Kris Allen sped ahead of the pack last night to take home the American Idol crown in a surprise upset over Adam Lambert, who had been expected to win. Allen’s surprising victory echoed last year’s surprise win by David Cook (profiled by me in this earlier article). Kris has an interesting astrological chart that should blow away a few concepts. First of all, five planets are retrograde in his chart, a phenomenon that is relatively rare but which has traditionally been associated... Read more
If you needed an excuse to begin meditating or expand your practice, this could be it: Push-ups, crunches, gyms, personal trainers –people have many strategies for building bigger muscles and stronger bones. But what can one do to build a bigger brain? Meditate. That’s the finding from a group of researchers at UCLA who used high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of people who meditate. In a study published in the journal NeuroImage and currently available online (by subscription),... Read more
I love this video from Jeff – and while I completely agree with his rant against reducing astrology to a simplistic look at sun signs, I would like to point out that all of us do have Suns, and they are all in signs, and that the Sun is the most important single piece of the chart. However, it is still just one part of a celestial puzzle, and every piece is an important one. . Read more
This article was originally posted in September of 2006 when Saturn and Neptune were in opposition. Many of my clients have been referring to a “dark night of the soul” resulting from the Chiron/Neptune conjunction so I thought it might be useful to repost it. While I was on vacation I happened on a radio interview with Andrew Harvey, a mystic and Shakespearean scholar who believes as many do that the earth is heading for some troubled times. I was... Read more
I happened to watch CNN this afternoon while I was at the gym as they were discussing the appearance of President Obama at the commencement address. Raymond Arroyo was a guest on the program, and he was shocked, SHOCKED! that President Obama had reversed his position on abortion from what he promised during the campaign. Arroyo said that many Catholics voted for Obama because during the campaign Obama said that he wanted to see the number of abortions decrease, saying that this... Read more
These quotes are from a very interesting, but fairly technical, article by Douglas Boyd entitled “Inner-active Psychological Astrology” (courtesy of the Starcats site). This article was originally posted in 2006. “Only after I had familiarized myself with alchemy did I realize that the unconscious is a process, and that the psyche is transformed or developed by the relationship of the ego to the contents of the unconscious.” C. G. Jung; Memories, Dreams, Reflections: P. 209. “Mathematics has been and will... Read more
NASA seems to really like Mercury retrograde. NASA first launched the Discovery space shuttle on August 30, 1984 when Mercury was retrograde. The Discovery launched the Hubble telescope on April 24 1990 when Mercury was retrograde. After the initial launch of the Hubble scientists discovered that the optical mirror was flawed. Because the Hubble was supposed to be shooting photographs of deep space, this was a real problem. Often Mercury Retrograde periods can be used to repair problems from previous Mercury... Read more
President Obama says that the stars are aligned to pass his health care agenda this year. Well, we are in a unique position to see if the President is correct! The House of Representatives pledged today to pass landmark health care legislation by July 31st. Obama may be on to something. The triple conjunction of Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune will still be a tight formation as the three planets retrograde together within four degrees until early September, putting the pressure on all... Read more
Wanda Sykes is an American comedian known for her sharp and blunt wit and was chosen to appear last week at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Although she has been excoriated by many for her ruthless skewering of conservatives, her fans know that the Wanda Sykes that appeared at the dinner was a watered down version. The real Wanda is armed with much sharper barbs and insults. The birthchart of Wanda Sykes (born 3/7/1964, time unknown, Portsmouth VA) is very interesting.... Read more
A US soldier stationed at Camp Liberty in Baghdad has allegedly killed five fellow soldiers and wounded three others at a stress clinic which has been set up to handle cases of psychological problems. Already there has been an eruption of news articles with revelations about conditions on the US military and the increasing stress that servicemen are under from these long years of war. Five soldiers in Iraq try to kill themselves every day. Sexual assault cases are up... Read more
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