Planetary cycles

Saturn/Neptune and the Walk for Peace

On October 25, 2025, a group of Buddhist monks from Fort Worth Texas left their home on a walk for peace to spread the Light of Dhamma, the path to enlightenment, to Washington D.C. I only recently became aware of this when Facebook postings started to appear, announcing the visit of the monks to my home county.

Led by the loyal peace dog Aloka, the monks have walked through towns and cities across the southern U.S. and the response has been incredible. It turns out that the simple message of peace and spiritual […]

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By |2026-01-15T08:09:03-05:00January 15th, 2026|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

The Saturn/Neptune conjunction: Reimagining the future

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Saturn and Neptune will align on February 20, 2026, a planetary combination which has been building since both planets entered Aries in the spring of 2025.

Saturn and Neptune are two different archetypes and serve two different purposes. As one of the visible planets, Saturn operates on an individual level and represents the need for the human life to achieve something meaningful. In order to accomplish this we are often given tests and hurdles to jump over before we can reach the goal. As an outer planet, sometimes […]

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By |2026-01-09T08:25:39-05:00January 9th, 2026|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

The Jupiter/Chiron square of 2025-2026

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The planet Jupiter is associated with all good things: Opportunities, good luck, wisdom, abundance, expansion etc. In traditional astrology it is called the “Greater Benefic” because it provides benefit through increase which is usually a good thing. The more good fortune we have, the easier life can be.

This expansive quality of Jupiter can become challenging when it expands situations or energies which are difficult. When Jupiter squares Mars in a natal chart, for example, the native can be impulsive or reckless as the action of Mars […]

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By |2025-11-27T07:34:16-05:00November 27th, 2025|Planetary cycles|4 Comments

The meaning of Chiron conjunct Eris

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Eris and Chiron are both relatively new planetary bodies in the astrological pantheon. Chiron was discovered in the late 1970s and by the early 1980s when I started studying Chiron had entered the literature. It was the late 1980s before I even heard of Chiron, but immediately it beckoned to me. At the time many astronomers and astrologers thought Chiron was a comet or an asteroid, but it was later classified as a Centaur. There are lots of other Centaurs: Ixion, Pholus Nessus, etc. Because Chiron was […]

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By |2025-10-11T15:42:29-04:00October 11th, 2025|Planetary cycles|2 Comments

Political activism under the Saturn/Neptune conjunction

Although Saturn and Neptune will not officially conjoin until 2026, in mid-July they came within 15′ of arc which is a very tight conjunction and certainly well within the range of a powerful alignment.

Saturn is the planet of boundaries and rules and Neptune’s role is to blur those boundaries and dissolve those rules, but these two seemingly opposite forces can be harnessed for great reward. As an outer planet, Neptune brings transformative energy of creative inspiration and spiritual vision, and when paired with Saturn’s focus on goals and practical implementation, remarkable achievements […]

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By |2025-07-31T08:47:14-04:00July 31st, 2025|Planetary cycles|1 Comment

The meaning of Uranus in Gemini, 2025-2032

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Uranus is the planet of reinvention, radical change, rebellion, innovation. But it also opens the door to multidimensional awareness and offers insights and new information. It breaks open the walls of scientific theory and creates a new vision of the world in which we live, and it is having an extremely powerful effect on our lives right now, likely because we are being shepherded into the Age of the sign which Uranus co-rules with Saturn: Aquarius.

If you have a few minutes, I suggest that you watch […]

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By |2025-06-24T10:10:45-04:00June 24th, 2025|Planetary cycles|0 Comments

The meaning of Jupiter in Cancer, 2025-2026

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Each of the visible planets in the sky describe a facet of human experience. In the natal chart, a planet in a particular sign describes the way that facet of experience will manifest in the personality. But planets also transit through the zodiac as they are moving through the sky relative to Earth, and these transitions can have more of a global effect.

Jupiter represents our search for meaning and experiences that help us to feel that life is worthwhile. The biggest planet in the solar system, it […]

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By |2025-05-27T10:14:34-04:00May 27th, 2025|Planetary cycles|1 Comment

The meaning of Saturn in Aries, 2025-2028

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Saturn will enter Aries on May 24th for the first time since 1996, completing a 30-year cycle of Saturn through the zodiac signs of the ecliptic. Saturn is said to be in its fall in Aries; the discipline needed to accomplish Saturn’s urge for structure can be lacking under the impulsivity of Mars-ruled Aries which tends towards initiating new actions and a bold new direction. By its nature Saturn can be cautious and pessimistic which tends to put the brakes on Aries need for action, resulting  in […]

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By |2025-05-01T10:54:43-04:00April 29th, 2025|Featured posts, Planetary cycles|5 Comments

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|11 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
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