Blog: Astrology & Justice

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.

OVER/TURNING THE LAW, PART II

Our law is a human creation. It is both real and illusion. It is man-made. Thus, it is neither inherent nor everlasting.

ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST: OCT 4-17 2024

Jupiter and Pluto station retrograde, Mars picks a fight with everyone, Mercury enters Scorpio and Venus enters Sagittarius.

ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST: FALL ECLIPSE SEASON 2024

During an eclipse, the light goes out. Things we can see under normal circumstances become invisible. Don’t underestimate what you can’t see.

OVER/TURNING THE LAW, PART I

The law is essentially a social responsibility. Social being Venus. Responsibility being Saturn. Developing the capacity to respond to societal needs is the primary purpose of the law.

SKY RIVERS, GRIEF PARTIES + BAY LAUREL

Plants that help us breathe deeper open us to grief, sweeping through us to make space. This is part of healing, but not the whole of it.

ON THERAPEUTIC PAIN

Ritual creates pathways of familiarity that help divert us from pathways of self-sabotage. Ritual paves avenues of restoration we can refer to in moments of upheaval. Ritual polishes the ice so we can work our way up to the triple axel without getting caught in a basic crossover.

ON JUPITER + THE ECSTASY OF GRIEF

Grief carries us firmly and gently to the very core of our own vitality. Serves us spoonfuls of our own holy water. Fortifies our intimacy with the critical questions that run like electric currents under our life, lighting us up with presence. The times in my life when I have been most happy, most alive are inextricably linked to processes of grief.

ON PLANETARY PRIVILEGE: THE BLESSING + CURSE OF CAPACITY

Having planetary privilege doesn’t mean that things aren’t difficult. It can foster diligent self-efficacy and reliability. But relationally, being well-resourced while trying to be a decent person often means bearing more relational weight.

SO YOU WANT TO LEARN ASTROLOGY?

There are quite a few stellar teachers and teaching tools in this world. There’s also an incredible amount of utter bullshit going around. Here are a few things to keep in mind:

SEED OF WEALTH: PLUTO IN AQUARIUS

The wealth for which Pluto is known today is descended from a time when people were in deep reverence to the wealth of the earth. Ploûtos, pre-conflation with Ploutōn, was named for the mineral wealth found underground in ancient Greece.

CATHARSIS + CONSUMMATION: MARS IN CANCER

Mars in Cancer is a warrior whelmed by its feels. Is a molting crab, walking into the fight for its own growth without a shell to protect it.

A CRISIS OF ATTENTION: SUN OPPOSITE MARS RX

The Sun in Sagittarius pulls our attention outside of the problem. Perhaps to land on a bigger piece of it. This element might have more potential to be solved. Might require more effort to undo or adjust. And might also offer untold ease to a situation that has previously lacked alleviation.

DEFENSE IS PROTECTION

Defense is less about what’s outside of us, and more about what’s being protected within.

ALL I'S ON GEMINI

The house that contains Gemini in our chart is a place in our life where we are fated to live between worlds. Where we are blessed to have ride or die friends, as well as tricky adversaries. It is a place where we feel the deep etching of sacrifices we make for those we do not want to live without

HOROSCOPES FOR THE FULL LUNAR ECLIPSE IN SAGITTARIUS

During an eclipse, the light goes out. Things we can see under normal circumstances become invisible. Don’t underestimate what you can’t see.

IT'S NOT THE TOOL IT'S THE WIELDER

Mars is deep in the sign of Cancer, and it feels like a good time to talk about spiritual bypass, neglect as a form of harm and accountability to our tools for living and relating well.

NERVOUS SYSTEM FLOURISH + FAILURE: SATURN SQUARE URANUS

This year is characterized by a tightly configured square between Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. The tension between these planets challenges us to make breakthroughs amidst breakdowns, align function with flair, and rapidly rewire our way to regulation.

CADENCE AS A GUIDE: A DIVE INTO ASTROLOGICAL RESEARCH

My primary mission as an astrologer is to affirm, encourage, strengthen, and expand my clients’ capacity to be with life’s challenges. Most people come to me asking for guidance. So I have been studying ways to examine the angles of a chart that give my clients the guidance they need, especially in upheaval. I am working on an astrological technique that detects and uplifts our personal guides, initiators, and powerful confidants in moments when we feel like we’ve slipped into a portal and we need help understanding where to go.

