Hermetic Astrology Podcast

Part 1: Mercury is making the third of a series of three alignments in the 2nd decan of Aries, Saturn is stationing on Facies, and Mars is moving into parallel with Saturn and Pluto. Part 2: Chiron in Aries: Gary explores the astronomical, personal and spiritual implications of Chiron as a maker of medicine, raiser of consciousness and revealer of complexity.  

Mercury is making the first of a series of three alignments in the 2nd decan of Aries, from now through the end of April. Tune in as Gary expertly re-frames how the retrograde process represents a profound transformative opportunity, from an holistic and integral perspective, through the element of Fire, and the Mythic scripts from the stars.

Today Mars joins forces with the intense fixed star Antares and will be interacting all month with the powerful and long-lasting Saturn-Pluto parallel. Tune in as Gary likens these to the Alchemical operations of calcination and separation and explains how we can work with these energies for personal transformation and growth.

Today Venus moves through the Heart of the Sun, on the far side of Earth. All three are aligned with Pluto, as Pluto is making one of its rare crossings of the Ecliptic. Tune in as Gary interprets the chart of this extraordinary conjunction, which will be active for (at least) the next 9 months, as the spiritual impulse of this moment will be gradually embodied by a series of successive Lunar alig...

Today we have the Sun's yearly ingress to Capricorn at the Winter Solstice or Yule. Along with Sol, we have Saturn, traditionally associated with the alchemical operation of Nigredo or Blackening. Gary reviews the basic expressions of the Capricorn and Saturn archetypes and how this mutual ingress represents a chance for fundamental updates to our ideas and experience of structure and authority. F...

Mercury is making a series of three alignments in the 3rd decan of Sagittarius from now through the end of the year. Tune in as Gary expertly re-frames how the retrograde process represents a profound transformative opportunity, from an holistic and integral perspective. Gary also shares a reading from his popular new book, The Mercury Elemental Year, and info on how to get a FREE trial subscripti...

The two planets closest to Earth are joining in the sign of the Harvest Goddess. This is the second of 3 consecutive Venus-Mars conjunctions to occur in Virgo, and also part of a 5 conjunction, 7 year cycle which began and ends in Leo. Tune in as Gary expertly outlines the psychological, historical and socio-political ramifications of the 2 year, 7 year and 300 year Venus-Mars cycles.

The gas giants Jupiter and Saturn are moving out of their sextile aspect and now the focus is on their interaction with the invisible planets Uranus and Pluto. Tune in as Gary outlines the psychological, historical and socio-political ramifications of the intense and long-lasting Saturn-Pluto parallel. Then we outline opportunities for liberation represented by the Jupiter-Uranus opposition, espec...

Mercury passes by the Sun, in the middle of his backward trickster medicine dance through Virgo, the final conjunction in Earth signs for several years. Tune in as Gary reviews the expressions of the Earth archetype, both in terms of the current Mercury cycle as well as the 200 year Jupiter-Saturn cycle in Earth which is rapidly coming to a close.

Eclipse season is upon us! Tune in as Gary shares the wonderful Vedic eclipse myth called Samudra Manthan, as well as lessons he's learned about how to deal with eclipses. Gary also shares the Western myth of the Fisher King and illuminates the role of the Behenian (magical) and Royal star Regulus.

Jupiter and Saturn are both visible in the evening sky and moving toward the final aspect (sextile) of their final cycle begun in Earth signs (Taurus in 2000). Tune in as Gary shares lessons he's learned about both the signs Jupiter and Saturn are transiting, as well as the magical stars involved.

Today Venus moves through the Heart of the Sun at 5 Aries. Tune in as Gary shares lessons he's learned from three teachers for how to interpret, delineate and apply this event to transform your relationships, values and aesthetic experiences over the next 9 months.

Tune in as Gary explains in practical down to earth terms how this particular eclipse is configured, in terms of the planets and energies involved and how you can work with them in your life. This final eclipse in Pisces represents the final stage and finishing touches to what we can think of as the "Pisces re-model project" -as Pisces is an area that's been pretty tumultuous the last couple years...

