May starts with the Sun in Taurus, an easygoing sign that's more like a flower-sniffing Ferdinand the Bull than some menacing beast. The solar presence there is meant to keep things calm until the Sun's entry into jittery Gemini on May 20. Yet there will be some ripples in the field that challenge the Bull's usually placid nature. More »
New each week! Host and professional astrologer Maria DeSimone reveals which important astrological events are going to impact your sign this week.
Through her teachings, Maria helps her clients manifest their greatest positive qualities and potential, while also addressing some of the deeper psychological obstacles that might currently prevent soul growth. More »
As an Astrologer who is Venus ruled, I take her retrograde periods personally. If you are a Taurus or Libra, or have either of these zodiac signs Rising in your birth chart, this makes you especially sensitive to Venus Retrograde periods, and you'll want to understand more about the deeper ...
On my way to represent the Divination Foundation and Tarot.com at a "Centers Gathering" conference in Findhorn, Scotland -- one of the original spiritual teaching centers -- during this, its 50th anniversary year, I am passing through the city of beauty, art and romance: Paris, France. I love this place.
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Beautiful India, 6000 Years of Civilization and Counting
May 7th, 2012 by Hans Decoz
I spent eight months in India four decades ago. I was 21 and roaming the planet without specific plans or goals, other than to become enlightened, then save the world -- preferably before age 25. By the way, I can strongly recommend such foolish endeavors to anyone ...
An issue that is rarely discussed is that during a sign like Capricorn, where we are now, the New and Full Moons, as well as both quarter Moons, are always in the same signs of the same "cardinal" mode. Cardinal mode is initiating, originating, starting new projects and ideas and ...
This year, the holiday season kicks off with that cosmic lump of coal, Mercury retrograde. That, right -- the communication planet starts its backward motion on Thanksgiving Day, promising to wreak havoc on travel, appliances, and getting along with loved ones. But let's look at the bright side, shall we? ...
Astrologically, the action of planet Uranus is a lot a like lightning. It releases tensions wherever they have built up. During a storm, the lightning crackles, the thunder crashes, and the electrical spark reduces the charge between the negative and positive ions. It feels calm after ...