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New Moon in Sagittarius: countering culture and the big picture

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Every year this season and time period brings tremendous hustle and bustle to an already growingly bustling world. There’s so much production, consumerism, and even many services offered. Marketers, even artists and authors, choose this time of year to unveil their creations so that the public will munch up their offerings, buying extra to give them as gifts. They hope to make bigger sales at this time. All those offerings come in the form of communications and advertisements, too. In essence, this is a big, loud, and boisterous time of the year! There’s simply a lot of commotion and it disrupts just about everyone’s nervous systems. But, it’s still done anyways, regardless.

It’s easier to get the sales when everyone is dysregulated, right?! Well, if your businesses are those kinds of companies that thrive on perpetuating the unwellness of others, that’s the case. But not for everyone. I see a future where people want to increasingly supply and provide for others that which is actually good for them– and, I think it can be done through business. If business is built with heart at its center.

Meanwhile, my norm at this time of the year, is me actively trying to reduce the clutter, figure out the essentials, and embrace the center of my being. Actually, I cling to the center of my being at this time of year. I make sure that I don’t spin with every single swish/swash of wind-current caused by the hustle and bustle of forces much more sizable than I. You could say that I am actively “countering culture.” Now, I’m not actually ‘a culture’–so I’m not “counter culture.” I’m just a individual, free, and full of self-agency–you could argue that I am a culture, though, because of all my cells and the microbes which make up even more of my body than “I” do, but that’s not the point of my writing here. I am actively “countering” the dominant culture.

This is what I am countering: the mainstream energy of the push and rush–keeping up with ‘other’ people and their movements, following the crowd–none of that is appealing to me!! Now, this requires very little energy from me when I do it right. I simply “stop,” and put my energy into this dark place of “no place.” The external me might even seem like it’s doing the movements, and going with the flow, and even a part of the problem! In fact, the “little self” version of me sometimes does get overwhelmed; but, I do often manage to bring it right back to the center and identify with quiet version of me. I double-down on my efforts to meditate and get clear. I keep ever vigilant to “what really matters.” My goal is to chisel out what is essential from the informant of my inner quietude.

The Sagittarius New Moon, now, coming in on the 19th and 20th depending on where you are located, is here to help. It comes at a special time when the Solstice is very near to us — when the Sun reaches its southernmost position in the sky for the year, giving the Northern Hemisphere its shortest day and longest night. We celebrate the return to the light, too. This is not just the darkness of winter (as many of us are in more milder climates). It’s also the darkness of our visions. We are being called to confront the fears of the darkness (our past failures) that veils our true vision in Sagittarius (the potential future).

It’s a common tradition to watch or read A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, at this time of the year, as it corresponds to the contemplations of giving vs. miserliness. The didactic nature of the story lends us an accounting of our personal deeds and how good we have been at loving others throughout the year. It’s as if to ask: what is the current state of your heart? referring to the level of its openness. Just as Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of the past, present, and future, we can gaze into the stars and see the light of the past and reckon with times that are beyond the current one and see the fruits of our actions. It’s through this transcendence of time we are afforded the careful and observant weighing of our deeds. To me this is the “clock stopping” silence of the magic of the season… the one we can tap into if we focus on what really matters and go deep.

This New moon in Sagittarius asks us ‘Where do you shine your wisdom light?’ Imagine you have a lantern and it only covers a small crop of space before you. You have to make a choice as to where to point it. Neptune and Saturn in the last bits of Pisces are in square with the Sun, Moon, and Venus in Sagittarius. Now more than ever you can get really clear on both your values and your dreams. You can check to make sure that they are aligned. You can check to make sure that you are aligned with the highest and best.

Step 1:

Pretend you have only one arrow left in your quiver that represents your highest value, and you look into it and gaze at its offering, what would you OFFER TO YOURSELF? How could you translate that most important value of yours into your destination? Only YOU have the answer.

Step 2:

Hitch that value to a star (enhancing the destination), and if you don’t wish to make dream board or vision quest into a labor, then simply place your hand on your heart and say “ I treasure this __(your highest value)____as a gift I have found and wish to share it in the best way that can live freely outside of me… I wish to share it with __(at least one other/ animal/friends/the world)___. Thank you for this day and time, for this special hour, and for the sacred purpose of my life. Thank you that I get to draw these breaths. I trust those steps that will follow with the same clarity and purity of my intention.”

Here’s a short list of values for your thought and intention process to discover which is the brightest of all. Some are similar to others, so you might want to spend some time with it. If you can’t pick one, then the next best thing is to at least narrow it down to 3. It might help to do it in stages and choose those that you want to circle first on a gut-level that stand out, and then further narrow it down, after that, with some more thoughtfulness. You can consider different situations (real or imagined) that help you to use these values in a context for decision-making. These are all just some suggestions to help you get started.

Integrity, Honesty, Self-Awareness, Mindfulness, Bravery, Courage, Authenticity, Personal Growth, Learning, Faith, Spirituality, Wisdom, Knowledge, Creativity, Innovation, Love, Affection, Family, Home, Friendship, Connection, Kindness, Compassion, Respect, Civility, Loyalty, Commitment, Empathy, Understanding, Ambition, Drive, Success, Achievement, Productivity, Effectiveness, Independence, Self-reliance, Leadership, Influence, Recognition, Status, Justice, Fairness, Equality, Equity, Responsibility, Accountability, Service, Sustainability, Environmental care, Peace, Non-Violence, Freedom, Liberty, Fun, Joy, Playfulness, Adventure, Exploration, Health, Wellness, Comfort, Security, Beauty, Aesthetics, Simplicity, Minimalism…

Wishing you a lovely turn of the year— May your holidays be Merry and Bright!! If you should find yourself feeling sad and sullen, know that this too shall pass. Nothing is here to stay–not us, especially. Also, offer yourself so much love and kindness and be extra soft with you.

Be well my dear ones. You are so very loved.

Gemini Full Moon: Reclaim your Focus!

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Hello Friends,

I’m back for the second time today! This is an important message about the December 4th full moon in Gemini. With Uranus having been transiting in opposition to Mercury, the energy has been a bit erratic at best, chaotic at other best, and downright wonky and unexpected at times. One moment a project you are working on is “on track” and the next moment it gets an interrupt, or a holiday connection goes awry. Maybe you were one of the folks whose whole family came down with illnesses. Maybe logistics were a bit “off,” and/or you started to do a tech thing and the internet did a hiccup, or maybe you even got tangled up in string putting up holiday lights?! What if a new project your so excited about landed on your lap out of left-field and your not sure where to start?

