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The power of thoughts

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011 | Astrology for You, astrologer's diary | 1 Comment

“Most of us are asleep while the clock of life ticks on. In our electronic society few of us ever see the stars as our ancestors did or ponder the fact that we are all aboard a global spaceship hurtling through the night of a galaxy …”—Marc Robertson.

The eclipse took place during the night for us; 1:03 AM PST. It is the first New Moon for the year and the only one in Capricorn for the year. New Moons represent new beginnings. No reflection but instinctual action. Last year the Capricorn New Moon took place at 25° of Capricorn and was also an eclipse. This year the degree is 14° of Capricorn. We will have a second New Moon in Capricorn in on Xmas Eve 2011, and none next year—the Solar eclipses in Capricorn are over with this one for another 19 years. This is an ideal time to make resolutions, to begin something new and long-lasting.

I chose that quote from Marc’s book called the Engine of Destiny, to discuss how we motor on through life without pausing to think about our choices. We simply keep on stating “let’s see what happens”, our free will allows us to choose to make something happen instead. When we live more consciously, make decisions and take action we significantly alter our reality. Naturally some things are beyond our control. An example of something beyond our control would be the one eclipse like event I heard about this morning was that the one and only grocery store in Fort Langley burned down. It had been there for decades. This affects the community because many of the older residents do not drive and shop there for all of their daily consumables. › Continue reading

Embracing Change

Monday, January 3rd, 2011 | Astrology for You, Current Planetary trends, Venus stories, astrologer's diary | 3 Comments

This year I am planning to pay more attention to the ever changing sky. To that end, I opted for an astronomy calendar. On a clear night I have a beautiful view directly due North. We live under a flight path, not just planes but birds, flocks of which often cover rooftops and the patches of grass that pass for backyards. Earth is at perihelion today, that means closest to the Sun for the year. Reality meets inspiration and/or divinity. Wonder if the Epiphany was assigned a day close to this annual event to coincide with our so ancient pagan practises of paying attention to the stars and natural phenomena. Epiphany takes place on the 6^th. I realize it is a religious Christian observance, however, I remember a tradition of not clearing the Xmas decorations until that date, which is also known as the 12^th day—thirteenth in Sweden. In Finland it is a statutory holiday that ends the seasonal celebrations. It’s been around since the second century of the current era. › Continue reading

The Power of Eclipses

Sunday, January 2nd, 2011 | Astrology for You, Current Planetary trends, astrologer's diary | 2 Comments

“Astrology is a language.  If you understand this language, the sky speaks to you.”  —Dane Rudhyar
It is a New Year, we might have made resolutions—ours to break or keep. I did not write annual horoscopes for the year. After penning those for the past 20 years I felt I needed something different. My resolution is to write a short piece about astrology and the sky each day; taking my cue from the Julia and Julie project… Astrology is so much more than the daily, monthly and yearly horoscopes. We each have a unique horoscope with planets, houses and the intricate web of connections between them. The Moon is waning in the sky, and we have a solar eclipse on Tuesday.  My Astronomy Calendar states that this partial eclipse requires special glasses if you gaze upon it in Europe. Astrologically speaking, the eclipse takes place at 13°Capricorn39’. That is the degree of the Sun for those born January 4. We are in the Eclipse season, we had one just prior to Xmas. People still worry about eclipses and what omens they carry. Typically we can count on Mother Nature to reveal her awesome power; the weather has been extreme around the globe—floods in Australia, severe snow storms on the East coast of North America, and devastating rains in California. Around Vancouver, Canada the weather is seasonal so at the moment we are the lucky ones. › Continue reading

Premier’s job vacant

Monday, November 15th, 2010 | Canadian Politics, astrologer's diary | Write Comment

Well, Dianne Watts made a prudent choice to stay as the Mayor of Surrey. Carole James isn’t willing to step up either. Venus is retrograde and the women are not wishing to take on an ailing party. In my first post about this I said that Dianne Watts shouldn’t toss her hat in. In the second one I thought she just might take it on, looking at her solar chart. It was hers had she wanted to it. Just shows how we are free to exercise our free will. Venus moves direct November 18, and after that date we are more likely to hear about the decisions of the other potential contenders. I think I will wait until I hear who is willing to take the inherent risk. The longer this takes the more likely it becomes that we’ll have yet another election. Such a shame in terms of our money, the election costs are potentially higher than any of the other extravagancies the gang in Victoria might spend our money on. It has been interesting to listen how the media has been trying to recruit women to fill this vacancy. Do the men think it is political suicide?

Will Dianne Watts take the premier’s job?

