After a fiery month with a powerful Aries New Moon, the entry of the Sun into Taurus will provide a welcome opportunity to take a breath and relax. Taurus seeks nothing more than peace and the opportunity to enjoy all of the gifts that life on Planet Earth has to offer. Under the Taurus influence the chatter in the mind calms, and we find ourselves deeply experiencing the connection between our inner self and the physical body. We are more... Read more
Saturn moved into Libra last fall, but earlier in 2010 it changed direction and has now retrograded back into Virgo, the sign of health and the details of life that make up our material world on earth. So it’s appropriate that a group of retired US military leaders are calling the poor quality of school lunches dangerous to national security because they have helped to increase the number of obese young Americans to the point where 27% of kids aged... Read more
The first phase of the opposition between Saturn and the old order and Uranus bringing in the new swept in a wave of conflict between the desire to change the government and the desire to maintain the establishment and the status quo. The fact that this cycle began on election day in the US added a particularly political flavor to the opposition. Now, 18 months later, only 22% of the respondents to a recent survey conducted by the Pew... Read more
Tune in Sunday morning at 11 am EDT (3 pm GMT) for the Musings on Astrology Radio Show on Blog Talk Radio. We’ll talk about how to best use this time, what to avoid, what you need to keep in mind. You’ll also have time to call in with questions or mini readings, and the call-in number is 646-478-5731. I like to start with first-time callers so everyone gets a chance, but then we’ll open up the phones if we... Read more
Mercury will turn retrograde on April 18th at 12:06 am EDT (4:06 am GMT). Mercury, being the messenger god and the lord of communication, presides over all aspects of communication including the mental processing of experiences. Mercury also rules small machinery and short-distance travel. The recent air traffic problems caused by the Iceland volcano is an example of Mercury Retrograde reversals. When Mercury turns retrograde, as it does for three weeks four times a year, communication can sometimes become difficult,... Read more
Beginning late in December, with Saturn and Pluto aligned in a tight challenging square formation, seismic activity began to activate the Eyjafjallojokull volcano area. The challenging square formation creates a buildup of energy that necessitates a release, often an explosion or crisis of some kind. Obviously, the Saturn/Pluto square has not caused volcanic eruptions everywhere, but this is an interesting coincidence. Pluto is the god of destruction and regeneration, and as it travels through the earthy sign of Capricorn I... Read more
Last year’s cold winter sparked a huge resurgence into the global warming debate. If the earth is warming, why did we have a cold winter? We’ve been in a “Solar Minimum” since about 2006, a long period with virtually no solar activity. I’ve been writing about this for quite some time in these pages as you’ll see from these links. Much of the hysteria over 2012 stems from the fact that we were due for a Solar Maximum period in... Read more
The Aries New Moon on April 14th brings with it a tremendous amount of fresh new inspiration. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac and the sign that marks the beginning of Spring, and the New Moon is the beginning of the lunar cycle. So here we have the beginning of the solar cycle combining with the initiation of the lunar cycle and providing an opportunity for a fresh start. Aries asks the question: What is it that I... Read more
The National Health Interview survey found that disabilities for people between the ages of 50 and 64 are on the rise, a statistic that contrasts with a decline in disabilities for people aged 65 and over. The age group in trouble is the one that was born between 1945 and 1960 which corresponds to the Pluto in Leo generation. (You can read more about that generation, also called “baby boomers,” here. While the total number of adults reporting physical... Read more
Capricorn rules the structures that give our society form and maintain social order, and for 1500 years the most powerful social structure on our planet has been the Roman Catholic Church. With its own city, its own government and its own rules, the Church answers to no worldly leaders. In fact, for hundreds of years the Church was the supreme authority over even the most powerful of monarchs. So the current scandal in the Catholic church is about more than... Read more
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