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The New Moon In Gemini: Do It Smart

There’s a New Moon on June 19th at 28 degrees Gemini. Didn’t we just have a New Moon in Gemini last month? The Solar Eclipse at 0 degrees Gemini  (in May) was a super-powered New Moon at the start of … Continue reading →

Horrocks First Views a Venus Transit in 1639

Those Rare Venus Transits 1639 – 2117

by Jude Cowell

Coming soon to a Cosmos near you is the Venus Transit of June 5 or 6, 2012 in mid-Gemini. The excellent publication History Today tells of astronomer and mathematician Jeremiah Horrocks, a Liverpudlian, who forecasted then observed for the first time a Venus Transit (aka, Occultation of the Sun) on November 24, 1639.

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New Moon/Solar Eclipse in Gemini: Brothers and Sisters

Few people in our lives get the opportunity to influence us when we are so malleable as in childhood, when brothers and sisters leave their handprints on us as they might in wet cement. But the truth is that while the emotional connection may be less compelling, we share similar bonds with people who share our neighborhoods, our communities, our alma mater, our mother tongue, the country of our birth….

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Previewing the May 20 Solar Eclipse: A glass-bottomed boat

Expecting affairs of the human heart to follow the rules of logic and reason is a recipe for dissatisfaction. Don’t ignore underlying problems in your relationships, but seek solutions not with your brain, but rather with your heart. Sit knee to knee with the one you love, and peer into your relationship’s wondrous fathoms through your own “glass-bottomed boat.”

New Moon in Taurus – April 2012

Just as the sun moves into Taurus the moon is joining it in the very early degrees of the first earth sign of the zodiac. And how very appropriate, considering that the following day is Earth Day. What’s more, the moon is exalted in Taurus, making this an especially powerful time for manifestation. Taurus is […]

New Moon in Taurus: Labourer’s Moon

There’s a New Moon in Taurus tomorrow (April 21st). This will be a solid, growth-oriented Moon with energy that says you can have it/build it/achieve it. If you’re ready to do some grunt work. The New Moon will occur at … Continue rea…

New Moon in Taurus: The Weight of the World

I pause each day to dutifully perform my determined little exercise routines – to remind myself to take part in the physical world, the present moment, and to inhabit my whole life – including my physical body, down to the feet that keep me rooted here. To remember to appreciate the opportunity to inhabit the physical world and learn from it. Even if only to breathe in the fragrant spring air and smile into the sun. Even if only to say, “Now!”