Much has been written recently comparing the Gulf oil spill to the rumored Hopi prophecy that predicts the seas turning black and causing the death of many living things. Certainly there is no doubt that the disaster in the Gulf will transform life as we know it as it destroys much of the undersea life in the Gulf of Mexico and surrounding areas. Daniel Pinchbeck, editor of the online magazine Reality Sandwich, has an interesting article about the oil disaster.... Read more
The nodes of the moon are like signposts that point the way to our destiny, with the South Node describing the influences of the past, and the North Node pointing towards our future. The Vedic scholars call these points Rahu (North Node) and Ketu (South Node) and while western astrology tends to look at these points as being relatively benign, in Vedic astrology both Rahu and Ketu are considered somewhat malefic. This is likely partly due to the role that... Read more
Saturn tends to create challenges and shows us where we have to wake up to some cold, hard realities. As it has traveled through Virgo over the past two and a half years, it’s been bringing up some difficult truths about the healthcare system and in fact our very health itself. Virgo is associated with health, but also with the mundane details of taking care of life in a body. Under Saturn in Virgo it was discovered that hormone replacement... Read more
Thanks to NASA’s Astronomy Photo of the Day. Makemake, a god in Easter Island mythology, may have smiled for a moment as clouds parted long enough to reveal this glimpse of July 11’s total solar eclipse to skygazers. In the foreground of the dramatic scene, the island’s famous large, monolithic statues (Moai) share a beachside view of the shimmering solar corona and the darkened daytime sky. Other opportunities to see the total phase of this eclipse of the Sun were... Read more
My fellow Libran Diane Lang says goodbye to Saturn in Libra in this wonderful post: I am past ready for Saturn to finish up his current tour through Virgo and move on into Libra. He reminds me far too much of my Libra mom who had lots of Virgo (and Pisces) in her chart . . . always nagging me unrelentingly about my diet, exercise and getting all my little seasonal chores completed! That being said, I have made significant... Read more
I’ve been perusing the net this morning and have found some very interesting sites about the disaster in the Gulf and what it could mean for long-term chaos and trauma. It’s the perplexing nature of our planet that we go through cycles of misery and triumph, but through the midst of the ups and downs of the experiences of our lives there is a thread of logic that the planets help to provide. But in the meantime, we still have... Read more
Last weekend I watched the debate between Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson on Fareed Zakaria’s show GPS. Paul Krugman is a Nobel prize-winning economist and author with an expertise in international economics, and Niall Ferguson is a historian with a specialty in economics with a conservative approach to economics which include replacing a graduated income tax with a 35% sales tax and replacing public social security with a privatized system. So it’s no surprise that these two have been engaged... Read more
For this show I’ll be discussing ways to harness the energy of a New Moon or a Solar eclipse to set powerful intentions, and I also want to talk a bit about breaking free from the beliefs that hold us back. You won’t find this mentioned in the blurb for the show on Blog Talk Radio, but conversations I’ve had over the past week inspired me. To listen live, click on the player below at 11 am Sunday morning (EDT),... Read more
For several weeks it there have been reports of reporters such as this one from Mother Jones being prevented from fully covering the disaster in the Gulf, but it wasn’t until now, with Pluto locked in a nearly exact square to Jupiter, that this oppression (Pluto) of the media (Jupiter) has hit the mainstream news. From yesterday’s New York Times: Journalists struggling to document the impact of the oil rig explosion have repeatedly found themselves turned away from public areas... Read more
Bad news sells, and this is true for astrology websites as well as any other news media. Eclipses are not so mysterious today, but “astrologic dangers [are] portended” on many sites, including this one: Next week, on July 11th, we have a total Solar eclipse coming up. The New Moon and the total Solar eclipse will create some disturbing Cosmic energies and will affect many countries around the world. As per Vedic Astrology, the Sun, Moon, and Ketu are together... Read more
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