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Hestia - Sun in Virgo III

The Sun enters Virgo III on 12 Sept. 2023 at 8:55 pm EDT. This is the realm of Hestia, fire-tender of the gods and the chief cook of their kitchens. What is the nourishment that brings you immortality? How are you fed by by the Spirit in this life?

The Sun enters Virgo III on September 12, 2023 at 8:55 pm EDT. Hestia, or Vesta in the Latin tradition, is the keeper of the hearth of the gods, the chief cook of their kitchens, and the Olympian sister of Zeus/Jupiter who rules over the feasts of the gods. She portions out the nectar and ambrosia that are the food and drink of immortality. In the third decan of Virgo, which Austin Coppock named…

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Leo II begins 8/2/2023 at 9:01 am EDT. It belongs to Isis the goddess of magic and wife of Osiris lord of the Underworld, mother of Horus the bringer of daylight.  Where are you putting your best effort? Is that effort enough to win the laurels that bring triumph? Austin Coppock called this decan "The Laurel Wreath" and T. Susan Chang called it "Your Time in the Sun" — either way, it represents the idea of achievement... but only achievement after long practice, not the lackadaisical effort that brings a participation trophy.

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Sun in Leo I - Hephaestus

The Sun enters Leo I tonight at 9:51 pm EDT — the realm of Hephaestus the forge-god. THE SPOTLIGHT is a place of discomfort and pressure — you're the best of your time, but can you live up to your last best effort? Time will tell.

The Sun enters Leo I on July 22, 2023, at 9:51 pm EDT. Austin Coppock called this part of the sky The Spotlight, in part for its associations with Saturn and Hephaestus — there is a degree of skill and expertise in this decan which has worked with professionalism for what feels like eternity. But T.Susan Chang called it Under Pressure, noting its associations with the 5 of Wands, where a group of…

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Sun in Taurus I - Charis

The Sun enters Taurus I on 20 April 2023 at 4:14 am EDT — a part of the sky that Austin Coppock named The Plough, as a place strongly associated with the process of doing work now to enjoy delayed gratification later. T. Susan Chang recognizes this part of the sky as associated with the 4 of Disks — the management and control of wealth within and through the tools of urbanization and…

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Sun in Aquarius III — Osiris

Osiris rules Aquarius III "The Knot" — which begins 8 February 2023 at 8:10 pm EST when the Sun enters. A place of untying, loosening, untangling, it reminds us that not every connection needs to be maintained to eternity; at times the cord must be cut.

The Sun enters Aquarius III — the realm of Osiris, which Austin Coppock named The Knot, on February 8, 2023. T. Susan Chang notes that this decan is associated with the middle part of the month of February, and the 7 of Swords in the Rider Waite Tarot deck. Inviting us to use diplomacy instead of aggression, and to sidestep direct confrontation through the use of cleverness and intelligence, the…

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Sun in Gemini I — Tethys

The Sun enters Gemini I at 9:23 pm EDT tonight (20 May 2022), the realm of Tethys— mythology's evolving Darwin to Okeanos' Newtonian firmament. What is assured for all time? What must change? What is too abstract, and what must be concretized?

Tethys, goddess of the sea, was the ancient ruler of Gemini I — which the Sun enters on May 20, 2022 at 9:23 pm EDT. Called “The Apple of Eden” by Austin Coppock, it was associated in the days of the magician Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa with the liberal arts and sciences — The seven Liberal Arts are well known of course: grammar, rhetoric, logic, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy. Yet the…

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Sun in Taurus II: Horae

At 4:47 am EDT on April 30 2022, the Sun enters Taurus II, the realm of the Horae — the spirits of seasonality and timeliness. Where are you working with the natural order of the seasons? Where are you fighting that order?

The Sun enters Taurus II, the realm of the Horae, on 30 April 2022 at 4:47 am EDT — just a few days out from his annual conjunction with Uranus the revolutionary. And yet the chart itself is a night chart, with the Sun below the horizon just about twelve hours out from an eclipse and the dark of the Moon. Austin Coppock called this decan The Lingam-Yoni, correctly in my mind identifying it with…

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Sun in Scorpio II — Leto

Sun in Scorpio II — Leto: The Sun enters Scorpio II on 2 November 2021 at 1:17 am EDT. How do you plan to learn new skills? How will those skills serve your community, your friends, and the world?

Just at 1:17 am on November 2, 2021, only an hour and a quarter or so after midnight in New York City, the Sun enters the second decan of Scorpio, the one that Austin Coppock called The Alchemical Apparatus for Double Distillation (or The Double Distiller, for a slightly-shorter name). There the Sun is joined by Mars just entering the first decan. Soon, Scorpio will welcome both the Moon and…

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