I read this in the paper today and the astrological symbolism is just too perfect to ignore: Plans for a glitzy new research center called the Innovation Center (Uranus) which was to be built here in Chapel Hill as part of the new University of North Carolina campus extension have been delayed (Saturn) because of the slowing economy. Innovation is a keyword for Uranus, and delay is Saturn’s hallmark so will not be surprising when over the next few years we... Read more
Michael Vick plead guilty today to dogfighting charges at the state level after serving nearly a year for federal charges. The horrific nature of these crimes, which as an animal lover I cannot bear to repeat in this column, led me to investigate his astrological chart (born 6/26/1980, time unknown, Newport News VA) to look for clues to his behavior. I am in no way excusing the actions of criminals in this kind of chart research – Vick’s chart did... Read more
” In a world of beginnings, middles, and endings, all beginnings force an ending. Beginnings push through middles and roll on to endings. And what do endings do? Does the energy of the event disappear? No, it doesn’t. It goes on to be something new, re-forming in a new beginning, an endless, inexhaustible cycle of energy.” ~Ajahn Sumano <!– /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:”Cambria Math”; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985... Read more
Thanks Elsa for this interesting video featuring financial astrologer Henry Weingarten as well as psychic readers of various types. (Also see the article in Sunday’s New York Times on the same subject.) Read more
Singer Ashlee Simpson and and her rocker husband Pete Wentz have welcomed a child into the world: Bronx Mowgli Wentz (11/20/2008, time unknown, NYC). You can tell without even glancing at his astrological chart that he will have quite an unusual beginning! What a name – named after Bronx, New York, most eclectic of the boroughs, and Mowgli, the child of Rudyard Kipling and Disney tales who was raised by a pack of wolves who goes through quite an identity... Read more
The Dow Jones average continued its spectacular slide last week, ending with the average below 8000 for the first time since 2003. It’s interesting to look at the history of the rise of the DJIA. In November 1972 the average rose about 1,000 for the first time ever. In November 1995 the average closed above 5,000 for the first time, a 400% increase that averages 17% per year. By March of 1999, with Pluto in Sagittarius, the Dow had risen... Read more
One reason it’s impossible to offer accurate predictions using astrology is that the planets don’t influence us in any kind of uniform manner. One person’s Pluto transit to Mars will be very different from that of another person. Pluto is like a heat-seeking missile: it looks for areas in our lives that aren’t working, and nukes them. If everything is working properly we instead see the best of Pluto: an intense infusion of empowerment that helps us to become strong... Read more
Astrological Musings is three years old today! And what a ride it has been. This blog’s beginning was somewhat sudden and with no real planning, so no electional chart was constructed to determine the most auspicious day for its launch. I actually set up the Blogspot domain in May of 2005 but didn’t put the blog in motion until my sister visited for Thanksgiving and helped me get everything rolling. I never actually did an analysis of the chart for the first... Read more
One of the things I most like to post about on this blog is celebrity profiles and profiles on celebrity couples. First of all, with Gemini rising I love a good gossip. But more important, they make great demonstrations of how great a tool astrology can be to help understand the underlying personality characteristics that drive us to behave in certain ways. Pluto’s travel through Sagittarius, the sign that rules, among other things, journalism, entertainment and celebrity, has brought the passion... Read more
Today Mars leaves the intensely passionate and probing sign of Scorpio for the fun-loving and optimistic sign of Sagittarius. At its best, Mars in astrology provides the fuel for our desires and our dreams – it energizes us and fires up our assertive nature. In traditional and Vedic astrology Mars is considered a malefic planet because of its tendency to produce anger and violence, but this happens only when Mars is not allowed to have a healthy voice in our... Read more
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