Astrology of Now: Gilded Venus

Yes, I know we like to talk about roses and kisses and sweet romance, about Romeos and Juliets, the ones that got away and the ones that might just come back now that Venus has turned retrograde…But Venus is not just the planet of love – she rules …

Solar Eclipse in Gemini: True Lies

  Venus retrograde in Gemini is underway (read about it here  and here). It’s a schedule packed with concentrated karmic turning points.  There are two eclipses plus a super rare Venus Occultation, all jammed into the retrograde period: Ma…

Hearts a Mess

A couple of things I forgot to add in yesterdays Venus Rx post:

Given that the Rx is in Gemini, a Mercury ruled sign, this retrograde may take on the flavour of a Mercury retrograde- so watch your messaging and your mode of messaging eg it may be wor…

Greece Election 2012

An election will be held in Greece on June 17 2012 because the election last month led to no clear majority. The stumbling block was whether Greece should continue to stay with the Euro and all the austerity and pain that entails. The far left leader Alexis Tsipras, who wants out of the Euro, gas gained in popularity since the May election which has sent world financial markets in a spin this last week. The fate of the Euro Zone and in fact the global economy depends on the result of the June 17 Greek elections. We will have a look at the Greek horoscope and that of Alexis Tsipras. Greece Horoscope When the financial meltdown in Greece began in April 2010, there was a solar eclipse at 25 Capricorn, and a new Moon at 24 Aries. This critically aspect Chiron opposite Uranus in the Greek horoscope. For the June 2012 election, Saturn at 23 Libra is on the Greek Uranus, it’s reaping time for what was sown in 2010. Chiron opposite Uranus is a generational aspect, it lasted 40 years from 1950 to 1990. In the case of Greece, Uranus is conjunct the forward thinking, path leader star Arcturus. Chiron is conjunct […]

5/15/12 Obama-Geithner meeting = Lunar Ecl Dec 2010

For the one reader who may have the time and the Astrology software, check out the December 2010 Lunar Eclipse at 29 Gemini which was the precise degree at Midheaven (‘The Goal’; Aspirations) over the White House at 3:30 pm edt today (5/15/12) when President Obama and Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner are said to have met for discussion.

As you know, 29 degrees is considered a