Who’s Knocking At The Door?

When we talk about transits to the Ascendant, we usually think of the conjunction as being the most powerful. And indeed it is, for it generally heralds a process of rebirth, anything from a radical change in our appearance to a complete revision of how we see the world, and therefore act in it. Planets […]

Surrender and Liminality in Crossing Boundaries – Mercury and Saturn as Travel Companions

Traveling is a great way to experience Mercury’s field of action, especially when it is retrograde. I just returned from a long trip to Brazil. My entire journey happened during Mercury’s retrograde phase and what a lesson that was in RE-learning, RE-viewing, RE-imagining, and RE-connecting. After many hours of flying and waiting at various airports, […]

You Can Choose Your Friends…

The recent addition of a new optional half-module – The Astrology of the Family – to the Faculty’s course material has prompted me to look once again at my own family’s charts. One of the most important moments for me as a student of astrology was when I realised that no matter how familiar I […]