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Sidereal Horoscopes ~ January to December 2019

12/29/2018

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The coming year has some dramatic changes arriving, while offering deconstruction of old structures and foundations, and increased focus on communication and self expression. Days after the new year begins, we experience the first eclipse of the year. There will be five eclipses total this year. January 5th will be the first partial solar eclipse, followed by a total lunar eclipse on January 20th. The next set of eclipses will occur in July and one final eclipse in December.

There are some challenging Transits to keep your eye on in the days and months ahead. The new year begins with the pressure of Saturn on Sun and Mercury. We enter an eclipse portal on the 5th and the themes of Sagittarius intensify through the two week eclipse portal. And this is just January!

We are in for some immediate upheaval and rebuilding as 2019 begins with a rough start and some challenging transits. It's important to be vigilant and acknowledge the discomfort surfacing. Don't avoid or resist these parts of yourself and your life, be proactive. What new support and guidance do you need? What resources and tools are missing from your life? What changes need to be made in order for more ease and gentleness in your life?

February comes with restructuring and changes as well. We must pay attention to what changes are being asked of us and not resist the wisdom of Saturn arriving right now. Are you paying attention? What are your challenges trying to tell you? What changes and adjustments need to be made?

Listen to my FB Live and get the play by play of transits for 2019

The first major transit of the year is in early March as Rahu and Ketu shift into new signs. Rahu moves to Gemini where he will be exalted and Ketu moves to Sagittarius where he will also be exalted. Exalted planets can express themselves at 100% capacity, while also moving their energy outward. The lunar nodes, or shadow planets, will be extra strong- whether positive or negative. Sagittarius continues to take center stage for 2019 as Saturn moves through this spiritual fire sign. Jupiter will also arrive here late in the year providing a bit more balance to the challenging conjunction between Ketu and Saturn.

Read more about Saturn in Sagittarius.


2019 brings a mix of Transits- most notably the challenging conjunction of Ketu and Saturn for the majority of the year. Old structures are being dismantled and we are being asked to let go of what is not in right relationship with natural cycles and rhythms. Where are you out of alignment? How can you simplify and restructure?

As Ketu transits into Sagittarius early March, he collides with Saturn, causing major shifts and changes with old, established structures and foundations. Expect a restructuring of the old ways of being and what you have relied upon. These old patterns and behaviors will be dismantled. Though uncomfortable, this is an opportunity for a massive upgrade in all areas of your life. A break up of heaviness and longstanding grief is coming. Ketu provides change and transformation- whether welcomed or not.

This year is an important time to slow way down. Ketu moves at lightening speed, while Saturn moves extremely slowly and methodically. These two planets contradict each other on every level. Saturn will request your attention and force his ways whether you care to listen or not. Ground, stay close to earth and body, simplify your life and slow down more than you think you need to.

Read more about Ketu in Capricorn and Rahu in Cancer.


Saturn is connected to the physical body and structures of all kinds- especially old and ancient ones. Keep life as simple as possible and slow way down. Simplify life more than you think you need to. Wherever you are over complicating things, Saturn will cause pressure and pain. Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.

Saturn reminds us that we need to be in right relationship with natural laws. Wherever he is causing duress and pain, he's asking us to move into right relationship with natural cycles and rhythms. He wants simplicity and slow, steady steps. Look to Sagittarius in your Jyotish chart for the area of your life and body that is asking for more attention right now. What themes are present? Where do you feel the pressure?

Jupiter continues to transit Scorpio for the majority of the year, shifting into Sagittarius late in the year. Scorpio is a sign of depth, death and vulnerability. Jupiter is the teacher, the maha guru. Right now, the greatest teachings are coming from the darkness, the depth and from the shadows. Pay attention and don't skip over the unseen realms. Life gains meaning and wisdom when we are willing to face our darkness. True healing can not take place without honoring the wholeness- both shadow and light.

Read more about Jupiter in Scorpio


Horoscopes for 2019


These Horoscopes will give you general themes for the year to come based on your rising sign. Horoscopes are based on your sidereal, or Jyotish rising sign, not your Western or Tropical sign. There is likely no correlation. You may also use with your sidereal Moon or Sun sign for extra insight.

Aries: Saturn continues through your 9th house of dharma this year, sparking a need for new structure with life path, purpose, spiritual growth and focus on authority issues. Grief surfaces in these areas of your life and begs you to look more closely. Transform the lump of coal into the diamond. Lean closer, don't look away. Get focused and direct your efforts with clarity and vigilance. Jupiter in your 8th house is asking you to dive deeper and look below the surface. Attend to the darkness within and don't neglect your shadow work. There is much to learn about your vulnerability. Look closer. After March, the restructuring that has been taking place in your career shifts and dharmic changes beg for your attention. You won't be ale to keep going in the same direction. It's time for something new. Spiritual matters become non-negotiable. Focus on creativity, the hands and self expression. How can you start letting your passions get more of your attention and intention?

Taurus: Relationships continue to get your focus and force you look closer. They are helping you learn so much! Though it hasn't been easy, but you are learning more about self expression and what it means to be vulnerable which is vital for a healthy relationship to thrive. Old, undigested grief is surfacing and requires you to put some focus on your depths and darkness. Feeling lost and misaligned with your life path and purpose? It's important to focus on your sense of self and inner truth. Align with your power and notice where you are giving your power away. Plug the leaks. The coming year requires you to make some adjustments with finances, food and voice. It's time to truly express your needs and notice where you are keeping yourself silent. Vulnerabilities, fears and traumas from the past resurface and require you to revisit them. Get more support and guidance to navigate this so you can heal and release. This is not a year to take unnecessary risk or be negligent with your health. Sensitivity will be at an all time high. Honor it.

Gemini: Jupiter in your 6th house has been helping you heal from the gut level and support greater insights with conflicts and finances. Keep listening and be willing to dive deeper into your vulnerabilities and shadows. You've been forced to put focus on past traumas and shadows, but this will shift early March. The wisdom and clarity you've gained through voice, finances and nourishment will be useful in the year ahead. Refocus in the coming months and put attention on your self development and self awareness. The veils of illusion will be asking you to pay attention and support their release. How are your inner shadows clouding your vision of self, power and purpose? Relationships have been bringing grief to the forefront. At the same time, this is a powerful time to reestablish a sense of grounding, stability and support- within your body and your life. Re-balance and find a new sense of self and life structure. This will become even more important in the year ahead. Navigate instability with conscious awareness. Where are you creating this instability? What choices and decision continue to destabilize you? How can you deepen your roots in order to weather the storms of life more easily. Deepen your self trust and inner wisdom. Your body wisdom will never lead you astray.

Cancer: The past year and a half have been focused on self growth and inner awareness. You have been learning and growing by leaps and bounds- though it hasn't been easy. Much of your growth has come by removing veils of illusion. Relationships have brought changes and transformations, pain and release. March brings a shift in focus as Rahu moves to your 12th house of spiritual, ancestral and foreign travels. Marriage and partnerships get your attention and may require some trouble shooting. Pay attention and don't get lazy or lost in ideals. This will require your focused attention and proactive steps. Healing comes suddenly and with amazing results, while also helping you resolve conflicts and challenges that have not been previously released. Why do you resist confrontation? How can you show up more authentically and be more emotionally congruent? The process of healing requires effort and hard work, but will be worth it. This is a powerful time to let go of undigested grief and work consciously on digestion, stomach issues and health. The physical body will require you to pay close attention, but releasing undigested grief from the body is supported right now. Don't push past what your gut is telling you. All of this is clearing the way for more empowered, focused intuitive awareness and inner intelligence. It's well worth your effort.

Leo: For over a year, you've been pulled into your depths- attending to loss, retreat, alone time and the spiritual realms. You've been focusing on healing and releasing conflict- inner and outer. How can you keep showing up authentically? Heart and home matters continue to teach you so much about your needs and desires. Keep listening to your emotional body wisdom and honor the full spectrum of its expression. You get to feel what you feel! Your power and intuition are the main challenge right now. This theme continues in 2019 and requires you really step up! Why are you resisting your powerful insights and empowered self expression? As Ketu shifts into conjunction with Saturn early March, the stagnation begins to break apart. Revisiting trauma and grief that has kept you disempowered will be important. Release and challenges come through children, playfulness, intuition, power and gut. Gains come if you make space for them but there will be inevitable losses in this process. Lean closer, not away. Support release and letting go, so that you have room to  express yourself more fully. Be mindful of relationships, friendships and older siblings. Are they empowering you or disempowering you? Clarify needs and boundaries and focus on authentic self expression.

Virgo: Expansion and growth continues to come from courage and self expression. Continue to focus on the full range of creativity and wisdom in your hands. You are learning a lot about how to use these parts of yourself for your dharmic path and purpose. Now it's time to implement them more fully. Take action and don't lose sight of your goals. Your self expression and creativity support relationships, dharma, and gains. Stay with it. Grief is surfacing with home, heart and mother. Lean closer and attend to the undigested emotions that are keeping you stuck. Friendships, older siblings and gains have been challenging. Power, intuition and gut insights have caused you to refocus and realign your path. What are you learning about your power and intuition? Where do you need to express more and share your emotions? The coming year causes challenges with home, heart, land, mother and the chest. Old undigested grief is breaking apart and releasing. Support this process so you can make space for something new. You will need to readjust and let go in this process. Where are you gripping too tightly? As Rahu shifts to your 10th house early March, career and offering get your energy and focus for the coming 1.5 years. Are your worldly desires getting the best of you? Get visible and asks for what you need, but be mindful that your desires may be out of control at this time. You will likely need to adjust your plans.

Libra: You've been very focused on your career and life offering over the past year and though there have been challenges and gains, it's time to refocus. Heart, home and mother have brought release, restructuring and heartache. As Rahu shifts into your 9th house of dharma early March, your attention moves closer to life path and purpose. Challenges arrive with authority and those in power positions. Be mindful that you are in right relationship with those you are walking with. Do they have your needs and best interests in mind? What is your relationship with power and authority? This is an important cycle to reestablish your own sense of self and power. Realign with your own inner knowing and deepen your courage and creativity. Be mindful of your hands and awaken the gifts of your artistic expression. Though it may feel challenging, find a new creative structure and implement solid self expression into your life skills. Use your body in creative ways and expand your self expression. Continue to focus on nourishment, food habits and money behaviors. Lean closer to your malnourishment and get to the root of your issues. Debt, lack and feeling unsupported are all symptoms of not being able to receive. What is blocking you from getting your needs met? Why are you resisting what you need?

Scorpio: The self expansion continues this year as Jupiter spends most of the year in your head helping you learn, grow and stabilize in life changing ways. He is supporting more playfulness, empowerment, relationships and dharmic alignment. Say yes to his wisdom and keep going! Even with the expansion, Saturn is pruning the nourishment you receive, causing restrictions, delays and obstructions. Pay closer attention to your food, money and voice. There is undigested grief here to attend to and it's causing pain and challenge. You've been focused on your dharma and greater empowerment the past year, awakening more self expression and stepping into greater courage. As Ketu moves to Sagittarius early March, you redirect and refocus on your need for nourishment. The stagnation begins to break up, but will require a great deal of attention and intention. Vulnerability gets a lot more of your attention. Lean even closer, dive even deeper, look under every rock and let your shadows guide you. Attend to health and don't get lackadaisical. The restructuring taking place with food, money and voice is necessary for more nourishment to be received. Right now attend to the painful transformation and losses so you can make space for what you truly need. What do you need for greater nourishment? How can your vulnerability support more receiving?

Sagittarius: The past few years have been deeply life changing. You are being asked to simplify and transform in all areas of your life- inside and out. Vulnerability and past life reminders are coming to the forefront. As Saturn continues through your 1st house, you are in a powerful life altering process. Be mindful of health and be vigilant with your body. Undigested grief is surfacing and requires your attention. Keep it moving and don't push it away. Your usual optimism may be feeling distant and hard to find. Keep going anyway. Trust this metamorphosis you are in and create a new life structure for yourself. Spiritual matters, release, retreat and ancestral insights are strengthening. Keep deepening your listening skills and integrate the wisdom arriving. The next phase of your path will be sharing this inner wisdom with others, but for now trust what is coming to you and let it be a resource. As Ketu moves to your first house early March, you begin a remarkable life-altering restructuring. The grief you've been carrying begins to lift and the heaviness shifts. You are becoming an entirely new person and it's visible to others. You will need even more support and guidance in the months ahead. Gather more support and strengthen your team. Relationships require your focus and may be a stronger desire for you. What do you need to learn from them? Where do they cause you pain and challenge? Your path is changing and becoming even more spiritually focused. Attune and align with the wisdom coming to you and let it inform your choices.

Capricorn: It's been well over a year of restructuring and life altering experiences. You are not the same person you were over a year ago. The massive transformations within your head and body are shifting early March. Relationships have forced you to pay attention and attend to your shadows more closely. The new focus will be on release, spirit, ancestors and retreats. Marriage and partnerships get more of your focus and require restructuring as well. Be vigilant with changes that are necessary and don't drop your guard. Support and allow for release and letting go. Ask the ancestors for help and insights. Address any resistance around conflicts and healing. Why might you be resisting confrontation, boundaries and expressing your needs? Awaken your inner healer and gut intelligence. Support digestion and release so you have more space for deeper nourishment. There may be a tendency towards constipation and challenges with release. Remember that gains come when you make space for them. What needs to be released in order for you to have room for more of what you need? Attend to friendships and older siblings. There may be more to learn from these relationships but you'll have to be honest with your vulnerability and shadows.


Aquarius: You've been receiving the gift of expansion with your career and offerings, but it's causing you to look below the surface and see the shadows. The depth is causing some misalignment to surface and an awareness about unmet needs. How can you take this insight and wisdom into a new offering or share your gifts in a new way? Focus on home, heart, emotions, nourishment and healing. Let this wisdom guide you towards a more nourishing direction. Friendships, older siblings and gains have brought challenges and discomfort. What needs to be clarified and released so you have  more space for your own path and purpose? Spiritual matters have gotten a lot of your focus this past year. Attending to emotional congruency and authentic emotional expression has been part of your healing journey. The shift arriving this year comes as your power, intuition and gut intelligence get your focused attention. It may feel unclear and uncertain at first, but keep leaning closer and gather the resources you need to strengthen your empowered clarity within. The undigested grief in relationships begins to break apart. Expect release, letting go and loss, but remember you are making space for what you truly need and deserve. Say yes to your power and don't look back. 

Pisces: Dharma and life purpose have been expanding and growing. Let your spiritual insights inform your choices and path. This wisdom is supporting self growth and intuitive insights. Your children, power and gut intelligence have gotten your full attention for over a year. Friendships, relationships, gains and older siblings have come with release, loss and restructuring. Career and life offering have felt heavy, hard and painful. This heaviness has impacted home and heart as well. Early March, a shift in focus arrives. The stagnation and disappointments in career begin to break apart. You are being asked to restructure the way you share yourself in this world. Let computers, internet and spiritual insights support your new offering. The tighter you grip, the more pain will arrive. Letting go and release are necessary in order to make way for the new. Don't resist. A stronger emphasis arrives with home, heart, mother, land and emotions over the next 1.5 years. Beautify your space, ask for more, honor your desires and seek a deeper sense of home and emotional body wisdom, but don't let your desires get the best of you. The deep longing for home might cloud your judgement. Gather guidance, counsel and support while strengthening your inner power. Your are learning to trust yourself even more.


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Jupiter in Scorpio: Transforming Shadow Into Light + Horoscopes

9/3/2018

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As the planet of expansion, satwa (purity) and akasha (space), Jupiter brings us knowledge and wisdom as well as new awareness. The Sanskrit name for Jupiter is guru (teacher), expressing the support and nourishment he provides. As Jupiter moves around the zodiac, he sparks learning and growth through wisdom, guidance, support and resources. Whatever he touches, he expands- which may feel helpful or uncomfortable at times.

On October 11th, 2018, Jupiter moves to sidereal Scorpio and will be here until November 4th, 2019. Rahu gives his gaze to Jupiter until March 7th of 2019, intensifying the themes of this transit for the first portion of the journey. When Rahu touches Jupiter, he brings shadow to the purity of the guru. This can bring even more increase and excess, tainting the wisdom and support of Jupiter with worldly, foreign, unusual and impure experiences.

Jupiter transits are roughly one year long and impact all levels of wisdom, knowledge, comfort and support. He leads you to your dharmic path and supports the nourishment gained along the way. Positive effects of Jupiter  bring comfort, support and understanding. He brings learning through greater awareness and expansion of consciousness- which of course is not always comfortable. He is the ultimate teacher (for better or worse) providing some of the most poignant life lessons.

Challenges with Jupiter include lack of support, knowledge, and dharma. When Jupiter is not strong in the chart, there may be little to no support offered, few resources or missed opportunities. Everyone can benefit from the helpful and supportive resources that Jupiter provides. However, without his support, challenges and struggles increase- which often bring tragedy, trauma and chaos.

