Happy November, fellow astrology nerds! And for those of you here in the States, Happy Thanksgiving! We have both Mercury and Venus finally turning direct this month and Mars entering Virgo near the end of the month. Jupiter begins slowing down in preparation for turning retrograde in December, and Saturn,
The Sky for October 2026 We start October with the Sun in Libra. Happy birthday, Libra friends! On the 23rd, the Sun will move into Scorpio and then it will be "happy birthday, Scorpio friends." If you have the Sun from 8° to 29° Libra, you'll
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May 10-16 2026 It’s a quieter astrology week than the last one which is probably for the best since it’s Mother’s Day and every restaurant in existence is about to become absolute chaos. If you haven't bought your mum a gift or made reservations
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Ostara: the Pagan Easter According to the Venerable Bede, an early English historian, the Anglo-Saxons had a goddess named Ēostre. Bede describes them as having feasts in her honor during the month of April. Some researchers believe that Bede, himself, invented Ēstre, but others disagree, believing she was a
It's a question I've been asked from time to time over the years, especially by so-called "rational" people who, of course, know of astrology only through newspaper horoscopes. Here's the forecast for Aries today. If that's what you know
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