Our families are one of the biggest influences on our life, whether we’re from peaceful homes or troubled ones, adopted, interfaith, close, split, together, or anything else. And so our families, for better or for worse, are part of us, and show up in our birth charts in different ways. Some aspects in a chart describe [...]
About Shannon Garcia
Shannon is a lifelong student of people and their habits. She has studied tarot and astrology since 1994, and consulted and taught professionally since 2006. Her teaching and workshops are in the fields of digital media, communication, work-life balance, creative renewal, astrology, and tarot.
December 2010: A Month of Mondays
Last week was busy, full-speed-ahead rocket ship week. We’re a few days into the retrograde period now, but… there’s no rest for the wicked. Sorry. Every Monday this month, and a few bonus days besides, is full of astrological weather that just wants to push your buttons. Monday, December 6 Last Monday was a busy [...]
Ask the Astrologer: Retrogrades
What’s a “station” in astrology? When a planet stops moving in the sky, and appears to stand still before moving in the other direction. Astrologers use it as both a verb and a noun: Mercury is stationing retrograde tomorrow morning. Uranus stationed direct last weekend. or I’m thinking about getting a new cell phone, but [...]
December Astro Forecast (video)
On the first Wednesday of the month I shlep over to Redmond to see Rick Levine and Jeff Jawer’s live forecast for the coming month. I’ve been doing this for a whole season now, so I think it’s become an actual part of my routine. This is an intense month- here are some of the [...]
The Transit Lab: Neptune Opposite Mars
For pretty much the entirety of 2010, Neptune has been playing cat-and-mouse with my natal Mars. I have Mars in the 1st house near the end of Leo (26°) so I am on my third (and final, thank #@*&) pass of Neptune opposing it. February, and then the end of September through now have been [...]
Rocket Ship Week – Forecast
Uranus turned direct yesterday after being retrograde since the beginning of July. Finally, for a few precious days, every planet is moving forward. The new moon this weekend puts us at the beginning of a new lunar cycle, and this new moon was in Sagittarius– perfect for beginning new adventures. Mercury turns retrograde early Friday [...]
Just One Card: Nine of Coins
The Nine of Coins is a card of mature development, stability, and progress. A woman stands in a serene vineyard, enjoying abundance and admiring her parrot. The number of coins describes the resources gathered through patience and good judgment. This is a card about material gain, but not about constantly striving for growth and accumulation. [...]
It’s Mercury Retrograde Season Again…
Yes, my peeps, it’s about that time. Mercury will turn retrograde next Friday morning for the last retrograde round of the year. Sneaking one more in before New Year’s! Lucky us. I’m posting this now so you can get your house in order beforehand. A few points, if you like to read fast: No, Mercury [...]
World AIDS Day, Home-Style.
It’s that time of the year again, when everyone dons red t-shirts and buys red iPods and feels good because $3 of their $400 American Express bill will go to raise awareness. Raising awareness is awesome, and there are lots of great causes that deserve attention. But I have an axe to grind about this one. [...]
A Planetary Lexicon
Time to rethink and reclaim some archaic words. Here are a few to test on your tongue: Solitary From the root sol, relating to the sun. Describing something or someone as solitary implies they’re a bit of a loner, but it also means one-of-a-kind. Your sun sign, and the placement of your sun, describe how [...]