All this has been possible with communications flowing in a million (or more) different directions. Well, this is the holiday season, right? Yes, right, but also, it’s the energies! On top of all that, Mars has been transiting pretty close in Sagittarius to the Sun in Sagittarius–this tends to bring up more frustration and energy of “pushing” than usual. In the background, there’s a sense of inquiry around deeper subjects, around beliefs (Sagittarius); and, we are all being challenged by the GAP between what we want to believe and what is actually true. Saturn recently stationed direct last week the day before Mercury stationed direct. This is the “seize your mind” energy that has begun to come in and really help you get a handle on things. Or, it could also be true that maybe you are just allowing the chaotic frenzy to do “it’s thing,” while you are wisely storing up your energy for precisely ‘when’ it is REALLY needed and for the most important stuff. There are many possibilities. The best possibility at this time would be to shore up the energy, and let the distractions and the overwhelm just be the energy it is, that does NOT need your involvement nor claim on it. It’s likely you are finding that you are orienting yourself around life in a new way. You might even be experiencing your mobility differently, in your body. Maybe you needed a new car, a new route to work, a new bag to carry your things…

One thing is double, triple, and quadruple certain: letting this chaotic and overwhelming energy pass over you without the “hook” and really digging in deep around what really is important and what really matters is the way to go. That’s where you want to dig your heels in, if there’s anywhere that you are actually being inflexible. What projects and goals really stand out to you? It’s absolutely okay to take a genuine pause here at this full moon. This full moon is the mid-point of the eclipse seasons, it’s a reckoning point. Think back to Sept 7 if you’d like, do you have a theme here? The next set of eclipses are coming in February and March of 2026 (later in August 2026), and this is a *very* big moment in time where I have been saying “Saturn and Neptune will co-join in Aries.” Yes, it is kind of a lead-up to a pivotal point and moment in time where things will fundamentally change (Feburary 2026).

So…. for now…

What do you absolutely need to prioritize in order to be meeting your needs on the day to day? Gemini is a sign that can show us how we are “tracking” in our minds, what we are doing with our media, and where and how we can get the train back on the tracks! Finding your inner voice, the little cricket, that’s your guide.

The air/fire configuration is strong, but so is the grand water trine. It’s not surprising, then, that a good walk in the woods, barefoot, might set you straight: get Earthy! The planet that rules Gemini, Mercury, is in Scorpio so we aren’t really done with the intensity of the New Moon in Scorpio’s lessons, but we are finding some levity in the farcical language of the chaos against the backdrop of the bigger picture. Sagittarius helps us to zoom out, out, out, out …. wait! Not that far out! This is where Gemini can reel us back in. What is right in front of you that really needs your attention, but you might have been ignoring it, or half-connecting with it? Haha, it’s not your nose. But, I stole your nose just now when you weren’t watching, as you were busy reading!

I have been running a 7-day de-cluttering challenge on my other social media, and its a good idea to partner up with a buddy and just remove stuff that’s unnecessarily clogging up your mind. With the strong continued presence of Venus, we are working with material affairs here, relationships, and things that might need some new arranging in our environments so we can begin to feel more at ease. Next year the Nodes will be shifting slowly out of Virgo/Pisces and into Leo/Aquarius. This will be more gradual and not sudden like the Feburary event of the conjunction of Saturn/Neptune combination of dream-to-reality colliding into a new creation or impulse or frequency in Aries. With the sign Virgo on the South node, we’ve been moving away from old patterns around perfectionism, details of fascination and servitude and moving more towards Pisces ideals and spiritual recapitulation after disarming from the old wounds and rampant past patterns of karmic imprisonment around self-undoing. Ah, how Piscean…

Here we are now, though…

We are focused at this full moon in Gemini within the backdrop of all that I have written above, with the opportunity to truly get ahold on all things mental, logistical, and thought-adjacent. We can banter with our siblings, we can twin with our neighbors over the holidays, we can make merry and silly all we want. We can play the games that make us laugh and cry–underneath all that, is. your. ability. to. reclaim. your. aim. Your mind is your aim. Your aim is your mind. Take this trip with the full moon in Gemini and become more aware of your mental movies. Visualize and meditate more around the life you actually have, and what exactly you love about it. Make little notes to yourself about what makes your way of seeing the world unique, see and know that your voice is a contribution. Also, if you choose, bow out gracefully in silence. After all, the output of energy is yours to give or hold.

I wish you all a breezy Full Moon in Gemini. For any even that doesn’t run smooth, I hope you can reset your mind around it, and recapitulate it in a new way. Happy shopping, creating, or holing up and hiding!!! Just get that train back on the tracks!

Taurus Full Moon: Magnetism and Orientation

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November 5th – (or check your local area).

Sensuous pleasure meets unexpected moments of assertiveness and enlightenment. Mind your powerful words for this lunation brings in Mercury strongly before the retrograde on the 9th in Sagittarius and then back to Scorpio again!

Photo credit is Trip Advisor (not mine!)

Are you ready for the next dose of liberating, surprising, and illuminating highlights rising into your life?

If you were hoping to slow ‘it’ down, too— there are pockets for that. It might not be for everyone. It rarely is. Best I can say is to look for how your version of “slow” manifests. Put your attention on that awareness and gently invite it to expand.

We have been enjoying a very (emotionally) flowing grand water trine—which will continue on for a bit. It’s good fodder for release, but not very grounded (and not so much Earth energy). You might have felt like you were floating amidst all the unknowns in a continuous sea of WTF.

Enter the “more” grounding full moon.

During the full moon in Taurus, the Venusian ruler will be in a T-square with Jupiter and Pluto. This lunation is so strongly Venusian because of it. Also, Venus is in an “out of sign T-square,” reinforcing the Venusian qualities. The fact is that Venus will still be in Libra, one of the two signs its rules. Jupiter’s presence in this T in the sensitive and highly intuitive sign of Cancer is mostly friendly, albeit amplifying.

Relationships, values, money, beauty, art, whatever you think of luxury—even security and sexuality are our themes. We have a lot brewing in the sense awareness for these matters. Taurus will help you tap into your sensory awareness without a doubt: for example, it might be easier for you to “sniff out the truth” more than ever before—on matters of great import! Root your consciousness into your highest love, for the potential exists for deepening, opening, and releasing.

Trust is a theme that can go both North and South, as it is probably magnetic—meaning, it’s rarely stabilized. It can jump from one pole to the other based on what’s influencing the pulls and who around you is making moves (also which way you orient yourself). Bring your awareness closer into what “pulls” you. What are you currently calibrated to, and what magnetizes you? This is good information for you to be internally attuned to in the most conscious way.

Here is another great Full Moon for your books. Please use this incredibly rich time to inspire your love and art making!

We’ll be “seeing” each other on the flip-side. I will be mostly off-grid for a big chance to renew myself, and for a nice respite from the norm of my daily life—still working in other dimensions though..

Adventure does await me.

I do know that this moon is FULL of so much; it will give us a taste (and an image) for our memories to grow on like food or prebiotics 😆 or some such growth medium! Happy for you to “fill your own metaphor.”

All in all, I’m looking at this as a rich, nutritive full moon that will encapsulate our aura with better information, strategies, and metrics: showing us how to be living in our holism.

💚

Photo credit:
Marek Piwnicki

New Moon in Libra: Empowerment and Depth

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Dialing into the energy for this New Moon, I feel the need to bring in the gentle pause. There’s really a beautiful set of aspects here, and when I saw them at first–I got a breath of what felt like “fresh air.” However, what we also see here is a grand trine in Water. Mercury and Mars in Scorpio is flowing easily to Jupiter in Cancer, and then to Saturn and Neptune in Conjunction–where Saturn is back in Pisces and Neptune will be back in Pisces again shortly there too.

