Astrology with Salina Rain, Blue Lake, CA (2026)

08/06/2026

Rumblings from Telluric Realm: August 5 - 11 2026

With Chiron, Rainbow Bridge between matter and spirit, slowed down and just turned retrograde on the 3rd intensification is up of all the maverick little planet rules. First thought to be a comet, Chiron has an unusual orbit in relation to the other planets in the Solar System. It’s influence is known to instigate healing on all levels as it brings us into the multi-dimensional aspects of being where everything issues from. True healing occurs only when we’ve experienced the origin and deeper layers of the wounding, which can manifest in the physical, mental, emotional, and/or spiritual realms. Some wounds we’ve carried unresolved from other lifetimes while Chiron’s sign and placement in natal chart describes the nature of what we must heal and the most effective approaches to the process.

Chiron in Ta**us begins a years long journey of individual and collective healing in the areas of earth based values, money and economic systems, ancient and new healing modalities employing sound and voice. As well we awaken more to our animal and plant allies, minerals in all forms, and in spite of the indoctrination denying such realities, the beings and energies of inner Earth telluric realms we’ve sensed over time but not allowed the perceptions to stay with us. Children are of course more open to those realities.

Sexuality and all we must untangle and awaken to in that area of human experience also a major part of the Chiron passage over the next 8 years. Clearly we have a tremendous amount of work to do in re-connecting to full spectrum, healthy, joyous, life affirming eroticism, which of course is not only about sexuality. Freedom from oppressive, misguided and too often brutal beliefs and approaches is on the agenda for Chiron in its Earth Shaman mode.

Wed 5 Last Quarter Ta**us Moon square Leo Sun at 14th degree brings us speeding through the month of August headed for the eclipses. And with Saturn utterly re-orienting us to our relationship with time. Best strategy to compensate for the apparent faster than ever movement of time is to enter our own stillness frequently to maintain a sense of stability rather than feeling like we can’t keep up. Luna forms a challenging fixed T-Square with Pluto and Jupiter as the day unfolds, morning into evening. The immediacy of all important matters we’ve been avoiding, or where we’ve been stuck on what to do for a positive shift, is prevalent at this significant turning point in the cycle. The way through is right with us in the moment if we take make space for honest self examination, authentic encounters, requiring fearless approach to whatever has seemed daunting.

Thurs 6 Venus enters air sign Libra which she co-rules noon-ish for a long passage as she’ll make a retrograde trip early October through mid-November not leaving Libra til December. Planet of love, harmony, money, self worth and some aspects of sexuality will spend almost 3 weeks in September and almost all of October in Scorpio during this intensely Venusian period. Certainly Fall 2026 will have some even more ups and owns in world economies particularly with Chiron at beginning of Ta**us right now.. And so much going on, sometimes beneath the surface, at times quite dramatic, bringing more balance to women’s concerns and overall male-female dynamics. Inclusive of growing understanding that the spectrum of natural human experience in relation to female-male is far more wide open than Judeo-Christian-Muslim culture has allowed.

At the Solar Eclipse on the 12 Venus forms a most powerful Grand Air Trine with Pluto and Uranus, which becomes a major Kite pattern as Neptune joins in still sextile the 2 other outer planets. Be ready for an eclipse experience where human values and the higher intelligence of the heart are big features. In some respects by way of the utter lack of those qualities and the severe devastation as consequence, in others a surge of tsunami proportions. What the world needs! Stevie Wonder sings “Love’s in Need of Love Today” and urges “don’t delay, send yours out right away”.

Meanwhile today Sun trine Saturn in the Master Teacher’s more internal phase illuminates the should’s and should’nts we’ve been operating with in order to let them go, continuing to re-consider what obligations to cut out for better effectiveness with true purpose. What bold, audacious commitment do we need to step up for right now?

Fri 7 High winds may be on a serious clearing mission as Moon has entered Gemini. With an early wake up call in cahoots with Pluto it’s about being searingly honest with ourselves about what’s been most pulling on us for a long time. As lunar contacts follow with Neptune, Uranus still quite early there’s abundant support for enlightening ideas and connections. Venus’ graciousness in Libra feels off today until a shift is made in relation to self valuing, relationship challenges and/or financial conundrum. Afternoon to late night Moon collaborates with Jupiter and Satur for possible fruitful outcomes in the day’s puzzles and winding labyrinths. News cycle has the usual insanity and most likely amped up another notch or 10 in this atmosphere of really big exposes.

