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I am a reporter with a unique beat. I use my understanding of planetary cycles to provide advance notice and analysis on the Zeitgeist of the day. If you have ever wondered “why is this happening now,” my insights will transform your experience of the headlines, adding new meaning and understanding. Call it Astrology for News Junkies. If you’re curious to know why the Impossible Burger is trending…or why the outcome of the 2019 Israeli elections was likely to be a shocker …or why “Woodrow Wilson, Stud Muffin” was a New York Times headline in December 2013, you will find it here, in over a decade’s worth of historical research and reporting.
Note that I do use astrological jargon in The Forecast in my effort to show how the planetary patterns are reflected in mundane events. I explain what the jargon symbolizes, so that all who want to understand the connections between astrology and the news may do so. However, I do not use astrological jargon in personal consultations, just plain English.
Astro-logical Forecast for Saturday & Sunday 4/4-5/2015: Full Moon in Libra & Lunar Eclipse
/in The ForecastWake up early and you’ll be able to catch the third of the four consecutive total lunar eclipses happening between last April and this September. Did you know that this series is called a “tetrad”? You learn something everyday. Here’s a nifty video I found on website of The Washington Post which explains it all for you.
Yea verily, I am digging WaPo lately because of its stories outside the usual box. For a couple of years now, it has been hosting live chats with a well-known astrologer — yes, an astrologer — in a serious newspaper like The Washington Post. How cool is that? Totally, though if you ever see me participate in such a forum and I tell a querent that her “love stars will be twinkling perfectly by December,” take the glass of Scotch out of my hand.
Astrology is a complex language, to be expressed with eloquence and gravitas. Sheesh. And don’t ask me for tips on how to seduce a Gemini (as if all Geminis are exactly alike), or what Sun Sign you should date if you’re an Aries. I’d much rather use my years of serious study to help you have a better relationship with yourself. Then we can talk about attracting a significant other. Geez.
Saturday’s eclipse is exact at 8:05AM ET, as the Libra Moon is opposed by the Aries Sun. Aries-Libra suggests a push-pull between me vs. we in relationship, with the Libra Moon pulling for the latter and the Aries Sun pushing back. Uranus and Pluto are in close contact with the Sun and Moon, suggesting exceptional intensity, revelations, upsets and transformations accompanying whatever is illuminated and released.
If you were born halfway through Aries, Libra, Cancer and Capricorn, or if you have a planet or angle at around 15 degrees of those signs, this eclipse may recall whatever you experienced in the aftermath of the one that happened on October 8th. That eclipse happened at 15 degrees of Aries-Libra; this one happens at 14 degrees. FYI: the horoscope of the United has Saturn at 14 Libra; its Sun is at 13 Cancer.
The Sabian Symbols for this eclipse are — for the Sun: “an Indian weaving a blanket,” and for the Moon: “circular paths.” Right. Let’s see how Sabian Symbol guru Blain Bovee can help us make sense of these images.
OK. I just read three paragraphs of Bovee’s marvelous prose, and the bottom line is this: we are all connected and we have all been here before. Life is cyclical. Every action taken impacts everyone else. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.
Bovee suggests we apply these symbols with a eye for “the genius of connecting a single thread to the whole of life….an appreciation of weaving the differing dimension of existence into a whole; a deep understanding that human failure is ultimately an illusion.” That last one was deep. Cue Joni Mitchell with The Circle Game now, please.
That being said, the immediate fallout from this eclipse — as in upsets and power plays — may be apparent before noon, as the Moon makes contact with Uranus and Pluto and then immediately goes void until 3:04PM ET on SUNDAY. This suggests a long period of time to chill, absorb and go with the circular flow. Avoid the malls and do not make a mountain of a molehill of crisis…for surely it will turn out to be much ado about nothing.
