ASTROLOGY OF NOW

Under a Taurus New Moon, we learn that there are no roots more intimate than those between a mind and body that have chosen to become whole.

Over the next 5-6 months, as Pluto retrogrades through the early degrees of Aquarius, poised to dip back into the critical degree of Capricorn in September, profound transformations are underway....

Less than a week before the Taurus New Moon and we're all looking to find some steady, life-nurturing earth to ground us...

Why do we sometimes show such cruelty to those we care about the most?

Since Mars entering Aries ignites immediate action, catalysing a series of decisive, micro-aggressive moves until matters are fully lit up—watch those tempers....

Some transits are an utter energy vacuum. You feel dissatisfied, inadequate, hopelessly ineffectual and cut off from life, and though you may try to mask the underlying doubt beneath a façade of normalcy, you sure feel drained...

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” ~Antonio Gramsci

It’s worth noting that the few days around when Mercury stations (either to go retrograde or direct) could be particularly chaotic or intense- a period we bigshot astrologer types refer to as the “storm phase.”

Something critical is tinkering inside the human heart. We are learning to chill, and we get the sense that something profound is happening with our humanness.

Exploring the planetary cycle which seeks liberation but often perpetuates a cycle of oppression, tyranny and the urge for freedom (again).

Leading up to the most tempestuous Full Moon in Scorpio, we have a number of developments that can not only be emotionally triggering, old wounds being aggravated and the epochal JUPITER/URANUS great shift for freedom and space, everything has the potential to change rather rapidly and not in a small way, leading us into a whole new place....

Eclipse over. Job done. Yeah, now deal with the ick of this existential loneliness...

Ok, almost time for the total solar eclipse, it's important to know what you're in for, including some of the basic celestial mechanics involved, atmospheric phenomena, subtle environmental changes, and some of the profound psychological effects this event might have on you, and all those around you...

The most complex eclipse in this Aries series, it demands we step up to work with its powerful energies with wisdom and insight...

Join us for the "Great American Eclipse" epic special at our exclusive eclipse-viewing cosmic bus stop!

the VENUS/NEPTUNE dreams a little dream of ideal love, where fantasies can cloud judgment, leading to some way out fanciful notions and utterly naive choices...

the angst that's built up over the past few weeks accumulates in this spirited place, bringing mental pressure to bursting-point...

In the precarious space between eclipses, we find ourselves suspended in a strange liminal zone, a threshold between all that was and all that could be...

The MERCURY/ERIS conjunction at 24º Aries symbolises the indomitable spirit of the agitator, a pioneering figure whose voice, once suppressed, resurfaces with an interminable fervour...

Amidst life's interminable to and fros, its swings and roundabouts, we once felt steadfast and balanced. Now, as this Libra shadow looms, we find ourselves vacillating, overcome by uncertainty...

On today's Cosmic Bus stop we look at the Aries Ingress chart, a highly portentous glimpse at the year ahead. It is a very turbulent time ahead, I'm afraid, which shows just how close to the end of our tether we all are...

You are not merely a planet in someone else's horoscope; you are learning to remember that you are your own Sun, the protagonist of your own show...

See, that's the thing with you—they never quite really got you, did they? Maybe your heart was broken, several times, pieces scattered and, though pieced back together, never again fitting quite the same...

Feelings of insecurity, sadness, fear, loneliness, and shame yet still, an insatiable longing to be loved, cherished and adored. VENUS just entered Pisces, from whence she will preside over the South Node Libra Lunar Eclipse in a couple of weeks...

"...alas, but that is what we are. Does the space we dissolve into then taste of us?" ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Second Elegy

And so, under the dark moon of Pisces, as we stand on the ultimate cusp of renewal, let us embrace the mysteries, the fleeting moments of connection, the eternal dance of the cosmos, as we, like the ancients, reach out with grace and humility, towards the infinite, our hearts open to the wisdom of the stars, ready to begin anew...

The SATURN/NEPTUNE on Sunday's PISCES NEW MOON signifies a pall over the collective, a sign that those in control have all but lost their grip due to a mix of economic pressures and a perceived disconnect with public sentiment...

