April 12th ~ 19th “Spring Scattering Stars” by Edwin Blashfield “Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice (she was so surprised that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); “now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was! Good-by feet!” ~ Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland) On April 11th Mercury passed between the Earth and the Sun for its inferior conjunction. This is the birthday of Mercury, when it begins its next (almost) 4 month cycle. Just a few weeks earlier, Mercury was setting as an evening star, but shortly after its inferior conjunction, somewhere aro ..read more

April 5th ~ 12th “Dionysius Converting the Pagan Philosophers” by Antoine Caron As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation: either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 8th (2:17 pm EDT here in New York; 7:17 pm in Great Britain; 11:17 am PDT on the West Coast) we have a Total Solar Eclipse at 19º Aries 23’, exactly conjunct the centaur Chiron. Literally Cazimi, in the heart of the Eclipse, our Wounded Healer tak ..read more

March 29th ~ April 5th In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance. ~ Jeanette Winterson The liminal space between the eclipses becomes that much more internalized as Mercury appears to shift back from where it came. On April 1st, Mercury will station for its retrograde phase which lasts until April 25th. All the Mercury retro rules apply: be circumspect about making promises, signing contracts, making major decisions. If this is something that was already decided and agreed to, you may see some delays and do-overs, or not at all. If that is the case it may prove to be fortu ..read more

March 22nd ~ 29th The Norns Guldnyckeln by John Bauer In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized through it all, that in the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy.  For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger ~ something better, pushing right back. ~ Albert Camus On March 25th, at 3 AM Eastern ..read more

March 15th ~ 22nd “Joys of Spring” by René Lelong Like the Taoist sages of ancient China, Jesus likes to draw our attention to nature because he sees a power at work in it that humans have lost touch with. It is the creative power of the universe… that while nature is a beautiful expression of the evolutionary impulse of the universe, when humans become aligned with the intelligence that underlies it, they will express that same impulse on a higher, more wondrous level. ~ Eckhart Tolle (A New Earth) Until April 1st all the planets are moving direct. And that forward momentum continues to allo ..read more

March 8th ~ 15th “Koi” by Utagawa Hiroshige And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. ~ Roald Dahl We have a Super New Moon this weekend, on Sunday, March 10th, at 20º Pisces 17’. Super Moons occur when the moon is also close to the earth in its orbit. The Super New Moon may not appear to be as spectacular as a Super Full Moon for we cannot see them, but it can still be pretty spectacular in its effects.  All the more so with this New ..read more

March 1st ~ 8th “View of Capri” by Oswald Achenbach Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach all of them, but I can look up and see their beauty believe in them, and try to follow them. ~ Louisa May Alcott On March 3rd we have an exact semi-square between Jupiter, now in the sign of Taurus, and Neptune in the last degrees of Pisces. This is the first challenge to a 13-year cycle that began with the Jupiter/Neptune conjunction (in the sign of Pisces) in April of 2022. At that time we were tasked with sowing seeds marinated in its own pure Pisces essence. Jupit ..read more

February 23rd ~ March 1st “Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose” by John Singer Sargent When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite. ~ William Blake The Full Moon on February 24th (or 23rd) at 5º Virgo 23’ is our Spring Cleaning Full Moon here in the northern hemisphere. A time of celebration in the East, the Spring Festival in China is the culmination of the Lunar New Year celebrations. Lanterns are lit, and fireworks light up the skies. It is also a day to do a thorough Spring cleaning, sweeping out the remnants of the year that was, in preparation for ..read more

February 16th ~ 23rd Grandfather, Look at our brokenness. We know that in all creation only the human family has strayed from the Sacred Way. We know that we are the ones who are divided And we are the ones who must come back together To walk in the Sacred Way. Grandfather, Sacred One, Teach us love, compassion, and honor That we may heal the earth and heal each other. ~ Ojibway prayer (Prayers for Healing edited by Maggie Oman) On February 19th, Chiron makes an exact conjunction with the True North Node at 16º Aries 45’. The Nodes of the Moon are where the paths of the Sun and the Moon inter ..read more

February 9th ~ 16th The above detail is from a Dragon scroll rendered by Chen Rong Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. ~ Franz Kafka On February 9th we welcome in the New Moon at 20º Aquarius 41’, at 6 PM here on the East Coast of the United States (3 pm Pacific Time; 11 pm Greenwich, Universal Time). This is a Super Moon, made all the more intense, and doubling down on all things Aquarius with a close square to Aquarius-ruler, Uranus. Super Moons occur when t ..read more