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SCIENCE

Asteroid 41 Daphne is a large main belt asteroid, discovered on May 22, 1856 ( a Taurus) by astronomer Hermann Goldschmidt. Taking just over four and half years to orbit the Sun, Daphne spends four-five months in each sign, orbit and retrograde dependent.

MYTHOLOGY

In Ancient Greek mythology, there are a few stories about Daphne.  One version is that Daphne was a prophetic princess of the Delphic Oracle until a time of war, where she was taken prisoner and given to Apollo as a gift.  Second version, is that Daphne was extremely beautiful, loved and pursued by Apollo until she was exhausted. Begging Gaia for relief, she was engulfed by the Earth and a distraught Apollo was given a laurel tree instead. (I just can’t see that working for today’s man). Version three – Apollo made fun of Eros’s ‘love arrow’ and archery skills,…

“Should I write blog posts that increase my traffic or that help change the way (a few) people think?” – Seth Godin

The thing about being a phlegmatic type is that one literally does go with the flow. Something interesting about astrology occurs to me, and I think, “oh, that would make a good blog post,” and then I’m on a roll and words come like water.

But have you ever tried to push water? You can guide it, build channels for it, remove stones from the riverbed; but unless it’s frozen solid, it’s going to go where it’s compelled, not where it’s forced.

I keep looking at blog rank sites. I just figured out that there are people who subscribe to this blog’s feed on Google Reader (thank you! who knew?). Sometimes seeing these numbers – especially seeing very successful bloggers’ numbers…

This year in the Northern Hemisphere, the Spring Equinox falls on March 20 at 10:32 am Pacific, 1:32 pm Eastern, 5:32 pm in London, 6:32 pm in mainland Europe. The Moon is just five days into its new cycle, and is in the sign of Taurus at the time of the Equinox, signifying Spring, agriculture, and love of nature. During this rocky year of multiple strong planetary meetings (see my Overview for 2010) this is a rare moment of stability and equanimity. Use it well!

Equinox Symbolism: Rebirth & Resurrection

In the ancient world, the Spring Equinox was a major juncture in the ritual year, and a joyous solar festival of resurrection and renewal after the trials of the winter. In Northern Europe this time was known as “The Month of the Greening of the Earth”. This is a time of fertility–of land,…

It is almost Astrological New Year, so time for light stuff: the story of an elephant. Yu Zin is a female elephant born February 19, 1979 in Myanmar. She has to move out of the Zoo in Emmen, because she is a burden. She is bigger than the rest and not very nice, scaring the other elephants. The astrological positions on Feburary 19, 1979 are completely in line with that story.
As you see in the chart, Mars is rising before the Sun and square Uranus. Mars-Uranus is the combination of the short fuse. Mars oriental is frequent in the chart of entrepeneurs, soldiers, activists and (in certain conditions) aggressive people. Let us say that she can suddenly be very assertive…

Her Moon is in Scorpio, afflicted, uhm…Many of the women on top have a Moon in Scorpio, reflecting the need…

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

With Mercury and Saturn opposing each other across the Aries Libra axis I feel compelled to talk about boundaries in relationship.

Most people inherently know that having good personal boundaries is a key element to promoting healthy relationships. Instituting them is a more difficult matter. The question of why is an easier one to answer: responsibility.
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Read the rest of Saturn In Libra: Relating With Boundaries (228 words)

MILAN, Italy — David Beckham will miss the World Cup and most if not all the Los Angeles Galaxy season after tearing his left Achilles’ tendon Sunday while playing for AC Milan.

His international career for England is all but over. It remains to be seen how much he’ll have left for the Galaxy and Major League Soccer… …(more at Huffington Post)

PLUTO
My first thought was ‘Pluto’ and Pluto’s often ruthless power of transformation. A Pluto transit indicates that is time for new conditions and can seem catastrophic in nature.

Pluto is not affecting Beckham’s chart by transit but it is by Solar Arc Progression where it has moved to oppose his Sun. (Just out of curiousity, I checked what happened when Pluto was in the same position by transit and it was 1987, when he first started to play league soccer.)

MID-HEAVEN (Career)
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Make One Wish, and then Work for It
As pointed out in a comment by a reader, besides Moon Conjunct Algol, the next most important thing about this particular Spring Equinox is the relationship between Sun, Saturn, and Mars. The three of them form a pattern, probably one of the Huber patterns. At least [...]

The Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov had a problem with the spirit of the former PM. He could hardly breathe, so he hired an orthodox priest. Now the spirit has been driven out of the office and Azarov feels much better. And then they say that he is the most boring official in the country!:)

Below is the chart with progressions and transits for the day that Azarov was born. The planet of the spirits and beliefs is Neptune. Transit Neptune is conjunct the progressed Sun and opposition the progressed Mars of Azarov right now. In the natal chart the Sun is quintile Neptune, for creative fantasy and …for being spiritual in a creative way. (The transit of Neptune is often causing a negative publicity and gossip. So perhaps the story is a bit different than presented in the media.…

‘Dr. Phil’ McGraw and his wife Robin welcomed granddaughter Avery Elizabeth late Thursday night in Los Angeles. He tweeted that he was ‘way excited’ and blogged ‘The Granddaughter Cometh,’ inviting fans to give advice and suggestions for what his granddaughter should call him and his wife.
So will Avery walk in her Grandpa Doc’s footsteps?
Whether or not she does, they are likely to have a strong

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Note that all the these time frames are approximate.

Moon - changes signs every 2 ½ days, transits the zodiac every 30 days
Mercury - variable due to retrograde motion. Can be in a sign from 15- 60 days but is never more than 2 signs away from the Sun
Venus - stays in a sign about 30 day… also is never more than 2 signs away from the Sun.
Sun - changes signs monthly
Mars - changes signs about every 2 months unless there is a retrograde which can keep it in one sign for as long as 7 months
Jupiter - changes signs once a year, transits the zodiac in 12 years.
Saturn - changes signs every 2 ½ years, transits the zodiac every 29 - 30 years
Uranus -changes signs every 7 years, transits the zodiac every 84 years
Neptune - changes signs every 14 years, transits…