When Pluto transits a sign we see the shadow side of the things the sign rules. For example with Pluto in Sagittarius we saw the shadow side of religion (Suicide bombers and the sex scandal with the Catholic priests), the shadow side of sports (OJ Simpson, steroid use), the shadow side of courts (OJ Simpson again) the press (too many scandals to list).
Continue reading Pluto In Capricorn And The Expanding Black Market: A Real Life Tale…

When two planets are near each other as pictured they are considered “conjunct”. Last week I had a client who knew some astrology and was asking after her Venus which was in Pisces.

Her Venus was in Pisces but her Mars was also in Pisces and tightly conjunct so I had to explain that with planets this close together in a chart there is no way they can operate independently. It’s akin to being conjoined twins. Wherever one goes the other is there and this is case every minute of every day.
Continue reading Demystifying Astrology: What Is A Conjunction?

Somebody asked me in regards to the beginning astrology series what they could do for me. I thought this was very considerate so if you have wondered something similar here’s what you can do:

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Spread the word

I have to stay afloat here and all these things help… every single tiny bit helps. Thanks.

Voice of Mars In Scorpio @ 8 Years Old

Astrology and an Adventurous Spirit

The Family Criminal Mind and My Son’s Scorpio Mars @ 7 Years Old

“Dora is almost completely deaf,” I told the soldier on the phone. “She’s standing here begging and Vid just dropped a stick on the floor behind here. It hit the floor and made a pretty loud noise and she did not react at all.”

“Yeah, well she’s not getting any younger,” he said.
Continue reading Dora, The Old Small Animal

The picture is of the left side of a standard chart. The planet symbol I’ve circled shows Venus in Scorpio (check your cheat sheet). The numbers mark the position of Venus in degrees and minutes. If you look closely you will see the degree and the minute symbols next to the numbers so what you have there is Venus in so that bit is read: “Venus at 16 degrees, 59 minutes of Scorpio.” Now use you head. 59 minutes is almost 60 minutes, so that is Venus is nearly 17 degrees.
Continue reading Demystifying Astrology: What Do The Numbers On The Chart Mean? How Do I Find My Rising Sign

I have been involved with astrology all my life and I have my favorite specimens of each of the signs. I thought it would be interesting to run through the signs naming these people and have others come up with their own offering.

For Aries, I nominate Lowell George. He’s an Aries with Venus and Mercury in Aries and while he’s been dead for many years, he literally laid one of the cornerstones of my life with his song, “Fat Man In The Bathtub”.

I’d have never known this had my friend and editor, HQ not asked me a probing question some years ago. He was helping me put my book together and in the process he found it necessary to figure out how I got the way I was. I had never pondered the question before but had the answer almost instantaneously. I told him I got my personality from music.
Continue reading Zodiac People: Who Is Your Favorite Aries On The Planet?

The Moon in Pisces is conjunct Venus and Uranus… opposed by Saturn and I have THE song for you.

Little Feat: All That You Dream

“I’ve been down, but not like this before
Can’t be ’round this kind of show no more
All, all that you dream
Comes to shine in silver lining
And clouds, clouds change the scene
Rain starts washing all these cautions
Right into your life, make you realize
Just what is true, what else can I do
Just follow the rule
Keep your eyes on the road that’s ahead of you…”
Continue reading Astrology Today - January 29, 2009: “Livin’ the life, livin’ the life lovin’ everyone…”

The Pluto in Scorpio generation is being tagged, “Generation Sex”

How the faceless and amoral world of cyberspace has created a deeply disturbing… generation SEX

From the article, Olivia Lichtenstein writes:
Continue reading Pluto In Scorpio: “Generation Sex”?

Yesterday one of the long term readers left a comment that hurt my feelings. I decided to say so… I was hurt but civil and to my great shock she came back with a unqualified apology.

I was shock because in 8 years of writing a blog and 8 years of everything you can imagine, she was pretty much the first who just plain apologized. She apologized privately and then she apologized publicaly and I just have to ask this question: Why is it so hard for people to do this?
Continue reading Open Question: Why Is It So Hard To Say, “I’m Sorry”?