Sunday’s highlight is a challenge between the Aries Sun and Pluto at 11:05AM ET; on Monday we’ll have a meet-up between the Sun and rebel Uranus at 10:08AM ET. This electric buzz suggests a higher potential for news from underground (including seismic activity), rebellions, breakthroughs in technology or the cosmos, nuclear news and other power plays. Here’s the news from last year’s meet-up; here‘s a 45-second video that captures the eccentric-yet-potent genius of inventive Uranus combined with the very independent Aries Sun, amplified further by covert Pluto.
If you are a writer or thinking type, take advantage of the easy flow between mental Mercury and publishing house Jupiter, exact on Monday at 9:26AM ET. It will be in effect all weekend. In fact, innovation and persuasion are favored through the week. No sleeping in on Monday, by the way. The Moon will be in Scorpio as of 3:04PM ET SUNDAY, seeking power and control; depth and substance — and all day Monday and Tuesday.
And now, the news.
Did someone say “news from underground?” This item reports how “big oil” is pressuring scientists to not link fracking to all the seismic activity in Oklahoma, which now has more earthquakes than any other state in the U.S. Meanwhile, one innovative item about power and resources was the White House announcing its intention to train 75,000 workers in the fast-growing solar energy sector by 2020. 75,000 workers compared to the 35 permanent jobs that would have been created if the Keystone XL pipeline had been greenlit? That doesn’t sound so bad.
For “nuclear news and power plays,” consider “An Iran Nuclear Deal Built on Coffee, All-Nighters and Compromise”. As for elements of “compromise,” look for that Libra concept to be a subject of discussion through the weekend.
With Uranus prominent in planetary patterns, we’d expect more than a few headlines of liberation. In Alabama, a man who spent 30 years on death row has been set free. Interesting that the former inmate, Anthony Ray Hinton, is 58 years old — and thus going through his second Saturn return. A Saturn return often coincides with an opportunity for a new lease on life. Everyone goes through a Saturn return around ages 29, 58 and 84. Consult your local astrologer for details.
There will be many family gatherings on this holiday weekend — all different kinds of families. In closing, here is a thoughtful and lovely video the good folks at Honey Maid released one year ago today, after it received a ton of backlash from other folks who found some of the families depicted in Honey Maid ads offensive.
And here is Honey Maid’s latest two cents — in response to Indiana’s “religious freedom” bill that dominated headlines this week. We are all connected. We have all been here before.
To find out what state your horoscope is in, when and why things happen when they do — and how you can use awareness of planetary cycles to live your life better, consider scheduling a personal astro-logical consultation. Even if you don’t believe in astrology, rest assured that astrology believes in you.
To be continued….
Astro-logical Forecast for Thursday 4/2/2015: Indiana, Honestly
/in The ForecastMore of the same from yesterday, with the exception of the Virgo Moon now being void of course. What does that mean, you may wonder. It means that the Moon made contact with a planet (Venus) at 5:01AM ET, and it won’t make contact with another planet until it enters the next sign (Libra) at 3:07AM ET on Friday.
Think of the Moon as a pinball in a pinball machine. When the Moon “makes contact” with a planet, it receives a certain amount of direction and force, like a pinball bouncing off a bumper. But what happens to the energy of the pinball after it makes its last contact with a bumper? It loses steam; it falls back down to the bottom of the machine; sometimes it gets stuck on the side of the machine, etc., etc., etc.,
This is my metaphor for the energy of the Moon during a void. There may be a lack of focus — or things may suddenly become focused in a totally unexpected direction. Upsets in elections and sports matches are favored. Crises which crop up are often much ado about nothing. Best to avoid impulse shopping during voids, as what you buy may not be nearly as useful as you thought.
How interesting that I was motivated to give you all this extra detail about Moon voids with the Moon in detail-obsessed Virgo, especially given that most of you reading this have already learned about voids from this forecast. Ah, well.
Forge ahead with the inspired thoughts you’ve been structuring all week, and take time to appreciate the optimism of today’s easy connection between expansive Jupiter (in Leo) and the Aries Sun. Tomorrow is a holiday for many — start enjoying the respite today.
And now, the news.