As the guru, he represents teachers of all sorts- including coaches, healers, guides, mentors, therapists, wisdom keepers and shaman. Receiving the blessings of Jupiter requires that you allow the nourishment and wisdom of this type of support to be received. Negative influences upon Jupiter in the jyotish chart, will create challenging experiences with teachers and a resistance to knowledge and wisdom. Whereas positive influences upon Jupiter in the jyotish chart will offer nourishing and supportive experiences with teachers, wisdom and guides.

If Jupiter is a naturally benefic or positive planet in your chart, this transit will bring natural gains, expansion and support in the areas of depth, awareness, transformation and healing. There will be new insights with death, depth, darkness and hardship. This cycle may support the integration and deeper awareness of past suffering and struggle. However, If Jupiter is challenging in your jyotish chart, expect difficulties in these areas of your life to surface. You may not be able to hear the wisdom arriving or you may stay stuck in old patterns and behaviors that increase your struggles.

Scorpio is not a surface level sign. It requires (and often forces) one to dig below the mundane, surface level of understanding. For those unwilling or unfamiliar with this type of depth, it can be painful and downright terrifying! This transit will require you to look at your shadows, unconscious inner terrain and acknowledge your undigested grief.

The 8th sign of the zodiac, Scorpio, correlates with the 8th house- house of the unseen, hidden forces at play in life. I relate this house to our animal body, ripe with emotion, passion, feelings and unconscious awareness. Willingness to dive into your depths and shadows will help this transit move more smoothly and support deeper healing and transformation.


Scorpio and the 8th house of death, is one of our greatest teachers we can encounter. The depth of the 8th house shows us our fears, losses, disease and those things that we try to avoid because of certain pain and misery. It is associated with vulnerabilities, the past and the future, sex, mysticism, the private parts and excretory organs. The letting go, releasing of the known, the surrender of past and present, the depths of life that go way beyond the surface of life. It's a sign and a house that can not (and should not) be avoided.

On the positive spectrum of things, the 8th house is linked to transformations and transcendence, as well as mystical and occult knowledge. It is also deeply connected to our sexual nature. When life gets tough, we naturally get tougher; which is the essence of the eighth house. It forces us to surrender. To disarm and let go. Through our suffering, we are determined to change, re-direct ourselves, to rise above and move out of the trenches.

The eight house is indeed hidden, unseen, and thus relates to the unseen and hidden realms- both internally and externally. Our pain after all is solely connected to our shadow. A Scorpio is determined to shed its shadowed self which is why Ketu (the "planet" of liberation and moksha) is considered exalted here.


READ MORE ABOUT THE SIGN OF SCORPIO

Use this cycle to liberate yourself from addictions, rather than getting stuck in them. Addictions of all kinds may come to the surface in the year ahead- depending on how this transit impacts you. Are you actively looking at your shadows, wounds and struggles? Or are you avoiding, negating and suppressing them?

Addictions are a mechanism of avoidance, numbing and suppression. This prolongs our suffering. Until we are ready to lean closer to our shadows, wounds and grief, and use them as a resource for our awakening, the darkness continues to control us unconsciously. Don't get stuck! Be sure you have plenty of support in this cycle- more than you think you need.

In the year ahead, gather the necessary resources, support and guidance to transform your inner darkness, grief and pain. This can be a powerful cycle of healing and transformation, but it will require that you are proactive and not complacent.

Depending on where Scorpio sits in your chart, there may or may not be mitigating factors. I will share general guidelines for each sign in my horoscopes below.

Please consult with me directly for more chart specific guidelines.



Jupiter in Scorpio Horoscopes for
~ October 2018 to November 2019


These Horoscopes will give you general themes for the year to come based on your rising sign. Horoscopes are based on your sidereal, or Jyotish rising sign, not your Western or Tropical sign. There is likely no correlation. You may also use with your sidereal Moon or Sun sign for extra insight.
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Aries: As Jupiter dips into your 8th house, it's time to recalibrate and hit pause. This is a low point for you and will require your willingness to deeply dive into shadows, unconscious terrain and your hidden fears. What have you been avoiding and unwilling to see? Now is the time to bravely look. Saturn continues to transit through your 9th house of dharma while Jupiter moves through your 8th house. Let this be a time to refocus your intentions and goals, as well as refine your dharmic path. Find more meaning in life and a deeper purpose. Go beyond the mundane. Take care of your health diligently and be mindful of debts and addictions. Are you over-pleasuring? Are you avoiding the parts of yourself that need to be looked at? Are you staying numb and disconnected? Get some extra support at this time from new and unusual sources. It might be time to consult a shaman. Find time for more spiritual pursuits and seek a deeper understanding for your life. You will use this new wisdom in the next cycle. Trust the process.

Taurus: Jupiter moves through your 7th house in this cycle. Relationships expand and become the focus of your learning and growth. They require your willingness to gather new resources and support so that you can transform the challenges into wisdom. Allow your relationships to grow with you and don't get stuck in old patterns, behaviors and unconscious choices. The mirror of the "other" will be stronger at this time. Don't get overwhelmed or lose hope! Depending on your natal Jupiter, this transit can bring positive changes in relationships. For some people, this cycle could provoke a marriage or meeting a new partner. It could support new business connections and clients. Others may encounter challenges and disappointments with relationships if they aren't paying attention or if Jupiter is not supportive. Saturn in your 8th house is still asking you to dive deeply into your undigested, unconscious grief. Stay alert and don't get lazy with your healing work.

Gemini: This cycle can be a great time for healing and resolving conflicts- within your self and with others. As Jupiter moves through your 6th house, pay attention to the gut and be mindful of digestion. You may notice sluggishness or constipation. Avoid overly fatty, oily and sweet foods as this will exacerbate the issue. More cooked leafy greens are your best friend! With the expansive energy of Jupiter, expect a lift with your offering and career. Use your healing process and the wisdom you acquire as a way to connect, share and offer to others. Deepen your spiritual pursuits and self care. Ask the ancestors for support and guidance. Take time for meditation and inner resourcing. Wealth, finances and nourishment increases. Ask for what you need and be ready to receive more. Be mindful of overspending and overindulgence at the same time. You will need extra healing support at this time so be sure to gather what you need and expand your team of resources. Use this time to stabilize yourself.

Cancer: Jupiter moves into your 5th house. This is an expansive time for pleasure, joy, children and romance. Step into your power and attend to gut intelligence. More children may be showing up in your life so be mindful of their needs and your intentions. This is a cycle that supports you growing into your power and purpose more fully. Resources, support and past life credits may arrive to help you gain momentum and strength. Deepen your desires, goals and intentions as you step powerfully into a more embodied existence. You will need extra support, guidance and resources to make this happen, so gather your team and clarify your needs. With Saturn still moving through your 6th house, pay attention to gut health and digestion. This is a time of great healing for you. Be diligent with digestion and releasing grief and don't let stagnation happen in your gut. Spend time focusing on gut health and strengthening your food habits. Gather the nourishment you need for more joy and abundance. Ask for more!

Leo: As Jupiter moves through your 4th house of heart, home and mother, these areas of your life expand and grow. Pay special attention to your emotional body and let your heart guide you to a more expansive experience of life and love. Use this heart expansion to inform your life offering and the way you connect with the world. Pull from your depths and honor the power of your feelings. These are important messages for your growth and healing process. Allow spirit and the ancestors to support your expanded awareness and ask for more messages and resources. Saturn continues to move through your upper gut, the 5th house. Watch for constipation and undigested emotion showing up in the solar plexus. Be diligent with clearing the grief in your gut so you can experience the empowerment of your new emotional wisdom. Lighten up and lighten your load. Let in the joy and pleasure arriving.

Virgo: It's time to get creative and self express! Jupiter is transiting through your 3rd house of the arts and writing. He will support you with your artistry through dance, music, painting, drawing and writing. Gather new resources and support and be open to trying new things. Share your learning and wisdom with others and use your skills as a part of your dharmic offering. There is important wisdom arriving with your life purpose. Are you paying attention and taking action to support this? Expand your courage and creativity in the year ahead. Let relationships support your growth and expansion and ask for more of what you need. Gains and growth come when you let go and release. Purge and clear the emotional body and heart. Make space for more of what you want and need. As Saturn continues to move through your heart, the 4th house, be diligent with undigested grief that is clogging your heart center. This impacts your ability to receive the nourishment you crave. Ask for more support with this process or releasing grief.

Libra: Scorpio is your second house and Jupiter here supports expansion with wealth, nourishment and abundance. Watch out for over indulgence and overspending. Use this time to clean up your diet, speech and money habits. Depending on your relationship with Jupiter, this can be a very powerful time for increased nourishment, or it can provoke overconsumption and excesses that lead to more struggle and harm. Speak your truth, find your voice, clarify your needs and sing your songs! Saturn in your 3rd house is asking your to simplify and stabilize yourself without extravagance. Don't lose sight of this as Jupiter shifts into your mouth and wealth house. You are what you eat. Be diligent with your food, habits and behaviors. Watch your gut health and don't over eat- especially sweets, heavy foods and alcohol. Put your new found expansion into your life offering. Be visible and let your words help you get seen and noticed.

Scorpio: This is your year to shine! Jupiter in your 1st house is one of the most expansive and powerful cycles you can experience. It's time to ask for more, expand what is possible for yourself and your life! Take calculated risks to meet your biggest goals. Relationships will support your expansion, as will children, romance, pleasure and empowerment. Use your positive past life credits to do more good in the world and align with more dharmic pursuits. Step into your zone of genius and be your own authority. It's time to rise and shine, honor your wisdom and share your gifts with the world. Whatever you do, don't play small. As positive as this transit is, it will still require your usual Scorpio diligence. Get new support, extra support and strengthen your team of resources. Don't let your ego get away with itself and don't lose sight of your goals. Life may feel easier, but don't get lazy or complacent. Watch addictive patterns and overindulgence. Remember, it's ok to be in right relationship with joy, pleasure and nourishment. Enjoy!

Sagittarius: This is a very spiritual cycle for you. Jupiter is activating a need for retreat and alone time as he moves through your 12th house. Endings are taking place, preparing you for beginnings coming next. Be diligent with the release process. Let go and purge what no longer serves you. Ask the ancestors for help with this process. Spend ample time alone in meditation and contemplation. Resource from within and let your heart guide you to clarity. Expansion at home and within your heart is possible at this time. Support this inner growth and keep your digestion clear. Watch for stagnation and constipation in stomach. Use this time to access your depth and deepen your healing process. Ask for more support, guidance and resources. You will need extra people on your support team at this time. This is not a cycle of material gain, however great spiritual strides can take place.

Capricorn: With Jupiter in your 11th house of gains, expansion and increase is inevitable- if you are willing to allow for losses and letting go as well. Making space for the gains is a prerequisite. What are you releasing and purging? How much space do you have for what you truly want and need? Are you consciously attending to the waning cycles and letting go of what no longer serves you? Clean and clear your holding container. Let the new arrive and move towards the nourishment. Use your creativity and self expression to attract and align. Children, playfulness, romance and empowerment are arriving. Are you ready to receive this abundance? Relationships continue to get your focus. Put in the effort to grieve losses and attend to the shadows coming forth. Ask your ancestors to support you in this process. They are asking you to transform this grief and prepare for something else.

Aquarius: Your 10th house of career and offering is about to get a powerful dose of expansion. Are you ready to grow into your offering and share in even bigger and bolder ways? Jupiter will be asking you to teach, guide and share your wisdom more visibly. This is not a time to play small or resist your visibility. Are you ready to expand your focus, your goals and your vision? Where are you avoiding or negating your power and success? Jupiter is very spiritual, however the 10th house is very worldly. You may experience some conflicts with both. Saturn in your 11th house is supporting calculated gains- with the release of old, outworn patterns and behaviors. Focus on increasing nourishment, support, finances and abundance, but watch your spending habits and food habits. Your gut health and digestion is requesting your attention and intention. Heal your body through your stomach and attend to undigested emotions and grief. This Jupiter transit will support heart and home expansion. Let your emotional body be your guide and teacher.

Pisces: This is one of the most powerful transits of Jupiter for you! Jupiter is your ruling planet and he will be moving through your 9th house of dharma, considered the most auspicious house of the chart. The support of the guru can guide you from this position and offer increased resources and wisdom to help you clarify and refine your dharmic path and purpose. Depending on your relationship with Jupiter, the guru may be sattvic, rajasic or more tamasic, but either way there will be immense growth and transformation as a result. Protection comes from this house so enjoy the blessings of its resources and support. Self expansion and growth comes with more ease. Be courageous and creative. Use your creativity as a spiritual resource. How can this support you with your dharmic work? Children, romance, intuition and empowerment bring more growth and abundance. Let these resources support your healing process. Saturn is still moving through your 10th house. You may not receive the material gains just yet, but patience will work its magic on you. Stay true to course and keep gathering what you need for greater nourishment.



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Sidereal Horoscopes ~ January to December 2018

12/31/2017

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The new year begins with a full Moon in Ardra nakshatra, the constellation of storm god, Rudra. 2018 starts with a forceful energy, inviting in power, intensity and emotional body waves. There is promise of big, grande and bold changes on multiple levels.

Read more about the January Full Moon.

As 2018 begins, Jupiter is transiting Libra still, Saturn continues his arduous transit through Sagittarius and Mula nakshatra, while Rahu transits Cancer and Ketu transits Capricorn.

Read more about these major transits:

Read more about Jupiter in Libra.

Read more about Saturn in Sagittarius.

Read more about Rahu in Cancer and Ketu in Capricorn.



We won't see shifts in these major transits until October 2018, when Jupiter shifts to Scorpio. Mid December, the slowest moving planet, Saturn, will finally shift out of the constellation of Adharma, Mula, and into PurvaAshada, the domain of Apas- the water goddess. March of 2019, Rahu will enter Gemini and Ketu will change to Sagittarius, joining Saturn there. The majority of 2018 doesn't offer any changes in the major transits of Saturn, Jupiter, Rahu or Ketu, however, the shorter transits of Moon, Mars, Venus, Mercury, and Sun will impact us more closely.


These Horoscopes will give you general themes for the year to come based on your rising sign. Horoscopes are based on your sidereal, or Jyotish rising sign, not your Western or Tropical sign. There is likely no correlation. You may also use with your sidereal Moon or Sun sign for extra insight.


Aries: Expand relationships and learn from others. Relationships are a powerful teacher this year. Seek balance and integration with others. Strengthen your sense of self and deepen your self trust. Clarify boundaries and ask for support. Focus on home, land and property. Give your mother more attention and focus on your emotional body more closely. Attend to your spiritual path and clarify your dharmic purpose. There may be big shifts and restructuring with your career and offering this year. Career changes are likely. Find new ground and transform the way you share yourself. Strengthen your spiritual connection and let this inform your offerings. Let your heart lead the way.

Taurus: Dig deeply into your depths and attend to undigested, unprocessed grief within the unconscious realms. Use this wisdom to inform how you connect and share with others. Let it guide your offerings and dharmic path. Relationships take courage this year and will prove challenging and provocative. Trust yourself and your inner wisdom. Watch out for those who are not living in their integrity or doing their healing work. Strengthen your gifts as a healer and get extra healing support right now. You have the possibility of deepening your dharmic path and clarifying your purpose- if you are willing to radically reconstruct and deconstruct who you are and how you are in the world. Deepen your courage and creativity as a resource for self discovery. What are you learning about who and what nourishes you?

Gemini: Focus on income, nourishment and pleasures, but avoid overindulgence and intoxicants. Clean up  your diet and what you put in your body. Let this be a time of healing, rather than self sabotage. Attend diligently to your unconscious and subconscious terrain. Old trauma is rising to the surface. Are you consciously working with it or avoiding and suppressing? Relationships can bring grief or more stability and strength. Invite in grounding and deepen your roots. Digest and release past relationship grief and let it be a resource for deep inner growth. Your heart requests this grief work so don't by-pass it. Strengthen your sense of empowerment, intuition and purpose. Teach and guide children, while letting them be your teacher as well. Keep a child-like sense of wonder and invite in playfulness as you navigate you deep, inner waters.

Cancer: This is a powerful year of self growth, while ripping away the shadow and illusions you've been hiding under. Deepen your self awareness and be willing to look at your weaknesses. Strong cravings and desires intensify. Don't get lost in the superficiality of human life. Relationship changes and shifts are inevitable. Let your relationship with Self ground you in self love and truth. Are you getting lost in chaos and instability? This is a powerful time to release and let go of relationships and behaviors that are keeping you stuck and unstable. Heal through grief and honor your emotional body wisdom with intention and diligence. It's time to lean into your fragility and darkness. Seek integration with inner and outer realms.

