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Mystic musings on lunar rhythms, the Sun’s passage, and the patterns the planets make. Follow what draws you in.

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Planetary

In-depth articles on planetary transits and the larger patterns unfolding in our lives.

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Mercury in ScorpioSept 30–Dec 6, 2026 · Retrograde Oct 24–Nov 13

What Waits Beneath the Words

There is time to stay with a question. Explore Mercury’s extended season in Scorpio, with key dates and a personal reflection on what lies beneath our words.

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Venus Retrograde in Scorpio & LibraOct 3–Nov 13, 2026

What the Heart Keeps

Venus’s retrograde through Scorpio and Libra invites a deeper look at trust, devotion, and the shape of our relationships. The retrograde began on October 3 and continues through November 13, 2026.

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Lunations

Readings for New and Full Moons: beginnings, turning points, and reflection.

Ivory Taurus bull resting beside still water beneath a full Moon and delicate gold stars
Full Moon in Taurus | Oct 25, 2026 | 9:12 p.m. PDT

What Is Worth Keeping

By late October, the ground is gathering what the trees have finished carrying. Leaves settle into the garden. The evenings draw us toward warmth, familiar rooms, and the people whose presence lets us soften.

The Full Moon in Taurus brings our attention to what sustains us. Food, shelter, touch, beauty, time: the tangible elements of a life we can inhabit with some measure of ease.

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Seasonals

A reading for each passage of the Sun through the zodiac, with the season’s wider planetary context.

A golden scorpion and open pomegranate on a stone ledge beside dark water, framed by autumn plants beneath a setting Sun
Begins October 23 · Sun in Scorpio

What We Allow Ourselves to Want

By late October, the garden has begun to reveal its structure. Leaves gather beneath the trees. Seed heads darken. What has ripened returns to the ground, becoming nourishment for a season we cannot yet see.

As the Sun enters Scorpio, we might turn a similar attention toward our inner lives. Beneath our habits and obligations, what still has life in it? What are we holding close? What have we wanted for so long that we have stopped allowing ourselves to name it?

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Antique balance scale holding a pale rose and moon opposite a warmly lit doorway
Current season · through October 23

Balance We Can Live In

The Libra Sun asks us to look at the space between ourselves and others. Where do we meet easily? Where have we been keeping the peace by leaving something of ourselves out?

Mars in Leo brings another voice to the question of balance: the desire to create, express ourselves, and let our hearts be seen. Its opposition to Pluto on October 3 may sharpen the tension between personal desire and shared power. Where can we act with courage while leaving room for another person’s freedom? Give your energy to what matters, with care for how that energy reaches others.

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Starspells

Poems and simple rituals inspired by the changing sky.

A huntress with a lowered bow beneath a luminous full Moon and celestial Taurus bull, surrounded by autumn leaves
Full Moon in Taurus · Starspell

Under the Huntress Moon

Beneath this moon,
I return to the wisdom of my body—
its pulse, its hunger,
the knowing beneath my skin.

A blessing for what sustains us, the beauty we make room for, and a life the body can call home.

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A full Moon in an antique mirror beside a rose
Full Moon in Aries | SEPT 26, 2026 | 9:49 a.m. PDT

A Place in the Light

The Aries Moon rises full
across from the Libra Sun.

I have called it kindness
to make myself smaller.
I have mistaken quiet
for keeping the peace.

Venus moves through Scorpio,
asking what my heart protects
when it reaches for yours.

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Latest Starcast · November 2, 2026

What Love Keeps Alive

The Leo Moon meets Mars and Jupiter. On Día de los Muertos, remembrance finds expression through creativity, affection, and acts of care.

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Starcasts

Short, timely readings on the changing sky, shared whenever inspiration arrives.

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Room for Joy

The Last Quarter Moon in Leo invites honest expression, manageable commitments, and room for joy as the clocks turn back.

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October 2026
September 2026

Before the Light Breaks

The Libra Sun holds up the question of balance. Beneath a Moon growing nearly full, you may begin to see where keeping the peace has meant setting aside a need of your own.

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The Equinox

The Moon is in Aquarius today, bringing a little space to think, connect, and see familiar routines differently.

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