Patrick Watson

How to Ask Good Horary Questions

Horary is an interrogational astrological discipline, whereby a question can be answered by interpreting the positions of the planets in the sky at the moment the question is understood. Throughout the history of horary astrology, astrologers developed and reported “considerations before judgment” and aphorisms about horary questions. I believe the main impact of these considerations

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New Astrology Podcast: “I Love Astrology” by Nick Dagan Best

Nick Dagan Best aka the Human Ephemeris, (a veteran astrologer and a mentor of mine) has just launched a new astrology podcast called “I Love Astrology”. He asked me to co-host with him for the first episode and I was happy to oblige. The theme of the first episode was oil, and he conducted three great interviews with Laurence Jones,

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Birth Times of the 2016 US Presidential Candidates

(CONTINUALLY UPDATING, MOST RECENTLY UPDATED 6/20/15) The 2016 US presidential election primary campaign is entering full swing! Now that most of the expected candidates have announced, I wanted to create a list where anyone can reference the birth data of the candidates (of the two major parties) in one place. According to Astrodatabank’s compilation of US birth certificate

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Numbers and Natures: A Theoretical Basis for the Astrological Qualities of the Planets

Over the course of my studies in astrology, I learned as one does about the organizing principles behind signs, houses, rulerships, exaltations, joys, aspects, sect, etc. The internal logic is remarkably consistent and each part relates to the other in one cohesive, elegant whole. However, it began to nag at me that in one particular

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Saturn in Sagittarius: The Skeptic, the Architect and the Luddite

“I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a Sagittarius and we’re skeptical.” -Arthur C. Clarke ((Ratcliffe, Susan. Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2010. 348. Print.)) Saturn entered the tropical sign of Sagittarius on December 23rd 2014. It will briefly regress back into Scorpio on June 16th 2015. It will re-ingress into Sagittarius on

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