As dramatic as 2020 has been friends, there’s more coming. September through November are some of the most astrologically charged months. I see us heading into challenging times this fall. Maybe you do, too. Conflict and violence may continue to escalate. I’m orienting these posts toward helping us understand the astrology of this time — so we can learn it in our bodies and let our bodies find their wisdom postures.

One of the gifts of astrology is that it helps us tell time. The planets circling us are nature’s clock showing us where we are in the larger story of Earth. Gemini season blew us into June with a big gust of change. We went from isolating at home to living collectively in a protest zone: Seattle’s Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP). We saw a vast shift in the public mind: 67% of Americans support Black Lives Matter, a 23% increase from 2016. Cities have promised to abolish police, defund police, and remove them from schools entirely. For the first time in a century and a half, there is real, large scale talk of abolition.

A Taurus new moon is always extra magnetic. Extra able to pull together resources to build something lasting. Take a pause and summon your magic (today or tomorrow — we’re still in the new moon phase). Plant literal or figurative seeds. Sing to the trees. Pray into the soil. Love up on the nature that is your body.

Life as we knew it is interrupted. Plans have been cancelled, cities are quiet, and we are inside our brightly lit homes, staring at screens. While much has shifted, many of us are also normalizing to the new virtual reality. Some of us are working at the same pace, or even faster. There are many messages contained in this moment — but are we slowing down enough to listen, or are we simply on auto-pilot?