Leo: Your intuition and relationships require that you honor your grief more closely. Be authentic with your hurt and pain. Attend to digestion diligently as it is extra sensitive and vulnerable right now. You are digesting some very old grief. Clearing this will radically upgrade the way you align with your power. Heal and be healed. Ask the ancestors and Spirit for guidance and support. Attend to losses, letting go and release with intention. You are creating more space for self trust and strength. Get courageous and expand your creative potential. This will vastly improve your dharmic clarity as well. Focus on relationship growth. Something must be released in order for you to gain. What are you learning about your needs for stability and support?

Virgo: Your wealth and nourishment is strengthening this year. Speak your truth and align with your inner integrity. Share, connect and offer your wisdom to others. Your heart requires honesty and grief work. Old, undigested grief is being pulled up by the root. Your willingness to attend to your pain will support new growth. Strengthen your emotional body relationship and seek solid ground. Relationships prove to be both a focus and a challenge. Your willingness to dive into your depths will support your growth and learning in this process. Seek relationships who are equally willing to do the same. Attend to the trauma living in your solar plexus and reconnect with your sense of power and intuition. You need this clarity and empowerment in order to step into your dharma more fully.

Libra: Integration, stability and grounding are key this year. Growth comes from spinal alignment and flexibility. Deepen your relationship within and let these inner roots help you expand and grow into new relationships with others. Nurture and nourish your self and ask for more in life. Creativity and courage require your diligence and consistent presence. You may feel less than inspired to act on your dharmic work, but it is more important than ever to align with right action. There is undigested grief keeping you from your creative courage, so lean closer to your emotional body and attend to old loss, trauma and hurt with diligence and fearlessness. Your heart is being cracked open right now. Look closely at its contents. Be seen, get visible, share with the world and offer your gifts in bigger ways.

Scorpio: Expand and grow into your spiritual body. Ask the ancestors to help you align with deeper resources and support. Build a deeper relationship with the non ordinary and make it a priority in your life. Be mindful of what you eat and when you eat. You are digesting a lot of grief right now. Attend to it consciously and help it digest and release so it does not get stagnant. This requires emotional body diligence as well as strengthening your cycles and rhythms. Creativity and courage require your focus. Restructuring and disconnection are possible with your artistry and hands. Let this guide your relationship to your dharma as well. Your path and purpose are your soul focus right now. Give it all you've got. This cycle won't come again for 18 years. What is your biggest passion right now? Follow your joy and let it guide your offerings.

Sagittarius: Find new ground and deepen your inner and outer stability and support systems. Strengthen your relationships, while also understanding that this requires diligent grief work. Undigested and unprocessed grief is rising to the surface right now. It's impacting your body and your flexibility. Stay supple and keep your body moving. The only way to heal grief is to walk with it and honor it as a resource. It can be a gift if you use it as such. Deepen your self expression and use your voice consciously. Sing, chant, speak and communicate in order to heal and be nourished. Lean closer to your vulnerability and fears. What is keeping you playing small and disempowered? Learn and grow from relationships. Gain from your connections and creativity. Release what is no longer nourishing you or bringing you vitality.

Capricorn: You and your world are being radically restructured right now. Your whole sense of self is shifting and changing. Addressing trauma and disconnection within your body are vital. You may even feel disembodied. Stay close to the physical body and sensations. Seek integration between head, pelvis and spine. Relationships are fragile in this cycle and prove to be challenging at times. You may feel unclear and uncertain, even mistrustful of others. You are learning how to trust yourself more fully in this cycle. Deepen your inner roots. Avoid unhealthy relationships and environments, as well as intoxicants and overindulgence. Find your ground. Expand and nourish yourself and others through offering wisdom and resources. Your healing comes through service. Attend to loss, release, the ancestors and grief. Saturn is asking you to be diligent with the process of letting go. What needs to let go of in order to make space for the new?

Aquarius: Healing should be getting your soul focus right now. Attend to your healing process and strengthen your skills as a healer. Avoid conflicts and inner drama. Attend to your dark matter and shadow work. Your darkness can become a potent offering- if you are willing to do what it takes to turn shadow into light. Gains come through radical release and attending to grief and restructuring. You must be willing to make changes to yourself and your relationships in order to gather new support and resources. Look closely at your fear and losses. Attending to the unconscious realms will serve you well. Your dharmic path is ready to expand and grow. Connect with and meet the right people to help you grow. Your sense of self is expanding. Nurture what you want for your life and your path. Don't be afraid to ask for more.

Pisces: Big changes are taking place in your career and offering this year. A restructuring is arriving. Find the threads of joy and pleasure. These are worth moving towards and strengthening. Relationships bring grief and uncertainty, while requiring new structure and inner stability. Who feels safe and stable to you? Who does not? Build upon the relationships and connections that provide support. Attend to losses, grief and pain. It's time to do some healing work with your relationship challenges. Dig up the unconscious patterns and beliefs you've been carrying around. What is keeping your heart closed and malnourished? Move towards deeper intuition and gut intelligence. Strengthen your self trust and work on trust issues with others. You will be asked to release and let go, in order to gain and receive more of what you need and want. What personal mythology needs to be released once and for all?



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Storms Arrive in June: Transits and Wisdom for the Month Ahead + Horoscopes

6/7/2017

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June Transits

May 30th: Venus in Aries
June 3rd: Mercury in Taurus
June 5th: Mars in Ardra Nakshatra
June 6th: Jupiter Direct + Full Moon in Scorpio and Jyestha Nakshatra
June 13th: Venus in Bharani Nakshatra
June 15th: Sun in Gemini
June 18th: Mercury in Gemini
June 20th: Saturn retrogrades back into Scorpio + Summer Solstice
June 23rd: New Moon in Gemini and Ardra Nakshatra
June 29th: Venus in Taurus


June brings an unusual amount of storm energy to the surface, sparking multiple layers of Rudra to be activated for the majority of the month. As Mars, Sun and Mercury all march through the constellation of Ardra during the month of June, the wrath of the Storm God is enlivened. These transits culminate at the end of the month with a new Moon in Ardra nakshatra on June 23rd. .

Mars moved to Gemini on May 26th, but shifts into the second constellation of this air sign on June 5th. Mars is the warrior planet, synonymous with action, doing and force. Ardra brings big, powerful, forceful energy- so be aware of the power in your actions until June 25th.

On June 14th, Sun moves to Gemini and will enter Ardra on the 21st. Swift moving Mercury moves to Gemini on June 18th and into Ardra on June 21st as well. This creates a tight conjunction of Mars, Sun and Mercury for the latter half of the month. The mind will be extra heated and aggressive. Expect anger and rage to surface. What is the underlying need of your anger? What is your anger really sharing with you about your deeper needs?

Retrograde Saturn gives his direct gaze to this powerful and aggressive planetary combination until he shifts back into Scorpio on June 21st. Ketu gives his gaze as well, increasing frustrations, sudden explosions and release. This impact on the multi-planet Rudra effect will provoke an increase in violence, quick change, powerful expressions and forceful actions. This is a time to be extra methodical, careful and cautious. Use your power wisely.

The constellation of Ardra is Rudra's domain. As the storm god, he brings power and force, potency and strength. He offers momentum, and transformational energy through the emotional body. Rudra brings big emotions- especially through grande emotional body waves, tears, anger and sadness. This energy is your power and if channeled properly, can support forceful changes- for better or worse- as well as destruction and successful attacks. The symbol of this constellation is a tear drop.

This month will require working with the emotional body in very conscious and intentional ways. There is a tendency towards excess aggression and emotional pain. Big waves of undigested grief will need to be put into creative actions and channeled into communication, creativity and self expression. Give your emotion a purpose. Seek right-relationship with your emotional intelligence. Upgrade your emotional skills and don't let feelings go unnoticed. Avoiding and neglecting your emotional body will increase sudden explosive responses and increase challenges. Ask your self daily: What is my emotional body sharing with me? What is it letting me know I need right now?

Gemini increases the creative activation possible as three planets move through Rudra's stormy territory of the sky. This is the sign of lovers- two opposing energies coming together and giving rise to a third energy. There is creativity and possibility in this sign. It connects to the hands, self expression, communication, the Arts and courage. Notice in your jyotish chart where Gemini sits. This is where the powerful force of Rudra will be activated this month. How can you channel this powerful energy effectively and thoughtfully?



Horoscopes for the Month of June


Aries: Find ways to channel your big emotions into self expression and the expressive Arts. Step into your courage and use it on a whole new level.

Taurus: Self express and speak boldly- but be mindful of how you use your powerful voice. Once words are spoken, they can't be taken back.

Gemini: You may feel extra hot headed this month. Stay cool and find ways to release emotions, pressure and steam consciously. Keep your head cool.

Cancer: Release emotions, grief and losses. Let death be a powerful force of change and transformation. Allow Spirit to contain you.

Leo: Gains come with big releases and letting go. What are you making space for right now? What has to be let go of first before you have room for it?

Virgo: Channel the immense power available into your life offering. Step into your gifts and share in noticeable ways. Be seen- but try to make it be in positive ways.

Libra: Consciously leap into your power and purpose. Align your big emotions with your dharmic path and inner truth.

Scorpio: Don't get sucked into the underworld- as compelling as it may be. Find ways to come to the surface. Transform and transcend.

Sagittarius: Relationships bring big changes and transformation, emotions and heat. Find your needs in the midst of the storm. Stay grounded.

Capricorn: Digest and release grief and big emotions. Heal and process stuck, resistant feelings. Tap into deeper needs and avoid bad habits and conflicts.

Aquarius: Align with your power and gut intelligence. Trust your instincts and digest the big emotions showing up. Let them guide you towards your power and inner knowing.

Pisces: A storm is rumbling through your heart and home this month. Batten down the hatches. Purge, release and acknowledge the waves. Find your shore.


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Transits + Horoscopes {February & March}

2/18/2017

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Looking Ahead:

February 12th: Sun in Aquarius

February 18th: Saturn at 2 degrees in Sagittarius

February 22nd: Mercury in Aquarius

February 24th: Maha Shivaratri

February 26th: New Moon in Aquarius and Satabisha Nakshatra + Annual Solar Eclipse

March 1st: Mars in Aries (own sign)

March 4th: Venus Retrograde

March 10th: Mercury to Pisces

March 12th: Full Moon in Leo and Purvaphalguni nakshatra + Holi

March 14th: Sun in Pisces

March 20th: Spring Equinox

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Sun in Aquarius

Sun moves to Aquarius at 07:46 am MST today, joining the restructuring planet, Ketu here. This is a healing transit, if you choose to look closely at your challenges, setbacks and obstacles. Resistance to your darkness will provoke more challenges, so best to surrender and lean in. The soul and the ego are going through a transformation in the cycle to come, which lasts until March 14th.

Allow yourself to be stripped, shredded and release illusions that are keeping you in the dark. Your ability to awaken from your slumber will be determined by your courage to look at your shadows. Do you know how to transform your darkness into light? Do you have the necessary skills to take your challenges and turn them into resources? Can you harness your immense creative power and use this for your awakening? This journey requires skills, awareness, guidance and support. It's time to upgrade your skills and resources in order to start getting some very different results. Staying stuck is no longer an option, but your resistance to asking for guidance and support will prolong the pain.

Relationships are a big part of this transformational process you are undergoing. Illusions about yourself are coming to the surface as you confront challenging parts of yourself. Lean in and look closely. What needs to be released in order for you to find a deeper, more sustainable inner strength and stability? What stories and illusions are keeping you resistant to self love and compassion? You are boundless, immense love. Why continue to withhold the abundance of Nature from yourself?! Why are you keeping the walls up, the resistance in place? It's now time to receive the nourishment of life more fully. What needs to change in order for more receptivity and empowerment?

***UPDATE ***


Sun shifts to Satabisha nakshatra late evening, February 18th. This is a game changer as Sun nears exact conjunction with Ketu. He'll be dropping through the tail of the serpent in the coming days/weeks, getting dismembered in the process.

In many ways, this is the finale after months of a Kala Sarpa yoga that has brought to light many masculine/father themes. As Rahu transits Leo (now in Magha, related to father's lineage and the ancestors), shadows connected to the masculine are surfacing.
Satabisha is a Rahu ruled nakshatra, which brings deception, illusion and uncertainty into awareness. Varuna rules this domain, and he is all-seeing, all-knowing- bringing with him a heightened critic and intense awareness. This can be turned outward or inward, or both. Remember compassion in the coming weeks- we will all need it. It will be easy to be overtly critical to ourselves and others, so try to be gentle and lean into your inner critic with loving-kindness as much as possible. What does your critic tell you about what you need? What is it asking of you in order to feel safe?

At the same time, this nakshatra can also provide very rich and powerful healing with it. All that intensive gaze and awareness can be put to good use. What are you noticing within that needs to change? Are you ready now to make some dramatic shifts in your life? Now is the time.

Not heeding to Varuna's scrutiny will only increase misery, pain and health challenges that can't be undone. Be very mindful of your health and body as Sun moves through Satabisha until March 4th. You may notice your health is more delicate and your body needs more TLC. Stay connected, grounded and embodied as much as possible.

As Sun gets cracked open, deconstructed and restructured (with Ketu's help) body and soul awaken to new possibilities. This will likely be uncomfortable, but trust the process. Your deepest truths and needs are coming to the surface. Honor the darkness that is coming to the light.


Mercury in Aquarius

February 22nd, mid morning, swift moving Mercury arrives in Aquarius- joining Sun and Ketu here. This marks the last planet that will conjunct Ketu after months of all planets being hemmed in between Rahu and Ketu during the Kala Sarpa Yoga. Though this malefic yoga technically ended once Mars shifted into Pisces weeks ago, the conjunction of Sun and now Mercury with Ketu, is significant. There is closure taking place and certain death to old mental behaviors and patterns. The mind will be disconnected, restructured and transformed. Think of this like an internal re-boot.

Confusion, uncertainty and challenges with mind, communications and all things Mercury may arrive in the coming weeks. Patience, slow steps and clear intention will be helpful, though the mind will be running faster than usual, and easily fried. Don't push or force yourself to perform. It's important to go slow in the coming days, though it will go against your tendencies. Slow down anyway.

Attend to grief and pain surfacing- don't cut and paste over it. There is an important shift taking place with your dharmic path, your life purpose. Pay close attention to your voice, speech and your inner wisdom. Speak your spiritual truth and stay close to your body. Retreats, meditation and alone time will be essential in order for you to land within your inner knowing. Retrace your steps, walk old ground and notice what wisdom is returning. What teachers, gurus and guides are re-turning? Return to old resources that you've forgotten. Ask for support and guidance in order to clarify and activate your dharmic path and purpose. Take meaningful action steps.

Maha Shivaratri

Shivaratri arrives just before the new Moon (Amavasya) on February 24th. This is a time of deep silence and strong potential. It is the marriage celebration of Shiva and Shakti, a symbolic union of wholeness- when the absolute unmanifest, conjoins with the pulse of life force energy. Masculine and feminine merge and create life- and the ability to manifest becomes amplified. From this place of union, we can ignite the power of being, the power of life.

Transformations abound right now- inner and outer. Are you paying attention to polarities in your life? What dualities are you aware of and what is needed for their integration?

This is a powerful time for meditation and reciting the Mrityunjaya Mantra:


oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam ǀurvārukam-iva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt ǁ



Shivaratri supports planting seeds of potential through the depth of silence. Shiva as destroyer, is at one with this awakened state of creativity. His role is to support your collapse into concentrated, focused alignment with the harmony of existence- that which is pure consciousness, deep, unaltered silence and awakening. This is where your creativity resides, your ability to manifest, create and transform- over and over again. Through the transcendence, you can easily touch this silence in its pure form.

Shiva reminds us to use this silence to release, simplify and transform. From a silent and awakened state, you can plant the seeds of life more intentionally and powerfully. Use your deep inner silence for stirring your creative desires. As the full Moon arrives on March 12th, the fertility festival, Holi, will activate your silent seeds, helping them become more fully awakened with the creative wisdom of Nature. What are you creating for your powerful life? What is your vision? Let your imagination move you into being. Create life!

New Moon in Aquarius


On February 26th, the new Moon takes place in Aquarius at 07:59 am MST with the annual solar eclipse and four planets transiting the medicine star, Satabisha. Amavasya is the empty Moon, or new Moon- ripe with potential, fertility and possibility. It is always connected to Pitr, the god of the ancestors, particularly the father's lineage.

There is an emptying out of the masculine taking place right now. A release is occurring in powerful ways. Lean into this process of letting go in order to maximize the healing potential arriving. Months of provocative themes have been emerging around the masculine, father, patriarchy and misogyny. Months of confrontation with power, strength, empowerment and the inner authority have emerged in brutal, challenging ways. Inner conflicts have intensified with the masculine and feminine. These themes have shown up in relationship dynamics, losses, pains and struggles, and with inner and outer needs. A new balance is arriving, but not without painful restructuring.

