Archives for August 2016

Mercury Retrograde Redux

August 28, 2016 By Realm of Astrology 4 Comments

Photo: IWC Photo on Flickr. Statue of Mercury in the Louvre.

Oh no, Mercury retrograde is just around the corner. This celestial disruption happens 3 times a year; although in 2016 and 2017 we will be experiencing this phenomena 4 times. The heavens have decided that we need to go back to the drawing board, one more time, for the cheap seats in the back.

Mercury rules all things that make our modern world so enjoyable such as; computers, technology, commerce, speech, memory, thinking, the written word, communication of any kind, agreements, contracts, deeds, travel, mechanical moving parts etc.

During these frustrating, jaw-clenching 3 weeks we experience delays, slow-downs and obstacles we did not anticipate that are put on our path. Is this such a bad thing? What could possibly be the purpose of this cosmically-inflicted joke?

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Hark! Eclipse season is upon us!

August 21, 2016 By Realm of Astrology Leave a Comment

September eclipses 2015 — Rahu eating the Sun.

It is that time again. Since ancient times, eclipses have evoked a feeling of ominous foreboding. The mystic seers foretold of apocalyptic endings befalling humanity during this bi yearly celestial event. Sadly, for these ancient seers, honesty may not have been the best job-security policy. Prophesying that the ruler of the land was about to be “eclipsed out” by a more powerful, invading enemy, was certainly not a strategic career move; resulting in more than a mere job loss.

Famous astrologer and physician, Nostradamus, wrote his ecliptic predictions in quatrains to obscure their true meaning from the ever watchful gaze of the ruthless Catherine de’ Medici. He predicted the end of Valois dynasty much to the Queen Mother’s dismay. History paints a picture of a scheming matriarch hellbent on reversing these predictions but, alas, they came to pass. The Valois dynasty died out with their grand matriarch.

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Declinations in Synastry, part 2

August 3, 2016 By Realm of Astrology 2 Comments

Michelle and Barack Obama — Photo: Mark Pinman on Flickr.

Hail to the Chief… and the Mrs! We are closing in on the end of an era. Come 2017 the Obamas will quietly exit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and a chapter of history will come to a nostalgic end.

For the last 8 years, Barack and Michelle Obama have set the tone at the White House with their relaxed and down-to-earth manner. They have broken barriers and stereotypes during their tenure as the first Afro-American President and First Lady.

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