Sat Aug 8 Processing the conversations, messages, contacts and news from yesterday may take up most of our energy today, but Gemini Moon’s pretty much up for the lighter side and definitely cheering for a humorous approach. And don’t forget to do plenty of deep breathing is more strong advice from air sign Moon as Solar Eclipse draws nearer.

Sun 9 After midnight Luna’s move into Home sign Cancer creates aspects with Venus, Pluto, Neptune by 7:30 am. Whatever may be missing from self care routines, emotional needs or the domestic situation for better support of life on a constantly transmuting planet will likely be evident. Mercury changes signs at 9:28 am from Cancer to Leo making it easier to express ourselves clearly while less influenced by emotions. Late evening square to Chiron though can be tricky, best to save sharing until this challenging aspect passes, but be wide open to arising insights.

Mon 10 Void Moon in Cancer into the wee hours tomorrow encourages a laid back period where we can tie up loose ends or take a meandering approach to the day to avert frustrations and wasted energy. Venus makes powerful aspects with Pluto and Neptune offering opportunities for releasing old self defeating programming about our worth, financial matters and/or relationship problems.

Tues 11 An active, busy time no doubt with Leo Moon starting us off early am til late afternoon with multiple aspects ; Mercury, Pluto, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter all have input today in the lunar contacts creating lots of commotion, possibly quite beneficial if we keep ourselves on track. Mercury and Venus connecting with outer planets in the evening bring in crucial information, messages, insights, encounters that are part of the eclipse energies we’ve entered already. Being alert to the very powerful nature of this lunation is an important key to navigating tomorrow and next few days with confidence, awakened creativity and a more generous heart, in regards to self and others.

Checking in with one’s natal chart can reveal so much about how to optimize present opportunities for resolutions, healing and clearer forward movement. Using 2 people’s charts for gaining more wisdom about a relationship and strategies to address any challenges goes deeper into the existing dynamics and possibilities. This is a period rich with support for gaining that clarity and making decisions about how to proceed. Private sessions available with fees ranging from $100-225 depending on type of reading, including sliding scale.

707-672-9164. [email protected]

Offering one to three question consults to look at important dates coming up in such an epic time of change and opportunities. $35 for written response or $50 for phone consult included.

07/30/2026

"Goddess Intoxicated Anarchy" (F, La Motte)
July 29- August 4 2026

When the Moon’s North and South Nodes are at the first or last degree of a sign the overall themes of endings and beginnings, prevail with more significance, where we’ve come and where we’re going. Past and future interface necessitating focused work on our own path and with the collective. All of July up to the 27th they’ve been at first degrees of Pisces and Virgo; July 28th til October10 Nodes enter last degree of Aquarius-Leo, as they travel in “backwards” through the zodiac.

Next 1 1/2 years the collective agenda involves more egalitarian structures of society, humanitarian concerns inclusive of all relatives we share the planet with. Mass consciousness undergoes another leap, entering the next stage in a transformation that hasn’t occurred this big in 26,000 years. Huge growth in awareness about the failings of leadership not invested in the good of the People, while awakening to the reality we can create what we need by working together.

For those with Sun, Moon, Ascendant in Aquarius-Leo this is a crucial period of life changing experiences and personal evolution. Last degree to first in the coming months into 2028. As well with Saturn Retrograde in Aries into December ancestors are talking to us in many different ways, showing up in sometimes startling places and through unexpected connections. Individually and species wide through recent and far distant history, some of which is being revealed in months and years to come. It turns our world upside down in the most glorious ways.

Wed 29 Full Moon’s dominion involves a power punch of awakenings, revelations, deep emotional releases arriving 7:36 am at 7th degree of Aquarius. Joined by Pluto and Juno, opposed by Sun-Jupiter the patterns offer vivid and enlightening experiences. If we commit to our personal grounding, taking responsibility for our part in whatever unfolds, treasures await as reward for bearing with the challenges. The atmosphere locally and globally still quite volatile as the human world faces consequences of any unprocessed destructive beliefs, behaviors and what must be called willful ignorance.

