WINTER SOLSTICE “Oh, time is short and the days are sweet and passion rules the arrow that flies.” —Bob Dylan December 22 is our shortest

FEELING STUBBORN?! This month we have a strong opposition which doesn’t always exist as strongly as now. Uranus, which lives in a sign approximately seven

FROM EQUALITY TO TESTS “We rise by kneeling, we conquer by surrendering; we gain by giving up.” — Labours of Hercules, by Alice Bailey We

HER LOVELINESS “A sight for the gods!” –Douglas Baker, Venus in Leo, from the Dictionary of Astrology It’s a busy month, starting out with seven

LEO “The true self-expression of Leo is in love — not the passionate, sentimental kind, but pure goodness of heart towards all. We call it

ESOTERIC vs ORTHODOX ASTROLOGY “Whatever is born or done in this moment of time, has the qualities of this moment of time.” Carl Jung Occasionally

THE BEEHIVE “We must ponder upon these things.” Dr. Douglas Baker As we slide into the lazy, hazy days of summer, Venus and Mars raise

WHO’S THE ENEMY? “Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?” — Abraham Lincoln This month, Jupiter and Pluto gear up

A YEAR OF TRANSITION “We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep government honest.” Thomas Jefferson At the end of March Pluto shifted

VENUS & JUPITER “The closer one comes to “knowing” spiritual truth, the more one realizes Truth can only be implied for It is the transcendental

AQUARIUS “Big Dreams come from the Collective Unconscious.” Carl Jung During this shortest month of the year several planets will be in the sign of

VENUS & SATURN “Dispense knowledge, not relief.” Dr. Douglas Baker The closest, naked-eye planetary conjunction of the entire year occurs on January 22 between Venus

WINTER SOLSTICE “Fear is contraction, love is expansion.” Matthew Pallamary In the natural horoscope – when all signs and planets are in their own houses

LUNAR ECLIPSE “It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but only retire a little from sight and

OPPOSITIONS “We are always seeking our opposite whether we know it or not. When we discover what that is we can dissolve our arrogance.” Michio

THE COSMIC DANCE Jupiter, our largest, most benevolent, and lucky planet began a new cycle in May, but this month it’s thinking twice about it.

NEPTUNE RETROGRADE “Lift the veil that obscures the heart and there you will find what you arelooking for.” —Kabir As esoteric astrologers we pay more

LUNAR ECLIPSE “We have learned so much… there still remains much to learn. We are not going in circles,we are going upwards. The path is

A NEW CYCLE “We have learned so much… there still remains much to learn. We are not going in circles,we are going upwards. The path

MINDFULNESS Thich Nhat Hanh, who recently passed, was the master of mindfulness. If you do not already know, I leave it to you to discover