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Current Planets22-Apr-2018, 04:08 UT/GMT
Sun 1 59'24" 12n10 Moon 22 20'20" 19n58 Mercury 6 39'37" 0n52 Venus 26 55'43" 19n55 Mars 19 11' 2" 23s02 Jupiter 20 25'51"r 16s37 Saturn 9 8' 7"r 22s14 Uranus 28 41'27" 10n31 Neptune 15 37'16" 6s31 Pluto 21 17'14" 21s28 TrueNode 11 14'21"r 17n24 Chiron 0 15'30" 3n14 Explanations of the symbols Chart of the moment
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April 2018
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.
March 2018
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.
February 2018
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.
January 2018
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?
December 2017
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.
November 2017
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.
October 2017
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.
September 2017
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.
August 2017
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!
July 2017
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.
June 2017
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?
May 2017
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 ...
April 2017
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.
March 2017
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.
February 2017
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.
January 2017
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.
December 2016
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!
November 2016
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.
October 2016
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.
September 2016
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.
August 2016
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.
July 2016
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.
June 2016
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.
April 2016
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.
March 2016
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.
February 2016
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.
January 2016
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.
December 2015
Uranus in Aries is now past its First Quarter square to Pluto in Capricorn. The perpendicular arc between these two significant outer bodies of the solar system was historic in having seven exact passes over nearly three years (June 2012 to March 2015). Such a rare event — a square with seven passes — had not occurred between these two orbiting bodies for more than 500 years.
November 2015
Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth, and Moon align with the Moon's nodes. The alignment with the lunar nodes is the factor that makes a New or Full Moon become a solar or lunar eclipse, respectively. The lunar nodes are the points where the Moon's orbit crosses the ecliptic, the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. As a result, when the Moon conjoins her North or South Node, it means that she is on the same plane as the Earth.
October 2015
Seeking to explore the philosophies of Plato, I absorbed the teleological worldview. As the concepts of teleology soaked in, everything clicked. Several lightbulbs went on. I have been greatly inspired by integrating the teleological worldview into my astrological practice. In this article, I attempt to share this concept with the modern working astrologer.
September 2015
In November 2002, astrologers from around the
world turned off their cell phones and embraced the high mountain air of
early winter at the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico for a life-transforming
experience, the Astrologer's Retreat. This was a groundbreaking encounter
for all of us. The power of our peer supervision model surprised even
those of us who have been doing this form of group work for many years.
August 2015
This study revisits and builds upon an earlier published work of mine regarding an astrological perspective on Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and the sensory processing disorder (SPD) often associated with autism. Amazing progress has been made during the past decade in these distinct but interrelated fields: Public and private support organizations have mobilized a diverse army of professionals to tackle this growing public health phenomenon.
July 2015
One of the comforts of higher learning is finding yourself described in a
text by a recognized expert and discovering that you're not alone but,
instead, are part of an identifiable group. You may have felt that same sense
of validation while perusing an astrology book or the pages of this magazine.
The first glimpse of where I belonged in the greater scheme of things came
during a college sociology course, when we studied the concept of the
marginal man.
June 2015
Rather than describing the influence of long-term changes, the SP Moon offers
a tangible way to understand events or experiences on a month-by-month basis.
Using a 1° orb on either side, the SP Moon makes aspects which last up to two
months. Fundamentally, the Moon represents the daily fluctuations of life at
the mundane level. Traditional sources describe the Moon as that which
"carries" the influence of other planetary bodies to Earth.
May 2015
In my client work, I accidentally stumbled across a tool that I later called
a "Shadow Transit" and now use frequently. We astrologers can, at times, be a
little bit too generous with orbs, particularly in forecasting work, but I
started to wonder why clients were coming (or returning) to see me at age
31–32 with the same issues they had at their Saturn return (at 29). This
often came with the cry, "You told me it would all be over two years ago!"
April 2015
Reflecting the changing Piscean paradigm and the culture's hunger for the return of t
he Divine Feminine, Mary Magdalene is making a dramatic comeback. For the past 2,000
years, she's been cast in the role of whore, in contrast to the virgin, played by her
counterpart Mother Mary. But the truth is that there's no description of Mary Magdalene
as a prostitute in the scriptures. In fact, she wasn't assigned this role until 591 C.E.March 2015
Virgo often gets a very poor report in modern texts. The lines from the poem
above typify the references to Virgo being critical and hypochondriacal that
accompany other allusions to Virgo as pedantic, frigid, and shrill. Could it
be that these negative associations have attached themselves to a sign that
is one of such rare understanding and discerning mental vision
that the rest of us are unable to see the finer details of the Maiden's gifts?
February 2015
What do you say to a woman who asks you to look at her horoscope to see if a
pregnancy is in her future? Often stressed and anxious, she inquires
emotionally, "Will I have a baby? And if so, when?" Naturally, as
astrologers, we want to be able to answer these questions. We are motivated
to identify if and when a pregnancy may occur, as suggested by reliable
planetary cycles.
January 2015
In the world of astrology — and, of course, in the world at large — the
mystery of relationship is a constant and passionate pursuit. No matter how we
research it, the reasons that one person is deeply attracted to another may
still elude us. However, because astrologers are preoccupied with time and
timing, sooner or later we contemplate the question: "What would we call the
birthday of a relationship, and how would we find it?"
December 2014
As I write this, Uranus and Pluto are in their respective corners, catching
their breath between the fourth and fifth rounds in their duel of seven exact
squares. They are big stars on the world's stage, and we have been riveted by
their performance, even though we know there will be no ultimate winner - they
seem more intent on which one can change our collective lives the most.
November 2014
More than one hundred years after Einstein published his famous theory of
special relativity, it remains as the pinnacle of science, the Everest of
intellect. Even Einstein's self-professed biggest blunder, the "cosmological
constant" — thought to have been disproved by Edwin Hubble's discovery of an
expanding universe — has been re-examined in the context of "dark matter."
Yet, as undeniably as our world has been forever altered by E = mc2, it
remains an incomplete puzzle.
October 2014
This article tells us something important about the nature and symbolism of
stelliums, and how they operate in our world. They rarely exert their full
influence right away, tending instead to reveal their true power over years or
even decades. In that respect, I've come to think of them as
"industrial-strength New Moons." "What the New Moon promises, the Full Moon
delivers" - That's actually true of all conjunctions, since they represent the
starting point of larger
cycles.
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Current Planets
22-Apr-2018, 04:08 UT/GMT | |||||
| Sun | 1 | 59'24" | 12n10 | ||
| Moon | 22 | 20'20" | 19n58 | ||
| Mercury | 6 | 39'37" | 0n52 | ||
| Venus | 26 | 55'43" | 19n55 | ||
| Mars | 19 | 11' 2" | 23s02 | ||
| Jupiter | 20 | 25'51"r | 16s37 | ||
| Saturn | 9 | 8' 7"r | 22s14 | ||
| Uranus | 28 | 41'27" | 10n31 | ||
| Neptune | 15 | 37'16" | 6s31 | ||
| Pluto | 21 | 17'14" | 21s28 | ||
| TrueNode | 11 | 14'21"r | 17n24 | ||
| Chiron | 0 | 15'30" | 3n14 | ||
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