Living with the Stars

  Good morning all! There is a terrific amount of news bombarding us at every moment. Each person I meet comments that their lives are terrible busy (including mine) and that everything seems to be happening at once, and that they cannot keep up. Ditto. Let's have a look at a few things happening in the sky.  First of all, there is a Full Moon tomorrow. Full Moons are the culmination of seeds sown at the New Moon. Looking back at that, the New Moon on the 3rd of March was dominated by the Venus/Mars conjunction in Capricorn. The Virgo Full Moon has Venus and Mars still travelling together in the sky, though Venus is moving faster than Mars, and both of them have moved into Aquarius, away from earthy Capricorn, where Mars held more power and stability. Uranus is rising in this Full Moon chart, so expect surprises!  Aquarius is a sign that is traditionally ruled by Saturn, and in the Full Moon chart, one can see that Saturn is at home in its domain. Thus, both Venus and Mars pay homa

  Evenin' all! Astrologers all over the world are busy comparing charts - that of Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russia's national chart, Ukraine's national chart, the date of the invasion of Ukraine, just to mention a few. Based on the premise 'As above, So below', astrologers look at the stars to try to chart patterns. Of course, one might ask whether what is written in one's birth chart is fixed and unchangeable. If you are born with a Sun Saturn aspect are you destined to always experience that throughout your life? It brings back the old argument of character versus destiny. Are we our charts?  Let's look at Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chart. This guy was an actor, a comedian, who became the President of Ukraine and who currently enjoys (though I think he rather wishes he didn't) hero status. Look at his natal Sun; it is conjunct Venus. This aspect is what makes him so charming, and I don't think anyone would deny that. Both as an actor and

  At precisely 18:34 this evening, 2nd March 2022, the Sun and Moon will align in the sky in what is called the 'New Moon', and occurs at 12 degrees of Pisces. Pisces is the sign of the fish in the sky and is associated with water. Interestingly, in the days of Jesus Christ, the sign of the two fish swimming in opposite directions was associated with the Christians - but back to this New Moon.  There is so much more going on in today's New Moon chart. First of all, you will notice that Mars, the planet associated with the warrior, occupies the same degree of Pluto the Transformer. Mars is also at its exaltation degree of 27 degrees Capricorn - a position which empowers it enormously. Mars in Capricorn is focused, determined, driven by hard cold facts. Pluto is in the final degrees of Capricorn, the house of business and finance. Having these two together in the sky at Mars' exaltation degree is pretty explosive. Just look at what is going on in the news - an invasion an