Astrological Musings

 Ken has posted his forecast for weather events in late August: August 20-25: The Sun’s conjunct to Saturn indicates the possibility of a tropical system or at least tropical moisture off the Carolinas in the western Atlantic that affects the Southeast (Carolinas). Since other planetary indicators involve the Northeast and New England, one scenario could…

Thanks to Elsa for this additional Mercury Rx news item: The attempted London car bombings were meant to be detonated by calls to mobile phones in the two vehicles, but failed for technical reasons, the Evening Standard reported Monday.

Despite the claims of many that Mercury retrograde brings no more problems than any other time, many of us have noticed quite a few news items to the contrary: Unexplained computer failure created problems with the space shuttle mission. Computers at United Airlines mysteriously failed, grounding all of their flights. Technology problems shut down the…

Apple released its much-heralded Iphone on Friday after months of speculation. Techies waited on line for hours to be the first owners of Apple’s sleek and gorgeous new multimedia phone, despite its $500+ price tag. Still, the astrological timing of the Iphone’s release leaves quite a bit to be desired. The timing of an event…

Planetary updates for July are posted here. Excerpt for the first week: July 1st finds us still in the shadow of the Full Moon in Capricorn, the sign of achievement ruled by Saturn which impels us to seek solid ground, something made more difficult by the opposition of Saturn to Neptune, the planet of mysticism…

I’m going to give my brain a rest today, but please visit my blog friends for other interesting reading: Melody explores the Hades Moon, along with karma and reincarnation. Elsa takes advantage of Mercury retrograde to review tales of astrological persecution. Barbara explores the astrology of the Doctor Who franchise. Dharmaruci presents the real Gordon…

April Elliott Kent has a beautiful article up about this full moon. A tidbit: This month’s Full Moon chart features Venus, goddess of money and relationships, almost exactly opposed idealistic Neptune and nearing a conjunction with Saturn. If you’ve been struggling financially, or feeling like a failure because the work you love doesn’t pay enough,…

Moon and Trees by Sherry Wacker This last week of June has a strong Saturnine focus, with the Full Moon tomorrow in Capricorn coming on the heels of the final phase of the opposition between Saturn and Neptune, and followed July 1 by a conjunction of Venus to Saturn. Saturn brings the noble but somewhat…

With Ann Coulter back in the news I thought it was a good time to repost a link to her astrological profile here. A year has gone by since I did this profile which illustrates how Coulter’s extreme Sagittarian nature is addicted to publicity. Ann Coulter has been good for the Edwards campaign – after…

Few topics are as hotly disputed among astrologers as the question of whether the “void of course” moon has an effect on our daily lives. Early in my career I carefully watched for the void of course moon but found no correlation and no effect. That doesn’t necessarily mean that there is none, because different…

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