There will be a New Moon at 8°15’ Libra on the 1st of October. This is the first of a series of five New Moons at 8° of their respective signs. Being in Libra, this will be all about relationships and fairness. And, being a New Moon of course it could be the start of a new relationship for some or a new beginning in an existing relationship for others but it could also be about any kind of relationship depending on the house where it falls in your chart and the aspect it may or may not make to any personal planets or angles. It could also be a good time to see things from the other [...]
I attended a class a couple of years ago about synastry in couples and each participant was given two charts to compare. Mine were Pitt and Jolie!! So here’s the write-up I did at that time. With Jolie’s Gemini Sun conjunct Pitt’s DC in his 7th house there will be a fascinating attraction between the two that is difficult to break; she mirrors thetraits he looks for in a one-to-one relationship which are above all communication, intelligence and a certain “emotional non-involvement”. Her Sun is also exactly square his Virgo Pluto, she is jealous, rebellious [...]
….the soul-searching is over, time to transform! On the 26th September Pluto will station direct at 14°55’ Capricorn after just over 5 months of being retrograde. Pluto has been in the sign of Capricorn since 2008 and this is his eighth retrograde period since then. Pluto is concerned with power, regeneration, survival, transformation, sex, obsession and possessiveness. Pluto is the god of the Underworld. Pluto in Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) is concerned with the deep-reaching transformation of social order, laws and hierarchies. He often works subtly (in our psyche) but always [...]
Let’s move forward continuing to discern the useful from the useless… After a twenty-two day period of retrograde motion in the Earth sign of Virgo, Mercury now stops in his tracks at 14°52’ before picking up speed and moving forward. Mercury, in one of his own signs, Virgo, is at home. So, diving deeper into details, re-planning, rethinking and generally brooding over matters during this period may not have proved too hard for him. Although he may feel rather mentally challenged and a little weary after three whole weeks of this stuff as his depiction in the cartoon I’ve used [...]
….time to tackle the truth To conclude the 2016 eclipse season there will be an annular Lunar Eclipse and a Full Moon at 24°20’ Pisces on September 16th. The last lunar eclipse at 24° Pisces was on September 16th 1997. Whilst Solar eclipses manifest as external events in our lives, Lunar eclipses indicate more intimate, emotional changes which could of course still manifest as external events if the brooding that accompanies our innermost vicissitudes causes changes to our behaviour at an individual level. Such events are in fact brought about by our own thoughts and feelings.[...]
On the 10th of September, just one day after Jupiter enters the sign of Libra, there will be the 3rd and last of the Saturn-Neptune exact squares. For those of you wanting to know more about the square aspect between these two planets then please scroll down to where I have already discussed this aspect in previous articles (26th November 2015 and 17th June 2016) or contact me if you can't find them and I'll send them via email!!
The spotlight is on relationships, law and justice and harmony Jupiter, or Zeus as the ancient Greeks knew him, was the King of the Olympian gods. He was omniscient, knowing and seeing everything, as well as dispensing good and evil not only in the Heavens but also among the mortals on the Earth. Although married to a very jealous spouse (Hera) he had great difficulty keeping his private parts under his tunic and managed to have many extra-marital affairs with goddesses and mortals alike thus producing an incredible number of children who he always left to be raised by others. So we [...]
I thought this may be useful for any beginners out there to help them remember the planetary rulers of each sign, the slower planets: Uranus (Aquarius), Neptune (Pisces) and Pluto (Scorpio) are not included in this diagram since it come from an antique text of Arabian astrology. Image taken from "L'arte dell'Astrologia" Al-Biruni...translated by Giuseppe Bezza (2005 edition) p 72 "Associazione Culturale Mimesis", Milan Italy
There will be a New Moon an annular Solar Eclipse at 9°21’ Virgo on the first of September. Solar Eclipses repeat close to the same degree and sign every 19 years and usually indicate major endings and new beginnings. The last Solar Eclipse at 9°39’ Virgo took place in 1997, although it belonged to the Saros cycle 18 North* whilst the present eclipse belongs to the Saros cycle 19 North*, what was going on in your life back then? Also, what is in need of change now on the house axis where Virgo-Pisces is to be found in your natal chart? It is an annular eclipse which means that a [...]
