Full Moon in Leo: Make Your Own Kind of Music
by April Elliott Kent Chalk it up to a Leo-heavy birth chart, or simple introversion: I tend to feel uncomfortable in a crowd. But when my progressed Moon passed through Aquarius a couple of years ago,...
View ArticleSeasonal Astrology – Winter: Bare Trees
by April Elliott Kent Each season of the year has its devotees. Summer people are invariably thin and look great in a bathing suit. Spring folks are almost disgustingly optimistic. Fans of autumn are...
View ArticleMars in Aquarius: Working with friends
I’m on record as stating that in my next life, I plan to requisition a chart with plenty of Aquarius planets. I admire the sign’s cheerful impersonality. The years when transiting Uranus in Aquarius...
View ArticleNew Moon in Aquarius: Happiness, Aquarius Style
Painting by Claudia Fernety Growing up as part of a big, loud, extended family, I spent a lot of time alone in my bedroom, reading, writing, or playing my guitar. I savored my privacy and the relative...
View ArticleThe May 25 Lunar Eclipse and Relationships
Certainly, eclipses falling in your 7th house or in aspect to natal Venus or your 7th house ruler are signs that your relationship world is likely to be rocked by change. But lunar eclipses, by virtue...
View ArticleFull Moon in Aquarius: Who Do You Think You Are?
Mae West: Shy, retiring Leo. Madonna, Mussolini, Mick Jagger: With larger-than-life representatives like this, it’s no wonder Leo has a reputation for being more than a little bit in love with itself....
View ArticleFull Moon in Aquarius: Acknowledgements
Without a doubt, my favorite part of authoring two books was writing the acknowledgements pages. This is a writer’s chance to offer shout-outs to the cast of characters who’ve helped or inspired her on...
View ArticleThe signs of the zodiac
Signs of the Zodiac The signs of the zodiac, usually simply referred to as signs, are by far the most recognizable symbols of astrology. They represent the characteristics of 12 archetypal...
View ArticleNew Moon in Aquarius: Doing the Math
Earlier this week, I was this close to letting go of my 1986 Toyota Corolla. I had researched charities who accept vehicle donations. I had visualized removing the old plates, and clearing out the...
View ArticleAquarius Full Moon: Other Tribes
Who are “your people”? You recognize one another the moment you meet. They get your jokes. Your conversations have a cadence that is comfortable, familiar. Generally you share the same values and...
View ArticleNew Moon in Aquarius: Friend Me
Grammar purist that I am, I never thought I’d see the day when I would use “friend” as a verb. Then Facebook came into my life. The downside of social media is not insignificant. But the beauty of...
View ArticleAquarius New Moon: The Greedy Cusp
An Aquarian client with a Pisces Moon describes her current situation as living in limbo, poised between two radically different lives, with one foot in each and an ass that’s still very much on the...
View ArticleSeasonal Astrology – Winter: Bare Trees
by April Elliott Kent Each season of the year has its devotees. Summer people are invariably thin and look great in a bathing suit. Spring folks are almost disgustingly optimistic. Fans of autumn are...
View ArticleAquarius Full Moon: Born Free
A friend sent me a stunning photograph from her boyfriend’s summertime expedition in the northernmost reaches of the Pacific—floating on a ship amidst a sea of ice floes “as thick as I am tall,” he...
View ArticleAquarius New Moon: Alone, Together
Alone together with my crazy cousin, circa 1976. Growing up as part of a big, loud, extended family, I spent a lot of time alone in my bedroom, reading, writing, or playing my guitar. I savored my...
View ArticleAquarius Full Moon: Conga Line
Here are some of modern astrology’s contradictory messages about Aquarius, the sign of this Full Moon: Aquarius symbolizes weirdness, iconoclasm, and innovation, but also friendship and membership in...
View ArticleAquarius New Moon: The Unexpected Guest
I’m working in my office on a weekday afternoon when I hear the front doorbell ring. I open the door and find a large, beautifully wrapped box on the front porch. The tag attached reads, “Allow me.”...
View ArticleAquarius Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse: Radio Silence
The radio program This American Life recently devoted an entire episode to the topic of summer camp. Most of the kids that were interviewed loved camp, its rituals, language, and most of all, the...
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