Visual Astrology is the astrology of working with the whole sky. It does not replace the horoscope but rather complements it. In this newsletter we look at the current sky and combine that with the writings from ancient Babylon. At the same time we dip into our historical databases to try and piece together the meanings and messages of the unfolding sky. The VAN is therefore a vehicle of learning. Every month we put forward predictions, ideas and comments and then use the newsletter at a later date to apply the wisdom of retrospect.
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December 2009 |
The Dance of the Lights, the Moon gives a gift to the Sun.
Visiting the solstice and the relationship between the two lights and considering the Jupiter Neptune conjunction at this current solstice and some from history.
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November 2009 |
Nodes, Maps and the Horoscope: The Intentional and the Unintentional. A exploration of the original use and meaning of the nodes of the moon and a suggestion for a more contemporary meaning. |
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October 2009 |
Alfred Nobel and a star named Spica - the cultural embedding of a star's message into our annual calendar. Written with the Stars: the sky narrative in your handwriting. |
| September 2009 |
Threshold Crossers - Empty spaces in the sky have the potential for teaching us about how we deal with times of transition. |
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August 2009 |
When Planets become Enchanted - a consideration of planetary phases and how they challenge the astrological concept of a planet being combust. |
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July 2009 |
To Dare to Dream - An Eclipse with Mercury in the Manger. Considering the forthcoming solar eclipse and its relationship to Mercury. |
| From Turmoil To Challenge. Looking at the Venus Mars on the Horns of the Bull at the time of the eclipse | |
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June 2009 |
A skyscape and a man: the Snake, the Crab and the Bear. An exploration of a part of the sky which is focused on all issues to do with the life of planet Earth. |
| Facing Facies: Green Passion or Red Devil? A look at Facies, the nebula in the face of Sagittarius, within the charts of two environmentalists: Thomas Berry and James Lovelock. | |
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May 2009 |
Saviours need not apply ... A wild card, Nibiru Jupiter, combines with Neptune in the stars of Aquarius, as it did in 1843, to produce dreams, hopes, fears and failure. |
| The Mirage. How a Nibiru Jupiter operates in a natal chart. | |
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April 2009 |
The Knot of Heaven, its story and its history. A look at the faint star Al Rescha and its role in the heavens in 4th century BC and how its rich symbolism has been embedded in our culture. |
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March 2009 |
Four Lives and a Funeral. Stars that talk of Loss - Zosma, Diadem, Sirius and Alphecca. The stories of stars that are symbolic of loss or sacrifice. |
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February 2009 |
When Planets Gather - a exploration of when planets gather before the rising sun. |
| Chesley Sullenberger: Miracle on the Hudson. | |
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January 2009 |
A place and a time: the inauguration of US Presidents. The history of the location and timing of US presidential inaugurations. |
| When the Crown Prince becomes a King: the journey of Barack Obama. A look at Barack Obama's predictive work through the lens of visual astrology and fixed star parans for his first year in office. | |
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December 2008 |
Happy Birthday Christmas Card - the Visual Astrology of the history of the Christmas card, and the man behind it. |
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November 2008 |
The Symplegades - when the world changes. A look at one of the sky markers of change in our own lives, as well as in the emerging story of the world. |
| Barack Obama's Outer Planet Parans - a different look at the chart of the new USA president | |
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October 2008 |
The Bull and the Bear - the New York Stock Exchange as one's visual astrology client. |
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September 2008 |
Standing in the Radiance of Venus -
A visual astrology view of the US presidential elections and its
self-imposed union with Venus.