We have 3 morning star planets for the first time in almost a year! Tune in as Gary explains how Morning sky planets encourage self focus and exploration Jupiter is with Spica in Libra encouraging us to Dream and expand our self-development projects. Mercury is making his third pass through Capricorn, showing us little seeds of the future via the major "Capricorn re-model project" that will be kic...

Mercury reaches maximum elongation from the Sun today, in the same degrees where he will eventually make a conjunction with the Sun in the middle of his backward trickster medicine dance through Capricorn. Tune in as Gary reviews the basic expressions of the Capricorn archetype as a Zodiac sign and how Mercury's stirring of the Capricorn archetype and fixed star Facies offers each of us an opportu...

Mercury reaches greatest elongation today, the first of three alignments with the Sun in Virgo near the star Denebola. Alongside are Venus and Jupiter. Higher in the evening sky we find Mars and Saturn in Sagittarius with the bright red star Antares. Tune in as Gary breaks down what these these two groups are about, how they represent the classic Alchemical pair of the fixed and the volatile, and...

Mercury and Venus are in the process of returning to visibility in the evening sky. This means we have all five visible planets in the evening sky for the next month, an interesting counterpoint to February's morning sky alignment. Tune in as Gary shares examples from literature illustrating the basic qualities of evening, and how this applies not only to what may be appearing in your life now, an...

Today we have the New Moon in Gemini and this event is also part of the larger configuration of a Mutable Grand Cross which includes the superior conjunction of Venus. We can use these events and their significations as a metaphor for the Alchemical Union of Opposites via a Third and the doctrine of the Tria Prima. Tune in as Gary illustrates this process via diverse examples including the histori...

Today we have both the Retrograde station of Mars conjunct Antares, the Heart of the Scorpion, and the maximum elongation of Mercury as evening star in Taurus -which prefigures the upcoming Transit of Mercury on May 9. We can use these two events and their significations as a metaphor for the Alchemical operation of Distillation, where the subtle spiritual force of a substance is drawn out and con...

Today we have the 2nd of a series of 3 Jupiter-Saturn squares for 2015-16, which together represent the harvest phase of a 20 year cycle. Gary talks about how this cycle has its seed point in Taurus and explores what that means, how it might look in your life and what you can still do about it. Then we look forward to the next cycle which begins in only 5 years in the sign of Aquarius. This gives...

Mercury and Venus are conjunct all month, and Gary talks about how this conjunction is experienced very differently first in Capricorn as a purification or release of energy and then later in Aquarius as an intake of new energy and ability to move ahead. There's something for everyone in this episode with a smorgasbord of traditional, classical and modern ideas. Gary explains in his inimitable dow...

Mercury passes by the Sun today, in the middle of his backward trickster medicine dance through Capricorn. Tune in as Gary reviews the historical expressions of the Capricorn archetype as a structuring mechanism for human society and explores the possibilities that Mercury's stirring of the Capricornian stewpot offers each of us to re-frame and renew the structuring forces in our own lives.

Two planets are currently in the process of crossing the threshold of visibility. Saturn is making an appearance as morning star and Mercury is appearing as evening star. Gary discusses these two appearances via the chart of the recent Paris Agreement. We close with a discussion of Mercury's upcoming triple-alignments on the South Node of Saturn and how they afford each of us an opportunity to mak...

Tune in as Gary discusses the current Saturn-Neptune square, the two faces or sides of Saturn (which are currently in transition) and the nature of our current placement within the Saturn-Neptune cycle.

Tune in as Gary discusses the current Lunar Eclipse in Aries, with the ruler Mars conjunct Regulus in Virgo and square to Saturn in Sagittarius. Gary also covers the Saros series chart for the family to which this eclipse belongs, which also has Jupiter in Virgo but has the Moon in Cancer -which is Pope Francis' rising sign.