New Moon in Cancer 🦀 July 5, 2024
artist: Christian Schussele & James M. Sommerville (c. 1859) Friday, July 5 🌑 4:57 pm CDT Falling halfway through Cancer Season, the New Moon rises slowly above the crab’s tender ocean. Cancer is a water sign representing home, both interior (inner life and emotional security) and exterior (roots and physical space). The crab is as
Neptune Retrograde in Pisces ♆ 2024
July 2 – Dec 7, 2024 Planets in retrograde are not spinning backwards – it is an optical illusion as seen from Earth due to the fact that planets travel at their own respective speeds around the sun. In astrology, this illusion manifests as a “backwards” functioning of the planetary roles. Click here to learn more about
Saturn Retrograde in Pisces ♄ 2024
artist: Mia Ohki June 29 – Nov 15, 2024 Planets in retrograde are not actually spinning backwards – it is an optical illusion as seen from Earth. Backwards motion appears to happen when Earth passes slower moving planets in the outer solar system. In astrology, this illusion manifests as a “backwards” functioning of the planetary roles. Click here to learn
Cancer Season 🦀 Summer Solstice 2024
artist: Isabelle Simler June 20 (Summer Solstice) – July 22, 2024 Your sun sign is just one planet in your star soup. Curious about the rest? Contact me for a natal chart reading! Every year Cancer season begins on the summer solstice. Can you feel it? Gemini’s wind giving way to Cancer’s sweet rain? Mercurial Gemini sinks
Mercury in Cancer ☿ 2024
artist: Käthe Butcher June 17 – July 2, 2024 Mercury rules the mind, thoughts, communication, and social world. For the last week, Mercury has been spinning “at home” in Gemini. This transit brings significant movement and activity each year. You may move to a new place, for example, or end an important relationship. New plans are
Venus in Cancer ♀ 2024
June 17 – July 11, 2024 With Venus in Gemini since the last full moon, our primary lesson is detachment. It’s not fucking easy. And the thing is, we all need connection and detachment, not just detachment. Balancing these needs brings peace. Still, Gemini’s heart vacillates unpredictably between insatiable nearness and foggy distance. Gemini’s presence is
Last Quarter Moon in Pisces ☾ May 30, 2024
“Revealed Secrets” by Tuco Amalfi Thursday, May 30 🐠 11:13 am CDT The Waning Last Quarter Moon rises at midnight, peaks at dawn, and sets at noon all over the world, no matter your time zone. At this station, the sleepy moon in Pisces squares the pensive Gemini sun. Last quarter moons are turning points or
Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ Apr 23, 2024
artist: Danial Ryan Tuesday, Apr 23 🦂 5:49 pm CDT We haven’t had a regular (non-eclipse, non-supermoon) full moon in Scorpio since 2019! This will be the first moon phase of Taurus Season 2024. The April full moon is called the Pink Moon 🌸 It also marks Lunar Beltane 🌸 Luna rises at sunset, peaks at
First Quarter Moon in Cancer ☽ Apr 15, 2024
artist: Jun’ichiro Sekino Monday, Apr 15 @ 7:32 pm PST The restless Aries sun squares the emotive moon in Cancer. The moon rules Cancer, so she is “at home” here. At the waxing first quarter moon, we decide what we will keep from the new lunar cycle. Quarter phases help clarify our plans post-new moon. This quarter follows
Mars in Pisces ♂ 2024
artist: Jessica Foster Mar 22 – Apr 30, 2024 With Mars in Aquarius since mid-February, our warrior spirit is more (re)active than usual. We are learning to choose our words carefully. Mars in Aquarius is an emotional, unbreakably stubborn creature. Aquarius swings between ideals and conflicts, dreams and reality. He loves to move and explore;
Venus in Pisces ♀ 2024
artist: Mia Ohki Mar 11 – Apr 4, 2024 Venus has not been alone in Aquarius recently. Power players Mars and Pluto are here too, shaking us to our core with change after change after change. This potent energy has forced us to move, speak, act. The destination is liberation; connection; experimentation; change in perspective. The pace
New Moon in Pisces 🐠 Mar 10, 2024
artist: ameyasrealm Sunday, Mar 10 🐠 3:00 am CDT Every month the moon spins into the same constellation as the sun. This lunar-solar conjunction is what we call a new moon. This month the moon and sun spiral together in diaphanous Pisces, the last sign in the zodiac. It’s time to release, let go, and prepare
Mercury in Pisces ☿ 2024
artist: Rachel Newling Feb 23 – Mar 9, 2024 With Mercury in Aquarius since early February, the mind has been inundated with creative, expansive energy. Aquarian energy in the skies increases confidence and honesty. Aquarius also delivers what is most unexpected. For this reason Aquarius Season tends to be rough. We are learning the value
Pisces Season 🐠 2024
artist: Ningiukulu Teevee Feb 18 – Mar 19 (Spring Equinox), 2024 Your sun sign is just one planet in your star soup. Contact me for a natal chart reading to learn more! Happy birthday mermaids! At the end of the zodiac wheel, Pisces calls from her opal cove. Two fish chase tails in the waters of
Last Quarter Moon in Scorpio ☾ Feb 2, 2024
Skeleton mosaic by Gianlorenzo Bernini, c.1650 Friday, Feb 2 🦂 5:18 pm CDT The Waning Last Quarter Moon rises at midnight, peaks at dawn, and sets at noon. Here the ever-intense moon in Scorpio squares the energizing Aquarian sun. This phase prepares us for the New Moon in Aquarius (Chinese New Year) on Feb 9.