I don’t see a lot of clarity in this New Moon in Libra. It’s very innocent in its “newness.” Like if you poke at it “too soon” you will damage what it is becoming–but that’s not because I don’t think it’s resilient. I think it’s resilient as all hell.

What I see is a lot of fluidity, some openness. I see tender emotions. I see the beginnings of new relationships that are still in the watery stages, pure and new. There’s not a definite shape. Venus is sharing in the sign of Libra, but isn’t close enough to form an aspect.

What we do see is, unmistakably, that Pluto is squaring the New Moon and also opposite the benefic planet of Jupiter. Jupiter is therefore also squaring the Sun/Moon conjunction (new moon). To me, this is still a really nice energy. I also have rapport with these planets and energies. That actually does matter.

This is a strongly deepening energy. I think we are all asking for more depth in our relationships, and also probably “bringing it.”

I’m truly looking forward to this New Moon!

How are you all doing? Are you ready to get silent and briefly pause into your own unmistakable mysteries– forge a new relationship with yourself *and* others?

Share your thoughts! Wishing you a sparkling New Moon in Libra. May its Grace, and Beauty lead you!

Nothing that is in our lives currently is here to stay. When we remember this, we hold onto every precious moment we spend with loved ones, and our feeling for appreciating our lives deepens. We are each contributing each day to the beauty and process of life unfolding. As is said in Italian (my heritage), “Lunga vita e buona vita.” Long life and prosperity! I send you blessings on this New Moon in Libra ♎️ wishing for your highest and best good. 😌

Run with it: Aries Full Moon Oct 6

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As always, check your local time zone for the timing of the full moon in your area.

When I was tapping into the energy of this upcoming full moon, I was given a picture in my mind of a person with a bright yellow moon crescent under their shoulder, catching it and clutching it (the said moon looks like a football). This person is running for that touchdown, or running like a “run for your life” energy, or a “run with your life,” energy. It’s a wholesale: ‘go all in for it’ kind of feeling. Hold nothing back. You need to claim-your-space-in-order-to survive-this-challenge kind of energy.

So let’s break that down.

In a full moon the Sun always opposes the Moon. It’s symbolic for illumination, realization, the culmination of the previous work. Astronomically, its when the Earth is directly between the Sun and the Moon. They are distant from one another when viewed 2-dimensionally (astrology), and that kind of makes it easier to differentiate. One body, the Sun, is on one side, and the other body, the moon, is on the other side. Human minds are notorious for confusing things. A singularity may become a plurality and overgeneralized or vice versa. This confusion is also a tool that can be worked with, but not the point of this post. The point of this paragraph, however, is to say that a Full Moon (in general) is a developed and packaged, ready-to-deliver message. That message is *your* football, or personal moon in this scenario. It relates to the collective moon, but it is not that.

Here’s a tiny bit more about perspective.

This distant view, one body on the one side and on the other side, the other body : the opposition. It allows for contrast and distinction, like the way subject and object are not confounded with each other. One can “see” “other,” via cognitive contrast. Aries and Libra are actually a continuum (the astrological pairing of opposites). That’s right, the two sides of the same coin are really a continuum. The Aries energy is the “individual” the “self” and the Libra energy is the “other” or “object.” Libra is often expressed as the sign for “balance.” It’s important when talking about the energy of Libra, though, to signal the fact that ‘balance’ is dynamic and not settled. Settled would be done and dead. BalancING is an act of FINDING and maintaining equilibrium against moving forces, pulls, movements in disorienting directions. Therefore, one ‘could’ say, Libra is inherently unbalanced, moving towards balance. That’s the running part of my mental picture. The individual is RUNNING (moving toward) the goal line.

Let’s talk about the “fast” energy in the astrological picture above and why the mental image probably has the character/person running. Pluto forms a trine (120 degree angle)with Uranus and they are both in Air signs: Aquarius and Gemini. That’s a lot of fast moving Air energy. Air energy is associated with mental activities, but it’s also a transitional element. From its origination, this was debated.

Anaximenes, a Pre-Socratic philosopher, identified air as the fundamental principle of the world, transforming into fire when heated and into water, earth, and rock as it cools. Diogenes Apolloniates also associated air with intelligence and soul, although some sources suggest his principle was a substance between air and fire. Aristophanes satirized these ideas in his play The Clouds, featuring Socrates praying to air.1

Let’s return to the fact that air is not as slow as, say, Earth. Earth is much slower and more material–it’s all about the atoms. Air particles are generally smaller and lighter than solid matter. In gases, particles move freely and rapidly, often at higher speeds than particles in solids.

But why, astrologically (besides the elemental part of astrology), are these air planets acting “fast“? It’s the aspects. A trine is the fastest, and the sextile is bit more “productive.” I’d like to you to think of the metaphor of a bicycle gear. When you are going uphill, you want your gear to be on a “work harder” and “productive” setting. (The work *quite hard* gear is the square or 90 degree angle/aspect). A trine is like the “easy” gear. There’s little to no resistance: you can fly…..weeeeee

On top of that, both Uranus and Pluto are both making a sextile (60 degree angle) aspect to Neptune and Saturn. A sextile aspect is slightly more productive, as it’s considered to have less resistance than a square, but more anchoring ability than the trine. When you push the bike pedal down you are gonna have some resistance, but there’s gonna be moderate progress with each push–that’s the sextile.

Enough about the aspects, let’s recall our planetary environment.

Neptune and Saturn have been very busy sussing out “reality” and building “fantasy” and working on those themes (and will continue to) and I have mentioned in this post, and in this post, reaching that pinnacle point of their actual exact conjunction in Februrary 2026. The conjunction works differently than the opposition because it’s confused/merged/fused as to which is which (in the collective consciousness–and for the individual). Reread those posts, and you will see the themes. So, the “objects” in our consciousness dream are difficult to differentiate: are they real or are they false (illusory). Is this dream a pipe dream, or a vision for the future that’s possible with the right kind of focused effort or alignment (no effort)? That’s the kind of thing that happens when Saturn and Neptune co-join and start a new synodic cycle. They create a new project, so to speak. WE are in the process of that. The synodic cycle of Saturn and Neptune is roughly 36 years. This February, 2026 is the exact conjunction, which is its start of the new synodic cycle in Aries (same sign as this full moon!). That is, in approx 36 years, Saturn and Neptune will form another conjunction in another sign. In June 2061, according to my ephemeris, Saturn and Neptune will conjoin in Gemini.

But let’s look now at ‘just this’ full moon in Aries for the individual.

The Aries Full Moon has a lot of “breaking free” energy. It’s a person who is now having their emotions in their hands, their life force, their history’s soul-story: the moon. This person is now in control. They are not in control of anyone else though, nope, not at all. They have to break free from the past (which might include other people, see below addendum). They have to break free from the “losing game.” The stories they have been telling themselves have to change and become more individuated. The stories are no longer going to help them stay idle, stagnant, and keep them from growing and moving into more “unknowns,” aka the future. They must individuate themselves and get very clear on how they are a unique flame who has come to Earth to make their own way. Truly this is the universe’s invitation. I do find that there’s different degrees of “coming with kicking and screaming,” according to the soul, that is. The soul is the one (like the football) that is motivating (the moon) everyone to act according to their own path and trajectory. As we saw from the eclipse, our souls’ growth and development was reconfigured.

