Aries Birthdays and Rising 2019: Rise (to the Occasion) and Shine, Aries!

Posted by Planet Waves

Dear Aries Sun, Rising or Moon Reader: In a world full of pressure and chaos, your solar year just began with a bit of a bang: just hours after the Sun ingressed Aries on Wednesday, the Moon opposed it for a Libra Full Moon that contacted some potent points in a very active sky. How […]

Chiron in Aries: Where to Start?

Posted by Amanda Painter

Chiron enters Aries on Monday, where it will stay for the next seven years; the Sun enters Pisces Monday, too. Tonight’s issue considers the themes of self-actualization inherent to both Chiron and the Aries Point, and includes a large excerpt from the INTELLIGENCE written readings.

Chiron in Aries: Where to Start?

Posted by Amanda Painter

On Dec. 19 and 20, 2004, the Mars Curiosity rover used its panoramic camera to take the images combined into this mosaic view of itself. During Chiron in Aries, curiosity about, and willingness to explore, who you are may be a good starting place. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell

Chiron enters Aries on Monday, where it will stay for the next seven years or so; the Sun enters Pisces Monday, too. Amanda Painter considers the themes of self-actualization inherent to both Chiron and the Aries Point, and checks in on a couple of today’s notable aspects.

Mars in Aries, and the Capricorn Solar Eclipse

Posted by Eric Francis Coppolino

The New Year holiday arrives with a burst of energy, mostly supplied by Mars entering Aries Monday at 9:20 pm EST. This puts some heat onto the Aries Point, that sensitive spot where the wider affairs of society intersect with our individual lives.

Critical-Mass Point: The Big Effect

Posted by Eric Francis Coppolino

We’re about to experience a Full Moon on the Northern winter solstice. This is a lunation in aspect to the Aries Point (the first degree of the zodiac), and no matter what, that promises to deliver something unusual. The most ordinary Full Moon has a way of breaking deadlocks and getting the energy moving. This […]

A Moving Point In Time and Space

Posted by Eric Francis Coppolino

When I leaf through my old notebooks, and look at my bookshelves, I see the origins of the concept for Planet Waves: Journalism in the most intimate sense of the idea.

Chiron in Aries and the Sun in Taurus

Posted by Amanda Painter

Tonight, at 11:12 pm EDT (3:12 UTC Friday), the Sun enters Taurus. This happens just two days after Chiron’s noteworthy move into Aries. You might be having an “interesting” week — though as Amanda Painter suggests, having the Sun in Taurus should help you to ease back on the pace and find some solid footing, even as you notice how Chiron in Aries is showing up in the news.

Next Up: Chiron in Aries

Posted by Eric Francis Coppolino

Chiron’s sign changes are always significant, in that they often arrive with immediate shifts in the social climate and turning points in history. What may have seemed impossible in one moment of time is suddenly the thing that’s happening in another.