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Current Planets24-Apr-2018, 05:31 UT/GMT
Sun 3 59'46" 12n51 Moon 21 13'59" 15n15 Mercury 7 54' 1" 1n05 Venus 29 26' 5" 20n34 Mars 20 11'58" 22s57 Jupiter 20 11'31"r 16s34 Saturn 9 7' 5"r 22s14 Uranus 28 48'31" 10n34 Neptune 15 40'44" 6s30 Pluto 21 17'12"r 21s28 TrueNode 11 14' 0"r 17n24 Chiron 0 21'55" 3n17 Explanations of the symbols Chart of the moment
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Grasse introduces an important factor in understanding any chart - the highest (or most elevated) planet in the horoscope. Because of its exalted position, any planetary body located here “lords over” all the other planets in the chart and can exert a powerful influence over someone’s entire life. And this becomes even more important if that body is near or conjunct the Midheaven, or MC (Medium Coeli) — the zenith point of the horoscope.
I would like to introduce you to the Centaur Chiron, according to Modern Western Astrology. As an example, I’ve chosen Steve Jobs, a modern “myth” with all his contradictions: many details of his life are connected to the Centaur. Known for his “reality distortion field”, Steve seemed able to control the minds of others. He was a visionary leader and kept a strong capacity for wonder up to the very end.
When the Sun and the Moon come together to form a solar eclipse, the Sun, from the perspective of the Earth, is covered by the Moon. Similarly, lunar eclipses form when Earth casts a shadow on the Moon, so that we can see the shadow of Earth in the sky. That’s why eclipses were for centuries, and still are, considered by astrologers as evil and thought to bring nothing but misfortune and trouble. Is that really so?
It is well-known that Ascendant-Descendent axis (or 1-7 axis) represent the axis of partnership in one’s horoscope. But, there is another, maybe even more important axis through which relationships may be analyzed. It is the axis of lunar nodes, in which the real partnership lives.
Pluto’s recent demotion to the status of “dwarf planet” upset a lot of us. It shouldn’t. We astrologers have been calling the Sun and Moon “planets” for a long time. In other words, we have a long tradition of using the term planet more loosely than astronomers do. Experience has taught us that Pluto simply works — we know it's a planet, and we really don’t need anyone’s approval to use the term.
To be an astrologer and pursue this line of study is to be part poet. The field bears witness to the Divine alchemy that brings the as above, so below relationship to life. Followers of the stellar art recognize the elegant intelligence built into its design. Planets, spheres of intelligence, were set into concentric orbits in a deliberate way.
The new science of epigenetics has disproved the ‘born with bad genes’ theory and shown the vital importance of environment in switching genes on and off. Dwarf planet Ceres can be used to define an optimal environment for maintaining or restoring health.
I decided to talk about the theme of Chiron because the symbol of the “wounded healer” has led me to profound thoughts regarding the human condition in general. It has also brought me to wonder why “destiny”, through different kinds of paths, has led me, in the end, to take care professionally of fragile and “different” people, of those who are often considered “outsiders” by the masses.
When you’re 19, you’re technically a teenager since there’s still a “teen” in the number. It didn’t feel that way for me. Probably doesn’t feel that way for others. Perhaps the proximity to the teen years keeps you feeling your youth. But you’re also in the waiting room of a large part of your life’s journey at this age. You’re boarding.
We trust the accuracy and precision of astrology, yet paradoxically need its randomness to allow a sense of freedom. Even though increasingly powerful computer software is available to us, the accuracy of astrology still leaves a high degree of uncertainty in prediction and psychology. It is in this area that we realise the freedom of will and individuality that is so central to modern life.
Bill was overflowing with joy. He received the birthday present he wanted: a carbon fiber frame for his racing bicycle. When he remarked that he felt younger now than he did when he was young, my psychic antenna registered a reminder to look at his chart the next day to see why he felt so well. He felt great because his progressed Midheaven was in a trine aspect with his Moon. The Moon rules the family and his 2nd house of income.
Bitcoin is the most well-known cryptocurrency and digital payment system that was created on January 3, 2009 at 18:15:05 GMT. It was introduced just a few months after the collapse of the global banking sector. We don't know where and by whom it was created. It is anonymous like the buyers and sellers. London is assumed as the location Bitcoin was first mined. It is debatable, but major activation of the natal and progressed angles during important events validate London city.
Our whole practice of astrology is based on this notion of the wheel, of the predictable and circular movement of the planets through the full 360 degrees of the zodiac — but what does this really mean? How does the paradigm of the wheel inform the way we live or, at the very least, the way we practice our astrology?