So run with that ball!!!! Run for your life. Get your clarity and your message, and start to see the spark of promise that will be enhanced and advanced in February 2026. There’s a dream that can be realized, that is what I am claiming. You do have the ability to differentiate ‘even more’ from your lineage, from the collective, from the soul’s habituation, and make your dreams cut from a new cloth.

I hope you had some fun reading here. I certainly enjoyed writing it.

Addendum:

There’s another theme (that is not small) that I did not write about that of which I will only make a quick mention. During this Full Moon, Venus will be in Virgo and still conjoining the South Node in the karmic past (this aspect is ‘active’ and current forming)— and this will be loosely opposing Saturn in Pisces. Old relationships are deconstructed, along with the sense of disillusionment around them. It’s part of the puzzle leading up to this newfound freedom for new ways of relating (Libra and Venus) to our values, and with company we keep!

Whatever you face and however you are living right now, may your heart be wrapped in love–becoming more You, every day. This life game is fun. Thanks for being here! Thanks for playing.

Source:

Air_(classical_element). (2025). Chemeurope.com.

https://www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/Air_%28classical_element%29.html

3-D form study

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She’s 6 and her form explorations are underway. The heart is the most anterior (anatomy language here guys, that’s my “home language.”) part of her vibrant artistic piece.

You can say “it stands out.”

I feel like the background hearts are connected to circuitry. I see an eye-ball/beach ball with the excitement of forms (circle, square, triangle!) and the inspiration of color delights the eyes for all of us. Her art has all the machinery of a developing, growing, and vibrant mind. She explored moving “off the page.” She’s an explorer.

Proud mama.

I thought this would make a wonderful Autumnal Equinox— “Welcoming the Sun into Libra ♎️ Celebration of Art – Post!”

🎨🍂🍂🍁

We have a prolific maker here.

🍁

May your season be filled with coziness and beauty! If we get to enjoy the balance of the moment, let’s celebrate it.

💗

Virgo 29 Solar Eclipse/Libra Equinox: Make Peace

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For some of you, this Solar eclipse will take place on the 22nd (check your local time zone).

Back to the beginning: August 23, 2025

We have been looking at the chart and post from a several weeks ago, called “habitual adjustments” on the Virgo New Moon at 0 degrees of Virgo on August 23, 2025. It was a new moon at the end of August and uniquely kicked off this particular set of eclipses on the Virgo/Pisces axis. Eclipses correspond to the nodes of the moon which are 18 year cycles that astrologically focus on a set of opposing signs or axis. This upcoming eclipse on September 21, 2025 will be in conjunction to the S.Node of the Moon in Virgo. The S.Node in astrology deals with karmic issues from the past. The N.Node in astrology relates to the future and the trajectory of the soul’s evolution, and its sign and placement suggests where to focus those energies to bring them into balance. What is unique about these eclipses is the contrast of past/future with relationship to the nodes. Usually the lunar eclipse is associated with a “release/loss/revelation” from the past whereas the N. Node is associated with the karmic potential for creating a new future. The September 7, 2025 Lunar Eclipse in Virgo was tied to the N.Node of the Moon in Pisces. So, it represented both an ending and a beginning–simultaneously. I’ll recap that again in the next sections. It’s similar with this Solar Eclipse where the eclipse will be connected to the S. Node of the karmic past–an ending and a beginning simultaneously. What is showing up here (and with both eclipses) is the potential for deeply inventing the new trajectory for the soul through releasing the karma experiences of the past.

Back to the September 7, 2025 lunar eclipse in Virgo, there was the lunar eclipse in Pisces (check the time for your current location). My post titled “Release Illusions to Activate the Essential Dream explored the Saturn/Neptune conjunction in more depth because it’s very strongly figuring into these eclipses energies and I stated my case over on that post as to why and how the energies ultimately will loop us into the February 2026 *exact* conjunction. The themes to briefly recap are (from both my posts):

  • Dream vs. Reality
  • Making dreams into Reality
  • Feeling forced to give up dreams by Saturn limitations
  • Uncertainty about what is fantasy and what is real
  • Saturnian discipline helping to parse out and work out Neptunian dreams and ideals: Vision to Form
  • Daydreams and escapes of fantasy— and Saturnian consequences!
  • New forms of artistic inspiration (Neptune) with different forms (Saturn)
  • Saturn/Neptune conjunct is asking: “What really is possible here?”

Along with the Saturn/Neptune synodic cycle’s influence on these two eclipse points, there are interesting aspect formations that have been the subject of my commentary. The most interesting of which is going to be for this upcoming Solar Eclipse at 29 Degree Virgo.

But, let’s recap first: August 23, 2025

For the Virgo New Moon chart at 0 Virgo, I commented on the “YOD,” or “finger of God” aspect formation, which is called that because it looks like a skinny triangle pointing with its vertex on “the tip of the finger.” It’s created by two planets in sextile (60 degree) aspect to each other, but both pointed to the vertex of a 3rd point which is created by two quincunx or (150 degree angles– considered awkward and requiring adjustment for both sides). It’s known to bring discomfort. It’s “pain or relief point” can be seen at the vertex—where the finger of God is pointing at. It’s the point of recognized tension or signals the area of release for it.

For the New Moon Virgo 0 degree chart, I wrote about how “one tiny change” can bring the adjustment to the entire experience. My suggestion was to look at developing a new habit of mind. I referenced the book, “The Extended Mind: The power of thinking outside of the brain,” by Annie Murphy Paul. I also related the astrological remedy to Joe Dispenza’s body of work, but more specifically to “Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to lose your mind and create a new one.”

Sept 7, 2025

This Lunar Eclipse in Pisces was conjunct the N.Node in Pisces. It ushered in a lot of of loss and surrendering potential–very Piscean. Many friendships ended and new awareness came out around relationships and the opinions that people harbored, either publicly or personally. Events and how people responded to them polarized people all the more. What I focused on when I wrote was specifically the spiritual potential and the potential for the soul in this life to create its dream potential; first through loss. The loss I suggested with the Lunar Eclipse was the release of illusions and delusions. I see them as blocking the way to the “real vision” or dream. My post was titled, “Release Illusions to Activate the Essential Dream.” In this post, I asked us to deeply consider what delusions could be revealed that hold us back from realizing the dreams which call to our soul. This soul’s call is very Piscean/Neptunian. It is unique to each one of us. Each eclipse point, for that matter, will activate different aspects of our individual natal charts, progressed charts, and various versions and vision of the signature moment of our incarnations. The soul’s dream is not an addiction nor a passing illusion. It’s something stable and real. It is something that may exist ethereally but then to become real with true “blood, sweat, and tears.” I began to discuss how the planet Saturn featured into this Lunar Eclipse. Saturn, however, will be an even stronger character/archetype in this Solar Eclipse on the 21st.

Saturn/Neptune cycle and *exact* conjunction in February 2026

The Solar Eclipse followed by the Libra Equinox will have us releasing and likely have that release tied to a collaboration or a new way of relating with others (Libra). The Libra energy here is powerful and shouldn’t be glossed over because of this eclipse. This eclipse is also at the very last degree of Virgo, which could suggest that some or a little of these negative Virgoic traits are ready to be dumped and moved on from:

  • Perfectionism
  • Being overly critical
  • Extreme anxiety
  • Body pains and mental-body miasms
  • Hyper-focus on negativity or what isn’t working
  • Fastidious to a fault
  • Skeptical to the point of depression
  • Workaholicism

Also, there could be the development or solidification of new, healthier habits and life-style practices.

