On raw focus, welcome interruptions, ROSALÍA’s new album LUX, and how all of it serves a refractory exploration of Mercury Mars conjunctions.

Without the Sun and the Moon, the dawn ceases to dominate the night. Murkiness permeates and the clear shapes of our lives recede into shade. During eclipse season, we get to experience this gloaming as a rare juncture in time.

Pisces and Virgo form the axis that I call the polarity of healing. Healing, by nature, implies a wound. A sickness that causes suffering. A disease that distorts what once was clear.

The full moon in Leo perfects on Saturday, February 8th, 2020 at 11:33pm. If Leo is the heart, Aquarius is the circulatory system. Leo is magnetic, Aquarius electrifies. Leo centers, Aquarius channels. Leo coheres while Aquarius interrupts. Leo is the core, Aquarius is liberation.

On Tuesday, November 12th, the Full Moon perfects at 19°Taurus52’ at 5:34am PDT. In preparing to write your horoscopes this month I’ve been meditating on the mythology of Scorpio and Taurus respectively. Mulling over the myth of Artemis which teaches us about intimacy and intensity and the collapse of self-protective walls that gives way to true sharing. About hyper-vigilance and recognition. About revenge and rage and reactivity and the suddenness of death when it arrives.

October 31st, 8:42am PST: Mercury stations retrograde at 27°Scorpio38’
While we can determine exact moments of transits and aspects, the influence of planetary movements stretches out from these points in time and space, far beyond what superficial media might consider worth examining. For the sake of focus, Mercury retrograde (and any planetary retrograde for that matter) has three distinct phases. 

Monday, July 29th
4:13pm PST: Sun in Leo square Uranus in Taurus, both at 6°33’
At the time of year when it is closest to the earth, the Sun in Leo represents the desire to be loved for true brilliance, and the willingness to express that desire.

Sunday, July 21st
1:30am PST: Venus in Cancer opposite Pluto in Capricorn, both at 21°44’
Venus’ opposition to Pluto is the last of this summer’s slew of personal confrontations with the planetary god of the underworld.

On Tuesday July 16th at 2:38pm PST, a Full Lunar Eclipse perfects at 24°Capricorn04’. This Eclipse season is marked by a series of rare, complicated, and serious signatures. 

Monday, July 8th
3:42am PST: Venus in Cancer square Chiron in Aries, both at 5°57’
It can be easy to slip into the story that nothing we do will ever be enough for love. Receiving, fully experiencing, and shepherding love into our lives is a lot of work in a culture that teaches us everything has to be earned.

Monday, April 2nd
11:44am EST: Mars conjunct Saturn at 8°Capricorn57’ → This aspect brings us face to face with the things we might not want to do that WILL get us where we want to go.

Wednesday, March 28th
8:47pm EST: Venus conjunct Uranus at 27*Aries19’ → Experience of shock and awe when you try something new.

Tuesday, March 20th
12:03am EST: Mercury conjunct Venus at 16*Aries22’ → We’re talking the talk and walking with style.