New Moon at 11 degrees VIRGO 2 September 2024 7:55pm mountain time Saturn opposes the New Moon I was way up in the hills this week and caught the sun glowing on this quintessential high desert montane wildflower – Indian paintbrush – Castillega occidentalis. Investigating the genus and species name of this Rocky Mountain variety […]

Sun in VIRGO Mercury stations DIRECT August 28 – Woohoo! Venus enters Libra August 30 I can feel things lightening up already! I felt the Sun move into Virgo on August 23, a whisper of Autumn, an awareness of the rush of abundance as fruits and vegetables galore grace roadside stands and a flurry of […]

Mercury is wildly retrograde in LEO as Arthur  hangs out right by me, fake-snoozing on my ephemeris (the book that shows the movement of planets and luminaries) ready to share! He says: “What’s the rush? Slow down and access situations before you commit. This is a good time to peer out, to check things out, […]

Full Moon at 27 degrees Aquarius 8.19.24 12:25pm mountain time It’s a SUPERMOON and…it’s BLUE! Uranus squares the Full Moon An interesting factoid I came across in the daily updates I get from EarthSky – a blue moon can refer to EITHER the second full moon in a month OR if there are 4, not […]

Mercury retrograde has been maddening! Turn the madness into magic! Insights and blessed ‘ah-has’! to light your way and lighten your load! On Sunday last when Mercury stationed retrograde I opened my computer and everything was upside down! If you’re computer savvy, which I occasionally am, in spurts of unexpected genius, you would know that […]

New Moon at 12 degrees LEO 4 August 2024 5:13am mountain time As if things haven’t been heating up enough around here, on August 4, the Moon turns New in hot, fiery Leo and Mercury stations retrograde to begin its three-week retrograde period. We all know how trying retrograde periods can be, way more so […]

Mercury stations RETROGRADE August 5 Mars cruising through Mercury-ruled Gemini ’til September 5 We’re in what’s called the shadow period of Mercury retrograde as the mischievous messenger starts to slow down as it approaches its retrograde period beginning on August 5. Mercury will station retrograde at 4 degrees Virgo, move back into Leo on August […]

Full Moon at 29 degrees Capricorn 21 July 2024 4:17pm mountain time (best time to moon-view is the night of the 20th!) Moon conjunct Pluto Moon square Chiron-Eris conjunction Mars conjunct Uranus as Mars enters Gemini A volatile, explosive week, to say the least. How did you do with all that? I used the drama […]

I don’t know how you’re faring in your neck of the woods, but the temps and tempers are rising like mad over here. I got completely triggered by a person who has pushed my buttons for years and whose words and antics I thought I had neutralized. Clearly I had not. Worked myself into a […]

New Moon at 14 degrees Cancer 5 July 2024 4:57pm mountain time Venus conjunct the New Moon This New Moon in Cancer is joined by Venus transiting Cancer at 22 degrees. A softness for sure, and also opportunities to look at where you want to bring in deeper experiences of feeling safe, secure, and connected […]

Summer Solstice Sun at 0 degree of Cancer 6.20.2024 Full Moon at 1 degree of Capricorn 6.21.2024 7:07pm Mountain time Summer is nigh upon us in the Northern hemisphere as the Sun enters the zero degree of Cancer on 6.20.24 – the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice. We rejoice and frolic at […]

New Moon at 16 degrees Gemini 6 June 2024 6:37am mountain time Venus conjoins the New Moon at 16 degrees Gemini Mercury and Jupiter conjunct in Gemini Saturn squares the New Moon and Venus Mars conjoins Eris and Chiron This New Moon is screaming Gemini with the Sun, the Moon, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter all […]

Jupiter in Gemini 26 May 2024 – 9 June 2025 a year of expanding head bubbles Venus in Gemini 24 May – 17 June As Jupiter has moved from the fixed Earth sign Taurus into the mutable Air sign Gemini you can expect lots more talking, conversation, fact-collecting, information-gathering, and movement in general, particularly in […]

Full Moon at 2 degrees Sagittarius 23 May 2024 7:53am Mountain time (so the moon will look FULL the night of the 22nd!) Venus and Jupiter conjunct at 29 degrees Taurus Neptune at 29 degrees Pisces 29 degrees is called the anaretic degree of a sign…read on! A complicated FULL Moon coming up considering Mercury, […]

Sun enters Gemini May 21 Venus enters Gemini May 24 Jupiter moves into Gemini May 25 Neptune at 29 degrees Pisces 4 May – 3 September 10 and February 2025 – 30 March 2025 Neptune enters Aries 31 March 2025 You probably can already feel the energies shifting. What with the intensification of solar flares […]

NEW Moon at 18 degrees TAURUS 7 May 2024 9:21 pm Mountain time Venus at 10 degrees TAURUS Jupiter at 25 degrees TAURUS Uranus at 22 degrees TAURUS Drama in the skies, drama on the Earth. Sometimes it just takes everything you have to be in the moment of splendor but well worth it to […]

Full Moon at 4 degrees Scorpio 23 April 2024 5:49pm mountain time _________________________ Jupiter-Uranus conjunction 21 degrees Taurus 21 April 2024 _______________________ Mercury retrograde through 25 April These cosmic waves are most definitely testing patience (give me patience and give it to me now!) and clocking yourself on how seriously you are taking all the […]

Mercury endlessly retrograde through April 25 Jupiter-Uranus conjunction April 21 Mercury has been playing all kinds of mischief with me personally. I have to remind myself daily that Mercury in retrograde motion is not only a mischief-maker, it’s a magic maker. Magic can only happen when you let go of the process, let go of […]

Mercury retrograde 1 April – 25 April 27 degrees Aries back to 15 degrees Aries New Moon Solar Eclipse 8 April 2024 21 degrees Aries The day before the big dump of snow this past week I was messing around in the garden cutting back lemon balm stalks from last season and clearing out some […]

New Moon at 20 degrees Pisces 10 March 2024 2:00 AM mountain time Saturn and Neptune conjoin this New Moon interesting….. This morning I spied some daffodil foliage busting through the debris of 2023 outside my front door. Every year the heroic effort of bulbs to break through dense layers of soil, reaching for the […]