I just turned 50! Wow. One thing I can tell you is that it is surreal to be here. Just like your elders always told you (and if I’m your elder, now I’m telling you): Time does seem to go faster as you get older. Waaaay faster.

When I share with you about the current astrology, my underlying intention is always the same: To offer you useful, practical strategies for aligning with the energies at play. I want to help you work with the flow rather than against it.

When a planet stations, it slows down, and its energy is intensified. Neptune is stationing retrograde on Friday, June 21st. We’ve been feeling its effects for the past couple of weeks, and we will continue to feel them through the next 2-3 weeks. Neptune’s archetypal field is more prominent in our collective awareness now.

Gemini is often portrayed as an intellectual sign. With Gemini, it’s all about the head, right? But in astrology, each sign is connected to the one before and the one after, in their order on the wheel of the zodiac. The lessons gleaned from working with one sign make us ready for the lessons of the next. Gemini is followed by Cancer, a sign of empathy, sensitivity, and emotional connection.

The planets dance with each other, cycles forming between them. These are called synodic cycles: the relationship between one planet and another as they move from a joined position (conjunction), then around to that same position again. The process varies in length of time, depending upon the planets involved.

Here at the peak of spring, I am certainly feeling full of creative energy. The planets further embolden this fertile time. We currently have Mercury, Venus, and Chiron in Aries. Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is about new beginnings. With a concentration of bodies in this fire sign, it’s time to plant seeds for the things we want to manifest.

We are currently in a Saturnian time. As I write this, Saturn is slowing down to make a retrograde station (exact on April 29th). In the days leading up to and away from a planet's station (either retrograde or direct), we feel the archetype of that planet more strongly. Let’s add that as it makes its station,

A common misconception about Self-Care is that it is a luxury. But it’s a necessity. We need to take care of ourselves, lest we experience illness or breakdowns on the physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual level.

In my previous post on Chiron in Aries, I focused on the qualities of this placement for the collective. For all of us, Chiron in Aries will be bringing forward themes of self-confidence and courage. I also shared my experience as a natal Chiron-in-Aries person. This post will focus on Chiron in Aries as it relates to each Sun Sign.

Chiron dipped into Aries for part of 2018 (April – September) and in February of 2019 solidly entered Aries where it will remain until 2026. Chiron’s passage through Aries will push each of us to claim who we are.

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.

It was hard for me to get going this morning. I’ve had it on my mind for a while to re-connect with you, reader. And the time to write was neatly blocked out on my Outlook calendar, starting this morning at 9:00, sharp! But the prevailing winds kept blowing me backward, inward, or sideways.

Saturn enters its own sign of Capricorn on December 19, 2017 and will remain there through March 21, 2020. Saturn’s transit through Capricorn magnifies the Saturnian archetype and emboldens Capricorn energy.

We have had another mass shooting here in the U.S., the worst in our country’s history. This comes after a month of devastating events. The hurricanes: Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

When a planet stations (either retrograde or direct), we feel the archetypal energy of that planet more strongly in the days leading up to and away from the exact station.

For the beginning student of astrology, the options are overwhelming. You can learn online. You can listen to podcasts. You can take in-person classes at your local astrology school.

Halloween, Day of the Dead, Samhain, All Saints’ Day, All Souls’ Day – all are titles for the dates between October 31st and November 2nd. The whole month of October leading up to Halloween is a time when the veil is thin, when it is sanctioned to let yourself explore the other side.