Mary Plumb at The Mountain Astrologer has posted an interesting comparison of the chart of Sonia Sotomayor with the chart for the US. An interesting point in Mary’s excellent article is that Ms. Sotomayor was born with Mercury having just turned retrograde. Because it had just changed direction, Mercury was moving slowly at the time of her birth, As Mary writes, “The very slowly moving Mercury at birth shows a deliberate turn of mind.” However, Mercury conjoins Uranus which tends... Read more
photograph from Reuters. News reports from South Korea say that Kim Jong Il, the despotic leader of North Korea, is suffering from pancreatic cancer and was diagnosed last summer. Rumors of health problems have been swirling around him for months. For background, you may find it interesting to read my astrological profile of Kim Jong Il from back in 2006, and here is the noon chart (no birthtime is available). Kim’s chart shows that he has a deeply revolutionary nature, with the... Read more
I was taking in my daily dose of hilarity on Matthew’s blog this morning where he has a post about asteroids that begins with a comment about Lincoln’s Sun being conjunct Lucifer which has caused some astrologers to say that Lincoln is the Antichrist” The whole thing about Lucifer being Satan is bizarre to me. Lucifer is the “Light Bringer,” the “Morning Star.” So how did he get from bringing the light to representing the devil? This article from the Theosophical University... Read more
The recent cyber-attacks on government computers in the United States and South Korea coincide with the square (90 degree aspect) from Mars (warfare, aggression) to the Triple Conjunction of Chiron, Jupiter and Neptune which is still tightly in alignment. On a personal level that Triple Conjunction has served as a call from the soul to delve deeply into the unfolding healing process in order to more consciously awaken to every part of our being. (See my website and this blog... Read more
Chiron was discovered in the late 1970s, and although many astrologers still seem not to include it in their practice, it has been an important part of my work for over 20 years. Chiron is an important part of the planetary energy that is taking place right now since it is locked into the conjunction with Neptuneand the soon to be separating Jupiter. You can read more about the astrological Chiron here. Astrologers sometimes categorize Chiron with the other asteroids: Vesta,Juno, Hygeia,... Read more
If you’ve been feeling tense and anxious over the past few days, you are not alone! Mars, planet of aggression and the pure expression of Will, has been in a square formation to Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune. The square of Mars to Jupiter expands our desires and fuels our physical energy, but also makes us resistant to authority and longing for freedom. Mars in square to Chiron irritates our sensitive places and induces emotional reactivity. Mars square to Neptune can... Read more
Frederick Woodruff’s blog Astro Inquiry is always fascinating and today he dissects the enigma of Michael Jackson through his Jungian lens: Michael Jackson, as I’ve noted earlier, was a Sun conjunct Pluto Virgo. Unless given almost shamanic-like life training, Sun Pluto individuals approach existence from an impetus that most of us can barely fathom. And if we can’t understand it, imagine what it must be like for them to actually live it. When Pluto’s aura veils any of the personal planets, especially... Read more
Sarah Palin has resigned as Governor of the state of Alaska, effectively dooming any hopes she has to run for President in 2012. This announcement came as a shock to political watchers and to conservatives whose support remained consistent despite the teen pregnancy of her daughter and ethics violations. The resignation comes on the heels of a dramatic and very public feud between Palin and David Letterman who made some bad jokes that were in very bad taste about Palin’s... Read more
Traditional astrologers seem to like to predict death. Because traditional astrology is based in prediction and the concept of fate, the question of when a person will die becomes a subject of inquiry and analysis in the traditional modalities, whereas modern branches of astrology and certainly what I call “transformational” ‘astrology is more concerned with the evolution of the personality and the soul and our ability to transform our karma and create our destiny. (You might be interested in my earlier... Read more
Neptune returns this year and next to its discovery degree: 25 degrees Aquarius. Here is a a lovely video about the return of Neptune. It’s about ten minutes long, but worth the time. When new planets are discovered they seem to release a new wave of consciousness into the world. When Uranus was discovered in 1781 there was a wave of rebellion and revolution that spread around the world. When Pluto was discovered in 1930 the atomic bomb was detonated... Read more
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