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Planetary news this week: Holiday edition with Cancer Full Moon

Astrological forecast for the week of December 26-January 1, 2024

art by Lucy Grossmith

This week I will be busy writing as well as closing out the year and looking ahead to 2024. I hope to have a forecast for 2024 posted this week, and then subscribers will receive the monthly Planetary Illuminations report in their email inboxes on January 1st. 

Cancer Full Moon December 26. The Moon is full on the 26th in the sign of Cancer. Cancer is the Moon’s own sign, and under her influence we […]

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By |2023-12-26T08:07:05-05:00December 26th, 2023|Planetary news this week|2 Comments

Planetary news this week: Inspiration and dreams, with a sprinkle of fairy dust

Astrological update for the week of November 27 – December 5, 2022

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It’s a pretty quiet week in the astrological skies, and the lunar influences will be more noticeable (scroll down for the details of the week). This is the end of the Sagittarius influences – next week Mercury and Venus will both enter Capricorn and pave the way for the Sun to move into Capricorn at the December Solstice on December 21st. Every change from one sign to the next brings a release of the matters of one […]

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By |2024-02-18T10:46:26-05:00November 28th, 2022|Planetary news this week|4 Comments

Astrological update for the week of December 6, 2021:

This week we really don’t have any major planetary events of any note so it’s a good time to re-center and find your balance going into the holidays.  A little later in the month we have the final-ish phase of the square from Saturn to Uranus, the cycle which has brought so much social crisis, but the two will still be within range of a square aspect throughout 2022 especially in the late summer and early fall so we can’t relax quite yet.  Especially in the United States where we are just going […]

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By |2024-02-18T12:07:42-05:00December 6th, 2021|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

7.6.21 – The last of the Mercury/Neptune confusion! And Venus as change agent

[art by Celestial Moon Fire Art] For some reason not mysterious given the nature of the post, this never posted and was never sent out to subscribers.  It’s a little late but I wanted it to go out anyway.

This Mercury retrograde has been exceptionally fraught with confusion and uncertainty, for me at least!  We can blame Neptune for that, since Mercury (mind and communication) has been in a square aspect cycle to mystical Neptune  since May 22, 2021.  Neptune has been virtually stationary for several months due to its retrograde turn on June 25th.  It’s […]

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By |2021-07-11T07:32:27-04:00July 11th, 2021|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Planetary news this week! Astrological forecast for May 27-June 2, 2019

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Last week we saw the peak of the challenging square from Mars (aggression) to Chiron (wounding and healing).  Perhaps you noticed, with Mars in the emotional sign of Cancer, that people around you were more reactive, either passive aggressive or outwardly aggressive, with feelings more easily hurt?

That influence is behind us, and this week he planetary influences over the next week are sweet and benign.  It’s a good week to rest and recharge, especially if (like me!) you are experiencing an intense planetary shift […]

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By |2019-05-28T08:02:05-04:00May 28th, 2019|Planetary news this week|7 Comments

Taurus Full Moon, October 29 2012

Taurus Full Moon 2012 Art by Gustav Verderber

The Full Moon in Taurus is a blessing from the Earth.  Taurus is the earthiest of all of the earth signs – it is a fixed sign so it encourages stability and perseverance, but is also stubborn and unyielding.  As an earth sign, Taurus is concerned with practical matters and physical comfort.  Sensual experiences of food and touch are important for Taurus, and for all of us under the Taurus Full Moon.

When the Moon is full in Taurus, the […]

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By |2012-10-27T16:33:49-04:00October 27th, 2012|Moon|2 Comments
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