Dear Friend and Reader:
Our Friday edition of Planet Waves Astrology News went out to subscribers. The lead is called “Crossing the Borders and Boundaries of Time,” and it’s an introduction to Chiron and astrology as a healing art. This is followed by our article from Planet Wiki introducing the basics of Chiron, with additional links. We also have Judith Gayle’s weekly essay and my weekly horoscope.
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Tonight I begin a four-day workshop called “Demystifying Astrology” at the Omega Institute across the Hudson River in Rhinebeck, so I’m spending the day preparing for this. I won’t be blogging from Omega, so the next time you hear from me will be Monday night.
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I’ll catch you late Monday night with a rundown of what I learned at Omega.
Have a safe and sane holiday weekend.
Aspects for Friday 23 May 2008
Mars (7+ Leo) sesquiquadrate Uranus (22+ Pisces)
Apollo enters Leo (direct)
Apollo (0 Leo) trine Aries Point (0 Aries)
Venus (27+ Taurus) sesquiquadrate Atlantis (12+ Libra Rx)
Pallas (1+ Taurus) quincunx M87 (1+ Libra)
Eros (12+ Gemini) trine Atlantis (12+ Libra Rx)
Asbolus (4+ Taurus) sesquiquadrate Logos (19+ Virgo Rx)
Sisyphus (8+ Libra Rx) sextile Pholus (8+ Sagittarius Rx)
Venus (27+ Taurus) square Orcus (27+ Leo)
Ceres (21+ Gemini) sesquiquadrate Chariklo (6+ Scorpio Rx)
Eros (12+ Gemini) septile Eris (21+ Aries)
Mercury (21+ Gemini) trine Chiron (21+ Aquarius)
Sun (2+ Gemini) semisquare Varuna (17+ Cancer)
Ceres (22+ Gemini) quincunx Jupiter (22+ Capricorn Rx)
Oracle for Jan. 31, 2003 – Sagittarius – Weekly
The seeming detachment for which Sagittarians are famous is but a thin veil over how much compassion and awareness you carry for what happens on the cosmic physical plane. It’s just not always that easy for you to express, and sometimes a little challenging to access the feelings in the odd language of Earth emotions. But may the world know that you surely do feel them — that is, that you feel yourself, and feel, beyond that, feel and experience your connection to the greater spheres. You have the power to make this very personal right now. You have the power to turn the fury and chaos of human emotion to soft, penetrating soul.