April Evening Sky Watch

If you go outside about an hour after sunset on the evening of Tuesday, 8th of April, you will see a conjunction between the Crescent Moon and the Pleiades. It will look similar to the following picture (although the sky will be less dark):
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Astronomy.com recommends using binoculars to look at the moon and the star cluster. Below is a star chart (also from Astronomy.com) that should help you to locate the conjunction for viewing through binoculars or a telescope. The Moon and The Pleiades are both found within the constellation of Taurus, which will be hovering around the horizion after nightfall.
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Ptolemy states that the Pleiades have the "qualities of the Moon and Mars mixed together"; this means that we should understand the Pleiades as representing facets of both Demeter and Mars.
This is an interesting conjunction, as it is telling us that we need to process our feelings and emotions dealing with violence, war and oppression. It is no coincidence that today the Pentagon stated it will be reducing tours of duty for tours in Iraq to 12 months instead of the current 15 months while Bush promised yet more troops for support of the Occupation of Afghanistan. How is this possible in a military force that is already stretched to its limits? Will troops who leave Iraq be sent to Afghanistan for another hellish tour? It will be interesting to see how this plays out - especially in light of Ares' and Kronos' places in the zodia.

This conjunction also tells us that we should find balance between action and feeling in response to events in our lives - this is a time for us to stop and ask ourselves if what we are getting angry about is really what is making us angry. Are we really angry at the person who jumps the queue ahead of us - or are we angry that some people think the rules just don't apply to them? Ask Selene, Demeter and The Pleiades to help you learn how to balance your emotions (including anger!) and actions, so that neither rules your life. It is best for a person to know what they are feeling and what they can do with that feeling to effect change in the world around them.

Some other Planets to look for when skygazing:

On the 15th of April, the Gibbous Moon will be directly beneath Saturn in Leo. The Moon and Saturn will be especially close to α Leonis, which is called in ancient Greek Astrology the heart of the lion.

Mars is currently an evening star - look for him in Gemini shining a bright red. On the evening of April 11th and 12th, be sure to look in Gemini, as the Moon will pass 1.2 ° north of Mars.

Mighty Saturn is currently in Leo, where he shines all the way until Eos' rosy rays shine in the East. It will be easy to recognise Saturn, as he is shining at magnitude 0.4 - or 2.5 times brighter than the brightest star in the entire constellation of Leo! (Regulus or α Leonis shines at 1.35 apparent magnitude). Saturn will be particularly beautiful to behold on the 22nd, when the Lyrid meteor shower will peak in the early morning hours. (I will blog later about what I think the Lyrid meteor shower and the Moon's Void of Course on the 22nd have to say about the PA Primary!). Saturn will close out the month due south, having its ascendency at twighlight.

On the evening of the 28th and 29th, Mars will pass 5 ° south of Pollux (β Geminorum) - a fixed star which portends well. The following is a quote from Manilius on β Geminorum:

From the Twins come less laborious callings and a more agreeable way of life,
provided by varied song and voices of harmonious tone, slender pipes, the
melodies inborn in strings and the words fitted thereto : those so endowed find
even work a pleasure. They would banish the arms of war, the trumpet's call, and
the gloom of old age : theirs is a life of ease and unfading youth spent in the
arms of love. They also discover paths to the skies, complete a survey of the
heavens with numbers and measurements, and outstrip the flight of the stars:
nature yields to their genius, which it serves in all things. So many are the
accomplishments of which the Twins are fruitful.

(Manilius, Astronomica, 1st century AD. p.281)

Mars will close the month of April in proximity to both Castor and Pollux (this will last about a week).

April Sidereal Astrology Almanac

2nd April:

• The Moon is conjunct Neptune (0°.002 South of Moon) in Capricorn @ 04:00 CDT
• Pluto is stationary in Sagittarius @ 00:57 CDT - Pluto, while not one of the visible (or Classical) planets, does have an effect on our lives. Pluto is an important God within the Hellenic Pantheon; even though he never sets foot on Mt. Olympus, Pluto is one of the three great Gods (Zeus, Poseidon, and Pluto/Hades). Pluto is the god of death, rebirth, and regeneration. Currently, Pluto is within the sign of Sagittarius, which is seen as being a sign of expansion, learning, and growth. This is a good placement for Dis, and his coming to a stop here before going retrograde shows that expansion is what we need right now. Wherever each of us has Sagittarius in our birth charts is an area of life that we need to look at and assess during this phase of Pluto's journey. It is likely that we have had little experience with the affairs of this house (both in this life and previous lives) and that we have experienced limitations in affairs associated with the house which Sagittarius rules. Pluto is calling us to examine those areas of our lives over the next few days while he is Stationary before going Retrograde. During this period of stasis we only need to acknowledge our limitations and boundaries - Pluto will lead us to work with them more deeply once he goes fully Retrograde on the 3rd of April.

3rd April:

• Venus enters Pisces @ 20:40 - Aphrodite enters Pisces to start off the Solar Month of April. In Hellenic Astrology, Aphrodite is in Exaltation in Pisces. She is also the diurnal ruler of the sign as well as ruling the first eight terms of the sign. This means that not only is Aphrodite at home in Pisces, she is able to effect great changes within the areas of life associated with the sign. Hellenic Astrology views the sign of Pisces as the area of life where we should let our intuition guide us and where we should have faith. We should open ourselves to Aphrodite's love and feminine intuition while she is in this sign... listening to our quiet inner voice can be most fruitful during this cycle.
• Mercury enters Pisces
• Pluto begins Retrograde motion in Sagittarius (starting @ 06°17' )
• The Moon enters Aquarius

4th April:

• The Moon is 3° north of Uranus in Aquarius @ 05:00 CDT
• The Moon is 5° north of Venus in Aquarius @20:00 CDT

5th April:

• Asteroid Astraea is at opposition @ 20:00 CDT
• The Moon enters Pisces
• New Moon in Pisces @ 23:55 CDT

The Sabian Symbol for this New Moon is:

A prophet carrying tablets of the New Law is walking down the slopes of Mt. Sinai

This New Moon shows us that we can recieve messages from the Gods, if only we are willing to listen; in order for us to recieve the teachings of the Gods, we need to be open to them in our lives. This would be an excellent month to look within yourself to see how your relationships with the Gods are doing... are your relationships growing? Are they stagnant? Nonexistent?

Use this month to approach the Gods through offerings, mediatation, and prayer - let them know you would like to have a relationship with them, and ask them to enter your life.

As an interesting note as to the primaries, The Sabian Symbols & Astrological Analysis by Blain Bovee, contains the following admonishments about the 22nd-23rd degree of Pisces:

Apply this [Sabian Symbol] with a mind to the awareness of prevailing standards
of privilege and power; justifications that can really burn you up. Think of
tendencies to spiritually rationalise actions and one's own position of
authority; to pontificate from an out-of-touch vantage point; intense feelings
about being the chosen one; passions that champion divine right rule. Watch for
wearing authority on one's sleeve; official uniforms; badges; the smarts to see
trouble coming; readiness to take up the fight.

This may be the Lunar Month that sees Hillary Clinton finally concede the Democratic Party Nomination to Barack Obama. Hillary's campaign has become increasingly frantic, panicked and desperate over the past Lunar Month - and this month's Sabian Symbols indicate that if she does not heed the promptings of the Gods and continues to attack Obama out of hubris and her narcissistic delusions, she will pay the Karmic Debt for her actions within the next two Lunar cycles. The fact that the PA Primary (on which she is placing all of her hope for the Democratic Nomination) occurs during the peak of the Lyrids and while the Moon is Void of Course indicate that Mrs. Clinton's hopes will be unfulfilled. Obama (despite what the Clinton campaign and MSM claim) stands a good chance of achieving a "come from behind" win. I predict Obama will win by 2-3% in the PA Primary.

Because Obama will win, I feel that the PA Primary on the 22nd will present itself as the time where Hillary can either accept defeat gracefully and exit the race, or she will implode like a dying star. If she chooses the volatile path that parallels the death of a star, she will likely be left with only a cold, dark core where a bright, shining future in politics once shone. The choice is entirely up to her.

