We kick off the month of September with a triple whammy of fast-thinking, extremely focused and highly restless cosmos energy as the Sun in chatty, sharp-witted Virgo is conjunct with its own ruler-Mercury on September 3. Virgo has a reputation for being nitpicky and critical, however, it is always right on the money. Mercury can be mischievous, but can also be coolly to the point. Since Virgo is an Earth sign, we are lucky that this energy will be more focused on practical matters … [Read more...]

  There is a lull in the Action this Week, relatively speaking. People have gotten used to being tweaked but now the dramas are minor and the pining, routine unless you're exceptionally imaginative.   With 5 planets retrograde, we're all going backwards to get to the future. Jupiter and Uranus have both left the ultra masculine, fire sign, Aries to revisit Pisces. This reminds me of an old cigarette commercial where Tareyton smokers claimed they'd rather "fight than switch (brands)".   With … [Read more...]

August 31, 2010     Coulda, shoulda woulda! It's not fun when you realize you let something amazing slip through your fingers. That's why being prepared and knowing opportunity when it's in front of you is so crucial! With the Moon square Neptune, your head might be in the clouds. Daydreaming and unclear thinking could make you miss out on something you should have been paying attention to. So, how can you avoid that? Stop Daydreaming, know about it before it happens!  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " … [Read more...]

  On August 23,  the Sun will move out of royal, radiant, outgoing Leo into sensible, earthy, hard-working Virgo for four weeks.   In the Western Hemisphere this is the time of the harvest, reaping the gifts of summer. The astrological glyph for Virgo is a goddess holding the sheaf of corn which will produce food for the time ahead. Virgo has a reputation for being nit-picky and critical but this meticulous trait is hugely useful when you are separating the wheat from the chaff, storing … [Read more...]

    Mercury, the planet of communication, turns Retrograde in Virgo from August 20 to September 12.     Three or four times a year, Mercury appears to move backwards in the sky for approximately three weeks. This is an optical illusion since no planet actually moves backwards or even slows down in their orbits around the Sun. However, it appears to move backwards from our perspective on planet Earth, since the planet may be orbiting at a different speed than the Earth's orbit … [Read more...]

  On August 16, Jupiter in high-vitality Aries, runs into an opposition with sensible Saturn in Libra positioned exactly across the zodiac.      These two Powerhouse Planets are Polar Opposites.   Jupiter is the idealist of the zodiac -- the visionary whose eternal optimism makes us feel good. Saturn gives structure, common sense, discipline and emphasizes that real achievements are only produced after careful preparation and planning. Jupiter does not like to keep its heavy feet … [Read more...]

  Uranus, the planet of change and independence, which moved briefly into Aries in May, now reverses back into Pisces until March 2011. Uranus spends approximately seven years in each sign, and will be in Aries from 2011 until 2018. But for now it is tying up a few loose ends in Pisces where it was from 2003 until May of this year. Uranus in Pisces is an odd combination of energies since Uranus is essentially a sky planet and Pisces is a watery one. On the positive side, it can bring revelations … [Read more...]

    August 10, 2010 there is a    New Moon in Leo, a time of New Beginnings....   A New Moon is when the Sun and the Moon are exactly aligned at the same degree in a conjunction. The Sun is bright, vital, a more masculine energy while the Moon is shadowy, mysterious, more feminine. So getting your Yang and Yin in balance is vital if you are to get the best out of the New Moon. A New Moon isn't spectacular in the heavens - all we see is faint outline of a crescent Moon. Accordingly, … [Read more...]

     Libra, ruling...   'Relating, Beauty, Harmony and Compromise'     Usually, the Planet of Love in the sign of love bodes well for Romance....but, Venus goes to battle with some cosmic heavyweights when it enters Libra on August 6, 2010. This month, however, Venus teams up with Mars to conjunct Saturn in Libra, oppose Jupiter and Uranus in Aries, and square off against Pluto in Capricorn.   That's a lot of Conflict!   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    Suggestion: Use … [Read more...]

  We start off the month of August with two days of mega-high-octane energy starting with Jupiter in Aries squaring Pluto on August 3. Jupiter in Aries is go-ahead, Self confident; it acts as a Motivator, a Crusader and can be wildly impulsive.   When it meets powerful Pluto at a square, then it can boost all those tendencies way over the top. Jupiter and Pluto together have a reputation for making certain people think that rules and regulations don't apply to them, so you … [Read more...]