NAVIGATING by the stars

Tomorrow, Thursday, March 23 at 5:14 a.m. PST/8:14 a.m. EST, Pluto dips its toe into Aquarius for the first time. It will stay for 11 weeks giving us just a taste of the changes to come in...

Words are provocative. When we look beyond our assumptions about their meaning they are like tiny mysterious states of grace hidden within language.  We use words both to invoke and evoke;...

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  The cycle of life is turning. It’s that glorious time when a warm breeze hits you just when you’ve grown accustomed to the chill, and suddenly,...

Astrologically Tuesday, March 7th, is a big day within a big month full of change and movement. At 5:40 a.m. MST (7:40 a.m. EST/ 4:40 PST) there is a full Moon in Virgo and less than an hour later at...

Recently I began experimenting with images created by an AI bot.  In fact, most of the images you have seen included in this email since last fall have been generated via text suggestions. ...

New Moon in Pisces February 20, 2023 3:05a.m. EST/12:05a.m. MST/11:05p.m. 2/19/23 PST As we approach the Vernal Equinox on March 21, an annual time of new beginnings,   early Monday we...

  Happy St. Valentine’s Day!   Rather than celebrating a Saint who martyred themselves (even though I can certainly say in my younger years I was a bit of a professional in...

  Full Moon in Leo February 5, 2023 1:28 p.m. EST/10:28 a.m. PST All Full Moons reflect the light of the Sun’s radiance symbolically casting illumination upon an area of our lives...

As I write this Venus has entered Pisces and the Moon is in Taurus (a sign that Venus rules), both are in signs of their exaltation, a place where they are considered powerful.  And from my...

As I write this we are actively dwelling in the energy of the New Moon in Aquarius.  Even though Aquarius is an air sign–it’s called “the Water Bearer” because have strong...

This week the skies change and 2023 beckons us forward.  As I have said before we began the year with both Mars and Mercury retrograde, Mars went direct last week, Mercury stations direct on...

As we begin the chapter of 2023 within our lives I find myself profoundly reflecting upon the asteroid Vesta.  One of four asteroid goddesses and a feminine archetype of the hearth, Vesta is not...

Happy New Year!   From an astrological perspective 2023 begins with a bit of a delay as both Mars, the planet that represents motivation and desire, and Mercury are retrograde through January...

Mercury Retrograde in Capricorn  December 29, 2022-January 18, 2023 Tomorrow morning (Thursday the 29th) Mercury once again officially is in retrograde motion, meaning that it appears that...

Solstice  12/21/22   4:48 EST   2:48 pm MST   Everything has a season and a turning point in time.  Perhaps there is no more evocative holy-day than the winter...