Star Guide

    Mars is the planet of action and aggression. When Mars is retrograde, we may feel stifled, as though our desires and aspirations are hard to ignite. Pushing matters forward will take extra effort and we may not feel up for the task. During the retrograde phase, the point at which Mars reaches an opposition to the Sun is regarded by astrologers as as a momentous event which colors the period around it. This occurs on Jan 16. (Consider an orb of a few days around this significant date).   The opposition externalizes interior energy which has been gestating and cooking in the unconscious. The conflagration is especially spectacular if the Sun-Mars opposition is aspecting a natal planet or within orb of the angles.   During the first half of the retrograde cycle much of the accumulated energy is banked, then brought to a head when one confronts past frustrations. Wherever Mars is transiting retrograde we are contacting deep seated and often disguised forms of rag...

  The Abduction of Ganymede, by Eustache Le Sueur Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for a full national public inquiry into the UK's "rape gangs scandal". It comes after Home Office minister Jess Phillips rejected Oldham Council's request for a government-led inquiry into historical child sexual exploitation - saying the council should lead it instead. Her decision, taken in October, was reported by GB News on Wednesday and then picked up by Elon Musk on his social media platform X, and several senior Tories. Jan 3, 2025   Mathematicians often describe a proof as elegant if it uses a minimum of assumptions or previous results, or if it's unusually succinct. An elegant solution can, therefore, be thought of as a simple, effective, and insightful way to solve a problem.   In astrology too we have elegant proofs that can explain an event very simply. Presented here is the “draconic chart”[1] for the United Kingdom.   It is well known to practis...

      Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez ( born 24 July 1981) is a Salvadoran politician and businessman who, since 1 June 2019, has been the 81st president of El Salvador. Bukele implemented the Territorial Control Plan in July 2019 to reduce El Salvador's 2019 homicide rate of 38 per 100,000 people. Homicides fell by 50 percent during Bukele's first year in office, which he attributed to the plan. Digital news outlet El Faro and the United States Department of State accused Bukele's government of secretly negotiating with gangs to reduce the homicide rate. After 87 people were killed by gangs over one weekend in March 2022, Bukele initiated a nationwide crackdown on gangs. This resulted in the arrests of over 83,600 people with alleged gang affiliations by December 2024, including over 12,000 incarcerated at the newly constructed Terrorism Confinement Center. The country's homicide rate decreased to 1.9 homicides per 100,000 in 2024, one of the lowest in the Americas.  h...

  Russia has officially ceased gas transit through Ukraine as of 8am Moscow time on January 1, confirming the expected end of contracts that have been in place since 2019. Russian energy giant Gazprom announced the halt after negotiations to extend the transit agreements with Ukrainian companies Naftogaz and the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine fell through. https://www.rt.com/russia/610258-russia-halt-gas-supply-eu-ukraine/     In mundane astrology, the cardinal ingresses of the Sun (entry into the four cardinal signs/ constellations, i.e. 00 deg of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn ) have a traditional reputation as important mundane events. Among these many astrologers consider the Capricorn ingress as the most important.   The ingress chart acqures greater significance if Sun aspects the angles as it does at Moscow, Russia. Additionally, the Sun is square the Nodal axis – a phenomenon known as “Moon Wobble”.   Research by strologer Carl P...

  A court in Seoul has approved a request from law enforcement authorities to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, according to Yonhap. This marks the first time in the country's history that a sitting leader has faced an arrest warrant. https://www.rt.com/news/610215-south-korea-president-arrest-warrant/     Yoon Suk Yeol (born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician and former prosecutor who served as the 13th president of South Korea since 2022.  His radix Sun [26sa] is semisquare radix Neptune [10sc]. Transiting Neptune [27pi] which went direct on Dec 8 is in square aspect to his radix Sun.  Neptune dissolves the boundaries so that  walls between what is true and what is false is often eroded. This is in line with what was explained in a previous post Sun-Neptune synod: Unveiling of deceptions [1]. Let us look at two important charts here (a) the chart for the Neptune station direct on Dec 8 (b) the Capricorn ingress chart (solstice) ...