Tag: Mercury Retrograde

Q4 2024 Astrology Forecast on Nightbird Radio

Mel is back on Nightbird Radio talking about the astrology of the last quarter of 2024. We talked about fall 2024’s eclipse season, Pluto’s last trip through Capricorn, Mars retrograde in Leo and Cancer, Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius and a sneak peek at the impending chaos of 2025.


Folding the Money Rose: Mercury Retrograde in Virgo 2023

Mercury stations retrograde at 21 Virgo on August 23, 2023. With both Mercury and Venus retrograde in neighbouring signs, the astrology is giving us lots of chances for remediation and revisionary processes this summer.


The Astrology of 2023

The astrology of 2023 is a major tone shift, with several planets making ingresses into new signs. Things are about to feel very different.


Communication Breakthrough: Canada’s 2022 Libra Ingress Astrology Forecast

Canada’s 2022 Libra ingress astrology chart suggests that there could be some surprising or revelatory news this fall, either delivered by the Prime Minister or about him (or both). Power struggles and deep transformations are on full display. Expect major shake-ups impacting Canada’s identity and foreign relations. There could be major developments related to lawsuits and court challenges, and the people are seeking escape and reprieve.


War of Words: The Astrology of Mars in Gemini 2022

What do Gabriel García Márquez, Jim Morrison and Henry Kissinger all have in common? Mars in Gemini! This post explores the meaning and manifestations of Mars in Gemini, on both a natal and global level. Read on for some ideas of how this transit might manifest in the world and in your own life.


The Astrology of Canada’s Trucker Convoy, part two

I want to take another look at the astrological transits in the context of the trucker convoy that’s currently still in Ottawa, because in my first post about it, I only looked at the transits […]


A Convoy in Capricorn: The Astrology of Canada’s Trucker Convoy 2022

Like many people across Canada and the world, I have been eagerly following the story of the trucker convoy that is making its way across Canada in protest of COVID vaccine mandates and border restrictions. […]


How to Deal with Mercury Retrograde

For whatever reason, Mercury retrograde has become the second-most common piece of astrological knowledge to enter the psyche of pop culture in the twenty-first century, next to the ever-present – and much stereotyped – Sun […]


The Astrology of 2022: Mercury Retrogrades from Air to Earth

As I wrote about in my first post about the astrology of 2022, this year I’m doing a series of posts featuring each planet and their story in 2022. The inner planets/lights – Mercury, Venus, […]


The Astrology of October 2021: Monthly Overview

Spooky season starts off with a truly spooky and rare astrological phenomenon: a Hellenistic Void-of-Course (VOC) Moon. Under this definition, the Moon does not make any Ptolemaic aspects with any of the visible planets within […]


The Astrology of Canada’s Libra Ingress 2021

Happy Libra ingress! At the Aries ingress this spring, I posted an interpretation for Alberta. I’m going to revisit that shortly and post a new one for the Libra ingress, but I decided to start […]


Astrology of September 2021: Monthly Overview

September’s space weather focuses on the inner planets (Mercury, Mars and Venus) making a series of aspects with the outer planets, as well as a Mercury retrograde in Libra. The most challenging aspects of this […]