Having the honour to give the Carter Memorial talk this year has been a great pleasure, because it gave me the opportunity to share the passion for my work both as an astrologer and analytical hypnotherapist. When I realised that the theme for this year’s conference was to be “the importance of astrology”, the title appeared fully formed in my head: “Astrology, Light, Life, and Meaning”.
The astrological horoscope, Carl Jung observed in a letter of 1954, corresponds to a definite moment in the colloquy of the gods, that is to say the "psychic archetypes." This statement, one of many similar assertions made throughout his life, is illustrative of Jung's belief that astrology can provide symbolic insight into the workings of the human psyche.
The title of this article is both rather intense as well as containing a powerful pair of synonyms. The intensity comes from the fact that no matter what kind of contact we have with "The Lord of Hades," be it a transiting trine or stationary conjunction, the effects of Pluto are just that—intense! Pluto may be billions of miles away and rather tiny as planets go, but Pluto is mighty in his effects and should never ever be underestimated by the astrology student.
Where is genuine freedom? It seems to be in the space between determinism and free will — in the potency of creation, where I believe to be contemporary astrology's place. Potency in the philosophical sense of Spinoza (Potentia) and Nietzsche (Will to Power), which differs from power. Nowadays we can practice an astrology focused on the symbol's potency.
For many centuries, individual horoscopes have been central to astrology. As a rule, particular points in time are analyzed, whether concerning human beings, states, organizations, or mundane constellations. Currently, however, only two horoscopes can be conveniently compared to each other. Groups of three or more individuals quickly become difficult to master when conventional tools are used, and such groups therefore elude a systematic analysis.
The traditional way of interpreting charts is to focus on character delineations and fated events, treating both as relatively fixed outcomes. Conversely, a psychological approach views the horoscope as an evolving story that reflects a process of growth over time. Character and events are still delineated, but no longer in terms of fixed outcomes; rather, events are interpreted as vehicles for facilitating a process of characterological development
I have been "multiple" – rather – I was born multiple. Vastness is what moves, be it in the skies, sea, in the land, or in work. Someone named Henry VI, said (via Shakespeare) "Ignorance is the plague of God. Knowledge is the wing which allows one to fly into the skies". My goal has always been the skies (heaven), while at the same time keeping one foot on earth, i.e. – a stretch.
Many astrologers put up charts without giving the source of the data. Was it from the parent, or letters or notes, or biography or from birth certificate? Lois Rodden brought this to the attention of astrologers and did something about it. She created the AstroDatabank program which gave a rating to the data, according to the source of the information. If the data was from the birth certificate, the rating was AA. Where there was dirty data, she sometimes supplied the alternative data.
The race for Presidency has already started, although there is about a year before the elections… There are still speculations about candidates from two leading parties, democratic and republican… The new resident of the White House will be the one who wins the majority on November 8, 2016, when the elections are scheduled to be held, but also the one who has 22° Gemini somehow activated!
Old myths reveal that most heroes experience a transformational encounter with a dragon at some point in their journey. While you may think that the dragon is your mother-in-law or your boss, in reality it is a metaphorical monster. The engagement with the dragon is an allegory for the times in the individuation process when we wrestle with unsavory sides of the self, parts that we deny or keep secret but that have an uncanny knack for showing up anyway.
Astrology helps us to embed our lives into greater cycles. It reminds us to be humble, that our time on Earth is nothing compared with the age of the Universe and that there are other elements which are equally (or perhaps more) important. It is also a way of speaking with the divine. “One respects the earth because it is one’s mother, an animal because it may be a reborn ancestor, and the stars because they are messengers, guardians and protectors”.
When she first met Jung, Toni stood at a personal crossroads. Her life was at a standstill with no apparent opportunity to advance her intellectual aspirations, and her hope for a vibrant future had dimmed. As commentator Maggy Anthony puts it, “She was gifted and intelligent, but had no proper outlet for it.” In her diary entries from the period, Wolff expresses her concern with finding a direction for her life.
If the U.S. ever had to have a Prince, that would be John F. Kennedy Jr. He came to this world possessing all the fortunate social indicators that can promise an enviable and privileged life, and yet his life was a modern version of a Greek tragedy. It was during the first days of July when the documentary I AM JFK Jr got my attention. I had to do his chart and surprise! Transiting Mars was on the exact degree as his natal Mars! What a synchronicity?
As a consulting astrologer, I am fascinated with patterns, as are many in our practice. Our constant and sometimes obsessive interest in exploring and understanding the rhythms of planetary cycles and the effects they have on life trains us to step back and view events from a big-picture perspective. We seek the planetary connections that link together past, present, and future — we look for the embedded patterns that are associated with certain behaviors and also with major life events.
