Author: jude cowell

When Pluto-Chiron conjunct: a New Cycle of Plutocracy

by Jude Cowell
December 9, 2021
Today, as Stars Over Washington meanders toward a total of 6,000 published posts since 2005, I confess to having no idea whether or not the DC Horoscope of the December 30, 1999 Conjunction of Pluto and Chiron, the Plutocracy duo, has turned up here before. With a near-60-year orbit, the mighty duo’s rendezvous at the close of 1999 pointed toward the New Millennium

DC Horoscope: Gemini Full Moon Dec 18, 2021

by Jude Cowell
Wednesday December 8, 2021
Just a quick posting of the Gemini Full Moon of December 18, 2021 @27Gem28 in the totally visible 10th house when the chart is set for Washington DC. The Full Moon’s Sabian Symbol: "28Gemini" = "Bankruptcy" doesn’t have to be taken in a financial sense but perhaps it should be with various TV pundits prognosticating an eventual economic crash. I leave it

In May 2022 Mars and Jupiter reach Aries Point!

by Jude Cowell
Thursday December 2, 2021
This is one of my occasional "for future reference" posts and it displays a dual image of the first moments in May 2022 when transit Jupiter conjuncts the Aries Point (May 10th; lower left), then two weeks later, transit Mars conjuncts the Aries Point (May 24th; ‘AP’ = Aries Point, the numero uno Cardinal World Point of Manifestation, Recognition, Fame,

Mengele and Fauci: Angel of Death vs Saver of Life

Astrology of Mengele vs Fauci
According to FOX News personality Lara Logan on November 29, 2021, "Fauci doesn’t represent Science, he represents Nazi Doctor Josef Mengele". To promote this propaganda, Logan introduces it with the typical Fox-esque tactic of "people have likened" and "people all across the world are saying this" – so that she herself can say it out loud on TV (links to the video).

Mark Meadows: Leo Sun-Taurus Moon ‘scorched earth’

Under Scrutiny: Mark Meadows
by Jude Cowell

Mark Meadows, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; on Air Force One, 2020
Republican and Tr*mp operative Mark Meadows was born July 28, 1959 in Verdun, France with an early Leo Sun, Moon in Taurus (for the 24-hour period: 8 to 20 degrees), and Mercury Rx in the range of 17Leo51 to 18Leo18 (conjunct his Uranus @15Leo). An ‘army brat’, Meadows was

Astro-Notes re: JFK’s Unaspected natal Sun in Gemini

On the Occasion of the 58th Anniversary of The Day America Died
by Jude Cowell
November 22, 2021

Sun With Planets; NASA, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Often these days in Astrology, a native born with an unaspected Sun (personality, essence, vitality, adult self, the goal, the hero’s journey) is considered to be charismatic and perhaps as self-centered, even vain. Plus, a special talent

George Washington: Thanksgiving Day 1789 – and 2021

Happy Thanksgiving 2021 to All My Fellow Americans!
by Jude Cowell
Sunday November 21, 2021
When an undoubtedly grateful President George Washington issued a proclamation for, "the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving" to be held on Thursday November 26, 1789, America’s first official Thanksgiving Day came into effect. (Follow the link for a view of the newspaper

Violence in America and a School Massacre 1999

by Jude Cowell
Thursday November 18, 2021
Now I don’t know if you’ve ever read Slate Magazine’s April 20, 2004 article by Dave Cullen At Last We Know Why the Columbine Killers Did It which gives fascinating insights into the horrific Columbine High School Massacre and failed bombing of April 20, 1999, the year that the primal violence pairing of Pluto and Chiron met in Great Conjunction, but if

The New Millennium’s Progressed New Moon of 2024

by Jude Cowell
Tuesday November 16, 2021: Entering a new phase of anything by anyone can be daunting and it can take a while for things to get moving in the new direction indicated. No less so on a symbolic level as with Secondary Progressions in Astrology, the day-for-a-year method of progressing a horoscope of planets to see how things are – well, progressing and evolving – and to monitor

A Few Cosmic Considerations as 2021 Nears Its End

Karmic Eclipse Themes Undergird Events; Solstices and Equinoxes Are Timers
by Jude Cowell

Image: ‘Blue Winter’s Path’; pencil on paper; by Jude Cowell Art 2021
Sunday November 14, 2021
As Astrology always reveals, it’s the Winter Solstice Horoscope that takes us from one year into the next and holds particular influence as its planets reflect earthly events until Spring Equinox of the following