Thursday’s Sagittarius new moon — the last of 2012 — prepares us for Winter Solstice and the Festival Week of the New Group of World Servers. Uranus becomes stationary direct (4.37 Aries) Thursday. The New Age is right on schedule. In the sky Thursday and Friday are the Geminids meteor showers (possibly 50 an hour)…

Esoteric Astrology as news for the week December 6-12, 2012 We’re in the season of gifting, a holiday ritual that, for some, brings terror (What do I give? Who am I? What do they like? I have no money!), and for others it’s a way of being festive, showing gratitude, participating with family, friends and…

Esoteric Astrology as news for week Nov. 29-Dec. 5, 2012 Our first week of December, candles lit for Advent, we remain under the shadow of the lunar eclipse. The end of the Mayan calendar occurs in three weeks as the Festival of the New Group of World Servers begins. We have gifts to make (no…

Esoteric Astrology as news for week November 21-28, 2012 The Sun is in Sagittarius, sign of good food, journeys, justice and jurisprudence (study of law). Thursday is Thanksgiving, a day of Gratitude. The day is void-of-course (moon making no connections with planets, therefore we have difficulty making connections and creating comfort). This can be complicated…

Esoteric Astrology as news for week November 8-14, 2012 Readers, please read my website and FB page. As I write this column (a week ahead) I do not know the outcome of the elections or even if they occurred. I will have more updated information and responses on my website (www.nightlightnews.com) and FB page (Risa’s…

The Election in Mercury Retrograde Esoteric Astrology as news for Election Week, Nov. 1-7, 2012 Uh, oh. That’s what many astrologers are saying when viewing the Nov. 6 election day astrology chart. How could this occur we ask? It must be some cosmic joke that allows us to possibly revisit the contested events of the…

Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 25-31, 2012 The Scorpio Solar Festival, full moon, occurs Monday at 7 degrees Scorpio/Taurus sometime after noon. We have both Libra’s and Scorpio’s seed thoughts influencing us during these times of change, reorientation and transformation all around us. “I choose the way that leads between two great lines…

Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 18-24, 2012 On Thursday, California, the entire west coast and many regions of the U.S. will experience the Great Shakeout — drills to help prepare for earthquakes and practicing how to be safe. http://www.shakeout.org/. The Orionids meteor showers can be seen Saturday and Sunday prior to dawn. After…

Esoteric Astrology as news for week October 4 – 10, 201212 Thursday, St. Francis of Assisi feast day, Jupiter (the planet at the heart of the Aquarian Age) turns stationary retrograde (16.23 degrees Gemini). Jupiter signifies good fortune, faith, abundance, expansion, luck, optimism, speculation and seeing life philosophically. When Jupiter retrogrades these usually externalized energies…