Star Guide

“Astrology embodies a system of new categories that are different from the ones to which we are habituated. In this system objects and events that at first sight appear to have nothing whatever to do with each other are shown to be intimately connected.” — Dennis Elwell     On Saturday 26 September 2026 the Full Moon occurred at 3°37' Aries–Libra. Relocated to Berlin it fell tightly on the horizon axis: the Moon (and Neptune) rising in early Aries, the Sun setting in early Libra. Angular Full Moons for a capital city are always worth watching. This one carried an extra signature that proved uncannily precise.     In the 90° sort we find: Neptune at 2°58' Aries Rx Moon at 3°37' Aries Phaethon at 1°45' Libra (opposite and therefore also angular) Martha Wescott’s keyword list for Phaethon is terse and practical: “Instances that involve cars, transport, driving; other forms of recklessness – feeling out of control.” Neptune, newly established in Aries, co...

Sabian Libra 4: “Around a campfire a group of young people sit in spiritual communion” On September 26, 2026, the Full Moon peaks at 3°37′ Aries, opposite the Sun at the same degree of Libra. Known as the Harvest Moon, this lunation arrives just after the autumn equinox and carries the classic tension of the Aries–Libra axis: the drive for independence, courage, and self-assertion on one side, and the need for relationship, fairness, and mutual consideration on the other.     What makes this Full Moon especially potent is the Moon’s tight conjunction with Neptune, joined by Borasisi and Niobe. Neptune dissolves boundaries and heightens both intuition and the risk of illusion. Borasisi, named for the sun-god in Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle , speaks to the “useful lies” we adopt for comfort, survival, or social ease. Niobe adds the archetypal pattern of pride that overreaches, followed by loss and humbling. Opposite this cluster sits Kagara, carrying trickster energy — decep...

In the first part of this study ( The Celestial Blueprint of a Warrior King ) we examined Shivaji’s natal chart and the 6 June 1674 Coronation chart that marked the formal birth of the Maratha Empire. We saw how the same Virgo symbolism that pointed to the founder’s final illness reappeared, progressed, at later crises. Here we continue the story through the empire’s rise, its greatest disaster, a remarkable recovery, and its final dissolution. Early Triumph – The Battle of Palkhed (28 February 1728) Baji Rao I’s classic victory over the Nizam remains one of the finest examples of Maratha mobile warfare. In the Coronation chart the progressed solar-arc Saturn had just perfected a conjunction with the Sun at 15° Gemini (exact 6 April 1727). Saturn bringing disciplined results to the martial Sun is a fitting signature for a hard-won success. That Sun stood between Bellatrix (the Conqueror) and Capella. As noted in an earlier study of Genghis Khan, this stellar combination emp...

In the days surrounding Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in Washington on 23 September 2026, a remarkable cluster of astrological configurations has drawn attention. The charts for the arrival itself, the Full Moon of 26 September, Donald Trump’s recent solar return, the still-active solar eclipse of 17 February 2026, and China’s own upcoming solar return on 1 October all carry a repeating signature that feels unusually coherent and, in symbolic terms, distinctly promising. At the heart of the pattern is the conjunction of Uranus and Admetus in Gemini, repeatedly angular. In the Uranian system, Admetus speaks of long-standing blockages, frozen situations, or structures that have resisted change for a considerable time. Uranus brings the sudden breakthrough, the unexpected rupture that frees what has been stuck. Gemini rules communication, negotiation, information exchange, and bilateral dialogue — precisely the arena of a high-level state visit. Both the Xi arrival chart (23 ...

