The astrology of the Presidential election in the U.S. is a popular and contentious topic among astrologers. In the run-up to the most recent Presidential election (2012) I studied Aries Ingress horoscopes for the United States to see if there was a common thread indicating the winner. I did find a method that seemed to work, and […]
According to the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol, in Tibetan), as we die, we descend through the seven realms of spiritual trials. Each of the realms corresponds to one of the chakras. We are mostly unenlightened beings and fail most of the tests. Each time we fail a realm’s test we sink to […]
Apart from astrology, I am also a student of the Chinese book of wisdom, the I Ching, and use insights from the one to enrich my understanding of the other. The Taoist system underlying the I Ching arises from the polarity of the masculine and the feminine, the Yang and the Yin. Astrology also divides […]
The total solar eclipse March 20 at 29 Pisces will be visible from Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Russia. The path of the exact solar eclipse will traverse the sea between Iceland and the United Kingdom, passing over the tiny Faroe Islands. The maximum eclipse will occur at 9:45 Universal Time, and the […]
When [a superior planet like Saturn] is in its first station, then its strength is completely weakened…when it is going retrograde towards the opposition of the Sun…it has no power at all. [NG: Elsewhere, it is said that when Saturn stations retrograde, or any other planet, it is like one first falling ill.]