Living with the Stars

  This year's New Moon in Sagittarius occurs on the 13th December at 00:32, and because it is a new moon, it is travelling with the sun. If you look at the chart, the moment of the New Moon occurs some time during the night, shortly after midnight. New Moons are all about setting intentions, and this particular new moon is no different. If we go by the calendar month, then this new moon is the last one for 2023, so go ahead, think about what you want to sent in motion and what you want to cast aside. This is a new moon in Sagittarius, so think outside the box and ask yourself what you would like to prioritise over the next month. Let's also have a look at the story the sky is offering us.  Although there is nothing in the sky which is as dramatic as of late, you might notice that Mercury has an 'S' near it. This means that it is 'stationing', meaning that it is about to change direction. From the point of view from Earth, Mercury is about to start its retrograde...

I mentioned in my last post that I’ve been following the movement of Venus in the sky. She’s been quite prominent in the night sky this month, being even brighter than Jupiter, because of her proximity to Earth. I’ve also become interested in this planet because in doing some research on the Maltese national chart (the astrological chart for the moment when Malta became independent – 21/09/1964 at 00:00hrs CET+1), I found that the position of Venus at 13°Leo is repeated or reflected in quite a few of Malta’s prime ministers. I’ve also mentioned before that yes, countries can have birth charts. This leads to another question – how can you tell when a country is ‘born’? To be truthful, it really depends on whether the astrologer finds a chart ‘works’. Take the chart of the United Kingdom; some astrologers find the 1066 chart (when William of Normandy was crowned king of England on Christmas Day at midday), whereas others use the Act of Union Chart (Jan 1 st , 1801) as it works well f...