Whole Astrology

Today, we are blessed with two configurations that bring necessary healing of childhood issues.  First, we have the Star of David which is extremely rare for 14 hours with the Moon in Taurus.  This is when two Grand Sextiles come together (a total of six sextiles).  In this case the sextiles involve planets in water and earth signs.  While I won't go into further details here, you can do a search on Star of David for July 29, 2013 and you will bring up the actual planets involved.  Though without taking a deeper look, my guess is that Saturn in Scorpio, Neptune in Pisces, Jupiter/Mars in Cancer, Pluto in Capricorn, Venus in Virgo, and the Moon in Taurus are involved since these are the only planets in either water or earth at this time and within the first 10 degrees of their respective signs.  The Moon of course moves quickly which is why this configuration lasts for only 14 hours. I have already mentioned the second configuration that we're experiencing and that is the Ca

photo by Patricia Herlevi I'm not seeing anything that are both major and new coming up in August (perhaps with all these asteroids and planets moving in the sky, I'm missing something). We will continue with the Cardinal T-Square with Mars in Cancer forming an exact square with Uranus in Aries on August 1 and the square continues until August 5th.  Uranus also squares Pluto with a 3 degree orb and Pluto opposes Mars in Cancer.  As Mars slides out of the T-Square, Jupiter who had conjuncted Mars earlier holds the Cardinal T-Cross with Uranus and Pluto throughout the remainder of the month.  So expect lots of tension, pushiness, impatience, angry youth with too much idealistic thinking and even trouble in the areas of religion. Mars moves into Leo on August 29 where the pushy sentiments and bursts of tears in Cancer will be replaced by high drama surfacing around entitlements from young people feeling like they deserve a car, or the right job (even though they haven'

I usually receive Divine messages from saints, angels and ascended masters in the middle of the night or early morning when there is less interference from electric magnetic fields aka EMF and most people are sleeping in this apartment building thus causing slower brainwave patterns.   I am also in a greater state of awareness at this time. Today my Higher Guides (or whatever name you wish to call them), reminded me about working with ethereal energies, the do’s and don’t and the interferences we face from this energy through the use of cell phones, wireless computers, microwaves, televisions, satellite dishes as well as, use of pharmaceutical drugs, alcohol, smoking of tobacco and other substances or use of recreational drugs.   Strong emotions also block the Divine messages from coming through as does participating in gossip and other negative behaviors.   Strong beliefs that cause the mind and heart to close also block messages from coming through in their purest

St. George slaying the dragon The planet Pluto was not named after the Roman god of the underworld for nothing and a Pluto transit is anything, but pleasant.  When Pluto aspects the Natal Sun, Moon, or Rising Sign, powerful transformation occurs, even on a subconscious level, and especially on a subconscious level.  Transformation begins deep inside.  When Pluto transits any planet or house it brings transformation in one form or another depending on the energies involved. While I won't give you the rundown of every Pluto aspect by signs, houses, and other planets involved, I will say this, when you see a Pluto transit in your chart, prepare for an initiation.  Prepare yourself for the hero's journey which will take you into the depths of the earth, to places where frightening specters and shadows hang out and you might just need to slay the dragon to claim your bliss.  I imagine that Joseph Campbell would have had many things to say about Pluto transits and even if he di

I'm not going to write an entire post on this Cardinal T-Cross, but I thought of sending out an alert. This cross involves Mars and Jupiter in Cancer squaring Uranus in Aries and opposing Pluto in Capricorn.  The bad news is this is unpredictable and potentially violent energy so tread lightly and with caution the last week of July until around August 4. My guess (and it is an educated guess) is that we will be dealing with parent-child themes, angry youth (perhaps explosive youth), authority figures coming down hard on youth while the old structures disintegrate and new energy insists on replacing the dinosaurs.  We will revisit revamping education especially in the US, which ranks 26 in the world (public education), and we will revisit parenting issues, as well as, rebirthing ourselves by revisiting our actual birth process. I'm doing this already and it's excruciating. There is potential here for riots, massive car accidents, natural disasters involving fire or flo

Rider Waite Deck With Venus in Leo (Queen of Wands in the Tarot deck) I keep seeing images of an empress or a queen holding court. However, this isn't just any queen, but a more noble queen with interests that go beyond herself and her kingdom.  Venus traveled into Leo on June 28 (one day before my birthday) and conjuncted with the asteroid Ceres.  Ceres is another name for Demeter who I believe was an earth goddess of harvest.  She's also famous for losing her daughter Persephone when Hades abducted the maiden and hid her in the underworld.  Well, that's Hades for you. When Venus and Ceres join hands you can bet those two females have an interest in the welfare of the planet as well as, harvesting the bounty of the earth.  Venus after all represents more than just female allure and sexual attraction.  While she has gained a bad reputation over the centuries as a coquettish flirt whose only interested in herself, ironically, in the heart-centered sign of Leo, she want

Fiery Mars moves into weepy Cancer on July 13 and Saint Thomas has me thinking about our stomachs and digestion.  In fact, old Thomas filled my head with digestion and stomach thoughts before I was fully awake, as he is known to do.  Since, I'm a Cancerian and I have dealt with digestion problems over the year and a sensitive stomach to boot, he thought I was the ideal candidate to write this post.  As if I don't have enough work on my plate already, hmmmm. If you want to know more about medical astrology after reading this post, go to http://www.bobmarksastrologer.com/MedicalAstrology29.1.htm , where I looked up the ruler of pancreas.  Okay, so Cancer rules the stomach and Mars is a fire sign ruled by Aries that deals with some of our stronger emotions such as anger and impatience. Cancer deals with strong emotions too such as grief, fear and sadness.  Cancer tends to repress emotions which we hold in our stomach or breasts and Aries tends to vent his emotions--think of Me

With the New Moon at 16 degrees Cancer (also Sun at 16 degrees Cancer) with a wide orb square to Uranus in Aries and an opposition to Pluto in Capricorn (forming a Cardinal T-Cross), we turn our thoughts and emotions towards food and nutrition.  Do we have enough food? Are we eating healthy foods? Are other people deprived of healthy foods? How can we share food with our neighbors and communities? And how can we reform the world's food distribution systems so that everyone's basic needs are met? With Pluto involved, we want to know about toxins in our foods and learn the truth about GMO and agricultural chemicals that cause more harm than good.  Pluto also rules the underworld (under soil) and the insect kingdom.  Uranus wants to bring equality and in Aries, Uranus has taken on a radical warrior attitude. Photo by Patricia Herlevi Cancer rules the stomach and the breasts and these organs represent nourishment, nurturing, and feeding ourselves, but not only ourselves, bu