The Year of the Snake

  Welcome to the Year of the Snake on this Aquarius New Moon (29 January). Blessed New Year to all! This picture by Gustav Klimt shows the goddess of good health, Hygiea with her pet snake. In both Chinese culture and here in the West, snakes are associated with wisdom and cunning, which may be  qualities […]

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US Solar Return Horoscope 2025

by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good
Here are two images of DC Horoscopes of America’s Solar Return 2025: one based on the Horoscope of America July 4, 1776 5:09 pm LMT Philadelphia, the other issuing from the "US Powell Horoscope" of July 1, 1776 7:09 pm LMT (first vote; upper right):

Some basic astro-notes are penned on the dual image along with the July 5th date of US Jupiter Return

What Aspects Dominates Your Chart?

My sister and I started studying astrology when we were kids. This was before computers so we couldn’t just get our charts. Our local library had an ephemeris so we sat on the floor in the stacks, and copied our planets down. Meantime, my sister …

Dealing With Mars Square Pluto in Synastry

In synastry, Mars square Pluto is a potent aspect indicating intense dynamics between two individuals, marked by power struggles, transformation, and deep psychological interplay.  There’s often a compelling sexual attraction. Those attracted tab…

AI: & The Everyday Person

I cop to being excited about, Deepseek for various abstract reasons.  It’s good story, for one.  I also liked the idea it was free, without tiers and no sales job.  I popped over to check it out. I liked the look of the page and I was surprised a…

Feb 2025 Lunations: Leo/Pisces

Dual DC Horoscopes: Feb 2025 Lunations
by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good
February 12, 2025 (chart with notations shown lower left) brings first a Full Moon @24Leo06 and perhaps uncovers a few inconvenient facts or scandalous secrets (as a Lunar Eclipse often does; plus, a culmination of something planned around the time of the prior New Moon of January 29 @9AQ51).
Additionally, this