Sympathy versus Hubris - The sky maps of John McCain and Barack Obama Later Note: This newsletter correctly predicted the Democrat's winning the White House based on the current sky narrative. This is also the newsletter that predicts the Democrats holding the White House until 3rd November 2020. |
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August 2008 |
The Eclipse, the Swallows and Crop Circles - Cosmos and Culture in the wheat fields. Examining the Saros cycle and history of the forthcoming lunar eclipse of 16th August which appears to be the subject of crop circles in the wheat fields of western England. |
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July 2008 |
Equus naissance - A new view of the sky horses, Pegasus and Equuleus. |
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June 2008 |
Venus and her dance as the Snake Charmer; exploring the 243 year cycle of retrograde loops of Venus and the manner in which they reach stars that no other planet can move into which gives rise to Venus contributing to the collective theme of an era. |
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May 2008 |
The Stare of Cetus… continued. Further exploration of this fascinating phenomenon in natal as well as mundane astrology. |
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April 2008 |
Harry Patch, the last Tommy and 'The Stare of Cetus'. 'All it takes is someone switching on the light ...’ Looking at the part of the zodiac between 5 adn 20 Taurus which receives the stare of Cetus the sea monster. |
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March 2008 |
The Great One,
Aquarius - five who bathe in his urn and two who stole from it…. Looking at Aquarius in visual astrology via the charts of billon dollar people. |
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February 2008 |
Pluto
- its pathway through the heavens. As Pluto moves into the tropical
sign of Capricorn but it also cuts a unique pathway through the
constellations. Chart consultation using Visual Astrology. How valid is it to use ancient terminology with a client? |
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January 2008
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Loops
in the Sky: when planets tarry. A consideration of planetary
retrograde loops in visual astrology. “Two households both alike in dignity…" A consideration of two charts both containing Venus square Neptune. The use of the parans to Venus as a way of clarifying and extending our understanding. |
| December 2007 | The Chart, the Sky and the Stars - Mars flees from Cetus the monster. Working with a chart at three levels, the horoscope, the sky narrative and the star myths. |
November 2007 |
Tipping Point People a look at two men and their stars The mundane and natal stars of the WWII pilot who was the commander of the mission that bombed Hiroshima and the atomic bomb designer, Robert Oppenheimer - a look into collective star themes. |
| October 2007 | A focus on Myanmar (Burma) Monks and Moons a country's pattern of lunar eclipses. A study of a nation's relationship to lunar eclipses. Aung San Suu Kyi : a women who holds the hopes of a nation and rules from the underworld. Focusing on star in paran with her natal Mars. |
| September 2007 | A strong King employs a henchman
to remove a threat, and the weather turns cold and wet…
Saturn joins Regulus as Mars rides the horns of the bull. Alice, Frodo and Harry: a sojourn into Ras Alhague - a insight into the heliacal rising and helical setting stars. |
| August 2007 | A special issue focusing on reading
a natal chart The Chart, the Sky and the Stars - A guide to reading a chart visually. |
| July 2007 | Terrorism and the Stars - A cocktail of planets with aggression, victims and idealism. A examination of the astrology of terrorism via its history and through the lens of fixed stars. |
| June 2007 | "What is this love by which
Istar loves the king, my lord...." A look at the Saturn,
Venus and Moon combination happening in June and July. StarLogos - There and Back Again. A re cap of the Visual Astrology Conference in South Africa. |
| May 2007 | Three Goodbyes... When the snake and the lion walk the land - Considering how the leaders of Europe are changing in the light of the March 2007 article the lunar eclipse visible over Europe. |
| April 2007 | The Hare and the Eggs… a sky
story - The mythology of the constellation of Lepus the hare
and the practice of Easter. An Egg and Three Kisses: A case study of Fabergé and the Russian Easter Eggs. |
| March 2007 | A Shuffling of Crowns - A Blood
Moon over Europe - The lunar eclipse visible over Europe. Born under an eclipse: The Man Who Would be King. Looking at a natal chart. |
| February 2007 | When beggars die, there are no comets
seen - unpacking comets in astrology. Facies, the pain of arrows - a case study of the nebula Facies when linked to a chart. |
| January 2007 | Algol - Where is it? - A few
brief notes on Algol's narrative. Algol - The bright star in the head of the Gorgon - A case study of Algol in a person's chart. |
| December 2006 | Sulpa'e, the return of the crown
prince - one of the many faces of Jupiter in visual astrology.