7th April -

• The Moon is at perigee (or 224,365 miles from Earth!) in Aries @ 15:30 CDT
• The Moon enters Aries

8th April:

• The Moon enters Taurus
• The Moon passes through The Pleiades star cluster (in Taurus)

9th April:

• The Asteroid Iris is at opposition @ 05:00 CDT

10th April:

• Asteroid Daphne is at opposition @ 05:00 CDT

11th April:

• The Moon enters Gemini

12th April:

• The Moon is conjunct (1.2° north) Mars @ 02:00 CDT
• The First Quarter Moon @ 14:32 CDT

13th April:

• The Moon enters Cancer

15th April:

• The Sun enters Aries
• The Moon conjunct (0.9° south) Regulus @ 22:00 CDT
• The Moon conjunct (3° south) Saturn @ 14:00 CDT

16th April:

• The Moon enters Leo
• Mercury enters Aries
• Mercury is in superior conjunction @ 03:00 CDT

18th April:

• The Moon enters Virgo

20th April:

• The Full Moon in Virgo @ 18:25 CDT
• The Moon enters Libra

22nd April:

• Lyrid meteor shower peaks (in the constellaiton Lyra - hence the name!)

23rd April:

• The Moon enters Scorpio
• The Moon is at apogee (252,241 miles from the Earth!) @ 05:34 CDT

25th April:

• The Moon entersSagittarius

27th April:

• Venus enters Aries
• The Moon is conjunct Jupiter (3° south) @ 01:00 CDT

28th April:

• The Moon enters Capricorn
• The Last Quarter Moon in Capricorn @ 22:12 CDT
• Mars conjunct Pollux (5° south) @ 16:00 CDT

Locations of the Planets in April:

• Mercury - can be seen in the evening sky in the West


• Mars - can be seen in the southwestern evening sky, and in the western sky closer to midnight


• Jupiter - can be seen in the morning sky in the southeast


• Saturn - can be seen in the southeastern evening sky, and in the southwestern sky closer to midnight


• Uranus - can be seen in the eastern morning sky

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The Real Meaning of 4,000 Dead...

By LIEUT. SEAN WALSH Wed Mar 26, 2:20 PM ET

The passing of the 4,000th service member in Iraq is a tragic milestone and a testament to the cost of this war, but for those of us who live and fight in Iraq, we measure that cost in smaller, but much more personal numbers. For me those numbers are 8, the number of friends and classmates killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 3, the number of soldiers from my unit killed in this deployment. I'm 25, yet I've received more notifications for funerals than invitations to weddings.
The number 4,000 is too great to grasp even for us that are here in Iraq. When we soldiers read the newspaper, the latest AP casualty figures are glanced over with the same casual interest as a box score for a sport you don't follow. I am certain that I am not alone when I open up the Stars and Stripes, the military's daily paper, and immediately search for the section with the names of the fallen to see if they include anyone I know. While in a combat outpost in southwest Baghdad, it was in that distinctive bold Ariel print in a two-week-old copy of the Stars and Stripes that I read that my best friend had been killed in Afghanistan. No phone call from a mutual friend or a visit to his family. All that had come and gone by the time I had learned about his death. I sometimes wonder, if I hadn't picked up that paper, how much longer I would have gone by without knowing - perhaps another day, perhaps a week or longer until I could find the time and the means to check my e-mail to find my messages unanswered and a death notification from a West Point distro list in my inbox. The dead in Afghanistan don't seem to inspire the keeping of lists the same way that those in Iraq do, but even if they did it wouldn't matter; he could only be number 7 to me.
I'm not asking for pity, only understanding for the cost of this war. We did, after all, volunteer for the Army and that is the key distinction between this army and the army of the Vietnam War. But even as I ask for that understanding I'm almost certain that you won't be able to obtain it. Even Shakespeare, with his now overused notion of soldiers as a "band of brothers" fails to capture the bonds, the sense of responsibility to each other, among soldiers. In many ways, Iraq has become my home (by the time my deployment ends I will have spent more time here than anywhere else in the army) and the soldiers I share that home with have become my family. Between working, eating and sleeping within a few feet of the same soldiers every single day, I doubt I am away from them for more than two hours a day. I'm engaged to the love of my life, but it will take several years of marriage before I've spent as much time with her as I have with the men I serve with today.
For the vast majority of American's who don't have a loved one overseas, the only number they have to attempt to grasp the Iraq War is 4,000. I would ask that when you see that number, try to remember that it is made up of over 1 million smaller numbers; that every one of the 1 million service members who have fought in Iraq has his or her own personal numbers. Over 1 million 8's and 3's. When you are evaluating the price of the war, weighing potential rewards versus cost in blood and treasure, I would ask you to consider what is worth the lives of three of your loved ones? Or eight? Or more? It would be a tragedy for my 8 and 3 to have died without us being able to complete our mission, but it maybe even more tragic for 8 and 3 to become anything higher. View this article on Time.com

An Introduction to Hellenic Astrology - Zodia and Aspects

The most important concept to understand when using Hellenic Astrology is that of the zodia. Zodia are what are called "signs" in modern Astrological systems - the 30 degree divisions of the Tropical Zodiac which are named Ares, Taurus, Gemini, etc. I will give their full characteristics in another post, but for now it's enough to just know that "zodia" are the same as "signs".

Hellenic Astrology uses house=sign chart design. This is different from many of the house systems used in most modern Astrology. In Hellenic Astrology, the houses are called topoi or topos in the singular; this is Greek for "place" and has the same connotation as "house" does in modern Astrology... for example, the second topos is the topos of land, material goods, and talents. Because each topos = a single zodia, it becomes very easy to see the relationships between planets based upon the relationships between their polarity, modalities, and elements. It is the interactions between these qualities of the planets that provide the key to understanding and interpreting an aspect pattern within a chart (either personal or mundane).

The major difference between aspects as used in Hellenic Astrology and aspects used in Modern Astrology is that aspects are determined according to topoi and zodia as opposed to individual planets. For example, all planets within a single zodia and topoi are considered to be aspected to all of the planets in another zodia and topoi. The aspects that are discussed within Hellenic Astrology are often referred to as the "Platonic Aspects" as they were first outlined and described in Ptolemy's work Tetrabiblos.

The Ptolemaic aspects are:

The Opposition:

• the planets are separated by six zodia (or 180 degrees)
• the planets share the same polarity and modality
• this aspect represents the Platonic form of the line

The Trine:

• the planets are separated by four zodia (or 120 degrees)
• the planets share the same element
• this aspect represents the Platonic form of the triangle

The Square (also known as Quartile):

• the planets are separated by three zodia (or 90 degrees)
• the planets share the same modality, but have different elements
• this aspect represents the Platonic form of the square

The Sextile:

• the planets are separated by two zodia (or 60 degrees)
• the planets share the same polarity, but have different elements and modalities
• this aspect represents the Platonic form of the hexagon
  

The Conjunction:

• not an "aspect" as such in Hellenic Astrology, but rather a sharing of the same Zodion by two or more planets.
• this aspect represents the Platonic form of the point

The conjunction is important (even more important than all of the other aspects!) in that the planets that share the same zodion or "sign" are seen to work together and will influence each other within the life of the individual or during the event being studied.

The planets within the shared zodion may work together so well and with such a common mind that they combine their energies. Because the two planets (like the two Gods that represent them) are united in their goal and motivation - differing only in their personalities - they can become intimately connected. The closer that the two planets are to each other (based upon the number of degrees between them) added to whether or not they are applying (moving closer to each other) or separating (moving apart from each other), can cause the two planets to actually fuse into one force within the chart. This is especially important because even when the two planets separate later, they will still be acting in one force - just in two different places in the chart. (For example, consider an individual who has Venus and Neptune in the same zodia at birth... for their entire life, wherever Venus or Neptune are in their chart, it will act as Venus!Neptune. This means that they will often be feeling the influence of Venus!Neptune in two different topoi!)

