Category: Lunation

  • Amid Crises and Confusions

    Before talking about the astrology of the waxing phases, which culminate with the full moon in Leo on February 12, let’s look at some background energies that are fueling the destruction of the old and the sprouting of the new, for the new paradigms are lead by Pluto which, being in Aquarius, is leading us…

  • Highest Values

    After experiencing the shift in signs of the nodal axis, the full moon in Cancer and the opposition between Sun and Mars, it is time to move on to the second half of January. Sun entered Aquarius on January 19 and the new moon will happen ten days later. Before delving into astrology, however, let…

  • Consciousness of Wills

    In the article A Sobering Lunation, we talked about the Capricorn new moon on December 30 which was followed by the second exact opposition of Mars and Pluto on January 3. Then, on January 6, Mars entered Cancer, a few hours before the First Quarter phase, the crisis of action that saw the resignation of…

  • A Sobering Lunation

    The always powerful new moon of Capricorn, at 9°44′, is the first after the winter solstice and will occur on December 30 at 3:27 p.m. in California, 4:27 p.m. in Mexico City, or 11:27 p.m. in Central Europe. The solstice marked the maximum Night Force and therefore Capricorn represents the integrated collective, which is typically…

  • Time for the Unexpected

    This is another dual-purpose article to discuss the full moon in Gemini and the Winter Solstice, both occurring during the current lunation that began on December 1 with the new moon in Sagittarius. Given that Mars, Mercury and Neptune were slowing down to change direction in this lunation, both the full-moon and the solstice charts…

  • Opportunities Galore

    The new moon in the sign of the archer centaur will occur on November 30 at 10:21 p.m. in California, or December 1 at 12:21 a.m. in Mexico City, 7:21 a.m. in Central Europe, with the exact conjunction of Sun and Moon happening at Sagittarius 9°33′. As you can see in the enclosed chart, Sun…