Catching Mercury

Slowly but surely, Mercury is flitting into greater visibility in the western horizon sky after sunset.  Mercury is in Aquarius and has been since January 11th and so appears to us between the constellations of the Goat-Fish and the Water-Bearer.  Mercury will be the...

Moon-Mars Conjunction

Tonight, after midnight, in the eastern sky, look for the waning gibbous Moon in a conjunction with the red planet, Mars in the sign of Libra. Mars rises at 11:42pm but will become much more visible after midnight with the Moon. Also in conjunction with Mars and the...

Solar Month of Aquarius

As of 7:51pm Pacific time today, January 19, 2014, the Sun enters the sign of Aquarius . . . It is mid-winter in the northern hemisphere, which means it is the time when the Sun enters the sign (or archetype in Shamanic Astrology) of Aquarius.  In the depths of the...

Venus Reborn in Capricorn

Capricorn Goddess Reborn Whales crested the Pacific ocean in the distance, spraying water and air just before sunset on January 5th.   On an unusually warm and clear day on the north Oregon coast, I waited for Venus to appear.  The whales carry the knowledge of their...

Moon Meets the Star Spica

As we recover from most of our holiday revelry, the Moon, Mars and the star Spica bear watching in the early morning skies.  The Moon is closing in on the star, Spica, in the constellation of the Virgin Priestess, and will occult it (as it has at other times this...

Dynamic Aspects of Mars

Mars is coming into form as the ‘action-oriented’ centerpiece in the first half of 2014.  In looking toward the coming months, Mars’ astrological alignment begins here in December with an opposition to Uranus on Christmas Eve and then a conjunction...