Final 12 months I had a really large birthday with a 7 in it, and ever since then I’ve been pondering my future. I had been desirous to replace my VisionCrafting workbook for these of us within the third age of life, the time after the second Saturn return at round age 58 once we notice that point is passing shortly, and the extra I labored on that replace the extra I spotted that I actually want this work earlier than I can cross something alongside to others.

I’ve been writing frequently about astrological subjects since 1991 once I was requested to jot down a horoscope column for a brand new month-to-month religious journal referred to as Connexions. Fairly than write solar signal horoscopes I as a substitute started writing concerning the astrological impact of planetary actions and referred to as my column Skywatch. After I began my web site in 2002 I started posting this column on the net (you possibly can see an archive right here – not a lot has modified prior to now 20 years!). There turned out to be not less than one different astrology column referred to as Skywatch so I modified the identify to Planetary Illuminations, which was actually a extra correct identify anyway.

Thirty years is a very long time, and since then astrology has swept into the mainstream. Now you can examine Mercury retrograde in each main journal and information outlet, and particulars concerning the new and full moons are in all places. A seek for “full supermoon august 2023) generated 44.6 million outcomes! it has change into an increasing number of tough to seek out new and inventive methods to jot down about ceaselessly occurring astrological occasions.

I’m not going to surrender on presenting this materials altogether, however I do want a break to see the place my coronary heart is, and to change into reinspired.  I additionally simply realized that I actually am unable to totally inhabit the method of growing older into deeper spirituality if I’m centered on “doing” – working the algorithms to get extra views, monitoring readership and hits, writing profiles earlier than anybody else to get the Google juice.

So, expensive pals, I’m going to take slightly break from common astrological writing. This implies no weekly forecast, and no month-to-month Planetary Illuminations. I could put up a profile at times, and I’ll possible repost some favourite articles of the previous. I’ll most likely proceed the Sunday posts though they could not come out each week. I’m unsure how lengthy this break can be, however I’m sure I’ll be again in some kind.

In the meantime there are almost 18 years of archives on my weblog, and in that point I’ve lined just about every thing. You should utilize the search field if you happen to’re searching for one thing specifically, or my favorites are tagged right here. 💖