{"id":31382,"date":"2011-12-26T22:05:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T22:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2011-12-26T23:26:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:26:07","slug":"astrology-explored%e2%80%99s-top-ten-stories-of-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=31382","title":{"rendered":"Astrology Explored\u2019s Top Ten Stories of 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Father Time\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i1001.photobucket.com\/albums\/af136\/ScaredSillyByPaulCastiglia\/Father_Time.jpg?resize=560%2C666\" title=\"Father Time\" class=\"alignleft\" width=\"560\" height=\"666\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This has been the year for incredible shocks, perhaps due to the planet of the unexpected entering the sign of the Ram, a recipe for explosive happenings. Here is Astrology Explored\u2019s roundup of the top ten stories of 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.) Nothing captures the attention of the public like a fairytale wedding so perhaps it is no surprise that Prince William\u2019s marriage to commoner Kate Middleton dominated world news. Astrologically, theirs promises to be an important and defining relationship not just for themselves but for their nation too. You can read about the history of the UK\u2019s royal marriages and why Will and Kate&#8217;s union is so important to the monarchy in this piece: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2078\">The Astrology of Royal Marriages: The Yod\u2014Destiny Plays a Hand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.) Nothings hurts the psyche of public more than the loss of a beloved musician. Amy Winehouse\u2019s death from alcohol poisoning saddened us all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2749\">The Astrology of Substance Abuse: Amy Winehouse\u2019s Addictions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.) With the economy in the tank, people have been more drawn than ever to the amazingly large lottery jackpots won this year. Shocking, isn\u2019t it. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2286\">The astrology of the Lottery: Synchronicity in the numbers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2635\">The astrology of luck: The transiting part of fortune<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.) When the planet of the unexpected enters the sign of action what happens?<\/p>\n<p>Fukishima<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2040\">The astrology of disasters: The Fukishima Power Plant Explosion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5.) Kim Kardashian dominates the headlines with her fairytale wedding. Astrologers were agog she held it during Mercury retrograde. Amazingly the marriage lasted . . . for all of 72 days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2621\">Astrology and Celebrity: Kim Kardashian\u2019s Big Life<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6.) Surprisingly the world did not end:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2596\">Astrology and Prophecy: Preacher Says World to End\u2013Astrologer Disagrees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>7.) But the marriage of California\u2019s power couple did:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2555\">Relationship Astrology: Schwarzenegger and Shriver Terminated?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>8.) An astronomer tried to tell astrologers how to practice astrology. Funny<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=1796\">Astrology and Astronomy: The Ophiuchus Debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>9.) Extreme weather in the United States made us sit up, unless of course we were ducking for cover:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=2665\">The Astrology of Disaster: Springfield, MA\u2019s Deadly Tornado<\/a><\/p>\n<p>10.) Film icon Elizabeth\u2019s Taylor\u2019s death at 79 and the book of Richard Burton\u2019s love letters to her gave us pause to reflect on one of the world\u2019s great love affairs:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=831\">The Astrology of Relationships: Taylor &#038; Burton\u2013A Pluto Connection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What stories will 2012 bring? 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Here is Astrology Explored\u2019s roundup of the top ten stories of 2011. 1.) &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/astrologyexplored.net\/home\/?p=3105\">Continue reading <span>&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=31382\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[4136,3537,647,4853,2027,4854,2582,3539,4855,4856,13075],"class_list":["post-31382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-amy-winehouse","tag-arnold-schwarzenegger","tag-astrology","tag-current-events-in-astrology","tag-elizabeth-taylor","tag-fukishima-power-plant-explosion","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-maria-shriver","tag-richard-burton","tag-the-royal-wedding","tag-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pekXVE-8aa","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31383,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31382\/revisions\/31383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}