Saturn just turned retrograde in Aries and will have none of that! Planet of mastery has us taking inventory on where our time and energy has has been concentrated over a long time, and how that’s been turning out so far. We have the next 4 months to do that serious review while having solid opportunities to correct course in the direction serving most important goals and intentions. Ancestors and ancestral legacies call us in many different ways to embody the strength and courage that is available as a choice right now. Individually and all together.

Meanwhile stage is set for big drama around those holding the most power in society, industry and all institutions not serving the common good. That includes those created for just that purpose that have been under nefarious management, not fulfilling their stated mission. So many “good guys” coming down off their pedestals, especially the ones who have promoted the idea they are the last word in their area of influence. Overdone egos are in for humiliating exposure; the bigger the ego the more distressing the take down.

Venus in Virgo square Mars and Ceres in Gemini creates a dynamic moment in shifting attitudes and ideas about health care, women’s access to reproductive autonomy, changes needed in food production and distribution, workers’ fair wages that have been decreasing as the billionaire class has grown, an entirely one to one related situation. The biggest human challenges where Karma has come to get us are greed and ignorance. No longer able to play with those conditions without instant and incendiary reactions. Personally and species wide we’re in the cauldron where the stew is being alchemically transformed. Go with the transmuting process or be lost in misery and confusion.

Looking up the early degrees of Aquarius-Leo in personal charts offers clarity about where our own power dynamics, relationship adjustments, with increased self awareness and most heart centered ideals operating. Bound to be a certain amount of intensity, however the outer planet activity can elevate us into higher perspective where we grasp the meaning behind the, sometimes unbearable, challenges.

Thurs 30 Aquarius Moon loves visionaries, futurists, all that’s weird and definitely any who challenge taboos. The full Moon’s illuminations are with us in large, colorful and clearly defined scenarios and experiences we may not yet comprehend. That will unfold in coming weeks. Breathing deeply, fully is an important aspect of not just staying in equanimity but being able to integrate the magnificence of the energy field existing in the here and now. It’s rare and it’s with us for another year at least, first peaking in exactitude this month. Void Moon this afternoon advises against initiating anything new of importance.

Fri 31 Luna enters Pisces early am making afternoon and evening more stressful aspects to Uranus, Jupiter and Sun. Many deceptions and secretive power plays are coming out of the shadows. We may be having to shift important perspectives today as the virtual excrement hits the fan. The patterns help with being more aligned with the truth whether in our own lives or in the public domain, and with innovative ideas to shift us out of crisis mode.

Sat Aug 1 Today, tomorrow mark one of the 4 cross quarter days in the yearly round when seasons reach the middle or the end/begiing of a season, depending on what calendar we go by; Gregorian used by most of the world which disconnects us from the natural cycles, or lunar calendar aligning us with the natural rhthyms of Earth and Cosmos. This traditional fire festival is Lammas in Celtic tradition, summer’s end in that system for Northern Hemisphere, a sacred gateway where the bounty of the season has been celebrated for millennia. In Western contemporary world it’s the middle of summer, in any case the halfway mark between Solstice and Equinox. Pisces Moon encourages attuning to the sacred qualities of the time and any practices of gratitude and compassion.

Sun 2 Early afternoon Moon shifts to ready for action Aries into Tuesday evening. All the drama of the lunation Wednesday can circle back for the next opportunity to deal with it in a more beneficial way. May require yet another level of self assertion, drawing a clear line where needed, with others and/or with ourselves. Evening aspects can help us make sense of it all as Luna touches on the outer planet triad, opening us more to the unknown and the previously unimaginable.

Mon 3 Meanwhile Chiron acting in Earth Shaman archetype at first degree of Ta**us pivots to retrograde motion for the next few months. We’re invited to explore the extraordinary magic existing in the telluric realm under our feet and right down into the very center of this still entirely mysterious planetary being. Turns out we know very little of the interior and certainly of the depths of the world’s oceans covering the largest area of Gaia’s surface. Every time we’re in nature, or just outside, tuning into earth energies benefits many times over with heightened frequencies working with us, calling us Home.

All earth elements become more empowered during Chiron’s time in Ta**us; stones, crystals, plant and animal allies, favorite places in nature. The litttle planet representing kundalini energy in the human system, according to multi-dimensional adventurer Barbara Hand Clow, brings us tests and opportunities working with core life force energy in deeper and more intensive processes. Sexuality is part of the theme, where we’re out of balance, needing healing both as collectives and individually. Certainly major world religions have led to painful, destructive attitudes and experiences in that crucial aspect of being human. Those misinterpretations of very basic life processes have resulted in so much cruelty and distortion, and overall demeaning of the feminine. Chiron in Ta**us aims to clear that major imbalance that has enabled centuries of devastation in the masses and to the planet itself.

