Planetary Change - What's Coming Up Soon?

Astrology is both an individually experienced phenomenon, and something that transcends many groups. Every person may have a differentastrology reading … but when Mercury goes retrograde, or Jupiter moves into Aries, we are all affected. Today we look at some of the planetary events that re upcoming in the near future. Remember that the near future in astrological terms means something quite different than what it means to your two-year-old, though!

The Sun

As with many of the close planets, the Sun is currently in Aries. It entered the sign on March 20, and will leave on April 20.

Mercury

Mercury, the planet of communication, is currently in Aries also … watch out for overly direct personal interactions! It entered on March 17, and leaves on April 2.

Venus

The planet of love is also in Aries , busy making people bold, direct and more than a little pfiery in their most important relationships. Not for long though - it leaves on March 31.

Mars

Mars is currently in the sign of Leo. As we start making our way out to the planets that are further from the Sun, the intervals start lengthening - Mars will leave :eo and enter Virgo on June 7, 2010.

Jupiter

Jupiter is in Pisces until June 6 this year - with both Mars and Jupiter moving at around the same time, there may be upheaval in some areas of life. Jupiter re-enters Pisecs on September 9 this year, and then leaves again on Jan. 22, 2011.

Saturn

Saturn is currently in Libra … and if you follow the old advice that the only good place for Saturn is in someone else's chart or someone else's sky, you'll see it leave Libra and enter Scorpio on April 7. Not long to wait!

Chiron

Chiron is in Aquarius until April 20 this year, leaving at the same time the Sun changes signs. The question of how to fit into society is likely to be prominent in many people's lives.

Uranus

Fortunately, for many people the questions won't have to wait long to be resolved - Uranus is in Pisces, illuminating the path ahead. Uranus will leave Pisces sometimes between May this year and March next year, but until then, expect most things you know to be upended!

Neptune

Neptune will remain in Aquarius for a while yet - until April 4, 2011. But when you consider that it has been in Aquarius since January 1998, change is truly afoot! Political revision, illusion and confusion has abounded. Soon that will change … but how?!

Pluto

Little old Pluto transitioned into Capricorn in 2008, and there she shall remain until 2023.

As always, check in with your personal astrology reading to get a better idea of how all this upcoming change will affect you!

The Answer is In Front of my Eyes

Sometimes life takes twists and turns that we just can’t seem to get a handle on. My life seemed to be just like that; constantly up and down without any real rhythm to it. I was at another one of those crossroads trying to decide if I would take a new job in another city or just stay put where I was. Out of sheer desperation to get some kind of guidance I went to get an astrological reading. I was amazed at how much this person told me about myself just by knowing my date of birth.

When I asked this lady what I should do in this situation she told me I had unfinished business in this city and if I left now it would always be gnawing at me. I really had no idea what she meant by that but it sure sounded like I shouldn’t take the new job. After talking to her I found an astrology online site and got another reading. That reading also said something about unfinished business and the best thing for my future would to stay where I was. That was enough for me; I turned down the new job and stayed in this city where I had lived for most of my life.

Two weeks later I ran into a guy I went to college with whom I hadn’t seen in over five years. We had been somewhat of an item in college but broke it off just before graduation because he was going on to medical school and I was taking a job at the firm I am working at now. We talked for over an hour and come to find out he had just moved back into the city and was working at the hospital just a few blocks from my apartment. One thing led to another and we began dating again and then got engaged just a few weeks ago. Seems that astrological reading I got turned out to be right on target.

Behind your Sign

A lot of people will take a passing glance at what their daily horoscope says but usually don’t pay a lot of attention to it; most of the time they will happen across it in the far sections of the newspaper. I was one of those people who would read it and make a sarcastic comment about it and then just laugh it off. But then I began doing some research behind astrological readings and learned that there is a lot more to it than just a few lines in a newspaper.

I found a few really good astrology online sites that really explain the whole process of readings and how our birth signs really have major effects in our lives. If we would pay attention to the signs and make decisions according to what our readings state for that day, many people will find that it is really remarkable how close and accurate those readings are.

There are a lot of people who rely on their zodiac readings when making important decisions. If the signs aren’t right they will wait on a major decision until the signs are right. There have been some tested and true experiments by people who didn’t listen to their readings and ended up regretting the decisions they made. I am a true believer now and I consult my readings every day especially if I have major decisions to make in my life.

So many people think of horoscope readings as nothing more than just a joke and I have to admit that I was clearly one of those people who never took it seriously. I’m now a true believer because I can see how it can really benefit my life to understand what is going on each day according to my astrological sign.

I’m a Water Sign

A lot of my friends make fun of me because I am very serious about astrology and what is predicted for me according to my astrological sign. Where some people will just read what is written in a newspaper, I get a lot more in depth about it. People tend to think it’s a bunch of hocus-pocus but there is a real science around astrology and a great deal of truth to be found in it.

It goes way beyond just reading your daily horoscope; it’s about how the planets are aligned and how that affects our moods and personalities. I wrote a paper in college about the different personality traits according to astrological signs. I interviewed 50 different people; many of them I didn’t know very well and asked them was what their birth signs were. I also asked them 25 questions concerning their personalities and habits. After I got all the information from all the people I compared everybody who had the same sign. Amazingly they all displayed similar traits as others who had their same sign.

There have been many times that I consulted a professional who does personal astrology readings when I needed a little guidance as to what path I should take at a certain time in my life. It’s not that I don’t think I can make a decision on my own but sometimes I just need confirmation in knowing I am making the right choice. On those few occasions that I disregarded the advice, the choice I made turned out to not be the best choice.

