Thoughts on Transitory Mercury

Mercury, messenger of the gods, will be crossing the face of the Sun in a few hours.  You’ll be able to see this from Earth — with the right equipment. This particular event is not rare — but it is unusual. It happens about 14 times per century — and it’s always in Taurus or Scorpio — two of the fixed signs, the bull and the eagle. This transit across the face of the Sun also happens within a narrow timeframe (5-14 Nov and 5-12 May). It’s a Mercury-Sun conjunction, of course, and traditionally, there’s a point at which Mercury is super-powered (cazimi) before […]

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Sun Square/Opposition Mars

Sun square or opposition Mars have personalities that you never forget, but not always for the most dignified reasons. Nevertheless these lusty, impulsive, individualists are championed all the same, usually from much less daring people who can’t help but admire their bravado. It seems to be (according to my research) that the square aspect can

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The Thales Eclipse and a Peacock of Venus

By E. Weiß – E. Weiß: "Bilderatlas der Sternenwelt", Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=661867

Both Solar and Lunar Eclipses have storied histories as omens and heralds of change similar to that of comets which enter Earth’s neighborhood and thus humanity’s consciousness. Eclipses are often described in Astrology as ‘wild cards of the Universe’ for the

Mr. Trump’s Conspiracy Theory of a Saturn-Neptune kind

The ongoing Saturn-Neptune square (*Sagittarius to Pisces) with its realism-fantasy vibes has me thinking about certain conspiracy theories both old and new, and wondering if you’ve ever checked out Conspiracy Archives, a site where you’ll find pages such as 9/11 and JFK, plus, the following quote from Chris Sanders, author of Oil, Smoke, and Mirrors:

"The use of ‘conspiracy theory’ as a