In a future post, I will discuss polarity, the elements, and modalities - which will help to illustrate the different dynamics that each aspect will produce within a chart.

10th Elaphebolion

Good day; Holy For:
Earth, Pan, Nymphs, and the Seasons

We are unsure who exactly Pan's parents were - there are several different traditions, all of which have equal authenticity and attestation in the mythography. It seems that the predominant tale that was accepted by later Greeks and Romans was that Hermes fathered the half-human half-goat child with a mortal woman, who upon seeing her child for the first time was so shocked by his hirsute appearance, she ran away in panic. This began the god's connection with the human emotional state of panic, which continued even into the middle ages when Pan was used in medieval imagery as the basis for the popular image of "Satan" or "the devil".

Pan's personality traits and physical characteristics are similar to other half-human, half-animal followers of Dionysus. Like most members of Dionysus' retinue, Pan prefers the wilderness and "wild" regions of Greece to the settled life of urban areas and cities; Pan is not completely human in either form or behaviour. The half-man, half-goat exterior is an allegory for the inner state of Pan.

The shocking appearance and wild nature of Pan led to his being rejected by multiple women - despite the fact that he was a highly sensual, amorous, and romantic God. Many ancient images of Pan with an erect phallus survive, and these show that not only was he associated with the fertility and fecundity of nature (human beings being a part of the natural world), but he was a God who was benevolent to those who sought to make love in natural areas.

In later Roman mythography and worship Pan was often identified with, and sometimes confused with, Silvanus and Faunus - even though all three are distinct individuals, with different patronages and duties.

Classical Text of the Day
Metamorphoses Bk I:689-721

English translation:

Mercury tells the story of Syrinx

So the god explained ‘On Arcadia’s cold mountain slopes among the wood nymphs, the hamadryads, of Mount Nonacris, one was the most celebrated: the nymphs called her Syrinx. She had often escaped from the satyrs chasing her, and from others of the demi-gods that live in shadowy woods and fertile fields. But she followed the worship of the Ortygian goddess in staying virgin. Her dress caught up like Diana she deceives the eye, and could be mistaken for Leto’s daughter, except that her bow is of horn, and the other’s is of gold. Even so she is deceptive. Pan, whose head is crowned with a wreath of sharp pine shoots, saw her, coming from Mount Lycaeus, and spoke to her.’ Now Mercury still had to relate what Pan said, and how the nymph, despising his entreaties, ran through the wilds till she came to the calm waters of sandy Ladon; and how when the river stopped her flight she begged her sisters of the stream to change her; and how Pan, when he thought he now had Syrinx, found that instead of the nymph’s body he only held reeds from the marsh; and, while he sighed there, the wind in the reeds, moving, gave out a clear, plaintive sound. Charmed by this new art and its sweet tones the god said ‘This way of communing with you is still left to me’ So unequal lengths of reed, joined together with wax, preserved the girl’s name.

About to tell all this, Cyllenian Mercury saw that every eye had succumbed and their light was lost in sleep. Quickly he stops speaking and deepens their rest, caressing those drowsy eyes with touches of his magic wand. Then straightaway he strikes the nodding head, where it joins the neck, with his curved sword, and sends it bloody down the rocks, staining the steep cliff. Argus, you are overthrown, the light of your many eyes is extinguished, and one dark sleeps under so many eyelids.

Latin, 1583 text, the University of Marburg.

Tum deus 'Arcadiae gelidis sub montibus' inquit
690
'inter hamadryadas celeberrima Nonacrinas
naias una fuit: nymphae Syringa vocabant.
non semel et satyros eluserat illa sequentes
et quoscumque deos umbrosaque silva feraxque
rus habet. Ortygiam studiis ipsaque colebat
695
virginitate deam; ritu quoque cincta Dianae
falleret et posset credi Latonia, si non
corneus huic arcus, si non foret aureus illi;
sic quoque fallebat.
Redeuntem colle Lycaeo
Pan videt hanc pinuque caput praecinctus acuta
700
talia verba refert -- restabat verba referre
et precibus spretis fugisse per avia nympham,
donec harenosi placidum Ladonis ad amnem
venerit; hic illam cursum inpedientibus undis
ut se mutarent liquidas orasse sorores,
705
Panaque cum prensam sibi iam Syringa putaret,
corpore pro nymphae calamos tenuisse palustres,
dumque ibi suspirat, motos in harundine ventos
effecisse sonum tenuem similemque querenti.
arte nova vocisque deum dulcedine captum
710
'hoc mihi colloquium tecum' dixisse 'manebit,'
atque ita disparibus calamis conpagine cerae
inter se iunctis nomen tenuisse puellae.

Polimon!

7 Elaphebolion - 1st Quarter Moon

For the Birth of Apollo.

As today is dedicated to the birth of Apollo, I am going to dedicate this blog entry to the Sun as understood by modern Astronomy.

The Layers of the Sun

Our Sun, which is called Sol in Latin, is the star at the center of our Solar System. It is a medium size star - but even so, it is very, very, VERY large in comparison with everything else in our Solar System. The Earth and ALL of the other matter - including the other planets, asteroids, meteoroids, comets and dust - which orbits the Sun, is only 0.2% of the total mass of the Solar System! That means the Sun by itself accounts for about 99.8% of the Solar System's mass. Just as the Sun takes up most of the matter in our Solar System, so the Sun takes up most of what people know about Astrology - think of how many people you know who think that Astrology simply consists of "What's your sign?"

Within Astrology, the Sun is the source of our health, energy, vitality and ego. The Sun in our charts is our fundamental life force, and the Sun is the fundamental life force of our Solar System. Enormous amounts of energy from the Sun - in the form of both sunlight and heat -support the base of the food chains that make life on Earth possible via photosynthesis. The same heat and light from the Sun also drive the Earth's climate and weather. Without the Sun to give light and to warm her, Gaea would be cold, dark, and lifeless.

It is interesting to note that the Sun does not have a definite boundary like the rocky planets do; there is no definite "surface" on the Sun like there is on the Moon or Earth. The Sun is a giant ball of glowing gas - much like a giant nuclear explosion. The Sun has an inside and outside however, as shown in the picture above; the outer layers decrease in density the further away from the center of the sun one moves, until one is in the corona region which is basically a cloud of super-fast (which means they are VERY HOT) atoms and particles. The corona is what is responsible for the beauty of the diamond ring effect and eerie glow that surrounds the darkened Solar Disk when one watches a Total Solar Eclipse. The Sun also puts out a "wind" of charged particles that blows through the Solar System and into space; this "wind" is what gives us the Aurora Borealis.

What is interesting to note is that the Sun is a Population I - or third generation star - who was born out of the powerful, explosive, shockwaves that came from one or more nearby supernovae. This is interesting because Apollo is a third generation God; the Olympians were the third generation of Gods to rule the Universe. First were the Forces, ruled by Gaea and Uranus, then the Titans ruled by Rhea and Kronos, then finally the Olympians, ruled by Zeus and Hera.

Even though the Sun is the nearest star to Earth, scientists still have a great many questions about the Sun that remain unanswered. Some current topics of scientific inquiry include:

• the Sun's regular cycle of sunspot activity,
• the physics and origin of flares and prominences,
• the magnetic interaction between the chromosphere and the corona,
• and the origin of the solar winds.
  

