Astrological Musings

The four tropical cardinal points of the year are commonly known as the Solstices and Equinoxes, commonly celebrated on the days that the Sun enters the four cardinal signs: Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. For thousands of years these times have been celebrated as gateways from one season to another; from one perspective to another.…

I’m giving my brain a rest today so please visit some of my friends: Robert Wilkinson brings back a fascinating post on the Mayan Calendar and the whole 2012 thing. Sally McDonald compares the current world situation to the book The Fourth Turning. This is a really interesting analysis of world cycles that I’m going…

Disclaimer:  Barack Obama is my choice for president. This is part III of the series, catch up with Part I here, and Part II here.  Venus in Obama’s chart is in Cancer, the sign of the family and nurturing those we love.  Family is important to him – as is the sense of affiliation with…

I interrupt the Obama series to bring you the Full Moon! NASA reports: On Wednesday night, June 18th, step outside at sunset and look around. You’ll see a giant form rising in the east. At first glance it looks like the full Moon. It has craters and seas and the face of a man, but…

This is part II – catch up with Part I here. Obama’s Mars is in Virgo, a thoughtful and cautious place for Mars to be. Mars shows the kind of drive we have and how our aggressive instinct is expressed. This is not a Mars that would go to war on a whim, or invade…

This is turning out to be longer than I thought so I’m going to serialize it. Here’s part One: Barack Obama sprang seemingly from nowhere to become the winner of the Democratic primary run for President. Until he gave the keynote address at the Democratic convention in 2004 he was little known, but that speech…

Thanks to Elsa for this link. It’s really fabulous.

Ireland yesterday rejected the European Union Lisbon treaty, an agreement between member states that centralizes more power in Brussels and could potentially weaken the power of the member states. Ireland was the only nation to put the treaty to a vote by its citizens. Pluto’s journey through Sagittarius accelerated the process of the globalization (Sagittarius)…

American political junkies have become familiar with Tim Russert over the past 15 years or so since he took over the Sunday talk show “Meet the Press.” Russert had established himself as one of the most respected newsmen in the business ( a real feat under the influence of Pluto in Sagittarius which has eroded…

Thanks to the many readers who sent me this link to the actual birth certificate as posted on Daily Kos. This now official time of 7:24 pm is very close to the 7:11 time that came from the UAC conference. No story yet on how Markos ended up with the birth certificate but it does…

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