Jupiter returns to the sky this month as an angry prince. The Founder of the Contemporary Environmental Movement named - a look at Jupiter in the chart of Rachel Carson. |
| November 2006 | The King stands alone - Saturn
standing alone in the night sky and its link to 1946 and the theme
of trials concerning crimes against humanity. The Great Southern Fish - The Royal Stars of Persia, Fomahault. The last of the four Royal Stars that we have been profiling all this year. |
| October 2006 | The Stars of an Empress still shine
Chrysanthemum Throne - a brief update on the feelings of the
Japanese people on the issues of succession now that a male heir
has been born. Zosma – the Broken Back of the Lion, a lever for change. A focus Leo and the point where the great lion's will is broken - Zosma a star associated with difficulties or dealing with change. |
| September 2006 | Eclipses - Babylonian sky religion captured in our culture. - A look at the origin of the meanings of eclipses based on the power of the Moon god, Sin, and how this has influenced the astrological thinking around the nature of eclipses. |
| August 2006 | A Middle East Re Cap - a quick
re look at the sky and the reason as to why the Visual Astrology
is suggesting that the conflict will escalate with other players
entering the arena as Jupiter moves into the stars of Scorpio As Above so Below, Cities in the Sky - A consideration of the sky imagery reflected in the reflection of the earth below and the sky above in the imagery of the earth at night as well as in the flags of many nations. |
| July 2006 | Star Phases, The Helical Setting Star and Curtailed passage - The Ascent and Descent of the Soul. - A feature full newsletter article about the meaning of your Heliacal Setting star and any stars that you have in the phase of Curtailed Passage. |
| June 2006 | The Seven Years’ War, the
World Cup and a Looming Nergal. - A comparison with the next
6 months with the astrology of the Seven Years War of 1756. Later note: This newsletter talks of a conflict similar to the Seven Years War breaking out in mid July 2006. The newsletter hoped that the World Cup a battle between nations would be enough to "soak up the energy" however it has come to pass that the Middle East of 2006 is the Europe of 1756. This newsletter indicates that the hostilities between Israel and Lebanon will escalate later in the year. When Saturn Dances with the Stars. Predictive work with fixed stars and a client's Saturn transits. |
| May 2006 | Under the Beams or not... - a reconsideration of the traditional techniques of combust and under the beams from the position of visual astrology. The Royal Stars of Persia - A focus on Aldebaran. The third of four articles exploring the royal stars of Persia through their mythology and activity in the charts of famous people. |
| April 2006 | Nergal’s Story – A
Mesopotamian look at Mars and his descent into the Underworld.
An insight into another approach to the delineation of Mars in a
natal chart.
A Man, A Vision and the Edge of History. A look at the chart of Ehud Olmert, Israel’s new Prime Minister, and an appreciation of his skill as a leader via the fixed stars that are linked into his natal chart. |
| March 2006 | To Draw Down the Moon - When the Moon reaches out. A look at the ancient concept of drawing down the Moon and linking this to the cycle of lunar stand stills. Isadora Duncan – Born with a Witches' Moon. A case study of Isadora Duncan's chart as an example of the possible meanings of a natal "drawn down" moon. Notes: Comets in Visual Astrology and Lunar Standstills |
| February 2006 | Venus changes places and a Little
Girl seeks the Chrysanthemum Throne. An examination of the
role of Venus in Mesopotamian astrological thought and its implications
for Princess Aiko of Japan.
The Royal Stars of Persia - A focus on Regulus. The second of four articles exploring the royal stars of Persia through their mythology and activity in the charts of famous people. |
| January 2006 | The Prince takes the Crown -
The 1000 year cycle of Saturn, Jupiter and the Full Moon.
An examination of a sky story that implies a shift of power from
"king" to "prince". The Royal Stars of Persia - A focus on Antares. The first of four articles exploring the royal stars of Persia through their mythology and activity in the charts of famous people. |
| December 2005 | The Star of Bethlehem, shepherds,
a manger and those kings... A sky myth in our culture. Looks
at the two Bible stories of the nativity and suggests that Babylonian
and Hellenistic sky element are contained in the story.
