Venus is the goddess of love and pleasure, and she rules over the principle of attraction as well. In that guise she oversees our ability to accumulate wealth and talents as well as loved ones, and it’s therefore not surprising that since Venus turned retrograde the financial markets have improved and there is a bit of optimism lurking underneath the darkness. Venus is at its brightest just before it turns retrograde, but it is during the time when it makes a... Read more
The Moon is now in Aries along with Mercury which entered that fiery sign yesterday, and Venus is retrograding back through Aries so we have a strong Aries focus right now. Mars-ruled Aries is well known for being the sign that is most adept at expressing anger due to its rulership by the god of war. I like to say that Mars rules the way we feel about the things we want. When we don’t get what we want, we... Read more
This issue is so emotionally charged that it’s difficult to take a rational and reasoned stance in doing any kind of astrological analysis, but I think Jamie Funk has done just that in his analysis of the signing of the healthcare bill. The bill was signed into law at the moment that the Moon hit the 5 degree point of Cancer, opposing Pluto in Capricorn exactly and setting off the square from Saturn which is nearing its opposition point to Uranus.... Read more
As new and ever more incredible scientific discoveries expand our awareness of what is possible, the new knowledge is beginning to overlap with ancient knowledge that was previously dismissed as fantasy or myth. A new article on Thunderbolts.info outlines this phenomenon in great detail: Curiously, peoples on both hemispheres held that such sky holes open and close with great rapidity, not unlike the ‘Symplegades’ of classical mythology. As part of their initiation rituals, prospective shamans of the Wiradjuri people, of... Read more
Perhaps one of my Australian readers can enlighten me! The ACMA Secret Censoring Blacklist has included my post onAstrology and the False Identity, according to the website Wikileaks.org. I’m listed right there along with babesf*%&k and brutalsexpics. Has Astrological Musings become a victim of Pluto in Capricorn’s desire for more and more Big Brother-type control? Wikileaks seems to think so: The Australian communications regulator’s top-secret blacklist of banned websites has been leaked on to the web and paints a harrowing... Read more
Excavations at Mount Lykaion in Greece have unearthed pottery shards that date back over 5,000 years. Mount Lykaion is one of the mythical birthplaces of Zeus (later known as Jupiter in Roman mythology), and this has led to speculation that Zeus may have been worshipped in this location 1,000 years earlier than previously supposed. David Gilman, senior research scientist, says: The fact that the ash altar to Zeus includes early material dating back to 3000 BCE suggests that the tradition of devotion... Read more
When I was at the Blast astrology conference in September I attended a lecture by Deb Houlding, proprietess of the fabulous Skyscript website, on the ancient art of Horary. Although my astrological skills fall squarely in the field of modern astrology, which is more humanistic and geared towards spiritual evolution than the more ancient methods, I confess I am fascinated by the ancient techniques and their claims to exactitude and details. Skyscript has an extremely interesting interview of Deb by Garry Phillipson... Read more
When the New Moon occurs near the spring equinox and the sky is dark, there is an opportunity to view up to 110 deep sky objects as catalogued by Charles Messier. These include galaxies and nebulae and star clusters that are normally not visible with amateur astronomical equipment. For you astronomy buffs out there, Universe Today has provided a tour guide to view all 110 objects at a leisurely pace over an eleven-day period, ten at a time. They started yesterday though, so... Read more
The Sun enters Aries today, making this the Vernal Equinox in the tropical zodiac, the time when the days and nights are of equal length. This therefore is a time of balance and the moment that Spring begins. The chart for the equinox, which occurs at 7:44 am this morning, features a square from Pluto to the Sun which signifies great power and the potential for transformation but also for conflict. Pluto in Capricorn demands sacrifice and respect for the... Read more
The shocking death of actress Natasha Richardson after what appeared to be a minor head injury from a skiing accident has raised a lot of questions. After refusing medical treatment twice, she flown first to a hospital in Montreal and then to a hospital in New York where she died of a blood clot compressing her brain. There is a big debate among astrologers as to whether we can predict death using astrology, and if we can, whether we should. We can... Read more
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