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January 7, 2026February 10, 2026

Fire and Fury – The New Elements on the Block

Fire, Maerten de Vos, Raphaël Sadeler, 1583

Pluto is settled into in Aquarius, Neptune enters Aries Jan 26, Saturn follows on Feb 13 making the ultimate conjunction with Neptune on the 20th, Uranus enters Gemini April 26, and Jupiter enters Leo June 29. Mars conjuncts Uranus July 3rd and the Lunar Nodes move into Leo and Aquarius July 26. ALL the outer planets and the Nodes will be in masculine fire and air for the foreseeable future (Jupiter’s Leo transit being shortest – one year – but he’s larger than life in Leo).

The dual rulers of Aquarius (Saturn and Uranus) moving into fire and air both have influence over Pluto in this sign. Things are going to be (already are) getting very hot and dry this year, in the way of elements and temperaments. And, it’s the Lunar Year of the Fire Horse, beginning mid-Feb.

I couldn’t help seeing the horrific Crans-Montana tragedy on Jan 1 as a microcosmic foreshadowing of the fast, fiery, potentially explosive times ahead. The chart itself is very interesting, but maybe still too soon for posting about. (Not to be outdone, next day, the US invaded Venezuela in a flurry of fire from the sky).

Astrology can’t prevent such awful things, unless every place on earth was constantly being charted and properly interpreted (and warnings heeded), but, taking extra precautions and safety measures under certain planetary influences can help lessen the probability. Now’s the time to do safety checks on smoke detectors, car, brakes, etc.

Do pick your battles under these volatile influences, or it could be all battles. Occurrences, good or bad, can spread like wildfire and wind, affecting many. The bad news is that, during the next 7 years, the possibility of someone going nuclear by war or by accident is increased. It’s also possible we’ll experience another pandemic (this according to astrologer Bernadette Brady, who looked at patterns going back to antiquity and predicts possible flu-type pandemic in mid 2028, when Saturn squares Pluto). And a widespread energy outage or grid wipe out only takes one, massive, solar flare – Jupiter in Leo opposite Pluto might be a candidate.

Pluto in Aquarius can literally be mass deaths, or, mass ‘death’ of a collective ideology that brings about the birth of another. When long held beliefs are suddenly revealed as untrue, the rug is pulled out from under. It can be freeing or terrifying.

Toxic masculinity has reached alarming levels. I worry about my country, sandwiched between two ‘superpowers’ run by criminally insane men. How will we keep afloat? We feel helpless. ‘What can we do?’ I asked Mother Earth. ‘Connect,’ was the reply – with her, with source, with all living things, who and what we love. Nothing grounds electrical currents like Earth. Plug in to her whenever necessary, and unplug from the word barrage, which is going to go into overdrive. Uranus is like Mercury on steroids.

Air, Maerten de Vos, Raphaël Sadeler, 1583

The good news is these are going to be very very creative times. Creativity requires releasing from restrictive thought patterns and letting the inspiration take you. New areas of our brains and minds will open and we will be re-writing the script, which is why we need to filter the information pollution. Aquarius can have a razor-sharp focus. There’s potential for another renaissance. The last one followed the ‘Black Death’, people – poets – looked around and realized it was not the end, but the end of one era and the beginning of another. Yes, we will continue to be bombarded with atrocious AI, which some will welcome, while others – poets – will ask, what it is we long for that makes us human?

You will find your own pace. Remember it’s all mind (air). Aries energy doesn’t want to mold into anything yet, it’s enjoying simply being born, saying yes to the flowers, trees, birds, other lambs. Play, allow creativity to unfold, there will be a time when the dust settles and things start taking new form.

Kneeling Bull holding a Vessel, Proto-Elamite, ca 3100 to 2900 B

We will eventually need to channel the currents and bring balance with a measure of earthy groundedness and moisture. I know, it has been a long slog with Saturn and Neptune in Pisces, and we are all craving release from the primordial mud, kicking in our stalls and keen to take some risks. Yes! Do it, just…don’t be stupid about it. No Phaethonesque hubris, svp.