A Chorus from Christmas Past. Two men claim authorship of the poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas". This case study looks at the fixed star myths linked with each man's natal Mercury. |
| November 2005 | The Rhythm of a City; using a parapegma
in the 21st century. The use of the annual pattern of heliacal
rising stars that are unique for a given latitude to gain insights
into the pulse of a city or place.
Rosa Parks, the woman who sat down to be counted. Considers some of the stars connected with the chart of the first black woman to lie in honour in the vast circular room under the Capitol dome, USA. |
| October 2005 | The Moon sets with Unwashed Feet.
The visual astrology of the lunar eclipse of the 17 October, 2005,
and its mundane implications.
Simon Wiesenthal – Beyond The Final Solution. A tribute to a remarkable man who had Facies as his heliacal rising star and Algol as his heliacal setting star. |
| September 2005 | Two storms, two wars and two Georges
- storms in visual astrology. Looks at hurricane Katrina through
the eyes of a Mesopotamian priest.
New Orleans: the other side of brilliance. The role of Sirius, the brightest star in the sky, in the founding of the city of New Orleans in March, 1718, and its cultural and historical implications following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. |
| August 2005 | The Stars, the Horizon and the
Sun.Explores the unique relationship that the stars have to
place and how this leads to Star Phases. The heliacal rising star
is defined with suggestions as to its role in post-modern astrology.
A Woman wears a Crown. Considers Alphecca, the Crown of Thorns, as the heliacal rising star in the case study of a woman in grief. |
| July 2005 | Nergal claims the empty sky: a
return to the summer of 1800 - A comparison of the sky map
of the year 1800 when Napoleon was conquering Europe with the sky
map of the summer of 2005. Both times have Mars bright as the only
planet in the summer evening skies. Later note: This newsletter warned of the potential of the re-emergence of terrorism in Europe in July and August, 2005 “For there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” (Hamlet, Act 2 Sc.II) - A case study of a two year old's Mercury giving insight into her great love of learning and the frustrations of her current lack of articulated language, as well as her future intellectual pursuits and interest. |
| June 2005 | The King, the Prize, the Rumour
and the Merchant. A detailed step-by-step examination of the
current Saturn, Venus and Mercury conjunction of June, 2005 and
a prediction based on the celestial events of 1940. Later note: London correctly predicted as winning the bid for the 2012 games. Sky Maps and Medieval Astrology. A case study mixing a medieval technique of prediction with star parans. |
| May 2005 | The Old Man, Marduk and the Moon
god, Sin. Pope Benedict XVI - how his natal sky map adds an
ancient narrative to his Pisces Jupiter.
To Relate or Not To Relate… A case study of using sky maps and predictive work. |
| April 2005 | Alignment instead of Conjunction.
Revisiting of some astrological terms.
To Dance with the Devil in the Pale Moon Light. Considers the astrological meaning of the Moon's occultation to Antares, a 19 year cycle of intensity. Natal Sky Stories. Looks at the picture in the sky at the moment of birth to gain insight into the expression of natal aspects. |
| March 2005 | Who Rides in the Fiery Boat of the
Sun? Uses visual astrology to look at the question of of the
great Astrological Ages and yields new ideas on the timing of the
Age of Aquarius.
The Tale of Two Suns. A look at the charts of Katherine Hepburn and Cate Blanchett whose lives are linked by more than an Oscar and two Taurus Suns. |
| February 2005 | The Moon and the Gathering of Kings.
An article about the forthcoming event of the Moon rising higher than Saturn while both are in Cancer and its links to 1914 and 1945. Later note: The death of John Paul II correctly predicted from the sky map. Condoleezza Rice - Mars rising on the back of Capricorn. A case study of the (then) newly appointed USA's national security adviser. |
| January 2005 | An Introduction to Visual Astrology The Asian tsunami - The Sun stands still and the Earth moves. Links the Asian tsunami of 26th December, 2004, and the tsunami of 23rd December, 1964.
Mercury with Betelgeuse and Acumen. A case study examining a man's powerful rising Mercury in rulership in paran with Betelgeuse and Acumen. |