider “bad.”  But Mars is also the factor that provides […]

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By |2024-11-20T10:20:45-05:00November 20th, 2024|Planetary cycles|1 Comment

Abundance of flooding with Neptune at the end of Pisces

I recently found an article I wrote in 2011 when Neptune first entered Pisces in which I made some predictions:

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“We are likely to see a more advanced wave of “designer” drugs – pharmaceuticals designed to evoke certain experiences.  The legalization of marijuana for medical use, and its adoption by pharmaceutical companies for profit, is likely to come rather quickly.  Neptune in its own sign could bring increased flooding, and potentially also epidemics of new diseases and infections with mysterious origins.”

The epidemic of mysterious origins certainly arrived on […]

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By |2025-01-01T13:03:42-05:00October 25th, 2024|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

Mars in Cancer 2024-2025

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Mars, the planet of war and fire, entered the emotional sign of Cancer September 5, 2024. During its journey through Cancer it will travel briefly into Leo and retrograde back into Cancer, so it won’t leave Cancer until next April.

The planet Mars often gets a bad rap.  It is associated with reckless action, aggression and warfare, but also courage and bravery in facing adversity. It provides the motivation to achieve our desires, and to assert our will when necessary. It offers the ability to protect ourselves and to set […]

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By |2025-02-09T15:18:39-05:00September 14th, 2024|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

How to manage the square from Jupiter to Saturn, 2024-2025

We might look at Jupiter and Saturn as the two planets which help us to interact with the outer world. Unlike the other planets which describe the inner personality, Jupiter and Saturn describe the way we reach for the future with our hopes and dreams (Jupiter) and begin to master the material world (Saturn). Jupiter helps us to craft theologies and beliefs that help to give our life meaning and gives us the confidence to venture into the future; Saturn reminds us that hard work and adversity is the way to build […]

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By |2024-08-11T16:28:38-04:00August 11th, 2024|Featured posts, Planetary cycles|0 Comments

Jupiter in Gemini, May 2024 – June 2025

Jupiter, the planet of fortune and faith, symbolizes our search for meaning in life.  It embodies the evolution of our beliefs and an understanding of spirituality which, when shared, becomes religion. Jupiter’s realm is theology and philosophy rather than a more experiential sense of the divine.  Jupiter’s influence is generally expansive and supportive, bringing about opportunities and growth.

Jupiter will enter Gemini on May 25, 2024 Jupiter in Gemini turns the dial of the search for meaning towards communication, learning, and intellectual pursuits.

Jupiter is called the “Greater Benefic” because of its association with […]

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By |2024-07-06T06:18:31-04:00May 15th, 2024|Featured posts, Planetary cycles|0 Comments
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