Chiron entering Taurus June 19 will be the voice in the wilderness. Chiron, half man, half horse (not a true centaur, but the ‘freak’ of an unhappy union) shows where we are collectively wounded or have wounded others unknowingly. Chiron lived in and learned from nature, and he was also a great teacher. Taurus is fixed EARTH, dependable, constant, ruled by Venus:

“Roman theology presents Venus [originally pronouned we-nus] as the yielding, watery female principle, essential to the generation and balance of life. Her male counterparts in the Roman pantheon, Vulcan and Mars, are active and fiery. Venus absorbs and tempers the male essence, uniting the opposites of male and female in mutual affection. She is essentially assimilative and benign, and embraces several otherwise quite disparate functions. She can give military victory, sexual success, good fortune and prosperity. In one context, she is a goddess of prostitutes; in another, she turns the hearts of men and women from sexual vice to virtue. Varro’s theology identifies Venus with water as an aspect of the female principle. To generate life, the watery matrix of the womb requires the virile warmth of fire. To sustain life, water and fire must be balanced; excess of either one, or their mutual antagonism, is unproductive or destructive.” [wikipedia]

7th c (ca) Coptic tomb stela featuring ‘adapted’ Venus scallop and Isis ankh, symbols of everlasting life. [Munich Egyptian Museum photo credit: Don Hitchcock/Don’s Maps]

Addendum:
After finishing this piece, I went to Youtube to watch my late night comedy. Instead, I learned that ICE agents had just shot this young poet/writer named Renée Good in the face. She was a US citizen and had committed no crime whatsoever. She leaves a 6 year old child behind. ~rb

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July 6, 2025July 6, 2025

Uranus into Gemini – part 2 – Urania

Uranus enters Gemini tomorrow! This will be our prelude, until it stations retrograde Sept 6/25 – Feb 4/26, during which, it will re-enter Taurus. When an outer planet retrogrades back into a sign it is leaving, it’s a bit like a Janus-face review, since so much can happen over the period of years it takes to make a sign transit. In Uranus’ case, 7-8 years, which is significant. Ringed Uranus – as mentioned in the previous article, Uranus in Gemini – Trickster from another Dimension – rotates on its ‘side’ (from our perspective), like a wheel. In Tarot de Marseille the 21 triumphs (major arcana) are divided into 3 x 7 = 21. Or 7 x 3, which I like to think of as the waltz step of the heavenly Muses.

Franchises Gaffurius (friend of Leonardo), Practica Musicae frontspiece, 1496

Speaking of Heavenly Muses…I would now like to introduce the good fairy of this transit, Urania, muse of Astronomy and Astrology. Venus is in Gemini right now (my own Venus sign) and is prodding me to write on something a little more inspirational for the occasion than bitcoin and freaks. I apologize if anyone was left uninspired previously. Hopefully this will make up for it.

In the woodcut above, created long before the discovery of Uranus, we see Apollo conducting the ‘music of the spheres’ (Pythagoras’ idea). At the bottom, Thalia, Muse of Comedy and Idyllic Poetry relates to Earth. Ha ha. At the top is Urania, relating to the starry realm. Astrologer Christopher Renstrom points out that while Jupiter was the sky god, it was more the day-to-day sky, not the starry night sky. Jupiter was a fertility god – he made rain and threw thunderbolts, affecting human life directly, thus myths of his decent to dabble in disguise with humans/human ladies abound. But Ouranos, the greater sky god and father of creation (Gaia/Earth being Mother), was not depicted in human form. Mostly we know him from the myth of his castration by titan son, Kronos-Saturn, whereby his testicles are thrown into the sea and Venus, in all her glory, is born out of the foam.

Urania’s Mirror, (London 1825), a boxed set of 32 cards [click image for more detail]

So…Urania is the feminine aspect of Uranus; the suffix ‘us’ being masculine, ‘ia’ being feminine. The planet Uranus has come to represent ‘the heavenly realm of the stars’, but since Uranus will be entering the sign of the twins, while conjoined with Venus herself, perhaps we need to incorporate and equalize the genders for this planet. There has certainly in modern years been a marriage of inspiration (muse) and technology. We’ve wanted to understand the universe, travel beyond the Jupiterian sky and Saturnian limitations, and so we have continually re-invented the means to do so. Once upon a time, to be an astrologer, you would have had to be versed in astronomy, but now technology provides us with the calculations without ever having to look up. We need to look up, now. Waaaaay up. The muse of the starry heavens invites astrologers and others to look beyond the traditional planets. But not simply as an escape.

