Star Guide

        In this post I intend to discuss some important transits in Russia’s national chart. Readers can see that Saturn has been transiting over the descendant (7 th house cusp - enemies in mundane astrology) squaring the radix Pluto-Admetus opposition.   Admetus-Pluto: Situations that have been endured for a long time begin to surface – problems that have been on simmer break into a full rolling boil. Having delayed elimination of intolerable problems, one faces confrontation with self or others and experiences a need for return to integrity – a need to know where one stands (and then to decide if one is willing to stand there!). To see that things reach critical mass - in other words, although one has been able to stand up under increasing pressure, the burden finally becomes too great and there must be some relief or release. Martha Wescott   Uranus transiting over Admetus: Eruption of long held tensions.   Since 2014 the illegal coup in Ukr...

    "Nine months after invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is beginning to fracture the West," Politico observes in a surprising admission which marks a stark reversal from prior mainstream media optimism and cheerleading of the White House's blank check approach to supporting Ukraine. "Top European officials are furious with Joe Biden’s administration and now accuse the Americans of making a fortune from the war, while EU countries suffer." https://bit.ly/3UbzrHo   Synastry is a method of comparing two or more horoscopes. This makes it possible to find the interaspects, i.e. the aspects between the planets and axes of one horoscope to another one. It is an effective and easily understood method, and it can be combined with predictive tools such as progressions and transits. In this post we use synastry to understand the new developments in the relationship between EU[1] and the US [2]. Definitions of the asteroids are provided by Martha Wescott [3]     EU (s...

  Wild Beast Lupus Blanca Arellano, a 51-year-old Mexican woman searching for love on the expanses of the internet, reportedly informed her family at the end of July that she had gotten a ticket to Lima, Peru and was off to finally meet with a man she had struck up a romantic relationship with online. https://bit.ly/3OHWCIg   The use of the tropical zodiac in modern astrology has led to its disconnection with the stars. In this post we shall see how that can be a major disadvantage. The tragic story of Blanca Arellano can be understood if we draw the chart for the November New Moon at Lima where it is placed very significantly on the descendant. The New Moon [1sa37] is in tropical Sagittarius - a sign that people would associate with good things, bright and sunny optimism, joviality etc. But if we turn to the star constellations, we will find that the New Moon is conjunct the stars Kornephoros, beta Herculis and gamma Lupi, the wild beast. Diana Rosenberg writes that Lupu...

  Synastry is a method of comparing two or more horoscopes. This makes it possible to find the interaspects, i.e. the aspects between the planets and axes of one horoscope to another one. It is an effective and easily understood method, and it can be combined with predictive tools such as progressions and transits. In this post we use synastry to understand the new developments in the relationship between Meloni and Macron.   In Macron’s chart, the progressed Sun [15aq] is completing a Grand Cross with his radix T-square Moon [14ta] - Uranus [14sc] - Mars [11le].   Recall that the Total Lunar Eclipse of Nov.8 th is conjunct Macron’s Moon and serving as a trigger to his progressed Sun and the Grand Cross. With the Saturn-Uranus square that the eclipse activates we are becoming overwhelmingly swept up inside the collective storms that are sweeping through current events.   Now think of Moon-Uranus-Mars as an angry woman with anti-establishment ideas. Does ...

  The Westerners must have felt the ground shake under their feet. They were not the only ones. Volodymyr Zelensky saw, for the first time, that his sponsors, until now absolute masters of the world, were letting him down without hesitation in order to maintain their position for a while longer. It is likely that Washington was in league with Moscow. The United States realizes that things are turning against it on a global scale. It will have no hesitation in blaming the Ukrainian regime.   Probably, these contradictions will no longer manifest themselves in public. Western positions will soften. Ukraine has been warned: in the coming months it will have to negotiate with Russia. President Zelensky can plan his escape now, because his bruised compatriots will not forgive him for deceiving them. https://orientalreview.org/2022/11/22/zelensky-trapped-by-moscow-and-washington/   In a previous post Saturn quenches potential “dirty bomb” fire [1], I wrote:   Many ast...

