By Leo Knighton Tallarico The Yod “finger of god” formation with the USA Mars was exact Saturday morning April 14 at 5:58 AM EDT when Jupiter was sextile with Pluto. 8 or 9 hours prior to that formation France, USA, and Britain starting dropping bombs on Syria.   As we have stated before, that Yod formation brings with it a turning point for military affairs in the USA. The finger has pointed toward military invasion and that does not bode well for peace in the Middle East. T

By Leo Knighton Tallarico As I write this forecast/blog, we are still several hours before the Full Moon in Capricorn, which is at 12:07 AM on the 9th of July EDT. This has been a rather sobering and sometimes intense full moon experience for many. A Capricorn Full Moon is often sobering, but there has been an added edginess to this one, and that is because Pluto is conjunct the Moon and opposite the Sun of this Full Moon. Pluto of course is the guardian of the underworld, an

By Leo Knighton Tallarico We are in the last few weeks before Eclipse Season begins at the New Moon in Leo on July 23. The first eclipse will not be until the Lunar Eclipse Full Moon in Aquarius on August 7,  but the Leo New Moon in late July will show us the first winds blowing in for the stormy Eclipse Season. In fact the Leo New Moon in late July will be the first of two Leo New Moons in a row, a relatively rare occurence. The first Leo New Moon on July 23 is at 1 degree o

By Leo Knighton Tallarico As we move past the Wesak Scorpio Full Moon from May 10, we experience the waning half of the lunar cycle that was begun at the Taurus New Moon on April 26. This current lunar cycle ends at the Gemini New Moon on May 25. So now as we move downward with the waning Moon, we process all that has been happening since April 26. The 4th and last quarter of the Taurus lunar cycle happens on Thursday May 18, with the Moon in Aquarius. Even more processing en

By Leo Knighton Tallarico This coming week should bring a deepening into one’s body and soul.  Water and Earth signs are strongly represented this week.  Water and Earth together bring energies “down and in” instead of “up and out”. Together they represent Yin instead of Yang. There is a Full Moon on Tuesday the 27th at 8:05 AM EDT.  That Full Moon has the Sun in Scorpio and the Moon in Taurus.   Scorpio is water and Taurus is Earth, both Yin signs. Both are “fixed” signs as

By Leo Knighton Tallarico Venus is solidly Retrograde now and will be until September 6, so relationship issues continue front and center in our lives, for better and worse.    And Saturn overnight from Saturday August 1 to Sunday August 2 turns from Retrograde to Direct. As it turns Direct, metaphorically the hand of time starts up again, and there is a turning point feeling of Time Marching On.  Though you may still feel there is time to choose a direction, on a deeper leve

By Leo Knighton Tallarico This week the planetary highlight is  a Full Moon in Virgo/Pisces.   This lunation may bring in the first winds of Autumn Eclipse Season 2014, yet the official beginnings of that eclipse season will not be until the New Moon in Libra on September 23/24. The Full Moon in Pisces this week is on Monday September 8 at 9:38 PM EDT.   The combination of Sun in Virgo and Moon in Pisces is usually very gentle and yin-like energetically.   There is a “coming

by Leo Knighton Tallarico Here comes the first eclipse this spring:  This Tuesday April 15 at 3:42 AM EDT.  The night before, on Monday April 14, Pluto will be changing directions to add to the anticipated increased intensity. Already many are feeling the effects. Things are cracking open, parts of our selves, our emotions, or our relationships that have been on lock down are coming up to be experienced again. If you are or will be feeling out of your normal balance; feeling

by Leo Knighton Tallarico Spring Eclipse Season 2014 promises to be one we will always remember.    The New Moon in Aries on Sunday March 30 at 2:45 PM EDT can be considered the time of turning the ignition key into that Season.  Aries is like the thrust outward into the world at a new baby’s birth, of the buds pushing through branches in spring, of a warrior’s courage to fight for what is right, of the courageous statement of a gay man or woman to be true to themselves and c