Obama looks to win in Mississippi

By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago
GREENVILLE, Miss. -

Mississippi Democrats are deciding the last in a series of presidential contests between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton before the two rivals settle in for a six-week battle to win Pennsylvania.
Mississippi's large black electorate in Tuesday's voting makes it fertile ground for Obama, who has swept the other Deep South states and has pulled huge margins among black voters. Clinton, the New York senator and former first lady, campaigned in the state last week, but by Monday was in Pennsylvania, where the primary is April 22.
Obama, making a final stop Tuesday morning in Greenville before flying to Pennsylvania, noted that the Mississippi delta area is struggling economically.
"We just haven't seen as much opportunity come to this area as we'd like," he told a small gathering at Buck's restaurant. "And one of the challenges, I think, for the next president is making sure that we're serving all communities and not just some communities." He then ordered eggs "scrambled hard," with turkey sausage, wheat toast and grits. The Illinois senator spent all of Monday in Mississippi, drawing enthusiastic crowds in Columbus and Jackson, the capital. At stake are 33 delegates and another chance for Obama to ease the sting of last week's losses to Clinton in primaries in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island. In Lowndes County, Miss., Circuit Clerk Haley Salazar said Tuesday there appeared to be good early participation at the polls despite wet conditions.
Obama's visit on Monday "spurred a lot of interest here. We've had a lot of people coming in and asking about registering to vote ... and we have a a lot of calls," Salazar said. With Clinton's camp saying she has little chance in Mississippi, the campaigning here focused largely on national issues.
Obama used his Monday morning visit to Columbus to try to squelch speculation that he might accept the vice president's slot on a ticket headed by Clinton. He noted that he has won more delegates, states and votes than Clinton.
"I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is first place," Obama said, drawing cheers and a lengthy standing ovation from about 1,700 people. He added: "I am not running for vice president. "I am running for president of the United States of America." Later, at a rally in Jackson with 9,000 people, Obama painted Clinton as part of the Washington establishment whose time has come and gone. The nation does not need "the same old folks doing the same old things, talking the same old stuff," he said, essentially lumping Clinton with President Bush and Republican candidate John McCain.
He accused Clinton's campaign of leaking a photograph of him wearing traditional African garments, including a turban, during a visit to Africa. That was "straight out of the Republican playbook," Obama said. "That's not real change."
Clinton has said she is not aware of anyone on her staff leaking the photo. For her part, Clinton had moved on to Pennsylvania, where she held a rally in Scranton and carefully sidestepped questions about the sex scandal threatening the political career of Eliot Spitzer, her home state governor and political ally.
"I don't have any comment on that," she said when asked about reports that Spitzer allegedly paid for sex with a high-priced call girl at a Washington hotel. "Obviously, I am sending my best wishes and thoughts to the governor and to his family," Clinton said. Obama's two Mississippi events on Monday drew heavily black audiences that cheered him unabashedly.
"I'm here because of the electricity, the energy that seems to form around Barack Obama," truck driver Jasper Clark, 53, said in an interview before the Jackson rally. "It inspired me, and it's been a while since I've been inspired politically."
Clark said Clinton "is a nice person," but among his friends and acquaintances, "I'd say it's an 8 to 2 ratio" for Obama.

Original article can be found here.

Sabian Symbols for the Mississippi Primary, with commentary

Sabian Symbols for the Mississippi Caucus:

Sun – 20 Pis 47
“Under The Watchful And Kind Eye Of A Chinese Servant, A Girl Fondles A Little White Lamb”

Moon – 4 Tau 43 (the moon moves into Taurus on the 11th)

“A Widow At An Open Grave”

The Iraq and Afghan Wars still go on, and every day more and more Americans are affected by the ravages of war. Hundreds and thousands more in both countries suffer injury, dismemberment, or even death every day. The American people are against the war, but the Bush Administration does not hear their calls for removing troops from the areas of conflict.
It seems that Hillary is little more than Bush lite on areas of the ongoing wars, military policy and international laws. To learn more about each of these areas, visit:

• Iraq War: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4802
  
• Military Policy: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4811
  
• International Law: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4803

These facts are disturbing when you consider that most Americans favor a change in both Domestic and Foreign Social Policy – and that Hillary seems to support Republican causes and issues more than Democratic causes in these areas. I feel this Sabian Symbol being where Selene located for tomorrow’s primary is very significant; ONLY a leader whose inner motivations and emotions are in sync with those of the nation as a whole as well as Selene should be chosen by the American people. To go against this will only cause more pain and suffering for the peoples of the US, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Mercury – 24 Aqu 46
“A Butterfly With The Right Wing More Perfectly Formed”

This is an interesting Sabian Symbol, in that it symbolizes the changes that are occurring in the political landscape, as well as the current primary season. Butterflies symbolize change and transformation – many religious and spiritual groups use them as a symbol of enlightenment and re-birth. The American political system is undergoing a birth right now – both parties want to distance themselves (at least in appearance) from the Bush Administration and the corruption that has been endemic in Washington for the past eight years.

The Republican party has already chosen a candidate – John McCain, while the Democratic party is still in the throes of struggle to choose a candidate. This Sabian Symbol shows that McCain is resting right now, hoping that Hillary will win - as her receiving the nomination will make his race in November easier, and make his job of generating mud and smear simple. Hillary is trying to tear apart Obama, and thinks SHE should get to be the President on the ticket – even though she is in 2nd place… this is due to her hubris (hint: the Gods don’t appreciate hubris very much ). If Obama continues with equanimity, he will win the nomination. The strength that he will gain from battling Clinton during the Primary season will put him in top form to campaign and win the Presidency.

The Republican party is well formed at the moment, but the moment that Obama can stop worrying about attacks from Hillary and get to debating McCain, it will fall apart due to the Karmic debt of the party’s actions for the past eight years. McCain has not repudiated Bush’s endorsement – which will prove fatal in November.

Venus – 27 Aqu 35
“A Tree Felled And Sawed To Ensure A Supply Of Wood For The Winter”

People are looking to save and conserve resources at this time - not just because we are currently in a recession (that may be possibly heading towards a depression) but also from a growing concern to do more with less. This new philosophy is in response to the rampant materialism that has taken hold of the US during the past eight years. It is my belief that the Bush Administration will be seen as a decadent era of "feel-good", evangelical, prosperity-gospel mega-churches, Hummers/SUVs, materialism, Republican/Libertarian egotistical selfishness, and pollution when historians and archaeologists of the future look back at this time; those of us who have remained stead-fast and true to our principles can make a difference now.

People who looked to Bush and the Republicans are now cynical and disillusioned, as all that they worked so hard for: a McMansion in the white suburbs, two or three SUVs in the driveway, the pool in the back yard, and everything else that helped them to "keep up with the Joneses" - is now lost due to morgage scandals, credit failures and the failing economy. These people need comforting and to be taught a better way. Those of us who heed the Gods, who live in harmony with Nature and live simply can lead by example.

Venus wants us to give love and spread beauty now more than ever! Love is not a limited resource like oil... it is the most unlimited of resources... we just have to be willing to share from the store that we have within us.

Mars – 2 Can 13
“ A Man Bundled In Fur Leads A Shaggy Deer”

Jupiter – 17 Cap 16
“The Union Jack Flag Files From A British Warship”

This Sabian Symbol says that we should remember what our country was founded on. It has taken the continued sacrifice of men and women throughout the history of our nation to ensure the freedom, justice, liberty, and equality of all. Today, we have lost a sense of this equality and egalitarianism - instead conservatives’ re-written history of bigotry and hate fills blogs and news radio; people like Rush Limbaugh and Anne Coulter spend all of their time saying that the US is only inclusive for straight, white, Protestant Christians. It is time for us to put the pundits' ideology of hate behind us and to begin a revolution of love for our fellow man, including the poor, the oppressed, the victimised, the addicted, the forgotten, the lonely, and all of those embodied in the following photo and poem:

"The New Colossus"
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles.

From her beacon hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.

--Emma Lazarus, 1883

We were a great nation once, and we can become great again. All we have to do is love one another, heed the Gods, and march forward together, free from fear and shame. It is time once again for us to become strong, united, and a people of the Gods.

Saturn – 3 Vir 56

“Black And White Children Play Together Happily”

This Sabian Symbol is Kronos’ way of telling us that we have the ability to begin walking towards the future that MLK envisioned in his “I Have a Dream” speech. Racism is still a problem in the US - as it is throughout the world - but having a Black President of the United States will show that finally, in 2008, a child of any ethnic group can truly say "someday, I'm going to be President of the United States".

