Retrograde
Ellen’s Two Cents: May 15, 2012
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012The day is best spent on routine tasks since the moon is void during the duration of the workday. Void moons are excellent times for listening to your inner wisdom which is particularly fertile, full of creative thoughts. This is particularly true for a Pisces moon which is already directed inward. Venus, which has been [...]
Turning Around and Moving On
Friday, April 13th, 2012What has been stalled since, say, this past January? How have you been stuck?Are you waiting for a decision? An answer? Mars, which has been retrograde since January 23rd is motionless in the sky, about to turn direct. When retrograde planets turn around, there is a release of energy. Projects and situations that had stalled, [...]
Gemini Sparks Fly
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011The Moon is rapidly approaching to the longitude of the Sun. At 5:09 pm Eastern, they will be so tightly aligned that the Moon’s shadow will block a portion of the Sun’s surface if you are standing on the right corner of the Earth. Such an alignment is called a solar eclipse. Astrologers have long [...]
Pluto Turns…
Saturday, April 9th, 2011Astrology is literal. When a planet pivots and changes direction it literally marks a turning point. Today Pluto literally changes direction as it begins it five month retrograde journey (it turns direct in mid-September). Unlike rapidly moving planets like Mercury, a Pluto station, that point when it appears to slow down and stop before reversing [...]
It’s Not Heavy; It’s Saturn
Sunday, January 23rd, 2011Saturn is virtually motionless in the sky right now, getting ready to station at 17 degrees 14 minutes of Libra in the wee hours of Wednesday morning. If you have planets or sensitive points at or near 17 degrees of any of the cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn, then the load on your [...]
Take Advantage of Today’s Opportunity to Clean House
Sunday, August 29th, 2010One of the great benefits of astrology is you can look ahead to see what energies will be in play and then use them to advance your objectives and goals. Today there is a grand trine in the Earth signs. Sun in Virgo is trine Pluto in Capricorn and both are trined by the Moon. [...]
The 2010 Cardinal T-Square and Mercury Retrograde
Thursday, August 19th, 2010In the Northern hemisphere, the days are noticeably shorter. Above average temps coupled with humidity to match still blankets much of the continental US while Russia bakes and Pakistan drowns. This has been a summer to remember both meteorologically as well as astrologically. Days of high intensity are not over this season. Not by a [...]
Saturn’s Dress Rehearsal
Friday, July 30th, 2010What was going on in your life, say from this past Halloween to early April of this year? Did anyone new come into your life? Did the pattern of your life change? A new challenge or complication… Approximately a week ago, Saturn entered Libra for a two year stay. And if you want to get [...]