An easy flow between Mercury (mindset) and Saturn suggest a serious focus. Were there really no good April Fool’s Day pranks played this year? Here’s the only fun one I saw: a report proving the existence of The Force, courtesy of phys.org
In real headlines, Governor Jerry Brown is getting serious about California’s ongoing drought, restricting water usage across the state, as it is reported that there is absolutely no — as in zero – melting snow to replenish reservoirs. Where’s renowned climate scientist James Inhofe when you need him? Do we need to move the nation’s capitol to Sacramento?
But this is serious stuff — against a backdrop of planetary patterns in mostly hot, dry fire signs: Aries, Leo and Sagittarius. Said drought has been made worse by climate change, say scientists. I’m not sure Senator Inhofe reads the New York Times. That might be a good thing, though, because if he read this article about President Obama’s latest initiative to reduce greenhouse gases, he might get really mad. Thank the Uranus-Pluto square for disrupting the status quo concerning power and resources, including the news that The Guardian is divesting its investments in fossil fuels. This is the wave of the future; yesterday Syracuse University followed suit.
Meanwhile, NYT columnist Gail Collins cheerfully brings us up to date on Indiana’s “religious freedom” law — you know, the one that has led to numerous outraged boycotts against the state. She makes no mention of the state’s other notable accomplishment this week: an unprecedented judgment, in which a 33-year-old woman was sentenced to 20 years in prison for alleged feticide. What is going on in the state of Indiana? And by this I mean its horoscope.
Indiana was admitted into the Union on December 11, 1816. We don’t have a time, so the default is to use noon. Instantly we see a pile-up of planets in the 9th House, suggesting a need to focus and express itself through collective beliefs: law, philosophy, religion — with some sports thrown in, too. It has four planets in Sagittarius, which naturally rules the 9th and reinforces those themes through Neptune, Sun, Mercury and Uranus.
Neptune (vision, surreal, delusion, spirituality) and the Sun are right on the Midheaven — one of the angles of the horoscope — you can’t miss ’em. The two are squared by Pluto, which adds an empowered otherworldly element to the state’s persona. Mercury together with Uranus suggests a rocket scientist mentality, or at the very least eccentric, electric and intense. Also in the 9th House: a potent and ruthlessly expansive Mars-Jupiter conjunction in Scorpio, suggesting action and reward, driven by missionary zeal.
The pile-up in Sagittarius is square to a discerning/discriminating Virgo Moon. This is a state that needs to be right and pure, challenged by its Sagittarian righteous bluntness. It’s no surprise that Indiana’s new tourist slogan (as you’ll read in Gail Collins’ piece) is “Honest to Goodness Indiana” — and that one of the runner-ups was “Seasoned Just Right“. Like its idealized Sun-Neptune sense of ego identity, its need to be right is very much in everyone’s face. How so? Because the Moon is exactly on the cusp of the 7th House (one of the four angles), suggesting a need to connect on an intimate level. Really, it just can’t help itself.
So why are we hearing so much about Indiana now?
Transiting Saturn in early Sagittarius has just begun a long journey through Indiana’s 9th House, where it will hit all of those six planets. That’s a lot of focus on laws and belief systems. This summer Saturn will roll back over Mars at 28 Scorpio, which can be quite rigid and militant. But what really suggests prominence are five — count ’em — five planets and/or angles progressed by solar arc to the Aries Point: Moon, Mercury, Chiron, Ascendant and Uranus. Translation, for the non-pro audience: whatever this state entity needs in order to feel secure, how it thinks, how it is perceived by others, how it needs to be intensely free, along with a deep wound to the psyche that needs to be healed — all of that is at a stage in its development where can’t help but be noticed over the next year or two.
There’s more — but you get the idea. The horoscope of the state is hot — and upcoming planetary patterns suggest its social expression and values are likely to become even more intense next summer, for better or for worse.
We can thank Indiana for the Jackson 5 — they’re from the town of Gary-– and who doesn’t love this fun song from Meredith Wilson’s musical, The Music Man (the original Robert Preston version, if you please).