This Sabian Symbol also shows us that most of our divisions and hatreds are learned - not inherent. We have to decide to define people as "the other" before we can hate them or fear them. It is time for us to look past our differences and to work together as a nation; the age of division and fear is ending. Let us accept a future of love and peace with our fellow men and women.

Uranus – 18 Pis 46

“A Master Instructing His Disciple”
One of the best known teachers and mystics in the west is Jesus of Nazareth - now I am not advocating a Christian view, but this particular Sabian Symbol brings to mind images of Jesus feeding the crowds and teaching them. Too often today, those who claim to follow Christ really follow greed, fame, popularity or power - not the simple teacher and wonder-worker who was the "Jewish son of Zeus" and taught his followers "love one another".

Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are practicing Chrisitans; it will be interesting to see how each of them follows their Master's teachings.

Neptune – 22 Aqu 47
“A Big Bear Sitting Down And Waving All Its Paws”

At first I didn't know what this Sabian Symbol was doing... "What is Poseidon trying to tell us?!?!" I asked myself several times... then I heard my husband mumbling and his company's stocks "going all bear-ish". I think that Poseidon is trying to tell us that the economy isn't going anywhere for a while... we are looking at a BIG, HAIRY, BEAR market that is just sitting there waving his paws around - and if we try to make him move before he is ready, we will get mauled.

Pluto – 1 Cap 1
“Three Rose Windows In A Gothic Church, One Damaged By War”

American leaders who claim to conduct a just war in the name of their God, as George W. Bush has done, will only anger their God and lead to the death of people; this is especially true when the leaders lie to lead the nation into war.

The Christian Bible, in the Book of the Wisdom of Solomon states the following, "Do not bring on your own death by sinful actions. God did not invent death, and when living creatures die, it gives him no pleasure. He created everything so that it might continue to exist, and everything he created is wholesome and good. No, death does not rule this world, for God's justice does not die."

While we as Classical Pagans have a different concept of good and evil that does not contain the Christian concept of "sin", we can identify with this passages' statement that all created things are good in and of themselves, and that death is a part of life, not a punishment from the Gods. Because all things are good, and are from the Gods, to declare war on another people or nation is to take sides against them and their Gods. To claim that one has declared war because "God told me to" is one of the greatest acts of hubris possible. The killing of both combatants and innocents does not please the Gods, therefore we the people must stop the unjust wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before they lead to the downfall of the US.

Even Southern Baptists are Heeding the Gods!!!

I know, I know, is not something that you would expect to hear, but even Southern Baptists are heeding the message that Kronos is sending us about the Karma that the US has in terms of the environment and climate change. Young members of the congregation are encouraging the SBC to view Environmentalism as a social issue equal to Abortion - which seems to be their number one priority.

From the New York Times today:

March 10, 2008
Southern Baptists Back a Shift on Climate Change
By NEELA BANERJEE
Signaling a significant departure from the Southern Baptist Convention’s official stance on global warming, 44 Southern Baptist leaders have decided to back a declaration calling for more action on climate change, saying its previous position on the issue was “too timid.”

The largest denomination in the United States after the Roman Catholic Church, the Southern Baptist Convention, with more than 16 million members, is politically and theologically conservative.

Yet its current president, the Rev. Frank Page, signed the initiative, “A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change.” Two past presidents of the convention, the Rev. Jack Graham and the Rev. James Merritt, also signed.

“We believe our current denominational engagement with these issues has often been too timid, failing to produce a unified moral voice,” the church leaders wrote in their new declaration.

A 2007 resolution passed by the convention hewed to a more skeptical view of global warming.

In contrast, the new declaration, which will be released Monday, states, “Our cautious response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed.”

The document also urges ministers to preach more about the environment and for all Baptists to keep an open mind about considering environmental policy.

Jonathan Merritt, the spokesman for the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative and a seminarian at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., said the declaration was a call to Christians to return to a biblical mandate to guard the world God created.

The Southern Baptist signatories join a growing community of evangelicals pushing for more action among believers, industry and politicians. Experts on the Southern Baptist Convention noted the initiative marked the growing influence of younger leaders on the discussions in the Southern Baptist Convention.

While those younger Baptists remain committed to fight abortion, for instance, the environment is now a top priority, too.

“In no way do we intend to back away from sanctity of life,” said the Rev. Dr. Timothy George, dean of Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Ala.

Still, many powerful Southern Baptist leaders and agencies did not sign the declaration, including the convention’s influential political arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

Dr. Barrett Duke, vice president for public policy at the commission, played down the differences between the declaration and the Southern Baptist Convention’s position.

The declaration says in fact that lack of scientific unanimity should not preclude “prudent action,” which includes changing individual habits and giving “serious consideration to responsible policies that effectively address” global warming.

The declaration is the outgrowth of soul-searching by Mr. Merritt, 25. The younger Mr. Merritt said that for years he had been “an enemy of the environment.” Then, he said, he had an epiphany.

“I learned that God reveals himself through Scripture and in general through his creation, and when we destroy God’s creation, it’s similar to ripping pages from the Bible,” Mr. Merritt said.

Article may be found here.

Red Phone Ad Spoof from SNL

Obama 1984

Tonight's Caucus

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I just got home from the Democratic Caucus for my precinct; it was an awesome, inspiring evening. There were 61 adults (and many children of all ages) at the caucus, 17 of whom supported Clinton and the rest (44) were for Obama! Clinton recieved two of eight delegates to the state convention and Obama recieved six delegates. When it came time for each of the individuals to speak up and state why we should vote for them as delegate to the state convention - there were some very emotional and inspiring speeches.

I am so excited that people of all races and ethnicites can come out and have such a direct effect on our political system. I had become very despondent and jaded about the political system here in the US - but tonight has restored my faith. I know that come November, we the people will take the White House once again, and our eight year dictatorship will be over!

Before heading to the caucus tonight, I decided to make a chart for the caucus I would be attending tonight... and what I saw absolutely shocked me. Tonight's caucus enforced what the Gods were telling us on the previous two eclipses.... tonight's energy and emotion are a direct manifestation of the TLE in Virgo (see my blog entries for last month's eclipses to learn more) and the earlier Annular Solar Eclipse (ASE) in Aquarius. This is the beginning of the changes that are going to sweep our nation in the months and years to come.

Looking at the above chart, it is important to notice the patterns in the chart, and most of all, look at the aspect table. There are 17 conjunctions occuring! All except two of the planets and luminaries are contained within the South Eastern quadrant... the remaining two are within the North West quadrant. This is an interesting pattern of planets within the chart - without even considering the aspects (which I will discuss later) right away we notice that there is a substantial grouping of planets in Pisces and Aquarius. Standing opposite them is Mars in Gemini and Saturn in Virgo. I am going to list the Sabian Symbols for each planet, then highlight some of the more important aspects in this blog entry - and then tomorrow I will make another entry explaining further insight I gain through my dreams and meditation.

Jupiter leads the parade of the Olympians beginning at 13 Virgo 03. The Sabian Symbol for this degree is "An Aristocratic Family Tree".

Moon is at 04 Aqu 57 - "A Council Of Ancestors Is Seen Implementing Thee Efforts Of A Young Leader"

Fortuna is at 12 Aqu 29 - "A Barometer"

Mercury is at 17 Aqu 27 - "A Man's Secret Motives Are Being Publicly Unmasked" ( Bush )

Chiron is at 18 Aqu 07 - "A Forest Fire Is Being Subdued By The Use Of Water, Chemicals And Sheer Muscular Energy"

Venus is at 19 Aqu 50 - "A Large White Dove Bearing A Message" (End to the War?)

Neptune is at 00 Pis 05 - "In A Crowded Marketplace Farmers And Middlemen Display A Great Variety Of Products"

North Node is at 05 Pis 15 - "A Parade Of Army Officers In Full Dress "

Sun is at 21 Pis 53 - "A Prophet Carrying Tablets Of The New Law Is Walking Down The Slopes Of Mount Sinai"

Neptune is at 25 Pis 56 - "Watching The Very Thin Moon Crescent Appearing At Sunset, Different People Realize That The Time Has Come To Go Ahead With Their Different Projects"

Ascendant is at 29 Pis 35 - "A Majestic Rock Formation Resembling A Face Is Idealized By A Boy Who Takes It As His Ideal Of Greatness, And As He Grows Up, Begins To Look Like It".

