Another Halloween, another Edgar Allan Poe season, don’t you think?Especially since the current season of President Obama’s term began on January 20, 2009 with we-the-people’s national Moon @ 29Scorpio45, a 29th critical or crisis degree showing what sort of shape the Bush-Cheney monster had us in by Inauguration Day 2009. But that’s not the only reason I mention this degree along with Poe’s
Ceres: The Dark Harvest (Part 1: Introduction)
“But what makes it hard for me is that I don’t know how I could possibly enter that eternal alliance with Mother Earth. I don’t kiss Mother Earth, I don’t plow her soil… Should I, then, become a peasant, a shepherd, or what? I go on and on, and I don’t know where I’ll find […]![]()
The End of October 2010: Evaluating How Much is Too Much
The Sun’s weekend sesquiquadrate to Jupiter has got me thinking: how much is too much? I think wherever and whatever the transiting Sun is touching in your natal chart is the arena where you’ll be examining this question. With a … Con…
The Astrology of Halloween: The Moon, Witches and Samhain
Astrology for the week of October 29 to November 4 Our tradition of Halloween was passed down from one of the ancient Celtic Fire Festivals, Samhain, (pronounced sow’ in). Each of the 4 fire festivals were celebrated at the midpoint … Continue reading →
Taylor Swift and Jake Gyllenhaal: Venus Sextile Venus
She’s not even 21 yet, but little miss country singer-turned-pop sensation Taylor Swift is on quite a roll. No, we’re not talking about her prolific songwriting career (although, incidentallly, she did just release her THIRD album Speak Now in stores this week). We’re referring to her recently developed penchant for older men. Although she used […]
Daily Planets Saturday 30/10/10 Ant Music
I have ants marching up and down my kitchen. It is one of my least favourite things about Sydney summers (along with red back spiders & humidity).
My kitchen benches are as clean as they can possibly be due to repeated cleaning to get rid of the F…
Larger Than Life: Mars in Sagittarius
There’s this astro joke about what each sun sign would say after a one night stand. For Sagittarius this would be something like:
Let’s do it bungy style next time…
Sagittarius is a fire sign, so burns hot. A mutable sign, he sparks quickly….
The Daily Planets
Since Friday is governed by Venus, let’s see what the planets are up to, with an emphasis on the planet of love and money. October 29: Venus retrograde conjunct Sun in ScorpioVenus retrograde in Scorpio has been joined by the Sun, which stirs creativ…
Some Random Stuff
Hi there, just checking in with some random stuff.
Firstly, posts may be a little thinner in frequency over the next month or so. I have signed up for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) so have committed to attempting to write a 50000 word 1st dr…
Mars in Sagittarius Refrigerator Poetry
Mars entered Sagittarius last night – and there the warrior planet shall mount his crusade, tilting at windmills astride a fiery steed, through December 7. Are you feeling Mars’ primal vigor colliding with Sagittarius’ good-natured enthusiasm…