Now for the Solar Eclipse followed by the Libra Equinox

This Solar Eclipse as I led into in my last astrological post is directly in opposition to the planet Saturn: the archetype of boundaries, wisdom, the hierophant, old age, strain, struggle, and burden. Saturn transiting Pisces has been a “clean up” job leftover from before. At the end of May, Saturn had transited into Aries bringing in a whole new set of energies. But, before Saturn could stay for its approx 2.5 years in Aries, it retrograded back into Pisces on Sept. 1, 2025. In February 2025, Saturn will once again re-enter Aries again and that’s when it will be co-joining Neptune. Neptune entered Aries for the first time this year, which is another major reason this year has been so impactful. I only wrote one line about it for the Solar Eclipse post in Aries, because those events corresponded together. When Neptune began its transit in Aries for the first time, the energy was strongly forward moving. Neptune began its retrograde in the beginning of July, 2025. So, as you can see: there’s more work for both Neptune and Saturn to do in the sign of Pisces before moving fully into Aries for long stays. For Neptune, its stay in Aries will be approx 14 years. For Saturn, its stay in Aries will be approx 7 years. These are major trends. Remember, Pluto recently entered Aquarius in 2023 (March– Aries Month!), and its stay in Aquarius is approx 20 years!

More specific to the Solar Eclipse (Virgo 29) depends on where the eclipse is occurring as it relates to your natal chart. However, bringing in that same energy of a cleared mental state will be helpful. There is a grand air trine with the planet Mercury, which rules Virgo. As I discussed the fresh Pluto in Aquarius in the previous paragraph and in previous posts, the energy of novelty, humanity, technology, and unconventional adaptations is in harmonious (or fast) flow with Mercury in Libra (question of balance and law/justice) with Uranus in Gemini (speech, local connections, logistics). We have laser fast communication taking place. The voices are very loud and regular, and that’s probably going to continue. Jimmy Kimmel was just taken off the air in the United States as the limits of satire were curtailed by governmental pressures placed on media/business.

There’s also a yod pointing at Mars in Libra at the 29th, anaretic (final) degree. Mars enters Scorpio right at the start of the Autumnal Equinox! This suggests to me that much of what is happening out loud and in the general public will be taken underground and into secret. For us more personally, the energy of Mars gets deepened in Scorpio, and we are being asked to “transform” our energies in the way we assert (Mars) ourselves.

This post is titled “Make Peace” because the Virgo craftsmanship energy puts the magic back in your hands. How do you want to design your work, your relationships, and the way you practice your self care?

Libra Equinox

The pretty equinox chart shows us with another kite formation, but this time: the Sun, Vertex, and Mercury will all be in the grand air trine with Uranus in Gemini and Pluto in Aquarius. . The opposition here will be a nearly exact between the Vernal Equinox Sun (Libra) and Neptune (Aries), and then to a slightly lesser degree to Saturn (which is out of sign in Pisces). If this isn’t a call to action to have your Neptune (dreams) include some collaboration, balance and mutual participation (Libra) then I don’t know what else would. We are all most likely really craving the relationships that most leave us feeling seen and connected, and in a way where we can be honest about our opinions without getting into heated debates or shifting into dismantling every relationship. However, if you do have to terminate some relationships, this is definitely a step in the direction of balancing boundaries (Saturn) with your new revelations and visions (Neptune) for a more harmonious (Libra) future. It might not seem like we are headed towards peace. But inwardly, we absolutely need to do the reckoning that will make the peace more accessible, available, achievable, and at least more likely. We can turn to Saturn to continue to help us move through the discomfort with commitment to the higher goal (Neptune).

Transits for the remainder of the month:

19th – Mercury in Libra trines retrograde Uranus in Gemini and retrograde Pluto in Aquarius (Grand Air Trine); Venus enters Virgo
20th – Venus in Virgo square retrograde Uranus in Gemini
21st – Sun in Virgo opposite retrograde Saturn in Pisces; Partial Solar Eclipse at 29° Virgo
22nd – Mars enters Scorpio; Sun enters Libra (Autumn Equinox)
23rd – Sun in Libra opposite retrograde Neptune in Aries
24th – Sun in Libra completes Grand Air Trine with retrograde Uranus in Gemini and retrograde Pluto in Aquarius; Mars in Scorpio square retrograde Pluto in Aquarius

The 24th (and within a day or two) is likely to be a “tough” day. Give yourself some EXTRA TLC. The best advice, always, is to stay out of the hype, and to recognize the nuance — look for it. Keep your mind open to possibilities, and when you feel like shutting down: take a solid time out. Giver yourself Grace!

Wishing you all the best navigation abilities throughout all the choppy waters we encounter, and know that the spots of sunshine continue to come our way as we are living in times of tremendous change and uncertainty. We have all the more ‘reason’ to strengthen our sails, fly our kites, and build our vessels out of the most resilient materials of the mind.

Know your vision, and seek clarity within it. Hold true to the vision, and go! Let what falls away part with grace.

Release illusions to activate the essential dream!

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Hello friends,

I’m writing to you about the Lunar eclipse event coming up on Sept 7, 2025, in Pisces. The places to view the eclipse are Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, not North or South Americas. Here’s the eclipse path from spaceandtelescope.com.

This eclipse is tied to the solar eclipse on Sept 21, also in Virgo/Pisces axis, but this time in Virgo at 29 degrees. The real theme that will come forward here is linked to the February Saturn/Neptune exact conjunction: February 20, 2026, at ‘0 Degree’ Aries. I’ve spoken about that in a previous post. Here are the dot points on the Saturn/Neptune conjunction:

  • Dream vs. Reality
  • Making dreams into Reality
  • Feeling forced to give up dreams by Saturn limitations
  • Uncertainty about what is fantasy and what is real
  • Saturnian discipline helping to parse out and work out Neptunian dreams and ideals: Vision to Form
  • Daydreams and escapes of fantasy— and Saturnian consequences!
  • New forms of artistic inspiration (Neptune) with different forms (Saturn)
  • Saturn/Neptune conjunct is asking: “What really is possible here?”

Here’s that chart for the Sept 21 eclipse that I’ll talk about more in a post that is closer to the date:

The reason why I think these eclipses, and especially this Sept 7 eclipse in Pisces, are linked to the Saturn/Neptune conjunction is because:

  1. This eclipse is immediately followed by the Aquarius eclipse in Februrary 2026— signaling the beginning of the end of the Virgo/Pisces series (It’s not the last one, but it’s the beginning of the new series, marked by Aquarius/Leo).
  2. This Sept 7 Lunar eclipse comes right on the heels of Saturn’s retrograde back into Pisces for a final pass (Sept 1.). Saturn originally entered Pisces on March 7, 2023 and transiting into Aries on May 24, 2025: leading to an ALMOST conjunction with Neptune. But since it retrograded back, it’s also not going to be re-entering Aries until February 13, 2026— just days before the great Neptune/Saturn exact conjunction. An exact conjunction means that the energies are potent and have matured!
  3. The Saturn/Neptune conjunction will happen in February while Neptune (the Modern Ruler or Pisces) is still its retrograde zone, after just have spending time in its original home: Pisces.
  4. Saturn in Pisces is going to be closely opposing the Solar Eclipse in Virgo on Sept 21, 2025 at the anaretic degree of Virgo 29. This is a very potent point. Saturn will be at 28 degree Pisces which is a pretty close/tight orb. Anything below 3 degrees has the strongest potency. The tighter the orb, the stronger the impact.

