Mars in Aquarius

Planetary news this week: Intensity ramps up with Mars and Pluto

Astrological update for the week of February 12-19, 2024

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Mars enters Aquarius February 13. Mars, planet of will and desire, leaves practical Capricorn for idealistic Aquarius this week and immediately conjoins Pluto (see below). Mars will be in Aquarius until March 22nd, during […]

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By |2024-02-12T08:56:05-05:00February 12th, 2024|Planetary news this week|4 Comments

The astrology of Truman Capote

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Truman Capote, who would have been 100 this year, is having a moment thanks to the new TV program about his feud with his “swans” – the belles of New York whose beauty he both revered and hated.

Best known for his groundbreaking books “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Capote was raised in  lonely isolation with aunts after the divorce of his parents at the age of two and the abandonment by his mother. He taught himself to read and write and began writing fiction at the age of eleven. Although he had a great […]

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By |2024-02-02T17:40:19-05:00February 2nd, 2024|People|1 Comment

Is Elon Musk the harbinger of the Aquarian Age?

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Elon Musk is in the news again, this time for attempting a hostile takeover of Twitter.  He is such a fascinating character – clearly so brilliant, but also kind of a mad genius and a bit nutty. Just the type I like to profile. 😃

The astrology of Elon Musk.

Unfortunately we don’t have a birth time for Musk (there is a birth time on Astrotheme but it comes from an unverified source in India), but even without it we can see some very interesting things (noon chart shown with Sun on the ascendant).  Musk was born under a conjunction of […]

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By |2022-04-15T09:13:45-04:00April 15th, 2022|Future Shock|6 Comments

Astrological news this week: Mars and Venus in Aquarius

Pluto is virtually stationary in the sky as it prepares to turn retrograde at the end of April – it reached the 27th degree of Capricorn on February 3rd, and it will only travel one degree between now and August 2nd. With Pluto stationary in the sky within one degree, the US Pluto return is at its peak for all of these months.  There’s a saying that when the US sneezes the rest of the world gets a cold, and as the world gets smaller and smaller that becomes more and more true.

However, […]

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By |2024-02-18T11:56:40-05:00March 7th, 2022|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

Sunday poetry: The world was made to be free in.

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The yearning to be free is a hallmark of the Aquarian energies in which we find ourselves. Mercury and Saturn have been in Aquarius, and now they are joined by Mars and Venus. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia is creating ripples of political conflict that sets basic rights of freedom against authoritarianism.  We cannot change the world, but we can change our own inner state of self-repression and despair. Towards this end I offer a beautiful poem by David Whyte.  ❤️



Sweet Darkness
When […]

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By |2022-03-06T07:55:41-05:00March 6th, 2022|Inspiration|2 Comments

Planetary news this week: Jupiter/Pluto dance and Mars in Aquarius

astrologyDeviant Art.  Jupiter’s expansive beneficence (is that a word??)  has been intertwined in a couple of lovely dances this summer with Neptune (culminating August 8 2018) and with Pluto (culminating September 12 2018).  These are the final interactions in a series that began in December with Jupiter trine Neptune and in January with Jupiter sextile Pluto.

The outer planets are transformational forces – unlike the visible personal planets which address personality factors and tendencies, the transformational planets inspire personal evolution and sometimes bring about events in our lives which unfold […]

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By |2018-09-10T09:16:04-04:00September 10th, 2018|Planetary news this week|0 Comments

More musings on the Egyptian revolution

Egypt astrologyI was listening to the BBC news coverage of the momentous events in Egypt, and one of the journalists remarked that the protesters in Egypt no longer have any fear of the oppressive government.  His point was that once the inhibitions of fear have been broken there is no turning back, that any attempt to reassert control will just inflame the situation.

This comment, and the events unfolding in Egypt, perfectly mirror the astrological symbolism at work here.  Jupiter, bringing an expansive confidence and urge for a life with […]

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By |2011-01-29T07:48:42-05:00January 29th, 2011|Politics|Comments Off on More musings on the Egyptian revolution

Ted Kennedy Diagnosed With Brain Tumor

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Ted Kennedy was rushed to the hospital last weekend after suffering a seizure in his home, and today his doctors announced that tests had revealed a malignant brain tumor in the left parietal lobe of his brain. As he is one of the most respected elder Democratic statesmen as well as the last giant in a family of political giants, this is a sad day for Democrats and for the political world in general.

Ted Kennedy’s astrology chart shows […]

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By |2023-11-26T10:40:27-05:00May 20th, 2008|Politics|Comments Off on Ted Kennedy Diagnosed With Brain Tumor

Robert Hawkins: Astrological profile of the Mall Shooter

Last Thursday, December 5, a young man walked into a shopping mall in Omaha Nebraska and shot thirteen people, eight of them fatally, before turning the gun on himself. He left a suicide note saying that he was a piece of s&*t and that now he would be famous.

Nineteen year old Robert Hawkins had a long and troubled history of rage and depression. At the age of three his parents divorced, and by the age of six he was in trouble at school for biting and hitting his teachers. He became the subject of a messy custody dispute that included […]

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By |2023-11-27T14:52:40-05:00December 10th, 2007|Crime|Comments Off on Robert Hawkins: Astrological profile of the Mall Shooter
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