We finally have cosmic news to celebrate! Venus, the planet of love, beauty, relationships, and peace, sashayed back home to Libra on Wednesday. This sign rules art, fashion, actors, diplomacy, and legal affairs. This is her fun and social sign where she can toss witty zingers, negotiate like a champ, and send everyone home feeling like they won something. Make the most of this transit to improve your flirt game, write persuasively, and close deals before December 4. Like clockwork, she got to work hours after her Jimmy Choo hit the cosmic red carpet. 0° of the cardinal signs are world points. Events get extra attention, and archetypes come to life that exemplify the sign and the planet. News stories for her pit stop a 0° Libra:

• The Screen Actors Guild announced a tentative agreement to end the strike.  
• Ivanka Trump made a glamourous pitstop at her father's civil fraud trial. 
• Nikki Haley schooled Vivek...

I hope Eclipse season is treating you well as we navigate unexpected changes. Please give others extra grace, as some are experiencing challenges in relationships, jobs, personal security, and mental health. Despite global chaos, there is a beautiful energy to manifest success. If you want to learn how to read your chart, the Astrology Foundations 101 class starts Sunday. Understanding your soul’s blueprint is empowering. The 6-week class is taught live on Zoom. The cost is $222. Enroll here.

At the lunar eclipse, the luminaries spotlight the axis of pleasure, power, and resources. The Scorpio Sun illuminates the basement of our psyche. Take time to notice what surfaces, especially concerning how you influence others. Do you magnetize, use subtle manipulations, or steamroll others when your passions push you to achieve your desires? The Taurus Moon invites you to consider your relationship with prosperity and sensuality. Review your financial budget. Do you need to adjust how...

Saturday's solar eclipse is chained to the Libra South Node and opposite the Aries North Node. This is the relationship axis.  Aries rules how we pursue our individual desires, and Libra how we partner with others. The nodes are karmic; collectively, we face the light and shadows of both sides of the see-saw. Join me for a free webinar on Sunday, October 22, to learn more about the Zodiac Signs as Mirrors.   Sign up for the Astrology Foundations 101 waitlist to dive even deeper into astrology. Class begins on Sunday, October 29.

Pioneering, courageous, competitive, and independent Aries energies are celebrated.  Its shadows are violence, impulsivity, and rudeness. Libra's archetype is diplomatic, peaceful, friendly, and cultured.  Passive-aggressive, fence-sitting, and people-pleasing behaviors are the low road traits.

Eclipse season brings sweeping change, and this one is exceptionally potent.  Bernadette Brady says the Saros 7S family...

I am excited to collaborate again with Wise Skies Collective! This digital astrology calendar is a game-changing tool for anyone who desires a deeper connection with the cosmos. It includes descriptions of every planetary and lunar event.  Want to know the optimal times for activities? Need guidance for intention setting or rituals for the new or full moon?  Just look at your phone or desktop calendar.

Each lunation includes the Sabian symbol and the 27-month lunar gestational phases for long-term planning. Tiffany, the calendar creator, has a Virgo midheaven.  Every year, she adds improvements and new features.  This year’s version is available in multiple languages.  Buy for yourself or as a gift. I LOVE IT!

The investment is $29 when you use my coupon code - ABC2024, a $10 discount. Purchase here.

It is compatible with iOs, Google Calendar, Android, Mac, any phone, laptop, or device, and updates the time as you travel to different time...

I am in Borrego Springs, CA, this week under a dark sky in the desert. Getting away from the stressors of city life is a blessing.  My nervous system is relaxed, my sleep is deeper and my dreams are vivid. I lectured on the Moon Phase Families for the Astro-Bash conference and completed my first Peer Group with the Organization for Professional Astrology (OPA). What a joy to connect with other astrologers to share how we do our work, learn from each other, and receive constructive feedback. I aim to finish my OPA certification by the time Saturn, the planet of hard work, legacy, and achievement, reaches my midheaven (MC). The MC is the pinnacle of our natal chart.  My MC is in Aries, and this Full Moon is lighting up my career house. High road Aries is a pioneer who inspires others to take calculated risks for self-actualization.

My peer group challenged me to stop delaying my Foundations of Astrology 101 class and launch a beta version this...

