Empowering Astrology with Katie Sweetman

This week Mercury, the ruler of Virgo, makes an opposition to Neptune and maybe the details aren't so clear. Maybe we need to align our plans with divine plans. Virgo Season also reminds us that the Sun is at the midpoint of the eclipses. And when the Sun squares the Lunar Nodes later this week, we're at another eclipse energy check-in. Doors close, others open. (Timestamps below.) Timestamps: ♈...

Uranus turns retrograde in Taurus. It's a week of awakenings, breakthroughs, seismic shifts, and swift changes. It's also the next chapter in a story that began in 2018, 2019. Plus, an Aquarius Full Moon brings the week to dramatic close. (Timestamps below.) Timestamps ♈ Aries — 17:52 ♉ Taurus — 20:14 ♊ Gemini — 23:41 ♋ Cancer — 25:44 ♌ Leo — 28:34 ♍ Virgo — 31:24 ♎ Libra — 33:42 ♏ Scorpio...

Mars and Mercury at the bending as they cross the lunar nodes and echo recent eclipses. There's a need for discernment as we push to take action and make major decisions. As a result, this may be a week where the narrative changes. (Timestamps below.) Timestamps: ♈ Aries — 18:54 ♉ Taurus — 21:21 ♊ Gemini — 23:56 ♋ Cancer — 26:35 ♌ Leo — 29:39 ♍ Virgo — 32:02 ♎ Libra — 35:22 ♏ Scorpio — 37:...

In 2021, it's as if we have one foot in a new life, one foot in an old one. And there are points throughout the year where we feel a strong pull between these two halves. With this week's Leo New Moon and its activations of Saturn and Uranus, we're at one of those points. How will we resolve the tension? (Timestamps below.) Timestamps ♈ Aries — 23:22 ♉ Taurus — 26:42 ♊ Gemini — 29::28 ♋ Cancer...

The story is changing! Three planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Mars — switch signs this week, which means that we can expect both new chapters as well as a return to old ones. Plus, we have some serious decisions to make as Mercury comes up to an opposition to Saturn. (Timestamps below.) Timestamps ♈ Aries — 21:28 ♉ Taurus — 25:03 ♊ Gemini — 27:28 ♋ Cancer — 30:23 ♌ Leo — 33:22 ♍ Virgo — 36:29 ♎...

We're saying goodby to Cancer Season and stepping into Leo Season! It's all about reconnecting to the spark within. Also, an Aquarius Full Moon puts a spotlight on a bigger story we've been working on in 2021. In this story, we’re feeling the push and pull between two lives, two different directions. There will be various checkpoints throughout 2021. This full moon gives us more information as wel...

Fresh off of last week's Cancer New Moon, we're coming back to what really matters. (Timestamps below.) Cancer is the sign of home and family and certainly Cancer Season is a time to replenish and reconnect to these things, but at the core of this time is to get back to whatever it is that we need in order to feel supported and cared for. After a difficult year, what do we need? This is a week to...

We’re wrapping up a powerful lunar month this week, one that began with a solar eclipse in Gemini in June and ends with a few bumpy aspects from Mars and Venus. But a Cancer New Moon on July 9 returns us to what’s really important, what feeds and nourishes our hearts. It’s a week that may feel emotional and poignant at times, one where we’re feeling the roots of the past as well as the old pains w...

A story that began in 2018-2019 comes to a head this week as we navigate a powerful alignment of Mars, Saturn, and Uranus. We’re either breaking out of old patterns, making major changes, or seeing structural problem that must be addressed. Mars not only opposes Saturn on July 1, but it makes a square to Uranus in Taurus. This powerful t-square energy needs an outlet. And if it doesn’t, it may sho...

It's Cancer Season! It’s also the solstice! The Sun arrives in the fourth sign of the zodiac, a sign that is all about emotional connection, care, and nurturing. As a result, we’re focusing on what really matters — home, family, and our roots. It's also a busy week as Mercury turns direct, Neptune turns retrograde, and a Capricorn Full Moon lights up the night sky, activating the powerful energies...

Saturn squares Uranus, one of the defining astrological events for 2021. As I’ve been saying all year long, it’s as if we  have one foot in a new life, one foot in an old one. How do we manage the push and pull? If you’re a fixed sign — Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius — life probably looks a bit interesting right now. My joke of late has been, “The fixed signs are not so fixed right now.” Whic...

