Empowering Astrology with Katie Sweetman

Welcome to March! This week we see Mars change signs, leaving Taurus for chatty, curious Gemini. It’s a shift in the action after two months of tense energies between Mars and Uranus in Taurus and Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius. Although Gemini is known for its restlessness, it’s still Pisces Season, which means that it’s time to rest, go slow, and search within for answers and meaning. And when t...

We’re delving deeper into Pisces Season, a sign that brings us to the end of the zodiac. Are we ready to let go? To feel? To open our hearts? This week Venus arrives in Pisces, marking a slow move out of this stellium of Aquarius planets. If Aquarius, an air sign, is about analysis and ideas, then Pisces is about feelings and emotions. We also have a Virgo Full Moon this week acting as a counter t...

We’re in between Aquarius and Pisces Season this week, which means that we’re coming to the end of our journey through the twelve zodiac signs. If Aquarius talks about humanity and society, then Pisces talks about our shared emotional experiences, the sort that profoundly touch our hearts. It’s the sign of empathy and compassion, spirituality and the return to Source. Like all signs, Pisces has a...

We close out a lunar month this week, one that began on January 13, one that also cleared space and paved the way for the coming lunar month. On February 11 the page turns and we open up a new month, a new chapter devoted to Aquarius. With six planets in the sign of community, humanity, and society, it’s time to examine our relationship with the whole, from the people who are our friends to the la...

One of the features of February's astrology is that, at one point, we have six planets in Aquarius. That's a lot of Aquarius.  With Venus's arrival in Aquarius on February 1, we're getting a bit of a crowd in the sky as Venus joins the Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mercury.  In Aquarius, Venus finds not only a need for freedom, but a need to connect to others on an intellectual level as well...

We've got a bright Leo Full Moon this week on Thursday, January 28, a moon that reminds us to be ourselves, to find joy and passion in our lives. Leo is the sign of the Sun and the Creator. As a complement to Aquarius, it is push to rediscover our individuality during a season dedicating to connecting with community, humanity, and the world. The Leo Full Moon picks up on this Saturn and Uranus sto...

This week we kick off Aquarius Season. Time to get wonderfully weird.  But we arrive in this new season with a few rocky astrological alignments in store. (Yes, seems to be the same song as previous weeks. Hang in there.)  First, let's not forget that once the Sun's in Aquarius, we're starting to get a closer look at this new Saturn in Aquarius era that we're in. (In fact, this is the fi...

Big week ahead as a Capricorn New Moon aligns with Pluto. A story that began in 2008 comes forward for another chapter, another thread. Uranus also turns direct. Hold onto your hats.

Welcome to 2021! One of the signatures of 2021 astrology is a tension between Saturn and Uranus. So this week, when Mars finally changes signs and arrives in Taurus, Mars will start to activate this story, one where we're going to feel a friction between the new and the old in our lives. Also, Mercury and Venus change signs this week. The story is changing.

We're winding down 2020, a year unlike no other. What new things came in? What old things left? With a Cancer Full Moon on December 29, we may be in a wistful or even nostalgic mood. Cancer is a sign that connects us with the past as well as what is familiar and comfortable. But it also aches for what is not there anymore. That said, it's all about heart this week. Relationships also get the spotl...

Another week of marquee astrology that rounds out an unforgettable year. Saturn and Jupiter line up in Aquarius, marking the Great Conjunction, a 20-year event made even rarer because this is the start of a new 200 year cycle where the planets that speak about society and connection and humanity join up in Air signs. Also, Mars in Aries makes its final square to Pluto in Capricorn and we say good...

Major cosmic shift alert. Not only do we start the week with a solar eclipse, one that opens a six month story centered on faith, truth, meaning, wisdom, and convictions, but we're saying goodbye to Saturn in Capricorn and hello to Saturn in Aquarius. Jupiter also leaves Capricorn for Aquarius. The great celestial gears change again.

