STARSTRUCK ASTROLOGY

Wherever warrior Mars appears, you can expect a certain amount of carnage. Now that he’s traveling backwards, it’s as though he’s got the gory task of sifting through the remains of whatever he took his wrecking ball to. Virgo’s landscape is the region in which Mars retraces his steps. Virgo aims for perfection, and chastises [...]

Do you ever feel as though time has suspended itself – as if everything hangs in the balance? Today might take on that surreal quality as Saturn – keeper of time – goes retrograde for four months.  This is a useful period to consider who the key players are in your life. Do some of [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, Jupiter has just turned his back on us – which is to say that Jupiter has now entered his retrograde phase until December 25. (How synchronistic is that timing for the oft-called Santa Claus of the solar system?) As we are still in the portal of the New Moon in Virgo, it becomes [...]

Neptune, that planet that leads us towards cosmic unity or headlong into a fog, is on the move. Having dipped its toes in its home sign of mystic Pisces, Neptune now retreats from the water and leaps into the airy realm of humanitarian Aquarius. It’s a neat trick, but you can do that when you’re [...]

Welcome to a much-needed slow-down period aboard Spaceship Earth. Planet Mercury begins its retrograde phase today, until August 26. When a planet ‘goes retrograde’ it simply appears to be traveling backwards through the heavens, from the Earth’s perspective. Symbolically, this phase marks a turning point, wherein we utilize the planet’s energy on an internal level. [...]

Saturn in Libra is moving into retrograde phase today. If you consider that Saturn acts as a type of container, his apparent backwards motion partly relates to holding the space of whatever you’ve been trying to manifest, particularly in terms of the most important relationships (Libra) in your life. This signifies a five-month phase in [...]

Just as the planets are clearly bodies in motion, so are we all. And the journey is about to get more exciting (or weird, depending on your viewpoint). If you’re a mystic who hopes to travel to other realms, the Cosmic travel agency has your ticket prepared. Since all journeys begin with planet Mercury, let’s [...]

It’s that time of year again. Mercury retrograde. What does it mean, exactly? In its retrograde phase, it appears as if the planet is traveling backwards (from Earth’s vantage point). Mercury is the planet that rules all forms of communication, be they oral, aural, written, electronic or postal. Mercury also rules your mental processes and [...]

And freedom, oh freedom,Well that’s just some people talkin’.Your prison is walking through this world all alone.(The Eagles’ Desperado) This evening cosmic revolutionary Uranus does an about-face and goes retrograde. Uranus energy lures each of us into shaking up the status quo. Have you ever felt like a rebel – with or without a cause? [...]

Today both Mercury and Neptune go retrograde. Planets are in retrograde motion when they are closest to the earth and furthest from the Sun. They appear to be traveling backwards, though this is an optical illusion from our vantage point. Neat trick, really – and Mercury is all about tricks. Neptune is pretty trixy too, [...]