With VENUS just yesterday, and then with next week, MARS squaring URANUS, it's time to be ultra-mindful of 'dealbreakers' that could very well turn out to be heartbreakers. Gottman's "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" metaphorically represents four destructive behaviours that, when they show up in any relationship can signal trouble...

When love takes hold, it's like a seductive dance with the devil...

...in Pisces' depths, your thoughts have the power to manifest as your most steadfast allies or your most insidiously worrisome foes...

Under this transit, it doesn't matter how lofty the ideals and grandiose your reasoning. Actions speak, and typically, they're ethically compromised and radically transfigured from the true "collective"...

There’s a lot happening, and you’re invited to play, that is, if you’re not one who, out of petrifying fear, is opting to quiver under your covers for what might happen next...

What we are experiencing right now, at 00º Pluto in Aquarius, is rough. This is the first wave of extreme radicalisation, a social fracturing of unparalleled historic proportions....

In today's bus ride, I discuss the current forces, and why we are preparing for the most serious part of our journey. Sometimes things are so. It cannot always be easy, and we have kidded ourselves for long enough...

So, over the rainbow, MARS ENTERS AQUARIUS, imbuing us with a fiercely independent streak and the spirit to exert considerable force in defending our uniquely freaky chic...

If the much heralded Age of Aquarius hasn't fully dawned, rest assured, dear friends, the astrology of this moment fanfares its official curtain-raiser.

...as a result of ignorance, each day unfurls a bewildering new spectacle, a grand diversion, trying to distract our gaze from the colossal elephant in the room...

Under this Scorpio quarter moon, it's probably wise to reserve your most radical views on Scorpio matters—sexuality, the occult, or death—for more intimate settings rather than propagate them to the wider audience....

We won't see Uranus enter Gemini until July 2025 - the first cracklings of a new paradigm consciousness, until then, this live wire will help Pluto do the archaic empire-demolishing business, progressively electrifying the whole earth and everything on it...

Ok, so if you can imagine where you were around May 12 of last year, minus the level of dumbness about what was about to happen in your life till now- that's where we're at again today, with Uranus just stationed direct at that exact same degree (19°05')...

URANUS turns direct again, and if you've been touched by this retrograde period, which began at the end of August last year (at 23º04' Taurus), you've likely undergone a profound period of internal upheaval and jolting moments of introspection...

So it's not just that the Full Moon has us all up in a tizzy over what's right and wrong with everything and everybody, the Mercury/Mars conjunction, now visible in the predawn skies, opens up all kinds of wounds, especially as it squares off with the Aries North Node and Chiron...

How can a Full Moon feel so empty, you ask?

Facing the light and dark, the best and worst, the most empowering and most toxic aspects in the spectrum of human endeavour...

Looking towards Capricorn, there's a still hubbub of hobnobbing up top. Seems we're still struggling for some sense of legitimacy and to maintain the illusion of social relevance, despite PLUTO's near-full unravelling of the whole hierarchy of patriarchy malarkey....

Dear Ma, By the time you read this, Pluto will have ingressed Aquarius and I would be at least 100TBps from 'home'...

Things pick up an extraordinary pace, with sudden twists and turns so extreme that it absolutely trashes the gearbox with which this 3D thing actually came equipped...

You know things are about to take a dark turn when daddy's gotta come down hard on "freedoms" in order to try and preserve some basic sanities around the place...

In a world full of tall tales, we embark on a quest to discover the pinnacle of our own authenticity...

With Pluto's decade-and-a-half transit through Capricorn, these have indeed been the darkest and longest nights leading up to the Capricorn New Moon. Now, as we teeter on the cusp of Pluto shifting into Aquarius, the northern hemisphere plunges into the big colds...

... when Neptune interacts with Mercury, it often indicates a rich imagination and intuitive thinking, which is nice on a clear day, but when cloudy, it can also lead to less desirable outcomes...

Meantime, as you try desperately to convey your thoughts, it seems you're met with a glazed-over gaze that speaks volumes of disconnect, a faraway look that seems to belong to someone else, someone you hardly even know anymore...

In many respects, the physical/material world has moved beyond a mere transitional malfunction. Numerous facets, including environmental degradation, economic systems and inequality, societal and cultural loss, technological and infrastructure decline, and human health and well-being, as well as our relationship to the physical aspects of this experience in 3D consciousness, are deteriorating beyond repair...

