Full Moon art by blind artist Brooke Williamson. The Full Moon occurs at 11:38 am EST. In a Full Moon the Moon and the Sun are opposite each other from our earthly perspective, and the Moon’s light of instinctive emotions and the illumination of the inner world shines brightly, unrestricted by the call of the Sun for a more conscious experience of the world. This Full Moon is in Full Moon in Virgo so the Sun is in the opposite sign of... Read more
photo montage from CNN. Andrew Koenig, the son of Walter Koenig who played Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek series, has been missing since February 14th. He was last seen at a bakery in Vancouver. Koenig is an actor who is best known as Kirk Cameron’s sidekick in the long-running television series “Growing Pains.” Some of Koenig’s friends fear the worst, reporting that he had been depressed and fed up with his life in California. He sold all of... Read more
I wrote a post with this title back in December when Mars was slowing down in preparation for its retrograde turn, and now Mars has slowed down as it prepares to turn direct on March 10. Mars typically is a fast-moving planet, spending on average two days to travel one degree. At the moment Mars is traveling only 11 minutes of arc (about 1/6 of one degree) a day, and will only move another degree or so before making its... Read more
Tune in at 11 am Eastern for a discussion about the sign of Pisces. The Sun has just entered Pisces so we now have four planets in Pisces, a strong Piscean influence. It’s a great time to learn more about this mysterious sign! If you listen live (click on the player below at 11 am Eastern or before noon) you can participate in the chat (register for free at Blog Talk Radio to participate and ask questions in the chatroom) and I’ll... Read more
See below for update on the chart of the shooter. I’m a little late on this subject because I was out all day yesterday preparing for a lecture so I missed the big news event: the crash of a private plane into an IRS building by Andrew Joseph Stack. I’m hunting hard for a birth date for him and will post a character analysis as soon as that becomes available. I did find a cache of the pilot’s online diatribe at the... Read more
I’m preparing for a class tonight so I thought I’d post some interesting links for you today: Sasstrology covers the Jennifer Aniston/Gerard Butler romance, something I’ve been meaning to do myself but haven’t. Elsa beats her cookie addiction. Robert demystifies the house cusp question (for more advanced readers). Dharmaruci returns to the site of the sweat lodge madness. Frederick Woodruff dissects the Hanged Man (this card came up in nearly every reading I did Saturday night at a Mardi Gras party – can you... Read more
Better late than never I suppose: The sexual abuse of children is not just a “heinous crime” but a “grave sin” that offends God and wounds human dignity, Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday after a two-day meeting with Irish Catholic bishops at the Vatican. The weakening of faith has also been a “significant contributing factor” in the sexual abuse of minors, the pope said, adding that “current painful situation will not be resolved quickly.” The pope’s comments came in a written... Read more
Venus and Jupiter only conjoin for a day or two, but when the two “benefics” get together it’s usually a very pleasant and optimistic time. Today they conjoin in Pisces, the sign of mystical wonder and illusion. Jupiter is particularly strong in Pisces because Jupiter is the traditional ruler of Pisces, so the positive energy should be fairly powerful today. The financial markets are already reflecting this despite the fears over the amount of debt in Greece: Asian markets closed... Read more
As if Valentine’s Day, the Aquarian New Moon a Venus/Jupiter conjunction and the conjunction of Chiron and Neptune weren’t enough, we also have the Chinese New Year this week! This is the Year of the Tiger in the Chinese astrological pantheon; it is the year of Metal Tiger, which is great for wealth, but it is also the year of the White Tiger because of the association of the color white to the element of metal. The White or Metal Tiger... Read more
Crescent Moon art by Carl Homstad. This has been an exciting astrological week, with Mercury having entered Aquarius on the 10th and Venus leaving Aquarius for Pisces. While Mercury is in Aquarius (for the rest of the month) the mind (Mercury) is full of new ideas and brilliant new discoveries, while Venus turns her attention from the realm of reason to the world of Spirit and flow. Venus in Pisces brings us additional creativity which is encouraged by the Aquarian inventiveness... Read more
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