Whole Astrology

Wikipedia With Venus conjunct the sun and moon in Leo on August 14 along with Mars transiting into Leo we're going to experience a lot of face and navel-gazing (then shoe-gazing at the end of the month with the Pisces Full Moon). All this Leo energy asks us to shine our creative light on the world, practice generosity, and follow our hearts. The downside is with Uranus in Aries trining the moon/sun/Venus we had better place a lid on our egos or they'll get out of control. However, we also experience that lovely sextile with Neptune and Pluto combining spirituality with discipline and two planets transit into Virgo (the servant) prior to the Leo New Moon with Mercury trining Pluto and Jupiter moving into Virgo. And in recent photographs of Pluto, we see that this planet is full of light and in fact, if you look closely, you'll see a Valentine's style heart etched into the bottom half of the glowing planet (but technically an asteroid or planetoid). Also before Ju

photo by Patricia Herlevi While the Leo New Moon and Pisces Full Moon of August wax glamour, glitter, and illusions, the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter transits in Virgo ask us to get down to work and even find pleasure in our daily routine. If we don't find pleasure in our daily routine, then it's time to make changes in lifestyle, life, or at the least, in our attitude as we move from expecting others to serve us to finding how we can serve the world better. At first glance, we experience clear skies in August without any T-Squares, Grand Squares or Yods to block our way. We experience a square with retrograde Venus and Saturn, which along with all the Virgo transits asks us to look at our daily regimen. If we look in the mirror and ill health stares back at us, then it's time to pull up the sleeves and find the right exercise and diet as well as, drink more water and get more rest. If we resemble a straw figure then it's time to make sure we're getting enough to

If anyone acts as a poster child for emerging from darkness and mastering positive thinking, Louise Hay fits that bill. With her Libra Sun at 14 degrees (she currently has a transiting Pluto square on her Sun), her life lessons revolved around balance of emotions and acting as a pioneer of the New Thought movement, also known as Religious Science.  With her Leo Ascendant at 6 degrees, no matter what life tossed her way, she used her creative spirit and sunny personality to pull through. And with her Natal Moon at 0 degrees Scorpio she was going to descend like Persephone into the underworld and through her experiences bring wisdom to teach to the world. I find Louise Hay's life story and birth chart endlessly fascinating and I could write a book on it. But I will refrain from writing the book now and instead take you through the process of interpreting a birth chart. Then I will include important dates from Louise' biography and match those with outer planet transits to h

photo by Patricia As I have mentioned in earlier posts, Virgo represents the servant in the Zodiac and when I use that term, I'm not referring to maids and butlers or even the cleaning maid, though they too fall under the Virgo gaze. I'm referring to sharing our gifts and talents in a way that serves the world or the Greater Good. When Jupiter moves into Virgo on August 11 and the North Node transits into Virgo on November 13 (same day Mars moves into Libra), we experience our callings. The image I see in my mind's eye hails from cinema when the virtuous young man gives himself to priesthood and renounces the world. Or perhaps the image of Saint Therese of Lisieux appears when she begged her father to allow her to join the convent. Now, these are obvious Virgo images, but we can serve others by following our bliss or passion as well as, giving to the world from our heart no matter our profession.  However, make no mistake, that the North Node represents fate or destin

Archangel Michael, Wikipedia Aquarius as a sign asks us to detach from the world--to live in the world but not be of it and to stand apart from the maddening crowd. Aquarius individuals (Sun, Moon, or Ascendant) often times watch and avoid trends from afar. It's not that they're anti-trend, but that they fit in elsewhere, in the distant future, but for them the future is now. We will explore these concepts during the Aquarius Full Moon on July 31st. Individuals with a lot of Air in their charts or with their Sun, Moon, or Ascendant in an Air Sign will breathe a sigh of relief and feel that they have room to roam during this full moon. Fire Signs will detach somewhat from their passion and Leos will create less drama during this moon. Water Signs will find the world feels cold to them and unfeeling, but they too experience a respite from the overwrought emotions of the Capricorn Full Moon that occurred on July 1st. Earth Signs will get down to work despite falling into tra