Mars is at 26 Gem 56 - "A Gypsy Emerging From The Forest Wherein Her Tribe Is Encamped"

Midpoint (between Mars and Saturn) is at 12 Leo 12 - "An Old Sea Captain Rocking Himself On The Porch Of His Cottage"

Saturn is at 05 Vir 31 - "A Merry-Go-Round"

Midheaven is at 25 Sag 26 - "A Flag Bearer In A Battle"

Vertex is at 27 Vir 35 - "A Baldheaded Man Who Has Seized Power"

East Point is at 02 Ari 09 - "A Comedian Reveals Human Nature"

Important Aspects

Saturn and Mars are trine each other and both are inconjunct the Moon. This formation is what is called in Karmic Astrology the Yod formation. There is also a Mystical Rectangle formed between Mars, Saturn, Pluto, and Mercury/Chiron/Venus (the last three are conjunct each other) representing the elements of air, earth, fire, and water respectively (based upon the signs that each planet is in). The clumping of the Olympians is so strong that the bracketing planets form semi-square aspects (45 degree angle) to each other. This is significant.

I will present more about what I feel this chart means for the election, our country and the world tomorrow.

Peace and Be Well!

March Astrological Downloads

Here are the Downloads for the month of March, 2008.

Monthly Calendar with Astrological aspects and moon info.

Aspect highlights for March.

Detailed aspect chart for March.

Void of Course for March 2008.

Planetary Hours for March 2008.

Lunation Chart for March 2008.

And finally, the Planetary Stations for 2008.

Friday, March 7th is 1 Elaphebolion, and the New Moon is in Pisces.

Another perspective of the TLE in Virgo...

As I have mentioned in previous posts, I feel that the Sabian Symbols for the TLE (total lunar eclipse) in Virgo have an important message for us as Hellenistic Pagans.

For the Moon at 01:53 Virgo we have the following Sabian Symbol:
A large white cross dominates the landscape.

Keynote: The wisdom and compassion, which only the experience of suffering and isolation can bring – LIBERATING ORDEAL. (Dane Rudhyar, “An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and Its 360 Symbolic Phases”, p. 151)

This sign speaks to us, emphasizing that we must embrace the nature of Kronos, called Saturn, who is known as "the Titan god of time and the ages, especially time where regarded as destructive and all-devouring" [1]. If we refuse to embrace Kronos, and make peace with him in our own lives, we are dooming ourselves to keep repeating our Karmic lessons. There are many paths by which one may do this: subconciously - by sabotaging ourselves in our work, home, and leisure relationships, through building inner resentments that lead to angst or depressions.

Those who are aware of Kronos and his lessons are not immune however, as this eclipse has lessons for the concious as well - we must use Kronos' relationship with this eclipse as a trigger which urges us to keep moving forward in our lives and spiritual quests - and as a warning against falling into old patterns or ways of thinking. Kronos tells us that if we look to him for guidance, and trust in his teachings, he can show us how to properly integrate this TLE into our lives, and by doing so, we will experience a liberation. This liberation will parallel the liberation that he experienced when he was removed from power by his son, Zeus.

Kronos ruled the Universe and all of Creation during the Golden Age of man; Kronos came into power after he castrated and deposed his father Ouranos (the Sky Father). This set up a Karmic lesson which Kronos tried to thwart. Because Kronos feared the prophecy that he would be in turn be overthrown by his own son, Kronos swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born. He thought that this could thwart his Karmic debt... instead, it was merely a delay that caused it to build in intensity. The more that one works against their destiny, and the harder one tries to deny Karma, the greater the magnitude of the liberating event becomes. Kronos' wife, Rhea managed to save the youngest of her Divine Children, Zeus. Rhea hid Zeus on the island of Krete, where he was protected by Nymphs and nourished by the goat Amalthea. Rhea tricked Kronos and fed him a stone wrapped in the swaddling clothes of an infant.

When Zeus grew up, he made his mighty Aegis from Amalthea's hide, and placed her in the stars as Capricornus. Zeus went to Heaven, where he forced Kronos to disgorge his swallowed siblings, and led them, under their new title - Olympians - in a ten year, violent battle against the Titans. As predicted by the prophecy that he tried so hard to avert, Kronos was castrated and all of the Titans were defeated; the Titans as well as those who fought against the Olympians, were banished to the primitive and dark Pit of Tartaros. Here they experienced what it was to be imprisoned in darkness, held against thier will - just as Kronos had subjected his own children to the darkness of himself.

It seems to the pagan believer, upon hearing of the myth of the birth of Kronos, when he himself had been oppressed by his own father, Ouranos, Kronos would have tried to be a better father to his own offspring. If Kronos had been confident in his own power and rule, he would not have feared his children, and he would not have had to oppress them. A kind and supportive parenting role would likely have made everything different - Zeus could have assumed rule peacefully from his Father when he and the other Olympians were mature and ready to rule the Universe. Instead, Kronos acted from fear and hubris - the fear drove him to act in an oppressive manner - which bred resentment and hatred in his children and wife - and the hubris led him to convince himself that he was not subject to Tyche and her Three Fates. Zeus understood that he was subject to these Goddesses - who are called by men "terrible" - and by paying them the proper respect, Zeus was able to triumph over Kronos' oppression - this is reflected in our world by the proverb "Good always overcomes evil".

Because Zeus is most compassionate, and understands that everyone - even those who seek to avoid her - are subject to the dictates of Tyche, many, many, many human generations later, Zeus released Kronos and his comrades from thier dark and oppressive prison. He even made Kronos King of the Elysian Islands, home of the blessed dead. This is the true destiny that Kronos was meant to experience, but because of his fear and hubris, he had to experience darkness, isolation, and suffering before he could recieve his blessing.

The TLE at 01 Virgo 53 teaches us that we too must learn from the lessons of Kronos - if we try to act out of fear or hubris, we are only creating Karma which we must experience before we can inherit the blessings that the Gods have had in store for us since our birth. Let us use this eclipse to put right the Bad Karma we have created, and to embrace the Good Karma within ourselves and others.

For the Sun at 01:53 Pisces it is:
A squirrel hiding from hunters.

Keynote: The individual’s need both to ensure his future subsistence and to protect himself from aggressive social elements – SELF-PROTECTION. (Rudhyar, pp. 269f).

This Sabian Symbol of the Sun relates to the role of Zeus and the Olympians in the above story. Zeus and his mother Rhea did what was necessarry to ensure Zeus' future success and rule as High God. It was necessarry for Zeus to spend his youth away from his family, in protection on Mt. Ida on Krete. This isolation allowed him to be taught wisdom and compassion by the Nymphs - which is what initially seperated him from his own father. Zeus had to experience this so that he could protect himself, his mother and his siblings; when he was mature, he was able to take the knowledge and compassion he had integrated into himself to address his Father. Kronos, rather than appreciating his son and his role in the Universe, sought to destroy his children so that he could rule forever. Zeus did not attack, or merely seek revenge; Zeus acted in self-defense against his father to protect his mother and siblings. This is why Zeus and the Olympian's actions were in harmony with Tyche, while the actions of Kronos and the Titans were against her.

The professional astrologer, Verena Donath, who writes the column Celestial Notebook for The Mountain Astrologer has the following to say about the TLE in Virgo:

The succeeding Lunar Eclipse will illuminate our inner landscape. It is a subjective response that will be felt emotionally and intuitively. In the chart for the Lunar Eclipse (see chart) Vesta is conjunct the Sun in Pisces and thus opposite the Moon. This speaks of a sacrifice, whereby the individual brings himself to the altar in the face of loneliness and alienation. By confronting one’s anxieties and to some point even one’s errors there might be a feeling of helplessness emerge, but in the end the need to save oneself will aid the individual in sorting out his feelings.