Chiron will return to the Sacred Warrior archetype as it completes Aries passage end of September to mid April next year. Stepping up in courage and determination as never before is the warrior’s mission in all areas ruled by the dwarf planet.

Tues 4 Aries Moon void of course from right before noon til 7:35 pm when it changes to grounding Ta**us. The caution for this afternoon is to postpone important new business or alliances until tomorrow or after, in spite of a restless mood to get going. As this energy field presents rare opportunities and challenges we’re most wise to take things one step at a time, breathe deeply and make sure we’re in our own grounding throughout each day.

Checking in with one’s natal chart can reveal so much about how to optimize present opportunities for resolutions, healing and clearer forward movement. Using 2 people’s charts for gaining more wisdom about a relationship and strategies to address any challenges goes deeper into the existing dynamics and possibilities. This is a period rich with support for gaining that clarity and making decisions about how to proceed. Private sessions available with fees ranging from $100-225 depending on type of reading, including sliding scale.

707-672-9164. [email protected]

Offering one to three question consults to look at important dates coming up in such an epic time of change and opportunities. $35 for written response or $50 for phone consult included.

Images: Tarot by Marcus Katz

07/26/2026

From 4 years ago:

July 25 Day Out of Time
We're in the 440th year of using the soul crushing, out of synch with nature, Gregorian calendar, initiated in the 1500's by Pope Gregory to get the nature based population more under control of the Church. Before that, and in cultures worldwide, people followed the cycles of nature with the lunar cycles. Many still do, and it benefits us all to shift our orientation back to that way of living with time.
"The highly advanced telepathic intelligence communicated through the noosphere resonates different dimensions of meaning according to daily codes of synchronicity; the most fundamental of these is encoded as the 13 Moon/28-day calendar. —José Argüelles/Valum Votan" (from Foundation for Law of Time)
Day Out of Time is July 25 each year, according to Mayan calendar, in recognition of the space between the end of the 13 moon lunar calendar and the beginning of the next yearly cycle on July 26.
This is a potent time for stepping away from usual routines and allowing whatever comes our way to speak to us at a deeper level of meaning.
New Moon coming on the 28th. Perfect timing for an astrological check in to dive in to the patterns at work for each of us personally. [email protected], 707-668-5408 or text 707-672-9164, or pm me here.
Painting: "Wolf Moon" by Tijana Lubovic

07/23/2026

Past to Future
July 22 - 28 2026:
Winds of Change blow fast and furious in high frequency creative and destructive patterns. World in chaos leaves us in the eye of the storm ideally. Practicing stillness wherever we can in the most effective ways for each required for optimal sanity and uplifting clarity. However, across the board, touchdown with bare feet on bare earth brings multiple layers of benefit, while the outer Solar System celestial bodies converge in precision and power. Jupiter’s contribution enlarges on the process of old power systems swept away. Increasingly the masses can see the outlandish greed and control agendas laid out with dazzling transparency. That goes along with symbols, subtle signs, crop circle messages, ancient Sanskrit mantras and/or calls of the birds and all the wild voices take on more meaning, clarity, life changing impact.
Re-considering who we are and where are, as individuals and as a species, top on the list of what’s mandated for all. That review process, doubly enabled by Mercury, and to avoid being at the mercy of the spinning vortex. The most dangerous of which is human created. Safety exists in the willingness to trust in our own instincts, not following someone else’s interpretation of how or where to be.

Wed 22 Sun enters extravagant Leo 12:13 pm for the annual amplification of all matters fixed fire sign rules. This journey involves working with the very special human feature ego, that no other Earth relatives share. Thankfully. Encounters multiply clarifying where we may be too invested or not invested enough with the sense of self allowing us to function as conscious, creative and hopefully intentional beings. Other animal, plant, mineral entities can share all these features but our species is dominant, making crucial our responsibility to work with ego in balance and harmony with the rest of the world. Our most important lesson in a time of all encompassing change is sub-serving ego to higher self, higher wisdom, higher perspective.

