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 …
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 …
Most People Would Rather Be Right Than Be Happy (A New Look at the Darker Side of Saturn)
Off and on throughout my life, I have dwelled upon why anyone would be self-sabotaging. Most of us do it in one form or another. Some of us are dramatic and spectacular in our self-sabotage. We become alcoholics, drug addicts, and/or reckless gamblers. But even in milder forms, we procrastinate, we refuse to commit in …
Parenting, Childhood & Astrology, Part 2: Cycling to Maturity
One of the best ways to look at the birth-to-maturity process is the cycles of Saturn (the planet symbolizing maturity & responsibility), and the aspects it makes to itself in a person’s natal chart. Saturn takes roughly 28-29 years to go all the way around our solar system and return to where it was when …
Parenting, Childhood & Astrology, Part 1: The Roles of the Parents, Whoever They Are
I have never been a parent. I do have some experience as a child, but that was a long time ago. Any advice or information I am offering about parenting and childhood is based on how I feel astrology looks at the topic. The first and most important point: every person is unique. There are …