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Mars in Aries

On March 1st at 13:38 MST, Mars moves through the challenging gandanta (gap) of endings and leaps into a new beginning. He will be burning off the past two years of karma (action) as he steps through this portal. There are three of these poignant gandantas in the zodiac- all marked by the gap between water and fire signs. It takes approximately two years for Mars to cycle through the zodiac, roughly two months in each sign. This transit into Aries, marks a powerful beginning, an awakening into new possibility and potential. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, and Ashwini is the first lunar constellation of the zodiac. As Mars enters this territory, it is a new beginning, a renewal, and also marks a clarity of action and purpose.

Mars is the warrior planet; when in balance, he takes decisive action steps and empowered choices. When weak, actions, decisions and momentum falter. Mars will be in Aries, his own sign as well as his office (mulitrikona), until April 13th, which is a powerful time for clarifying your actions, choices and goals for the year ahead. This can be a cycle of gains and momentum if you align with it properly. It's a time to uproot relationships and behaviors that don't serve you, honor or support you. What do you need for greater stability and support- within your body, relationships and environment? Rahu will be giving his shadowed gaze to Mars during this transit, which can bring increased strength, or excess confusion. Don't lose sight of your vision at this time. The risk of self doubt and the strangling impact of the critic is high. This is an important time to seek clarity and focus, with your passion and purpose. What support, resources and tools do you need for greater support? What is working? What needs an upgrade? You will need to radically let go of the old, in order to fully invite in, and embrace the new. If it's not working, get rid of it.

Venus Retrograde

At 07:21 am on January 27th, Venus arrives in its exaltation sign, Pisces, joining Mars here. This will be an extended stay for Venus in its most powerful sign. Normally Venus transits are about one months long, but Venus will be here until May 31st. Part of this transit, Venus will be retrograde (from March 4th to April 15th) rendering her effects debilitated. Expect highs (exalted) and lows (retrograde) with all things Venus during this transit. The impact of Venus will effect relationships, finances, creativity, health and the feminine. Jupiter gives his gaze to Venus and Mars seven houses away, creating a necessity for balance between spiritual and material desires. Jupiter rules over the gods (devas), while Venus rules over the demons (asuras). These are the inner dynamics of all human beings- light and dark.

A new sense of balance is taking place within you, within your polarities and opposing forces- particularly the masculine and feminine principles. This is why relationships will be particularly poignant in this transit, as relationships mirror the self. Dharma is a powerful part of the coming four months as Moon, Sun and Sravana nakshatra are all on the horizon at the time of Venus's arrival into Pisces. Your dharmic path will require immense courage and bravery, but in fact there's much support arriving for you if you are willing to receive it. It's the heaviness and burdens that are in your way of thriving. Release the burdens that are holding you back and step powerfully into your creative intelligence. Speak, express and articulate through creative outlets. Share your wisdom with others and align with your highest truth.

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Full Moon in Leo

The March full Moon is on the 12th at 08:54 am MST, while Moon is at the edge of Leo. Moon will be conjunct shadow node Rahu at this time and moving through Aryaman's domain in Uttaraphalguni. Aryaman is one of the 12 Adityas, meaning he brings resources, support and abundance on the material plane of existence. He is also known as the chief of the ancestors and that which pleases them- particularly through marriage, children and anything that continues the lineage. The Phalguni stars relate to love, sexuality and relationship. Perfectly timed, as the Vedic fertility festival Holi is taking place simultaneously.

More details coming soon!

Mercury in Pisces

As Mercury settles into its debilitation sign, Pisces, on March 10th, a mental body depression arrives. This impacts life path, purpose and a sense of progress. This depression with hopes, dreams and aspirations is impacted by the inner critic and past failures. Part of you doesn't trust your ability to succeed, so subconsciously there's a refusal to step forward. At the same time, this is powerful opportunity to look more closely at the mental thought patterns that are hindering your success, momentum and achievements. In order to unravel these unconscious parts of yourself, you will need extra support, guidance and resources.

There are ample resources arriving. Are you able to receive this nourishment? Or are you stuck in lack, refusal and resistance? Imagine all the support in the world lining up to insure you succeed, are fully nourished and supported. It's here, waiting for you! What is standing in your way of receiving all this abundance? Your old stories, mental programming and past failures will make it impossible to fully accept and align with the abundance of the universe. Use this cycle to clean up, release, attend to and purify the mental programming that has you locked in behaviors, choices and experiences of lack and malnourishment. It's time to upgrade your mind.


Sun in Pisces

On March 14th, Sun moves to the final sign of the zodiac, Pisces, at 05:40am MST. He joins Mercury and Venus here. Retrograde Jupiter gives his gaze, bringing expansion and integrity. This is a cycle of increasing courage, strength and empowerment by activating creativity and inner power. It's vital that you step into your creative intelligence with gusto and tenacity! Where are you slacking, playing small and refusing to increase the vibrancy of your life? What does it look like to upgrade your relationships, purpose and inner power? How does it feel to create a new, empowered life for yourself?

This cycle supports the release and letting go that will prepare you for an even more powerful awakening. Next step is Sun, exalted in Aries! Do everything you can to prepare now. What is standing in the way of your full power? What relationships keep you stuck in lack and disempowerment? Clean, clear, release. It is especially important to attend to this purging on mental and physical body levels. An increase in vitality is possible, as you clarify and purify old stagnation, toxicity and impurities. Lighten your load! Get grounded and clarify your next steps.

Late March, Sun and Venus collide, causing a combustion. Fire and water don't blend well and can end up scorching the vitality within. Your inner resiliency, life force, is extra delicate at this time as Venus retrogrades and debilitates at the same time as the combustion. This is an ideal time to attend to health, vitality, wellness and the physical body very diligently. A deep purification process is taking place- preparing you for a new Sun cycle. Radically release and purify.

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Horoscopes

*Horoscopes are based on your Vedic rising sign. You can also check your Moon and Sun signs for further insight. Do the same with your Navamsa signs for further clarity. Do not use these horoscopes with your “Western Sign” as there is likely no correlation. These horoscopes are meant to be used as a broad overview of the current transits and obviously do not address the specifics of an individual’s unique chart.

Aries:
Here we go again
You're dancing with the fire
You're dancing with the Beast
You're still hungry-
I'll take you to the feast.

Here we go again
The rage is a craving
The thunder is your song
The power is misfortune
The misery is strong

Here we go again
The spirals and the chaos
The torment and the chains
No steps to the mirror
Oh! The Beast lives on.


Here we go again
I'm waiting with my palms
I watch you burn and writhe
I sing your laments
Still waiting for your dawn.

-Swati J. Miller


Taurus:

THE HOUSE OF BELONGING


I awoke
this morning
in the gold light
turning this way
and that

thinking for
a moment
it was one
day
like any other.

But
the veil had gone
from my
darkened heart
and
I thought

it must have been the quiet
candlelight
that filled my room,

it must have been
the first
easy rhythm
with which I breathed
myself to sleep,

it must have been
the prayer I said
speaking to the otherness
of the night.

And
I thought
this is the good day
you could
meet your love,

this is the grey day
someone close
to you could die.

This is the day
you realize
how easily the thread
is broken
between this world
and the next…


-David Whyte

Gemini:
It doesn't interest me if there is one God
or many gods.
I want to know if you belong or feel
abandoned.
If you know despair or can see it in others.
I want to know
if you are prepared to live in the world
with its harsh need
to change you. If you can look back
with firm eyes
saying this is where I stand. I want to know
if you know
how to melt into that fierce heat of living
falling toward
the center of your longing. I want to know
if you are willing
to live, day by day, with the consequence of love
and the bitter
unwanted passion of your sure defeat.

I have heard, in that fierce embrace, even
the gods speak of God.


—David Whyte


Cancer:
How do trees deal with injustice?
They grow a branch wherever they were cut.
And how do sparrows deal with grief?
They open their tiny wings and swoop at anything that glistens.
So why am I all cut & hungry?
Because I do not know the tree that is my soul and refuse the sparrow in my heart.


- from Finding Inner Courage by Mark Nepo


Leo:
Everyone who terrifies you is sixty-five percent water.
And everyone you love is made of stardust, and I know sometimes
you cannot even breathe deeply, and
the night sky is no home, and
you have cried yourself to sleep enough times
that you are down to your last two percent, but

nothing is infinite,
not even loss.

You are made of the sea and the stars, and one day
you are going to find yourself again. 


- F. Butler


Virgo:
"Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated."

-Terry Tempest Williams


Libra:
SWEET DARKNESS

You must learn one thing.
The world was made to be free in.

Give up all the other worlds
except the one to which you belong.

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness

to learn

anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.


-David Whyte


Scorpio:
The Thing Is


The thing is..
to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you've held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hand,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you again.


-Ellen Bass

Sagittarius:
Be taught now, among the trees and rocks,
how the discarded is woven into shelter,
learn the way things hidden and unspoken
slowly proclaim their voice in the world....
Find that far inward symmetry
to all outward appearances, apprentice
yourself to yourself, begin to welcome back
all you sent away, be a new annunciation,
make yourself a door through which
to be hospitable, even to the stranger in you.


- David Whyte


Capricorn:
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.


- Mary Oliver


Aquarius:
Praying

It doesn't have to be
the blue iris, it could be
weeds in a vacant lot, or a few
small stones; just
pay attention, then patch
a few words together and don’t try
to make them elaborate, this isn't
a contest but the doorway
into thanks, and a silence in which
another voice may speak.


- Mary Oliver


Pisces:
What To Do In Darkness

Go slowly
Consent to it
But don't wallow in it
Know it as a place of germination
And growth
Remember the light
Take an outstretched hand if you find one
Exercise unused senses
Find the path by walking it
Practice trust
Watch for dawn


- Marilyn McEntyre

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Saturn in Sagittarius: Transforming Fear, Awakening Dharma

1/24/2017

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The Nature of Saturn

Saturn is a powerful planet, one that dishes up our karmas to us- but not on a silver platter. He is our greatest suffering and sorrows, but ultimately our enlightenment. He moves slowly and methodically, taking 2.5 years to move through each sign. What Saturn offers us is the depth of our being, our humanness, whether through experiencing the human form, the physical body, or through the reactions of our actions. Life might be easier without him, but it would truly lack depth, lessons learned, and the necessity for consistent effort which is necessary for us to grow and evolve.

As per my article, Ripening Slowly with Saturn:

"Saturn brings both the blessings and the curses of life- as he gives his wisdom only through the slow ripening of time, effort, suffering, loss and age. It takes time to learn the deepest, hardest and most important wisdom of life. This wisdom has to be worked for and requires effort to receive. Thus, Saturn pays us in enlightenment for the work, effort, steady actions, that we make over a long period of time. If we don't adhere to his rules for wisdom, he will make us suffer the consequences."

Saturn is worth studying, working with, not against. Being very familiar with his ways is vital for life and living. This will cause less suffering, less misery, fewer health issues, and less depression and despondency. For on the other side of suffering is great alliance with Nature and her wisdom, as well as the sacred Laws of the Universe. This is one of the gifts that Saturn grants us when we are in alignment with Source.


Saturn in Sagittarius

Saturn shifts to Sagittarius on January 26th, 2017 at 02:55am MST for his first pass through this sign. He will be in Mula nakshastra the majority of 2017. This is a powerful re-structuring transit. As the planet of grief moves through the star notorious for adharma (that which is against dharma), it is imperative to stay close to resources, support and guidance that will help you stay true to your inner wisdom, your dharma and life path.

Sagittarius correlates to the 9th house of your natal chart, which is the house of dharma. The 9th house is considered the most auspicious house of the chart, offering support and resources, more than challenges and struggles. It is also the house associated with teachers, but most importantly, one's guru. These days, most people have many gurus- so how you receive knowledge and who guides and supports you on your path, is also honored by this house. This can include coaches, therapists, healers, teachers of all kinds and anyone who shows up in a support role. The ninth house is spiritual, wisdom oriented and connected to higher education. There is also a correlation to the father, but most often the step father- as the guru was in ancient times. For everyone, understanding their natal 9th house, and how it expresses itself in the chart, will be important right now. As Saturn enlivens the themes of the 9th house during this transit, he will also by default, be activating your natal 9th house themes.

This year, Saturn spends the majority of his time in Mula nakshatra- the first constellation situated in Sagittarius. It will be easy and tempting to succumb to fear and anxiety with this transit. It will provoke challenges and discomfort that might make you lose hope, trust or certainty with your inner light, your inner truth. Through facing your fear directly, using it as a resource for deep inner growth and transformation, you can awaken in very spiritual and empowering ways in the coming months.

This transit of Saturn in Mula can bring great awakening, but only through your diligence, willingness and consistently showing up for your inner wisdom. This process will take your resolve. You must show up for yourself and others repeatedly in order to harvest the power of this process. What is your highest truth? What intentions are you aligning with right now? What is your heart and soul longing to bring forth into this one precious life?

Saturn will stay in Mula nakshatra until June 21st of 2017. Part of this transit includes his retrograde dance back through this chaotic gandanta (gap). Saturn will retrograde on April 5th, 2017. Saturn will then re-enter Scorpio on June 21st for another four months, before re-entering Sagittarius and Mula nakshatra on October 26th, for the remainder of his 2.5 year transit through this fire sign. Saturn stays in Sagittarius until January of 2020.

As Saturn shifts into Sagittarius, Rahu in Leo gives his gaze directly to this heavy, challenging planet of hard work and structure. When the energies of Rahu and Saturn come together, storm energy is enlivened, the power of Rudra (the Storm God) is invoked. This offers immense strength, but it must be channeled effectively in order to be utilized properly. With great power, comes great responsibility, Channel this power, force and strength effectively, and you will feel the wind in your sails. Allow this storm energy to control you, and it will induce more struggle, suffering and calamity. Find the calm within the storm and activate grounding, embodiment and core strength.

This ongoing lengthy transit will be the most provocative and transformational since Saturn is the slowest moving planet and the grief giver. He impacts the physical body directly and brings ongoing duress because he is so heavy, old and slow. As the planet of grief, this is also an important time to pull out the roots of grief that have been living in your bodies unconsciously. Attending to your grief process and healing old wounds will be especially important in 2017. Everyone will be forced on some level to look directly at their suffering and pain. Hopefully this will bring new awareness.

Why is this transit so provocative?

Mula nakshatra is ruled by the dark goddess, Nirrti, responsible for adharmic activity- that which is against dharma. She is notorious for causing chaos, calamity and misfortune, while also pulling you from your dharmic path. There is a risk in the coming months of losing your path, getting stuck in the storm of uncertainty, confusion and misalignment- losing your path by succumbing to fear, doubt, and challenges.

If you find yourself lacking clarity about your life purpose, or confusion seems to increase, it's time to seek support and guidance. Please reach out to me. Resources, guidance and support will be even more important at this time because it will be so easy to fall into the chaos and confusion that Nirrti provokes.

With great diligence however, this can also be a time of strengthening your determination, focus and alignment with dharma. Do not lose hope. Do not get lost in Nirrti's perfect storm. Stay connected and aligned with your dreams, desires, goals and passions. These are important resources to help you honor your dharmic path.


As challenging as this Saturn transit will be for many, it is also an opportunity to do some very powerful healing work in ways that will support deep, lasting change for the physical body. Saturn has not transited Sagittarius since December of 1987. You might recall what took place for you from the end of 1987 to December 1990, the length of Saturn's transit through Sagittarius. This will give you a good idea of what to expect in the next few years. You can also look at your jyotish chart and notice where Sagittarius is for you specifically.

As painful as this process of letting go and uprooting will be in the coming months, it's also an opportunity for great change and transformation. Release and letting go allows new space and possibility to arrive- on all levels of your being. How you work with your pain, grief and challenges will determine your outcome. Remember that there's always a resource hidden in the challenges. The trick is to find them! It will be important to get extra support, resources and guidance in the months to come to help you transform challenges into possibility.

Do not lose sight of your visions and dreams, goals and aspirations. Stay close to your body and breath and deepen your inner roots. Use resources to help you expand your creativity and what you think is possible for yourself. Try to keep life as simple and stable as possible.

Saturn enters PurvaAshada nakshatra on November 27th 2018 for one year.

Saturn enters UttaraAshada nakshatra on December 27th 2019 until he moves to Capricorn on January 23rd 2020.



Horoscopes
~ For Saturn in Sagittarius

*Horoscopes are based on your sidereal or Jyotish rising sign, not your Western or Tropical sign. You may also use for your sidereal Moon or Sun sign for extra insight. For these particular horoscopes, understanding where Saturn sits in your natal chart is key.
This will determine your relationship with him and how he gives his effects.

Aries: As Saturn steps into your 9th house of dharma, it's time to truly enliven your purpose for being alive. This is a very important year for you. Changes, transformations and shifts in how you share your wisdom and gifts with the world are invoked. The dharmic process you are embarking on will test your courage and abilities, but will be well worth your efforts in the coming years. It will take your courage and creativity to embrace your new path. This year particularly will present you with challenges that must be addressed head on- in order for you to truly step into your purpose more fully. What is holding you back from activating your passions, purpose and biggest desires? Strengthen the thighs for more stability, support and power.