We all know about the doctrine of "planetary returns," and how a celestial body circles back around to where it stood at the time of one's birth. At such times, that body's meaning is reconceptualized, reformulated, and can even reach a new plateau of expression. Even non-astrologers know about this principle, since it lies at the root of a particularly common ritual: the ordinary birthday, when the Sun makes a full revolution around the zodiac every 360 degrees from the time of one's birth.
Imagine a world where the "sameness" of characteristics abound. Try and visualise a society that is built on people with similar ideologies and philosophies, where people have comparable goals, desire the same things and have similar views on how society should be shaped and how people should behave.
Erin Sullivan pleaded for keeping our ideas about gender out of the horoscope very early on. She recommends that we, in the tradition of western astrology, allow our collective psyche to be more differentiated and acknowledge that there are more possibilities for shaping interpersonal relationships than the model "heterosexual man loves heterosexual woman". Meridian wanted to know how exactly she meant that, and asked Erin Sullivan for an interview.
What path do you have to follow in order to develop your sense of individuality and a healthy ego? The Sun in astrology points to the father archetype, the animus, the ego and the hero. As a symbol of the hero, it represents what you must fight in a conscious way to obtain its maximum expression, either bright or dark, in the sign it occupies. The experience of the Sun is an important constructive factor for personal satisfaction, self-determination and will; it represents the conscious ego.
Perhaps a Biblical Scholar can quote the precise chapter and verse where Scripture identifies deception as Evil's most effective tool and enduring weapon. Evil personified assumes the form of Satan or the devil. Described in colorful ways by various cultures, the common denominator that best defines this entity is its power to seduce. Put plainly: evil conjures the ultimate sales pitch.
Ever since Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto came into orb of a t-square in the summer of 2010, astrologers have been awaiting a revolution. Now that Saturn has moved into mid Libra and the square between Uranus and Pluto has begun to perfect, rebellions are under way across the globe. Uranus represents upset, independence, chaos, liberation, and awakening, and Pluto symbolizes passion, intensity, power struggles, and life-and-death battles.
Through astrology, fundamental truths about life, nature and the cosmos are presented to us. We categorize astrology as an occult art. A direct translation of the word “occult” is “hidden,” and we take that as if it means knowledge that needs to be unearthed, exhumed from a deep, dark, concealed place. In my experience, this is rarely the case. The greater truths are always right before us, all around us, hiding, as it were, in plain sight.
Now that the author has discovered the actual birth
clock-time of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, a more accurate assessment
of her character and destiny, as well as her relationship with Prince
William, is possible. What are the intriguing dynamics of their
“emotionally transformative” marriage, as identified in their
synastry and Davison composite charts?
My passion is my allotment and astrology of course, so let me take you through to look at some of herbs or vegetables that I grow or they grow by themselves. Zodiacal garden, yes all gardens are rich source of astrological significators and can help us have a healthier life, even if we do not do anything else but digging, sowing and growing our own food, it is enough.
I'm a paradox myself: the goody-two-shoes Virgo and the unruly Aquarius. Without contradictions there are no complementarities. Life is a paradox, as it contains both deaaaath and proooogress. Your astrological natal chart (NC) shows the MC's continuous advancement and the IC's constant surrender. Or the AC's relentless hope defying the rivalry and challenges of the DC.
I’ve been at this Mom Game for only ten years, so I’m certainly no expert. But one saving grace I’ve received from astrology is the insight that I don’t actually have to teach Lyndon everything. There will be things he needs to know that I’ll be extremely good at teaching him. There will be things I know that he won’t ever have to learn. And there will be things he needs to know that other people can teach him. Thank God — that takes a tiny bit of the pressure off!
When testing novel techniques, beginner’s luck runs true to form. The first couple of charts will always ‘work’ just as we hoped - routinely followed by a string of woeful failures and the demise of a brilliant idea. Finding consistency in astrology is far rarer than we would like to believe. You can spend weeks, months on a promising project, and just end up with a headache.
In the history of the United States, two dates loom large as the birth moments of the country. Most obviously is July 4, 1776, the date in which the leaders came together to shrug off the oppressive bonds of their parent nation, and which is celebrated annually as the nation's birth. More esoterically, but no less and possibly more important, is Sept 17, 1787, the date of the ratification of the United States Constitution: the moment when the people conglomerated their several powers and created a unified government.
Many astrologers believe that the relocated horoscope acts like a secondary natal chart, responding to transits and progressions in the same way the birth chart does. The relocated chart shows how the sky looked at the moment of your birth — not from your birthplace, but from a different location on Earth. Here is a rather famous example of relocating a chart. President John F. Kennedy was born in Massachusetts with Saturn within one degree of his Midheaven.