Thurs 23 That expressive Leo Sun square quiet but intense Chiron in Ta**us sets the stage for Mercury the Magician spinning direct 3:58 pm. We’re enthusiastically sharing the insights, revelations, memories and connections surfacing during the last 3 weeks, but with the care and caution. Chiron’s connection provides depth while advising attention to how we use the voice, literally and virtually. Soothing touch as well suggested with today’s patterns and beyond, becoming more conscious of these factors in all interactions and relationships. We’re encouraged to come from the heart with a combination of boldness and tenderness. Meanwhile Scorpio Moon has been void since yesterday at 2:48 pm for possibilities of further mishmash kind of energy before Mercury turns late this afternoon. Don’t need to let this get us in a tangle, but with the potency of Sun-Chiron need to be more intentional and present than usual. Looking back to June 13th when Mercury was first at the degree it pivots on today can help get oriented for how to proceed, considering what was most relevant in our lives back then.

Fri 24 Saturn has been slowing down in last week or so, will turn retrograde Sunday, an important event for the planet ruling time, structure, commitments and responsibilities. About to have the annual months long review with all those matters and more, we’re likely feeling it’s rather heavier presence these days since changing direction for any planet increases its influence. This may bring about more of the feelings of not having accomplished enough or being overwhelmed by responsibilities, some of which aren’t really ours. That’s one of Saturn’s missions, to get our lives aligned with true obligations not what we’ve been convinced we should or should not do. Sagittarius Moon helps with broader perspective through early Sunday morning. Mercury and Venus harmonize today also favoring level headed approach to what’s afoot and supports self affirming messages to counter the weightier Saturnian input. Neptune-Pluto also have an exact friendly connection helping with a sense of deep surrender to the larger energies at work rather than succumbing to confusion, trying to figure it all out. Let that go, it can’t be done.

Sat 25 July 25 every year is the Day Out Of Time in the Mayan tradition, which actually goes many thousands of years into the distant past from the Mayan culture. They recorded their calendar from Galactic connections that appear to refer to the time before or when this planet was created. This day is the earthly-cosmic wild card when we’re invited to exit the familiar order of life to experience directly our own vastness. Luna moves void of course from early morning enabling the drifting quality of this 24 hour period. If one takes only part of the day to opt out and enter the eternal dance of creation that surrender will reap great benefits for an increasingly enigmatic path ahead. Saturn about to turn tomorrow takes us on a several month process of re-orienting our relationship to time. Existing in the infinite simultaneously with the limitations and requirements of 3rd dimension has us doing an intricate dance. Moving from and coming back to our own indestructible center the key to ultimate equilibrium. All that’s needed in the quest for becoming the most creative, authentic, wise and loving version of self. Pure joy.

Sun 26 Moon enters Capricorn early, sign ruled by Saturn just hours before the Master Teacher planet turns retrograde. We’re feeling it in our own way, whether experiencing it as increased weight on already burdened shoulders or as an enthusiastic call to focus wherever that’s jumping up and down and shouting at us to pay attention. Or we could be simply looking at how time and energy can be more effectively used. If on the wrong track Saturn becomes the road block stopping us here and now for serious course correction, just as it should be.

Saturn also connected to institutions of society, cultural traditions, governments that exist to keep things functioning in an agreed upon order. Pluto is the Great Transformer, taking apart, destroying, imploding or otherwise working to make needed change. In mid-January 2020 the 2 planets conjoined in a massive world shifting pattern absolutely changing global society forever. For good and for ill all together, but this year we find ourselves in the midst of that trajectory still in progress and at another critical stage. From today until mid-March 2027 especially crucial period for consideration of the firm foundations we’re committed to for the new structure. Social, institutional changes that must serve all begin to emerge in shifts subtle and some quite dramatic.

Meanwhile Sun opposite Pluto illuminates the most profound elements of our situation for each one of us and for all together. The darkest, most terrifying scenarios have been front and center for all to see for such a long time this appears to be a pivotal day on the road to taking back power where we’ve given it away.

Mon 27 Sun further ignites the rare and potent Basket formation in exact aspects with Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, with amplifying Jupiter still very much in orb. This solar pattern extends through the most pwoerful Full Moon Wednesday July 20. Sun-Jupiter face off with Moon-Pluto-Juno for new clarity in all realtionships, alliances, interactions. How to be the we can be one hundred perecnt enabled. Capricorn Moon adds discipline to the mix helping us cut out old dysfunctional patterns, especially around ego attachments not serving anyone. Leadership on a seeringly hot seat with not a thread of clothing on can be a big possibility; exposure that can take down some of the powerful most out of integrity.