Friday, November 12th, 2010 | Canadian Politics, Mundane astrology, astrologer's diary | Write Comment

On the web it is typically easy to find out a public person’s date of birth. Not the case with Dianne Watts the mayor of the City of Surrey, where I happen to live these days. She was born October 30, year not given. She celebrated a major birthday in 2008. Eventually I found a few interview articles that stated that in her early thirties she was a stay at home mother before running for counsellor at the city of Surrey. An article in the Vancouver Sun in 2009 stated that she graduated from a High School in Kelowna, and that in 2008 she celebrated her 50th birthday. In her early 20s she moved to Australia and stayed there until the late 1980s which in terms of astrology was around her first Saturn return—a sort of coming of age cycle. I have yet to uncover a time of birth and might not be able to do that—so using a noon hour chart with the natural wheel cast for Kelowna, where I assume she was born. This is an interesting chart. She has her Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune in a tight stellium in early Scorpio. That Teflon signature she shares with Ronald Reagan is probably shown by the Sun and Jupiter pairing. Her chart pattern is a locomotive and the engine is the energetic, stubborn ‘never give up’ Mars in Taurus. › Continue reading

Leadership Race

Saturday, November 6th, 2010 | Canadian Politics, astrologer's diary | Write Comment

During the last election May 2009, I wrote that I expected Gordon Campbell to retire after the Olympics and by year end of 2010. On November 3, 2010 at 11:30 AM he made the four minute announcement. He held onto the job for a lunar node cycle, 18 months. I just had to pull up the Election Day chart for a review. I use the close of polls in the capital of the province because it marks the time the people have had their say. That chart also describes how the time between two elections plays out. The timing of beginnings matters. In review, we elected this bunch in with Scorpio on the Ascendant as the polls closed. In May 2009, the sales pitch and election promises (Mercury) were about to be recanted (Mercury was retrograde and about to change signs). Mercury was in his own sign during the campaign able to pitch the ideas with eloquence. But he was about to return to Taurus—this sign is about money. Behind the scenes a deal had been negotiated and information about this withheld, which unfortunately goes with the territory of politics. There is always a spin. So now we have the hated sales tax—harmonized sales tax (harmonized, how ironic) — a binding province wide referendum on the HST will be held September 24, 2011. › Continue reading

Is Pluto in Sagittarius or Capricorn

Thursday, September 30th, 2010 | Ask Anne, Astrology for You | 1 Comment

I had an email question about the position of the planets, precession of the Zodiac, etc. from a reader in Australia. ”When astrologers talk of Pluto in tropical zodiac constellation Capricorn or Uranus in constellation Aries, do we combine this with the precession of Equinoxes, and say Pluto in constellation of Sagittarius, Uranus in constellation of Pisces? The short answer is no, we don’t combine.

Most western astrologers use the tropical zodiac, which marks the change of seasons. Sidereal and Vedic astrologers use the sidereal Zodiac, which adjusts the position of the planets by approximately 24 degrees (2010 adjustment). The signs of the sidereal zodiac approximately align with constellations of the same name.  Neither measures the sky the way astronomy does. › Continue reading

Venus horoscopes 2010

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 | Current Planetary trends, Venus stories, astrologer's diary | Write Comment

I just finished my column on Venus with horoscopes, it is at www.astrologicallyspeaking.com/Venus2010.htm. The previous post on my blog talks about the Venus in Scorpio cycle in more detail. I haven’t actually written a horoscope since my Jupiter Review this Spring. Enjoy.

Venus Story 2010

Tuesday, September 21st, 2010 | Astrology for You, Current Planetary trends, Venus stories | Write Comment

Venus moved into Scorpio September 8, and will move into the next Zodiacal sign of Sagittarius January 7, 2011. There is more to Venus’ travels this Season and next. Venus will return back to Libra November 7 for three weeks. Three weeks is the norm Venus visits a zodiacal sign. The delightful anomaly is when Venus spends extra time in a sign—since 1962 this particular cycle has been exclusively in Scorpio. This year, Venus returns to Libra by a little over two degrees, and in eight years by almost five degrees and naturally somewhat longer than three weeks.  Venus weaves her magic with the precision of a metronome.

Venus favours Libra and Scorpio for longer than usual. Venus moved into Scorpio September 8 and stays in this sign until November 7, and comes back for an encore beginning November 29 until January 7, 2011. We had even more of Venus in Scorpio back in 2002—Venus was in Scorpio exclusively September 7, 2002 to January 7, 2003. This year Scorpios need to share with Libra (and that will go on for another five decades or so, with the Libran share of Venus’ company growing). Venus was in Libra from August 6 to September 6, and she is coming back for an encore of another three weeks in November; refer to Venus’ travel schedule for details.   › Continue reading

Venus and Mars in Scorpio

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 | astrologer's diary | Write Comment

After the busy, productive—despite the detours—Mercury in Virgo period is now being supported by both Venus and Mars in Scorpio. We are getting to the bottom of things, whatever those things might be; nothing by half measures is the Scorpio motto. Venus is that brilliant light in the after Sunset sky and appears to become even bigger in the next few days. On October 8, she stations retrograde and begins her trek backward (yes, only from our earthly perspective; but this is where we live, righ). This time she returns to Libra for the first time in our lifetime. Actually the previous direct station in Libra took place in 1759—yikes—this will be interesting to observe.

If you were born in the last part of October you might feel the energy rather strongly. Listen to your heart for advice. Wonder if the mid-1950s babies with Neptune at the end of Libra get inspired to create something beautiful; that is finally follow their true desires… more about Venus soon.