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Starcodes May 27, 2016  Heather Roan Robbins

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This will be generally a cheerful, upbeat and sociable week. After a wandering Memorial weekend, we can really get some momentum going as Mercury progresses forward into a grand trine with Jupiter and Pluto, a grand trine that has been hovering in and out for a few weeks while Mercury retrograde, and now shifts back into position one last time as Mercury progresses forward. But momentum towards what? Over the last month a retrograde Mercury has encouraged us to take time out (whether we liked it or not), catch up with ourselves, introspect and review our life to look at what’s working and what’s not. (In part by making it hard to do anything else). This holiday weekend a sensitive, dreamy Pisces Moon encourages us to let go of the tense strands of our life, relax into a puddle and get a bit of distance. Maybe drift, and dream in… Read More

Starcodes  May 20 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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Expect windstorms and smoky fires, and probably not just on the political scene. The astrological energies switch gears this week and create some turbulence as they change. What was hidden becomes visible, what was stuck becomes unstuck, but this won’t always be easy. By the end of the week we get a green light and begin to feel a new chapter beginning, but let’s invoke patience and stay centered in the meantime. And let’s be a little careful with our hearts this week, feelings can get easily hurt as we straighten out misunderstandings; we may find out what’s really been bothering a friend or what’s been brooding in the mind of a truly difficult person. Clues rise to the surface as we begin to find out what’s been going on. We uncover misinformation, both intentional and unintentional and can feel quite disappointed. The weekend first begins under a broody but… Read More

Starcodes March 25, 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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(All times MDT) Spring and the Aries Sun add rocket fuel to whatever we begin this week. We just need to steer carefully so we don’t careen into a wall. Saturn retrogrades today and can slow down our efforts to organize people or ideas. Our work may not go as planned over the next few weeks, but the delays can prove fruitful in the long run. Saturn retrograde usually helps us find the missing pieces; if there is a delay, refine the work at hand, the final product will be better therefor. Because Saturn retrograde symbolizes a reorganization of security, structure, and authority, it suggests a reorganization of who’s in charge and how the work gets done. Look for a shakeup in people positions of authority, shifts in power, and changes in the polls. And watch the European police reorganize their security systems over the next four months. Aries wakes… Read More

Starcodes Feb 5 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

February 7, 2016 0

 We’ve got some emotional processing to do this week, it’s a highly competent week to heal, catch up with ourselves, and get on with our work. After the weekend the astrological ground is fertile to meet new people and make professional overtures. But we may be tested first. The weekend begins under a friendly and hard-working overlay, but has an easily-angered and accident-prone Mars-Uranus irritating us underneath. This aspect can make even tectonic plates restless. At the same time our hearts are brought back to recent losses, obsessions or disappointed dreams as Venus conjuncts Pluto, but we can let this poignant reminder give us a new appreciation for what we have left. With Venus conjunct Pluto, notice an increase in conscious and unconscious sexism or genderism. We may be asked to bear witness or stand for a healthy approach even in socially awkward circumstance, or be asked to empower ourselves… Read More

Starcodes January 29 2016  Heather Roan Robbins

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On a winter’s day—a quote from “A Summer’s day” , by Mary Oliver I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down Into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, How to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, Which is what I’ve been doing all day long. Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? We’re almost halfway through the winter. Groundhog’s day is a traditional day to take animal auspices, notice what the animals are doing (not just groundhogs) to listen into the natural world and take advice, then make plans for the rest of the winter. And that’s a good thing to do this week as we turn… Read More

Starcodes  Jan 22 2016 Heather Roan Robbins

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We can see all the visible planets, Mercury (Capricorn), Venus and Saturn (Sagittarius), Mars (Scorpio) and Jupiter (Virgo) are visible in this order in the morning skies these days, but they are not conjunct nor parallel. Enjoy the view and feel their camaraderie, their relationship to one another, and to us. But the real astrological action these days happens less visibly. Pluto is hiding in the depths of the sky behind Mercury. Saturn squares nonvisible Neptune still way below the horizon. And Mars, so strong in its traditional sign of Scorpio, trines that Neptune. We may feel like we’re living in an artistic retrospective exhibit, and the artist is the creator of our lives. Over the last six weeks events may have triggered us to look back and remember emotionally intense events that changed the course of our lives. So many famous people have died and remind us of the… Read More

Starcodes Nov 13, 2015 Heather Roan Robbins

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Get up before sunrise (or stay up late) and see Venus and Mars waltzing together so near to Jupiter close to the Eastern horizon. Take this opportunity to commune with our nearby planetary neighbors, feel connected to the solar system and let their beauty flow into the heart. Venus and Mars are the planets that signify our emotional, social, and creative nature and are now dancing together in Libra, the sign of romance, love, beauty and social justice. That may not be what we have, but we long for this ideal. Although this is generally a focused and hard-working month with Sun and Mercury in intense and scrappy Scorpio, both are sextile expansive Jupiter this weekend and loan us a more optimistic, idealistic undercurrent. They remind us that friendships can blossom and small groups of dedicated people can actually make a difference. But because we feel this ideal is possible,… Read More

Starcodes Oct 9 2015 Heather Roan Robbins

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  The weekend begins with us spinning in place, the more calm and relaxed we can stay and the more focused and centered we hold, the quicker we will move out of this spin cycle and progress. Mercury appears to hold still as it finishes three weeks retrograde and turns direct this morning. Because Mercury symbolizes thoughts, transportation, information, all technical things that move, this planet is at its most awkward when it holds still. We do not easily experience this stillness like a lotus floating on a crystalline forest pond. We are more likely to feel it still like a whirlpool rotating in place, or like a spinning top; lots of activity that doesn’t seem to go anywhere, and spins gracefully in place unless it begins to wobble but then can really spin out. But the energy breaks loose fairly quickly, over the next few days we will see… Read More

Starcodes June 12 2015 Heather Roan Robbins

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( all times MDT) This week the energy still swirls oddly even as events pick up speed. Mercury, patron saint of communication and modernity, turned direct yesterday but we’re not out of the mental fog yet. Mercury forms a challenging square to confusing Neptune (which turns retrograde today) one more time before it appears to pick up speed at the end of June. This means we can both finally get those emails sent, yet continue to enjoy this summer’s imaginative Neptunian haze of soggy weather and unusual sensitivity. But we’ve got some cleanup work to do this week to straighten out delays, kinks, or misunderstandings that recently occurred. We may not even know about some of the glitches yet, or some of the crazy thoughts, but we’ll find out as we go along and then can get them sorted. To help us clear this lingering haze we can call on… Read More

Starcodes June 5 2015  Heather Roan Robbins

June 5, 2015 0

On these lovely late spring evening we can look up at the evening sky and see the ark of our solar system. Notice Venus glowing close to the Western horizon, Jupiter a little farther north the waxing Moon with Saturn nearby glowing brightly towards the east directly opposite the Sun. Let’s take the moment to commune with our little corner of the galaxy. For these last few weeks, all can be lovely when we hold still and have time to share our thoughts, to putter, or further our craft. Float on a hammock or by a beach. Find something to celebrate with close family. Take the time to explore an idea and chew on it, poke at it, think about the variables, run it by others and let it take shape. But anything else might not have been so easy. Communication glitches, mood swings that can take us way inside… Read More

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