Tues 28 Lunar void of course til 6:46 pm when shift to Aquarius brings tomorrow’s Full Moon completion closer. Tensions rise to high tide in days before Full Moons, a good thing to factor in this week. Helps to keep our equanimity in the midst of others succumbing to major stress. We all can use more support, compassion and respect for our uniqueness, let’s make sure to spread it around.

Image: Hour of the Witches by Victoria Veil

Checking in with one’s natal chart can reveal so much about how to optimize present opportunities for resolutions, healing and clearer forward movement. Using 2 people’s charts for gaining more wisdom about a relationship and strategies to address any challenges goes deeper into the existing dynamics and possibilities. This is a period rich with support for gaining that clarity and making decisions about how to proceed. Private sessions available with fees ranging from $100-225 depending on type of reading, including sliding scale.

707-672-9164. [email protected]

Offering one to three question consults to look at important dates coming up in such an epic time of change and opportunities. $35 for written response or $50 for phone consult included.

07/14/2026

Today, July 13, is the time to do a through review of intentions for the next cycle beginning tonight 2:44 am with the New Moon in Cancer. Sun-Moon joined by Mercury in Trickster/Magician role, retrograde as well, it's crucial to allow space for the deeper rumblings, within and without! Clear, honest, heart centered and self advocating communication works miracles. That's with others and with own unique and wonderful (flaws and all) selves.
Wishing all a gracious and insightful New Moon.

Offering one to three question consults to look at important dates coming up in such an epic time of change and opportunities. $35 for written response or $50 for phone consult included. Text me 707-672-9164 or [email protected]

07/10/2026

Gone Beyond....
July 8 - 14 2026

Jupiter’s uplifted and adventurous jump into fire sign Leo was accompanied by asteroids Isis and Osiris in a particularly mythic time of hearing, reading, intuiting and just as importantly telling stories; including so much ancient and unrevealed information til now, more complete and factual aspects of our nation’s history. In addition it’s about our own personal stories and those of the ancestors. The mythology of Isis and Osiris has particularly deep meaning for us in the epic transition we’re undergoing, with so much coming to light about the real human story. It’s a virtual kaleidoscope of mythologies from diverse areas of the world as they come alive. They relate to Divine Mother, power of the feminine, being fragmented, torn apart by misdirected patriarchy that has separated us from the natural world. A most crucial part of the mythology is about becoming whole again, calling in all the fragmented parts of individual self and group self, a powerful metaphor for the current and ongoing, personal and whole world transformation. This initiates the 12 year Jupiter cycle as it begins immersed in the myths, legends, discoveries and revelations of origins.

The stories around those entities, whether we think of them as real beings or made up from human imagination, speak to the challenges and the major forces at work within and around us currently. The potent generative, degenerative and regenerative qualities of the feminine arise in full display by Gaia herself with volcanic eruptions continuing to create new land, quakes, fires, tycoons bringing devastation and new life eternally springing up from the ashes. Ultimately earthly and cosmic Mother encompasses life and death and the ever repeating cycles of creation.

Uranus born innovations in exploratory technologies fuel the forward thrust from the (in comparison) plodding story of our history as a species to awakening, enlightening, consciousness expanding narratives of the extraordinary beings we are. Not as the superior and dominant species but as endlessly creative, respectful and grateful relatives of all beings making up an exquisitely diverse world. A world where reciprocity and sharing abundant resources are core commitments insuring the well being of generations to come. The War Machine Economy has reached its ultimate end as the masses have begun waking up to its 100% insane agenda.

Uranus in Gemini as ruler of technology and as the Great Awakener inspires astounding story telling in the mutable air sign. It’s lightening bolt energies have been in the last week ignited and informed by Mars and asteroid Atlantis. More to come on that theme and the millions of people who over time have dreamed, intuited or written from “imagination” of lives in the lost continent spoken of by Plato and many more from the ancient world’s wisdom traditions According to the legends about Atlantis we’re now living out the same scenario that brought that civilization to such a dramatic end. Real or imagined we clearly have a choice whether to go down in another catastrophe or change the trajectory to a re-birth in our original co-creative human potential.