Our companion the Moon has a wonderful, little-known but highly visible cycle which anyone can watch unfold over the next several years. I speak of the “Standstill Cycle of the Moon,” a pattern of lunar visibility which dramatically affects where Luna rises and sets, bringing highly unusual event locations when it reaches its extremes. The last occurrence was in 2006. The next event, called a Major Standstill, arrives in 2025.
Interpreting a chart is making predictions. Because the chart itself IS a prediction. Otherwise, there would be no Astrology, neither would it last for millennia. The astrologer is a channel. What they say is what comes from the divine. That is why they should reverence that which is above. Astrology REQUIRES the capacity to foresee. And this is an ability to be developed.
During a conversation in 1978 with a yogi and astrologer by the name of Shelly Trimmer, I was intrigued by a remark he made about the significance of Jupiter in the horoscope, and how its qualities were reflected in this planet's astronomical features. For astrologers, he said, Jupiter represents a person's broader capacity for logic and their philosophical perspective on life
The promise of the Sun/Moon midpoint (an "alchemical" blend of contrasting energies) is that with careful observation and use, one can find the source of happiness in one's life – most commonly in our closest relationships. For many of us, a part of the original reason for being drawn to this sacred art of astrology is that it offers answers to personal issues or problems, particularly those based around successful relating to others.
Alice A. Bailey, esotericist, lecturer, and author, was the amanuensis of the ascended Tibetan Master, Djwhal Khul. She was the founder of the Arcane School, which has branches worldwide. She was born on June 16, 1880 in Manchester, England. What can be gleaned from the chart?
I have selected this medical topic because my life partner of 23 years has recently been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. The astrological signature for prostate cancer frequently involves Pluto and Venus. This is not the case with Bill. Saturn seems to be the astrological issue. I always look at the astrological aspects 1-2 years before the diagnosis.
Liz Greene once wryly observed in one of her seminars that, if you wanted a relatively quiet and peaceful life, you should arrange to be born when the outer planets were as far away from the personal planets and Angles as possible. 'I wish!' say many of you reading this, as indeed does the writer, who has all the outer planets bolted onto all the personal planets and has had anything BUT a quiet life.
The 2016 election has left more than one person searching for answers, including astrologers, the majority of whom picked Hillary Clinton to be the occupant of the Oval Office in 2017. Hand-wringing has continued. What was missing from the algorithms? What asteroid or aspect did we fail to take into account? More importantly, what does this say about astrological prediction in general? What does it say about astrology?
In this extraordinarily frank memoir in two
parts, the author (a highly popular speaker on the astrology circuit)
reveals aspects of his life and family for the very first time,
encompassing the autistic spectrum and dwarf planet Eris in the charts of
loved ones.
Dr. Ruth Drown was the most unique woman in developing radionics to heal people. She developed and refined a means of diagnosis, treatment, and visual representation on photographic plate of any cross section of disease organisms, tissue or organs of her choosing. Her chart reveals why: With Virgo rising (the sign of healing) and five planets in air signs and six in mutable signs, Ruth had a considerable amount of finesse, insight, understanding, intuition, and reserve.
Being human is the hardest thing I have ever done. I chuckle as I write this, but all mirth aside, it's true. For most of my life, I have tried to satisfy the demands of our Western culture by achieving success and personal power. Like many, I worshipped at the altar of achievement, money, possessions, and the fantasy of perfectly balanced mental health. But my soul knew better ...
About 27,000 light years from Earth, the Galactic Centre (now in late Sagittarius) lies at the heart of the Milky Way. What do we learn from the Centaurs (or minor planets) transiting this region in recent times? Here, the mythic resonances of our galaxy in the context of our present condition are explored. In the last few decades, all three outer planets plus the minor planets ('Centaurs') Chiron and Nessus have passed through late Sagittarius, home of the Galactic Centre.
Cast out of Olympus, Neptune became ruler of the mysterious, fathomless oceans, 95% of which remains unexplored to this day (it's said that more people have been to the Moon than have descended to the deepest part of the ocean). Even traversing the surface of the oceans is to relinquish control to forces bigger than ourselves as Neptune rules storms and shipwrecks and also hurricanes
If the planets are truly "archetypes," or universal principles, it's natural to wonder whether they might relate to fundamental principles found in other symbolic systems. For example, over the years I've wondered whether the seven traditional planets could be equated with certain basic mathematical functions.