So, overall, there’s this very interesting story going on in the sky to help you to release illusions and sort out what is real. It might not be very easy (it might FEEL impossible), but it will be worth it. With Saturn’s influence, not much is easy; there’s often restrictions and redirection. You really tend to utilize your blood, sweat, and tears, when moving through life during intense Saturn transits.

So what is an essential dream? Why is that a part of your title?

The word essence means (https://etymologyworld.com/item/essence):

  • The fundamental nature or core characteristics of something
  • The concentrated or pure form of something

Etymologically it comes from “esse” the latin meaning “to be.” Inside of us is all of creation, the potential to make or create anything in our experience. That potential extends from our essence.

No matter what is going on in the world right now (and I know, it’s grim: war, politics at their worst, and the divisions and misinformation is up more than we would like), we still have a certain amount of time to enjoy whatever freedoms we have. It’s our freedom to create, to bond with one another, and to learn from our experiences and also to tie these experiences to the “bigger picture.” Neptune and Pisces are very spiritual. This symbolism is rich (and for some of us, it is more than symbolism) but for you, take it at whatever level is one that ‘works’ for you.

“

Notice we are each the architect of our own dreams. Every dream is unique. Some dreams reflect unfulfilled desires, repressed impulses, and incomplete experiences, or serve as a substitute for and pointer toward realities beyond them. The symbols we project in waking life are part of the story we weave for ourselves. Symbols we project into our experience are like ghosts. They offer insights into the true self by revealing our conditioned beliefs, how connected or disconnected we are to our heart and the Earth. We each have the power to rescript our symbols, shift energy we receive, decode and transmit to transform from the core.” —Liara Covert

I don’t know if I tied this message together well enough for you all. But, if you are feeling shaky and disconnected at times and other times *very* connected and then doubting that, it’s all normal. What you are experiencing is really in the stars. Each and every single person is going to experience it differently– some will think life is “just the same.” Our perception is really what matters, but I want to encourage you to connect yourself with a greater vision, magick and dream, one that really fills and fuels your soul. It’s here, and its available: AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING can reduce the essence or make smaller the importance of your dream. So I ask you now: What can you let go of? What is standing in your way of realizing your own potential, right now? Virgo is all about the details. Those details are going to be completely unique to each one of you, but Virgo carefully crafts. Your craft in life is definitely tied to your essence. Like a kite in the sky, your kite is your craft (how it flies) but the essence of your kite is the WAY it connects with the unique weather pattern at any given moment. How will you build, fix, and fashion your kite?

Love you all, so much! Use the comments to reflect on anything I’ve written here.

With gratitude,

Ka

Fly the kite: Aquarius full Moon 2025

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In astrology world, we have been looking at the grand trine formation of Uranus in Libra, connecting with Pluto in Aquarius, connecting with Mars in Libra. Everyone will have their own interpretation of this. The astrological wisdom is to to say that a trine is the “easy flow” between energies or aspects of consciousness tied to these planets as archetypal themes in our matrix. The kite is further formed because of the Mars opposition to Saturn: Mars in Libra is on the opposite sign/side of Saturn in Aries. Saturn isn’t by itself either–its been working through “Dream/Illusion/Spiritual Transcendance” Neptune. Saturn and Neptune are one of the most talked about transits because they won’t come into exact conjunction until February 2026. They are currently retrograde in Aries, soon to go back into Pisces, and then will go direct again and head into Aries for the full, long stay. Neptune the further away planet will be in Aries for a very long time, approx 14 years. So its trend is much more persistent.

Themes for Saturn/Neptune conjunction — (that has been squaring all the Cancer planets one by one through transit.)

  • Dream vs. Reality
  • Making dreams into Reality
  • Feeling forced to give up dreams by Saturn limitations
  • Uncertainty about what is dream and what is real
  • Saturnian discipline helping to parse out and work out Neptunian dreams and ideals
  • Daydreams and escapes of fantasy— and Saturnian consequences
  • New forms of artistic inspiration (Neptune) with different forms (Saturn)
  • and the possibilities go on? For example: Saturn/Neptune conjunct is asking: “What really is possible here?”

The bottom part of the Kite is another harmonious aspect with Uranus in Sextile to Pluto. Sextile, is just 60 degrees and yes, the metaphor is “as above so below,” so a sextile aspect in astrospeak is a productive energy of communication between themes of novelty (Uranus) and transformation (Pluto).

This early week, upcoming, we also have a beautiful conjunction with Venus in Jupiter August 12, right after Mercury stations direct on August 11. That plays into the fold as Venus and Jupiter make their annual conjunction this year in the sign of Cancer. The place where the sun just was! Family is soooo important. It takes center stage importance. Jupiter amplies. Venus softens and beautifies. Venus wants to relate and create. We are best to lean into our comforts, to help make lives more comfortable for others, and to get settled into the big feelings that come up with a lot of Cancer-type energy. Thus, in comes the perfect balancing support:

The Aquarius Full Moon

I’m delighted to say that a good Aquarius Full Moon can help with detachment. It helps us to get a bird’s eye view and step aside the very intense yet meaningful energies of all the other planetary happenings. We have also more support from the stars. This is a magnificent time of the year where the Perseids are streaming like the best annual show you ever saw! If we take a moment to look up at the stars in the expanse of the dark night, we get to see, truly see, our connection within the cosmos and it’s not a mystery, completely, this science of space and meteors affecting our planet’s experience! I hope you can enjoy!

*images from wallpaperaccess.com free milkyway wallpaper

One beautiful Full Moon is not going to eliminate all our problems, but alas, it might help us to get some distance from them. When that happens, the spaciousness can lend itself to some new energies which can give rise to new experiences and maybe, just maybe, that can help you to take a break, or make a break for some better experience.

I wanted to have more time to find some better videos and write a better post, but this is what was available. I hope you all enjoyed! Let me know in the comets if you are gonna get a change to see the Perseids this year. I am going to miss them at my favorite viewing spot, but I hope to see them next year!

Happy Star Gazing! Thanks for all the Birthday Wishes. I’ve got Aquarius Rising and S. Node in Aquarius so this Full Moon leaves me a bit satisfied to take a step back and feel some SPACE.

(My typos were almost perfect 😉 , esp at the end, so I left them! ) comet fully. 😂

Presence

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Venus returns

living without a body

may be the real body

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actuated/destroyed

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all is contained in the one,

who is already open

.

unboxed.

…

eye of ra

crescent moon 🌙

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goddess’s breath: kinetic

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shakti-love steers conception,

spinning the multitude of

galaxies sunder —

like cotton candy confections

each one is divided just for you to taste and describe anew.

