As we journey through the first few months of 2025, we're approaching a powerful eclipse season that will stir up potent energies within us. This March, we'll experience a Lunar Eclipse in Virgo on the 14th, followed by a Solar Eclipse in Aries on the 29th. The lunar eclipse continues the 2-year series in the Pisces/Virgo polarity which began last September. The solar eclipse marks the final eclipse in the Aries/Libra series.

On January 28th, 2025, the lunar nodes enter the polarity of Pisces and Virgo, marking a significant shift in our collective journey. They will remain there until August 18, 2026. After a year and a half in Aries and Libra, we're invited to explore new depths of emotional awareness and surrender as we embrace the lessons of Pisces and Virgo.

Mercury, the planet of communication, will be retrograde from August 4th to 28th, 2024. This retrograde takes place across two signs, Virgo and Leo, neatly dividing the retrograde in half. Mercury Retrograde times offer us an opportunity to take a step out of the momentum of everyday life so that we can get perspective. We just need to remember to stop pushing forward.

Although Libra is often associated with relationships, there’s more to it than that. Libra is the sign of creating peace and harmony within ourselves. It’s about the ways that we try to find balance in our lives. During the time when Mercury Retrograde is in Libra (and during the post-shadow), we will be shown what is out of balance in our lives, so that we might attempt to bring it to rights.

The inner planets and the Sun have been dancing through fire sign Leo for the past few weeks. Now, in domino-like fashion, they are all spilling into Virgo within a relatively short amount of time (see dates at bottom of post).

When we don’t give ourselves enough time for self-care, we feel off-center. We can experience feelings of confusion, weariness, and depression. It can sometimes feel like our life is happening to someone else.

When someone seeks out a reading of any kind, it’s not usually because everything is fine. Some of my clients do come to me for a yearly check-in, at which time they may only want a forecast of the coming trends. But most often people who want a reading are in a challenging time in their lives, and they are looking for insight.