Author: Christina

War Correspondents Redux

I have just had some very interesting correspondence about this piece: Who Has True Grit?So just in case you missed it, here it is again. I found some striking similarities and surprises in the charts of these war correspondents.

All Change: What Do China and the Vatican Share?

Pope Francis.More than half of the denizens of this planet have just had a new leader chosen for them. Two small groups of powerful people within two vast, and rather arcane institutions have voted in two new leaders on opposite sides of the world.Pres…

Astrology of Syria

Here is what I wrote about Syria last spring.”Let us pray for as many ceasefires as possible, because this is a long, drawn-out struggle. I really hate to be pessimistic, but it seems to me there is a strong potential for civil war, whether Assad …

Astrology of Now: Deep Prayer, Inner Vastness

Blue, Green and Brown by Mark RothkoI do wonder how much astrology is used in the Vatican. The timing of Benedcit XVI’s resignation and then the papal conclave that starts today, on the day of the Pisces New Moon, is perfect.This Pisces energy is well-…

On the Spiritual in Astrology

“…we need not deify the unknown and entitize [the] cyclic process of transformation. We need only realize that every person is the whole universe focused at a particular time and at a particular point of space.       Ind…

Astrology of Now: Sailing

Yachts Racing in the Upper Bay — James Edward ButterworthLike a ship in full sail, the planets are billowing across the sky on today’s New Moon in Pisces. You have to use your imagination a bit to see it, but then we are in the midst of powerful Pisce…

Mami Wata

Mami Wata 1999, by Moyo OgundipeIt’s Mothering Sunday here. The Moon (Mama) is in the sign of the Fishes, coming up to conjunct the Sun in a day or so. Mama Wata, Yemanya, La Sirene — these are all names for the mother of the ocean worshipped in …

Six Things To Do With Venus in Pisces

Ursula Andress – Sun, Venus, Mercury, Saturn in PiscesThere’s an incredible amount of energy in the sign of the fishes this month, helped by the bicentennial transit of Neptune through the sign. Neptune is joint ruler of Pisces, along with Jupiter, but…

March Monthly Horoscopes

From the film Ponyo by Hayao Miyazake. Notice the reflection on the wave.We’re surging into March on a tidal wave of Piscean energy. Mars, Venus, Mercury, Chiron and Neptune himself are all in the sign of the fishes.Pisces is the final sign of the Zodi…