Astrologer Martin Davis posted this on Facebook: Recent archeology places the Buddha’s birth at about 600 BC [or BCE]; Confucius’ birth is thought to be about 550 BC; Pythagoras’ birth time is currently estimated at 570BC, Lao Tzu at about 600 BC. What do these dates have in common? In 577 BC there was a Great Conjunction [and I mean Great!] with the outer planets of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto running neck and neck between 10* to 13* Taurus. I... Read more
I’ve posted the planetary forecast for May and you can read it here in its entirety. If you are on my mailing list you will receive your newsletter with an abridged translation that is easy to understand. If you’re NOT on free my mailing list, please sign up in the sidebar. Here is the introduction for this month including the major planetary events: After the intensity of the April Grand Cross, in which the aggressive force of Mars bumped up... Read more
The planets have calmed down now, with Mercury moving into grounded Taurus and the Taurus New Moon tomorrow. But the past few weeks have been a doozy. I counted five stabbings in US high schools: Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Houston, Utah, Fort Lauderdale. Tornadoes whipped through central and southern US states with several different outbreaks over the weekend with more coming today. Mars (rage, impulsive behavior) setting off Uranus (recklessness, surprise) and Pluto (death and destruction) created havoc and an increase in... Read more
Elizabeth Warren has gained fame over the past few years as a passionate defender of the economic rights of American citizens. She has an enthusiastic following and talk grows daily of a presidential run – talk which is continually denied by Ms. Warren. Elizabeth Warren was born on June 22, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. When I begin to work on an astrological profile I generally try to find a birth time and Astrotheme is often a good source for... Read more
No one can really tell when the Age of Aquarius begins. This is a 2160 year cycle, and it doesn’t begin or end on a particular date. But I believe that we are in the transition period between the Age of Pisces and the Age of Aquarius. The spread of Christianity dominated the Age of Pisces, and while there have been some horrific consequences as a result (think the brutality of the Crusades, the annihilation of Native Americans and other... Read more
In April, a big lineup of planets in cardinal signs of action have created stress and tension with opportunities for release and transformation. Transformation is not always easy, and the tension of the grand cross can bring conflict and crisis. Sometimes the intensity is more than certain individuals can bear, and we see this play out in the news. Mars, planet of aggression, has been traveling retrograde where it is dredging up old resentments and because it is traveling so... Read more
This is a repost from 2010. You might also enjoy my podcast The Resurrection Show. I have always found it interesting that the timing Christian holiday of Easter is based on the lunar cycle and the Spring Equinox. The holiday that the Christian world celebrates as Easter retains much of its pagan roots as a fertility festival and a time of balance as the days and nights (in the northern hemispheres) are of equal length. Even the name “Easter” is taken... Read more
Most of us know these days that Easter has its roots in Paganism. Why else is it tied to the Full Moon? Here is a repost from 2007 you might enjoy. While you’re all nibbling on chocolate bunnies and hunting for easter eggs, I thought you might enjoy another take on this multidimensional holiday from a 1931 lecture by G. de Purucker, Gnostic scholar: Easter is a beautiful season of the year. It is not merely a day, it is... Read more
Speaking of Mars, as we have been doing this month since Mars is retrograde, in close proximity to Earth, and part of the April Grand Cross of planetary conflict… I was listening to the Bad Baby episode of This American Life and was struck by what one of the psychologists said: that the peak of violence in a human being occurs at age two, so it’s a good thing these little monsters are so small and can’t do any real... Read more
Tuesday’s Full Moon eclipse is part of a relatively rare event known as a “Tetrad,” a series of four total lunar eclipses in a row. While eclipses are not uncommon (we typically see two pairs of eclipses each year although there is often deviation from that pattern), total eclipses are less common and a series of four total lunar eclipses in a row is even more rare. (For more about the eclipse see this earlier article.) In the total eclipse... Read more
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