Taurus: This is a vital year of transformation for you as Saturn dips into your unconscious territory, the 8th house. Think of it as a major internal house clearing. You will be forced to look at parts of yourself that you’ve had under lock and key for years. These parts of you must be acknowledged, brought to the surface, in order to release and heal them. They are taking up a lot of space in your being, but you must make room for the new. After this 2.5 year transit, Saturn moves to your 9th house of dharma. The process you are undergoing is absolutely necessary so you can understand and acknowledge your soul’s purpose more fully. Commit to self development, healing undigested grief and releasing parts of yourself that are not nourishing you. Do your ancestral work. Work with your digestion and sexual organs for maximum healing.  

Gemini: Saturn will be moving through your 7th house of relationships. There is a radical release and restructuring process taking place within you and your relationships at this time. It’s time to let go of the people you’ve been hanging on to for no good reason. The relationships that drain you and take more than they give. Your intimate relationships will be going through a big overhaul and may feel extra challenging. Gather resources and guidance so you can deepen your understanding. The process of letting go requires that you honor your grief consciously- especially old grief that has not fully been digested. It also requires that you look honestly at yourself and look in the mirror. What parts of you are needing to be healed and released so you have space for more nourishing and supportive relationships? What can your shadow tell you? Seek stability in your heart and in your body. Use your pelvis to increase the inner support you are seeking.

Cancer: Saturn transits your 6th house as it moves into Sagittarius. This is a house of conflict, strength and determination, as well as finances and debt. It is also a place of great healing and overcoming enemies. The enemies you face are nothing more than parts of yourself that must be honored and healed. There is great opportunity for self development and inner growth if you empower yourself with resources and support for this process. Diligently work with speech and self expression as well as looking at your shadows and subconscious. You are learning about courage and in this process, stepping into your dharmic work more fully. Let your desire for deeper nourishment in life be the catalyst for your biggest inner change. Work diligently on gut health and digestion- especially constipation.

Leo: The 5th house is enlivened as Saturn moves to your place of power and passion. It is also the house of children, romance and past life credits. Saturn’s passage through the solar plexus of your chart, increases challenges, hardship and grief with these parts of your life. Try to lighten up and soften your load. You are learning a new way of being right now. How can you step into your power more consciously- with extra support and stability within you and around you? Relationships are a big part of your awakening process right now. Expect some restructuring. There’s some storm energy coming that directly impacts your power. How do you channel this power effectively, rather than letting it over take you? Work with digestion and the upper gut for more awareness.

Virgo: The fourth house of heart and home, mother and land, will be the focus of much transformation as Saturn transits through your chest. Grief must be attended to, digested and released. Pay attention to the heaviness in your lungs and heart so that you can fully acknowledge the grief that is asking for your focus. It’s a time of needing extra support, guidance and wisdom in order to make sense of the emotional challenges you are encountering. You need more support and stability at this time, so ground and land as much as you can. Attend to your breath, chest and lungs, as well as your emotional body. Seek spiritual resources to support the awakening that is taking place in your heart center. Practice gratitude and giving thanks.

Libra: This transit of Saturn impacts your third house of courage and creativity, as well as self expression and artistry. Step into your artistic endeavors more fully and use the hands! Write, draw, paint and dance. Find new ways to share yourself with the world. This is a big part of your dharma- which is coming to life in new ways right now. Spend time on retreat, alone and in silence. Strengthen your sense of empowerment and purpose. Use your self expression as a resource for awakening new parts of yourself, as well as transforming parts of yourself that have been suppressed and negated. Use your hands to create a more nourishing and empowering life!

Scorpio: As Saturn moves out of your head and into your mouth, nourishment becomes the primary theme for you this year. This also marks the tail end of Saturn’s return and major restructuring (only 2.5 years to go!) Saturn in your 2nd house of wealth, food, speech, and that which sustains you, is all getting uprooted, changed and transformed. Self expression is a key component of receiving more nourishment- especially verbally. Let yourself be heard and work directly with blockages and hinderances to your voice. Attend to your wealth and finances diligently and focus on finding new ways of nourishment to sustain you. Pay attention to your food and especially how you eat. Go slow and find time for meals that deeply nourish you. Work directly with mouth and speech for greater healing in this transit.

Sagittarius: This is a time of radical transformation as Saturn moves into your 1st house of self and head. The heaviness of Saturn moving through your head, can bring depression and sadness to the surface. You are going through a Saturn return in many ways, which provokes deep, inner change. You won’t be the same person on the other side. What needs to be released and let go of, in order for you to more fully align with your soul’s purpose? How can you clarify and focus more on your dharmic work and a path aligned with your highest desires and truths? There is a release process taking place this year that will help you strengthen your inner wisdom, but it will require your willingness to change. Surrender to the process and trust. The head, brain and vision are the primary body parts for the coming year. Keep your head on straight and stay out of the chaos as much as possible. Stay grounded.

Capricorn: Your ruling planet, Saturn, moves into your 12th house, invoking deep introspection and a need for alone time and retreat. This is a time of deep silence and inner listening. It’s an ending, preparing you for a new Saturn cycle, with new structure and physical body awareness. Think of this as your final harvest of the last 30 years. It is a mini Saturn return in many ways as Saturn rules your first house. Deep, inner transformation is taking place, so give yourself the necessary silence and meditation time in order to digest the wisdom fully. What you are awakening is touching your dharmic path very intimately, helping you find more balance with the way you offer your wisdom in this world. Go slow and be gentle with this release phase. What needs to be let go of once and for all- physically and in your physical world? Work with feet directly in order to increase support and stability.

Aquarius: Your ruling planet, Saturn, moves to your 11th house of gains. This is a house of pluses and minuses, requiring you to let go and release, in order for more receptivity. Become more aware of your needs- especially with relationships. What is serving you and what needs to be released and let go of? You are learning how to go more deeply into your unconscious terrain, while harvesting the wisdom in the process. The crucial process you’ve been undergoing with your career, is now finding some radical shifts, supporting more gains. If you want the gifts, you must surrender to the restructuring process. Let go and notice where you resist. Work directly with calves and shins for finding extra support and stability in this cycle.

Pisces: Your career will require consistent effort and action steps in order to receive the rewards of Saturn in your 10th house. There is much power activating in your offering for the world, but you must be diligent and stay true to course. Saturn likes hard work- which means consistent and focused efforts over a long period of time. This is how he gives his rewards. Get plenty of rest and stay on a good routine. The early bird catches the worm! Appease and honor Saturn and his ways for maximum gain and channel the power of giving with focus and action. Don’t give more than you receive or you’ll burn yourself out very quickly. This is an opportunity to learn more about balanced giving and clear boundaries. The knees are associated with the 10th house, which metaphorically suggests flexibility and mobility, while providing strength and stability for the legs. Take a leap!





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Transits + Horoscopes {January 15th to February 15th}

1/1/2017

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Looking Ahead

January 8th: Mercury Direct

January 12th: Full Moon in Gemini and Punarvasu Nakshatra

January 13th: Sun in Capricorn

January 14th: Makar Sankranti

January 20th: Mars to Pisces

January 26th: Saturn to Sagittarius

January 27th: Venus to Pisces, its exaltation sign + New Moon in Capricorn and Sravana nakshatra

February 3rd: Mercury to Capricorn

February 5th: Jupiter Retrograde

February 10th: Full Moon in Cancer and Ashlesha nakshatra

February 12th: Sun to Aquarius


Mercury Direct in Sagittarius

Mercury goes direct in Sagittarius on January 8th. Mercury transits Sagittarius for an extended stay, starting on November 28th. The entire transit will last until February 3rd, an unusually lengthy dance of forward and backwards for this swift moving planet. Mercury will retrograde on December 19th for roughly three weeks, until January 8th. This prolongs his stay in the fiery sign of Sagittarius, who is fortunately a friend. Retrograde planets increase the strength of the planet and its indications, expressing themselves more as the nodes do- with excess, confusion and intensity.

As Mercury arrives in Sagittarius at the end of November, he also lands in Mula Nakshatra. This constellation is notorious for sparking change, transition, release and uprooting. As the planets continue to move through this portion of the sky (Sun next, then Saturn in the first part of 2017) inevitable shifts take place. Mercury will be in Mula for a lengthy stay in the coming months, moving in and out of this challenging gandanta of change. Mercury will leave Mula for the first time on December 8th, but will return on December 28th for over three weeks, until January 21st of 2017. The dance of Mercury in and out of Mula, will provoke deep mental body changes and challenges in the coming months. This is a powerful opportunity for uprooting old, outdated personal mythology with all things Mercury. This includes communication, connections, commerce, business, money, creativity, writing, computers and all resources of connection.

This transit of Mercury impacts the mental body, the mind, stirring a change process that impacts relationships, money, the feminine and creative powers. The cycle ahead supports change towards nourishment, fluidity and ease. An ability to arrive in the love and stay oriented towards the heart is possible- with courage and commitment. Get clear on what works for you and what doesn't. Communicate your needs authentically and purposefully, but through loving kindness. Work towards clarity with your inner authority and notice when you go against your needs out of fear or a misuse of your power.

Use this cycle to step into your creative powers more fully and bring more beauty into your home and heart. Seek balance- inner and outer. Move closer to your emotional body and deepen your feminine wisdom. Say yes to integration of fluidity and structure. Find your middle ground. Land and reconnect. 

Full Moon in Gemini


The January Purnima (full Moon) day is on Thursday, January 12th as the Moon travels through Punarvasu nakshatra, but at the edge of Gemini. Sun and Mercury give their direct gaze to the Moon at this time. The full Moon is at 04:34 am MST with Saturn and Scorpio on the Eastern horizon at this time. Aditi brings her blessings of abundance, nourishment and support- through resources, wisdom and wholeness. The coming cycle brings Mercurial resources and support, but will require unraveling the challenges, chaos and confusions of your mental body in order to gain the rewards. Align with spirit, get quiet, listen carefully. Meditation will be an important resource in the coming days to help you clarify your purest intentions and gather the insights and wisdom that Aditi provides.

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Sun in Capricorn

Sun shifts to Capricorn on January 13th at 18:46 MST, beginning a new cycle of increased light and brightness- inside and out. As Sun arrives in Makara, an Earth sign, a steadiness and work oriented dynamic is enlivened. Jupiter gives his nourishing gaze to the Sun (both friends), although Jupiter's debilitation sign is Capricorn. Increased support and strength begins to shine more brightly- with relationships, support, resources and connections.

Saturn gives his gaze to Capricorn (his own sign) and Jupiter as well, bringing increased balance and integration between expansion and contraction. When Jupiter and Saturn align, great balance is possible. This supports an integration and harmony with the Sun, your power source. Challenges with power, authority, the masculine and father have the opportunity to find resolution and new resources in the coming cycle. It's time to step out more powerfully, to align with your purpose more intentionally and strengthen your dharmic steps. This will require you honor your power, your light, and your inner masculine energy with more clarity, focus and commitment.

Make an intention this month to build a deeper relationship with your heart, and to engage in relationships with a more heart-centered approach. Strengthen your compassion and loving kindness and see what you attract and how you draw it closer. Watch your words- harmonize thoughts and expression. Think before you speak and make sure what you are saying is both truthful and kind.

Look closely at fears and shadows that are keeping you in lack, malnourishment and scarcity. As the light increases, look closely at parts of yourself that are resisting the brightness. Fears about comfort, support and stability are rising to the surface. Notice what is keeping you from your power.

Makar Sankranti

January 14th is the auspicious Vedic celebration of Makar Sankranti. This marks an important movement towards a more auspicious time of year (spring and a time of growth) in the Vedic calendar. This day of the Sun's movement into Capricorn is named Makar Sankranti. Interestingly, unlike the majority of Vedic celebrations which are calculated by the placement of the Moon, this celebration is calculated by the position of the Sun. Sun is connected to father, knowledge, power, the Soul and the light within. As Sun will be in transition and considered sandhi (in the gap/the in between realms) until Sunday, we may notice a slow start to the new light. Get organized and be methodical in your approach to work and your own shining. This is a powerful time to set intentions and goals for the 2017 in order to have a rich harvest.

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Mars in Pisces

Mars moves to Pisces on January 20th just as the day begins. He shifts out of conjunction with the Ketu- who has brought sudden and sharp changes over the past few months. Mars in Pisces supports passion, creative and relational potency, as well as clarity with liberation. Expect momentum and courage with release and letting go, while strengthening your resolve, inner embers, passion and the fire of life. Endings naturally support openings. What are you ready to clear, release and let go of? Pisces is the final sign of the zodiac, while Mars is the passionate and fiery planet with a warrior spirit. This is a potent combination for going after your dreams.

This is a potent transit that supports clarity and healing. It will require confrontation and may provoke conflict with regard to relationships, imbalances and lack of alignment with your self. Change is inevitable with this transit. What direction are you headed? Get really clear about your needs and don't get lost in the winds of change. There is a tendency to feel turmoil, overwhelm and chaos. This is a choice. Take your power back and get clear on your needs so you can align with right action and more support. Spiritual resources and counsel will be important to help you get the clarity and guidance you need. Align with the ancestors and let them help you right now. Changes are taking place- inner and outer. Are you allowing these changes to take place or resisting the transformation? Don't try to do this alone. This metamorphosis requires more holding, guidance and support so you feel safe to fully emerge.

Saturn in Sagittarius

Saturn shifts to Sagittarius at 02:55 am MST, and into Mula nakshastra, where he will be transiting the majority of 2017. This is a powerful re-structuring transit. As the planet of grief moves through the star notorious for adharma (that which is against dharma), it is imperative to stay close to resources, support and guidance that will help you stay true to your inner wisdom, your dharma and life path. It will be easy and tempting to succumb to fear and anxiety with this transit. It will provoke challenges and discomfort that might make you lose hope, trust or certainty in your inner light, your inner truth. Through facing your fear directly, using it as a resource for deep inner growth and transformation, you can awaken in very spiritual and empowering ways in the coming months. This transit of Saturn in Mula combination can bring great awakening, but only through your diligence, willingness and consistently showing up for your inner wisdom. This process will take your resolve. You must show up for yourself and others repeatedly in order to harvest the power of this process. What is your highest truth? What intentions are you aligning with right now? What is your heart and soul longing to bring forth into this one precious life?

Read more about Saturn in Sagittarius + Horoscopes

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Venus in Pisces

At 07:21 am on January 27th, Venus arrives in its exaltation sign, Pisces, joining Mars here. This will be an extended stay for Venus in its most powerful sign. Normally Venus transits are about one months long, but Venus will be here until May 31st. Part of this transit, Venus will be retrograde (from March 3rd to April 15th) rendering her effects debilitated. Expect highs (exalted) and lows (retrograde) with all things Venus during this transit. The impact of Venus will effect relationships, finances, creativity, health and the feminine. Jupiter gives his gaze to Venus and Mars seven houses away, creating a necessity for balance between spiritual and material desires. Jupiter rules over the gods (devas), while Venus rules over the demons (asuras). These are the inner dynamics of all human beings- light and dark.

A new sense of balance is taking place within you, within your polarities and opposing forces- particularly the masculine and feminine principles. This is why relationships will be particularly poignant in this transit, as relationships mirror the self. Dharma is a powerful part of the coming four months as Moon, Sun and Sravana nakshatra are all on the horizon at the time of Venus's arrival into Pisces. Your dharmic path will require immense courage and bravery, but in fact there's much support arriving for you if you are willing to receive it. It's the heaviness and burdens that are in your way of thriving. Release the burdens that are holding you back and step powerfully into your creative intelligence. Speak, express and articulate through creative outlets. Share your wisdom with others and align with your highest truth.

Listen to my podcast about Exalted Venus to understand the impact on you personally

New Moon in Capricorn

New Moon occurs at 17:07 MST, while Moon is in Capricorn and Sravana nakshatra. Jupiter gives his expansive and nourishing gaze. Saturn has just moved to Sagittarius and the chaos inducing nakshatra, Mula. There is nourishment available in the coming cycle, but not without ample digging, upheaval and release of unconscious and subconscious parts of yourself. Relationships are at the forefront of this process, sparking deep renewal and potential.

Through wisdom and knowledge, and the courage to change, more nourishment is possible. There is ample support and guidance available to you right now. Are you receiving it? Are you allowing the resources to penetrate your fears, resistance and avoidant behaviors? These are the places that refuse to change. It is your own fear to change, that is keeping you from the very nourishment you seek. This is a powerful time to start shifting towards the light. Not through by-passing and negating the dark, but by looking directly at your own darkness and attending to it head on.

Read more about the new Moon in Capricorn.

