Grandtrines

Astrology is the study of cycles and patterns. What goes around comes back around. It is always interesting to look at where we were the last time a particular planetary return occurred and take stock of where we are now and what we’ve learned in the process. This summer it is time to look at where we were eight years ago, the summer of 2007, as a point of reference to where we are now.

Nearly eight years ago, on August 9, 2007, the housing bubble burst, beginning the Great Global Financial Crisis, which has taken the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. (1) That event was signified astrologically by a Venus retrograde cycle across the cusp of Virgo/Leo which also passed through the rings of Saturn three times (i.e., was conjunct). The planetary alignment for August 9, 2007 shows natal Venus at 29° Leo, Saturn at 26° Leo and…

Independent Sentinel

The Republican candidates make one statement people don’t like and all we hear is they’re finished and their run is over. Hillary Clinton is facing a possible indictment for a very serious crime, but her candidacy is not in jeopardy. Wait until you hear the latest information released.

The FBI has seized Hillary Clinton’s server which we now know did not have an encryption certificate. There’s little doubt that the Chinese and/or Russian’s and/or North Koreans have the information that was on the server. The technician who managed the server did not have security clearance nor did the lawyer who was in possession of the thumb drive with all of Hillary’s data, or at least the data she didn’t delete.

Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered an update on the classified emails. He has been pressing for more information.

Surrender your mind
To the universal visions.
Dream speaks
a language that can only be understood
with sensations.
There is a smoke screen between your awareness and the truth.
Go to music and let the message settle in other ways
Prayers at dawn and love for breakfast.
Keeping the ideal in your minds eyes
A spiritual renewal for the unallocated soul
A daily offering to continuity
Standing at the edge – there is no ending
Only bliss

Foggy Newfoundland coastal landscape

August 14, 2015
7:53 AM PDT / 10:53 AM EDT / 2:53 PM GMT
21 Leo 30

Impulses that have been smoldering all summer catch fire with August’s Leo New Moon. The event takes influences from two overlapping cycles, rolls them into a fireball and hurtles them — and us — forward.

Under normal circumstances, the Leo Moon gives a boost to our egos, playfulness and need for recognition and attention. This time around, the Moon is not merely priming our inner spark. It is     pouring desire and willpower into that spark and catalyzing dramatic developments.

The catalyst angle comes from the New Moon’s tight, easy flow to Uranus, cosmic agent provocateur. Pressures and impulses from the last three years, and from the end of June in particular, are catching fire. (Again.) This link imbues the New Moon with the radically liberating, individuating end of the change imperative that has…

Love is the flavor of the week and of the New Moon 21 degrees of Leo on August 14th. Whether falling in or out of love, there is an expansiveness of heart and soul that moves us to the next level. And whether a love affair with another or a love affair with life, there is so much passion and energy behind each action and sensation that everything may seem brighter, more inspiring, and more worthwhile than ever before.

The New Moon is conjunct Venus as well as Eros, the asteroid named after Venus Aphrodite’s son. This fiery stellium signals an exaltation of all forms of love, affection, and sensuality and it heightens them to the nth degree. Just to make sure we got the drift, Jupiter paired up with Cupido – another of the 4 great Love Asteroids during his entrance into Virgo on the 11th.

This is the…

and the final BLOOD MOON

The upcoming Blood Moon, the last of four in succession since 2014 occurs September 27-28. It’s a Lunar Eclipse in Aries, a full moon, and the image is of werewolves and vampires and powerful magic. A lot of Doomsday fear and hope has been let loose onto a naive public about the Shemitah year. Many messianic fundamentalist Christians  believe Christ is coming back and Orthodox and Hasidic Jews believe that the real Messiah  arrive for the first time..

THE SHEMITAH

The Shemitah cycle has been played up  by various authors one of which is a well known Rabbi.  According to the Orthodox  Jews the Shemitah year is a regular 7 year cycle when no farming is done and the Jews are asked to trust that they will be fed. All debts are forgiven. The real Shemitah year happens on Rosh Hashanah which is September  13 on…