I am thrilled that Mercury retrograde ends on Friday.  My apologies for this week's Celestial Insights podcast.  Vesta was at 29 Gemini, not Leo.  I hope you understood the context. I recorded on the day Jupiter stationed retrograde while trining the trickster transiting my third house of communication. Jupiter is more focused on the big picture than the details.  Despite listening back, I did not catch my error. Yikes!

As we blaze back over the path that Venus in Leo has traversed for the third time, I am still unpacking her retrograde through Leo. Venus rules beauty, pleasure, money, women, and relationships.  Fiery Leo is a joyful, expressive, and creative sign. Retrogrades bring delays, reversals, and the collapse of anything contemplated. It was a loud transit and events will continue to unfold until Venus enters Virgo on October 8. 

• When Venus entered fiery Leo on June 5, it opposed Pluto at 0 Aquarius, both at a critical degree....

Venus retrograde over-delivered for many with delays, reversals, and collapses of anything contemplated around love, money, celebrations, and values. I am still dealing with the tax board about the missing form. It is a minor but irritating frustration. Mercury entered the retrograde dance last week, and I traveled to a wedding (Venus) in Mexico. Instagram followers and podcast listeners know I was nervous about the trip as the winged messenger is the trickster. Due to a communication mistake, we took the wrong travel route and missed our flight due to the massive traffic at the border crossing. Astrology prepared me. I purchased a more expensive ticket, knowing with my natal chart there was a significant probability of problems. Mercury is reversing through my third house of short trips, and oppressive Saturn is retrograde in my ninth house of long-distance travel. Colette at Southwest Airlines helped the four of us rebook later flights and get home the same evening. Thank you,...

I was interviewed last year for a Cosmopolitan Magazine article about the astrology of twins. Seeing it published as Venus retrograde in Leo perfected its second of 3 squares with Uranus conjunct my natal Mercury in Taurus was a delight. Venus rules women, Leo celebrities, Mercury magazines, and Uranus fame. If Our Birth Charts Say So Much About Us, Why Am I So Different From My Twin? was published the in a world-famous women's magazine. I was quoted alongside the Astro Twins, celebrity astrologers. Astrology is literal! The first square was July 3. Did you have a surprise event or awakening around relationships, money, values, beauty, or self-esteem? If there was an echo in your life last week on August 8/9, the story might have another event around the final transit on September 29.

The planetary VIP this week and the upcoming New Moon is Uranus which does not follow conventional rules. As per NASA:

Uranus is the only planet whose equator is nearly at a right angle to its orbit....

My life is a whirlwind. Expansive Jupiter conjoined my Sun and hardworking Saturn in my 11^th house of groups in July. It’s been 12 years since the cosmic Santa lit up this part of my chart. The experience includes abundance and a bit of overwhelm. I was honored to share my work with ISAR, SDAS, and Synchronicity University. I am the new host of Transit Talks every first Sunday with the Organization for Professional Astrology (OPA) and a manager of OPA Live. It is a fantastic organization. Consider joining to sharpen your skills! 

My application to speak for NORWAC in 2024 was accepted. This annual astrology conference occurs over Memorial Day weekend in Seattle. I am over the Moon with joy! Join me if you want to deepen your astrological knowledge, cultivate community and have fun!   

 Bay Area locals, come to Oakland First Friday's this week. I will be at Glowdega at 2408 Telegraph Ave from 4 -7 pm.  Mini astrology...

Venus in Leo dances backward in heels from tomorrow, July 22, until  September 3. This retrograde invites us to review, redefine and reimagine our approach to relationships, material abundance, beauty, self-worth, confidence, and more. Chiron, the wounded healer, starts its annual reversal on Sunday until December 26. Think back to the summer of 2015 for insight into potential themes.

This closeness of the two internally focused transits invites healing through examining our shadows. For an in-depth discussion of the transit and illustration through natal chart readings, purchase the Venus Retrograde workshop replay.  

Oracle cards are a powerful tool for tapping into the subconscious and the current energies. I pull cards daily for myself and at the end of every astrology reading for my clients. My friend Maria Marmanides is a tarot/ oracle card reader, astrologer, and writer. I am in awe of her talents and highly recommend her Women of Myth oracle deck. "It is an...