By-passing Jupiter’s eagle. John Singer Sargent, Chiron and Achilles, 1921

The opposite sign to Gemini is Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter. The centaur was thought to represent Chiron, who is not a true centaur, but a ‘monster’ hybrid of horse and human parents (Saturn in the form of a horse raped his mother). Sagittarius, the eternal optimist, is ever aiming beyond that which binds us to the earth, and the heaviness of bodies controlled by unbridled passions and physical pain. I call it the ‘unbearable lightness of being Sagittarius.’ Uranus in Sagittarius’ polarity sign will encourage us to take it higher. With our faith in what is possible, may we evolve.

Sirius Star, channeled painting, 2013 (darkened version)

There is a currently a lot going on down here that makes it feel like we are devolving into bog creatures, or that we have entered the Hell realm. Indeed, as mentioned, some of the possible implications of Uranus in Gemini are frightening – technology running amok, US involved in a major war (its president a walking example of Uranus Gemini unhinged), bit coin hunger trashing the environment – BUT, these are fear and greed driven desires and precisely why we need to try harder than ever to envision a brighter future, even if that ultimately means becoming a real star some day (a privilege once reserved for pharaohs).
It’s worth noting that Uranus was also in Gemini during the height of the Renaissance. Arts and exploration flourished as skies and minds opened.

Da Vinci’s iconic Vitruvian Man, created in 1490, while Uranus in Gemini.

Uranus-Urania is not just about the sky ‘out there’ but the higher mind, that of the eternal spirit. There is always a period of darkness before the light. There is always a dark night of the soul (Pluto in Aquarius related), this is where inner light must gestate. The universe is a very dark place, but it is full of beaming stars, our distant ancestors. Listen to the music of the spheres! ~rb

February 26, 2021April 10, 2024

Moon Sign Musings

It’s a Full Moon in Virgo, trining Uranus in Taurus. The Moon holds memories and Uranus can bring up very distant ones, from past lifetimes, but also future or parallel lives, since Uranus is not bound by Saturn timelines. Taurus is romantic, loves ancestry and Virgo loves to record and categorize. So let’s gaze into the crystal, Full Moon ball for clues to each sign’s lunar history…

Moon in Aries

Moon of mythic heroes and epic, battle sagas.
Yours is an ancient soul lineage of indigenous warriors or Amazons, thus combat is in your blood and likely your mother’s.
Patrick Henry’s immortal slogan, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death” was first uttered on March 23, 1775, Aries season.
In Valhalla (Old Norse: Valhöll – “hall of the slain”), the Moon is always in Aries. Valkyries are your guardian angels.
You are nurtured by taking initiative, protecting life and being honored for your deeds.

Moon in Taurus

Crescent Moon, crescent horns of an Egyptian Bull

The Hathor Moon of milk and honey, that which the sacred cow jumped over. When people say ‘as old as the Moon’ they are talking about the Taurus Moon.
When the sensual, hoofed beauties of the first lunar calendars were painted in caves, to when the first Goddess temples were built, to the Golden Age of Egypt, you were there, worshiping and being worshiped. But your one, constant temple is nature itself.
You are nurtured by gentle breezes carrying the scent of Spring green, good food and sound sleeps.

Moon in Gemini

The Bardic Moon, the inconstant Moon of Romeo and Juliet and Courtly Love. By listening intently to the chattering of birds, you developed language, and later, writing, in order to describe the complexities of human emotion.
Like Cyrano, your words were often commissioned by enamored knights, to whom you generously offered delivery service. Your (in)famous dexterity was honed picking chastity belt locks by candlelight.
You are nurtured by your other half and by imagining things into being.

Moon in Cancer

The Moon of the Great Mother Ocean, conductor of tidal movements and the cycles of rebirth.
Also the keeper of memories, hence Mnemosyne, mother of the 9 Muses.
Yours is a matriarchal cult that precedes temples, when Lucy walked the shores of Africa, nursing Monkey Jesus. You’ve never forgotten a single one of your infinite children (or loves) and hug them all to your breast, when full.
You are nurtured when cooking soul food for your tribe and by being in sync with the colour of your moods.

