My regular readers know that earlier this year I had forecast a difficult year for the stock market. Six planets retrograde over the summer and a difficult aspect between Jupiter (optimism and prosperity) and Saturn (discipline and disappointment) filled me with trepidation over the financial markets. Evidently I was not alone: Henry Weingarten, one of the foremost financial astrologers in the US and manager of the Astrologers Fund, also predicted a “hellish stock market and a recession.” The New York... Read more

The Romans celebrated the first day of the year as a festival to Janus, their god of gates, doors, beginnings and endings. They named the month of January after him, and portrayed him with two faces: one looking back and one looking forward. Janus presided over transition from past to future, the passage from childhood to adulthood and into old age. One of his faces was often portrayed clean-shaven with the other bearded. Gates and doors are both portals from... Read more

If you’re wondering why President Bush can’t come up with a plan for Iraq until after the New Year, it’s evidently because of Barney’s Holiday Extravaganza. But for a real treat, watch the Daily Show version: Read more

My monthly update of astrological events is posted here. This month I’m adding a new feature: a summary of the month’s planetary events and aspects. I have not been able to find a listing of planetary events that is complete so I did it myself and posted it for your viewing pleasure. You can subscribe to Skywatch for free at my website. Read more

In my counseling practice I often find that clients are stuck in their lives because of their belief systems. These belief systems are rooted at the deepest level of our psyche and have a powerful effect on our fate and future. “I would like to be an artist but I have no talent.” “People always hurt me.” “I’ll never make any money.” The birthchart identifies the underlying psychological complexes that create these beliefs, but from there we need to go... Read more

You probably already know Phil from his blog Astrofuture Trends, he is one of my favorite astrobloggers. I am late in posting this review of his excellent book Cosmic Trends which is now available in bookstores. Or order it on this site (see link to the left) which will send a few sheckels in my direction. Over the past 30 years I have probably read over 200 astrology books, and it takes a lot to excite me. Philip Brown’s new... Read more

Found this link via Ellie’s World, what an interesting phenomenon (click to enlarge photo): from the report: As I was checking out Amasa salt shed a nearby resident pulled up to me and asked if I wanted to hear an interesting story. He went on and said that last night his neighbor was coming home from work at 12:45 am and noticed pulsating lights coming from the area were the Townline Road crosses the Hemlock River. He noticed these lights... Read more

This is really fascinating. John Charles Webb Jr. left a comment with a link to his site which postulates that the “star” of Bethlehem was not an astronomical event but was in fact an astrological alignment that occurred on March 2, 5 BC (-4). If you run a HELIOCENTRIC (most Western astrologers use a geocentric system that comes down to us from the ancient Greeks) chart for this date you will see this formation of the Seal of Solomon, later... Read more

I am a big believer in the abundance of the universe, and I’m very comfortable with the prosperity that my hard work brings into my life. I do charge for my astrological services, and my clients don’t seem to object. For those with limited funds I offer free mini-readings and hourly sessions at reduced rates. But when I see something like this it turns my stomach. I came to this site from a link titled “Ascension Astrology” in Dermod’s astrology... Read more

I can’t wait til the evangelicals get their hands on this. At first I thought this article was at the very least a joke, or at worst a conspiracy on the part of the patriarchy to send women back to the dark ages of household drudgery: The researchers analysed data on work, leisure and housework activity levels among 218,169 women aged 20 to 80 from nine European countries including the UK. They followed the women for an average of 6.4... Read more