Just over 100 years ago, astrologer Reinhold Ebertin's mother Elsbeth sat under questioning in a police station in Breslau, on the border of modern Germany, after her colleague had sent Elsbeth's astrological pamphlets to official police headquarters. The year was 1915, and there were strict laws against fortune-telling. Through her sheer cleverness, a trait she exhibited throughout her 40 years of astrological publication, she talked her way out of any trouble.
The Golden Age of the crime novel is generally reckoned from the 1920s to the 1950s. Murder mysteries were presented then more as mental puzzles than real-life traumas; more Mercury riddles than gory Mars/Pluto crime scenes. From the immense number of titles during these years, few of their authors would have believed their work would outlast them, let alone be treated in some instances as literary classics.
It has been a while now that I have incorporated profections in my predictive sessions. I find them to be the quick shortcut to the essence of the basic themes that are to unfold in my clients' life. It is fascinating how accurate this method can be and I think that every modern astrologer should make room for this traditional technique in their kit of predictive tools.
In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the official announcement that Ceres was upgraded from asteroid to dwarf planet, and Pluto was downgraded from planet to dwarf. Suddenly, these two disparate celestial bodies were thrust together in our collective consciousness. In mythology, Ceres and Pluto are opposing figures in the life of the maiden Persephone, so they already have a historic connection by way of their inherent symbolism in Greek and Roman story.
The year 2016 will be remembered, among many other things, for Donald Trump's "unexpected" victory in the US presidential election, my successful forecast of which was republished in the Jan-Feb 2017 issue of The Astrological Journal. Trump's success could be an early indicator of the tailwind for the French National Front – the ultra-right, nationalist political party led by Marine Le Pen.
We presently find ourselves straddling the threshold between "acts," as it were, between the Piscean and the Aquarian Ages. Like vast tectonic plates shifting deep within the collective unconscious, this epochal transition has already begun manifesting as a series of seismic changes throughout our world, as the forms of an older order make way for those of a radically new one.
In the middle of the nineties, further progress in technology enabled newborns to be saved who were born even earlier than the 25th/26th week of gestation and whose weight varied between 500 and 800 grams. In November 1995, Pluto finally re-entered Sagittarius. Here, the planet made all his creativity available for research aimed at broadening the horizons.
Preceding Jupiter's shift into Libra on September 9, 2016, the media was alive with astrologers delineating the meaning of that particular planetary combination and its possible impact on both collective and personal life. Given my abiding interest in investigating such matters, I thought up a mini project likely to be of interest to me, to clients who would agree to have their lives researched.
The way that astrology works has been the subject of endless debate for millennia with astrologers and sceptics often being at loggerheads. The scientific community in general dismisses astrology as superstitious rubbish while at the same time millions of people around the world connect to their 'stars' on a daily basis via the media. The problem is that many astrologers themselves seem to be at a loss when it comes to the fundamental question of how planetary influence works. They know that it does and they can show that it does but there are no adequate explanations of how it does.
I still clearly recall an experience from when I was nine or ten years old that might be described as my first encounter with astrology. I was in our small vegetable garden, perhaps on the way to fetch parsley for dinner, and I had stopped for a moment to gaze up into a particularly beautiful and clear moonless sky. I focused my vision upon a single star, a needle point of light so fine it flickered in the warm wind like a candle about to be extinguished.
Liz Hargreaves imagines herself as outgoing President Obamar's astrologer. What would she have advised and foreseen if he'd first consulted her on his controversial, now threatened health care reform? - I imagined myself in the role of astrologer to President Obama and what I might have said if I had been told about his healthcare reform plans just before first Inauguration Day in early 2009, and asked about the likelihood of success.
The inertia of the past cycle and the unsolved problems acting through WWI challenged the expanding creative impulse of the new cycle during the tense and confrontive semisquare phase (45 degrees) of Neptune and Pluto, which lasted from the late-1920s to the mid-1930s. It saw a flourish of new ideas and attitudes in all fields of human endeavor vanquished by the Great Depression, and the rise of Fascism and its corollary in the arts and sciences, "neo-Classicism."
In my more than seven years of reporting, it's become clear that we can find a lot of planetary action in the horoscope of someone who is suddenly hot in the press. That's not surprising. What is surprising is that it doesn't seem to matter whether that "someone" is dead or alive. The transits and solar arcs we'd expect to see in the horoscope of a living person making news are also present in the horoscope of someone who has transitioned. The horoscope lives forever!
Astrological forecasting or "prediction" is on a scale of hard to impossible, and I sometimes feel that as astrologers we cannot win. If we make an educated guess at the outcome or meaning of some transit (or arc or progression) and we are wrong, we lose the confidence of our client, so as good astrology students we are taught to look back at similar transits and transit cycles in the past to see what happened.
