by Andrea Goodman Virgo is shown in the stars as a large figure of a woman with wings, holding in one hand a stalk of grain. She is associated with the Goddess as fertile, abundant Earth, providing mother, supplying nourishment to all creatures. Isis, Demeter and Ceres of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquity are a…
by Andrea Goodman The Sun shines. It sends its warmth and light in every possible direction. In its own sign Leo, July 22nd until August 22nd this year, it is literally in its element, fire. It joins Venus and Mercury already there before they move on to Virgo, and with Saturn in Sagittarius and Uranus…
by Andrea Goodman The Summer Solstice marks the beginning of the water sign Cancer and the beginning of Summer (in the Northern Hemisphere). This year it coincided with a Full Moon and open-hearted Venus joining the Sun. On top of that, four planets formed a cross, called a Grand Cross, surrounding the Earth with forces…
by Andrea Goodman Gemini arrived with a lot of fanfare–a Full Moon conjunct Mars, Mercury going direct and an exact square of Saturn and Jupiter. There is so much set in motion just now that we feel pulled in different directions and as if we are juggling realities with our minds. Gemini is an Air…
Andrea’s Astro-Witchery by Andrea Goodman Earth Day today and a Full Moon, the Sun now in Taurus, earth sign ruled by Venus. The ground that supports us, the soil that feeds us, the physicality that gives form to our bodies, buildings and landscapes, Earth is home. However much we travel across the globe, and with…
by Andrea Goodman A most open hearted and sensitive implication, a romantic, artistic, beauty loving, and magical atmosphere began the new season with four planets still flowing in oceanic Pisces, including an exact conjunction of Venus with Neptune on the Equinox. But already Mercury has moved into Aries with the Sun. Venus will follow on…
by Andrea Goodman The Sun entered Pisces February 19th this year and will swim until the Spring Equinox on March 20th. Our sense of reality is shifting and changing like the surface of the ocean, and we are carried by currents of feeling, tossed by stormy waves, lapped by the tides. The qualities of Pisces,…