Forbes has an interesting video from Arch Crawford, another astrologer specializing in financial advice (although in his case he is more of a financial expert specializing in astrological advice). You’ll notice if you watch the video (requires a highspeed connection) that he is careful to say he uses astronomy for his predictions, not astrology. Perhaps that’s for the benefit of Forbes, who seems to take him very seriously. Evidently he has an excellent track record. He agrees that there are... Read more

Robert Wilkinson offers an in-depth analysis of Rove’s chart. He goes into quite a bit of detail on Rove’s transits over the next few months: Lots of legal activity in Karl’s immediate future, due to begin this week and intensify the following week, when Mars conjuncts Saturn both in an exact opposition to his Mars beginning Monday June 12, culminating June 15-19. This conflict in his chart is compounded by Jupiter square his Mars all of June, July, and the... Read more

Fiery Mars entered fiery Leo yesterday and begins moving towards a conjunction with the cold reality of Saturn. Meanwhile, Saturn and Chiron (wounding and healing) are very close to their final conjunction in a series that began in 2003, and the expansive optimism of Jupiter gets crushed in their embrace this week. None of this is good news for financial markets which depend upon consumer confidence for growth. The stock and other financial markets are a great example of the... Read more

Elsa had a link the other day to a site called Astrococktail that has a great collection of news links with astrological connections. From that site I found a link to the works of Chrichton Miller, who speculates that the Celtic Cross was an instrument for astronomical calculation, and that the ancients knew the locations of many of the constellations by using the Celtic Cross. Miller claims that the constellation Draconis (the Dragon, or Serpent) lies above the latitude of... Read more

Rumors are swirling around Washington that Karl Rove has already been indicted, but Capitol Hill Blue reports that an investigator denies this claim. This report also says that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has had Rove in his sights from the beginning of the investigation. The opposition of Saturn to Chiron that is about to make its final hit interacts closely with Rove’s birthchart (take a look at this link to see more about Rove and how transits over the past year... Read more

For a preview of what’s ahead in June, visit the latest Skywatch article that I just posted last night. And here are some links to other blogs you are sure to find interesting: Jeffrey offers up a smorgasbord of interesting articles from the transits of Lindsay Lohan to a fascinating link to Bill Streett’s article on Pluto and the Galactic Center in the chart of Roman Polanski and other newsmakers. Nancy Waterman‘s political pages remind us of the final pass... Read more

Jill has tagged me for this game, and because she’s my sister I can’t ignore her so I’ll go ahead and join in the fun. I generally find planetary information much more interesting than me, so I’ll include a bit of my own astrology as well: 1. Once I figure out how to have the time, I’d like to be a foster mom and rehabilitate rescued golden retrievers (Venus and Mercury in the sixth house that of pets, work environment... Read more

I write a monthly planetary update column called Skywatch, and as I worked tonight on the column for June (which is a power packed month!) I felt it was important to lay the groundwork by summarizing the powerful influences that we have experienced over the past year, which are still in effect and calling us to the dance. 2006 has been an intense year so far, with planetary dances creating a cycle that alternates between a building of tension through... Read more

Image by Crowolf What could be more Neptunian than a cloaking device? Neptune is the god of mystery, of that which is hidden. Neptune cloaks us in darkness, shrouds us in mists, and with Neptune stationing retrograde in the sign of Aquarius, which is ruled by Uranus, scientists have taken a page from Star Trek and are working on building a cloaking device. The concept of a cloaking device, which would create an illusion of invisibility around aircraft and tanks... Read more

“ New Beginnings”, by Mary Lou FalstreauThe New Moon occurred Saturday at 1:25 am EST (sorry, I took a day off!), but its effect will continue over the next couple of days. New Moons are times of beginnings, and in Gemini they are times of change as well. Gemini craves new experiences, and the New Moon in Gemini lends itself to beginning new projects and engaging in exciting new endeavors. This New Moon is sextile the stabilizing force of Saturn,... Read more