Living with the Stars

And that is what I was singing in the car on my way to work this morning. At 17:56 this evening, just as the sun dips below the horizon, the Moon will be opposite the Sun on the 27 degree Leo/Aquarius axis. Interestingly, this is where Regulus, the star in the heart of Leo lies. Regulus is known as one of the four 'watchers', or Royal Stars. In Arabic, it was assigned the name 'Qalb al-Assad', or heart of the lion.  Full Moons usually indicate the culmination of intentions laid down at the New Moon. So what is being highlighted here? Given that Mars and Venus are currently in cahoots in the sky, this must be part of the picture. Yesterday I posted about this being a one-night stand event; but no, Venus and Mars will be travelling together for a few weeks. The heat coming off this alignment is going to last more than one night, it seems.  Another fixed star, Algol, the Medusa, is aligned with the Moon's Nodes - indicating some sort of potential violence. Given that w

  So, as yesterday's Ghar iD-Dud was replete with couples carrying roses and other red paraphernalia, two heavenly bodies were creating some heat in the sky.  Yep, Mars and Venus were having a 'thing', though Venus, our goddess of love, moves faster than Mars, and so she'll leave him in the lurch and toddle off. They may have been visible as a single light sinking into the western horizon at sunset yesterday. Both planets are in the zodiac sign of Capricorn (though in the sky the constellation of Sagittarius would have been visible as a backdrop - the reason for this will be in another post. Astrology can be sidereal or tropical, in short) and Capricorn is not a sign known for love; it is an earth sign and also a cardinal sign. Moreover, Mars is in exaltation in Capricorn (powerful), Venus in the sign of Capricorn has no special power, but there was a nice trine (120 degree aspect/relationship) to Uranus, so there was a general overtone of 'let's do the unusual

  I am sure that many of my readers will know that the names of the days of the week, in many languages, have been derived from the names of the gods from Hellenistic astronomy.  Monday, for example, was named after the moon - Moon Day. Tuesday is named after Mars, Wednesday after Mercury, Thursday after Jupiter, Friday after Venus, Saturday after Saturn, and Sunday after the Sun. Of course, different cultures may name their days as how they saw them numbered. Who considers Sunday the first day of the week? Many do, though there are those languages which consider Sunday as being the 7th day (refer back to the Creation Story when God rested on the 7th day).  I mention this because today, Saturn-day, Saturn and the Sun are conjunct at 16 degrees of Aquarius. Saturn rules Aquarius traditionally, and as the Sun is opposite the sign that it rules (the Sun rules Leo), it is Saturn that is in a very powerful position today. The last time that Saturn and the Sun were in conjunction (occupying