Back in early 2011 the Arab Spring began in Egypt with the resignation of Hosni Mubarak following weeks of protests during which transiting Uranus was completing its passage through Pisces and making the final square aspect to the Sun in the chart for Egypt as I wrote in this earlier article. One chart factor that I did not include in my earlier research was that the Egyptian progressed Sun and Pluto were also aligned at that time, facilitating the complete destruction... Read more
It seems pretty much everyone agrees now that the earth is warming, and the extreme weather over the past week certainly seems to confirm that both the weather AND the climate is changing. Steven Forrest’s July newsletter included an article about the current Solar Maximum which reminded me that I haven’t written on this topic for quite awhile. Steven links to a chapter in his book The Night Speaks which discusses the research of Aleksandr Leonidovich Chizhevsky who divided the sunspot cycle... Read more
My Skywatch article, Planetary Illuminations for 2013, is now posted and you can read it in its entirety here. If you are on my mailing list you will soon receive your abridged version which includes translation into English from the original astrologese. If you aren’t on my mailing list you can sign up in the sidebar. Meanwhile, here is the introduction to give you an overview for the month: As July begins, Mercury is in retrograde motion. This is a time... Read more
Mercury turned retrograde this morning and will appear to travel backwards from our perspective on earth for about three weeks. Even people who don’t believe in astrology have come to believe in Mercury retrograde periods which can often bring communication snafus and equipment breakdowns. Mercury rules (among other things) the mind, mental activity, interpersonal communication, short trips, and communication equipment. Retrograde periods serve an important purpose – they encourage us to slow down, to look back over our lives and... Read more
Not since last year’s exposure by Julian Assange and Wikileaks of classified documents has there been such a dramatic exposure of secret spying as the current scandal involving Edward Snowden, the young man who has blown the whistle on the surveillance of the National Security Agency on ordinary Americans and revealed the details of the PRISM program to the international press. Snowden had traveled to Hong Kong but on June 23rd took a plane to Moscow, ostensibly under the protection... Read more
Today’s Full Moon is getting a lot of press because it’s literally the biggest Full Moon of the year – a Supermoon as coined by astrologer Richard Nolle. From a post on the Astrosignum Facebook page: “When the Moon’s feminine energy is combined with Capricorn’s discipline and drive for success, the result is a powerful, successful and disciplined female. The Greek goddess Athena immediately came to mind as a feminine archetype that knows her own worth and is not afraid to... Read more
Conjunctions of the Sun with Jupiter are generally seen to be favorable indicators, but the Sun/Jupiter conjunction of June 19th was quickly followed by a precipitous drop in the US stock market. Jupiter is expansive and confident and encourages us to expand beyond our usual limitations, and in Gemini Jupiter tends to be curious and seek constant input and change. There have been few astrological factors to put limitations on the markets which have continued to rise despite there being... Read more
The Sun entered Cancer today, marking the Summer Solstice and the beginning of the astrological summer season. The Sun has been transiting over Jupiter for the past week which generally brings about a more expansive and optimistic atmosphere. With the entry of the Sun into Cancer, it separates from Jupiter and there is some potential that we will fall to earth in a serious reality check. This fall will have a relatively soft landing, since Saturn (the planet that governs... Read more
A birth certificate has just emerged for Edward Snowden, the NSA leaker, and I will be posting about that shortly. photo credit: NY Times. James Gandolfini died yesterday at the age of 51. As an astrologer I am always drawn to the ages of people who are in the news: 51 (Chiron return), 29 (Saturn return), 41 (Uranus opposition), 62 (Uranus square). The death of James Gandolfini at the age of 51 during his Chiron return is especially critical because... Read more
While I am on vacation I will try to do some posting but meanwhile I wanted to repost some articles that may still be of interest to my readers. Here’s one from 2008 that is particularly relevant in light of the collapsing bridges that we have seen over the past couple of months in Washington, Ontario, Penang and Missouri. One of the things I believe we’ll be facing over the next few years as Pluto travels through Capricorn... Read more
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