January 1, 2024 Overview for the Year Just as a birth chart provides clues for the energies of an individual, so does the New Year chart provide possibilities for the coming year. We begin by looking at the planets on the angles of the chart. First of all, the angles are pretty balanced, at 9-10° of Power (formerly cardinal) signs. …
December 2023 Monthly Aspects
December 2023 Now we come to the end of this transitional year as we prepare for the upcoming energies of 2024. Although there are only 3 planets in Sagittarius, Mercury’s retrograde will take him back to that quality of consciousness, and Venus finally catches up to the personal planets in that sign as well. The New Moon takes place there …
November 2023 Monthly Aspects
November 2023 November’s energies should lighten up considerably as Mercury, the Sun, Mars and Ceres all enter Sagittarius this month. Two other planets change signs, and 4 change direction, and the Scorpio New Moon closes the wormhole. We find ourselves feeling hopeful and looking towards the future, uncertain as it may be, preparing for the energies of 2024. As …
October 2023 Monthly Aspects
by Shelly Leal October 2023 October proves to be a very deep, alchemical month, with 4 planets shifting into Scorpio, the sign of transmutation, highest vision, and manifestation. There are 2 other sign changes, and 2 eclipses this month as well, whose sideways elevators take us to new places we never could have imagined—talk about transformation! Haumea, who retrograded …