How long is a New Moon, Full Moon or Eclipse active? When are planetary stations in effect? Are all planets and aspects active for the same amount of time? Learn how long transits are typically in effect.
Have you heard that Mars will "look as large as the full moon to the naked eye"? This grandiose claim goes around every couple of years, but is it true? Does Mars look spectacular in the sky when it's retrograde? Well, yes and no...
Mercury is famous for his retrograde cycles when things get decidedly weird! Missed appointments, wrong numbers, computer glitches... Find out what's really happening when Mercury does his "Retrograde Rumba."
Just what does retrograde mean anyway? A retrograde planet appears to go backwards in the sky, but is it really doing that? And what does it mean astrologically? Is it good or bad? Actually, it's more like a dance...
When a planet goes retrograde or direct, it seems to stop moving and is "stationary." For weeks or months, before and after a planet's retrograde period, it is "in the (retrograde) Shadow." This 3-fold sequence defines the retrograde cycle.
Mars goes retrograde about every two years, making it a fairly rare event. During this time, our approach to conflict, hostility, anger, assertiveness and taking action often requires rethinking, regrouping and reintegrating.
And when is the next one? We hear that it's the second Full Moon in the same calendar month, but there's a LOT more to a Blue Moon than you might think. So what it is? Well, it's complicated...
Abundance sparkles like a jewel! Sumptuous, sensuous Taurus the Bull and its ruling planet Venus are all about pleasure, treasure and easy-going leisure. Get comfy and get ready to learn about your Taurus side.
Since Venus is about love, we might assume that she holds our core feelings and emotions. However, Venus is more specifically about our heart's desire, what we long for, and the delight or sorrow we feel as a result.
Venus has the distinction of being the only planet in our solar system named after a female deity. We might think of the astrological Venus as the quintessential feminine. Like a beauty queen, she is beautiful, loving, charismatic, alluring, and drawn to all that glitters.
When two heavenly bodies interact in their orbits, we have a combined planetary cycle that becomes greater than the sum of its celestial parts. The most visible of these is the Sun and Moon—or "The Lights" as we call them in astrology.
Uranus reflects the greater community – the social order. Pluto transforms whatever it touches. These two planets in a sextile aspect presents deep creative exploration and discovery within the greater, global community of humanity.
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