Just as Mars begins to move forward again after its long retrograde cycle, Venus is now about to begin its 6-week retrograde cycle. Both Venus and Mars do not go retrograde every year. Mars does so every two years and Venus every 19 months or so. Because it is not as frequent as all [...]

May 5th will likely require a well developed balancing act as two significant oppositions make their mark. First off, Mercury at 25° Aries opposes Saturn at 25° Libra. Independent and impulsive, the communication planet in the sign of the Ram will not want to be all that cooperative and prefer to think for himself.

  It’s time now to begin writing about the upcoming and highly significant transit that astrologers refer to as Uranus squaring Pluto. These two transformational forces will dance together all the way through much of 2015, so this transit is a very lengthy one. In fact, they will square seven times over the next few [...]

The Sun enters Taurus on April 19th. Ah, this is when we really dig in to enjoy glorious spring. To be able to stop and smell the roses, to take in the gentle breeze as it soothes our tired skin chaffed from the winter cold, to rest in green pastures…. Well, maybe not just yet.

An up to the date listing of major upcoming transits with a brief description of its general meaning. Includes timing of a New or Full Moon, when a planet turns direct or retrograde, when a planet enters a new sign, etc.

After 11 weeks of Mars being in retrograde motion, it has finally turned back to its natural, direct motion. Mars is retrograde only 11% of the time, so its rarity makes this time period quite important. Let’s see what this might mean for all of us. Now that this part of the cycle is completed, we have learned much and can now begin to safely put into place whatever plans have been developing during the retrograde period.

Over the past several months we have been experiencing many retrograde periods, the chief ones being the Mars and Mercury retrograde cycle. On Wednesday, April 4th at 3:11am, Mercury will go direct at 23° of Pisces. This has contrasted greatly with Mercury’s short entrance into Aries, the sign of the doer. For many of us, the urge to move forward strongly just a few weeks ago, has changed to varying degrees of doubt, uncertainty, unless we knew beforehand exactly what we wanted to do. Even then, we probably have been experiencing delays, new issues or questions, etc. This is now coming to an end.

OK, the title of the article is exaggerated. I admit it. And, it is a bit different from my usual attempts to be objective and rational. But, this Mars retrograde is conjunct my natal Sun and the Mercury retrograde is squaring my Moon, so for the moment, I am feeling a great desire to write a personal Blog article. The notion of straying far from my ordinary way of expressing feels very freeing.

One of the most beautiful archetypes of Pisces is of the Visionary. It’s a word seemingly out of place due to the unassuming nature of the sign, yet Pisces can leave the most profound of epitaphs on humanity. Few visionaries have changed our lives more than the talents of the techno-geek Prometheus, Steve Jobs.

As many of my readers know, we are in the middle of an unusually long Mars retrograde period. Mars is only retrograde once every two years or so, so when it does move into this phase of its cycle, the ‘red’ planet can affect us quite strongly. One small example of its power is the recent storms in the Midwest. Right now, we are in the middle and the most intense part of this retrograde cycle. This is when Mars is in exact opposition to the Sun. This transit occurs on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 12:10pm PST. You can read more on this astronomical event here: