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From Early 2012: Astrologers have been inundated the last year with questions from people with Libra planets - about their relationships. Mostly the stories we hear are of couples that are barely compatible, with one or the other partner trying to force the relationship to happen.  Often it's a situation where the "couple" have already broken up, and the other partner is hoping the estranged lover will magically "return". It can also be a situation where there are legal entanglements, and one partner is using that to force the other to do certain things. Saturn is in Libra now and until next October – and is trying to make us more mature in our relationships. Saturn says "get your act together" and  "follow the laws and rules". A lot of the people with the worst problems right now were born with Pluto in Libra in the 1970' and early 1980's. These folks are going to have their most intense experiences through relating or b...

From 2011: The last time this happened was in October in the sign Scorpio. Venus got behind Mars and has been chasing him ever since. She has finally caught up with Mars again in Taurus (exact on May 23). Finally, the tables are turned, and the masculine will start chasing the feminine. Hopefully, in real life – this will play out. This new meeting of Venus and Mars is in Taurus. Venus rules Taurus, making it a happier place for Venus. There will be less game-playing and secrets, and more open, simple pleasures. This also bodes well for life's physical pleasures: food, money, shopping, luxuries, as well as passionate, physical love. Jupiter goes into Taurus in a couple of weeks, which is good news – for not only those of us desiring more food, love and pleasure – but also for the stock market and business world. The Sabian Symbol for the degree of the Venus-Mars meeting itself is 9 Taurus: A Christmas Tree Is Decorated an...

The country of Japan has a few different charts that astrologers like to use.  One that makes a lot of sense is the chart (and analysis) done by Jamie Partridge: https://astrologyking.com/japanese-horoscope/ He cites a time and date of February 11, 1889, 10:30 am Akasaka Palace, Tokyo, Japan with the time based on an illustration of the event itself at ("Illustration of the Ceremony Promulgating the Constitution,” Artist unknown, 1890). I was curious about time changes between 1889 and now.  There's a good page on Japan's history of time zones here:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Standard_Time    It looks as though the current time zone of +9 was in use back in 1889 so the time on the clock in the illustration wouldn't need to be adjusted.  Below is the chart cast by Jamie Partridge (I checked his longitude and latitude on Google Earth and it is correct (however, in this chart, Solar Fire has adjusted the time): Here's the ch...

Here's a strategy for looking up anyone's birthday online that works 70% of the time. This method if mostly for people in the US, but you could modify it slightly to work for other countries. First, look them up on https://stevemorse.org/birthday/zaba.html If the name is unique it's easier. The site will list all occurances of the name you give it, and past residences of the person. Knowing a little bit about the person, you can figure out which one it is in the list. And next to the name and cities of residence, you'll see an age. Take the age to https://stevemorse.org/birthday/privateeye.html   and enter what you know. It should come up with a birthday. If it doesn't, the next step is go to Ancestry.com   where birth records from many states are archived. That site will at least list the birth year and month. You need to be a member, but many libraries have memberships to Ancestry.com   and will let you log...

Miss USA Rima Fakih, with her Lebanese roots - make her a very interesting and controversial public figure. She is Muslim and was born in Lebanon. She became Miss Michigan in 2009. According to Wikipedia, Fakih (born October 2, 1986) is the first Miss Michigan to win the Miss USA title since Kenya Moore in 1993. Fakih was born in Srifa, Lebanon on October 2, 1986, to a prominent Shi'a Muslim family.  She moved to New York with her family in 1993, where she later attended St. John's Preparatory School, a Catholic high school. Her family moved to Dearborn, Michigan, in 2003. Fakih's family is Muslim, but they celebrate elements of both the Muslim and Christian faiths. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rima_Fakih ). Her blog can be found at: https://blog.mlive.com/road_to_miss_usa/index.html .   Here is a Noon chart for the new Miss USA (so far, birth time unknown): There is an extra set of points around the usual natal planets so we can see a large set of her as...

From 2010: A friend remarked today that everyone seemed to be having a crisis of some kind right now, and wanted to know – what's going on? For starters - it's the Full Moon in Taurus tonight (April 27, 2010) - which can be the most spiritual of times, or the most difficult of times. Also known as the "Buddha's Full Moon" or "Wesak Festival" – great description of it can be found here: https://www.lucistrust.org/resources/wesakfestival In the bigger picture, it's the Saturn-Uranus opposition – and it's getting worse and better all at once. The opposition has been going on and off in Virgo-Pisces for awhile. But it's catching up to join Pluto in a T-square that will last years. When the opposition enters Libra-Aries, things will really start to change (Saturn has already touched Libra and has traversed back to Virgo). Look at the missing piece of the puzzle, and that's where the stress will be working itself out. A T-square fo...