By Leo Knighton Tallarico We are fully in the aftermath of the Eclipse Season,  viewing the results and repercussions of what was shaken up and shifted during that time period. We wrote during that Eclipse Season that both transiting Jupiter and Mars would making conjunction with the USA natal Mars in Gemini from its birth date of July 4 1776. We let you know that between May 18 and June 30 there would be issues ignited around USA  military adventures, conflicts, and wars. We

By Leo Knighton Tallarico The winds of change are blowing strongly now, and will increase in strength as we move further into our Spring Eclipse Season 2013. Some people, however, are really struggling with letting go.  They are finding it difficult to let go of “how it used to be”.    The stronger the tide of change, the more we need to let go of the past.   And sometimes what we hold onto the most is an old belief or attitude that defined our sense of personal reality. Perh

by Leo Knighton Tallarico Shifting tides this week.   I know many of you are ready, as the last few weeks have been emotionally and mentally difficult. This coming week, Mercury finally goes back Direct into more sanity, and Spring Equinox opens its beginning blossoms of  light and heat. Yes, I know this was an especially challenging Mercury Retrograde for so many, coming at the end of Winter, during Pisces‘ emotional confusion and hurt. But this Sunday March 17 at 4:03 PM ED

by Leo Knighton Tallarico This is a very important “turning point” week ahead.   It is time for a New Chapter of our life stories to soon begin. A powerful spring 2012 Eclipse Season with a Venus Passage is passing.  The first eclipse was a New Moon Solar Eclipse on May 20.  That began a lunar cycle, which included a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on June 4 and a Venus passage on June5/6, that ends on June 19 this week at 11:02 AM EDT with a New Moon in Gemini. That Eclipse Season s

by Leo Knighton Tallarico Last night Friday April 13 at 11:53 PM here on the east coast Mars went back Direct again.   The day leading up to the Mars turn, North Korea shot a satellite that failed out toward space.    The powers of the world are concerned about the nuclear capability of North Korea. The first day after Mars went Direct, Iran is meeting with these same powers of the world to discuss Iran’s nuclear capability. So nuclear bombs are a topic of concern as Mars, th

by Leo Knighton Tallarico Mercury has gone back direct, though still moving slowly. Mars will finally go back direct later this week on Friday the 13th of April. So at the current crossroads, it is getting time to pick some direction.   And keep in mind that picking a direction does not guarantee you will stay on course.   There will be many twists and turns in the weeks ahead. But at least you should be better able to “see” more clearly, as  Mercury has gone Direct. Mars Dir

by Leo Knighton Tallarico We moved into a new zone last week, after the New Moon in Aquarius and Mars going retrograde.  Our lives are on pause/rewind now while Mars is retrograde, with issues being processed on levels sometimes deeper than we know.   It sometimes may feel like you are going backwards, as if gains you have made are being lost.  You are not going backward, this back and forth movement is part of the process. But if you try to move forcefully forward while Mars

by Leo Knighton Tallarico We have entered a new reality zone- since Mercury went retrograde Thursday and there was a Solar Eclipse New Moon in Sagittarius Friday.  Free your mind and soul from old patterns and obstructions, and be open to finding new solutions and understandings.  It is time for new beginnings and new inspirations, time to let go of old fears and have more faith in your self and life.  But be careful not to jump or impulsively leap into anything. Mercury Retr

by Leo Knighton Tallarico We are on the outskirts of a very intense and transformative time period.    We  have let you know in previous writings that the time period between late October 2010 through January 2011 was an important time period, especially for world events that will shake up and change our lives. The most powerful part of that time period is December 5 2010 through January 19 2011. That time period begins on December 5 with a fiery New Moon in Sagittarius, on t

By Leo Knighton Tallarico The second of three eclipses in a row happens this week.    It is a Total Solar Eclipse.  In the USA it happens on Tuesday the 21st of July, while in most of the rest of the world it happens on July 22.  On the USA east coast it is at 10:35 PM on the 21st, while on the west coast it is at 7:35 PM. Solar Eclipses are always New Moons, as Lunar Eclipses are always Full Moons.   Solar Eclipses are exponentially perhaps 10 times as powerful as normal new