© Lynn Bell The last new Moon on August 16th had an exact square to Uranus. I wonder how many of you have experienced small or large shocks, or unexpected changes in direction that are the hallmark of hard aspects involving this planet? It is a summer where, for many, things have not gone as …
© Lynn Bell Venus went retrograde on July 22nd, the feast of Mary Magdalene. On this day the Sun sits on the border between the receptive sign of Cancer and Leo, the Sun’s brilliant home. Perhaps that is why Mary Magdalene has been both in the shadows and in the light, demeaned as a former …
© Lynn Bell Mars is a planet that functions close to the bone. It protects us from danger and enables our survival. When all is smooth, and life is harmonious. Mars fades into the background. But when there is danger, imagined or real, Mars goes into action. If anger arises, a question to ask is always, “Am …
It has seemed for a while, that there is too much anger flying around. Too much of the wrong kind of Mars. Mars is in Leo from May 20 to July 10, 2023, and as it entered the sign it opposed Pluto in Aquarius. Oppositions either raise the stakes or raise consciousness. The agreement on the …
If you are feeling squeezed and anxious, or have the sense that fate has closed in, you are not alone. This time between eclipses packs a powerful wallop and while the release may come in part on Tuesday, often it takes as long as six weeks for the intensity of an eclipse to unwind. The …
Paris, October 2, 2022, Mercury Direct. As Mercury turns slowly forward in late Virgo, we are entering one of the most highly charged periods of the year. It can be felt in many recent events. Searing images of women in Iran burning their veils, cutting their hair, rising in protest at the death of a …
October 6 2021 A month ago, at the dark of the Moon, I was walking along the sea on an island off the west coast of France. Somehow I had arrived at the exact moment of low tide, and the sand flats stretched a long way to the edge of the water. As I waded …
The last New Moon on April 12, 2021 came with the dynamism of fire, supported by friendly planets, like a bow pulled to let an arrow fly out into the future. Every lunar cycle unfolds for 28 days and this one lights “the force that through the green fuse drives the flower,” the power of …
Aquarius rulers in a Square in the backdrop of the Nodal Axis in Sagittarius/Gemini Originally published in the OPA Career Astrology Publication In 2021 we will be asked to see things from more than one point of view. This is a product of both the Uranus-Saturn Square, and the position of the Moon’s Nodes. The …
The sign of Aquarius has just been lit up by the presence of a great conjunction. Rare images of the planets so close that they form a single point of light have been posted by those lucky enough to live under clear skies. A new 20-year cycle is beginning, a cycle that marks the generations, …