Thank you Astrology.com for posting a chart for the country of Iceland at: https://www.astrologyweekly.com/countries/iceland.php and astrologer Lynn Haye's article on the situation: https://blog.beliefnet.com/astrologicalmusings/2010/04/the-astrology-of-the-iceland-v.html Astrologer's around the world are waiting to see what the unusually powerful planetary lineups will bring us this spring and summer. Changes in the earth's crust (Pluto: changes in Capricorn: the earth's structure) are certainly a likely outcome. All the earthquakes, and now this. What's next?

In view of the recent Polish tragedy, here is the chart for Poland: The first thing the trained eye will notice is the stellium in Capricorn. The country of Poland will play a leading role in the world transformation of governments with the planets Uranus (revolution), Saturn (accomplishment) and Neptune (higher order) in the sign of Capricorn (governments). Venus in Libra indicates a role as peacemaker in world affairs. The impending T-square in early cardinal signs has promised to shake governments up worldwide. As Saturn has just re-entered Virgo it begins to conjunct (sit on top of) Mercury - the country's collective mind and communications. A sad (Saturn) time for this has definitely ensued. See this article for the charts of Lech Kaczynski, President of Poland, and his brother His twin brother Jaroslaw who was not on the plane. Source for chart data:  http://members.tripod.com/tra_nations/a_poland.htm which cites Campion, "The Book of World Horoscopes" (Secon...

Like the nodes of the Moon, the nodes of the planets can be used in charts as well. Astrologers use both the geocentric and/or heliocentric nodes according to their preference. It's hard – if not impossible –to find an online table or ephemeris for the heliocentric nodes of planets besides the Moon. If you want to calculate them for your chart, cast your chart in Heliocentric in Solar Fire and add Extra Ring Points, then choose Nodes as your Extra Ring Points file. Some astrologers use the heliocentric nodes rather than the geocentric nodes because they say that for them - the heliocentric nodes seem to work better. I use heliocentric nodes, and the rest of this article is about the heliocentric nodes. The way the planetary nodes work in a chart is similar to how the nodes of the Moon work. The north node is where you're going, and the tail is where you're coming from. The planetary nodes then give the characteristics of the planet they represent.   The node...

by Shawn Sykora & Nancy Schorr Moon Void of Course (MVOC) is an old, powerful tool of Astrology. It is defined as the time between when the moon makes its last aspect (like a conjunction or trine)* in a particular sign, and when the moon enters the next sign.** For instance, if the Moon is in the last few degrees of a sign - say Pisces, if it has no more major aspects to make to any of the main planets, then it is considered "Void" until it enters Aries.  An MVOC in experience is much like the frustrating Mercury retrograde.  Things don't necessarily flow along in an expected manor. If one is to assume that there is such a thing as “Right Timing” - which is when  things fall into place for the good of all concerned when the time is right - then here's another technique. For various reasons - It is not generally considered a good idea to begin something new while the Moon is VOC. However, finishing an activity during a MVOC is usually favorable. The problem with s...

For web-based free astrology calculations on any computer system with internet access, go to: https://www.astro.com/horoscopes This is actually the Astrodienst.com website. Click on Extended Chart Selection , near the bottom of the page, 2nd column. To get the midpoints, click on :       Pullen/Astrolog Then choose from the pop-up menu:  Aspect/midpoint grid chart Another easy free web-based astrology site is https://www.alabe.com Some other great free websites: https://www.astro.com/swisseph/swetest.htm https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/horizons.cgi   http://www.true-node.com/eph1/ http://www.dimension1111.com/astrology-calculators.html A great free astrology program aimed at Windows users: http://www.astrolog.org ... by Walter Pullen. Some of this program is actually used by Astrodienst in their free astrology zone. Runs on Windows and Mac. The Mac version is for non-intel chips only (G4, G5, etc) and is only run as a command line tool. It's not the ...

Here is the natal birth chart for Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, born Jan 23, 1951, 5:06am in Denison, Texas. Transiting Uranus was and is conjuncting Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger's North Node in Pisces (at 19 degrees 50 minutes) and he miraculously saves a planeload of people in a water landing. And becomes instantly famous for it. Uranus was actually at 19'44" at the time of the landing, and crossed over his nodes as word of his deed spread. Also, he's a 3 degree Aquarius Sun, and Jupiter is conjuncting his Sun now, and was at exactly 2'23" at the time of the landing. Boy, is he ever experiencing a period of Jupiterian good luck! Also interesting to note is this was pulled off during a Mercury retrograde when things often don't go right and are fraught with mistakes. But the fact that his own Natal Mercury is Retrograde allows him to overcome those odds. Below is the chart for the unusual plane landing: The miraculous plane landing in the ...

