I’ve written in previous posts that the Aries ingress chart is traditionally used to predict the year for mundane astrology (here and here; you can also read about some of the overall planetary changes and movements for 2021 here). Of course, eclipses, major planetary shifts, etc., are taken into account. Read more…
In my post a few weeks ago, You Say You Want a Revolution…, I presented the Aries Ingress chart as one of the foremost ways that traditional astrologers would forecast the coming year. The actual term for this was a “revolution,” which simply means a “return” (re=again, volve=turn). I took Read more…
The branch of astrology that deals with world events is called Mundane Astrology. It’s probably the oldest branch of astrology, since it dates back to a time when people were trying to make sense of the world around them. There are a number of techniques that traditional astrologers use to Read more…
Here we are, at the beginning of another Mercury retrograde cycle. As everyone starts to blame poor Mercury for everything that could possibly go wrong for the next 3.5 weeks, I thought I’d take a closer look to see what traditional sources say about Mercury retrograde periods. I looked specifically Read more…
Continuing from the previous post, let’s look at the Solstice. As most people know, the Solstice marks the beginning of a new season, either the summer or the winter, depending on whether it’s June or December, and whether you are in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. Tropical astrology, the kind Read more…
A number of friends have written to ask me my thoughts on the upcoming total Lunar eclipse which falls right before the Winter Solstice in a few days. I have also seen a number of comments about it by other astrologers come across my Facebook page in the last week Read more…