RELATIONAL POLITIC: JUPITER + SATURN CONJOIN IN AQUARIUS

Each time Jupiter and Saturn make a conjunction, they mark the start of a new phase that structures the principles by which society lives. Jupiter represents the wisdom, ideals, and truths which we as a society hold self-evident. Saturn represents the structures, rules, and time it takes to develop, manifest, and express Jupiter’s ideas. Jupiter can be indicative of expansion, abundance or wealth (to the point of extremes) and liberation. Saturn offers us traditions, channels, restrictions, judgement and sometimes, oppression.

AWAKENING TO PALLAS ATHENE

For thousands of years we have understood that a woman’s intuition is unparalleled knowledge.

Athena is first and foremost a protectress. The kind of protection with which she is imbued is knowledge that stems from a deep well of intuition. We see this in the metaphor of her springing from the crown of Zeus’s head (knowledge). Previous to this birth, she had to emerge from the womb of her mother(intuition), swallowed by the records of the patriarchal order, cast away and hidden in Zeus’s belly.

YOU CAN'T RUSH REPAIR

You can’t use a supremacist process to dismantle white supremacy.

Supremacist processes urge instant fixes and perpetuate erasure and trauma because they don’t allow the time and space required by deep healing. We are conditioned to see success through a supremacist lens. Losing this lens is paramount to anti-racist work.

HOROSCOPES FOR THE FULL MOON IN SCORPIO

This moon is untamable. Beast, but only a burden if you attempt to bridle it. We have tried to domesticate this virus. To break it in. To subdue it with distance, restrain it with masks, conquer it with soap and vaccines. We have made it our enemy. We have even tried to neutralize it by imagining it as a friend, come to expose the kyriarchy.

NOT ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

People in panic are superficially, perhaps even falsely, preaching togetherness, seeking the reaction of their audiences or worse, the purchase of goods and services. “Togetherness” has become another healing buzzword on which to capitalize.

Tarotscope Archive

TAROTSCOPE | DECEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 15

VIII OF CUPS
Grief and relief are ancient kin. Acknowledging loss is an act of love.

TAROTSCOPE | DECEMBER 2 - DECEMBER 8

II THE HIGH PRIESTESS
Duality implies unity. The thing being reflected is a prerequisite to a reflection.

TAROTSCOPE | NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 1

IX OF CUPS
The Nine of Cups is a prayer felt and acted. Fully embodied. The point where faith, belief and reality converge…

TAROTSCOPE | NOVEMBER 18 - NOVEMBER 24

IX THE HERMIT
One of the oldest forms of hermit is the hag. The wise and wily woman living in the far-off place.

TAROTSCOPE | NOVEMBER 4 - NOVEMBER 10

IV OF SWORDS
It is only when we focus that we see the boundaries of our consciousness are not just safe-holds but also ruptures. Collateral crevices. Cracks in the cement that block us from true freedom.

TAROTSCOPE | OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 3

II OF PENTACLES
The Two of Pentacles guides us to change the way we relate to material things so that we can make healthier decisions about what gets to stay and what has got to go. So we can enjoy the interplay.

TAROTSCOPE | OCTOBER 21 - OCTOBER 27

FATHER OF PENTACLES
This week as Venus moves through sextiles to Saturn and Pluto and the Sun slides into Scorpio, the darkening moon pulls us deeper into night consciousness.

TAROTSCOPES | OCTOBER 14 - OCTOBER 20

VI OF CUPS
The circle of life is a wild array of spinning spheres. Atoms vibrating up against each other. Planets orbiting stars. Seasons marking long moments and the Sun’s rise and setting sealing shorter ones. Everywhere around us disks turn, separating and connecting us in varying degrees of separation.

TAROTSCOPES | OCTOBER 7 - OCTOBER 13

SON OF CUPS
Magic is only madness if you believe it to be. Synchronicity is a matter of seeking meaning. Reality is altered by anything you realize.

