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Current Planets
28-Apr-2025, 06:10
UT/GMT
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| Sun | 8 | 12'46" | 14n15 | ||
| Moon | 14 | 33'12" | 19n51 | ||
| Mercury | 11 | 55' 2" | 2n05 | ||
| Venus | 28 | 42'18" | 0n55 | ||
| Mars | 4 | 20'50" | 21n10 | ||
| Jupiter | 20 | 49'26" | 22n53 | ||
| Saturn | 27 | 34' 2" | 2s48 | ||
| Uranus | 26 | 9'46" | 19n05 | ||
| Neptune | 1 | 0'36" | 0s46 | ||
| Pluto | 3 | 48'32" | 22s44 | ||
| TrueNode | 26 | 45'50"r | 1s17 | ||
| Chiron | 23 | 54'46" | 9n59 | ||
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Every so often, someone asks me what I think my job as an astrologer is. It’s a good question – it makes me ‘return to base’, as it were, and set out the basics again, both for the questioner – and for my own benefit. Here goes!
Astrology has been in existence for about 4,000 years, and apparently it is still in very good health. As empires are born and fall, continents move, religions appear and disappear and humanity evolves, Astrology not only survives but is increasingly creative and vital. Why? Perhaps Astrology has the potential to mutate and update itself constantly, tuning in to the perceptions that arise from the evolution of human consciousness.
The Natal Chart is the tool we use to work "with ourselves," to "understand ourselves better," to feel more "inner" fulfillment through the recognition of lights and shadows, and potentials. This is absolutely necessary. However, it is no longer sufficient. Inner work is fundamental to the development of healthy bonds with others, with the environment, and with life. The personal process must be integrated into the global process, which is collective.
2020 is coming to an end and Saturn and Jupiter are just about to delight us with the first and last exact conjunction they are making in this year, and that will remain in orb through January and February 2021. It is such a beautiful synchronic event that both social planets should ingress into the sign of Aquarius hand in hand that we cannot but pay close attention to the symbolic implications of this happy (?) "co-incidence".
Freedom is harder than commitment. Why? Well, what would you do with all the freedom? You know what commitment is (don't you?). However, what do you know about freedom? Commitment is easy, whether in relationships, work, etc. Freedom, however, urges you to be real. The naked truth of ALL the Planets of your Natal Chart.
On my Facebook page Urantiam I conducted a survey with 210 people, all in same sex relationships. I affectionately call them gays and “gayvotas”. In my book Synastry I published a survey on 400 homosexuals, as same sex relationships used to be called back then. The purpose was to identify if their natal charts revealed an emphasis of any sort. This survey was also published in France and the United States. The survey was quite different this time around.
Where is genuine freedom? It seems to be in the space between determinism and free will — in the potency of creation, where I believe to be contemporary astrology's place. Potency in the philosophical sense of Spinoza (Potentia) and Nietzsche (Will to Power), which differs from power. Nowadays we can practice an astrology focused on the symbol's potency.
I have been "multiple" – rather – I was born multiple. Vastness is what moves, be it in the skies, sea, in the land, or in work. Someone named Henry VI, said (via Shakespeare) "Ignorance is the plague of God. Knowledge is the wing which allows one to fly into the skies". My goal has always been the skies (heaven), while at the same time keeping one foot on earth, i.e. – a stretch.
Should I marry this person? Is this job right for me? What would be a good time for me to have plastic surgery? If your astrological practice is anything like mine, these are just a few of the questions you might receive from clients who come to you for insight into the workings of their lives. Years ago, I would have done my best to answer such questions and come up with some sort of definitive "yes" or "no" response.
Erin Sullivan pleaded for keeping our ideas about gender out of the horoscope very early on. She recommends that we, in the tradition of western astrology, allow our collective psyche to be more differentiated and acknowledge that there are more possibilities for shaping interpersonal relationships than the model "heterosexual man loves heterosexual woman". Meridian wanted to know how exactly she meant that, and asked her for an interview.
How can we find a profession that really fits our needs? How can we recognise our true vocation? It is not always easy to find the right job because in many cases circumstances confront us with difficulties that influence our choice.
Perhaps a Biblical Scholar can quote the precise chapter and verse where Scripture identifies deception as Evil's most effective tool and enduring weapon. Evil personified assumes the form of Satan or the devil. Described in colorful ways by various cultures, the common denominator that best defines this entity is its power to seduce. Put plainly: evil conjures the ultimate sales pitch.