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her breath

set into motion,

opens the door.

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furnishing evidence for creation,

another offer springs up

with fragrant flowers at your feet.

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step into this ‘other’ dimension

through rebirth,

an unadulterated heaven.

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the gateway swirls with fortitude

sewn into the fabric of dark matter,

‘behold your sacred name’

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her galaxy’s rotational curves

are the mere eyelash-bats

of her curiosity,

a nod to wonder in a tryst of passion

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mind’s vacated,

cavernous function

echoes grace

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one swing of her stellar tresses

provides the light for an eternity.

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a blink of quantum

a pinch of akash

sparkling petticoat of richness and splendor

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her magickal presence expanding,

demonstrating, in full opulence ~

the

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pure generosity of her touch.

⭐️

Stabilize to Thrive

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This full moon in Capricorn is coming off the heels of Uranus ingress Gemini with a conjunction to Venus. Pluto is sextile to Saturn (which is set to retrograde soon in Aries) and Pluto is also sextile to newly revised Uranus. These are “productive” and “efficiency making” aspects. Pluto is also Trine to Uranus (ease of flow). The energies are a little bit more grounding. Even though Mars is pulling some difficult aspects with the square to the Venus/Uranus conjunction, it’s still a fact of this astrology that the full moon is in @5 degree orb Trine to Mars. What does this mean? Well to me it speaks to emphasize that there’s a place for the errant energy to collect and form into a measured “response.” It’s like the universe set us a call to action and now the soul and the energy bodies need to regulate and then will ping back a response.

Capricorn is a bit of a “no excuses” sign. There’s a strong focus here on what is good for the family. The sun is almost nearing the second decan of Cancer. The second decan is also the most stabilized of the 3 decans in the zodical makeup. That is 0-10 Cancer is decan 1, and 11-20 is decan 2, etc…

What I see is the ability to channel these energies better and restore “function” in the areas that might have gotten a little bit “wiped” from the electrifying energy of the Uranus shift –> Gemini while holding hands with Venus, lock step. Relationships, money, exchange, sensuality, resources, comfort, values: all these Venusian themes have undergone a ginormous reconfiguration as a “call to action.”

Let it all settle. It will also settle on its own. Mars is also in opposition to N.Node in Pisces. That strong desire for “the dream” to awaken us, and to help us live our ideals keeps ricochetting. Now listen to that heart beat inside as Neptune, ruler of Pisces, has retrograde therefore living really close to that heart– easier for to see that dream lives inside you, as well as what is in the way of addiction and distraction from it. I suggest to let it be your continued inspiration. What your soul really longs for, after-all, is not as much as of “long-shot” as you might’ve thought!

Have a really blessed and safe Full Moon in Capricorn! You are loved by the universe, and by me… 😃 🌌

Freedom in Love, Love as Freedom

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I just finished working with a client in the Entheos energy work that I do, and the moment opened up following it, with the opportunity to do some writing and sharing here. Right now the energy is so strong for liberation, freedom, and unwinding from the trappings of attachment, ego, and that which veils us from the reaches of Spirit. Today Neptune, planet of illusion and tricks of perception, retrogrades at the beginning of Aries, while Venus and Uranus echo a strong conjunction at the last degree of Taurus 29 (anaretic degree)/ beginning of Gemini. Traditionally this Neptune retrograde points to a time when we lift the veil and peer beyond it; seeing our delusions and addictions more clearly. It’s good for people to seek out therapy services and make honest progress towards overcoming their addictions.

On July 7, Uranus will begin its approximately 7 year long stay in Gemini. That same Gemini fueled Uranus will be in trine with Pluto in Aquarius for a while to come. Resultantly there’s much opportunity to change the way we communicate, and to free ourselves from out-dated concepts and constructs of mind. Underneath the labeling of the mind in terms of naming and conventions there exists a more pure consciousness. One without the trappings of past nor other mental overlays of experience, emotion, and memory. This is a very individual, airy dynamic, this “untouched consciousness.” The Taoists called it “Pu” or the uncarved block, to represent a natural, unforced nature of mind.

The pathway forward can be innovative and liberating, as yet unknown. Its roots run deep, as these changes require us to be deliberate and conscious around our choice for liberation. Our actions will have reverberations for a long time to come. Also, it might require several applications of our divine will to progress. Re-focus again and again into our purpose and marking our intention for liberation.

Change brings with it grief, almost always, because we cannot go back to the old ways–they are permanently severed. What matters is how we “choice forward.” There’s a lot of ways that the majority is not getting what it asked for. It doesn’t look at all like the Golden Age nor any new era of awakening. It looks a lot like the “same old,” old power, oligarchy and the governance of the few with the consolidated power at the top. I guarantee you that inside of you is the place and space where all the most profound changes are happening for this new era. Right now that Venus/Uranus conjunction is in a trine (easy flow/quick) energy with Pluto in Aquarius. This is not a simple day for America. It’s not even a simple celebration that you are either evading or celebrating–or captured in between a dynamic of both positions. If you are drawing from history, there’s a lot of inspiration around overcoming of obstacles, around coming up against powerful despots.

Each individual must choose what path to take into the woods that we are being shown. We are indeed in the woods, on our own journeys: separate but together. The only things that separates us is the way we conceive of and respond to the changes that are taking place. If we can really dial into our resourced place, today, and the days moving forward, it will help. Dial into your point of nourishment.

As you awaken with yourself on this path and journey into unknown lands, deep into making decisions you must make along the way, you will be asked to make it very clear to yourself and others: your purpose. Do not shy away from your inner clarity. Your inner clarity will be your guidebook, but it might even startle you at first. Spend some time journaling today and in the next several days around the following prompts:

1). What actions can I take that help me to explore my freedom today? tomorrow?

2). Where am I too sticky and too attached that is keeping me from seeing my options?

3). If I could embody one important value on this planet, what would I choose? How about now? And now?

Sending peace to all; May love always lead your way. May all beings be free from suffering.

Clarify the basis in Self

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New moon in Cancer at 4degrees

This new moon is unique because it is conjoining Jupiter, just recently at Cazimi — an exact degree conjunction with the Sun. The new moon is therefore infused with Jupiterian energy. It is important to note that while this lunation is quite auspicious in benefic influences, it’s also in a potent pointed square with the challenging Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Aries.

Ideals and reality are colliding in uncomfortable ways to the dreams, visions and desire for peace and joy, abundance and plenty, radiating from the home and family front. There is also a sense of urgency.

But what is the sign Cancer for anyway? It’s traditionally associated with the home and the mother. Cancerians are long known to reflect upon the past and become attached to it. However, looking a bit deeper, the angle of the chart associated with Cancer is the Nadir/or low point. It’s the Imum Coeli (IC). It is the basis and the foundation in the traditional chart—that area from which we are planted and we are to stand.

I write to you now as the New Moon has just come off its exact moment and the clarity streaming through deposits my mind (as I am also experiencing my Mercury return as we speak) in complete clarity around this moon’s message.

Your basis for your life is a lot like your “why.” It’s deeply associated with your purpose. Your job is to check and tend to this area of your consciousness that props you up and look at the foundation. Does it need any crack-filling? Could it use another level of thickness? What is your daily mindset around comforts that nourish and replace your vitality? Have you been checking in on the mundane aspects of your ideals? It’s not the time to go out on a limb and go searching for what is already here.

