Recent political developments in the US inspired a look at the first 6 months of planetary transits to the Inauguration 2017 horoscope. This resulted in slight amazement at how many transits offer frustration and delay for the White House. Perhaps you are not surprised, dear reader, since recent news reports contain only partial success for Mr. Trump’s and Mr. Bannon’s policies such as banning
Tag: Cygnus
Summer 2015: a Starry Summer Triangle, Pluto’s historic flyby – Cosmic Pursuits (plus, astro-notes)
Cosmic Pursuits, Brian Ventrudo’s excellent astronomy website and newsletter, gives us a heads-up on the brilliant Summer Triangle of stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb (Adige) with double star Albireo twinkling colorfully in the triangle’s center.
Of course, depending on your vantage point, the trio may be called the Winter Triangle!
Now let’s consider a little astrology concerning Vega (Alpha
Aquarius Decan 2
The fixed stars of Aquarius Decan 2 reside in the goat, the crane, the swan, the southern fish and the dolphin. The Sun aligns with these stars from approximately January 31 until February 9. This is a gentle breed of water bearer, things are a little more mellow here, but it doesn’t mean this section is any less eccentric than Aquarius Decan 1. There is still the famous Aquarian rebelliousness; only here they are mostly mild-mannered. In Decan 2 we find the brooding and sometimes insolent Aquarians. These are the folk who dig their fixed-sign heels real deep if you try to push them while at the same time beaming you an arresting electric grin. This is the Uranian smile that zaps you into laying off them. Willpower is very strong here and we get great success from this decan mainly because they are too darn stubborn to be swayed from pursuing their goals. In this section we get influence from the water bearer itself with Albali in the left hand of Aquarius, this star in Arabic means “The good fortune of the swallower”, curiously named because this star appeared to absorb the light of some of the stars in […]