I explore the stark astrological alignments coinciding with the escalating global oil crisis, which is rapidly accelerating as Mars and Saturn form a conjunction in the sky, and also discuss how Saturn-Neptune conjunctions are tied into the history of oil: youtu.be/qmYGY8kU0tI
The Mars-Saturn conjunction is building up now, and tensions will escalate after Mars moves into Aries tomorrow.
I'm looking for examples of what happens in a person's life when a transit to a birth chart placement goes exact within one degree. Example: the day Mars squared my IC, a major leak started in the ceiling of my home. If you have a good one give me a brief synopsis in response to this post!
April astrology calendar
I trace the origins of midpoints in astrology back to two students of Placidus, who first introduced the technique in the 17th century: youtu.be/EfFK61RenOg
Her work was characterized by her rigorous and academic approach to traditional astrology, and her unapologetic attitude towards following her heart and interests even when it set her apart helped to shape the astrological community into what it is today.
Lee was also one of the few openly gay astrologers in a time when it was not yet as easy or accepted to be in the astrological community.
She had a long list of accolades in our community, such as winning a Regulus award, being the first horary astrologer to win the Marc Edmund Jones Award, and being involved in a leadership capacity in different organizations.
Her 2002 book The Martial Art of Horary Astrology is still a particularly brilliant work on Renaissance style horary.
I first learned horary from Lee at Kepler College, where she was deeply involved as a dean and instructor in their degree program. That's why the main episode I did on horary, episode 116 of The Astrology Podcast, was with Lee.
Astrologer Lee Lehman passed away yesterday. Lee was one of the pioneers in the early revival of traditional astrology, from the mid-1980s onward. She was particularly well-known for her work on horary astrology, which she helped to re-popularize in the United States.
...coincided with the Wall Street Crash of 1929. It also happened in 1978/9 during the Iranian Revolution and subsequent oil crisis.
The Mercury-Mars conjunction today is the fourth in a rare series of five conjunctions, a cluster that only forms every 15-17 years. The most notable recent example was in 2008/09 when the Global Financial Crisis hit, which was itself an exact 79-year repetition of when this same series...
Ileana Reyes the show to talk about childhood astrology, and how placements in the twelve houses are experienced early in life:
youtu.be/5qvipmTitns
The retrograde Mercury-Mars conjunction in Pisces is coinciding with an escalating conflict over the closure of shipping lanes due to the war, and the ripple effects that has on the global economy.
Yeah it is really weird, I did a double take when I first noticed. There is something similar with the Leo-Aquarius series.
Tonight's eclipse in Virgo is part of a series of eclipses that started in 2024 and will last until early 2027, marking a period of major endings and new beginnings in both world events and in our personal lives, particularly in the Virgo-Pisces sectors of our birth chart.
Eclipse season peaks tonight with a Blood Moon total lunar eclipse in Virgo
All three world leaders in the current war were born the day of an eclipse:
🪐 Trump: Jun 14, 1946: Lunar Eclipse
🪐 Netanyahu: Oct 21, 1949 Solar Eclipse
🪐 Khamenei: Apr 19, 1939: Solar Eclipse
The next eclipse happens tonight, in the wake of Khamenei's death.
Planetary alignments from the past that are recurring in the sky now:
🪐 1953: Saturn-Neptune: US coup overthrows leader of Iran
🪐 1979: Eclipse in Virgo: Creation of current government in Iran begins
🪐 1989: Saturn-Neptune: Supreme leader of Iran dies
🪐 2025: Mars-Uranus square: 12-Day War in Iran
March Astrology Forecast:
youtu.be/kILo6zBNkoo
Mercury is now retrograde in Pisces for the next 3 weeks: expect miscommunications, delays, and technical snafus
Mars-Uranus square incoming
Saturn and Neptune formed a rare conjunction in the sky today, marking the end of a 37 year cycle that started in 1989, and the beginning of a new one that lasts until 2061
Saturn-Neptune conjunctions in birth charts: youtu.be/j_3rNcEZKVs
Eclipses and Downfalls: The Astrology Behind the Fall of Public Figures: youtu.be/MFdPdsFJFpI
Eclipses are traditionally associated with the downfall of prominent people, and with the news stories lately I think we can see why
Today's solar eclipse in Aquarius opens a new series of eclipses that will last through 2028. Major endings and new beginnings in the Leo-Aquarius houses in your chart.
Saturn in Aries
Christopher Columbus was born on a Saturn-Neptune conjunction in 1451, and he first pitched the idea of exploring a new route to the Indies to the Spanish royals on a Saturn-Neptune conjunction recurrence in 1486.