The energy of Cancer lands us directly where we are planted to check for stability and resources. From where we are positioned do we have enough of our basic needs met? what actions can we take to ground our lives more deeply into commitment with our purpose?

As I sit with you here, I allow the energy to settle and flow through the soil and ground of my being. I breathe deep into the fortitude I have created to live in a modern world full of uncertainty. I stand firm with the awareness that I am not an island, and energies of nourishment and support continue to collect around me.

My wish for you this Cancer New Moon is that you take a look at your environment and anchor yourself into the awareness that you are here to live this special life you were given, with full purpose and inspiration. Any frictions are passing drains and distractions on clarity that will quickly be replaced with your own renewed presence, as you return to order and semblance, at the basis of your own being.

I’m available for consultations starting in the fall. If you want to come back and check for my offerings, it would be a good time to do it.

May you be happy. May all beings be happy!

With deep aloha and gratitude,

Ka

Sagittarius full moon: Rights in the Homeland

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By my title you might have thought I was going to go geopolitical, or cultural revolutionary, or some type of message about the collective resistance phenomenon taking place. That is valid. I’m swirling around that experience of “just expression” for the collective and bringing my attention back “home” to the point with Jupiter ingress Cancer. Jupiter is the modern ruler of Sagittarius. It’s also the ancient ruler of Pisces. I’m considering it pretty fortunate to have this full moon conjoining my natal Neptune in Sagittarius and activating the trine with my natal Sun and my natal North Node in Leo. So, I do feel like I have something to say. But in my mind’s eye it looks like a spiritual shield against oppression.

It’s easy to see that the tensions around Saturn/Neptune conjunction that won’t be near exact until July is going to be “messing with,” via square aspect, the Cancer planets (right now Jupiter and Mercury) but soon, it will be the Sun, too.

I’ve had Mars transiting my natal North Node in Leo, now, too, for a little bit here. What I can say is that I’m experiencing a new level of energy–it’s bonding nicely with the Moon here in Sagittarius. My natal Mars/Moon position isn’t so great, but this transit is feeling like a liberation of energy from those old constraints. I’m in a place of radical acceptance, and it’s not the kind of “lay down and take it” acceptance. I feel my empowerment is on the path of thriving.

To me the key to this chart is actually Pluto up there in Aquarius. Both Pluto and Mars strike me as very well-positioned in this FULL moon chart. Pluto is sextile to Saturn/Neptune in Aries and an out of sign trine with Uranus in the later degrees of Taurus. This is definitely energy that can be dedicated to deep transformation. Pluto’s play here is no joke. Despite that it squares Venus here– I think that “special square” points to the question that Pluto is asking us: What do you value most? What is at stake here? Freedoms, comfort, safety and all of the above. So how can you secure your own destiny within this crazy landscape of turmoil? How can you focus that life force very pointedly and directly to the inner worlds? I don’t spend a lot of my time in the thoughts of the world in order to solve problems these days. Although, I absolutely respect those who lend their voices and protest in peace. July is going to be transformational, and even more-so February of 2026 –but, I see the “setup” as taking place now. How can you position yourself in the most powerfully self-possessed way? You are the first arbiter of you. Don’t let the oppressors win inside your heart. The main oppressors: hate, greed. Guard your heart to the processes unfolding, and know that — you never stand alone.

This Mess We’re In

Saturn ingress Aries

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From Farmer’s Almanac

When Will Saturn Be in Aries

  • Saturn enters Aries May 24, 2025.
  • Saturn retrograde in Aries: July 13, 2025.
  • Saturn re-enters Pisces (retrograde): September 1, 2025.
  • Saturn re-enters Aries (direct): February 13, 2026.
  • Saturn leaves Aries: April 12, 2028.

If you are feeling the fires lifting within you, you would be on point with what is happening ethereally. This is a significant planetary influence about to modify our lives in the ways we meet our commitments, consolidate our experiences and rise to new challenges. Our relationship even to “aging” is changing and becoming more “active.” If you look above, Saturn will be in Sextile (harmonious aspect) with Pluto, Sun and Mercury — while in close correspondence with planet Neptune which it will be making its conjunction with close degrees in July 2025, and then formally be in exact conjunction on February 20, 2026. The only square with major planets that Saturn will be making upon its ingress is to Jupiter in Gemini. As the Sun is now in Gemini and Jupiter is considered a benefic planet, its influence is still good and works positively.

Aries is a bit of a trailblazer and pioneer. While its true that Saturn in Aries could lead to frustrations around action and motivation, it can also move very “quickly” after its ending stay in Pisces–giving a renewed sense of energy and a definite re-birth opportunity. You may find yourself doing work or routines that require more energy and the impulse to get started features more dominantly. You may feel the urge to “get out there” more and really make some of the changes that you have been “sitting on” for quite some time while Saturn was in Pisces, and you might have been directionless or in a “holy waiting/pause” pattern. Saturn is also sextile Uranus which is quite a generational influence. This connection between these planetary influencers gives a balancing effect for novelty and tradition. Despite all the radical changes and challenges happening now, this does have a moderating/tempering effect–which is absolutely needed. Truly slow and steady changes lead the mission for sustainable improvements.

Personally, I have been going from conference to conference, very busy this month and the end of last month. I have much work at home to complete and finishing up loose ends on many transformational experiences/classes and trainings that will last me into the new year. I have a lot of curriculum prep to work on creating structure and content and preparing for next years offerings. It is an extremely productive and transformational time for me. It also includes travel, family visits, and lots of schedule adjustments with summer camps and extra curricular actives as a “karate/math and dance/artist mom.” We celebrate my daughter’s 6th birthday this weekend, and to say that I wish I could be organized in the midst of so much business– well, it’s quite funny to think I could get a leg up! However, I do feel that this energy with Saturn will help me continue to propel forward, building connections, strengthening skill sets, and developing deeper as a human and a spirit in a body. It might even lighten my load a bit by helping me burn up used bits of old versions of myself as I consciously and with great dedication take my current class “Reluctant Shaman 2.0” into its final two weeks, and we continue our deep dives, freeing up our resources for growth, courage, and closer more enduring and nourishing connections.

There is no shortage of fun planned!

The weight of the world will not be lifted with Saturns move into Aries, but your role in how you can offer up your own way of creative social action will be illuminated. How you do function as individual in your community/communities? There is a way to live in these times, and each ONE of us holds that key. Let us continue to gather and collect, receiving support and sharing support with one another. Let’s see if some people who have been in a pause will return from their shadows of Piscean “meditative retirement” and come back into the fold more fully, and renewed. What ONE thing would you like to offer to the world or your community as an offering and unique contribution that only you can provide? What your favorite motivational song? I’ll go first:

I can offer my authentic voice every day to my community–and not shy away or collapse when coming under fear–but I can continue to watch myself stretch and go deeper into the awareness and understanding for how my mind works–and how I am continually transcending it.

Favorite NOW motivational song: Dance with me! 🙂

Please share also what your summer plans are! I can’t wait to know! I’m sure you have some, even if it’s just to stare at a wall. I want to know about it!