by Jude Cowell
"When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state."
– Euripides, his play Orestes first presented in 408 B.C.E.
Caution Advised: the following post may not be suitable for sensitive readers. jc
Previously discussed here on SO’W is the Capricorn Full Moon of July 10, 2025 @18Cap50:02 which conjuncts and spotlights the *Uranus-Neptune
Tag: The Enlightenment
DC Horoscope: Citizens United
by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good
At last, I’m publishing a DC Horoscope of the Citizens United decision of January 21, 2010, which "opened the floodgates for special interests," according to then-President Obama, and made possible the destruction of democracy via election funding by wealthy corporations and entities here and abroad. As we both know, this political shift is precisely
July 2025 Capricorn Full Moon
by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good
Naturally under the rays of the Full Moon of July 10, 2025 @18Cap50 we may expect the uncovering or leaking of secrets and/or inconvenient facts much as Lunar Eclipses tend to do. This lunation lands in the midst of the three Uranus-Neptune Conjunction/s of 1993 so a midpoint picture could be considered if we wish – from Noel Tyl (Solar Arcs #ad) we
European Union (“Uran-Nept”)
by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good
As per a reader’s request, below is the European Union Inauguration Horoscope of November 1, 1993 (N. Campion #420A):
See History of the European Union. Was the EU formed as a signpost on the road to a "New World Order" style of World Government? Some say the United Nations was created as a model for global government. Well, at the summit in Munich a
Congress’ Saturn Return 2024 and Election 2024
US Congress’ 3-fer Saturn Return of Accountability
by Jude Cowell
This post is a reminder that in the pivotal year of 2024, the US Congress (first session March 4, 1789) will receive a three-fer Saturn Return to the legislative branch’s 1789 position of Saturn @13Pis38:11. The dates are: 1. April 1, 2024; 2. October 12, 2024; 3. December 18, 2024. The rounded-up Sabian Symbol degree (14 Pisces)
Congress’ Saturn Return 2024 and Election 2024
US Congress’ 3-fer Saturn Return of Accountability
by Jude Cowell
This post is a reminder that in the pivotal year of 2024, the US Congress (first session March 4, 1789) will receive a three-fer Saturn Return to the legislative branch’s 1789 position of Saturn @13Pis38:11. The dates are: 1. April 1, 2024; 2. October 12, 2024; 3. December 18, 2024. The rounded-up Sabian Symbol degree (14 Pisces)
Humanity at the Crossroads of Destiny
by Jude Cowell
In a September 2020 post concerning Mars stationing @29Aries on September 9th, we discussed the station degree’s Sabian Symbol, The Music of the Spheres. Also mentioned in the post was a certain aspect that reminds me somewhat of those ‘wild cards of the Universe’, those ‘cosmic blinks’ we Earthlings know as eclipses.
So as regular readers of SO’W may know, eclipses often turn up
America 1776: Enlightenment Principles not Religion and Joe Biden Signs a Bill!
Neptune Ascends by Jude Cowell
Admittedly, with the ongoing transit of Neptune in Pisces opposing America’s 1776 Neptune in Virgo, religious persecution is only one of the effects of the opposition along with a generational clash of ideals, ideologies, and beliefs. Oceanic Neptune, planet of inspiration, spirituality, and the Divine Source, is fancifully shown in the above pencil drawing rising
12 North Eclipse, US South Node, Pluto, and Demeter
From the ancient and well-known traits of goddess Demeter, an abundance of interesting associations can be gleaned, and since the annular 12 North Solar Eclipse of January 26, 2028 will be attended in transit by asteroid/archetype Demeter (plus, asteroid Hera, the ‘legal wife’ keeping accounts), Demeter’s role as "the legislator" is important among them. Other associations include sacred law,
On his Quest and the Relocation of Thomas Paine
The political champion turned resurrection man: Out of thy own mouth I will condemn thee; artist Robert Cruikshank (1789-1856); British political cartoon satirizing Cobbett’s retrival from America of Tom Paine’s bones as "Napoleon watches from St. Helena and Britain erupts in revolution"; Bodleian Libraries {public domain Wikimedia Commons}; PD-1996
May 23, 2021: A few Astro-Notes concerning the