I am on vacation until November 12th and will try to post as internet access permits. Meanwhile I am reposting some interesting articles from the past and since Mars will soon be turning retrograde it’s worth a re-examination. [this post originally appeared in July of 2008.] Yesterday marked the peak of phase II of the conjunction of Pluto to my Mars, and what fun it was! I feel like a volcano is erupting in my soul. It’s pretty exciting, really,... Read more
So I’m in Jamaica for my tenth anniversary and the day I left, Saturn made an exact square to Mars in my chart. If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile you may remember that over the past couple of years Pluto has been transiting my Mars, and that’s been quite an interesting ride. Astrologers like to say that a challenging transit of Saturn (restriction, limitation, confinement) to Mars in the birthchart (drive, desires, action) is like driving with the... Read more
I am on vacation until November 12th and will try to post as internet access permits. Meanwhile I am reposting some interesting articles from the past. My husband Rich is a very laid-back guy, nothing bothers him very much. He [was in 2007] in the middle of a transit of Pluto square to his Sun, a transit that can be very difficult as we are forced to face the dark side of our psyche as we enter the Underworld of... Read more
Military personnel are struggling to retrace the steps of the suspected shooter in Thursday’s massacre at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a devout Muslim, has been named as the gunman. He allegedly opened fire shouting “Allahu Akbar” (god is great) before killing thirteen people and wounding 28 others. He was shot down by police and is currently on a ventilator. Hasan has described himself as being of Palestinian descent (second generation), although some sources... Read more
I am on vacation until November 12th and will try to post as internet access permits. Meanwhile I am reposting some interesting articles from the past. A column by Robert Samuelson about the upcoming “Boomsday” – the time (projected to be 2011) when 77 million baby boomers begin hitting the age of 65 and demanding their social security payouts. Because of the nature of the Social Security system, it will be the Boomers’ children whose social security taxes are paying... Read more
I am on vacation until November 12th, and until then I am posting some oldies but goodies along with more timely stories as internet access becomes available. From 2007: Dharmaruci writes: I’ve lately been feeling more dissatisfied than usual with the imaginary nature of the zodiac in modern astrology. The planets are in real places, and their relationships with each other are real, but the constellations that are supposed to be behind them and influencing them are not there. This... Read more
Guy Fawkes day is celebrated on November 5, to mark the foiling of a plot against the Protestant English government that occurred in 1605 and 1606 by a group of conspirators including Mr. Fawkes. The holiday is celebrated with fireworks and bonfires and the burning in effigy of Guy Fawkes as a symbol of rebellion against the State. Guy Fawkes was just one of the conspirators, but evidently he is the one that confessed the names of the others under... Read more
I’ll be on vacation until November 12th so forgive me if I don’t participate in the comments. I will try to put up a timely post or two during that time, but meanwhile I’ve selected some oldies but goodies for you. have a particular interest in energy medicine and the underlying causes of illness as they appear in the birthchart. This is particularly true of mysterious symptoms that defy diagnosis. That said, I am not a medical professional and my... Read more
Crop circles don’t have anything to do with astrology, and perhaps they have no place in an astrology blog. But I love a good mystery (my Mercury is in Scorpio – there! I made an astrological connection). From Professor A.J. Gevaerd, via Colin Andrews: [O]n October 29th, in the same town of Ipuaçu, by a few miles from the precise spot here last year’s circles have been found, a new sign in a wheat plantation was registered. This time, however, it is nothing... Read more
Sorry this comes a day late! What with the Skywatch and the Full Moon I got a bit behind. 🙂 This is written for the Eastern time zone, please adjust for your own locality. 1. Full Moon on the 2nd! Moon is in Taurus, squared by Mars in Leo. For more information read my Full Moon post. 2. Busy Moon on the 3rd in challenging square to the Big Three (Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune). Emotional rollercoaster likely, but Taurus will... Read more
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