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Omens of May Part 4 – The Ring of Fire Eclipse

Published on 20:05:2012:13:10 by in Modern Astrology, Political Astrology, Universal Astrology

Note that this is Part one of a two part post – On the 20th of May we have a Solar Annular Eclipse. An annular eclipse is a “ring” eclipse, in which the Moon does not appear to completely cover the solar disc.  It will be visible in heavily populated areas of the earth, covering a good portion of eastern Asia and much of North America. The land masses surrounding the Pacific Ocean are often called “the Ring of Fire”, because of the tectonic plates, fault lines, and volcanoes that are present there, hence the nickname “the Ring of Fire Eclipse.” A lot has been said about this

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The Omens of May Part 3 – The Station of Venus

Published on 16:05:2012:12:23 by in Astrology, Modern Astrology, Traditional Astrology, Universal Astrology

I thought it might be fun to take a look at the Station of Venus by way of the modern technique of Astro-Cartography, in order to see what it might portend for the earth in its entirety. First, however, let’s mention a little about what the station of Venus is. Venus is between the Sun and the Earth, so in it’s orbit around the Sun, Venus appears to stand still and begin to move in the reverse direction. This is called its retrograde cycle. It’s easy to imagine how this happens – imagine you have a ping-pong ball in orbit around a basketball, several years away from you.

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The Omens of May Part 2 – The Sun Has Something to Say…

Published on 13:05:2012:16:04 by in Astrology, awareness, Modern Astrology, Political Astrology, thoughts and sensations, Universal Astrology

This post is an addendum to the Omens of May regarding the “extreme” solar phenomena we’ve been experiencing recently… Most of the lore regarding Solar Phenomena (excluding eclipses) comes to us through the observations of people living at polar and northern tropical latitudes. But before we explore them, we should take a brief look at what scientific studies have taught us about them. The Aurora Borealis are the result of charged particles being active in the upper atmosphere, according to modern science. This charging comes from  CME’s (Coronal Mass Ejections), or from the Solar Wind delivering an extra burst of energy due to a flare or sunspot activity.

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The Omens of May Part 1 – the Supermoon

Published on 05:05:2012:01:27 by in Political Astrology, thoughts and sensations, Universal Astrology

This month brings a couple of important celestial omens, the Supermoon of the 5th – 6th and the Solar Eclipse of the 20th. The reason I call them Omens instead of just astrological events is simple. It’s because they are harbingers of things to come. While the Supermoon shows effects very close to the time of its occurrence,  an eclipse can presage events months or even years after the syzygy that defines it. This Supermoon is an especially intense one – I’ve posted more than one article on facebook discussing how large it will appear. A Supermoon is a new or full Moon that occurs at or near

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Universal Astrology – Geodetic Charts

Published on 02:04:2012:22:34 by in Astrology, Universal Astrology

So I’m a little behind on this post, but I do want to move forward talking about the Geodetic Map. Again, this is intended as a beginner’s article on this subject. What I’m going to talk about today is Geodetic Charts – the permanent chart of a location, according to the “Theory of Geodetic Equivalents” as outlined by Sepharial. We’ve already seen that everyplace on earth has a permanent Geodetic Midheaven, which is measured according to it’s Zodiacal distance from the beginning of the sign in which it falls. The degrees increase as one moves east from the place where the sign begins. Sometimes it’s easy to guess,

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Universal Astrology – the Geodetic Map part 1

Published on 28:03:2012:23:44 by in Astrology, Universal Astrology

I’m not doing this series of posts by way of a historical timeline, because I’m trying to work from the simplest concepts to the most complex, and one of the simplest innovations in the field is Sepharial’s Geodetic map. This map is a fairly modern (very early 20th century) invention, and very easy to understand. It simply rings the zodiac around the equator, such that one sign equals 30 degrees of longitude. The way that it was established was to have the signs move from west to east, reflecting the direction of the Earth’s rotation. Aries begins at the Greenwich meridian, each sign follows, moving east. There are several

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Universal Astrology, an introduction

Published on 27:03:2012:17:42 by in Astrology, thoughts and sensations, Universal Astrology

Universal Astrology is what the Hellenistic Astrologers called what we term “mundane astrology today. It was the art of studying the “big picture” that affected states and nations. Originally, it was the only form of astrology, because the only folks who could retain astrologers were the kings, queens and warlords (we do have to eat), and all they really were concerned about was establishing a dynasty or how they could hold on to their power. Since very ancient times, various astrologers and philosophers began to divide up the world they knew into zones of specific planetary or zodiacal interest. Monuments like the Pyramids, Stonehenge and various others were

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The Journal on Facebook

Published on 25:03:2012:15:11 by in Astrology, new beginnings

Just a brief note to mention that I have extended the reach of the Journal into the realm of Facebook. Here we have a copy of the electional chart that caused me to think that this was the right moment. The condition of the Moon alone is enough to justify it, and I’m happy with the idea that the second house is the lot of fortune (which happens to be conjunct my Natal Sun). Not to “diss” the outer planets in this combination, the Grand Trine between the Moon-Midheaven-Jupiter conjunction, with Mars in the 1st and Pluto in the 5th (by way of divided houses) makes this look

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Active Astrology dot com

Published on 14:03:2012:15:06 by in Active Astrology, Astrology, new beginnings

The Active Astrology website is going live today. It will be a couple of weeks before it’s completely ready for your enjoyment. While you’re waiting for the best features, drop in and take our survey – just have fun with it, and help us out in the process! The site will be there to provide information and fun; all facets of Active Astrology will be explored via posts, reports, ebooks and whatever else you ask us for. We are also building a social network site that will accompany it; you’ll soon be able to read all about it here, or friend us on facebook at our Active Astrology

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The Astral Divination page is now live

Published on 14:03:2012:12:33 by in Astral Divination, Astrology, Horary Astrology, new beginnings, thoughts and sensations, Traditional Astrology

I just promoted the page on Astral Divination, or Horary Astrology. I’ve decided that it needs to be its own section of the site, because of how fascinating and useful it is as a branch of the stellar art. In the near future, I’ll be posting a lot of sub pages there, including question guides, especially interesting charts, history and the like. So if you’re as fond of doing divination by astrology as I am (and even if you’re not), join in as the post-threads and social networking begin.  

 
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