Living with the Stars

  In case you were wondering why I chose the title ‘Living with the stars’ for my blog, it is because it is just that: we live our daily lives going about our business, feeling disconnected much of the time, trying to make sense of it all. Once the stars are brought into things, little lights come on, connections are made. Before the Age of Enlightenment, our forefathers looked at the sky to make sense of what was happening on terra firma. They held the belief that there was a connection – as above, so below. Astrologers affirm this connection. Life is just that little bit more interesting when connections are made. Onto this months lunation chart.... There is a New Moon on the 6 th October, at 13 °24’ of Libra. If you look closely at the chart, the glyphs of the Sun and the Moon are at the top of the chart, meaning that this new moon will occur when the Sun is high in the sky (daytime). Next to the Sun and Moon is the planet Mars, also at 13°, This is a very close conjunction a...