Today, September 23rd, 2025, is a truly special day for stargazers and anyone with a twinkle in their eye for the cosmos. Why? Because the magnificent, distant blue giant, Neptune is at opposition! What does “opposition” mean for us earthly observers? Imagine the sun, then Earth, then Neptune, all lined up in a cosmic game […]
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Rising: The Constellations in the Sky
by Jude Cowell
On December 11, 2023, a rare celestial event occurred when asteroid Leona (#319), discovered on October 8, 1891 at the Nice Observatory in France, occulted starry Betelgeuse in the right shoulder of constellation Orion. Perhaps you caught the story in or on Scientific American published December 11th. An Eastern Time of 8:17 pm is cited in the
Handily, the Great American Eclipse website has all the astronomical information you might want concerning the annular Solar Eclipse of October 14, 2023 with its path of annularity sweeping from Oregon beginning at 9:13 am pdt and ending in Texas at 12:03 pm cdt – near the US-Mexico border. Central and South America will then be visited as well. Follow the link for a visual of the 2023 Eclipse
If you’re lucky and the skies are dark and clear near you, you may be able to see the spectacular green comet hurtling through space right now. Here are directions how. My friend and colleague Isabel Tifft explains what it might mean for astrologically — taking the very long view. Her article is fascinating. This […]
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The Lost City of Atlantis; public domain image
Is America Lost? Or Only Preparing to Rise?
by Jude Cowell
Everyone knows the story of the Myth of the Island of Atlantis, its abuse, misuse, and overuse of power, sinking disastrously into the ocean, and at some glorious future point rising like a mythological phoenix from the ashes. So what do you think? Was the phoenix archetype played out on and
artist unknown? The star Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, is in the constellation Canis Major. Sirius was the most important of the stars and formed the foundation of ancient Egyptian religion. It was considered to be a second Sun since its heliacal rising matched the length of our solar year at […]
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May 15, 2018: Expect the Unpredictable: Uranus First Enters Venus-Ruled Taurus
In Astrology, Uranus is considered unpredictable, erratic, eccentric, separative, electric, eclectic, progressive, reforming, novelty loving, intense, disruptive, independent, a rebel and a fighter for freedom. In mundane charts US Uranus (8Gem55) is America’s ‘war planet’ of revolution and revolt. Coming between
Jupiter in scientifically minded Virgo is in the spotlight on July 4, 2016! Astrologically speaking, this could have something to do with Jupiter and the North Node (of the Moon) traveling together in Virgo this year with the North Node relating to encounters, publicity, and public contact and Jupiter the planet being encountered by spacecraft Juno!
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On Monday May 9, 2016, the Great Cosmic Clock that is our Solar System provides us a rather rare view into its machinations via a Mercury Transit across the Sun. The last one occurred on November 8, 2006 with Mercury at 16 Scorpio. On May 9, Mercury will be opposite its 2008 degree at 19 Taurus (Tropical Zodiac).
So if you’re as curious as a Mercurial person can be about this