TAROTSCOPES | SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 6

VIII JUSTICE
As the scales tip towards a thicker night consciousness, Justice reveals itself to remind us that balance is never as it seems.

TAROTSCOPES | SEPTEMBER 23 - SEPTEMBER 29

XX JUDGEMENT
Every card in the tarot embodies a paradox. A holographic spectrum of possibility rippling out from the essential idea contained within.

TAROTSCOPES | SEPTEMBER 16 - SEPTEMBER 22

IX OF CUPS
The difference between desire and love is expectation. To desire is to want for something. Desire implies lack.

TAROTSCOPES | SEPTEMBER 9 - SEPTEMBER 15

X OF SWORDS
There is a fine line between genius and madness. A narrow gap between not enough and too much. A thin veil between desperation and divinity.

TAROTSCOPES | SEPTEMBER 2 - SEPTEMBER 8

ACE OF CUPS
The Ace of Cups is a well. A finite container which holds an infinite source.

TAROTSCOPES | AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1

SON OF PENTACLES
Grief, in our culture, is unbecoming. Is practiced behind closed doors. In rooms with thick and sturdy walls so no more hurt can creep through in our moment of undoing.

TAROTSCOPES | AUGUST 19 - AUGUST 25

II THE HIGH PRIESTESS
The High Priestess is the guardian of the veil. Watcher of the waters of the deep unconscious. Gatekeeper to the knowing you perhaps don’t know that you have.

TAROTSCOPES | AUGUST 12 - AUGUST 18

VII THE CHARIOT
When we recognize ourselves as a part of the family unit, we discover our agency. The Chariot in the Tarot is often given the attribution of the zodiacal sign Cancer.

TAROTSCOPES | AUGUST 4 - AUGUST 11

VIII OF WANDS
The Eight of Wands is like waking up before dawn, tearing through a door to an open field and making a bee-line for the eastern horizon.

TAROTSCOPES | JULY 29 - AUGUST 4

III OF PENTACLES
The mundane world is a goldmine for the happenings of magic. The medicine of making. The sauce of synchronicity.

TAROTSCOPES | JULY 22 - JULY 28

XX JUDGEMENT
In the act of forgiving, we perceive ourselves offering a key to another. And it is in this motion that we unlock our own shackles.

TAROTSCOPES | JULY 15 - JULY 21

0 THE FOOL
The answer is in you. In the cycle. In the hole in your heart that is full of possibility.

TAROTSCOPES | JULY 8 - JULY 14

XIII DEATH
Dear old death, familiar friend. Kind confidant. Core aspect of the cycle of our psyche.

TAROTSCOPES | JULY 1 - JULY 7

DAUGHTER OF SWORDS
Miracles present themselves to those whose minds are best prepared to experience them.

TAROTSCOPES | JUNE 24 - JUNE 30

III THE EMPRESS
The Empress is a symbol of fertility. A sign of pending sweetness, like low fruit, ripe for picking.

TAROTSCOPES | JUNE 17 - JUNE 23

DAUGHTER OF WANDS
Sitting deep in the thick of change can be disorienting. Isn’t always comfortable. Often has us questioning how we got into a wild situation and how on earth we’ll get ourselves out.

TAROTSCOPES | JUNE 10 - JUNE 16

MOTHER OF CUPS
This week asks us to be patient with our practice of casting. Reminds us that we can’t always anticipate what is behind the next door.

TAROTSCOPES | JUNE 3 - JUNE 9

ACE OF SWORDS
The Ace of Swords unlatches the door to accuracy. Keeps its eye on the entrance to our intellect.

TAROTSCOPES | MAY 27 - JUNE 2

VI OF SWORDS
The Six of Swords represents a gateway to new understanding. A door through which we walk when we drop our own bullshit.

TAROTSCOPES | MAY 20 - MAY 26

IV OF SWORDS
The Four of Swords is an invitation to focus. An magnet to your mega-mantra. A doorway to all of your personal do’s and dont’s.

TAROTSCOPES | APRIL 29 - MAY 5

II OF SWORDS
This week kicks off with Saturn, lord of time, stationing retrograde. The initiation of outer planetary retrogrades is inherently indicative of something unknown or unseen.

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