The cosmos is definitely packing some interesting astrology into a short period of time. This week Saturn reaches the end of Capricorn and, as a result, we're reaching the end of a time that, alongside Pluto, pushed us to grow and mature in powerful ways. What did we learn? What do we see as the result of all our work? We're also in the week before a solar eclipse, a liminal space where one chapte...

Yes, it's that time of year again. We start the week off with a lunar eclipse in Gemini on Monday, November 30, the first in a pair of eclipses that move us from one chapter to another as we go into December.  If you recall, eclipses occur every six months when a new or full moon aligns with the lunar nodes. And it's as if the curtain has come down on one act and opened up on another. New cha...

After deep emotional and psychic work of Scorpio Season, we turn our eyes upward. Sagittarius Season is the time that speaks of faith and the wisdom gained after the trials of Scorpio. We're also in eclipse season and life's about to take a turn in a new direction.

We're coming off a Scorpio New Moon this week, which means we're navigating themes around death and rebirth, sex and intimacy, money and power. Oh, you know, the usual. (Read my Scorpio New Moon report.) Scorpio isn't a light and breezy sign, but it's the necessary sign. Not only because it teaches us about the emotional intensities of life, but it provides the necessary alchemy for us all to deep...

This week, Mercury returns to Scorpio, a sign that it entered originally on September 27. In Scorpio, Mercury is the investigator, the occultist. It cuts through any illusions. Jupiter makes its last conjunction to Pluto this week on November 12, an aspect that speaks to power, transformation, and rebirth. We're also wrapping up a lunar month that began on October 16 and preparing for a Scorpio Ne...

I had a few problems with Mercury Retrograde with this latest live look at the astrology. As if on cue, in advance of turning direct on November 3, I had to record things for the second time. Then again, we start the week with the Moon in Gemini, a sign that's not only Mercury ruled, but all about voice and communication. It also touches on a connection with Scorpio, a sign that teaches us to find...

Happy Halloween week! It's no coincidence that Halloween coincides with Scorpio Season and its penchant for the shadowier side of things. Scorpio teaches us about the duality of creation, that both light and dark, angels and devils, life and death exist side by side.    This Halloween, however, brings a powerful Taurus Full Moon that activates a story that began in May 2018. Think back t...

We say goodbye to Libra Season this week with the Sun arriving in Scorpio on October 22. If Libra is relationships and connection, Scorpio is the emotional ups and downs that we have to navigate with someone — intimacy, vulnerability, and trust.  Don't forget, we're coming out of the energies of the Libra New Moon this week, one charged with provocative contacts to Pluto, Saturn, and Mars. As...

It's a Libra New Moon this week, which means that we're trading one chapter for another, one that will turn our focus to relationships and partnership, design and beauty, peace and harmony.   We may have to navigate a lot of ups and downs in the coming days and weeks as the new moon not only opposes Mars, but squares off with an intense lineup of Jupiter, Pluto, and Saturn.  In many...

It's a new month, it's Libra Season, a time when we focus on our many relationships and partnerships. But with a strong Mars energy this week, there's a lot going on in how we interact and connect with others. Something must change. Mars is square Pluto, part of an ongoing story with all these planets in Capricorn.

We've got a lot of things going on this week! Saturn turns direct at 25 Capricorn, marking the last stage in a story that began at the start of 2018. Mars squares Saturn, too, which means that we're making serious decisions and choices. Plus, there's an Aries Full Moon, inspiring us to take action and be courageous ... as well as making us feel all the times when we didn't have courage.

We say goodbye to Virgo Season as the Sun arrives in Libra on September 22, the sign that teaches us about partnership and connection. Plus, Mercury makes tense aspects to Pluto, Saturn, and Mars, creating dynamic if not confrontational situations.

This week marks the end of Virgo Season, one that brings us to the Virgo New Moon on September 17, a late in the season push to find order, to make time for ritual and practice. Like an early (or late) jump on our year end resolutions, a Virgo New Moon is a perfect time to make healthy changes. We're also at a turning point this week as the Sun squares the Lunar Nodes on September 16. For those wh...