    The Sykes-Picot Agreement (officially the 1916 Asia Minor Agreement) was a secret agreement reached during World War I between the British and French governments pertaining to the partition of the Ottoman Empire among the Allied Powers. Russia was also privy to the discussions.  In the video [1], Macgregor refers to the post-WWI order from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, formalized via the Armistice of Mudhros (signed 30 October 1918 aboard HMS Agamemnon in Mudros harbor, Lemnos, Greece; effective noon local time on 31 October 1918).   The  natal chart for the Armistice of Mudros (31 Oct 1918, 12:00 EET, Moudros, Greece) shows Sun at ~7° Scorpio conjunct MC, tightly squaring Neptune in Leo.   Neptune in the Mudros chart (square Sun/MC) embodies the illusory ideals, deception, and fluid boundaries of colonial treaties like Sykes-Picot and post-1918 mandates, masking self-interest as civilizing missions or Arab self-determination.   Astrolo...

    On September 18, 2026, at 3:04 p.m. EDT, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House “effective immediately.” He accused the outlets of constant “FAKE NEWS” and “FICTION and LIES,” while warning that other media organizations could follow. The next day, reporters from those outlets were turned away and had their credentials revoked. Lawsuits quickly followed. From an Uranian astrology perspective, the timing is remarkably precise. The Sibly Solar Return for July 5, 2026 (03:43:13 EDT, Philadelphia) already contained a tight cluster of Uranus, Mars, and Admetus in early Gemini. When this chart is progressed by the Progressed Solar Return (PSSR) method to the exact moment of the announcement—September 18, 2026 at 15:04 EDT—the T-square with Admetus/Uranus as apex, square the Nodes, lands directly on the angles.     That angular activation is classic for a public, structural event. Suppo...

“How you dispose of consciousness towards the world is crucial: For, the way that you do it, alters and determines what you will find and understand. And as we spatialise the world around us differently, perception widens and the (until then hidden) spaciousness of what lies beyond comes into view.”  Iain McGilchrist Synastry in astrology is the practice of comparing two birth charts to understand the dynamics and potential compatibility of a relationship. It involves analyzing how planets and points in one chart interact with those in another, revealing areas of harmony, challenge, and overall relationship potential. This post is an extension of major points covered in earlier analyses of the US-India relationship. Readers are urged to read those previous posts to see the full connection: On why US-India relation is breaking up Is the US falling out of love with India? Martha Wescott wisely suggests not to obsess over exact dates but to attempt to understand the proc...

Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883) gave the English-speaking world one of its most enduring poems of pleasure, mortality, and wine — the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám . Yet the man himself was notably abstemious, nearly teetotal, largely vegetarian, and lived a quiet, reclusive life in Suffolk. How does a chart explain a poet who celebrated the “jug of wine” while barely touching the real thing?  Using the Full Moon chart for his birth date, 31 March 1809 (15:27, near Bredfield, Suffolk), a striking pattern emerges. The Ascendant sits at approximately 9–10° Virgo. Within a workable angle orb (Martha Wescott’s guideline of up to 10°) lies asteroid Dionysus, the god of wine, ecstasy, and altered states. The rising degree also carries the fixed stars Alsuhail, Zosma, and Alioth — stars associated with responsible use of personal will, the need to reassess one’s path, and the potential toxicity that can surround the heart. The Sabian symbol for Virgo 10, “Two heads looking out beyond the s...

  Lempo   The Sun’s entry into Libra on 23 September 2026 forms a potent Grand Trine with Uranus in early Gemini and Pluto in early Aquarius. In the recent post Rare Earths Rising: The 2026 Libra Ingress and the Global Hunt for Critical Minerals , the emphasis fell on physical treasures drawn from the Earth’s depths — rare earths, critical minerals, and even newly confirmed hydrocarbons — guided by Alicanto, the mythical Chilean bird that rewards integrity and leads the worthy to ore.   Yet the same configuration carries a second, quieter current. Alongside Alicanto, Uranus is joined by two extreme trans-Neptunian objects: Lempo [1] and Sedna [2]. Their presence, amplified by the harmonious trine to Pluto, suggests that something more than mineral wealth is being dredged up from the “bowels of the repressed human unconscious.” Lempo has long been associated with tantric metaphysics, yin-yang integration, and the communication of complex esoteric truths into everyday...