Natal Reflections on Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman, the celebrated Swedish film and stage director/writer was one of the most influential auteurs of our age. His artistic explorations of death, illness, faith, betrayal and insanity reflected his own preoccupations. This hyper-sensitive and volatile man also led a tempestuous love life and fathered many children while seeking seclusion. How is all this reflected in his nativity?
Profile of Alice Bailey (1880-1949)
Exploring Alice Bailey’s life and work was one of the happy surprises of the “Soul” series (from E520C The Recurring and Evolving Soul), and she was the highlight of my presentation “Soul in the Twentieth Century”. She was one of the first modern astrologers who used channeling as a major method of acquiring information.
Star Trek – The Astrological Frontier
Science Fiction explores possibilities of the past, present and future. So does astrology! Astrologers are often ardent science fiction fans and what better piece of science fiction to consider than Star Trek? Of course, trying to work with the astrology of science fiction characters poses some interesting challenges to astrology, for example: • First you […]
Astrological Speculations Concerning Andreas Lubitz
By: Damiel Giamario Famous figures and important events offer astrologers an irresistible opportunity to find meaning in the chart. But it also raises important questions about our own biases and projections that we need to keep in mind. As Damiel Giamario notes below, millions have “Saturn complexes” but do not show such an extreme response […]
Pluto’s Contagion in Robin William’s Natal Chart
By: Walter Cambra The challenges facing comedian Robin William’s which ended in his recent death by suicide has a reflection in his natal chart. Robin Williams was born on July 21, 1951 at 1:34 pm CST in Chicago, IL.[1] His chart shows a plethora of hard aspects and difficult configurations. The Scorpio ascendant squares Pluto […]
Rectification against all odds: A Vedic Astrologer looks at Vladimir Putin’s Chart
By: Lynn Bootes Rectification of a birth horoscope is the process of using the birth chart and astrological timing methods to test and clarify the true birth time of an individual. Since it might well be considered the Mount Everest or Holy Grail of astrological exercises: very challenging, fraught with errors, a low likelihood of […]
The Elusive Jane Austen
By: Walter Cambra The natal chart for British writer Jane Austen shows Virgo (intellect and analysis) rising at the ascendant making Mercury (planet of the mind) her ascendant sign ruler and overall chart ruler (Astrodatabank). Ms. Austen’s sign-signature is Gemini (mutable-air) which is also ruled by Mercury. Her sign-signature’s mutable “quality” as well as her […]
Profile: Nelson Mandela (1918-2013)
By: Joseph Crane Earlier this summer Nelson Mandela was hospitalized, was repeatedly placed in critical condition, and released from his hospital to go home. No news for month. Then, as the world found out quickly, on Thursday December 5 he finally departed from this life. International media was well prepared for his death, and the […]
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Unveiling the Modern Shadow
By: Becca Tarnas Born Mary Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was the daughter of the revolutionary feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft (see portrait above), whose powerful treatise, Vindication of the Rights of Woman [pdf version], opened up new avenues of possibility for the education of women at the commencement of the 19th century. Her daughter was one […]
Mary Shelley and the First House
By: Georgios A. Panayides I will focus only on the first house, the zodiac sign that is located inside the first house; the Ascendant; the ruling planet of Ascendant and the planet that is inside the first house. Click here for a large version of Mary Shelley’s chart in a new window. The Ascendant is at […]
