The Surrounding Sea: Neptune Enters Pisces

The planet Neptune has just entered Pisces for the first time in 168 years. Humanity is now being flooded with lessons about the water archetype; its literal significance — e.g. about what’s in our drinking water — and its psychological significance — e.g. about how we handle the mysteries of inner life Read More >>

America’s Money Karma

Jessica’s lecture at the 2010 International Astrology Day Conference discusses the chart of the USA, which features Pluto, the planet of obsession, in the house of money.

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Peak Oil, Systems Collapse and Mother Love: Lessons of the Cardinal Cross (originally posted at the summer solstice Eclipse in June, 2010)

The summer solstice of 2010 introduced the riff of critical years between 2010 and 2020. Its patterns can be seen as a holographic prototype: a map that shows us the way forward.

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Redefining Normalcy: Years of Creative Disruption (originally posted at the Full Moon in July 2010)

The transits at the Full Moon in the summer of 2010 were overflowing with heads-ups about what to do, and what not to do, during these years of transformative change.

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Gun-Toting Yahoo or Martial Artist: Mars and the Cardinal Cross(originally posted at the August New Moon, 2010)

When we see Mars involved in the ongoing Cardinal patterns, we need to be especially mindful. Our challenge is to turn aggression into courage.

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Trickling Down into the Mainstream: The Cardinal Cross Establishes Itself (originally posted at the Autumnal Equinox 2010)

Lies are exposed and well-kept secrets are revealed. During the years surrounding 2012, whenever Pluto stations, the tension of its square with Uranus is exacerbated. If the station occurs when the Sun is at one of the Cardinal points, as in mid-September 2010, the energy is that much more stronger.

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Money and Power

This lecture, originally from March 2005, discusses abundance and scarcity in metaphysical terms. Jessica discusses this ambivalent and highly charged topic in terms of the fear, anxiety and magical thinking that surrounds it, and proposes that its cultural connotations have seduced us into giving away our power. By understanding its symbolism astrologically, we can get that power back.

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Halloween and the Dark Mysteries

In this discussion of the esoteric and spiritual meaning behind Halloween, Jessica examines the historical changes the holiday has undergone. She discusses how Halloween’s meaning has been subverted into a showcase for our collective neuroses about death, sexuality and the occult mysteries. She makes the case for the reclamation of Halloween as a mystical sabbat: a ritual of extraordinary power.

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The Longest Arm of the Cross: The Uranus-Pluto Square

This lecture describes in detail the single most important astrological aspect coloring the years ahead: the square between Uranus (revolution) and Pluto (breakdown and renewal).

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The Secret of the Winter Solstice

This lecture explores the seasonal significance of the Solstice as a great miracle of Light emerging from the Darkness. Jessica explains how spiritual seekers can creatively utilize unconscious imagery around the dark and the light, and how doing so allows us to reap the spiritual benefits of this, and other, sacred portals.

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