Saturn Rx in Virgo in close proximity, sesqui-quadrate Eris in Aries, is an indicator of a stressful emotional situation, a test of character as well as of endurance, because the inner life of the individual is in a state of dissonance. Polarity is heightened with each Full Moon. In the case of a Lunar Eclipse it is amplified. Outer as well as inner withdrawal is needed to regain composure and to reclaim one’s space.

Pallas in Pisces is square Mars in Gemini who’s casting a trine to the North Node in Aquarius. All threats have to be thwarted to protect oneself during this challenging phase so that the individual will be freed from the past and can now embark on a new path with renewed energies.

Uranus in Pisces receives a sextile from Ceres in Taurus and a semi-sextile from Chiron in Aquarius. The latter is also engaged in a square with Ceres. Detachment is the key to emotional liberation. Change will only happen by breaking out of the cycle of suffering and letting go off illusive thinking. Security is only relative. To ensure future subsistence the individual has to rebuild his/her self-esteem.

This is a time for us to look within and make the following changes so that we cease to act out of hubris and/or fear against Tyche, the Fates, and the Gods:

• Move from worthlessness, shame, guilt, and believing that everyone else embraces the Gods except us to the constant awareness of our inherent divinity and interconnection with all of Creation.
• Move from helplessness, victimization, and martyrdom to discernment, harmony, humility, and true service of the Gods (Orthopraxy).
• Let us embrace the sacred work which we came to this life to do.
• Let us live boldly and shine our light that we offer to the world in the service of the Gods.

Sabian Symbols in Astrology

The Sabian Symbols are a modern oracle; in 1925, the Sabian symbols were brought into manifestation in the physical realm during the span of a single day in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.[1] The Sabian Symbols, which are an oracle, were channeled through the combined efforts of Marc Edmund Jones and Elsie Wheeler; Jones wrote all 360 degree increments of the zodiac on notecards, which he randomly shuffled and held up for Wheeler to meditate upon[2]. Jones did not know which degree of the Zodiac he was dealing with, but Wheeler told Jones what images, visions, or sense impressions she was having associated with each card. These images and impressions were recorded by Jones, who compiled them into lists which have been distributed since[3].

The following is the complete list of all 360 Sabian Symbols as recieved by Wheeler; I view them as modern Astrological equivalents of the Delphic Oracle. If one has a question about a particlar placement of a planet or asteroid within their chart, considering which God is represented combined with the appropriate Sabian Symbol can provide a meditation tool.

For example, my own natal moon is conjunct my Ascendant, which is placed at 01 Virgo 53 - which has the Sabian Symbol of "A Large White Cross Dominates The Landscape". Because this involves my moon, Selene should be seen as participating in the image of the Sabian Symbol... which to me says that I should look to her, the Moon Goddess and symbol of my emotions, and trust her to comfort and guide me, as I journey through my life. I, like most people today, live in a country that is predominantely Monotheistic and Protestant Christian - which can create inconvinences and awkward situations for polythiests, pantheists, panentheists, and even henotheists who do not subscribe to the predominant faith paradigm. Having an oracle which provides tools for meditation such as the Sabian Symbols can hopefully help other pagans to determine what their destiny is, and how to fulfill it.

The following are the Sabian Symbols, arranged by degree and Sign.

Aries

• 0-1 deg Aries-A Woman Just Risen From The Sea; A Seal Is Embracing Her
• 1-2 deg Aries-A Comedian Reveals Human Nature
• 2-3 deg Aries-The Cameo Profile Of A Man, Suggesting The Shape Of His Country
• 3-4 deg Aries-Two Lovers Strolling On A Secluded Walk
• 4-5 deg Aries-A Triangle With Wings
• 5-6 deg -AriesA Square, With One Of Its Sides Brightly Illumined
• 6-7 deg Aries-A Man Succeeds In Expressing Himself Simultaneously In Two Realms
• 7-8 deg Aries-A Large Woman's Hat With Streamers Blown By An East Wind
• 8-9 deg Aries-A Crystal Gazer
• 9-10 deg Aries-A Teacher Gives New Symbolic Forms To Traditional Images
• 10-11 deg Aries-The Ruler Of A Nation
• 11-12 deg Aries-A Triangularly Shaped Flight Of Wild Geese
• 12-13 deg Aries-An Unexploded Bomb Reveals An Unsuccessful Social Protest
• 13-14 deg Aries-A Serpent Coiling Near A Man And A Woman
• 14-15 deg Aries-An Indian Weaving A Ceremonial Blanket
• 15-16 deg Aries-Nature Spirits Are Seen At Work In The Light Of Sunset
• 16-17 deg Aries-Two Dignified Spinsters Sitting In Silence
• 17-18 deg Aries-An Empty Hammock Stretched Between Two Trees
• 18-19 deg Aries-The "Magic Carpet" Of Oriental Imagery
• 19-20 deg Aries-A Young Girl Feeding Birds In Winter
• 20-21 deg Aries-A Pugilist Enters The Ring
• 21-22 deg Aries-The Gate To The Garden Of All Fulfilled Desires
• 22-23 deg Aries-A Pregnant Woman In Light Summer Dress
• 23-24 deg Aries-Blown Inward By The Wind, The Curtains Of An Open Window Take The Shape Of A Cornucopia
• 24-25 deg Aries-The Possibility For Man To Gain Experience At Two Levels Of Being
• 25-26 deg Aries-A Man Possessed Of More Gifts Than He Can Hold
• 26-27 deg Aries-Through Imagination A Lost Opportunity Is Regained
• 27-28 deg Aries-A Large Audiences Confronts The Performer Who Disappointed Its Expectations
• 28-29 deg Aries-The Music Of The Spheres
• 29-30 deg Aries-A Duck Pond And Its Brood

Taurus

• 0-1 deg Taurus-A Clear Mountain Stream
• 1-2 deg Taurus-An Electrical Storm
• 2-3 deg Taurus-Natural Steps Lead To A Lawn Of Clover In Bloom
• 3-4 deg Taurus-The Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow
• 4-5 deg Taurus-A Widow At An Open Grave
• 5-6 deg Taurus-Cantilever Bridge Across A Deep Gorge
• 6-7 deg Taurus-The Woman Of Samaria At The Ancestral Well
• 7-8 deg Taurus-A Sleigh On Land Uncovered By Snow
• 8-9 deg Taurus-A Fully Decorated Christmas Tree
• 9-10 deg Taurus-A Red Cross Nurse 10-11 deg TaurusA Woman Watering Flowers In Her Garden
• 11-12 deg Taurus-A Young Couple Window Shopping
• 12-13 deg Taurus-A Porter Carrying Heavy Baggage
• 13-14 deg Taurus-On The Beach, Children Play While Shellfish Grope At The Edge Of The Water
• 14-15 deg Taurus-Head Covered With A Rakish Silk Hat, Muffled Against The Cold, A Man Braves A Storm
• 15-16 deg Taurus-An Old Teacher Fails To Interest His Pupils In Traditional Knowledge
• 16-17 deg Taurus-A Symbolical Battle Between "Swords" And "Torches"
• 17-18 deg Taurus-A Woman Airing An Old Bag Through The Open Window Of Her Room
• 18-19 deg Taurus-A New Continent Rising Out Of The Ocean
• 19-20 deg Taurus-Wisps Of Winglike Clouds Streaming Across The Sky
• 20-21 deg Taurus-A Finger Pointing To A Line In An Open Book
• 21-22 deg Taurus-White Dove Flying Over Troubled Waters
• 22-23 deg Taurus-A Jewelry Shop Filled With Valuable Gems
• 23-24 deg Taurus-An Indian Warrior Riding Fiercely, Human Scalps Hanging From His Belt
• 24-25 deg Taurus-A Vast Public Park
• 25-26 deg Taurus-A Spanish Gallant Serenades His Beloved
• 26-27 deg Taurus-An Old Indian Woman Selling The Artifacts Of Her Tribe To Passerby
• 27-28 deg Taurus-A Woman, Past Her "Change Of Life", Experiences A New Love
• 28-29 deg Taurus-Two Cobblers Working At A Table
• 29-30 deg Taurus-A Peacock Parading On The Terrace Of An Old Castle
  