Mercury in Capricorn

Mercury lands in Capricorn at 00:33 MST on February 3rd, joining Sun here. Both receive gaze from Jupiter, which offers a soft landing and increased wisdom during the transit. Mind sharpens, as Mercury leaves the gaze of Rahu. This cycle presents and opportunity for expanding the heart, while also finding strength and clarity with your needs, purpose and inner awareness. Cut away the excess, get laser focused on your needs and desires. Notice where you are allowing yourself to get distracted and sabotage your success. You'll need clear action steps in this cycle in order to maximize the potency and power of it. What needs to be clarified in order for you to succeed?

Remember, aligning with the chaos and overwhelm is a choice. When you decide to get really clear and align with your inner order, you will also find your inner truth. Your only job is to honor this truth arriving and support it with clear, focused actions steps. Everything else is just a distraction or a mechanism of avoidance, resistance or refusal to change. Gains come through your powerful momentum and willingness to change, move and grow. Reach, extend and awaken parts of yourself that have been dormant. Take a risk. Put your hearts desire into action and don't look back.

Relationships are a vital part of this transit, which lasts until February 22nd. Clarify, motivate, expand and transform your connections and partnerships. There is immense strength available in this cycle, but you'll need to gather support, resources and your connections in order to make the most of it. Build your team and alliances as there are strength in numbers. 

Full Moon + Eclipse

A rare triple impact full Moon takes place on February 10th. This Cancer full Moon occurs with a penumbral lunar eclipse and a comet sighting shortly after, though barely visible from earth. Three cosmic events open the delicate two week eclipse portal.

The full Moon occurs at 17:34 MST while Moon is at the edge of Cancer and Ashlesha nakshatra (using Mean node calculations). In the Vedic calendar, this is considered Magha Purnima, which is connected to Leo and the ancestors. The penumbral lunar eclipse begins to emerge at 15:34 MST, reaching its climax at 17:43 MST, and finding completion at 19:53 MST. This eclipse will cast its shadow on Europe, Much of Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.

Read more about the full Moon + Eclipse

Sun in Aquarius

Sun moves to Aquarius at 07:46 am MST today, joining the restructuring planet, Ketu here. This is a healing transit, if you choose to look closely at your challenges, setbacks and obstacles. Resistance to your darkness will provoke more challenges, so best to surrender and lean in. The soul and the ego are going through a transformation in the cycle to come, which lasts until March 14th.

Allow yourself to be stripped, shredded and release illusions that are keeping you in the dark. Your ability to awaken from your slumber will be determined by your courage to look at your shadows. Do you know how to transform your darkness into light? Do you have the necessary skills to take your challenges and turn them into resources? Can you harness your immense creative power and use this for your awakening? This journey requires skills, awareness, guidance and support. It's time to upgrade your skills and resources in order to start getting some very different results. Staying stuck is no longer an option, but your resistance to asking for guidance and support will prolong the pain.

Relationships are a big part of this transformational process you are undergoing. Illusions about yourself are coming to the surface as you confront challenging parts of yourself. Lean in and look closely. What needs to be released in order for you to find a deeper, more sustainable inner strength and stability? What stories and illusions are keeping you resistant to self love and compassion? You are boundless, immense love. Why continue to withhold the abundance of Nature from yourself?! Why are you keeping the walls up, the resistance in place? It's now time to receive the nourishment of life more fully. What needs to change in order for more receptivity and empowerment?



Horoscopes

Aries: Children, romance and gains continue to be vulnerable, so don’t drop your guard. These areas of your life need your focus and attention. Be diligent. Career is powerful and activated as Sun transits your 10th house. Take consistent action, get noticed and step into your power more fully. Continue to focus on health and healing. Share your wisdom with others, but get more support for your needs as well. You will need to balance rest and activity, outer and inner, in the coming weeks. Make sure you don’t neglect your meditation and alone time, while simultaneously being courageous and powerful in your career. Outer depends on inner. Saturn’s shift into Sagittarius brings your focus to dharma. Seek deeper alignment with your soul’s purpose in 2017. Dissatisfaction sets in with anything that doesn’t fulfill your passion and true calling in life. Clarify what truly nourishes you.

Taurus: Heart, home and emotions continue to get your focus, while career demands your attention. You are learning to step into your power more fully and learning from power, playfulness and desire. Step out and be seen, be heard and get recognition for your wisdom. Dharma is your focus right now. Shine the light on your path, and let your path be more aligned with the light. Gains are coming. What are you prepared to do in order to get more support? Let go of the past in order to hold more of what you want and need. As Saturn shifts into your 8th house for most of 2017, you will be working diligently with your subconscious and unconscious terrain. Dive deeply and release the undigested grief that lurks in your shadows.

Gemini: Keep working on your courage and bravery, as well as your creative powers. Expand and open your heart, while learning how to balance boundaries and inner needs. This is a time of pause and honoring your darkness. As Sun transits your 8th house, it’s time to turn the light on your unconscious inner landscape and look at your shadows directly. What is keeping you from truly awakening your dharmic path and purpose? What is holding you back from truly shining and being seen? Gains are coming, but you must clear space for the abundance to nourish you. As Saturn shifts into your 7th house of relationships for the majority of 2017, chaos comes in the form of the “other”. This is a powerful time of growth as you look into the mirror more directly. Clear relationship grief, past hurts and pain. Make room for more of what you truly want and need in your life- the type of relationships that can fully support you on every level of your being.

Cancer: Watch your speech and focus on getting the nourishment you need. This comes from diving deeply into your unconscious inner terrain. There are parts of yourself that need to be woken up. These very hidden parts of your being are sharing their wisdom with you right now so that you can get your needs met in more nourishing ways. Lean in and listen- especially to the discomfort. Relationships are lit up right now, helping you find more compassion and light through others. Open your heart and step out of your comfort zone. It’s time to learn more about how to be in right relationship with yourself and others. Upgrade your skills and ask for more support and guidance. As Saturn shifts into your 6th house for the coming year, you will be asked to look more directly at your inner conflicts. Healing is required in a big way. Don’t try to do this alone. Seek new resources, guidance and support.

Leo: You are trying to expand and grow, and at the same time feeling very challenged by it. Your head is in the shadows and it’s hard to see where you’re going right now. Relationships are requiring your diligence and helping you awaken to yourself in new ways. This is a time of shining the light on your conflict zones. What are you resisting and refusing to change? Where are you stuck? Nourishment on every level is required right now. How do you refuse the food of life? Where are you saying no to the very things you long for? As Saturn moves to your 5th house for the majority of 2017, grief and heaviness can settle in. Do what you can to stay playful and light, while also remembering to allow the waves of sadness to move through you. Don’t bypass or neglect your emotions. Seek balance with inner and outer.

Virgo: This is a powerful time of self growth and inner expansion. What are you learning about yourself? What are you learning from your relationships? Great healing is possible right now, when you look at your inner conflicts and challenges directly. Cut, clear and release the parts of you that are in battle with the nourishment you long for. You don’t have to resist any more. Address your fears head on. Awaken your power, purpose and potential. What is keeping you stuck and playing small? Relationships become a powerful resource of nourishment and expansion in the coming months. Are you ready to receive? As Saturn moves to your 4th house for the majority of 2017, more balance within your head and heart arrives. There will be chaos with home and heart as well. Stay grounded and connected to your emotional body wisdom as much as possible. Clear the heart and release the pain. You don’t need it as much as you think.

Libra: Relationships continue to bring confusion and fascination. What are you learning about yourself? Open your heart and look within. The answers you seek and the uncertainty you are confronting requires your willingness to dive deeper. Sun is bringing light to your heart wisdom right now. Activate bhakti (devotion) and lean in closer to your feelings, emotions and inner waves. Don’t hold back this power. Healing past relationship wounds is vital for attracting more harmony and nourishment from your current and future relationships. Do your grief work and let the pain digest fully. Time alone, on retreat and in meditation will serve you well. As Saturn shifts into your 3rd house for the coming year, courage and bravery will beckon you. This is a call for more dharmic alignment. It’s time to activate your creative powers and true passions. Where are you resisting these truths?

Scorpio: Radically step into your courage and creative power and don’t hold back! Go for what you long for and activate your biggest desires. Where are you playing small and resisting the nourishment of life? Your heart wisdom continues to guide you and awaken you to life and living. More thriving is on the way, so make room for the abundance. Release, let go of, and separate from the parts of you that keep you playing small, in lack. Allow yourself to be fed by joy and pleasure. Can you receive the gifts of your efforts? As Saturn moves to your 2nd house for the majority of 2017, your focus is on nourishment and uprooting the parts of yourself that have systemically kept you in lack. Clean up your relationship with food, finances and speech. New pathways and structures with sustenance are on the way. Stay true to course by peeling back the layers of your limiting beliefs.

Sagittarius: There is such a longing to be clear on your path and purpose, and yet so much confusion surfacing simultaneously. Continue to seek resources and support to align with your dharma and get radical about this desire. This is taking great courage and commitment- stay true to your hopes, dreams and passions. The heart is a powerful resource for your clarity and truth in the coming month. Listen and awaken through your heart wisdom. Share this with others and speak your truth and light. Shine brightly! As Saturn moves to your first house for the majority of 2017, you enter a powerful cycle of transformation and change. Use this time to radically release parts of yourself that are no longer serving you. Seek spiritual resources to help you expand and grow your consciousness. Ask for guidance and support with your journey. You are restructuring yourself from the inside out.

Capricorn: The light bulb is on in your head! You are shining brightly and people are taking notice. Where are you directing your powerful light? Do this with deep intention and don’t squander this auspicious time. Get clear on your needs for nourishment and speak your truth loud and clear. Your dharmic work is activating and taking on new shapes and forms. Teach, share and get noticed for your innate wisdom. Creativity is about to take a powerful upswing. Step into your creative powers more fully and say yes to your courage and body wisdom. Move, create, express and paint your dreams into reality! As Saturn moves into your 12th house for the majority of 2017, retreats, alone time and release are deeply important. This is a powerful restructuring of your dharmic path. Ask the ancestors to support this process and get rid of anything standing in the way of your path.

Aquarius: Relationships are still causing confusion and uncertainty, as well as growth and wisdom. You are learning a lot about yourself in the process and gaining new awareness along the way. It’s time to cut the cords and separate from people and situations that cause you pain and suffering. These are parts of yourself that need to be healed and looked at more closely. As you look in the mirror and acknowledge your own shadows, you can also release your attachment to the pain they cause. This requires owning your shadow parts and letting them teach you their wisdom. Be still, meditate, find time alone and quiet the mind. As Saturn moves to your 11th house for most of 2017, structured gains arrive as well. You will be learning how to release and let go, so you can make space for more of what you truly desire. Learn the art of letting go and get clear on what you’re calling in.

Pisces: You are learning and growing from relationships and beginning to understand what you deeply need for support, stability and safety. Gains come from your clarity, although it’s taking courage. Expansion and resources are arriving to help you feel more abundant. Be open to receiving on multiple levels and allow the prosperity to flow. What is blocking you from receiving fully? Where are you shutting off your ability to attract, align and receive the nourishment you need? Gains come from you shining brighter and showing up in more visible ways. How can you shine even brighter? What is in your way and holding you back? More abundance is coming so be open to receive and make room for even more nourishment. As Saturn moves to your 10th house of career for the majority of 2017, put a powerful foot forward. Changes are coming with your career and purpose. Expect some restructuring and clarify what you really want to use your power for. Let go of the places you waste your energy unnecessarily. Hone in on your life purpose and dharmic vision. It’s time to activate!

* All timing is Mountain Standard Time.

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December Transits + Horoscopes 

11/30/2016

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The Month Ahead:

November 28th
: Mercury moves to Sagittarius


November 29th: New Moon in Scorpio and Anuradha Nakshatra 

December 2nd: Venus moves to Sagittarius + Mars moves to Dhanishta nakshatra and Sun arrives in Jyeshtha nakshatra

December 4th: Jupiter moves to Chitra nakshatra

December 8th: Mercury moves to PurvaAshada nakshatra

December 9th: Rahu moves to Magha nakshatra

December 11th: Mars moves to Aquarius

December 13th: Full Moon in Taurus and Mrigashirsha nakshatra

December 15th: Sun to Sagittarius

December 19th: Mercury Retrograde

December 21st: Winter Solstice

December 27th: Mars and Ketu in exact conjunction

December 28th: New Moon in Sagittarius and PurvaAshada nakshatra + Venus moves to Aquarius

December 29th: Mercury shifts back to Mula nakshatra


* Fore more about nakshatra transits, see my Moon Mind Calendar.


In the coming weeks and months, there will be an increase of Ketu's cutting energy. Ketu is the tail of the serpent who brings release, cutting of attachments and forced letting go. He brings liberation, ultimately, but usually not without pain. He can also show you specifically where there is trauma in your natal chart, as his detachment causes disconnection on multiple levels- physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.


Get an overview of the coming months and what to expect with the big changes ahead.

Mercury in Sagittarius


Just as November comes to a close, Mercury transits into Sagittarius and into Mula nakshatra for an extended stay on November 28th. The entire transit will last until February 3rd, an unusually lengthy dance of forward and backwards for this swift moving planet. Mercury will retrograde on December 19th for roughly three weeks, until January 8th. This prolongs his stay in the fiery sign of Sagittarius, who is fortunately a friend. Retrograde planets increase the strength of the planet and its indications, expressing themselves more as the nodes do- with excess, confusion and intensity.

As Mercury arrives in Sagittarius at the end of November, he also lands in Mula Nakshatra. This constellation is notorious for sparking change, transition, release and uprooting. As the planets continue to move through this portion of the sky (Sun next, then Saturn in the first part of 2017) inevitable shifts take place. Mercury will be in Mula for a lengthy stay in the coming months, moving in and out of this challenging gandanta of change. Mercury will leave Mula for the first time on December 8th, but will return on December 28th for over three weeks, until January 21st of 2017. The dance of Mercury in and out of Mula, will provoke deep mental body changes and challenges in the coming months. This is a powerful opportunity for uprooting old, outdated personal mythology with all things Mercury. This includes communication, connections, commerce, business, money, creativity, writing, computers and all resources of connection.

This transit of Mercury impacts the mental body, the mind, stirring a change process that impacts relationships, money, the feminine and creative powers. The cycle ahead supports change towards nourishment, fluidity and ease. An ability to arrive in the love and stay oriented towards the heart is possible- with courage and commitment. Get clear on what works for you and what doesn't. Communicate your needs authentically and purposefully, but through loving kindness. Work towards clarity with your inner authority and notice when you go against your needs out of fear or a misuse of your power.

Use this cycle to step into your creative powers more fully and bring more beauty into your home and heart. Seek balance- inner and outer. Move closer to your emotional body and deepen your feminine wisdom. Say yes to integration of fluidity and structure. Find your middle ground. Land and reconnect. 


New Moon in Scorpio


Just as the month comes to a close, the Moon empties. On November 29th at 05:18 Mountain Standard Time, the new Moon arrives in Scorpio and Anuradha nakshatra. Moon is debilitated and sits with Sun and Saturn in the sign of depth, transformation and the hidden realms. Debilitated Moon turns inward, softens the expression of the Moon and requests deep contemplation. This coming waxing cycle brings changes in creativity and courage while the passion of the heart strengthens and awakens convictions and empowerment.  

Venus in Capricorn


Venus arrives in Capricorn at 05:53 am MST on December 2nd, joining exalted Mars here. Jupiter gives his gaze from Virgo, supporting some extra benevolence and communication. Without Rahu's drishti (gaze) on Venus, there will be more clarity, focus and strength with relationships, comforts, ease and grace. Mars and Venus are a dynamic pair, often bringing great courage with co-creation and connection. This 25 day transit of Venus will bring more creative courage and dynamism with hands, the arts, expression and connection. The first 10 days of this transit may increase challenges with the same- especially relationships. Watch the tone of your self expression and try to stay rooted in compassion and loving-kindness. Even if there seems to be aggression coming towards you. You may notice confusion in the coming days between thoughts and feelings, mind and emotions. Try to clarify which body is driving the big waves.

This cycle brings a desire for co-creation and collaboration, while presenting challenges with the same. Sustain connections through compassion and loving kindness, even though passions may be high. Think about your words before speaking to avoid conflict and excess confusion. Be clear about what you need to say before doing so. This includes communication with work and personal relationships. Immense movement and shifts can come with this cycle- mentally, emotionally and physically. Take empowered action and lead from the heart. Activate your creative power and use your hands and embodied dance to align more fully with your desires.

