ASTRO BLOG

EYE ON ASTROLOGY:  FOCUS ON DEBILITATED PLANETS When the astrologers uses the word “debilitated”, their clients often cringe. Its one of the words we need to take out of our vocabulary. It really means that we have to work 3 times as hard to get results out of that planet and that we have to […]

SUN IN ARDRA: JUNE 22-JULY 4 Sun  transits  on June 22nd and   into the the constellation of Ardra which is located at Gemini (6.20-20.00)     Western astronomers connect it with the constellation of  Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion, and Sirius, the Dog star. Ardra is one of the more difficult constellations in the zodiac that

EYE ON THE SKY: NEPTUNE RETROGRADE Neptune turns retrograde on June 18th and stays there until Dec. 2nd.  Retrograde Neptune increases psychic energy. As Lynn Koiner notes: “Similar to the natal retrograde Neptune, the transiting retrograde causes sensitivity and receptivity to being much more acute. Due to this heightened receptivity, we are allowed to see

JUPITER RETROGRADE: JUNE 20-OCT 18TH Jupiter is the big dog in the sky that everyone loves and it is very powerful as it prepares to go retrograde June 20-Oct 18th in the sign of Aquarius at around 7 degrees.  The natal chart of the US has its natal Moon here so this may bode well for

EYE ON SPIRITUALITY: MAKING PEACE WITH DEATH We live in a very changing and anxious world with the Covid scare and with the military-industrial complex more interested in weapons and wars and corporate profit than people.  Saturn in Capricorn is a bit of a grim reaper and since its entrance in Capricorn and also the

EYE ON SPIRITUAL ASTROLOGY: DIVINE GRACE AND ASTROLOGY In Vedic astrology, Jupiter represents the Guru of the spiritual realm and Venus the Guru of the material realm.  Jupiter is stronger now having gotten out of the material sludge of Capricorn and is moving toward stationary/ retrograde action into June 20th in Aquarius, a friendly and

MARS IN CANCER–ADVENTURES OF THE DE-CLAWED CAT JUNE 1- JULY 20TH Mars goes into his sign of debilitation on Tuesday, June 1st, and stays there for about 6 weeks. The word gets misused and misunderstood so much. Debilitated planets have to work 3 times as hard to manifest their significations and their negative qualities may

VENUS IN GEMINI: May 28-June 22nd Venus moves into Gemini on May 28th and stays there until June 22nd. It is a positive transit as Mars is leaving Gemini on June 1st and that is the only malefic influence other than a 30-degree aspect from Rahu in Taurus. It also gets an expansive trine from

EYE ON THE SKY: MERCURY RETROGRADE IN GEMINI/TAURUS MAY 29-JUNE 22ND Mercury went into Gemini today on May 26th and is weak in degrees in the early part of the sign and unfortunately stays less than 1 degree in Gemini and then is at 29 degrees in Taurus until June 5th. Planets in early and