Donald Trump and the USA Chart
Originally published in The Mountain Astrologer, Feb/Mar 2017 With his progressed Sun moving into his first house (significant beginnings) and Jupiter trining his Sun/Uranus for most of 2017, Donald Trump’s electoral success makes astrological sense. This is the year of his Jupiter Return, a year to cash in on many fronts (2nd house). Cardinal Cross But it […]
Apocalyptic Comic Strip, Part 1
Nobody told this brain-washed Manchurian Candidate that he was supposed to shoot the president, not grab the throne for himself. — Iain Sinclair Donald J. Trump is like a figure in an apocalyptic comic strip, created for us by gods(1) who decided we were too slow to get the point via more subtle means. Up until last […]
Happiness Report
Have you heard of the World Happiness Report? It sounds like a children’s book, or a fantasy movie: too charming and healthy to be a real thing. But it is. It’s an annual document compiled by the U.N. (1) The most recent one came out last month on the Vernal Equinox, the first day of the zodiacal year. From this date, astrologers infer […]
Right Use of Power
The US Pluto Return Originally published in The Mountain Astrologer, 2014. None of us will live long enough to experience a personal Pluto Return. It takes this planet around 250 years to cycle through the zodiac. But Americans will experience a Pluto Return collectively, in 2022, when this tiny clump of power reaches the degree of […]
People over Profit
Occupy Wall Street Originally published in The Mountain Astrologer, 2011. Throughout 2011, astrologers have watched the Uranus and Pluto square approaching like a revolutionary advance guard.1 Everywhere in the world, infrastructures are crumbling in the face of this long-awaited transit. The epochal Arab Spring has segued into winter; the European Union threatens to break apart at […]
Welcome to the Kakistocracy
Sisters and brothers, it’s time to shake off our spiritual hangover from November. Things are happening very fast since the Clown Prince was inaugurated. A high level of alertness is required right now. No small feat, maintaining alertness during times like these. But by astrological logic, there’s a link between the intensity of world events […]
Jan 2017
A Well-Crafted Poem
2017 begins with a lesson about the fictional nature of reality. The Mars-Neptune conjunction on New Year’s Day asks us to accept that the world is slippery and unknowable. The best approach is a bemused spiritual detachment: to stand outside of events, in observation mode. If our behavior (Mars) vacillates and equivocates right now (Neptune), […]
Oct 2016
Keeping Us on Our Toes
Don’t get comfortable. We aren’t supposed to be settling in, right now. The transits upon us are not about complacency, they’re about mass destabilization; and the more on-board we are with them, the more creative we will be. Things are rocking and shifting. Our goal should be to align ourselves with the tumult, and let […]
Jul 2016 Preview
Gunning for Change
We don’t hear much about the Cardinal Cross anymore, but during the first part of July it surges back into life. Our Big Issues – the ones we’ve been confronting since 2010 — will rear their heads… To read the full Skywatch subscribe now.
The Gag Candidate
A Trump U. employee was seen carrying a life-size cutout of its founder into their Manhattan offices. When asked what it was for, he explained that those who signed up for classes were promised a picture with Donald Trump upon graduating. But Trump was traveling, so the students were going to pose with the cutout […]