Sekhmet and the North Node

On September 30th 2017, asteroid Sekhmet aligns with the Moon’s north node in a rare and strange precision dance.  Conjunct the mean node at 21° Leo and the true node 23° Leo, Sekhmet at 22° Leo aligns with the celestial equator, shifting from south to north in declination (celestial latitude).  Then, on October 10th 2017, […]

North Node Trine Saturn: Persistence

September 26th 2017: The mean lunar north node 22° Leo trine Saturn 22° Sagittarius October 8th 2017: The true lunar north node 22° Leo trine Saturn 22° Sagittarius The most prominent long-lasting astrological aspects of 2017 involve the grand trine between Uranus/Eris in Aries, the north node in Leo, and Saturn in Sagittarius. Mercury’s three […]

Athena Retrograde 2017

Asteroid Athena stationed retrograde on September 11th, placing a magnifying glass on the corporeal themes of the degrees between 12° and 14° Taurus- Athena’s wisdom here is found in the pace of life in tidepools, or in a cow chewing cud, the plodding, deliberate, stubborn pace of biology. At 14° Taurus, Athena’s closest aspect is […]

Virgo New Moon -and- the Sacral Chakra

September 17th 2017, two days before the new moon in Virgo, the waning crescent Moon joins Venus at sunrise, representing the sixth descending gate of Inanna. This Moon/Venus conjunction corresponds to the sacral chakra, which is our organ for multidimensional perceptions and expressions of intimacy. We use it to probe our environments for vibrational information about […]