Modern Halloween is, at its roots, a stepchild of the pagan holiday of Samhain (pronounced sow-wen). Samhain used to mark the end of the harvest year, back when everyone had a harvest to tend to in late fall before the weather turned. It was a border post between the “light” half of the year and [...]
Archive | October, 2010
Halloween Weekend Transit Calendar
Here’s what’s going on in the sky this weekend (all times are Pacific, tweak as necessary): Friday, October 29 The Cancer moon goes void around lunchtime (12:48p PDT), and then doesn’t move into Leo until 5:38p. So there’s a big potential case out there of senioritis/Friday syndrome out there. Good day for brainstorming or connecting [...]
The Transit Laboratory
One of the many services I provide for you here at Signs of Potential is approaching my life like a mad scientist’s test lab for astrology. I do this out of love, don’t worry. It’s an adventure. But I decided, after yesterday’s outing, to bare a little more skin here in terms of how daily [...]
The Transit Lab: Sound Shifts Stuff.
This turn of phrase is something I got from Fabeku, my favorite soundmeister. The moon entered the sign of Cancer this morning, as it does once a month, and it has been a busy day for transits so far. And there are more to go! Hang onto your hats. I was feeling particularly sticky/stuck/ick today. [...]
Just One Card: Ten of Swords
I’m supposed write about a difficult card today. I say this because I drew a card to write this post, said to myself “this is too complicated a topic to write a quick post about,” and tried again. And got this instead. I hope this touches something important for you, because I wanted to write [...]
101 Days – Day #10
From the 101 Days of Potential project. Pocket Astrologer calendar 3days3ways.org
The Mulligan Moon
We’re getting a do-over. Last month’s full moon was at the very beginning of Aries, giving us that stretchy Aries/Libra energy. And… guess what. We’re doing it again- tonight’s full moon is at the very tail end of Aries, and slips into Taurus just 45 minutes later. It’s like an inside-out blue moon: instead of [...]