... you gotta trust that you and only you know how to fix what's wrong with you, and find the courage to step up and fix it.

It's going to require a special force to overcome the darkness that's before us...

Ok, welcome to 2024, and you might have heard me mention what a crazy year this is set to be. Nobody really knows exactly how it will unfold, but rest assured, the effects won't be subtle at all...

Venus now joins Mars and Mercury in Sagittarius, adding another dimension to the quest for broader understanding and truth through sharing our whopping stories. However, their challenging squares to Saturn and Neptune in Pisces suggest an inconsolable struggle between idealism and reality, a tension which could easily feed the anguish of confusion or disillusionment...

Being horribly wrong is bad enough, but refusing to acknowledge it is far worse. The gravest mistake, though, is inflicting our misguided convictions upon others, leaving scars that will outlive us....

...the nonsense permeating the mainstream is flying thick and fast. Discernment is needed, and maybe even some restraint if you don't want to be sucked down the abominable sinkhole of today's interminable ludicrousnesses...

Under the Cancer Full Moon, emotions swell like a tide, drenching us in a sea of lachrymose sentimentality. This lunar phase, deeply rooted in Cancer's nurturing spirit, stirs a longing for clinging emotional connections and a protective urge towards those we hold dear...

SOLSTICE, and our perception shifts again, from seeing the world as mere concepts and stories to dense matter and particles along the spectrum of respective social constructs. We are all somewhere along the scale, each edging to go higher...

As things change, so do mindsets, and this remains most true as immense cosmic light floods the planets via the Sun's transit over our galactic centre....

We are at the business end of things here, and there's so much to talk about as the world is set to shift into a whole new gear...

Let's not mince words here, folks. We're staring down the barrel of some hardcore cosmic ribaldry here, and if it's the "peace & love" conciliatory approach you're after, VENUS & PALLAS ATHENA teaming up at the gut-wrenching 10th-degree of Scorpio is hardly your amicable United Nations homecoming delegation....

In the context of a Sagittarius lunation, where the Sun (conscious expression) and Moon (instinctive notions) are synodically aligned, our primordial nature, both inner and outer, is in confluence with the search for meaning and truth....

A Sagittarian born on December 8, 1943, Jimbo became his generation's embodiment of the eye-widening high priest of extraordinary experiences that characterises his sign...

Since the full moon last week, it's been a rollicking, rough ride with lots of tension and stress, leading to major shifts. It's normal to feel a bit drained...

See what happens? See what happens when we put on a phoney act in order to ingratiate ourselves with others or to make lazy, performative gains? What a disastrous mess!

Then there's Pluto, the universally corrosive stripper, tearing shreds off our ego until all that's left is its core essence...

In the space between, the battlefield of love rages...

When peace means more wars...

...the time has come for all things flimsy, phoney and uncertain to keel over and... well, fall away into the sea. It's necessary, and you need to face it...

Under the light of the Gemini Full Moon, we face growing pressures to come to a critical reckoning with the fragmented truths of our tumultuous world....

Remember, the Trojan war began after ERIS pitched her apple of discord into an elite party, ending 10 years later, after a Trojan horse breached the city walls...

Over the next two years, this transit will test our global solidity in all things intangible and mostly imperceptible, a concept that may seem paradoxical at first. Under Saturn's influence, the abstract and often elusive qualities of Pisces are summoned into a more concrete form...

Eris, the embodiment of the scorned feminine warrior archetype, is deeply embedded in our collective psyche as a force unafraid to intervene and blow the whistle on hidden truths, especially when marginalised or banished...

On tomorrow's episode of Cosmic Bus, we take a deeper look at how to deal with our Scorpio problems and charms, drawing on our inexhaustive reserves to shed old skins to prepare for the phenomenal rebirth that follows...

Scorpio is pissed. Who is he pissed with? And why?

The old guard, with its 3D monkey mind, is clinging desperately to the last remnants of their control, while the younger wave grapples with the cursed legacy issues they've inherited and the pressing need to innovate their way out of this horrendous entanglement of ancestral woes before the whole thing blows a life-crippling fuse...

Yes, this is really happening, and whether consciously or not you are pushing for it. Join me here on Cosmic Bus to discuss the incredible energies acting upon us, within us, without...