To find out what state your horoscope is in, when and why things happen when they do — and how you can use awareness of planetary cycles to live your life better, consider scheduling a personal astro-logical consultation. Even if you don’t believe in astrology, rest assured that astrology believes in you.
Astro-logical Forecast for Wednesday 4/1/2015
/in The ForecastHammer out the details of your “big picture” project. Write and rewrite. Talk it out. Listen to your elders. Maintain focus. The Moon continues its sojourn through perfectionist Virgo, where it has been since Tuesday at 2:12PM ET. Get it off your desk or finalize your plans today, as opposed to tomorrow, when the Moon will be void of course starting around 5AM ET, through the entire day.
If you need a cheerleader to help move your project forward, l leave you with a few words from author J.K. Rowling.
Meanwhile, there’s a big storm brewing — Super Typhoon Maysak — here are the pix from space. The storm is scheduled to hit the Philippines on Saturday, just in time for the Full Moon.
Astro-logical Forecast for Tuesday 3/31/2015: Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart’s Heir-Apparent
/in The ForecastMoon enters Virgo at 2:12PM ET, ready to sweep up the confetti and sort out the drama that may have played on your stage yesterday. A need for action is suggested by an easy connection between the Moon and Mars soon thereafter. Inspiring and bold analysis may be tempered or facilitated by an easy alignment between Mercury and Saturn, exact on Thursday, but in effect now. General good cheer and plans for expansion may be moved along by another alignment between the Sun and Jupiter. also exact on Thursday.
In other news, Mars, planet of action, slows down its pace as it leaves impulsive Aries and heads into steady Taurus at 12:27PM ET. Note the potential for an ambitious advance or wet blanket around 11:42PM ET, as the perfection-seeking Virgo Moon squares off with taskmaster Saturn.
And now, the news.
Yesterday I noted the potential for prominent news about endings in the headlines, suggested by Mercury hitting 29 Pisces, triggering the degree of last week’s New Moon/eclipse. Exhibit A: it was reported that Andreas Lubitz, who piloted Germanwings 4U9525 into a mountain last week, had been treated for “suicidal tendencies”. Exhibit B: a U.S. pharmacists’ group is encouraging its members to not provide drugs used in lethal injections, thus making it harder (presumably) for states to carry out death penalty sentences. Exhibit C: the governor of Arizona signed a bill “requiring abortion providers to tell women they can reverse the effects of a drug-induced abortion,” even though science does not support such a claim. And that’s all on the NYT homepage now.
Don’t get me started on the legislative efforts we are likely to see over the next couple of years, as Saturn (law, control) makes its way through Sagittarius (collective belief; religious dogma). Add in the approaching challenge to Saturn from Neptune (faith, spirits of all kinds, surreal) in Pisces (ditto) that will also be in effect, and some laws are likely to be…transcendental.
Exhibit D: a successor has been appointed to take over for Jon Stewart, when he prominently ends his run as host of The Daily Show. Trevor Noah was born on February 20, 1984 — no birth time reported yet. His Sun is at 0 Pisces, and would have been impacted by February’s New Moon in Pisces. His Venus is at 0 Aquarius and would have been boosted by January’s New Moon at 0 Aquarius. His Neptune is at 0 Capricorn — the Aries Point — and would have gotten a boost from last week’s New Moon/Eclipse/Equinox — all at the Aries Point. And to top it all off, I would think that Noah’s socially gracious Libra Moon is being supercharged by Uranus and Pluto — and perhaps his Ascendant and Midheaven, too — which would be reflected by his “sudden” prominence. When your horoscope is hot, you’re likely to be hot, too. Wouldn’t it be fun to know about these hot times in advance?
UPDATE: Patterns in Mr. Noah’s horoscope are formidable. A Mars-Saturn conjunction in Scorpio squaring Mercury in Aquarius suggests mindset and communication that can be ruthlessly disciplined, provocative and intense. Emotional intensity and depth of perspective are echoed by another square between Venus and Pluto.
Anyhoo….