Moon in Leo

The Dramatic Moon, Cybele’s Moon.
In the Mountain Lion Mother’s temple, you took part in orgiastic rituals, as her half-wild attendants beat drums and danced, while ecstatic devotees offered their self-severed testicles.
You have never forgotten such scenes of devotion, and, while you don’t expect blood offerings these days, you’d still appreciate the occasional drum roll, upon entering a room, thank you very much.
You are nurtured by the self-confidence you feel when giving and receiving creative encouragement.

Moon in Virgo

The Isis or Holy Mother Moon, Moon of witches, healers and midwives.
In the distant past, some of you were responsible for keeping records, including the cycles, names and many uses of plants, others, for libations and purification rituals. Later, in the age of ‘enlightenment’, the first group went on to study medicine, while the others chose a life of the cloth, continuing to serve the Holy Mother, under a different guise.
You still like pure food and being on both first and Latin name terms with the plants in your garden, where you are nurtured and grounded by making improvements…so your cats say.

Moon in Libra

The Manna Moon, and Moon of Temperance.
Your lineage introduced the concept of ‘fairness’ as well as the legalities around trade, marriage and other civilities, based on what was later understood as karma, or, in olde Egypt, the Weighing of Hearts.
Ever since your Greek days, you have been dividing the Gods and Goddesses of your psyche, assigning to each a chord or rhythm and trying different combinations, listening carefully for harmony and discord. You are nurtured by finding the harmonic ones, in all areas of life.

Moon in Scorpio

Hekate’s Moon, Moon of sorcery and shamanic healing.
The casting and removal of hexes is in your soul lineage.
In your own illness, you flew to the land of the dead and back, thus were selected to preside over this transition – be it by returning there, entranced, to retrieve lost souls, preparing the dead, or guiding the deceased towards rebirth.
The elite of your tribe wrote the manuals (The Tibetan and Egyptian Books, for example), while those on the ground practiced midwifery or donned the anonymous, black hood. Residual, last words of the condemned still echo, occasionally, so these days you try to focus on the rebirth part.
Nocturnal animals are your familiars and deep, healing love, your nurturing tonic.

Moon in Sagittarius

The Artemis-Diana Moon, former gypsy, nomad, traveler, with lifetimes of stories to draw from.
You are a semi-retired Sindbad who continues armchair time-traveling to communicate with yourself, in long ago and far away places.
Like Chiron, you are nurtured by nature, freedom and independence, as well as learning and seeking. “Don’t fence me in” is your motto, yet you ultimately seek that place to call home.
You forgive but you don’t forget, because why would you leave out any part your life’s novel ?

[My own lineage, Moon of my mother, both maternal grandparents, aunt and some of my cousins on her side, as well as my paternal grandfather and aunt!]

Moon in Capricorn

The Druid Moon or Pan Moon, the old, wise one, behind the scenes power mover, shaker, money maker, who knows the inner workings of the outer world and how to keep persona and personal separate.
Like your Stonehenge ancestors, you rarely, if ever, divulge your secrets, and distrust all sycophants or anyone offering a free lunch, for that matter.
Somewhere in your past, you were the scapegoat, and that fear still haunts your memory.
You are nurtured by the finer things in life and may have a dark or gallows sense of humour.

Moon in Aquarius

The cosmic crystal (frozen fire) Moon, holding all the resonance codes of creation.
In your telepathic lineage, communication is equal between all lifeforms. You may be/have been one of the extra-terrestrials advancing our technology in preparation for the Aquarian Age.
You have emotions, it’s just that you find them too heavy for communicating through time and space and one can’t bend spoons with them. Also, because electricity travels faster and is more deadly in water, you are wary of electrocuting others should your emotions get the better of you.
You are nurtured by freeing minds.

Moon in Pisces

The Mystic Moon, where imposed, grid time and other boundaries seem like drag nets.
Long ago, when the water dried up and left you in the middle of a desert, you began walking (or dancing) the mystical path, in bare feet and have never stopped.
Nurtured by that which glimmers, you understand we are living in an illusion, but most people don’t know how to and you can’t bear to watch them suffer. You are frequently late, since your clock is melting and crawling with ants, but the love you give more than makes up for it.

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