Retrograde Mercury demands attention

I have known for a long time that the Mercury retrograde phenomenon occurs when Mercury is closest to Earth, but the obvious implications of this escaped me until I read this interesting article by John Townley: The retrograde period occurs when we are the closest in our orbit to a planet, when we are speeding […]

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The Book of Heaven

I have, beside my bed, a most delicious and strange book. It’s so rich and peculiar that I have found I can only dip into it one story at a time. Yet it is so delightful that I keep it there to pick up every now and then so that I can take my mind far, far away — to another universe in fact. If you have even the vaguest passing interest in astrology, you should read The Book of Heaven by Patricia Storace. It’s premise is one that you will appreciate. With Mercury Rx in Virgo, I am looking at the […]

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Equinoxes, Solstices, Mars, and the 2016 Campaign

Campaign 2016: The White-Clad Goddess vs The Red-Faced Barbarian

As you know, a Spring Equinox or Aries Ingress Horoscope (2016 chart shown) is ‘good for’ the entire year it describes. In the Spring Equinox 2016 chart, aggressive warrior Mars rises in similar fashion to Mars rising (in proud Leo) in the natal horoscope of candidate Donald Trump. On one level this demonstrates the presidential

Reader question: How can we adapt in an injust world?

Gina asks, As a person born in Aug 1966, I have (it seems to this amateur) that there is such an emphasis in my natal chart of Saturn and Chiron. I also have Uranus and Pluto in my 12th so I feel like I can get weighed down with the concerns of the collective and […]

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