Last, but not least: you may recall a recent forecast in which I randomly listed seven people born with Sun at 29 Pisces or 0 Aries — and thus might be “eclipsed” by the New Moon/solar eclipse on March 20th. One of them was Harvey Weinstein — and here’s how he made headlines yesterday, when Mercury (information, communication) was at 29 Pisces, triggering that eclipse and conjoining his 29 Pisces Sun. Coincidence or conspiracy?
To find out why you are the way you are — and how you can use awareness of planetary cycles to live your life better, consider scheduling a personal astro-logical consultation. You may not believe in astrology, but rest assured that astrology believes in you.
Thank you for reading this forecast.
Astro-logical Forecast for Monday 3/30/2015: Sneak Peek at the Week
/in The ForecastGood Morning!
What wandering drama will Monday bring? The Leo Moon goes void at 9:57 AM ET and doesn’t enter Virgo until 2:12 PM on Tuesday. Focus on routine and roll with the twists and flakes that may come your way. You’ll also want to roll with a couple of wobbles between now and midday Tuesday, as two planets change signs.
First is Mercury, which leaves Pisces for Aries at 9:44 AM ET. That should pick up the pace of mindset and communication. Wait and see if there is any fallout from the New Moon/eclipse on March 20th, as Mercury will trigger that degree — 29 Pisces — before it enters Aries. Prominent endings making headlines, perhaps.
Second is Mars, which leaves Aries for Taurus at 12:27 PM ET on Tuesday. So — mindset and communication speed up; action (Mars) slows down, becomes more deliberate and stubborn in its need to build a monument (Taurus), as opposed to leading a crusade (Aries).
Wednesday is apt for moving forward on the details of your organizational project, buoyed by an impassioned mindset and overall optimism that will carry through Thursday. Be advised that the Moon will be void from 5:01 AM ET Thursday until 3:07 AM ET on Friday. Better to ship or initiate on Wednesday.
By Thursday we’ll be feeling the buzz of a few notable events happening over the weekend. On Saturday we’ll have a Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse at 14 Libra/Aries. As the Moon waxes full, emotions are often heightened — doubly so, given the eclipse. Plus this Full Moon will engage Uranus and Pluto on Saturday, suggesting upsets, revelations, and power plays. This potential volatility continues through next Wednesday, as Sun and Mercury also make contact with these two heavies.
And now, the news.
Italy’s highest court stunned many on Friday when it finally — once and for all — overturned the murder conviction of Amanda Knox, whose horoscope has been written about previously in this forecast. The last time I looked at her horoscope, my sense was that she was due for an upset — potentially liberating — when transiting Uranus made its first challenge to her Sun on April 10th. And indeed, she has been set free!
So now the question is how will the dreamy/bewildering transit of Neptune to her Gemini Ascendant play out? It won’t be through the “ego wipeout” she might have experienced if the conviction had been upheld. Both Uranus and Neptune will be active in her horoscope through February 2016. Creativity, charitable causes, and rose-colored glasses are possibilities.
Meanwhile, here’s a stunning Uranus-Pluto disruption of the status quo of energy resources. The city of Georgetown, Texas has opted to switch to “100% renewable energy” — not to save the planet, mind you — but because it’s simply the most cost-effective thing to do. Here’s another green trend: the “passive house,” a concept that developed in Germany. Lower energy bills and even more benefits can be yours, says this in-depth piece from the NYT.
But let’s focus on today. A Leo Moon favors creative self-expression and a sense of play — especially when it is void. Thus, I hope you will appreciate this NYT story about an artist who is enjoying success as a creator of coloring books — for grown-ups.
Leo also refers to cats of all colors, and this NYT op-ed sings their praises. Purrrrfect — like the day you’re about to experience — right?
To find out why you are the way you are — when and why things happen when they do — and how you can use awareness of planetary cycles to live your life better, consider scheduling a personal astro-logical consultation. Even if you don’t believe in astrology, rest assured that astrology believes in you.
Thank you for reading this forecast.