Mercury conjoined the Sun today, marking the retrograde midpoint, just ahead of the Sun entering Leo Monday night.

This Tuesday, July 16, is the Capricorn Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse. It’s essentially direct-dialing into the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of January 2020.

Mercury just switched to apparent retrograde motion tonight, almost at the midpoint between eclipses. Other aspects this week suggest some extra weight and energy to this process.

The next event up is Tuesday’s total solar eclipse in Cancer. This is part of the first eclipse pair solidly on the Cancer/Capricorn axis since around 2009. These are the eclipses that start to ring the bell on the Saturn-Pluto conjunction of Jan. 12, 2020, whatever that is about. Well, we know what it’s about — we’re standing right in the middle of it.

This week the Sun, newly in Cancer, forms a square to Chiron in Aries. Sun-Chiron aspects suggest a discussion about the ways in which self-expression is damaged, stunted or actively resisted by forces in society and psyche. Sun square Chiron happens twice a year (the conjunction and opposition each happen once a year). The aspect […]

Tomorrow’s Full Moon in Sagittarius comes at the peak of Mars opposite Saturn-Pluto, with the Cancer Solstice arriving Friday.

This week, Mars in Cancer comes into range of opposing the Saturn-Pluto conjunction. I’ve been writing about this for weeks, such as in this article, and this one. And Friday, I released a video that offers another take on the aspect pattern, and gives some of its history. With all of that said, I want […]

Monday’s New Moon is in Gemini. One of its distinctive features is its location in the United States chart on the relationship angle. The suggestion is that there is some news, development or at least the need for attention focused on this aspect of our lives.