Saturn retrograde

We have a rare synchronicity in the first half of May: three planets turning retrograde within four days! These include Jupiter, Saturn and – most important – Venus. We also have a Scorpio Full Moon and a committed partnership Grand Trine! Read more…

Pluto and Saturn turn retrograde in the second half of April, highlighting the themes of wealth, power, release and restructuring. We also have a powerfully aspected Libra Full Moon, a potent new T-square, and many magical quintiles! Read more…

After all the intensity generated by the three summer eclipses — not to mention all those challenging aspect patterns! — it’s a relief to see more flow showing up in the astrology for the first half of September. The headliner is a fortuitous Jupiter-Pluto sextile, backed up by three new flowing aspect patterns: a Grand Trine, Kite and Cradle. Saturn turns direct, and a Virgo New Moon contains both flowing and challenging aspect patterns. A Venus-Mars square and a new Double Yod Key land on the challenging side, while the seven peaking aspect patterns that started before September are pretty evenly balanced between challenge and flow. Remain mindful, but you can relax now … just a little bit! Read more…

New energy for healing fires up as Chiron enters Aries. The second half of April also features Saturn and Pluto turning retrograde, an intense Scorpio Full Moon, and a potent Mars-Pluto conjunction. All this, plus four powerful aspect patterns, creates a huge amount of astrological opportunity! Read more…

A relationship-transforming Libra Full Moon highlights the first half of April. We also have three important planets changing direction: Mercury and Saturn turn retrograde, while Venus turns direct. We also have aspect patterns aplenty: two interlinked Fingers of God fire up, and a Cradle, T-square and Grand Cross peak. Read on to learn the best use of these and other astrological forces! Read more…