Photo by John French. I’m pleased to interrupt the political whirlwind to bring news of a New Moon in Scorpio. The New Moon occurs at 7:15 pm tonight (October 28) Eastern time, with the Sun and Moon aligned at 5 degrees Scorpio. Scorpio is intensely emotional and private, and this New Moon offers an opportunity to begin to really plumb the depths of our own emotional natures and find our source of empowerment. What is it we are truly feeling?... Read more
In this blog I try to present as balanced a viewpoint as possible when analyzing the astrological charts of public figures. But we are facing a historic election and I am unabashedly using this pulpit for a political message: Vote for Barack Obama on November 4. Today’s spiritual leaders have gathered together to present the case for Obama. Deepak Chopra, Pema Chodron, Shiva Rea, Jon Kabat-Zinn and many others write: As spiritual leaders signing this letter we are stepping forward... Read more
This comes as Saturn approaches within one degree to an opposition of Uranus. Mars today is in an exact square to Chiron which just turned direct and this event is certain to push with aggression (Mars) old wounds (Chiron) in the Middle East. A U.S. military official said the raid by special forces targeted the network of al-Qaida-linked foreign fighters moving through Syria into Iraq. The Americans have been unable to shut the network down in the area struck because... Read more
Ray Merriman has a new article up about Saturn in Virgo and the Saturn/Uranus opposition. Ray writes: Saturn in Virgo … relates to the growing frustration of those who do the work – the working class, the middle class. They look around and they see that they do all this work. Yet when the business fails, it is they who suffer, not the management that made the decisions that led to the failure. The workers are the ones who lose... Read more
“The Wounded Healer” by Alex Grey. Chiron has been traveling retrograde since May 25, and changes direction today. It has been virtually at a standstill since August, holding our feet to the fire as we release the wounds of our past in order to gain in wisdom and true knowledge. The accumulated understanding we’ve gained over the past month or so will have an opportunity for release now. Chiron is known as the “wounded healer” (read more about Chiron here), but he... Read more
A reader wrote to me the other day about an article she had read where a Vedic astrologer predicted that Obama would be assassinated because Ketu (the South Node of the Moon) would be conjunct Obama’s Sun. I dearly want to respect my colleagues, but I feel that when we predict death of any kind we are stepping over the line. First, I’m not sure how possible it is, and second, I’m not sure how useful it is to have... Read more
Newsweek has an article online that has been the topic of much discussion: Is technology changing our brains? A new study by UCLA neuroscientistGary Small adds to a growing body of research that says it is. And according to Small’s new book, “iBRAIN: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind,” a dramatic shift in how we gather information and communicate with one another has touched off an era of rapid evolution that may ultimately change the human brain as... Read more
Rich sent me this dissertation on the Two Cows Philosophy of Government a few weeks ago, and then when I saw it on Twilight’s blog it triggered some pondering on the relationship of astrology to this new governmental theory. Socialism: You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor. This is the Uranian theory of equality and fairness among all people. Communism: You have two cows. The government takes them both and provides you with milk. This is... Read more
Astrology is a wonderful tool for explaining human behavior, for timing periods of challenge and change, and for providing a map to navigating our way through life most effectively. What it can’t do, though, is predict an event with any certainty. That’s not to say that astrologers don’t try. Earlier in the year, before it appeared possible that Barack Obama could win the election, a panel at the UAC convention included noted Vedic astrologer Joni Patry who predicted that John... Read more
(Click on the image to open up a larger view of the new chart.) The latest NCGR newsletter reported that this conspiracy site has located a copy of John McCain’s birth certificate with a time listed of 6:25 pm. I’ve posted this new birth certificate here, the quality isn’t very good but you can see that the birth time of 6:25 pm pretty clearly. This evening birth time is peculiar because all other discussions of McCain’s time of birth have decided... Read more
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