Most of us have, at some point or another, experienced certain unusual
coincidences so startling they compel us to wonder about their possible
significance or purpose. Do these strange occurrences hold some deeper
meaning for our lives? Or are they simply chance events, explainable
through ordinary laws of probability, as most scientists claim?
I made a recent significant discovery. Of personal significance, that is. I am not Gemini-Gemini or Gemini-Taurus, Gemini-Cancer or even Gemini-Pisces. My Sun is still in Gemini but rising sign is now Aquarius. Oh wow. At last! I can embrace my inner weirdo; the weirdo I've always been and will be to the day I die; or so I suppose.
In the indigenous Australian use of English the word “dreaming” is used to describe the dominant, over-arching power of a place or idea. I was reminded of this on my first visit to the landscape of the Uffington horse near Oxford. To my Australian eyes I saw a place of horse-dreaming, a place where the spirit of the horse has emerged in the landscape. But it is not only ancient chalk figures that can indicate a space of dreaming.
Speeches by leaders or influential personalities in history carry a double astrological message. An important speech will be reflected in the horoscope of the orator, as well as in the transits in the sky at the moment of the speech, which will show its key themes, impact, and place in history. Essentially, a speech is of its time and by those seen to shape the times.
Modern day two-party political systems would have appeared strange to the eyes of the Mesopotamian astrologer priest. But our early forefathers of astrology would have warmed to this political struggle within the US because, unlike any other country, the US presidential elections have been tied unintentionally by law to the ever-important and powerful Venus cycle.
This article was sent to astro.com by the author as an account of
his close-up experience of this opposition of Neptune with the
astrologically still quite unfamiliar trans-neptunian object 90482 Orcus.
It is indeed fascinating and might inspire astrologers to do some more
research of their own. It is also striking that the experience seems to
show the positive sides of this object which has so far been shown in a
more sombre light.
The cyclic motion of the planets of our solar system provides the fundamental variables of astrology. The planets are the basic meaning centers of an astrological chart, symbolizing organic functions found in all forms of life. Like the organs and glands of your body, they each play an essential role in regulating natural processes, and their activities must be well-coordinated and balanced to sustain health and wholeness.
New Dates for Sun Signs? - Not in Astrology!
Again, the rumour is spread that there are 13 astrological signs and that astrology is therefore invalid. If you want to know how astrology really works, read these two articles by Deborah Houlding and Dieter Koch.
The BBC is at it again –
spreading the nonsense that the 'thirteenth sign' Ophiuchus is missing
from the zodiac. How do we as astrologers credibly counter this and other
false claims? Deborah Houlding offers a definitive masterclass on the
zodiac – so that you, too, can tackle the media debunkers of
astrology.
One must never equate Sun signs with fixed star constellations.
Every few years we hear the same old news from critics of astrology, mostly astronomers and physicists who know nothing about astrology.
They argue that the signs of the zodiac used by astrologers do not correspond to the actual constellations of stars on the sky. They say that the real star constellations have been shifting relative to the astrological signs by nearly one month in the course of the last 2000 years. They explain this with the so-called precession of the equinoxes.
While talking with a fellow (very young) astrologer not long ago, I heard her refer in passing to the "bad Moon" in her chart. When I asked her why she called it that, she went on to cite the litany of horrors this celestial body had inflicted across her entire life. I suspect the "bad" part of that description stemmed from her exposure to the type of simplistic descriptions found in some of the older texts, or even in some quarters of the astrological community today.
As avid fans of James Lipton's TheActor's Studio know, a good percentage of Hollywood's celebrities emerge from exceptionally difficult childhoods. Most are scions of broken families and some have witnessed the death of their parents at close range. Perhaps it could be argued that these early dramas work to define their recipients' career calling: Show Biz. It's the only business where drama is as good as gold.
There are many fruitful ways to approach health and
healing using astrology. The traditional model of medical astrology
correlates the signs and planets with parts of the body and with maladies
that are coupled with these; it also makes use of remedies, often herbs
or gems that are reputed to act sympathetically or antipathetically to
particular planets.
The Twelve Letter Alphabet, sometimes called the twelve "Archetypes," underlies much of the presentation of planets, signs, and houses in modern Western astrology. In my view, this has led to the distortion of much of astrology's fundamental symbolism. Many other astrologers have come to the same conclusion, yet this system persists.
The dark side. The lurid pit of human depravity. Cruelty and bloodlust. Torture, violence, and murder. Sexual perversion. Dominance and submission. Sadism and masochism. Regions beyond the safe boundaries of the civilized. The territory of the forbidden and taboo. These are some of the realms of the zodiacal sign of Scorpio and its planetary ruler, Pluto.
