Mayday! Mayday! And now we have already quick-zipped one-third of the way thru the greatly anticipated year 2012, eyes wide and hair flying behind us. How are you doing now? I’m seeing a few moving forward step by mindful, gentle step, but far more are in some sort of spiritual crisis of self-identity, values, disillusionment, breakthrough and a lot of good old WTF??? The various carnival arenas where said crises are playing out continue to be regarding relationships, finances, health, work – spiritual, honing in on values, priorities, and self-worth and identity. More are stirring to question ...

It’s April! No foolin’… we are already one-fourth of the way thru the ever-so-anticipated year 2012. So how is it going for you so far? Quite a wild ride, eh? And April kicks off with enough fast razzle-dazzle shifts and changes, fitting for the Sun in impulsive Aries. Speedy little Mercury in Pisces isn’t quite so speedy as it enters the month slowing to a brief stop to turn direct again on April 4th, but this time Mercury direct isn’t yet quite ready or equipped to give the all-clear sign to steam ahead with projects. The cosmos is ...

March roars in with urgency, chaos and intensity, and layers upon layers of change and challenge. It feels a bit like trying to skateboard in a tornado – good luck with that! Mercury enters fiery, impulsive Aries on March 2nd, increasing forward moving thoughts and actions, but also prone to edginess, irritability and impatience, more so because the next day the Sun in dreamy, spacey Pisces is jarred as it faces off against Mars, retrograde (Rx) in critical Virgo. Do your mindful best to stay calm and centered to avoid the potential here for arguments and agitation.

February starts with a coy, energy-charged opposition between Venus in idealized, romantic Pisces facing off against Mars Rx (retrograde) in pragmatic, analytical Virgo. This can spike sexual energy and attraction, but also bring to light any challenges or tension we have in our relationships, and call for a bit of healthy space and distance for perspective. Are the possible complications and tests of this juicy opposition foreshadowing the romantic ground of upcoming Valentine’s Day? Perhaps - but so much happens in the first week of the month that the astrological terrain is quite different by then.

Happy New Year! We made it to 2012, or at least most of us did… after the rocking and rolling end of 2011, loosening and opening us up with eclipses and Mercury Rx, January rose up squaring off to a new shift and amplification of energy. It feels a little like hitting the flip onto the other side on a mobius strip, seemingly bringing both more chaos and clarity. 2012 is a pivotal year in many ways, if, indeed, the Earth is in a rebirthing ascension process, and, so are we, if we are willing and able.

December is a powerful, pivotal month. First, this last month of the year 2011 begins in the unsettling timespace between two eclipses. If you read the forecast for November, you will remember that there was a new Moon solar eclipse at 2 degrees of Sagittarius on Thanksgiving, and that Mercury turned retrograde (Rx) at 20 degrees of Sagittarius early that morning, just after midnight. Astonishingly, these degrees are very closely reversed with the upcoming lunar eclipse with the Moon at 18 Gemini (to 18 Sagittarius Sun) and Mercury turning direct on December 13 at 3 degrees of ...

After the inward spiraling intensity of October, November rolls in with the intense Scorpio stellium with planets Sun, Mercury, and Venus, and major relationship asteroid Juno, and spiritual uranian transneptunian Poseidon still with us, but ready to release into greater expansion and exploration of possibilities very quickly. Whew! November brings a few reversals and turn-arounds, and dare I say it? More activation. Have you been doing your work in introspection, and realignment of your relationships, values, direction and purpose for this next phase in this dynamic collective transformation?

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Relationships. As tempting as it is to stop right there… October is a month where we need to show up for ourselves and for the other in our relationships, prepared to hold our center, but also to renegotiate balance of power within them – and sometimes that is calling for completion. Some are grasping at others to do or be what they need to do or be for themselves. What is real? What is a mirror of projection, or shadowdancing? Can you be conscious enough to recall your projections and expectations of the other, to be all that ...

"Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh, so mellow…" Do you remember that song from the musical, ‘The Fantasticks’? While it’s laughable to think of almost anything being slow and oh, so mellow these days, after the last six months or so, while there will be times of ‘vibrancy,’ early September actually is more mellow and gives us a moment to catch our breath. Finally. Yes, there are those outer layers of experience that are strange, and many seem to be hitting a speed bump in their finances, relationships, life direction. But ...

The summer surges on, and the fireworks didn’t stop in July… August promises to be another ass-kicker of a month – er, excuse me! (glute-whacking? Tush-tackling? Umm…) Ok. August promises to be another month with many challenges and abundant opportunities for growth, awareness, and spiritual evolution. Better? Turn the other cheek, my dear ones? (I have been saying for some time now that I’m seeing many people with angel footprints on their butts…)

Ok, so let’s get to it. August kicks off on the 2nd with our 2nd Mercury Rx (retrograde) of three this year, turning Rx ...