Nine is my favorite number, so I confess I have been looking forward to this day. Nine is the number of completion and fulfillment at its most filling until it spills over into ten and demands a new beginning. Astrologically, nine corresponds to Sagittarius and the Ninth House. There is a sense of expansion and a world where life has meaning and everything is interconnected. Nine is the perfection of three when multiplied by itself. There are nine planets, nine... Read more
So now the folks who brought us the securitization of the bloating of the American Dream under the relentless optimism of Pluto in Sagittarius have come up with a brilliant idea to take advantage of the focus on death and dying that is likely to arise with Pluto in Capricorn: the securitization of life insurance policies of the ill and elderly. Capricorn is ruled by Saturn who, prior to Pluto’s discovery, was the ruler of death. Pluto, lord of the... Read more
With Saturn and Uranus preparing to oppose each other exactly next week, the middle of the night resignation of Van Jones as the “Green Jobs Czar” in the Obama administration may be a hint as to which of the planets is winning. Saturn represents society and structure, and Uranus is rebellion and new ideas. When the conservative media discovered that Van Jones had signed a petition asking then Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to investigate possible government complicity in the September 11... Read more
Saturn and Uranus are now within two degrees oftheir exact opposition which culminates on September 15. As you probably now, Saturn represents conservative thinking and conventional behavior, and Uranus represents that which is new and innovative. Perhaps this wasn’t the best time to roll out healthcare reform in the United States, since oppositional defiance is occurring not only between the Democrats and Republicans, but in splinter groups within the parties as well. The desire to be in opposition to SOMETHING is... Read more
You may have seen the beautiful waxing Moon illuminated by Jupiter over the past few nights as the Moon passed through Aquarius and transited Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune. Today at around noon Eastern the Sun and Moon oppose each other in the polarity that we call the Full Moon. The Pisces Full Moon is all about connecting to Spirit, to the Divine within us, to our imagination and a sense of magic. However, when the Moon is full in Pisces... Read more
I love a good mystery, and you probably do too. Check out these 13 THINGS SENT TO TRY US from Michael Brooks via New Scientist – it’s almost enough to make you think there is more to this Universe than scientists can understand: 1. Radiation left from the Big Bang is still glowing in the sky – in a mysterious and controversial pattern. 2. Something unseeable and far bigger than anything in the known universe is hauling a group of galaxies towards... Read more
Jerry asked in the comments about the relationship between the chart of Los Angeles and the current wildfires and I thought this would make a good post. There are a couple of charts for Los Angeles. The first one, which seems to be most widely used, is the September 4, 1781 date of the founding of the city by fourteen families as directed by King Carlos III of Spain. The chart for this date has the Sun in Virgo, with... Read more
Skywatch for September is now posted on my website, Here’s the intro discussing the big events occurring in September: The big news for September is the third phase of the opposition between Saturn and Uranus in the middle of the month. This is a major planetary cycle that began on the US election day in November of 2008 and will have a total of five phases in which the conventional way of doing things (Saturn) will battle against new ideas and change... Read more
Sorry, there will be no Astrological Musings Radio show today because I’m at the Body, Mind Spirit Expo in Raleigh this weekend. Rich and I do these two shows a year where we showcase beautiful crystals and mineral specimens and some jewelry, and I do astrology and tarot readings. They are a lot of fun and a great opportunity to meet some fabulous people. Next week we’ll be talking about the big planetary events coming up in September. Of course... Read more
You’ll be hearing a lot more about this planetary event over the next few months and years. Ray Merriman is calling the event the “Cardinal Climax,” and astrologer Gary Caton in this recent article in The Mountain Astrologer is calling it the “Cardinal Crisis.” This is an alignment of planets in cardinal signs that will continue to create change in our inner and outer worlds. The cardinal signs are the signs of action, and with various planets conflicting with each other... Read more
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