The AA President reflects on the 'cosmic weather' of Brexit against the history of three UK General Elections since 1945 which led to radical social change, with especial focus on astro-cycles and the Saturn-Neptune squares. What has befallen the Labour Party? How does new PM Theresa May differ from Margaret Thatcher? And what guidance does astrology offer as the UK faces a post-EU future?
Everyone familiar with astrology and its tools knows the planet Mercury refers to mental activities and faculties of the mind. According to natal astrology, the position of Mercury in your birth chart symbolizes the quality of energy propelling your mind through the areas of experience where it best functions. But this is not the most fundamental approach to determining and understanding mental temperament, because it fails to focus on the cycle of Mercury as a whole, and on Mercury's particular cyclic phase at the time of birth.
In 2015, the world witnessed one of the most massive shifts in population since World War II. More than 600,000 refugees from the Middle East and Africa — most of them fleeing war, political oppression, and social chaos in their homelands — entered Europe during that year. This amazing influx of desperate people has created a crisis situation for many European countries.
Trying to be an up-to-date astrologer in this time of such incredible discovery
and dynamic change is both frustrating and humbling. Never before in our written
history have we had so many new planetary discoveries to take into account. Should
we even take them into account?
One of the most discussed prognosis models of modern futures studies is the Kondratiev Cycle. It postulates a regular pattern of upswings and downswings in the economy, ranging over 50 to 60 years. This cycle is based on collective paradigm shifts, caused by the emergence of new technologies that revolutionize both the economy and society at large.
German economist and astrologer Dr. Christof Niederwieser has identified a close relationship between the Kondratiev Cycle and the astrological Uranus-Pluto Cycle and has created a synthesis: the Astro-Kondratiev model.
The lunar nodes are invisible points in the sky
that form an axis in the horoscope of apparent significance. But what do
the nodes really mean in a chart? What is the nature of this beast named
after a tricky, cunning demon? Throughout the 20th century, many different
and often conflicting explanations have been offered. How do we determine
which interpretation is most accurate? There is a way.
The celebrated Swedish film and stage
director/writer was one of the most influential auteurs of our age whose
artistic explorations of death, illness, faith, betrayal and insanity
reflected his own preoccupations. Yet this hyper-sensitive and volatile
man also led a tempestuous love life and fathered many children while
seeking seclusion. How is all this reflected in his nativity?
Of all the discoveries made by astronomers during the last few centuries, few if any have held as much importance or excitement for astrologers as the announcement of a new planet in oursolar system. And it just so happens that we've been hearing lately about mounting evidence for a new, previously unknown body at the fringes of our solar system—likely the size of Neptune and orbiting the Sun once every 10,000 to 20,000 years.
If you're one of the millions who give attention to astrology, or have had your birth chart drawn and interpreted, you probably know the zodiacal sign and natal house occupied by Venus at the time of your birth. The natal house in which Venus was located at birth shows the particular set of human experiences through which your emotional life, feeling nature and sense of values, fueled by the type of energy symbolized by Venus' sign, best operates.
Those who follow mundane astrology can confirm that history does, indeed, repeat itself. Over the past thirty years, my in-depth research has revealed amazingly detailed correlations between the history of human evolution on our planet and the astrological ages. By examining the smaller 'cycles within cycles' contained in each 2160-year age, I have discovered a fascinating model of history from an astrological perspective.
Barbara Higbie is a Grammy-nominated and Bammy award–winning composer, pianist, fiddler, singer–songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist and has played on more than 100 CDs. She was the first female instrumentalist and composer on Windham Hill Records and, in 2011, the first ever "Artist in Residence" at the prestigious West Coast jazz club, Yoshi's.
The astrology of the horrifying conflict in Syria sheds light on complex issues that cut across national borders and religious divides, using natal and mundane chart methods. The area covered by modern Syria was formerly the site of the world's earliest recorded civilisation but since then and until the 20th century it has been dominated by powerful neighbours.
Time management is key to success
and accomplishment, and a plan outlining a series of achievable steps is
crucial to the completion of any endeavor. Nature provides us with the
most apparent and usable time management system in the monthly rhythm of
the Lunation Cycle (the monthly cycle of relationship between the Sun and
the Moon, as we experience it on earth). If you give attention to this
natural cycle, and plan and execute your important activities according to
its rhythm, you will soon realize greater success, satisfaction and
fulfillment.
Western astrology mostly uses the tropical zodiac, in which 0° Aries is fixed at the vernal point. The vernal point is the point where the Sun is located at the spring equinox. By contrast, sidereal astrology uses a sidereal zodiac whose initial point is defined relative to the fixed stars. Sidereal astrologers unfortunately disagree about where exactly in the sky the initial point of the sidereal zodiac should be assumed...
