Magdalena New Moon

Dear Friend and Reader: Monday’s New Moon is in Gemini. One of its distinctive features is its location in the United States chart on the relationship angle. The suggestion is that there is some news, development or at least the need for attention focused on this aspect of our lives. Relationships form the primary environment … Read more

Zoom in, Zoom Out: Mercury Opposite Jupiter

Dear Friend and Reader: We’re now in the last quarter phase of the Moon; it is waning toward the Gemini New Moon, which occurs in about a week. Before we arrive, Mercury makes an opposition to Jupiter, exact on Thursday. This happens once a year, but this year it’s rather special — each planet is … Read more

Quicksilver Gem: Mercury Conjunct the Sun

Dear Friend and Reader: Tuesday morning, the Sun ingresses Gemini, with Mercury close behind. The Mercury-Sun conjunction forms a fraction of a degree into Gemini at 9:06 am EDT. There is an elegance in Mercury aligning with the Sun in the first degree of Mercury’s own sign, and this gleams out of the chart. Be … Read more

Mars and the Cardinal Cross

Dear Friend and Reader: This week, the movement of Mars begins a new phase of astrological history. Here is an idea to work with, if you strive to understand astrology. In every era, there are slow-moving patterns of planets that take a long time to form, and hold their positions for years, and sometimes for … Read more

Mars Opposite Jupiter: Aim for Being Truthful

  Dear Friend and Reader: Just a reminder — I am taking it easy today, in honor of the Beltane holiday, and I’ll be back with a new Planet Waves FM either Tuesday or in one week. Saturday, May 4, was the Taurus New Moon, at the midpoint of that sign. Saturn and Pluto are … Read more