Author: Katie Sweetman
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New Moon in Pisces: A Time Out
Happy New Moon in Pisces! This is the time of year when we plant our seeds for new beginnings regarding compassion, spirit, release, forgiveness, art, and divine inspiration. The new moon is exact on 3/11/2013 at 3:51 pm EDT and 21 degrees Pisces. If you’ve been paying attention to the astrology over the last month
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Full Moon in Virgo: Delivering the Medicine
Happy Full Moon in Virgo! This is the time of the year when we are forced to “make it work.” Virgo is the sign that teaches us service, wellness, purity, organization, and the sort of precision and attention to detail that helps us develop craft. The full moon is exact on 2/25/2013 at 3:26 pm
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Podcast: Intro to Predictive Astrology
Whether you’re a beginning astrology student or looking to go deeper with your knowledge, we outline the tools needed to make rock solid predictions. We also touch on the whole nature of fate versus free will, which Kelly astutely replies: “We all have fate and free will . . . . The birth chart helps
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New Moon in Aquarius: At the Karmic Crossroads
Happy New Moon in Aquarius! This is the time of the year when we plant new seeds regarding our genius, eccentricities, foresight, humanitarian endeavors, and our place in the collective. The new moon is exact at 2:20 am EST and 21’43 degrees. Aquarius is an interesting sign. It’s the last of the air signs — not
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Healing Neptune Problems
In 1986, astrologer Donna Cunningham, drawing on her experience as a social worker, wrote the influential book, Healing Pluto Problems. But what about healing Neptune problems? Those who have this outer planet heavily aspected in their natal chart can experience this archetype in intense ways.
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Full Moon in Leo: Confronting the Limits to Our Joy
Happy Full Moon in Leo! This one clocks in at 7 degrees Leo/Aquarius and is the time of the year when we shine our light for all the world to see. The full moon is a time of revelation as the moon is at its brightest. It is also a time when the seeds that
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Podcast: 2013 Astro Preview
In this edition of the Empowering Astrology podcast, I welcome back evolutionary astrologer Dena DeCastro. Together we map out the major highlights of 2013, month by month, from retrogrades to eclipses. While the ongoing Uranus/Pluto square is still a dominant and challenging player in the astrology of 2013, the year’s main theme is that of water.
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New Moon in Capricorn: Building on the Rubble
Happy New Moon in Capricorn at 21 degrees! It’s the time of the year when we set new intentions regarding career, ambitions, status, structure, and business. With Saturn in Scorpio, this is an especially auspicious time to make new intentions for money, finance, and getting debt under control. First, this chart seems a little quiet
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Full Moon in Cancer: The Emotional Cup Runneth Over
Happy Full Moon in Cancer! This is the time of the astrological calendar to release your intentions for more nurturing, care, family, roots, needs, and your heart’s desires. When I look at the above chart, I think of the Full Moon we had back on September 28, the so called “monster moon,” because the Sun
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New Moon in Sagittarius: Head Home
About a month or so ago, during my daily meditation, I curiously began to hear the words “head home.” What? Huh? What does head home mean? Inserted between between thoughts and breaths, I heard them again and again and again. Head home. Okay Spirit, you’re going to have to give me more information. Are we