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It’s not surprising that there have been so many fires in the news over the past few weeks, since we are experiencing a preponderance of the fire element. With four planets in fire signs and Mars, the most fiery of planets, having recently turned retrograde and still moving extremely slowly through the water sign of…

The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Peter Jackson films that brought them into vivid cinematic life are steeped in the dark myth and magic that is Pluto’s dark realm. Astrologer Steven Birchfield has written an interesting essay making this connection: To explain how I experience Pluto I ‘m going to reflect on a…

A new Harris Poll has some interesting findings including these: 82 percent of adult Americans believe in God – unchanged since the question was last asked in 2005; Large majorities of the public believe in miracles (79%), heaven (75%), angels (74%), that Jesus is God or the son of God (72%), the resurrection of Jesus…

Peace talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas begin today following a summit between representatives of 40 different nations, including 14 Arab states. These talks are being led by President Bush, making this one of the weakest assemblages of rulers ever. All three leaders have an approval rating of somewhere…

Mars speaks! Here is a post where Mars in Pisces speaks directly, in this case Mars belongs to astrologer Gary Philipson (thanks to Elsa for posting the link on Astrology News). Note the bit about psychosomatic illness, in an elegant synchronicity with my post of yesterday: Pisces is a curious place for a planet like…

Recently a post from the advice column on the role of “Mars problems” in medical issues prompted one of my brilliant readers to suggest in a comment the work of Dr. John Sarno. After a quick Google I was hooked and ordered his book: The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders.” I like the…

Art by Laura Cameron, thanks to DragonsLordnet.com Robert Wilkinson has a compilation of points on the current retrograde of Mars through Cancer. This cycle is particularly powerful right now since Mars is still stationary after its recent retrograde turn: We know it is a time of potential energetic tugs of war we should avoid. These…

Synchronistically, Kathryn and Elsa and I seem to have watched this movie at the very same time so its entry into the astroblogosphere is well-timed. Zeitgeist is a not-for-profit full-length film that is being distributed over the internet. You can watch it in several ways: at the Zeitgeist site itself where you can find credits…

Astrodynamics is two years old as of last week! Thanks, everyone, for the inspiration to write every day, an exercise of devotion that has taught me so much about life as well as astrology, and opened up so many doors for me!!

The Moon will be full in Gemini tomorrow morning at 10:41 am EST. At the Full Moon the lunar principle gains more power, and the instinctive unconscious is more available to us. The Gemini Full Moon brings a facility for language and communication, and learns through a variety of experiences. Because the Sun in Sagittarius…
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