I have gathered a great deal of good information about astrology online. I urge other people to do the research for yourself and not just take my word for it. There is a lot of truth in the science of astrology and I know it has helped me many times in my life.

Celebrity Natal Charts: Johnny Rotten

There are very few people in the world that don’t at least recognize the name Johnny Rotten ... he was discovered by the record company spitting at people as they walked along a central London street, telling them they were sheep. He was the driving personality in the Sex Pistols, and continued with a very successful musical career. Today we delve a little deeper into what makes Johnny Rotten tick, with a look at his natal chart.

Basic details - Johnny Rotten's personal astrological reading

Here are the base details that astrologers use to calculate different facets of Johnny Rotten's personality:

Born: January 31, 1956, unknown time (noon is often used when the time of birth isn't known)

In: London

Sun: 10°36 Aquarius

Moon:2°53 Libra

Dominant elements in Johnny Rotten's natal chart

Three of the elements are actually very evenly split in Johnny Rotten's natal cart, with 36% Air, 30% water, and 34% fire. The air in his chart suggests skill in communication as well as mobility, while the fire shows a strong intuition, courage, energy and enthusiasm. If you've ever seen videos of Johnny Rotten performing (or the real thing, for that matter), you'll certainly be able to identify the fire element with his public persona.

However, there are no earth elements represented in his chart - the average is 25%. This indicates little interest in materialism, which is certainly consistent with what we know of him, and as idealistic as this sounds, it can definitely cause problems with appreciating the realities of a situation.

Dominant modes in Johnny Rotten's natal chart

The fixed mode is that most emphasized in Johnny Rotten's natal chart, with 43% of the modes set as fixed. This indicates a willingness to be the hardworking and stable one. This is quite obviously tempered with the 31% mutable modes ... Johnny Rotten has changed his musical style several times, very publicly, though his base values remain the same.

Dominant planets

The dominant planets in Johnny Rotten's natal chart are Uranus, Venus and Mercury. The Uranian influence creates Rotten's independence, originality and freedom, as well as that oh-so-visible rebellious streak! Venus shows he has passion, and Mercury his skill in communication, which is very evident when he is being interviewed - he is quite an articulate soul, for all that his ideas are non-standard.

Solving the Twin Problem in Astrology

The twin problem is one of the most persistent in astrological readings. Since the school of thought relies on birth times as a predictor of personality, and twins almost always have roughly the same birth time (in cases where they are born by Caesarian, birth times are usually identical to within one or two minutes). However, there are plenty of examples of twins all over the world who have very different personalities and have taken very different paths in the world. Today we explore some reasons for that, and explain why the twin problem isn’t a problem at all, merely an astrological phenomenon.

The Short Answer

A personal astrological reading has many different possibilities' contained within it. Sometimes these are conflicting, sometimes one aspect will win out over the other. Astrology is as complex as psychology, and sometimes, twins simply live out different aspects of their charts.

In some cases, the simple fact that they are twins CAUSES them to want to live out different aspects of their charts, in an effort to create their own individual persona and not be identified only as part of a twin pair.

The Four P's

The way an astrological reading plays out in real life is an expression of the four p's:

• Potential
• Probability
• Predisposition
• Propensity

The potential of a twin's chart is the same as their brother or sisters, but all of the other 'P's may be different.

Splitting up the energy

In fact, it seems that twins often split up the energy contained within their charts, so that one twin will demonstrate a strength in a particular area as defined by their natal chart, and the other will exhibit strength in another area. It's sort of like the 'good twin, bad twin' urban legend that many people believe in.

Separated at birth

We can clearly see how an individual's astrological reading creates parallels with their twins when we see twins that are separated at birth. They often choose the same careers, have similar partners and friendship styles, etc.. This is the playing out of energies in the astrological chart, although the environments they grew up in may have been completely different.

Accidental versus Equatorial Ascendants in a Natal Chart

When it comes to interpreting a natal chart, there are few things that are more important than the ascendant. The ascendant is the sign that was ascending on the eastern horizon at the time of birth. Understanding the ascendant is important in understanding how somebody relates to the world, the face or mask that they wear in public (which is often quite closely related to their inner self). There are a couple of variations of the ascendant in a quality astrological reading - the accidental ascendant, and the equatorial ascendant. We look at these phenomena today.

Ascendants in general

Here are a couple of points to remember about the ascendant in general:

• The ascendant sign represents how a person interacts with the world - their exterior persona
• The closer towards the beginning of a sign the ascendant falls, the stronger its influence in a birth chart
• When the ascendant falls close to the start of a sign, most of the first house falls into that sign also.
• When the sun is in a weak position in the chart, the ascendant is usually strengthened
• People are thought to become more like their sun sign after around the age of 30, and less like their ascendant, because they grow in confidence and have less need of a public 'face'

Equatorial ascendants

The equatorial ascendant is the sign, and the degree, rising over the Eastern horizon at the Earth's equator. It is also the point where the Earth's equator intersects the ecliptic. In very rare occasions, the equatorial ascendant might be different to the birth latitude ascendant - this would happen more frequently when people are born near the poles.

Accidental ascendants

Accidental ascendants are the ascendant for the date and time relevant to a question being asked - for example, the date of an exam, or a marriage, etc. An astrological reading might superimpose the querent's chart on the ascendant for the actual question, to combine trends and make a prediction.