Here we are, the final eclipse of this season, a solar eclipse in Gemini. Astrology is just the energy of time and how we live this symbolic time through its twelve root archetypes. When we get to Gemini, we're learning about the world around us, forming words and ideas to share and exchange. It's the sign of schooling and education as well as travel and movement. It's also the sign of choice. A s...

We’re between the eclipses, this liminal space where time bends and twists and prepares us for a new story. (Timestamps below.) We’re navigating what I like to call Big Life this week, especially as the Sun meets up with the North Node and we get to the first quarter moon. Mercury also just turned retrograde, so there’s a bit of a push and pull going on. One foot in a new life, one foot in an old...

We’ve got our first eclipse of the season this week, a full moon lunar eclipse in Sagittarius on Wednesday, May 26. Life may be coming at us a little hard at the moment, especially if we’re a Gemini or a Sagittarius. Eclipses correspond to major milestones and what I like to call Big Life. They turn us in a new direction. They usher in changes in jobs, moves, births, marriages. With this eclipse h...

Another week of shifts. The second half of May into June has a lot going on. Last week we saw Jupiter’s arrival in Pisces. This week the Sun arrives in Gemini, kicking off a new season, and we prepare for a new round of eclipses. Plus, Saturn turns retrograde. PS — I’m doing a webinar on Sunday May 23 at 4 pm EDT on what the upcoming eclipses will mean. Details and registration in the link below....

Big shifts this week. Not only is it a Taurus New Moon on Tuesday, May 11, kicking off a new lunar month as well as the official start of eclipse season, but Jupiter arrives home to Pisces! (Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) Jupiter is the planet that inspires us to search, explore, and to learn more about ourselves as well as the world around. Normally we think of Jupiter’s Sagittarian side and...

Welcome to May, a month that promises to shift things up and send us in new directions. This week, we’re first having a check-in with Saturn and our ongoing story of working and building new connections for the future. Mercury and Venus also change signs this week, arriving in Gemini on May 3 and May 8 respectively. As a result, Taurus Season is about to pick up the tempo, getting us out and about...

It’s a powerful week that kicks off with a Scorpio Full Moon! One that not only activates deep emotions and feelings around stability, trust, and security, but a story that began in May 2018, March 2019. (Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) Those were the months that Uranus entered Taurus for the first time in 80 years and opened up a six, seven year story of reinvention — reinventing our relation...

It’s Taurus Season! Time to indulge in the pleasures of earthly living. For the next four week we’re revisiting themes of money and resource, material stability and security. We’re also revisiting a story of awakening that began three years ago. (Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) Mars also changes signs this week, arriving in Cancer on April 24 and motivating, inspiring, and directing us to conn...

(Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) We’re fresh off the Aries New Moon as we start the week, which means that we’re ready to take off, move, and be on the go. This is restless energy. It wants renewal and an outlet for all its fiery energy. As a result, there will likely be a lot of movement this week. But as we rush to move forward, we may have to deal with something from the past or something t...

(Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) We’re winding down the lunar month this week, looking at the big picture, turning inward, and preparing for a powerful Aries New Moon later this week. As a result, we may feel as though things aren’t moving as fast as we would like them to. Aries Season lives to move fast, especially with Mars in Gemini and Mercury in Aries, but we’ve got to wait till after Apr...

(Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) This week we’re fresh off a Libra Full Moon, one that not only put relationships and connection in the spotlight, but dug into some of our scars of the past. To that point, the Sun conjuncts Chiron on March 29, reminding us that our pain is not our own. It’s part of the larger pain body of humanity. Healing is needed. A higher perspective as well. And since Chi...

(Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) It’s officially Aries Season, which means that it’s not only a new season, but it’s the start of the astrological year. We’re in the energy of fresh starts and renewal. With Mars in Gemini all Aries Season long, we’re on the move, seeking out new ideas and new experiences. This week we’ve got a bump of eclipse energy as Mercury squares Mars on the Lunar Nodes f...

(Timestamps for zodiac signs below.) It’s the last week of Pisces Season! Which means we’re closing out the zodiac year. Time to reflect, search, and feel into what we’ve experienced over the last twelve months. Although the Sun arrives in Aries on March 20, we’re still stretching out Pisces Time on the heels of a Pisces New Moon on March 13. Most of this week will be a little bit lower key as we...

We're diving deeper into Pisces Season this week. A Pisces New Moon on March 13 not only kicks off a new lunar month, but one that will be lived through the archetype of compassion, healing, and spirituality. Pisces is a sign that returns us back to Source … or gets us lost somewhere in between. This new moon also activates eclipse energies, which means life may be getting a little loud this week....