Wed 8 Lunar shift from firey Aries to cool and collected Ta**us early afternoon creates changing atmospheric conditions within and without. Mid afternoon to mid evening aspects with Chiron, Jupiter and Pluto may upset the usual Taurean calm with events or internal processes challenging us to go to deeper levels of understanding. The insights are rich with potential for letting go of what may be a long held and painful problem.

Thurs 9 Venus enables all healing, balancing possibilities right in front of us in morning shift from Leo to Virgo. The practices, protocols, treatments and substances most aligned with transforming demons to allies, woundings to wisdom are clearly before us as Venus makes medicine for all levels of experience in a trine with multi-dimensional Chiron. It’s an opportunity we must not miss, a golden moment to take time out, effectively addressing whatever hurts. These 2 working together call for specific, precise and ethical approaches, in health concerns, relationships and strategizing with resources of all kinds. The feminine principle appears in response to the total mental illness we call economics in the world at large. What’s of true and lasting value is what’s been missing and must replace our collective and personal priorities. Venus and Chiron highlight with clarity the march to extinction of our current economic policies, while offering common sense and simple solutions we can start implementing now..

Fri 10-Sat 11 Earthy matters we’ve taken for granted have been taking on more mystical qualities as we move further into unknown territory breaking through into previously unseen aspects of our reality. Gemini Moon keeps us busy today and tomorrow re-considering beliefs and much of the nonsense we’ve been fed as “it’s just the way things are”. Good days to connect, network, act on curiosity about different ways of being.

Sun 12 The Sun-Mercury merger makes this the clearest day for making decisions, forming alliances in the retrograde period. The clarity won’t last though, we’re still in review and remember and re-consider until the 23rd when it turns direct by tomorrow.

Mon 13 In last day before New Moon initiates the next cycle Venus forms stressful aspects with the Uranus, Neptune, Pluto major triad. Whoever and whatever is out of integrity and we cannot abide any longer is painfully and abundantly clear. Compassion for self and others as always important but so much more so now. A letting go ritual of some kind is what Venus in Virgo strongly endorses.

Tues 14 Sun-Moon marriage this month at 22 Cancer begins the cycle conjoined with Mercury in full Trickster mode and likely involving some messes. The kind of messes requiring immediate clean up. We need to clear some of the fogginess of the mind to walk through this open doorway with confidence, even in the midst of so many things unclear for now. This Moon in cardinal water sign is about memory and roots, in particular remembering who and what we are. We’re in a major process of Re-Member-ing, as in the story of Osiris. That involves putting our broken, fragmented selves back together from millenia of being disconnected by false and destructive paradigms of religion and the dominance-submission structure of human societies.

Mercury the Storyteller has long memory in Cancer revealing the most crucial ones to work with now in this new beginning. Individually and together as a nation and as a global community the journeys through so much long suppressed memories plays a significant role in the search for deeper meaning, freedom from subconscious complexes ruling behavior and important decision making in our lives. Some of the memory is ancestral as their stories remain imprinted in our DNA in ways currently inexplicable to us. But also quite real.

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are within a quarter of a degree among them in their harmoniously formed aspect becoming even more potent by mid-month. In this lunation Jupiter the Expander adds its influence in very close aspects to each of the outer planet world changers, enlarging their combined energies. We’re feeling all of it but not knowing what or why for the most part. Daily reminders may be needed; we’re in the cauldron with the biggest players in our local universe providing what’s needed for maintaining equanimity through a whirlwind ride into the unknown

In natal charts the placements of planets and points within 3-5 degrees of any signs are areas being significantly stimulated. Paying attention to those connections made for each of us enables seeing what’s most required of us now. Partnerships are in profound levels of change, getting down to core problems with a higher perspective. That may involve moving away from current alliances in some cases. Insights within self and within relationships with Jupiter opposing the Juno-Pluto merge can free us from old patterns no longer serving.

Image: Crop Circle from 2015, the messages keep coming….

Checking in with one’s natal chart can reveal so much about how to optimize present opportunities for resolutions, healing and clearer forward movement. Using 2 people’s charts for gaining more wisdom about a relationship and strategies to address any challenges goes deeper into the existing dynamics and possibilities. This is a period rich with support for gaining that clarity and making decisions about how to proceed. Private sessions available with fees ranging from $100-225 depending on type of reading, including sliding scale.

707-672-9164. [email protected]

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