image from Santangeli.net Bram asked for an elaboration after yesterday’s post of the Moon with the Pleaides … The Seven Sisters are the seven stars in the Pleiades star cluster which is located in the Taurus constellation. In mythology they were daughters of the Titan Atlas. In the myth that I like, Atlas sided with the Titans in their unsuccessful war against the Olympians (and his brothers, the other Titans) and as a result was told by Zeus to stand... Read more
To remind us that in the midst of darkness there is beauty and magic in our Universe, this photo comes from Iran and shows the Moon as it conjoins the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades. Read more
I was astonished by the superficiality of the psychological profiles of the so-called experts analyzing the 1800 page manifesto mailed to NBC by the Virginia Tech killer. It’s easy to dismiss these actions as psychotic delusions of grandeur from an individual who had lost touch with reality and ranted against rich kids and religion, but it seems to me they are missing the huge clues that are hidden in plain sight. I have been unable to find any information about... Read more
Saturn, which has been traveling retrograde where it has been challenging our understanding and forcing us to go back and confront areas where we are less than good enough, turns direct today and resumes its forward motion through the sign of Leo until September, when it will enter Virgo and a new phase of our earthly instruction. Saturn is the Celestial Taskmaster, the great teacher that cares nothing for our ego but everything for our living a successful earthly life.... Read more
I want to preface this post by reiterating that no astrological chart reveals a predestination to be a killer, and there is no way we could have looked at this young man’s chart before yesterday and predicted that he would go out and start shooting at his classmates. Cho Seung Hui’s Sun was at 27 degrees Capricorn, bleeding into Aquarius but still strongly Capricorn in nature. Capricorn is the sign of responsibility; of making something of yourself. As the son... Read more
The New Moon in Aries today seems to have swept in on a wave of aggression. The other day I posted a roundup of Marsy bloggers, and many of us have been feeling this unrest over the past few days. This New Moon makes an exact trine to Pluto, which frees up the Arian energy and makes it more available. But there are some larger influences at play here as well: Saturn in Leo is “stationing direct,” meaning it has... Read more
photo from nasa Pat Paquette posted this the other day – Isn’t it amazing and uncannily synchronous? In the middle of our discussion about the effects of the Saturn-Neptune opposition, suddenly government scientists announce the discovery of an incredible hexagonal vortex on Saturn’s north pole. . . . ::snip::The hexagon is found in honeycombs, snowflakes, and crystal structures. . . . The hexagon is one of the seven structures found in crystal geometry — seven being the number of “classical”... Read more
Like many people I watch Angelina Jolie with fascination. From her earliest days in the public arena with tales of bisexuality and self-mutilation she has appeared to be a wild and unusual woman. After having transformed herself into a representative of the United Nations and mother of a growing brood of international children with Brad Pitt, to whom she remains curiously uncommitted, she still has the power to capture our attention. In my earlier profile of Brad and Angelina I... Read more
I’ve been feeling particularly Marsy today – snippy, irritated and generally difficult. Mars is approaching a square to my progressed Sun and I am really feeling it, and the upcoming New Moon in Aries will accentuate the influence of Mars which is currently in Pisces. Evidently I’m not alone: Elsa writes about drawing fire because of her Mars. Susan writes about angry crusaders, and cites Kathryn who connects Mars in Pisces with spirituality. Meanwhile April and Jeffrey are having a... Read more
As most of you know, Pluto was reclassified last year joining Ceres and Eris as dwarf planets (I personally wish they had kept the initial name of Plutons, but oh well). This has not changed the effect that Pluto has in the birthchart, which is to bring us face to face with our deepest fears and our highest destiny, but it introduced two new elements to the Plutonic process: Ceres and the newly discovered Eris. Last December Pluto conjoined the... Read more
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