Mars in Aquarius


Mars moves to Aqurius on December 11th at 05:54 am MST, joining Ketu here. Both receive direct gaze from Rahu which will instigate a certain closing of the Kala Sarpa Yoga effects. No doubt there will be an intensification of the rocky past few months as Mars nears exact conjunction with Ketu on December 27th. There will be some final release and forced letting go as a result of these two fiery planets conjoining in the sign of duality. There may be confusion about how to integrate porlarities and extremes until Mars shifts to Pisces on January 20th. Mars is the warrior planet- not a thinker, but an action taker. He does not lead with his mind or his heart, but with his action-oriented approach to life. "Doing" is his claim to fame. Ketu brings cutting, sudden shifts and changes, awakening through release, as well as trauma through sudden loss. He is the tail of the serpent energy that Rahu instigates. As the Kala Sarpa Yoga comes to a close with this Mars cycle, expect themes with polarities  to present themselves more aggressively. This is a time of radical integration and alignment with your True Self. Who are you beyond the confusion, uncertainty and extremes? Rahu's gaze promises confusion and deception to be a part of the story, but your job is to find the your center- beyond right and wrong, black and white. Can you feel your way through the uncertainty? You body will be an important resource for navigating the extreme landscape. Stay close to the body and breath. Stay close to feelings and sensations to ground you.

Read more about the Kala Sarpa Yoga effects

Full Moon in Taurus

The December Full Moon is on the 13th at 17:05 MST. Moon is in its mulitrikona sign, a great place for emotional expression and connection. Full Moon in Taurus and Mrigashirsha nakshatra brings reaching and extending into new territory and resources in the coming cycle. Branch out and seek new nectar for your soul. Attract more of what you need. Go out on a limb and try something new. Be bold in your action steps. Watch for fickle and flighty responses. Try to follow through and stick to your word. You may find yourself in challenges where you were not clear about your needs and intentions. Focus.

Sun in Sagittarius


Sun shifts out of Saturns energy, away from conjunction with this heavy, planet of grief, on December 15th, arriving in Sagittarius at 08:02 am MST. As our light source lands in this fire sign, he enters the challenging gandanta of Mula. There are only three of these junction points in the zodiac, but this is a particularly important one- notorious for uprooting and chaos. This is an important two week period for the masculine, ego and sense of empowerment. Expect deep transformation, uprooting and release on the levels of your masculine self- as well as with the male relationships in your life. This is a restructuring phase and will impact how your relate, as well as who you relate to. For months there have been an intesification of masculine themes and confrontation with male based ego, the weak masculine and excess aggression. This is an opportunity to align with masculine parts of yourself that are more about right-relationship, conscious relating and deep intention for integration and balance. Use this time to uproot that which is not serving you, that which is overtly aggressive- towards yourself and others. As you release the pain and the parts of yourself that are no longer serving you, let this month bring you back to a deeper sense of harmony and inner trust. Find clarity with your true nature, your essence and your divine feminine wisdom. Step into your power more firmly and declare your sense of self more firmly.

Read more about this uprooting phase

Winter Solstice


The first day of winter for the Northern Hemishphere (first day of Summer for the Southern Hemisphere) arrives on December 21st at 03:44 am MST. For those of us beginning the silence of winter, Solstice marks a powerful turning point. It is the darkest day of the year with the least amount of sunlight, creating the longest night. It is a still point in the season, inviting deep silence, pause and reflection on the past seasons. This is a powerful time to attend to release, letting go and purging of emotions and grief that have been undigested. Use this time to let go of your past cycles, that which has been stored in the bodies- in order to cultivate more space for the coming cycles. More light is to come! The days will continue to increase in length and strength, inviting in more brightness in the days and months to come.

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Venus in Aquarius


Just before the new Moon On December 28th, Venus moves to Aquarius, a friend's sign that is synonymous with duality. This air sign is dual ruled by both Rahu and Saturn. Venus joins Ketu and Mars here, while Rahu gives his gaze 7 houses away. This is a highly transformational cycle for Venus- the planet of love, beauty, the feminine and all creative acts. Your ability to transform and change, will determine the success you experience in the weeks ahead. Stagnation and resistance to change will bring challenges, confusion and pain- especially with relationships and your power. A deeper level of letting go is required for you right now- in order to allow more nourishment and clarity in the coming days and weeks. Get clear on your offering to the world. Who are you working with? Why? What is your purpose? It's time to make connections and step boldly into the world. Share your wisdom and connect with more empowerment. This will require that you let go of the parts of you that keep you in the dark. What is holding you back from true greatness? Let it go or you'll be left in the dark. Your true power lies in integrating your shadow and light, your polarities. Align and harmonize the parts of you that are in conflict with your greatness. Lean closer to your shadow rather than resisting it.

New Moon in Sagittarius

The December New Moon is the 28th at 23:54 MST as Moon moves through Sagittarius and Purvashada Nakshatra. This is a cycle of healing through awakening, inner wisdom and seeing the light. Relationships will be a particularly important part of this healing process. Release anger and resentment. Get clear on your needs and focus on what you do have control over, not what has left you feeling depleted and stuck. Deepen your inner growth and awareness. Be courageous in your release of past pain, grief and undigested emotions. Clean and clear the heart. Focus on what you want to create and set intentions for the coming cycle.

* All timing is Mountain Standard Time.


Horoscopes

Aries: This is a powerful time for your career and relationships. Step forward with action, purpose and clarity. Gather your gains. Use this time wisely as there is much strength to build upon right now. Mid month, luck becomes yours as Sun moves into your 9th house- the most auspicious house of the chart. You may be asked to re-visit some old stories and personal mythology in order to capitalize on the gains right now. Due diligence is required with mind and mental body stories so you can maximize this cycle. Use it as a clean up phase and step into your power more consciously.

Taurus: The heart and home continue to be unclear and unstable. This is a request to look more closely at your confusion and uncertainty, your inner shadows. Relationships are instigating the chaos. What do you really need for support, stability and grounding? Get clear on your needs so you can be clear on what to ask of others. This requires some deep introspection and inner work. You’ve been learning a lot and seeking new resources. It’s now time to put that knowing into action and strengthen your purpose. Let your anger be a teacher.

Gemini: Allow your heart and home to continue to teach you about relationships and co-creation. Your career and creativity are going through deep transformations. Let this process be empowering rather than debilitating. Clarify your needs with others and clear away the parts of you that are stuck, stagnant and outdated. Your personal mythology is going through an overhaul, but this requires willingness to release and let go. Learn from your pain and let it be a messenger of strength and courage.

Cancer: Relationships bring both power, passion and anger. Look more closely at your responses and notice where you are stuck in victim. There is healing to be done on your disempowerment. You often let your emotions keep you stuck in old patterns, stories and behaviors. It’s time to clean up these places within your emotional body landscape and take your power back. Use frustrations with relationships as a resource for personal growth and inner awakening. You are not stuck! Be courageous and step towards your challenges- not away from them.

Leo: Confusion and inner turmoil are becoming the norm for you. There’s a storm in your head. Can you channel this power effectively without it taking you down? What does it feel like to be in right-relationship with your inner power? Get clear on how to channel this strength so that you can be more aligned with your empowerment. Relationships will request your diligence in the cycle to come. Let your anger be a resource of teaching for you. Where are you being unclear about your needs and boundaries? Plug any leaks and quit giving your power away unconsciously.

Virgo: Deep inner learning continues as you awaken your self wisdom. Relationships are part of this steep learning curve. Can you find the nourishment, or are you too stuck in your old pain? In order for more nourishment and strength, you must be willing to lean into your heart more closely. Take what you are learning and apply it to deeper listening, greater clarity about your needs, and inner healing. The trick for you is to keep softening, rather than becoming more rigid and hard. Don’t use the wisdom arriving to create more walls. Instead use what you are learning to awaken compassion and loving-kindness for yourself and others.

Libra: Heart burn is real and it’s impacting you greatly right now. What is not digesting and where are you resisting your emotional body pain? It’s vital that you look more closely at your painful stories, relationship wounds and personal mythology. The lack of nourishment arriving is old, systemic inner resistance. You must be willing to look at your shadow more closely in order to change these old patterns and behaviors. This resistance to being well fed by life and love is keeping you in the dark. This will take courage on your part, but lean in closer to the pain rather than pushing past it. Notice where you disempower yourself, rather than taking ownership.

Scorpio: Gains come from speaking and honoring your word. Clarify your needs for greater nourishment and ask directly. You have been experiencing great hardships and grief over the past many months. Keep simplifying and letting go of the frivolous parts of yourself. This is a time of clarifying the essentials for yourself, your life and your relationships. As you clarify and clear your heart, it strengthens. Release undigested emotions and grief. Don’t rush to fill the spaces you are creating within. Linger in the simplicity and silence.

Sagittarius: A clarifying process is taking place right now that supports more inner wisdom and purpose. How do you want to use your power? Step into your authority and quit waiting to be asked or given permission. Be courageous with your actions, choices and wisdom. Share what you know and allow your wisdom to be an offering to others. There’s still a need to be in isolation and retreat, a resistance to stepping out of your own shadows and hiding. What is holding you back from your greatness? From you sharing your greatness with others? Look closely at the grief that keeps you in the dark.

Capricorn: There’s a lot of power sitting in your head right now as Mars exalts in your first house. Once Mars shifts to your 2nd house on the 11th, the mouth and nourishment become a strong focus. You are learning a lot about yourself right now and rising to the occasion. Try to do this in a balanced, embodied way. Integrate the stops and starts, the polarities at play. There is resistance to looking closer at yourself, and simultaneously an addiction to your self loathing and pain- especially with regard to relationships. Get clear on your boundaries and personal needs. Say “no” more, and clarify your interactions. As you get into right-relationship with your own body, you will naturally be in right-relationship with others. Cut out bad habits with food and old patterns of systemic malnourishment.

Aquarius: Structure and clarity are important right now. Use this as a way to get your needs met in more powerful ways. Where are you stuck in confusion and uncertainty? How does this undermine your sense of purpose and power? Relationships are still particularly challenging. What you’re learning is how to clarify yourself and your own needs in concrete ways. Keep leaning closer to your self. Use this time for deep release and letting go. Notice how your anger at others is really just anger at yourself. Where can you be clearer about your needs? How can you be more direct about asking for your needs to be met?

Pisces:  Relationships hold great resources for your inner growth. What are you learning from others? Your willingness to lean in closer to your challenges in the coming month will support gains and expansion. Notice when you resist your power and when you hand over your power to someone else too quickly. What choices, actions and relationships disempower you? You can take your power back at any time. Get clear on what it feels like to stand in your power more fully and don’t hand over your inner knowing, your precious wisdom, so easily.



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November Horoscopes + Transits

10/31/2016

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Looking Ahead: 
 

October 30th: New Moon in Libra and Swati Nakshatra + Diwali

October 31st: Mars in Capricorn, exalted

November 6th: DST ends in USA + Venus moves to Sagittarius

November 8th: Election day in USA + Mercury moves to Scorpio

November 14th: Full Moon in Aries and Krittika Nakshatra

November 15th: Sun moves to Scorpio

November 28th: Mercury moves to Sagittarius

November 29th: New Moon in Scorpio and Anuradha Nakshatra 


Mars in Capricorn

On October 31st at 20:35 MDT, Mars moves to his exaltation sign, Capricorn, until December 11th. This begins many fiery days ahead, with potent action oriented expression, as the warrior planet steps into his most powerful sign. There is much movement in the weeks ahead. The intention and driving force is nourishment and attaining the nectar of life. However, this process must be done with balance and attention to integration and harmony. If there is imbalance within physical, mental, emotional or spiritual bodies, challenges, pain and hardship will arrive. Suffering is optional. Pay close attention to your inner aggression and force. At the same time, notice where you are resisting the nourishment you crave. 

Gains come when you honor your dark, hidden desires. Lean into your fear more closely. Align with this resistance and keep moving closer to your pain. Keep peeling back layer by layer, to expose your needs more fully. Without moving closer to your terror, you are missing out on the deep nourishment and satisfaction you crave.

The heart seeks stability, grounding and focus. It needs integration, balance and co-creation. It wants to heal old pain and darkness. It wants your hidden grief to come to the light. Will you lean closer to it, in order for it to touch your conscious awareness? You want depth and pleasure, connection and pure relationship. How will you connect with this feeling unless your your heart is pure? Purify, clarify, release all that is stagnant within the chambers of your heart. Seek receptivity, openness and more life force energy. As you clean and clear, release and liberate yourself, an immense power can be released from within. Channel this power in effective and dharmic ways in order for maximum gains.

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Venus in Sagittarius


Just before midnight on November 6th, Venus moves to a new friends' sign, leaping into the tricky gandanta (gap) between watery Scorpio and fiery Sagittarius. This transit lasts just under a month, until December 2nd. As Venus arrives in Mula nakshatra, expect change and turmoil with all things Venus related- money, relationships, comforts, women, creativity, the arts and commodities. The entire constellation of Mula is considered a gandanta, a gap, that provokes challenges, uprooting and change. As planets pass through this nakshatra, an inevitable transformation takes place with the indications of that planet. Mula is infamous for chaos, calamity, uprooting and imbalance, as well as adharma- that which is against dharma. At the same time, Mula can also bring great depth and spirituality, but often due to navigating hardship and challenge. Venus moves through Mula for the first 12 days of this transit and won't shift to Purvashada until November 18th. This is a delicate time- as transitions are taking place. Deepen your intentions and resolve. Clarify your purpose and needs. Take right action towards dharma; notice where you are derailing yourself and meeting your own self sabotage. 

The transit of Venus through Sagittarius will take a certain mental body strength and determination. The overall theme of this cycle is balance and integration- but through mental body channels. It's time to clean up the mind, the stories, illusions and imaginal realms that leave you in lack and misfortune. This is an opportunity to lean closer to challenges and seek the resources within them. A way to heal and transform hardship and turn it into support, guidance and wisdom. Take your lemons and make lemonade.

The heart is tender and soft, while relationships are passionate and fiery. Calm aggression and agitation by leaning closer to your heart wisdom. Listen carefully to your needs- for safety, support, holding and harmony. What is the deepest need you can find? How can you release and let go of fear and inner violence? The aggression towards the self? The aggression that gets transmitted to others as a result? Find the stillness. This is where your power, strength, courage and wisdom resides. Keep moving closer to your soft center. Lean in to you pain and struggles and seek compassion and loving kindness- for yourself and others.

The unavoidable changes of this Venus cycle provoke challenges with all things Venus. Women and your relationships will feel the most impact. This will not a comfortable ride for many.

In the coming days, stay closely connected to your needs, to heart and to your emotional body wisdom. Notice where you are disconnecting from your self, rather than staying close to home, to Self and spirit. What actions and choices need to be removed once and for all?

Stay away from excess sugar, intoxicants, alcohol, foods and choices that keep you disconnected. Be mindful of old addictive patterns and behaviors that may return at this time to sabotage your forward momentum.

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Mercury in Scorpio


Mercury shifts into Scorpio on November 8th at 11:54, for roughly three weeks. His fairly quick transit through the sign of depth and inner awareness, also brings a connection to Saturn at the same time. Mental body meets physical body, so it will be important to stay as resourced from your body wisdom as possible- for grounding, stabilizing and integration. This combination of Mercury and Saturn can increase mental worry, grief and fear. Look closely at these parts of your mind and work diligently to attend to and release the struggles and pains they provide. The fear is not the problem- it's your relationship with the fear that matters. Much learning can take place while attending to the mental body- stories, the imaginal, thoughts and perceptions. Track the mind carefully and lean in closer with compassion and loving-kindness. The mind will be your teacher in the coming weeks, attend to these challenges thoughtfully. The Sun continues to be weak and vulnerable until the 16th, which impacts the mind intimately. Mercury is the prince, whereas the Sun is the King. When the king is weak, so is the prince. This is a time to be inwardly focused and do necessary self development work. Just as seasonal cleanses are important for the physical body, use this time to detox and clear out the mind and emotions as well.

Full Moon in Aries


The November Full Moon is both vulnerable and dynamic. Moon will be transiting Aries and Krittika nakshatra at the time of the full Moon on November 14th at 06:52 am MDT. Beginnings arrive as Moon passes through the first sign of the zodiac, while Krittika nakshatra brings transformation, alchemical changes and fiery transitions. There is a potent co-creative energy taking place in the cycle to come. An interdependence and interdependence arrives with self and others. This supports passion, creativity, strength and clarity of purpose.

More details about the Full Moon coming soon in my November Full Moon Wisdom.

Sun in Scorpio


Sun moves to Scorpio on November 15th at 17:24, bringing more light and strength with it. However, this will translate as more inner light and strength due to the depth and mysticism of Scorpio. Turn your focus inward and deepen your awareness. Shine your light within. Sun joins Mercury and Saturn here, which is challenging for both Saturn and Sun as they are not friendly towards each other. The Sun purifies all that it touches, through heat, fire and agni. Saturn is old, slow and cold. He is set in his ways and requires steady, consistent steps in order for progress to be made. This opposes the forceful and powerful energy of the Sun. The challenge will be integrating the hard parts of yourself this month, the pieces that are stubborn, resistant, and that which refuses to change within your personal mythology. This process will require you are willing to bravely look at parts of yourself that have been hidden and in the dark far too long. Sun will shine the light. Will you be willing to see?

