practical insight from the heavenly spheres
The astrology of 2023 is a major tone shift, with several planets making ingresses into new signs. Things are about to feel very different.
October 2022’s Full Moon gives a small beneficial window of opportunity where justice, truth and harmony may step to the forefront. There may be some harsh words, hopefully tempered into lively debates and productive discussions that move us all forward, together.
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.
September’s Full Moon promises a dreamy reprieve from the heavy, Saturnian lunation last month. It’s not the best time to charge forward on a new project per se, though it’s a great time for brainstorming and theoretical, blue-sky conversations about your goals and things currently underway. If you feel an urgency to do something, let yourself focus on the big picture stuff rather than trying to figure out all the details and specifics.
One of the major astrological events of 2022 will occur in a just a couple weeks: the conjunction of Mars, Uranus and the North Node in Taurus. Mars entered Taurus on July 5. The warrior […]
One of the worst things that happened in modern astrology was the conflation of houses with signs in the 12 Letter Alphabet System. This system was popularized by modern astrologers in the 1970s. Sometimes it’s […]
*Update August 20, 2022: This is the first article I wrote about the Mars transits in 2022. I have since written a few more recent articles: Astrology Horoscopes for Mars in Gemini 2022 War of […]
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, […]
In keeping with the tradition that I started this year, let’s take a peek at the chart of Canada’s Capricorn ingress. If you recall from the Libra ingress I did in September, there was a […]
June is a big month with a lot of major astrological transits. It will start with the usual (or unusual?) Mercury retrograde hijinks. This will be all the more prominent and unusual given that an […]
The shortest month of the year starts off with a stellium in Aquarius. All of the Sacred Seven planets are in Aquarius on the 1st except the Moon – who will ingress just a few […]
2025 is the second-most astrologically active year of the current decade, after 2020 itself. Join Mel as she takes a look at what’s coming in the year ahead, which promises to be a wild ride. We’ll start by taking a look at the major astrological transits of the decade to gain a broader perspective, then zoom in on some of the specifics of 2025 itself.
Annual profections are a simple yet powerful timing technique in traditional natal astrology. Using this technique, you can identify the specific planets and houses that will be activated for any given year, and therefore learn which themes and events might manifest during that time period. This presentation teaches you how to calculate annual profections and apply them to natal charts.
This is a recording of a webinar that was presented to the Tucson Astrologers’ Guild on September 9, 2023.
Twin charts present a particularly fascinating challenge for astrologers. Twelfth parts (also known as dwadasamsas/dwads or dodecatemoria) are a simple and surprisingly effective technique that yields useful results when applied to twin charts. You can use this technique for any natal chart, no need to be a twin! This presentation is a recording of a weinbar presented to OPA on July 16, 2023.
This presentation will intrigue you with fascinating astronomical facts and astrological connections, dazzle you with gorgeous astrophotography, and inspire you to reunite the two halves of the heavenly spheres. This is a recording of a workshop presented to the Toronto Astrological Society on November 19, 2022.
Join a born and raised Edmontonian to learn about the astrology of Edmonton’s natal chart. Find out what was happening in the sky during key events in Edmonton’s history, such as the Black Friday tornado in 1987, the Leduc No. 1 oil discovery in 1946, and the Edmonton Oilers’ first Stanley Cup win in 1984. This is a recording of a lecture that was presented to the Edmonton Astrological Society on November 11, 2022.
In this presentation, learn the astromonical basics of eclipses, how to spot them in an astrology chart, how to interpret them in both mundane and natal astrology, how to incorporate Saros cycles in your interpretations, and some remediation techniques for eclipse season. This is a recording of a lecture presented to the Atlantic Professional Astrologers’ Association on July 12, 2023.
