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 […]
Untying the Knots of the Twelve-Letter Alphabet
By: Joseph Crane The Twelve Letter Alphabet, sometimes called the twelve “Archetypes,” underlies much of the presentation of planets, signs, and houses in modern Western astrology. In my view, this has led to the distortion of much of astrology’s fundamental symbolism. Many other astrologers have come to the same conclusion, yet this system persists. This […]
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 […]
Astrological Remediation: The subtle art of creating a brighter future, one transit at a time
By: Andrea Gehrz Since coming into the study of astrology, I have deeply pondered the mechanism behind its magical and profound workings. Any student of the subject has surely been amazed by its exactitude and precision in the timing of events, bodily illness, and passing moods that sweep through us in any given day. It […]
Mary Shelley: A Pluto-Dominated Literary Life
By: Chrisine Ferraro My article revolves around the position of Pluto in Mary Shelley’s chart and its powerful impact on the events in her life and her works – Chrisine Ferraro Born of philosopher and political writer William Godwin and famed feminist Mary Wollstonecraft (author of The Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792), […]
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 […]
