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Total Lunar Eclipse in Sagittarius – Welcome your life lessons

May 24, 2021

Photo by Henrik Bülow https://henrikbulow.com

The Full Moon arrives on May 26th 7.13 am ET / 1.13 pm CET at 5 degrees Sagittarius. The Lunar Nodes are at 10 degrees Sagittarius and Gemini, which means that this Full Moon is an eclipse.

Eclipses occur when the New Moon or Full Moon occurs within 18 degrees of the North Node or South Node of the Moon. Every six months the New Moon and Full Moon align with the nodes. So every six months there is a set of eclipses (either two or three Solar and Lunar eclipses). The North Node and South Node are the points where the Moon’s orbit crosses the ecliptic.

A Solar eclipse occurs during a New Moon. The Sun and Moon are conjunct, together in the same sign on the same degree. When a Solar eclipse occurs the Sun and Moon are aligned from our viewpoint on earth; the Moon blocking the light from the Sun. The Sun disappears (partially) from our sight. A Lunar eclipse occurs during a Full Moon. The Sun and Moon are opposite of each other, in signs opposite of each other at the same degrees. The Earth is in between the Sun and the Moon. During an eclipse the Earth blocks the light of the Sun that wants to reach the Moon. Thus the Moon doesn’t reflect the Sun’s light and disappears (partially) from our sight.

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Horoscopes for Gemini Season

May 20, 2021

Art by Salvador Dali, Couple with Their Heads Full of Clouds, 1936

These horoscopes are written for Gemini season (mid May – mid June).

I advice you to read the horoscope for your rising sign. The horoscopes are primarily written for the rising signs. You may also read the horoscope for your Sun sign for extra inspiration. These horoscopes are meant to offer you support and inspiration. You can leave the things that don’t resonate with you.

If you don’t know your rising sign, follow the instructions on this page to figure it out or book consultation with me.

The horoscopes are listed from Aries – Pisces.

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New Moon in Taurus – The calm before the storm

May 9, 2021

Photo by Imdad Barbhuyan, New Delhi based visual artist *https://www.imdadbarbhuyan.com*

The New Moon arrives on May 11^th 2.59 pm ET / 8.59 pm CET at 21 degrees Taurus. The Full Moon in Scorpio from two weeks ago was an intense one. We’re approaching eclipse season with the first eclipse of this Summer arriving at the end of May. This New Moon in Taurus is the calm between two storms.

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Horoscopes for the New Moon in Aries

April 10, 2021

These horoscopes are written for the New Moon in Aries (April 11th / 12th).

If you don’t know your rising sign, follow the instructions on this page to figure it out or book consultation with me.

The horoscopes are listed from Aries – Pisces.

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New Moon in Aries – Go go go!

April 10, 2021

Artist unknown, picture found via Pinterest

The New Moon arrives on April 11^th 10.30 pm ET / 12^th 4.30 am CET at 22 degrees Aries. This is an active New Moon. The Moon is under the ruling of Mars. Mars is in Gemini, the sign of the ever moving twins, separating from a conjunction with the North Node and supported by trine by Jupiter. The Moon is also connected with Jupiter, by sextile, and connected with Mars, also by sextile. In other words, there are some supportive connections here, which is nice. The Gemini and Aries vibes make this an active New Moon (and the North Node adds some activity too). Hence the title of this article: go go go. There’s lots of stuff going on. The Moon is digesting a lot of input. This Full Moon wants you to go out and achieve. This is a New Moon ‘to do’, not one to relax. This is a good New Moon for work, sports, debating. This is a New Moon to work on your goals.

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New Moon in Pisces – Exalted Venus swims with Neptune

March 9, 2021

A lovely alignment occurs in Pisces when the Moon finishes her cycle and starts a new one. When the Moon journeys through Pisces later this week, she meets up with Venus and Neptune after which she conjuncts the Sun. The New Moon occurs on March 13^th 5.21 am ET / 11.21 am CET at 23 degrees Pisces, with Venus at 19 degrees Pisces and Neptune at 20 degrees Pisces.

This is a lovely New Moon, for connection and relaxation. Carve out time in your calendar for a relaxing ritual bath, intimate romantic night or for drinking wine with friends. Or if you want to go a step further; spirit work, tantra, LSD, the like. This New Moon is about your relationships. Your relationships to your friends / lovers / spirits / gods and goddesses, whoever or whatever comes to mind as you read the word relationships. How do you relate to that entity? Have your feelings or thoughts on this relationship changed since Pisces season started? Venus in her sign of exaltation, combust the Sun (meaning she’s super close to the Sun) and conjunct Neptune; Aphrodite is releasing old relationship baggage and gaining clarity where there was confusion.

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New Moon in Aquarius Horoscope Affirmations

February 9, 2021

These horoscopes are written as affirmations and are valid for the week leading up to the New Moon and the week after the New Moon. The New Moon arrives on February 11th. I advice you to read the horoscopes for your rising sign and Sun sign. If you don’t know your rising sign, follow the instructions on this page to figure it out.

Additionally you can read the horoscopes for February that I’ve posted earlier this month. You can read general information on the New Moon + the astrology forecast for the upcoming two weeks in this article.

The horoscopes are listed from Aries – Pisces.

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New Moon in Aquarius – The Water Bearer Archetype, Guardian of Human Freedom and Democracy

February 9, 2021

May I ask you to sign this petition to free Nodeep Kaur, before you start reading the article below? Nodeep Kaur is a young woman who supports the farmers protests in India. She’s wrongfully arrested in January by the police, she’s not released on bail and she continuously is sexually assaulted by the police. If you practice yoga, if you eat rice and lentils, if you wear clothing ‘made in India’, if you use shampoo and soap that smell like sandalwood, if you burn patchouli incense, if you’ve ever been to India… sign the damn petition! Farmers are exploited in India. Not just by the Indian government. Western customers (you and me) also exploit the Indian farmers. We gladly use everything beautiful and good that India has to offer us. We are silent when Indian farmers suffer. Did you know that the percentage of suicides is highest under Indian farmers compared to any other group? And now a young brave woman from a certain ‘caste’ is captivated and assaulted by the Indian government. Which is just another symptom of the position of women in patriarchal societies. Which is also just another attempt at keeping elite powerful groups in power and oppressing ‘lower casts’. It amazes me that so many people are vocal about the BLM movement, but keep silent about this. I guess people don’t feel the social pressure. I know that many of my readers consider themselves to be yogis, some of them travel to India almost every year. If you love to eat rice, please support the farmers that produce the rice you eat. If you care about women’s rights and about farmers, please support the young brave woman that stands up for those farmers while you are eating you rice while chilling in yoga pants. Staying silent is a sign of privilege. The least you can do is sign this petition. Google more petitions. Share information on the farmers protest on your social media accounts. Other countries should be vocal of what’s happening in India, international pressure needs to be applied.

Okay, the rant of this Aquarian Moon woman is over… Thank you for reading. Below follows the article on the New Moon.

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