Saturn retrograde. What we’ve consistently persisted in building and accomplishing, will slowly start to grow exhaustingly heavy with Saturn stationing retrograde on Saturday, March 14. Saturn is the great disciplinary for responsibily and inner strength, which is also connected with rules, duties, tradition, ties that bind, self-discipline, restrictions and consequences. Whatever we’ve been carrying to enforce conditions, will finally start to […]
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The Astrology of Murder–Boris Nemtsov–A Simple Murder?–Part 2
(True Crime and Astrology) To see Part One of this article please go here: The Astrology of Politics: Boris Nemtsov–A Simple Murder–Part One Boris Nemtsov was not a person the average American knew much about. A Russian scientist and politician, … Continue reading →
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Infrastructure (HBO)
As Above, So Below with Pluto Yes, the results of destructive transformer Pluto now plodding through Saturn-ruled Capricorn, planet and sign of structure and form, can be clearly identified in the condition of America’s crumbling infrastructure. Withou…
This Month’s Final Shout, and a Preview of March’s Wild Ride
This month ends with a couple of notable aspects, and they both involve Mercury in Aquarius. February 24th to 25th has Mercury in Aquarius trining the Libra North Node (and sextiling the Aries South Node) at 10 degrees. This is … Continue reading…
The Mighty Pen, Symbol of Reason
Twelve people at the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were gunned down on January 7. In the same week, Saudi blogger Raif Badawi received the first 50 lashes of his 1000-lash sentence for blasphemy, ironically, an echo of the Charlie Hebdo cover that caused such offense in 2011 — “1000 lashes if you don’t die laughing”. Not to mention the on-going incarceration of Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayad in Saudi also, for blasphemous verses. Islamofascism (still apparently a contested term, but loosely defined as a political ideology based on Islam) has been gaining in strength for decades, but its […]
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Opening Dec 18, 2014: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (trailer) plus: Pluto
Astrology of Now: Soul Theft
You are familiar with the story of Sleeping Beauty, so familiar that the horror of it has ceased to horrify. This is the story of a baby, born perfect, sentenced to death. She is cursed in the cradle by a vengeful fairy to die at 16. Only by the actions of a good fairy is her death sentence mitigated to a sleep of 100 years. You may feel as if your life stopped at a particular moment. It’s as if part, or all, of you was lost; it may even have been sent into a stony sleep. The cause might be an accident, […]
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Influences for November 16th to 18th: Mercury and Saturn in Scorpio
November 16th’s open vibe will be enhanced by Mercury in Scorpio sextile Pluto (at 11 degrees Capricorn). The sextile is quiet, so this one-day aspect suggests quiet reassurance for Mercury in Scorpio’s truth-telling agenda. Pluto (power an…
Mars conjunct Pluto: Sometimes You’re the Bug
When Mars and Pluto come together in any kind of aspect, little bugs like you and me need to look both ways before we fly across the road. We rarely see the windshield coming until we’re already on the floor.
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Activating the Control for Power.
What would be the ultimate lesson to learn, in order to get back onto the road of happiness? What would be necessary to know, when dealing with those awkward lumps and bumps that pop up in both life and in relationships? And what might that ‘spec…