STAR WANDERINGS

Sun enters Libra on September 23, 2022, at 2:04 a.m. GMT. At this time, the Sun has arrived at the Fall Equinox, the critical moment on Sun´s journey - further descent into the darkness.   Libra is the autumnal, masculine domicile of Venus. Here the Goddess welcomes Saturn in her airy temple where he receives the highest honors. Traditionally, Sun represents the King, in our day and age, it is the archetype of a leader. Sun is in fall in the sign of Libra. The concept of dignities is often misinterpreted and it is rather shortsighted to dismiss „fall“ as inherently negative. Sun is „fallen“ in Libra. Does this mean that Sun in Libra native is a bad, failing leader? No, he is just a different kind of leader. He needs to work with particular resources, resources provided by Venus and Saturn. When we look at the signs of Sun´s domicile and exaltation where the archetype of a leader is at home, we would probably think that qualities like confidence, ambition, drive, passion, charisma a...

 I didn’t want to write about Mars. Having experienced my nasty share of Mars ingress into Gemini at the end of August, I was in no mood to promote him any further. “Just do your thing”, I told him, “we’ll go our separate ways…and nice try!”  On my way from work today, sitting in the tram, checking transits on my Astro Gold app, I noticed that Venus in Virgo is perfecting its square to Mars in Gemini. The next stop came around, the door opened and an angry drunk guy got in. He sat down in front of me. A moment later, he turned around and yelled at me "Do you have to sit next to me, you old cow?” I was in shock. Normally, I would get up and move away as far as possible from trouble like this, feeling really mad but staying quiet because “it is not worth it”.  Well, this time was different. I felt like being defiant. I stayed put and told him “to leave me alone” expecting he’s just gonna get even madder and hit me or something. A few minutes passed and he calmed down a bit....

  Yeah, yeah, yeah, “winged, double-bodied, harvest Maiden, angel caught in the material form”, right, but there is so much to do!!! OMG, I need a plan, I need to  sort out this massive heap and make sense of this all. As long as I get organized, I find a way. Let’s go! WAIT - what’s this? LOVE?! I don’t have time for this nonsense in the first place. Hmmm, all right, all right, maybe I can work this out, make it manageable somehow. Ok, he seems reasonable - maybe we can give it a try. We just need to make sure we don’t get out of control here. That's the last thing I need right now. He “enjoys our time together”, hmmm, interesting, he “loves me” - that’s nice. He “needs more affection”, “I seem a bit uptight”. What does he mean?! Let’s just be real here for a moment.  I sacrifice ALL this time that I could spend doing LOT more useful stuff, knocking things off my to-do list (YES!) than walking around, holding hands. This is waayyy out of my comfort zone already.  We...

  Venus has entered a fiery, masculine temple of the Sun King. As the Sun, she is rising, embodying the diurnal quality of the Sun, tending the eternal fire.  In ancient astrology, the Sun is rejoicing in the 9th house, the house of God. The Sun represents immortal light, the divine principle, the connection with that which transcends our material reality. Sun was also called the noetic light, that which illuminates (us). Illumination comes from the Latin root illuminationem - "to throw into light, make bright, light up". Sun King brings us both intellectual and spiritual enlightenment. The element of fire, being closest to the Spirit, carries an innate need to express the eternal light, to create. Upon entering the King´s temple, Venus is becoming a radiant vessel of the heavens. Venus might be witnessed in the sweetness of devotion, the adornment of sacred places and in tending the altars. Christian art of manuscript illumination represents a sacred merging of Sun and Venus...

Yesterday, Mercury initiated the journey through his home territory. The sign of Virgo is the place I call home as well. I thought I let you have a peek into the little Virgo world. I feel like thoughts must be recorded, anchored in the physical medium in order to stick. I'm a bit obsessive about note-making and my preferred medium is paper. I feel like the physical act of writing helps me to sort out my thoughts, to efficiently process the information. In fact, I’ve always had to make my own notes to learn anything. By the time I was done writing them, I had a pretty good grasp of the topic I was studying. I feel incomplete and anxious without a daily planner at my side. Most of the time, it is stuffed with different scraps of paper filled with quotes, insights, tasks, ideas. The cover is embellished with an array of sticky notes. Their location is a clear indication of their utmost importance. I am a bit perverted about reorganizing them, rewriting them onto a less worn-out sheet...

I need to write about things that speak to my heart. I can´t just produce stuff when the transit comes around. I don´t want to feel like “another one”, like I am „losing my soul“.  I didn´t feel like I have anything to say about New Moon in Leo but funnily enough, I got around to it somehow. My journeys are not very straightforward. Leo is my 12th house, it is the place where I often get lost and found. It is my hideaway when I feel insecure when my nervous system seems too fragile to function within the visible space. The Twelfth House is a sanctuary where I´m finding my comfort.  But sometimes even a loner gets lonely. The 12th place is where Saturn finds its joy after all. I often stay a lot longer in the shade than it is healthy but this place just feels so familiar despite its darkness. A couple of days ago, I was reading to my boys about children who get trapped in a heavy snowstorm. The reality of the situation feels very real and intense to them but at the same time, t...

  On weekdays, I get up at 5 am. I thrive on routine and love having quiet morning moments all for myself.  A few days ago I woke up and something was off. The darkness has started to creep in.  I thought to myself: „This can´t be, it´s mid July and the summer has just begun“. I am aware that since the summer Solstice, the light is being cut in the evenings but mornings are a different story. For a while now, I´ve been used to waking up to sunlight, feeling joyful,  eager to start my day. There was an aching realization that the change is underway, that the darkness is on the rise, that the summer is slipping through my fingers.  While studying astrology with Nightlight Astrology, we´ve been learning about the light and dark interplay within the zodiacal year and it felt a bit abstract for me at the time. Feeling this physically in my environment, in my body, made all the difference.  The ingress of the Sun into the sign of Cancer, the moment of Summer Sols...