One of the more interesting things I like to do with astrology is update it. Astrology is 5,000+ years old, and was originally codified under very different social & cultural times. It’s not that astrology is changing, but we have to apply it to new variations on traditional situations, so sometimes its outlook has to …
Picking A Date & Time, Astrologically
Sometimes I get requests from people, asking me to pick a good time to open a store, launch a website, start a project, or set a wedding date. This is called Electional Astrology and I always have mixed feelings about doing it, because everyone wants the “perfect” time. Picking a day for an event is …
The Ongoing Education of An Astrologer
When I first became fascinated with astrology I grabbed every book I could find on the topic and read them all. Some of them were really great, and some were pretty awful, but I managed to get something out of every one. And then when I felt I knew “enough” I started grabbing friends and …
Podcast Number 2: Four Serial Killers and One Mass Murderer
Fellow astrologer Matthew Jacobs (http://www.dreamsmadevisible.com) and myself have created another astrology discussion audio podcast. This time we look at the birth charts of four notorious serial killers (John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, David Berkowitz & Aileen Wournos) and one mass murderer (Charles Manson) to see what, if anything, might have made them do what they …
What, Astrologically, Makes a Person A ________?
This is, in some ways, an addendum to an earlier blog post called “Is Astrology Just Another Form of Prejudice?” (http://wp.me/pJ9hq-bV) and also a response to a question I saw in the Horoscopes section on Yahoo!Answers. I often scroll through this website either answering questions or simply seeking the attitudes and myths people hold about the …