Should I Attend The Men’s Rites of Passage? This question was posed by a man who was unsure whether to attend a men’s rites of passage retreat that he had signed up for. He felt a deep resonance with the theme and really wanted to do it. The retreat has been designed by Richard Rohr, [...]
Following on from my previous post, the same client told me that they had found a new craniosacral practitioner and sent me the date and time of their first session with them. This is an event chart rather than a horary, so the rules of interpretation are more akin to a natal chart – since [...]
This recent consultation I did is such a wonderful example of the deep wisdom, clear guidance and beautiful poetry of using astrology as divination. A perfect blending of technical craft with mystical art that has very grounded, real world use. A combination my Virgo Sun and Piscean Jupiter loves! Whenever I reflect on how it [...]
Electional Astrology is the art of choosing (electing) a date and time to start a new venture. Astrology charts are not limited to people; everything that has a beginning also has a chart, which will accurately describe how the thing begun will unfold over time. Two of the classic reasons for having an electional chart [...]
One of the most significant astrological transits we’re in the midst of now is the US’s Pluto Return. Pluto is the slowest moving planet in our solar system, taking almost 250 years to orbit the Sun (and hence to return to the same place in an astrology chart). Below you can see the chart for [...]
One of the big transits for 2021 is Saturn square Uranus. This is beginning right now and will continue until December. Saturn symbolises the tradition, hierarchy and those in charge. Uranus is disruption, the rebel and the revolutionary. One of the main ways I see this playing out is in the global financial systems. Uranus [...]
On 21st December Jupiter and Saturn meet to begin a new 200 year cycle, having moved from the element of Earth into Air. I wrote about the kinds of things this represents here. There is another aspect to this cycle that I also want to discuss. Jupiter and Saturn meet every 20 years and describe [...]
During 2020 Jupiter and Saturn have been meeting in the sky, in what is known as a great conjunction. This synodic cycle occurs every 20 years, and is said to describe the Zeitgeist – the ‘spirit of the times’. What is most interesting about the upcoming conjunction is that it happens in Aquarius, an Air [...]
One more thing regarding the last time Saturn and Pluto were conjunct in Capricorn, in 1518, was that this was also the year denoting a significant turning point regarding the African Slave Trade. In August 1518 King Charles of Spain authorised the transportation of slaves directly from Africa to the Americas for the first time. [...]
The major astrology of this time relates to the conjunction of Saturn and Pluto. While this was exact in mid January, it is such a big cycle that the energies and themes of this transit will be present for the next few years. It is the connections between the slow moving outer planets that describe [...]
