Cosmic Weather Report

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Shelter from the Storm

By Mark Borax / July 15, 2024 /

From May to September this year Neptune sits at 30° Pisces, a very powerful, mythopoetic portal of the zodiac that leads out of consensus reality into transformative zones known to mystics and medicine journeyers.   It’s rare for Neptune to spend so much time on a single degree, so let’s look at what this shamanic…

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Artwork by Autumn Skye

Sun conjunct Venus: Returning to the Source

By Mark Borax / June 17, 2024 /

During the whole month of June this year the Sun remains in conjunction with Venus, opening a channel for you to touch into the radiant center of your being. The Sun in astrology stands for your full blossoming, your maximum shine. Venus is your sacred inner sanctuary.   Venus conjunctions, unlike Mars conjunctions, only become…

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Art by Mary Southard

Outer Chaos Pitched Against Inner Truth

By Mark Borax / May 3, 2024 /

For most of May the four main asteroids, Vesta, Juno, Ceres and Pallas are on the opposite side of the sky from the eleven astrological planets, setting up dynamic tension. The asteroids tend to seduce us away from our truth until we get far enough away to wake up to the seduction, and take steps…

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Total Solar Eclipse: Nature trumps Man

By Mark Borax / April 2, 2024 /

The big cosmic news this month is the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8 at 2:21 pm eastern, at 20° Aries, a point of the zodiac which demands we come to terms with the missing piece, the elusive x-factor needed to restore wholeness. Eclipses are dramatic celestial events that surpass most cosmic weather to stun…

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Diving Headlong Into The Mystery

By Mark Borax / February 7, 2024 /

Since Pluto resumed its 20-year excursion through Aquarius at the end of last month, and the New Moon in Aquarius on February 9th launches the Year of the Dragon, the Water Bearer has become the Sign of Our Time.   All this Aquarian energy summons one of the main themes of the sign: the contrast…

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