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MERCURY RX Normally, I don't write a blog post on the Mercury Retrograde which takes place three to four times a year, lasting three weeks. For those of you still not familiar with Mercury Retrograde, this is a period when it appears that the planet Mercury is going backward, when in fact, it is the Earth changing speed. When Mercury moves too far ahead of the Sun, it backtracks for three weeks and allows the Sun to catch up. Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. And Mercury is either in the Zodiac Sign prior to the sign the Sun transits, in the same sign or the sign that follows. So, if the Sun is in Capricorn, Mercury is in Sagittarius, Capricorn, or Aquarius. Now, the reason we hear so much about Mercury Retrograde, which grabs as much attention as eclipses, is that communication can go awry, technology breaks down, scammers and spammers attack more often, cars break down as do other machines. Short distant travel has us grinding our teeth and our str

                        Saturn in Capricorn  December 22, 2017 - March 21, 2020 Saturn is at 0 degrees Capricorn until 12-29 On December 22, Saturn enters Capricorn, its natural ruler, and we experience the sea change. Saturn moves out of the expansive and inspirational Fire Sign, Sagittarius and moves into the grounded and sober Earth Sign of the Mountain Goat. We are taking steps towards a Golden Age which we will experience in 2019 when Saturn, Jupiter, and Pluto are in Saturn and Uranus is in the stable Earth Sign Taurus. Coinciding with the Golden Age is the Saturn Return for folks born between 1988 and 1990 (actually this process begins in 2018). This sober group of Capricorn-Saturn types will launch a building or in some cases, a rebuilding process of systems and of cities. Some of these folks already have an interest in city planning and urban design, as well as, permaculture and sustainable construction. This group will also play leadersh

Now, is the perfect time to heal xenophobia. Now, is the time to expand horizons to distant shores of our consciousness and the Earth. This is because the Sun, Moon, Mercury, and Venus join Saturn in its last degrees of Sagittarius. And the Moon, the Sun, and Saturn are floating in the Galactic Center--this tells us to take a leap of faith and even to believe in the impossible. Remember when people said that a moon landing was impossible? And humans have only flown in airplanes since the 20th Century. It wasn't so long ago when I would have had to type my forecast on an electric typewriter and then send it off to an editor or publisher to print it on paper. And it wasn't that long ago when e-mail did not exist yet. And now, several generations take e-mail for granted. And what about digital books? Did anyone see that coming? The Sagittarius New Moon has us reflecting on expanding our vision and to seeing new possibilities. It's not that we head back to the drawing boa

The Gemini Full Moon comes with a bit of trickster energy on December 3. Mercury, the planet of communication co-ruled by Gemini and Virgo goes retrograde in the last degree of Sagittarius, also a bit of a trickster. Only Saturn in the last degrees of Sagittarius (27 degrees) brings sobriety to the picture, but Saturn is floating in the Galactic Center. First, let's look at the areas Mercury in Sagittarius covers because these are the areas in your life where communication wires cross. Mercury rules the mind, our mental processes, thinking styles, that is when we're thinking at all, education, siblings, cousins, neighbors, the media, short-distance communication, interpersonal communication, and electronic devices such as computers. Sagittarius rules the bigger picture including long-distance travel, foreigners, the law, religion, philosophy, academia, and book publishing. And you also must look at the cusps in your chart with Gemini and Sagittarius because that is w

    2018 Astrological Forecast At first, when I glanced at next year's major transits, I thought I would focus on Water and Earth Signs mainly, and then Aquarius caught my attention. There are two major transits transforming the lives of Aquarius Sun, Aquarius Ascendant, and Aquarius Moon people. And those transits also shape the lives of Taurus Sun, Moon, and Ascendant people. Read on to learn more... The first transit should come as no surprise to you who have listened to my Astrologer Patricia podcasts and read posts on this blog and my other blog, Metaphysics 4 Everyday Living. And that is Uranus transiting in Taurus from May 15 until November 7. The second transit is Mars transiting in Aquarius for several months since Mars goes retrograde in 2018 (the planet only goes retrograde every two years while the other planets go retrograde every year). So, let's look at the themes of Aquarius and Taurus. Aquarius is the way-shower, the groundbreaker, th

Neptune went retrograde on June 16 and since that time, we have grappled with delusional thinking on the collective. We have examined the places in our minds where we hide in denial. We have bunked certain cultural myths and even taken a hard look at organized religion. We have also shuffled through spiritual practices and new age thoughts to determine what is real for us. And for some, it has felt like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole or getting sucked up in a tornado and tossed into another dimension. If you are a Neptune Type (Pisces Sun, Moon, Ascendant, 12th House planets), then a Neptune retrograde period left you feeling somewhat grounded. If you have a channeling practice you have developed discernment in dealing with other realms. Dancers and artists have taken the time out to build muscles or skills. And for some it has felt like a time-out period or you found yourself retreating from the collective so that you could grasp where you begin and another person or b