Full moon is Monday night. Her influence carries over until the wee hours of the morning on Friday. The full moon tends to be a magical time for people. Sometimes that’s good, and we are inspired; sometimes it’s less desirable, and people get a little wacky. When a woman’s cycle syncs up with the full…
Category: Moon
A Short Note on the Current Energies
I have to run off and teach, but I did want to make a note of the energy before I lost the thoughts… I know I’m feeling the solar storm. It has been hard to sleep, and everything just feels off. It’s somewhat similar to what I feel like before an earthquake, which was disconcerting…
New Moon in Leo (and other assorted energies)
The energy right now is all about being authentic and owning who you are in all of your awesomeness. Figure out what you are interested in, rather than what you think you should be interested in. Have fun, because you can’t be inauthentic when you’re having fun. Discover your superpower. Carry around a little notebook…
Solar Calm
I received this missive from SpaceWeather this evening: Less than two weeks ago, the sun was peppered with large active regions. Now, the face of the sun is almost completely blank. Suddenly, the sunspot number and the sun’s x-ray output have dropped to their lowest levels in years. Is Solar Maximum finished? Probably not, but…
New Moon in Cancer, Moving out of Mercury Retrograde
We did our monthly New Moon Gathering tonight, and had some new people, which is always lovely. It was a powerful meditation for me. Here are some barebones notes about the current energies: New Moon in Cancer (water sign) – first lunar cycle of the summer (Mad Midsummer Moon) Intentions set now have the possibility…
Drive-by Astrology: Last Quarter Moon
Today is a Last Quarter Moon. That is to say that we are halfway between Full and New Moon. Luna is waning, shrinking; our energy retreats inward. Some people see this as the perfect time to re-evaluate one’s course and make necessary adjustments. Take a moment, over the next 24 hours, to look at where…
Full Moon in Scorpio
Full Moon isn’t usually my thing. This one was pulling on me and I couldn’t figure out why until I realized it was in Scorpio, which features strongly in my chart. If it’s calling you as well, here are some thoughts from the astrologers I read the most: Jessica Shepherd: “This Scorpio Full Moon wants…
Storm’s A Comin’!
INCOMING STORM CLOUDS: Three or four CMEs that left the sun earlier this week will arrive in quick succession this weekend. Mostly, the blows they deliver to Earth’s magnetic field are expected to be weak, but the combined impacts could stir up significant geomagnetic activity. NOAA forecasters put the odds of a high-latitude geomagnetic storm…
For the Aries New Moon
Before he makes each one of us, God speaks. Then, without speaking, he takes each one out of the darkness. And these are the cloudy words God speaks before each of us begins: “You have been sent out by your senses. Go to the farthest edge of desire, and give me clothing: burn like a…
Into the Darkness
I won’t be doing a public New Moon Ceremony this weekend. My dear friends, who were going to host, had their schedule shifted by the early arrival of their new son. Additionally, Samhain took more out of me than I anticipated, so I’ll be honoring the Dark Moon privately. This doesn’t mean I can’t still…
And so it begins…
Welcome to eclipse season! And a Full Moon! And renewed solar activity! And the thinning of the veil! And Mercury retrograde! …And some other stuff too, I’m sure… For all I write about Mercury Retrograde and Lunar cycles, I am not an astrologer. I play, but I have so many lovely colleagues whose passion it…
September Energies
What have you been working on this year? What have been the patterns, the lessons, the challenges? Because all of that is going to be really loud for you in September. September is always the climax of the year’s patterns, the time when the Universe asks, “Have you gotten the message yet? Here, let me…