Living with the Stars

  Happy Chinese New Year - today 29th January 2025. The upcoming Chinese Year of the Wood Snake,  symbolises wisdom, intuition, and transformation. People born under this sign are known for their intelligence, grace, and enigmatic nature. This year encourages introspection, strategic thinking, and embracing change, making it a time for personal growth and new opportunities. This New Moon in Aquarius on January 29, 2025, marks a significant astrological event, ushering in the Year of the Snake. This New Moon is a time for new beginnings, innovation, and forward-thinking. Aquarius, known for its association with community, teamwork, and long-term goals, encourages us to embrace change and think outside the box. (The last time we celebrated the Year of the Wood Snake was in 1965. Martin Luther King Jr. and 700 demonstrators were arrested in Selma, Alabama, among other interesting facts. This particular fact is significant when you think that many on the planet are still figh...

  As with every other important event that we see on the news, the astrology of it is always something to ponder. This one is no less interesting - the inauguration of a new president.  POTUS45 becomes POTUS 47 at midday 20th January.... the time will be confirmed tomorrow when it actually happens.  Let's briefly look at the sky story of that given time.  Look, inauguration of US presidents always occurs at the same time of the year. That is a matter of counting all the votes, getting the election certified and a smooth transition time. So as such, astrological charts are always going to have the Sun in relatively the same position every four years. This time, however, there is a Sun/Pluto conjunction - and the last time that happened was in January 1778 (see below). That's when the US became a nation. What this tells us is that the USA will, as Pluto cycles are wont to do, go through a period of transformation. Pluto is about transformation; a prerequisite for trans...

  Welcome to the Cancer Full Moon, occurring on the 13th January at 23:26. Because it happens at night, you should be able to see the Full Moon rising just after sunset, reaching its pinnacle just before midnight. Because it is in its full moon cycle, the Sun will be opposite in Capricorn at 23 degrees.  Before we have a look at the full moon, we must make mention of Mars which is backtracking into the sign of Cancer, and is very close to the Moon. The Moon's Nodes, which are mathematical points (which mark the Moon's path across the Sun's ecliptic), and not actual bodies in space, work 'backwards' and have just 'flipped' from Aries/Libra to Pisces/Virgo. Mars (warrior) rules Aries, and as it was 'walking backwards' from Leo (fire sign), it 'met' Pluto opposite in Aquarius. When these two connect, there is bound to be action (Mars) and death/rebirth (Pluto) of some sort.  According to astro-sources, the fires in Los Angeles began as the Moon...