Astrological Musings

I could probably be a lot more famous if I was willing to write a Sun Sign column. I don’t know why I’m so stubborn, without newspaper horoscopes hardly anyone would even know about astrology. And after writing the Vanity Fair horoscope column for at least 15 years Michael Lutin is finally getting to write…

The National Ledger has my article about the tragic death of former figure skating champion Christopher Bowman at the age of 40 (see right). For more commentary see Jill’s nostalgic look at Bowman in his heyday (see left).

John Townley has done a yeoman’s job of creating composite charts between each presidential candidate and the Sibley chart for the United States. John was one of the early pioneers of the composite chart technique and probably understands it better than most (the composite chart combines the chart of two people or entities and describes…

Beautiful words from Matsuo Basha Winter solitude–in a world of one colorthe sound of wind. photo by Pete Leonard from Corbis

I know, I know…this is partisan politics and not worthy of such a lofty astrology blog. 🙂 ——–

art from occultopedia Venus rules the skies this week. Venus is the goddess of love and beauty, and her namesake planet presides over all things relating to interpersonal relationships, the force of attraction, aesthetics, values, sensuality, self-indulgence, harmony and balance. As Venus transits through the sky it is barely noticeable to us because it moves…

Let’s put this under Saturn in Virgo, where the reality (Saturn) of our healthcare system and personal health routines (Virgo) are tested. People who adopt four healthy behaviours — not smoking; taking exercise; moderate alcohol intake; and eating five servings of fruit and vegetables a day — live on average an additional fourteen years of…

Mrs. Clinton has had a rough couple of year from the planetary perspective, with transiting Saturn running rampant over her Leo and Scorpio planets and transiting Pluto tearing up the square in her chart from Uranus to the Moon. But she is one tough lady. I for one was glad to see her appear human…

It appears that many of my fellow astrobloggers have gone on to find other things to do, so I’m going to clean up the blogroll and remove any sites that haven’t been updated in the past couple of months. If you are one of those blogging compadres whose link I have removed and want your…

Rich is the scientist in our family, and he was commenting after reading my post on the new sunspot cycles that since these cycles alternate between positive and negative, perhaps each 11- year cycle is actually one-half of a larger 22-year cycle. An article on the site of the National Council for Geocosmic Research (NCGR)…

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