Lightning Bolts Just as Cupid has a quiver of golden arrows to inspire love, Jupiter wields lightning bolts of inspiration and vision. An important key to working effectively with Jupiter is to embrace the opportunities and inspirations he presents (via the circumstances in your life) by taking swift action. Jupiter transits work like a flash of lightning that illuminates the path to your future via vision, optimism and inspiration! While his transits strike like a flash of lightning, they also can fade away just as quickly. The greatest benefit from Jupiter’s transits are achieved when ..read more

  On August 20, 2022 Mars entered the sign of Gemini where he will stay for approximately seven months. You may find that things seem to be speeding up in your life, in your actions, in your mind and in the words coming out of your mouth. Let’s explore how to embrace this fast-paced period and avoid the need to say “oops” too many times. The Cycle of Mars - Mars takes two years to complete his journey around the zodiac.  Generally, he expresses his passion for action by moving quickly from one sign to the next spending 45 days or so in each sign.  But, once every two years he sl ..read more

  Are you looking for your future to begin?  Are you open to the potential for change?  Are you ready for the energy to make it all happen? Then read on because this transit if for you!    Every so often we experience a truly potent combination of energies in the heavens.  When Uranus and Mars conjunct the North Node, we will experience what has the potential to be a truly life changing transit for those whose chart is impacted. While Uranus conjunct the North Node is exact on July 26, the culmination of this transit takes place on August 1, 2022, when Mars joins ..read more

  As we experience the Spring Equinox, our thoughts turn to the blossoms of spring and our hearts muse over the old adage “hope springs eternal”.  This year the Spring Equinox is accompanied by a powerful and hopeful combination of planets as transiting Jupiter meets up with Neptune in Pisces for the first time since 1856.  Neptune entered the sign of Pisces, which is the sign he rules, over a decade ago in April 2011.  Because he moves slowly through the heavens, he will remain in Pisces for 14 years until the spring of 2025.  Compared to Neptune, Jupiter moves like l ..read more

  I hope you are excited, because this is exciting!  We will have a powerful Solar Eclipse on April 30, 2022 at 10 degrees of Taurus. While a Solar Eclipse is enough to get excited about by itself, transiting Uranus will be conjunct this eclipse and making it particularly powerful astrological event.  This is NOT your average Solar Eclipse! Because Solar Eclipses and transits of Uranus share some important characteristics, they can be considered Kindred Spirits.  Let’s explore this powerful combination and their shared point of view one step at a time. The Intention, Energ ..read more

  Each year spring (in the northern hemisphere) is a time when life seems renewed and possibilities once again seem possible.  Here in Las Vegas, our grape hyacinth, freesia and narcissus have emerged from their winter slumber to bloom and bring color and vibrancy into our garden.  As George Harrison sang in Here Comes the Sun, “Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear. Here comes the sun, it’s alright!” Here Comes the Sun Today marks the Spring Equinox, as the Sun has completed its journey around the zodiac ..read more

  From an astrological perspective, at the end of 2020, Saturn moved into the sign of Aquarius where he will hang out for the next 2 plus years.  Aquarius is independent, unique and idealistic.  Saturn is not.  Saturn encourages conformity, but most importantly mature structures for life that are made real in the world.   The result of this transit is a natural tension between conformity (Saturn) & the freedom to individuate (Aquarius). For nearly all of the Saturn’s first year in Aquarius, transiting Uranus in Taurus will be square to Saturn.  Uranus is the n ..read more

  The Sun moved into Capricorn today, marking the Winter Solstice and a time of turning inward and reflection.  So, let us share a few short thoughts about our reflections. In regard to reflection, the sign of Capricorn is concerned with time and truth: from the past that has been to the present moment to the direction we are heading in the future.  Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, wants you to know yourself so you can walk your path into the future with confidence.  Hence, the Winter Solstice is the perfect time for reflection. Winter Solstice A Time For Reflection For the ..read more

 Now Appearing in the Signs of Sagittarius & Gemini We are entering the fall eclipse season with a Lunar Eclipse on November 30, 2020 followed by a Solar Eclipse on December 14, 2020.  Since a Solar Eclipse occurs near the North and South Nodes and the Nodes of the Moon change signs about every 18 months or so, Solar Eclipses occur in the same sets of signs as the Nodes of the Moon (mostly).  The Nodes of the Moon recently moved into the signs of Sagittarius and Gemini and so the Solar Eclipses follow and shift to those signs as well.  This means that we bring to a clos ..read more

  The World Without: A Powerful Election Season If you are like us, you are feeling a bit of interference from the intensity of this election season in the U.S.A.  Even without the election, the news buffet is overly abundant. Like never before, we are inundated by the 24 hour news cycle and the chaos of social media. Maintaining peaceful awareness of our role in the powerful play of life supports our ability to remain centered. Let’s take a closer look at the election (the world without) and then focus closer to home (the world within). One of the key ways to unlock the insights of ..read more