At the same time, this is a potent cycle to step towards your passions and purpose with more dedication, enthusiasm and authenticity. Moon is exalted in Rohini nakshatra just as Sun shifts into Scorpio. Don't discount the immense creative powers available to you during the cycle ahead. The old must be released, in order to make space for the new. What are you clearing out and letting go of? What are you consciously filling this space with?

Mercury in Sagittarius

Just as the month comes to a close, Mercury transits into Sagittarius and into Mula nakshatra for an extended stay on November 28th. The entire transit will last until February 3rd, an unusually lengthy dance of forward and backwards for this swift moving planet. Mercury will retrograde on December 19th for roughly three weeks, until January 8th. This prolongs his stay in the fiery sign of Sagittarius, who is fortunately a friend. Retrograde planets increase the strength of the planet and its indications, expressing themselves more as the nodes do- with excess, confusion and intensity.

As Mercury arrives in Sagittarius at the end of November, he also lands in Mula Nakshatra. This constellation is notorious for sparking change, transition, release and uprooting. As the planets continue to move through this portion of the sky (Sun next, then Saturn in the first part of 2017) inevitable shifts take place. Mercury will be in Mula for a lengthy stay in the coming months, moving in and out of this challenging gandanta of change. Mercury will leave Mula for the first time on December 8th, but will return on December 28th for over three weeks, until January 21st of 2017. The dance of Mercury in and out of Mula, will provoke deep mental body changes and challenges in the coming months. This is a powerful opportunity for uprooting old, outdated personal mythology with all things Mercury. This includes communication, connections, commerce, business, money, creativity, writing, computers and all resources of connection.

This transit of Mercury impacts the mental body, the mind, stirring a change process that impacts relationships, money, the feminine and creative powers. The cycle ahead supports change towards nourishment, fluidity and ease. An ability to arrive in the love and stay oriented towards the heart is possible- with courage and commitment. Get clear on what works for you and what doesn't. Communicate your needs authentically and purposefully, but through loving kindness. Work towards clarity with your inner authority and notice when you go against your needs out of fear or a misuse of your power.

Use this cycle to step into your creative powers more fully and bring more beauty into your home and heart. Seek balance- inner and outer. Move closer to your emotional body and deepen your feminine wisdom. Say yes to integration of fluidity and structure. Find your middle ground. Land and reconnect. 


New Moon in Scorpio


Just as the month comes to a close, the Moon empties. On November 29th at 05:18 Mountain Standard Time, the new Moon arrives in Scorpio and Anuradha nakshatra. Moon is debilitated and sits with Sun and Saturn in the sign of depth, transformation and the hidden realms. Debilitated Moon turns inward, softens the expression of the Moon and requests deep contemplation. This coming waxing cycle brings changes in creativity and courage while the passion of the heart strengthens and awakens convictions and empowerment.  

More details about the new Moon coming soon in my November New Moon Wisdom.

Horoscopes

Aries: It’s a powerful time for career as your planet of luck, Mars, is exalted in your 10th house this month. Take action with clarity, focus, determination and commitment. Some release of old fears clears as a new stability arrives. Trust your steps. Meanwhile, Sun is debilitated in your relationship house until mid month, which asks you to be steady, gentle and inward, more than outward. Relationships may prove challenging, confrontational, harsh and unsupportive in the coming weeks. Address your deeper needs and notice what your heart is truly asking for. Allow relationships, children and clients to truly awaken you. What do you need? What are they mirroring to you? Everything that arrives is a mirror of the self. Enjoy the November full Moon in Aries!

Taurus: Continue seeking the stability and support you deeply crave and yearn for- especially in your relationships. There is a powerful transformation taking place on this level for you this month. Get clearer about your needs and requirements with self and others so that you can express and communicate these needs more authentically and fully. There is healing taking place with your needs and a release of past hurts. Uproot and let go of the past. Shine the light on your dark places and lean in closer to your pain. It’s the only way you’ll be able to fully confront the challenges you are feeling. As you release, deepen your intentions for what you are inviting in. Give to others what you seek.

Gemini: Relationships and romance get your focus this month, requesting clarity, communication and creativity. You are working on releasing and healing some very old grief and pain. Your digestion is working over time to let the past go. Do everything you can to support your stomach, the release process and constipated grief sitting in your gut. Exalted Mars in your 8th house forces the issue and is blatant about making you confront your pain, challenges, illusions and past. Debilitated Sun in your 5th house requests gentleness and softness with children, romance, clients and your own power. If you’re forcing, you’re missing the messages. Let your heart guide you and allow its wisdom to support your journey of awakening. Lean in to your emotions and the stories they provoke.

Cancer: Passion is alive in your 7th house of relationships as Mars moves through its exaltation sign. This can have powerfully positive effects on relationships or very challenging and aggressive tendencies. There may be disappointments or overly high expectations with others right now. You’ll certainly be confronting your inner challenges and anger. What are the needs not being met? What do you need for more trust, safety and security? As Sun moves through its debilitation sign in your 4th house of emotions, heart and home, there’s softening and an inward pull. This requires your attention and intention. Honor your needs for soft, gentle landings. Notice where you are being aggressive with yourself, where you are in battle with yourself. Seek resolution, integration and harmony.

Leo: The self is still in shadow and illusion with Rahu in the first. Life and direction likely feels confusing and uncertain. Emotions may feel stuck and burdensome as you navigate very old grief and pain. It’s a radical time of confrontation and healing as Mars exalts in your 6th house of conflict and bad habits. Look directly at your challenges and hurts. Some of this pain is yours and some of it is very old, ancestral suffering that you need to let go of once and for all. Debilitated Sun in your 3rd house is challenging to your courage right now, but lean in any way. Soften through creativity, hands and vulnerability. Channel this softness into your dharmic work. Find new angles, new approaches to your offerings. Open new pathways and surrender to the transformation.

Virgo: You are learning and growing so much right now. Learning how to stabilize and ground, while deepening your relationship with self and others. The heart awakens this month and requests that you look closely at your needs- especially in regard to relationships. Integrate and harmonize self with others and notice where you’re not in right-relationship with either. Mars exalted in your 5th house increases passion, purpose and power. Courage is strong right now, but being in alignment with your action steps is crucial for balance and stability. Sun is debilitated in your 2nd house of nourishment and support until mid month. As Sun lands in Scorpio, courage requires that you face your grief and pain more directly. Past pain and hurts are effecting your ability to thrive and be nourished. Are you willing to look at your past and release it in order to make space for the new, the stable, the supportive, the loving and kind?

Libra: Your heart is on fire this month as Mars exalts in your 4th house of home and emotions. Seek balance and integration with your inner and outer waves. There’s an opportunity for greater stability and harmony right now, but you must pay attention to your needs- for nourishment, support and vitality. Let go of relationships that do not honor these needs. This includes certain relationships with your past- bad habits and behaviors and old personal mythology. Get creative and use your hands to connect, communicate and share. Get inspired and inspire others! Step into your courage and creativity more fully.

Scorpio: You are being squeezed and feeling pressure on multiple levels. The only solution is your immense creativity and courage to persevere. As your planet of luck exalts in Capricorn, your third house is enlivened with creativity, communication and courageous passion. Your creative powers are awake, so channel them fully. Open new pathways and say yes to more creativity, wealth, wellbeing and enthusiasm. Find integration between polarities, life and death, masculine and feminine, stability and chaos. Notice how your dysfunction and old patterns of self sabotage effect all levels of your life. Eradicate these old behaviors and personal mythology. The medicine is greater stability, grounding and embodiment. Reconnect. Notice the places you disconnect from your needs, your nourishment, your inner stability. Find your grounding cord and hang on.

Sagittarius: Your mouth is full of fire right now as exalted Mars moves through your 2nd house. A  renewed sense of power and purpose arrives and a need for comfort and support increases. Your next steps and dharmic action are still confusing and uncertain. Take action anyway. Allow yourself to be nourished through relationship this month. Connect, co-create, align and befriend self and others. Keep teaching and sharing through your wisdom, advice and awareness. As debilitated Sun moves through your 11th house, gains are somewhat challenged. You must release, before you can receive. This theme increases mid month once Sun moves to your 12th house. It’s time to hit reset. Let go and purge. What are you moving towards?


Capricorn: With exalted Mars in your first house, there is passion, power and strength arriving. Feel the dynamism! Relationships however are vulnerable and require your gentleness. Pause, land, ground. Lean in and listen. You may be pushing past important messages and missed opportunities for depth and awakening. Sun is debilitated in your 10th house of career until mid month. This requires your willingness to soften as well. Notice where you are pushing too hard and not paying attention to subtleties and inner awareness. Emotions are fiery and intense this month. Keep them moving and flowing, while grounding in the body. Teach what you learn.

Aquarius:
The intense desire for being alone, on retreat and on vacation increases while your passion and relationships begin to heat up. For some, relationships will continue to be a challenging illusion of disappointment and toxicity. Others will clarify and strengthen bonds with partners. Bottom line: get your needs met and notice where you are not being clear about your expectations and requests. This is a great time of clarification and learning about the heart. But you must dig into your depths to find the pearls of wisdom. Right now, soften and quiet yourself as much as you can. Debilitated Sun is asking you to come to stillness and learn from your quiet center. This shifts to a more outward focus mid month. Recharge now.

Pisces: Relationships are a stabilizing force for you right now. Ground, land and seek support from others. There are gains from reaching out, sharing and connecting. Exalted Mars in your 11th house increases gains, but request that you release and let go simultaneously. This is a call for integration and balance between yes and no, go and stop. Ultimate alignment with right-action is required for increases to be supported. Notice where you are forcing or pushing too hard. As debilitated Sun moves through your 8th house, shine the light on your past and lean in closer to pain, challenges and hurts- especially with relationships. Once Sun shifts to Scorpio, you will feel more dharmic support and focus. Find your passion and put it into action.

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October Transits*

10/5/2016

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* Please note that horoscopes for October have been delayed. I'm needing more rest and silence this month. Horoscopes will resume in November. Thank you for your patience.

As the Moon shifts into the first tithi (Moon phase) early evening on October 1st, the sacred ten day and night celebration of Shardiya Maha Navaratri begins. Nava means nine and ratri means night in Sanskrit. Each day and night of this powerful junction point, correlates to the epic battle between the goddess Sri Devi Mahatmyam and the demon Mahishasura. Maha Devi Mahatmyam is connected to both Durga and Shakti, powerful forms of divine feminine energy that awaken, clear, transform and heal. Sri Devi is understood to be the supreme creation power of the universe, the Tridevi, or triple goddess, as she expresses the creation, sustaining and destructive energies that perpetuate all forms of life. This is the most powerful time in the Vedic Calendar.

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Venus in Scorpio

The first major transit of the month happens in the early morning of the 13th when Venus shifts into Scorpio, the sign of mysticism, grief, transformation and death. Scorpio brings depth, darkness and experiences that go far beyond the surface of existence. As the planet of feeling, creativity and relationships moves through this vulnerable sign, it touches the planet of grief, Saturn, directly through exact conjunction. This is a cycle of releasing, purging and emptying emotions on every level! The emotional body will feel especially vulnerable in the weeks to come, so honor your sensitivity with brave authenticity. Allow yourself to empty and let go of stagnant emotions, undigested emotions. You have the opportunity to create space for something new to arrive in the coming months, but not without this vital release process taking place.

Grief is stirred in the heart due to relationship disappointments and parts of you that have been neglected and malnourished. Relationships are fragile and yet awakening, however watch for trauma and sudden release. Purging the emotional body will be non-negotiable. Use clarity in communication to address challenges head on. Use this time as a way to clarify your needs and speak them directly. There's a tendency to avoid the real issues right now and stay in the shadows. Keep things as simple, clear and direct as possible. Speak the sweet, honest truth.

Full Moon In Pisces


The October full Moon on the 15th creates a remarkable vulnerability with Moon in a very delicate gap point between Pisces and Aries. At 22:23, the fullness of the Moon arrives at the edge of Pisces, just past 29 degrees. The portal between endings and beginnings is activated, awake, alive. Pure vulnerability is provoked at this time, while simultaneously ushering in mystical and spiritual power. The Pisces/Aries gandanta (gap) is particularly challenging as Moon shifts from water into fire, release and liberation into hope and possibility. Pisces is also connected to the ancestors and endings, while Aries brings a young, new energy with it. This full Moon provokes the energy of closure and awakening to the new. What are you opening to? What are you closing to?

Moon will be transiting Revati nakshatra at the time of the Full Moon, the final lunar constellation of the zodiac. Pushan rules this portion of the sky, bringing fruitful journeys and resources for your travels.

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Sun in Libra


Sun shifts to its debilitation sign for the coming weeks on the 16th at 18:38. As he arrives in Libra, a softening of the masculine arrives. This often brings discomfort and disappointment from relationships. The masculine will be less available, less assertive and less present as a result of this transit. Notice your own relationship with your soft masculine. Are you resisting it or allowing it?

This Sun cycle provokes a need for greater self awareness and understanding of the masculine. It's a time of deepening relationships- but not through strength and power. As Sun moves through the sign of relationship and balance, it will request you look more deeply at your vulnerability and your resistance to being held, supported and honored. This is a request for integration between masculine and feminine energies. There is a certain awakening taking place right now through balance and harmony. Trust this process.

There's also an opportunity for relationships to be your guru, a powerful teacher. This requires your willingness to look at your relationship with the masculine more closely; your inner masculine, as well as the masculine mirrors arriving to teach you. What do you need for greater support and holding? What is working and what is challenging you? How can you begin to use thoughtful communication as a way to get your needs met more fully? Keep leaning in closer to this question: What do I need to feel safe and supported?

The coming month requires your willingness to look at your darkness and the depth of your pain. It's a time to pull up your biggest wounding from past relationships, the grief that has been undigested, and fully honor it. Your resistance to your pain is costing you your deepest nourishment. Be soft and gentle as well as fierce and determined. Move closer to your inner fears, not further away from them. If it scares you, it's worth looking closer. Why are you afraid of your own power source?

Mercury in Libra

Airy planet Mercury moves to air sign Libra just as October 22nd arrives, joining debilitated Sun here as well. Mercury will be in Libra until November 8th, about 18 days. He will be moving through a tight conjunction with the Sun during this transit, sharpening the mind with the experience of a soft Masculine presence. Ketu gives his gaze to both planets, sparking sudden release and flashes of insight as well as awakening through loss. Ruling planets of Libra are Venus (own sign) and Saturn (sign of exaltation). Both planets are moving through the powerfully transformational sign of Scorpio right now, supporting release of subconscious material and provoking shadow work to the surface. The deeper your willingness to release, the more space and availability you'll have for the connection, creativity and harmony you are seeking this month.

Libra being the planet of relationship, connection and balance, supports the communication and connection tendencies of Mercury. They are great friends. This bodes well for communication of all sorts and can support connection, relationship and co-creation in the weeks ahead.

Simultaneously it is also a cycle of releasing deep emotions, toxic and aggressive tendencies and finding a softer, gentler way of expressing. Moon will be in the harsh nakshatra of Ardra at the time of this transit, stirring big emotions. This cycle will activate mental and emotional body stories that are hurtful and painful, bringing them to the surface for you to look at more directly. As challenges rise to the conscious mind and become visible, it's also an opportunity to work with them and help them release. Rather then getting stuck in the painful process and old mythology, try to use it as a resource for change and transformation. Seek balance between your light and dark parts. This will support more integration between masculine and feminine- the relationship with self and your relationship with others.

Mars in Capricorn

On October 31st at 20:35 MDT, Mars moves to his exaltation sign, Capricorn, until December 11th. This begins many fiery days ahead, with potent action oriented expression, as the warrior planet steps into his most powerful sign. There is much movement in the weeks ahead. The intention and driving force is nourishment and attaining the nectar of life. However, this process must be done with balance and attention to integration and harmony. If there is imbalance within physical, mental, emotional or spiritual bodies, challenges, pain and hardship will arrive. Suffering is optional. Pay close attention to your inner aggression and force. At the same time, notice where you are resisting the nourishment you crave. 

Gains come when you honor your dark, hidden desires. Lean into your fear more closely. Align with this resistance and keep moving closer to your pain. Keep peeling back layer by layer, to expose your needs more fully. Without moving closer to your terror, you are missing out on the deep nourishment and satisfaction you crave.

The heart seeks stability, grounding and focus. It needs integration, balance and co-creation. It wants to heal old pain and darkness. It wants your hidden grief to come to the light. Will you lean closer to it, in order for it to touch your conscious awareness? You want depth and pleasure, connection and pure relationship. How will you connect with this feeling unless your your heart is pure? Purify, clarify, release all that is stagnant within the chambers of your heart. Seek receptivity, openness and more life force energy. As you clean and clear, release and liberate yourself, an immense power can be released from within. Channel this power in effective and dharmic ways in order for maximum gains. .

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