What about the astro-predictions for Donald Trump in 2020, when we have the US Presidential elections? (We have recently seen Trump get acquitted in his impeachment trial – 5/2/2020. When I wrote this article back in April 2019, it was fairly clear to me that he would still be with us in 2020. Some astrologers, […]
Finance and Astrology – Can the Planets Make You Rich?
Can finance and astrology be meaningfully related? Part One in this series can be found here, but as the whole of astrology is about the effect of cyclic activity, it should be reasonable to assume that, in the discipline that is Financial Astrology, there should be some connection to so-called Business Cycles. As Christina D. Romer […]
The Moon on Your Birth Chart – Echoes of the Great Mother
The name Astarte was variously identified with the moon, as distinguished from the sun, or with air and water, as opposed in their qualities to fire. The name of this goddess represented to the worshipper the great female parent of all animated things, variously conceived of as the moon, the earth, the watery element, primeval […]
The Sun on the Birth Chart – The Self You Were Meant to Be
In the modern day, we have done away with the ancient gods, resplendent in their heavenly or subterranean abodes. We do, however, still experience their numinous (sometimes terrifying) power and, instead, refer to ‘complexes’ – or content belonging to the Unconscious mind. Truly, then, it can be said that the gods live within us. This […]
The Astrological Mars – Your Inner Warrior
Just what does the astrological Mars truly symbolise? He is, of course, the old Roman god of War – but there are two very different ways of looking at him: Under the influence of Greek culture, Mars was identified with the Greek god Ares, whose myths were reinterpreted in Roman literature and art under the […]
The Four Elements -Which Type are You?
The Four Elements, as we find them in astrology, are a legacy from Ancient Greece. Hence, there are four groups of three signs, and each group shares some common characteristics. The great genius Plato had this to say about them: ‘Before the heavens there existed fire, air, water, earth, which we suppose men to know […]
Venus on the Birth Chart – The Power of Attraction
When astrologers use the word ‘planet’ in their interpretations, they know full well they’re not referring to those huge rocks in the heavens. Rather, they are discussing an archetype, a timeless aspect of reality. Venus on a birth chart, likewise, is not really the Venus in the sky – it is the power, or principle, […]
Who is the Real Paul McCartney?
Below is the astrological birth chart for Sir Paul McCartney, author of Beatle classics like ‘When I’m Sixty Four’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘Get Back’ and ‘Penny Lane ’ and the original inspiration behind their greatest work, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. From Cole Porter pastiches to soulful ballads; from straight rock and roll to catchy pop […]
The Sunshine House System
Here is a guide to the Sunshine House System, by my friend, astrologer, programmer and magician, Bob Makransky. Most of us astrologers have at one time or another wondered why astrology doesn’t work as well as it’s “supposed” to. Although adamant in defense of astrology when confronted by skeptics, we nonetheless agonize in our innermost souls […]
Uranus on the Birth Chart – The Modern Prometheus
How should we interpret Uranus on the birth chart? Often associated with disruption, revolt, instability and unwelcome change it often has a negative connotation – especially with the more conservative elements of society. Its discovery in 1781 coincided with two major violent revolutions, the first in America and the second in France, which nevertheless redrew […]
