February 19 to 26, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Mercury, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars, Jupiter Venus and Mars are all right tonight… Here we are, entering the Pisces zodiac month, embarking upon Chinese Lunar New Year 4713 of the Goat (which in Western astrological circles symbolizes the sign...
February 12 to 19, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Mercury, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars, Jupiter The waning Moon rises in pre-dawn darkness all week, its shape more slender with each passing night. The starry blue-black canopy of deep space shimmers above, a sparkling canvas upon which...
February 5 to 12, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars The last week of Mercury retrograde is upon us and I can already feel the ruminating energy of directional planetary change. The snow has melted down here in the wild West End –...
January 29 to February 5, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars Revive, revitalize, recover, recuperate, rejuvenate, regenerate, refresh, recharge, replenish, reactivate, redesign, redefine, reassess, reorganize, research, remember, return… Periods of Mercury retrograde are actually some of my most productive times of the year. Instead...
January 22 to 29, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars The January 20th New Moon took place at 0° Aquarius - the earliest possible degree – as the Sun and Moon aligned in symmetry to cross the celestial bridge from Capricorn into Aquarius,...
January 15 to 22, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Venus, Mars It is always amazing to me how things happening here on Earth so closely align with what takes place in the heavens. Of course, I look for it to do so, and...
January 8 to 15, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Venus, Mars Today the phrase “no news is good news” keeps running through my head. I realize this proverbial saying means that not hearing about a situation, or not hearing from or about someone,...
January 1 to 8, 2015 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars It is New Year’s Day morning and I’m sitting at our dining room table watching the snow fall, trying to come up with appropriate words for the first Alacazem column of 2015. A...
December 25 to January 1, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Mercury, Venus, Mars As December Solstice celebrates the returning light of the Sun – and the year’s shortest day and longest night - it also marks the first day of winter in the Northern...
December 18 to 25, 2014 Visible planets: Morning: Jupiter, Saturn Evening: Venus, Mars The Season of Light takes place each year when the nights are longest and darkness reigns. It’s a time to acknowledge the retreat of the Sun and celebrate its return on Winter Solstice,...
