In Chani’s words | March 11th, 2024: A planetary pileup in Pisces

In a recent session, my therapist looked at me and said, “You are extremely sensitive, you know.” My migraines have recently come back with a vengeance and I’ve found myself once again confronted with the fact that I am a mere mortal. I hate the reminder. I don’t wear sensitivity as a badge of honor, […]

In Chani’s words | March 4th, 2024: New Moon in Pisces affirmations

March 10th brings us a New Moon in Pisces. This is a lunation that calls for uninhibited and pragmatic dreaming. If that sounds impossible, all we need to do is spend some time in the natural world. Nature is both wild and grounded. It perseveres and experiments without fear of failure. It grows however and […]

In Chani’s words | February 26th, 2024: Mercury and Saturn cazimis

On February 28th, we have a rare alignment of the Sun, Saturn, and Mercury, who are all gathered at 9° Pisces. When a planet makes an exact conjunction with (aka is in the same place as) the Sun, traditional astrologers view it as a special moment in that planet’s travels. This is called a cazimi […]

In Chani’s words | February 19th, 2024: Saturnian lessons

Children are little time eaters. They devour days and weeks and months with their adorable grins, eyes of wonder, and delight in the most ordinary of details. They enrapture you with their innocence and need. They steal your drive and rearrange your ambition and suddenly you are hell-bent on achieving one thing: getting them to […]

In Chani’s words | February 12th, 2024: Mars conjunct Pluto in Aquarius

We do not lack the brilliance, the creative prowess, the passion, or the desire to bring about a more just and equitable world. We do not lack shoulders of giants to stand on; blueprints of what has worked and why, or what has failed and when; or teachers who are willing to pass on the […]