      Hebe - Cup bearer of the gods   On Wednesday, unrest broke out at Foxconn's massive iPhone factory in Zhengzhou, central China, reported Bloomberg. Videos on social media showed hundreds of workers, if not more, clashing with security personnel after a month of strict Covid restrictions.  Manufacturer Foxconn confirmed the outbreak of "violence" and said it would work with local authorities to quell further violence. It released a statement that said workers were furious about pay and living conditions. https://bit.ly/3i9NUGb   Planets changing signs are among mundane events that astrologers regularly track. Yesterday the Sun moved into Sagittarius. The chart for the event has the Saturn-Uranus square straddling the horizon.   In a previous post Saturn-Uranus square: Iran Anti-Hijab Protests [1], I wrote:   Most readers would be well aware that the defining aspect of 2021-2022 has been the last quarter square between Saturn and Uran...

  An earthquake on the main Indonesian island of Java has killed at least 162 people and injured hundreds, regional governor Ridwan Kamil has said. The 5.6 magnitude quake struck Cianjur town in West Java, at a shallow depth of 10km (six miles), according to US Geological Survey data. Scores of people were taken to hospital, with many treated outside. Rescuers were working into the night to try to save others thought to still be trapped under collapsed buildings. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63700629   In his book Mundane or National Astrology , H.S. Green in the chapter on “Earthquakes” writes:   Earthquakes are found to be associated with eclipses and important planetary conjunctions and oppositions. An eclipse is always liable to cause seismic disturbances where it is visible, especially if it falls very close to the line of horizon i.e. the cusps of the first and seventh houses, or of the meridian i.e. the cusps of the tenth and fourth houses. Of these two...

  A huge flock of sheep has reportedly been seen moving in a circle for twelve days in a circle in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region, New York Post reported. Surveillance footage of the peculiar activity depicts a huge flock moving in a clockwise pattern as a group and without direction, forming a perfect circle in the centre. https://bit.ly/3gmF6MQ       Eclipses offer a time to resynchronize our selves with the ever-changing cosmic currents supporting our evolutionary progression in consciousness. Most often their message appears in the form of symbols which can be difficult to understand.   While an eclipse is worldwide in scope, its effect is more predominantly felt at places where the eclipse aligns with the horizon or meridian. The Full Moon Total Lunar Eclipse of Nov. 8 th highlighting the Saturn-Uranus square straddled the meridian in Inner Mongolia where the strange incident occurred. The eclipse Moon is placed in the 12 th house which ha...

  Iceberg disintegrating in storm at sea The increasingly irrelevant G20 Summit concluded with sure signs that BRICS+ will be the way forward for Global South cooperation. The redeeming quality of a tense G20 held in Bali – otherwise managed by laudable Indonesian graciousness – was to sharply define which way the geopolitical winds are blowing.That was encapsulated in the Summit’s two highlights: the much anticipated China-US presidential meeting – representing the most important bilateral relationship of the 21st century – and the final G20 statement. The 3-hour, 30-minute-long face-to-face meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden – requested by the White House – took place at the Chinese delegation’s residence in Bali, and not at the G20 venue at the luxury Apurva Kempinski in Nusa Dua. https://thecradle.co/Article/Columns/18477   Eclipses tend to bring about endings and new beginnings. They offer a time to resynchronize our selves wit...

  A woman emptying a bag out of a window  Russia on Tuesday called on Iran and Saudi Arabia to resolve their differences through dialogue. "We are in contact with both our Saudi and Iranian friends. We stand for resolving all contradictions and misunderstandings at the negotiating table as part of a constructive dialogue," Russian deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told reporters in Moscow. Russia is “ready” to mediate between the two countries, Bogdanov added. https://bit.ly/3tHQHce     The recent OPEC decision to cut production confirms the belief that Washington has lost its leverage with the cartel of oil-producing countries. This is being attributed to the deterioration of the US’ relations with Saudi Arabia during the Biden presidency. In order to prevent Iran and Saudi Arabia from coming together, the US has been trying to stir trouble in Tehran through mass demonstrations - trouble that Iran would normally link to the Saudis. However, the Saudis and ...