John’s newly redone and fabulous Matrix site has been the site of several interesting celebrity and political profiles lately. Here’s what John says about Nicole Kidman: For a light, last-degree Gemini Sun with a merry, optimistic Sagittarius Moon, there’s a dark side to Nicole Kidman that her intensely cloaking Scorpio Ascendant hides even under its fairly obvious shadow. Perhaps that’s because her chart is a bucket-pattern with aggressively cutting Saturn in Aries as the handle. She may smile and smile,... Read more

Thanks to Urania for this lovely image. Please pay her a visit to thank her for the bandwidth! As we approach the mid-phase of Pluto’s conjunction to the Galactic Center I’ve received several emails asking about how this is likely to affect us on a more personal level, and the fact is that we really don’t know. There are very few astrologers who use the Galactic Center in charts, and therefore there is little research to suggest what forms this... Read more

As Saturn and Neptune make their final opposition next week, the CIA will release records on its illegal activities that took place from the 1950s to the early 1970s, including illegal domestic spying on journalists and other civilians, “unwitting” drug experiments in mind control, and plots to assassinate foreign leaders. Gee, that all sounds eerily familiar, but the CIA claims it’s a different organization now. The Saturn/Neptune cycle is closely associated with the revelation of secrets and scandals so this... Read more

There is a lively discussion going on at Dharma’s place (Astrotabletalk) over the question of planetary rulership and especially Uranus as ruler of Aquarius. Dharma’s had a series of articles about Saturn and Uranus, the co-rulers of Aquarius and. The question of whether Uranus has been misnamed is a thorny one although it does seem appropriate to the penchant of Uranus for throwing aside convention and trying something new. Since I have Saturn (established rules) in square to Uranus (radical... Read more

This painting came from an image of a woman walking down a forest path. As she enters deeper into the forest she feels herself becoming more a part of all the life around her. Her skin takes on the colors of the rocks, trees and plants, while her clothing begins to feel like fairy wings. Potent life force energy surges through her body, and images of passionate sexual union arise in her mind. She is a part of the masculine/feminine... Read more

Pluto will conjunct the Galactic Center in July for the second time as Pluto retrogrades in Sagittarius, with the final hit coming in October of this year. This event only occurs once every 248 years and appears to portend a shift in cultural awareness. The Mayans were familiar with the Galactic Center, which they thought to be the source of all creation and which they called Hunab Ku. Rather than a big and showy cataclysmic event, this cycle of Pluto... Read more

Phil Brown investigates the connection between the Saturn Neptune opposition and the new “cloaking” device invented by scientists in this article he posted a few days ago: Physics has developed a “cloaking” device composed of copper rings and wires patterned onto fiberglass sheets. This cloaking device can hide objects—and the cloaking materials themselves—by bending light so that the space appears to be virtually empty. An article in the N.Y. Times, “Light Fantastic: Flirting with Invisibility, ”notes that “…the demonstration showed... Read more

I received an email the other day from someone asking for the five most accurate financial astrologers which I found interesting. There are several well-known financial astrologers including Henry Weingarten who runs the “Astrologers Fund,” and Ray Merriman who is well-known in astrological circles as a master of market timing. Still, I was unable to find any histories of accuracy, although certainly claims of such accuracy are made. The fact is, when dealing with predictions on financial cycles there are... Read more

photo from spaceweather.com Click chart to enlarge and view animation. Venus is still about ten degrees from an exact conjunction with Saturn but the Moon will conjunct Venus today heading towars Saturn and the fixed star Regulus. I have never worked with the fixed stars but suddenly became fascinated with these stellar bodies over the past few months. I’ve purchased a couple of books on the subject and hope to be able to give you some more information as I... Read more

I don’t know how I missed Doreen Gordon’s astrology blog Key on Garden Door since she has a link to Astrodynamics, but I just found it via a link from Phil Brown’s Astrofuture blog. Despite the fact that Doreen calls herself a student, she has an interesting take on current events. I particularly like this one called “Is There a Changing of the Guard in Evangelical America?” She lists several influences associated with this shift, with a comprehensive explanation on... Read more