Due to a confluence of events (I’m out of town and Mercury is turning retrograde causing problems with my web host), my August newsletter will be somewhat delayed. If you’re not already on my mailing list please sign up in the sidebar – you will receive a translation of the Skywatch: Planetary Illuminations information translated into English mailed directly to you each month. Meanwhile, here is the information for the first week or so of August to tide you through... Read more
The New Moon marks the beginning of a new lunar cycle – the time when the Sun and the Moon are aligned at the exact degree. It would be more accurately called the “Dark Moon,” since this alignment occurs before the Moon shows the first glimpse of herself in the early crescent phase, but in any case the New Moon marks the letting go of one area of life and the beginning of a new cycle. As we move into... Read more
I’ve been spending a lot of time this week researching the various charts for the USA which is one reason for my lack of posting. I have used the Sibley chart with great results, but every time I post an article on the US chart I receive quite a few emails arguing with my choice of chart. There are three major charts used by astrologers and many more minor charts. One is the Sibley chart which uses the date of... Read more
Photo credit: Our Surprising World In my recent post about the horrific attacks in Oslo last Friday, I described the transit of Mars and the South Node over Pluto in the chart of Norway, and the transit of Chiron in a square to the South Node in the Norway chart. Planetary cycles involving the nodes of the Moon tend to bring up issues from the past that need to be addressed in order to move forward. Terrorist acts are the... Read more
Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater... Read more
The number of musicians who have died at age 27 (putting her in the sadly named “27 Club”) has just increased by one. Amy Winehouse died Saturday July 23 of a drug overdose at her home in London. I profiled Amy Winehouse back in 2007: Amy Winehouse is a Virgo (see chart), the sign known for its reticent and modest behavior which just shows how little validity Sun Sign astrology has. There is another brand of Virgo which some call... Read more
On Friday July 22nd at 3:26 pm local time, a bomb ripped through government building in Oslo. This attack was followed by the murder of 87 people at a Labor Party youth camp not far away. The chart for Norway originates in its independence from Sweden on June 7, 1905 at 11:00 am local time in Oslo. The astrology for the day of the bombings is rather startling. Mars was sitting on the South Node last week and astrologer Martin... Read more
Uranus rules surprising events, so it’s an interesting synchronicity that a new Moon around Pluto is discovered just as the square between Uranus and Pluto reaches its closest point until next year. Temporarily named P-4, the new moon may ultimately be called Cerberus after the dog that guards the gates of Hades. The New Horizons mission is expected to reach Pluto in 2015, just as the square of Uranus to Pluto reaches its completion. Read more
Now that the news is out that Michele Bachmann, a Republican presidential contender for the 2012 election, suffers from migraines I am eager to profile her. I found this great article from Patrick Watson in which Bachmann reports on the time of her birth, but not whether it was morning or afternoon: Q. We went to the Black Hawk County courthouse and asked for a genealogical copy of your birth certificate, not an official, certified copy, just a genealogical copy,... Read more
Now I KNOW we’re in the Aquarian Age! Deepak Chopra, the Ayurvedic physician who has done a great deal to bring holistic healing and Eastern mysticism to the West over the past many years (and fellow Beliefnet blogger) is working on the creation of a video game to explain how the chakra system works. Since the game is launching in November of this year it must have been conceived over the past few years when Chiron (which actually rules the... Read more
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