Flowers have captured our attention for
millennia, whether as tokens of love, cosmetic and perfumery agents,
offerings in burial rites, or the numerous other ways in which their
beauty has held meaning and purpose. Yet, their reverence throughout
history has not been limited to the sensual qualities of their colors,
shapes, or fragrances. It has also extended to their sacred healing
properties.
Angelina Jolie and Brad
Pitt (aka Brangelina) are the current Hollywood golden couple – each
beautiful, rich, successful, famous, popular, family-oriented and
philanthropic. Together, their bliss is beyond compare. Is such apparent
perfection possible this side of Heaven? Victor Olliver analyses the
synastry of the superstar duo – and discovers a fractious furnace of
complementary opposites.
The deluded, death-defying regime change and expanding technological madness of the Sagittarius Pluto/Aquarius Uranus–Neptune times are ending in tears. The fallout will lead to a reassessment of science and the economy it has sired and served. To avoid economic, planetary, and social disaster, we need another way of organising our affairs — nothing less than a new paradigm, based on a broader and deeper understanding of what constitutes scientific reality. Not for the first time, science will need to be reborn.
At the heart of our galaxy, the Milky Way, is the Galactic Centre - a super-massive black hole (or a "giant cosmic broom") positioned in late Sagittarius – which plays a key role in chart signatures of people who spill the beans on organisations and governments, as many famous cases attest.
"Will I find happiness with this person?" is one of the questions most often asked of an astrologer. The inquiry may refer to marriage or to any other kind of personal relationship; but, in any case, the issue deals basically with the longing for happiness which every human being harbors in his or her heart. We know instinctively that this longing can be satisfied only by some kind of relationship. However, there can be many types of relationship, and the desire for relationship—and for happiness—can operate at several levels.
In 1853, while Neptune was transiting Pisces, prominent art critic, painter, and prolific writer John Ruskin noted, "The imagination is never governed. It is always the ruling and Divine power." This bold statement leads the way as we embark on an exploration of the 37-year Saturn–Neptune cycle, which reaches its current closing (or waning) square when Saturn in Sagittarius squares Neptune in Pisces from November 26, 2015 through September 10, 2016.
Using Age Progression, which begins at birth at the AC and travels through each house in turn, we can trace the life journey of an individual by noting the sign and house the Age Point (AP) is in, together with any aspects it makes to the planets. Looking at Streep's AP, I'd be interested to learn of her experiences at ages 3, 7 and 16 when the AP was conjunct Pluto, Saturn and Neptune respectively.
Each of us possess guiding qualities and innate skills
bestowed to help us fulfill our special destiny as individuals and as
purposeful members of humanity. But conditions pervading in our schools,
offices and factories, and the conforming pressures of society, usually
conspire to force us to into predetermined molds, with little regard for
our special faculties and talents, unless they happen to be useful in the
business world.
Venus and Uranus, symbols of love and freedom, are an odd planetary pair. People born with these two in conjunction have to find ways to accommodate very different and often conflicting needs, and many have astonishing stories to tell about their search for love and relationship. Often Uranus inhibits Venus — it drives one toward safe situations that aren't overly emotional.
There is a quote attributed to Socrates which I think gets to the heart of the issues I want to cover in the first part: that "the unexamined life is not worth living". If we claim special knowledge then we are duty and honour bound to take the time to understand something of the nature of that knowledge and how we can use it. Historically, the role of astrologer has been entwined with that of priest or prophet and perceived as one that combines secret knowledge with power. The very notion implies a route to the divine.
Astrological Basics
This
short online introduction can help make you familiar with most of the astrological
techniques and give you a basic understanding of how it's all done. Topics: The Planets, Elements, the Signs, the House System,
Houses and Aspects.
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Current Planets
24-Apr-2018, 05:31 UT/GMT | |||||
| Sun | 3 | 59'46" | 12n51 | ||
| Moon | 21 | 13'59" | 15n15 | ||
| Mercury | 7 | 54' 1" | 1n05 | ||
| Venus | 29 | 26' 5" | 20n34 | ||
| Mars | 20 | 11'58" | 22s57 | ||
| Jupiter | 20 | 11'31"r | 16s34 | ||
| Saturn | 9 | 7' 5"r | 22s14 | ||
| Uranus | 28 | 48'31" | 10n34 | ||
| Neptune | 15 | 40'44" | 6s30 | ||
| Pluto | 21 | 17'12"r | 21s28 | ||
| TrueNode | 11 | 14' 0"r | 17n24 | ||
| Chiron | 0 | 21'55" | 3n17 | ||
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