Published on January 18, 2009 Facebook is rapidly proving itself to be a, if not the - physical manifestation of Jupiter in Aquarius. According to www.insidefacebook.com, the site reached an estimated 140 millions users in December, 2008, and is growing by an estimated 600,000 users per day. It is projected to reach 200 million users by March, 2009. (see ).   One of the things that makes Facebook so Uranian is its ability to host applications that use people on Facebook as their subjects, fostering group participation. There are also 2 millions events that include people in them created each month, and 19 million active Groups that exist on the site.   One of the basic feature of Facebook is your Wall. Your friends can leave messages on your Wall that your other friends can see. (and you can ofcourse delete anything from your wall if you choose).   This fosters a feeling of group participation and community by allowing your friends to see what's goin...

The miraculous plane landing in the Hudson is easily described astrologically: Jupiter (good fortune, travel) in Aquarius (group of people in the Air) landing in water (Neptune) and are all miraculously rescued (Jupiter).   The chart for the event (1/15/09 3:32PM EST NY,NY) gives Uranus in Pisces on the Midheaven. Certainly this event is very famous for being something unusual in the water! What else can I say? It's all right there.   Hopefully all air travel will be blessed with such luck this year. Oddly, Mercury was retrograde, yet I haven't heard of any retrograde mistakes made in the crash itself or the rescue - except of course, for the birds themselves.

Jupiter will catch up with and conjunct Neptune in Aquarius in May of 2009, and stay conjunct it all summer. This can be great for the spiritually evolved, but not great for those with serious drinking and drug problems. Jupiter (good fortune, expansion, excess) will combine itself with Neptune (liquids (including oil), drugs, escapism, film, and higher spiritual realms). There hasn't been a Jupiter conjunction to Neptune while in Aquarius (groups) in our lifetime. The last one was in November, 1843. For those of you who love strange coincidences - that one had Neptune and Jupiter conjunct at exactly 18'43" of Aquarius. Year and degree the same. Very strange! But that last time, in 1843, the conjunction was over in a flash and didn't last very long. This time Jupiter will go retrograde after it passes Neptune, and go back to cross it two more times. 1843 was the year the first great wagon train left Independence, Missouri for Oregon along the...

We have enough serious energy going on now with Pluto in Capricorn. It's time for Jupiter to free itself and slide into the next sign, Aquarius, on January 6, 2009-- staying there until February, 2010. I, for one, can't wait! Jupiter spends about a year in each sign, and only does this once every 12 years. The last time Jupiter went into Aquarius was January 22, 1997, when Clinton began his second term, Steve Jobs returned to Apple, and the Pathfinder landed on Mars - the first return to Mars in 20 years. This time around, Jupiter will coincide with Obama's inauguration, and Obama himself will have a Jupiter return (he was born with Jupiter in Aquarius). The web and tech boom was really still exploding upwards and outwards in 1997. It should bring a year of great humanitarian events and group activities.

From 2008: Don Turner (of http://www.soullifecenter.org and formerly of Findhorn) said about Obama:   I am also hopeful that the milestone Obama election portends positive change in a time of crisis.   I view the last 10 years as an overt attempted takeover of the U.S. by the Dark Forces (of fear, materialism and selfish power) from the impeachment travesty, to the fraudulent 2000 Bush election, to 9/11 - a "false flag" inside job - to the subsequent wholesale corruption of democratic values and constitutional policies.    I believe that if it wasn't for the internet, which allowed real democratic forces to promulgate and fundraise, Obama would not now be president elect.  I think Obama's Aquarian soul influence (his astrological ascendant) and pronounced Uranus can foster the Aquarian soul of the U.S. The synthesis of his biracial makeup connecting Africa, the Pacific and the U.S. midwest also hopefully portends an expression of energie...

Well it's finally here, Pluto in Capricorn. Pluto (destruction and rebirth) in the sign of Capricorn (political and business structures) will bring about 15 years of rebirth of our political and business structures.  It's time for the old structures to go away so that the new ones can replace them. This may not be the easiest of times, but it is the most necessary of times.  Before Pluto can enter Aquarius in 2024 and bring to us the real beginning of the "Age of Aquarius", Pluto must first wipe the slate clean in Capricorn. Liars in business and politics beware - the truth will surface and things will be turned around during the next 15 years.

Here is a quote from Alice Bailey's "Externalization of the Hierarchy". I believe Obama is the person mentioned: Only a phrase of several words can convey something of the significance and then only feebly. This phrase is "the principle of directed purpose." This principle involves three factors: 1. Understanding (intuitive and instinctual, but intelligently interpreted) of the plan as it can be worked out in the immediate future. 2. Focused intention, based on the above and emphasizing an aspect of the will, hitherto undeveloped in man. 3. Capacity to direct energy (through understanding and intent) towards a recognized and desired end, overcoming all obstacles and destroying all that stands in the way. ... He is esoterically related to the Avatar of Synthesis, being over-shadowed by Him. This Avatar can descend on to the physical plane into outer expression and can thus step down and transmit the stimulation and quality of the force of the greater A...