Whole Astrology

Dedicated to Dancer/Shaman/Healer Gabrielle Roth, who now dances with the planets I want to thank French astrologer Lune Soleil for inspiring this week's Whole Astrology post.  She had mentioned that Mercury and Neptune are influencing the presidential election in the US, and I envisioned these two planets dancing with each other.  Then I began to feel the energies of each planet and then the planets combined.  Oh, no, I thought, we are in big trouble. What does it look like when Mercury, the quick-silver planet of communication dances with foggy-oh-just-let-me-escape or rescue-me Neptune? Neptune tosses a ball of confusion Mercury's way and both planets wallow in the emotional drama posed by water signs (Pisces and Scorpio respectively). The trance that many American voters have fallen into which plays to the tune of, "I have to vote for the Dem or the Repub will get elected..." Or if the voter is not singing that tune, then he's singing, "all I want i

Photo by Patricia Herlevi A colleague and I noticed a space out going on with people of the Pluto in Scorpio generation (born between 1983-1995) which involved miscommunication and frustration on our parts.  So I thought about these situations and then I remembered that Saturn had just moved into Scorpio and these spaced out individuals are in between 17 and 29 years of age. Since the current transits fall on the extremely complex side and out of my realm of understanding, I have tapped into Saint Thomas of Aquinas, for whatever reason has appeared as my astrological guide.  The individuals between age 28 and 29 could begin a Saturn Return now as well, depending on the degree of Saturn in their natal charts, so much shifting and transformation happens within and outside of these individuals whether or not they think they are ready.  Since Saturn remains in Scorpio for 2 1/2 years, the individuals born in the later degrees of Pluto in Scorpio (1990s) won't feel the impact of S

show me your ring Saturn I feel like I should be pulling a cord of a whistle on an antique train right about now.  Those of us in love with astrology, the planets, aspects, and spend our evenings tracking transits, understand the meaning behind the movement of the planets.  We say things like, "Well, you know since Pluto is squaring Uranus, we can expect to see chaos in the world."  Now to us, this makes total sense, but to someone not versed in the language of astrology, heads spin like a Jupiter moon orbiting around this benevolent planet. I don't know about you, but during the first day of my college astronomy class when the professor said that astrology is superstitious bunk, I picked up my shield and sword, ready to defend the honor of astrology.  But at the age of 19, I knew so little about astrology to defend it.  Charts, houses, aspects, and how the planets affected our deep psychology remained mysteries to my naive mind.  I had not even taken a psychology c

Psychologists and medical doctors recommend it.  Life coaches recommend it.  With stress on the rise, meditation helps us to calm and center ourselves. Yet, for many of us, sitting in silence brings up the scene from "Eat, Pray, Love" in which the Liz Gilbert character sits in a room at an ashram trying desperately to quiet her mind.  Instead of finding stillness, her mind races to thoughts about how she will decorate her meditation room when she relocates to Chicago. From the little I know about the author Liz Gilbert, I know that she has a strong Mercury signature in her natal chart. I know this because, one Liz is an author, and to write you need a Mercury signature in your chart, and she has portrayed herself as restless with her previous marriage situation, world travel, and her constant seeking for the intangible.  Could she even have a big, fat yod in her chart? This essay is not about Liz Gilbert, but about meditation.  Yes, we know that we would benefit from me