Recently an astrologer on Twitter asked folks to respond to the question “Do you resonate with your Sun sign?” For example, if you were born with the Sun in Scorpio, do you “feel” like a Scorpio, or do you feel that your life is influenced heavily by this Scorpio placement? Read more…
Today’s Solar Eclipse occurs just after midnight Dec 26 EST (still Dec 25 in other US time zones). It’s annular (meaning ring-like) which means that the Moon’s apparent diameter will be a bit smaller than the Sun’s, making the light of the Sun appear as a ring around the Moon. Read more…
One of my ongoing complaints is the lack of clarity in Modern Astrology. Nowhere is this more manifest in the technique that is referred to as the 12-letter alphabet. This is a thoroughly modern concept which was first introduced in 1973 in Finding the Person in the Horoscope by Zipporah Read more…
… and Many Happy ReturnsWe’ve all heard the expression: “Happy Birthday, and Many Happy Returns!” But did you know that this is an astrological expression?“Happy Returns” refers to Solar Returns. The Solar Return was formerly known as a “Revolution.” Not the violent, government-overthrowing type, but in the original sense of Read more…
One of my problems with modern astrology texts, and by extension, most modern astrologers, is the lack of critical thinking involved in the practice. Most people today read the modern texts off the shelf of Barnes and Noble, or order them from Amazon, and assume that what’s in them is Read more…
I was recently at a meeting of about thirty-five people, where a few of the folks on the team didn’t know each other very well. One of the leaders of the group suggested that while going around and introducing ourselves and which piece of the project we were working on Read more…
Click here for Part 1. When I first learned astrology, I learned from the astrologer who first read my chart. She and her business partner taught some introductory courses, and I was fascinated. I started to read everything I could on the subject. I learned, for example, that Venus “rules” Read more…
This is the first of what will undoubtedly be many posts on this subject. I’ll try to keep each one on the short side. I don’t really like reading long blog posts myself, but occasionally they are necessary to elucidate a point. Astrology from the Classical through the Medieval period Read more…