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When Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election in 2017, there was some consternation among Zodiacal Releasing enthusiasts that Macron’s victory did not appear to be indicated by his Zodiacal Releasing from the Lot of Spirit. This is because angular Zodiacal Releasing periods are correlated with “peaks” in one’s career, and one would expect that […]

It’s now officially autumn/fall, so we’re basically in Halloween season now. One of my favorite things about the Halloween season is watching scary movies. Being an astrologer, I’ve gotten into the habit of categorizing characters or the main themes of a film in terms of astrological archetypes. And while a listicle about horror movies and […]

Astrology Skeptic: The tropical and sidereal zodiacs have drifted about 24 degrees apart. How can modern astrologers using the sidereal zodiac and the tropical zodiac both be right? Astrologer:… We need a good answer to this question. Most astrologers, even if they’re exclusively tropical or sidereal, don’t want to write off the other as just […]

TL;DR: Starbucks debuted its beloved sweet fall drink, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, at a time when the planets associated with sweetness and popularity (Venus and Jupiter) were conjunct the Sun in the sign of Virgo, the harbinger of the seasonal transition from summer to harvest and autumnal festivities. It’s another new September in early 21st […]

When I first heard the news that Disney was launching its new streaming service Disney+ on November 12th 2019, I immediately noticed that this is essentially the date of the next Sun-Mercury interior conjunction in Scorpio, the eye of the storm of the next Mercury retrograde period. Mercury is the planet of communications, commercial enterprises, […]

Like most of you, every time I see another mass shooting on the news, I’m thinking the exact same thing you are. When will this ever stop? Having grown up in Europe, the American obsession with guns is particularly bewildering and mildly terrifying. Seeing how this obsession can override even the most modest of reform proposals […]

You might have seen me peddling this “Hellenistic Planetary Divisions Calculator” and thought “wut”. Then maybe you gave it a chance, forked over $25, got your copy, opened it and thought “wut”. So I figure that I should offer more of an explanation for why this calculator is useful and definitely worth at least $25. […]

I have had many clients solicit electional consultations with me to determine the best time for them to get married. Several of them had timeframes that coincided with the 2020 Venus Retrograde in Gemini. In most cases, I tried to avoid electing times during the Venus Retrograde, but sometimes I didn’t. (Gasp! What a rebel!) […]

I should disclose that I began my journey in astrology using the tropical zodiac and Placidus houses. After learning about Hellenistic astrology in 2006, I switched to Whole Sign Houses for every area of my astrological practice – natal, horary, electional, etc. So in fairness to you as the reader, it’s important for you to […]

One issue Whole Sign House users run into from time to time is the varying house placement of the MC/IC axis. Most of the time it’s in the 10th/4th,  but many times it can be in the 9th/3rd, 11th/5th, the 12th/6th, 8th/2nd and even the 1st/7th and 7th/1st!!! Indeed, this is one of the main […]