Astrological Musings

Wheel of Fortune tarot card by Nigel Jackson A reader wrote me about the significance of the multitude of Kites, Mystic Rectangles and Yods in her chart but upon closer examination, many of these aspects involve the Part of Fortune and the Nodes of the Moon rather than planets or luminaries. Which brought up an…

Yesterday was tremendously busy and I missed the opportunity to write on yesterday’s New Moon (which took place on Wednesday on the US west coast). We are still within the range of its effects and there are other interesting planetary discussions going on as well. The New Moon was at 17 degrees Libra, the sign…

Dharmaruci has a great article on the discoveries of new worlds that have taken place since the Uranus/Neptune conjunction in the early 1990s. Take a look!!

photo from Jupiter Images Q: I am in need of career advice! I have a BA in psychology and have been in a PhD program in a top-ranked business school for the last two years.This program was my top choice and I was so thrilled to be accepted into such a highly esteemed university. I…

Energy #1 from Lise Nilson In my journal the other day I posted these news items that ran that day indicating the tremendous stress that people seem to be under right now: a woman arrested at an airport strangles herself during a panic attack after being denied access to her flight; a business owner in…

Pamela Anderson has married Rick Salomon, who has achieved a certain amount of notoriety from his six-minute marriage to Shannon Doherty and is successful internet marketing of the Paris Hilton sex tape in which he stars. You have to admire the fact that she doesn’t let failure keep her from continuing to pursue her goal…

JM has posted this lovely excerpt from Kahlil Gibran echoing some of the themes of the square between Jupiter and Uranus which is exact today: If it is an unjust law you would abolish, that law was written with your own hand upon your own forehead. You cannot erase it by burning your law books…

A beautiful Flash movie of the sky in October.

Astrologers differ on when the retrograde effects of Mercury begin. Some feel that the effects begin during the shadow period, others insist that the effects are not evident until the retrograde occurs. I personally have found that this question depends quite a bit on other planetary events taking place as Mercury is preparing to retrograde.…

What to Remember When Wakingby David Whyte © 1999 In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake,coming back to this life from the othermore secret, moveable and frighteningly honest worldwhere everything began,there is a small opening into the new daywhich closes the moment you begin your plans. What you can plan is too…

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