Living with the Stars

  First of all, I'd like to present my apologia for not posting my solar eclipse report for the 29th March. The truth is my workload needed my total attention and priorities are what they are.  So, I aim to present all the information here, starting with the 29th March New Moon and also the Full Moon of the 13th April.  Also important is the number of planets that have gone direct or changed sign. I hope you will find this all very interesting.  The New Moon chart of the 29th March had a number of interesting placements. First of all, an Aries new moon is a fire moon, with its ruler Mars very prominently placed on the ascendant at 22 degrees of Cancer. We must remember that Mars had been backtracking through Cancer it its retrograde period and is now moving forwards. At 22 degrees it is conjunct the fixed star Pollux. This solar eclipse is only a partial one, which means it is not as powerful as a total eclipse. Still, eclipses in any form are not considered fortunat...

  Welcome to the Aries Full Moon which occurs on the 17th October at around 13:30. That evening, the Moon will rise in the east in a spectacular fashion. Since the beginning of summer we've had some powerful alignments and this month is no different. Just look at all the planets at twenty something degrees of a sign!  First of all, we need to look at the grand square in the chart. The Sun is opposite the Moon - that is typical of the Full Moon. This FM is in Aries, that is, warrior energy. The planet that rules Aries is Mars, which lies in Cancer at the moment. Mars' placement in this sign could be described as the warrior who defends the homeland (Cancer rules the home). Mars lies opposite Pluto, the planet associated with death and transformation. Death is a metaphor here for something coming to an end, which then transmutes and transforms into something new. Such is the principal energy of this Full Moon. When you consider what is going on in the world, one wonders whether ...

  On the 7 th September, at 2:51 am, the Sun and Moon will line up together in the sky in what we know as a New Moon. Anyone who likes plants will know that sowing seeds happens between now and the Full Moon – such is the knowledge that has been handed down to us by our forefathers, who in their wisdom paid attention to the night skies. New Moons mean new beginnings, a time to plant seeds, and, metaphorically, a time to set a new intention. This New Moon occurs in the zodiac sign of Virgo. Virgo is the sixth astrological sign of the zodiac, and is the only female represented in the zodiac. The Ancient Egyptians represented her in the famous Denderah Zodiac at the Temple of Abydos, and they saw her as the goddess Isis [1] , the wife of dead Osiris and mother of the god Horus. Virgo, which means ‘maiden’ in Latin, was seen by the ancients as carrying a sheaf of wheat in her hand. She is the archetype of the goddess of the harvest; the early Arabs called her the ‘Innocent Maide...