  Gemini
  
• 0-1 deg Gemini-A Glass-Bottomed Boat Reveals Undersea Wonders
• 1-2 deg Gemini-Santa Claus Furtively Filling Stockings Hanging In Front Of Fireplace
• 2-3 deg Gemini-The Garden Of The Tuileries In Paris
• 3-4 deg Gemini-Holly And Mistletoe Reawaken Old Memories Of Christmas
• 4-5 deg Gemini-A Revolutionary Magazine Asking For Action
• 5-6 deg Gemini-Workmen Drilling For Oil
• 6-7 deg Gemini-A Well With Bucket And Rope Under The Shade Of Majestic Trees
• 7-8 deg Gemini-Aroused Strikers Surround A Factory
• 8-9 deg Gemini-A Quiver Filled With Arrows
• 9-10 deg Gemini-An Airplane Performing A Nose Dive
• 10-11 deg Gemini-Newly Opened Lands Offer The Pioneer New Opportunities For Experience
• 11-12 deg Gemini-A Negro Girl Fights For Her Independence In The City
• 12-13 deg Gemini-A Famous Pianist Giving A Concert Performance
• 13-14 deg Gemini-Bridging Physical Space And Social Distinctions, Two Men Communicate Telepathically
• 14-15 deg Gemini-Two Dutch Children Talking To Each Other, Exchanging Their Knowledge
• 15-16 deg Gemini-A Woman Activist In An Emotional Speech Dramatizing Her Cause
• 16-17 deg Gemini-The Head Of A Robust Youth Changes Into That Of A Mature Thinker
• 17-18 deg Gemini-Two Chinese Men Converse In Their Native Tongue In An American City
• 18-19 deg Gemini-A Large Archaic Volume Reveals A Traditional Wisdom
• 19-20 deg Gemini-A Modern Cafeteria Displays An Abundance Of Food, Products Of Various Regions
• 20-21 deg Gemini-A Tumultuous Labor Demonstration
• 21-22 deg Gemini-Dancing Couples In A Harvest Festival
• 22-23 deg Gemini-Three Fledglings In A Nest High In A Tree
• 23-24 deg Gemini-Children Skating Over A Frozen Village Pond
• 24-25 deg Gemini-A Gardener Trimming Large Palm Trees
• 25-26 deg Gemini-Frost-Covered Trees Against Winter Skies
• 26-27 deg Gemini-A Gypsy Emerging From The Forest Wherein Her Tribe Is Encamped
• 27-28 deg Gemini-Through Bankruptcy, Society Gives To An Overburdened Individual The Opportunity To Begin Again
• 28-29 deg Gemini-The First Mockingbird Of Spring
• 29-30 deg Gemini-A Parade Of Bathing Beauties Before Large Beach Crowds
  
  Cancer
  
• 0-1 deg Cancer-On A Ship The Sailors Lower An Old Flag And Raise A New One
• 1-2 deg Cancer-A Man On A Magic Carpet Hovers Over A Large Area Of Land
• 2-3 deg Cancer-A Man Bundled In Fur Leads A Shaggy Deer
• 3-4 deg Cancer-A Cat Arguing With A Mouse
• 4-5 deg Cancer-At A Railroad Crossing, An Automobile is Wrecked By A Train
• 5-6 deg Cancer-Game Birds Feathering Their Nests
• 6-7 deg Cancer-Two Nature Spirits Dancing Under the Moonlight
• 7-8 deg Cancer-A Group Of Rabbits Dressed in Human Clothes Walk As If On Parade
• 8-9 deg Cancer-A Small Naked Girl Bends Over A Pond Trying To Catch A Fish
• 9-10 deg Cancer-A Large Diamond In The First Stages Of The Cutting Process
• 10-11 deg Cancer-A Clown Caricaturing Well-Known Personalities
• 11-12 deg Cancer-A Chinese Woman Nursing A Baby Whose Aura Reveals Him To Be The Reincarnation Of A Great Teacher
• 12-13 deg Cancer-A Hand With A Prominent Thumb Is Held Out For Study
• 13-14 deg Cancer-A Very Old Man Facing A Vast Dark Space To The Northeast
• 14-15 deg Cancer-In A Sumptuous Dining Hall Guests Relax After Partaking Of A Huge Banquet
• 15-16 deg Cancer-A Man Studying A Mandala In Front Of Him, With The Help Of A Very Ancient Book
• 16-17 deg Cancer-The Unfoldment Of Multilevel Potentialities Issuing From An Original Germ
• 17-18 deg Cancer-A Hen Scratching The Ground To Find Nourishment For Her Progeny
• 18-19 deg Cancer-A Priest Performing A Marriage Ceremony
• 19-20 deg Cancer-Venetian Gondoliers Giving A Serenade
• 20-21 deg Cancer-A Famous Singer Is Proving Her Virtuosity During An Operatic Performance
• 21-22 deg Cancer-A Young Woman Awaiting A Sailboat
• 22-23 deg Cancer-The Meeting Of A Literary Society
• 23-24 deg Cancer-A Woman And Two Men Castaways On A Small Island Of The South Seas
• 24-25 deg Cancer-A Willful Man Is Overshadowed By A Descent Of Superior Power
• 25-26 deg Cancer-Guests Are Reading In The Library Of A Luxurious Home
• 26-27 deg Cancer-A Violent Storm in A Canyon Filled With Expensive Homes
• 27-28 deg Cancer-An Indian Girl Introduces Her White Lover To Her Assembled Tribe
• 28-29 deg Cancer-A Greek Muse Weighing Newborn Twins In Golden Scales
• 29-30 deg Cancer-A Daughter of The American Revolution
  
  Leo
  
• 0-1 deg Leo-Blood Rushes To A Man's Head As His Vital Energies Are Mobilized Under The Spur Of Ambition
• 1-2 deg Leo-An Epidemic Of Mumps
• 2-3 deg Leo-A Middle-Aged Woman, Her Long Hair Flowing Over Her Shoulders And In A Braless Youthful Garment
• 3-4 deg Leo-A Formally Dressed Elderly Man Stands Near Trophies He Brought Back From A Hunting Expedition
• 4-5 deg Leo-Rock Formations Tower Over A Deep Canyon
• 5-6 deg Leo-A Conservative, Old-Fashioned Lady Is Confronted By A "Hippie" Girl
• 6-7 deg Leo-The Constellations Of Stars Shine Brilliantly In The Night Sky
• 7-8 deg Leo-A Communist Activist Spreading His Revolutionary Ideals
• 8-9 deg Leo-Glass Blowers Shape Beautiful Vases With Their Controlled Breathing
• 9-10 deg Leo-Early Morning Dew Sparkles As Sunlight Floods The Field
• 10-11 deg Leo-Children Play On A Swing Hanging From The Branches Of A Huge Oak Tree
• 11-12 deg Leo-An Evening Party Of Adults On A Lawn Illumined By Fancy Lanterns
• 12-13 deg Leo-An Old Sea Captain Rocking Himself On The Porch Of His Cottage
• 13-14 deg Leo-A Human Soul Seeking Opportunities For Outward Manifestation
• 14-15 deg Leo-A Pageant, With Its Spectacular Floats, Moves Along A Street Crowded With Cheering People
• 15-16 deg Leo-The Storm Ended, All Nature Rejoices In Brilliant Sunshine
• 16-17 deg Leo-A Volunteer or Church Choir Singing Religious Hymns
• 17-18 deg Leo-A Chemist Conducts An Experiment For His Students
• 18-19 deg Leo-A Houseboat Party
• 19-20 deg Leo-Zuni Indians Perform A Ritual To The Sun
• 20-21 deg Leo-Intoxicated Chickens Dizzily Flap Their Wings Trying To Fly
• 21-22 deg Leo-A Carrier Pigeon Fulfilling Its Mission
• 22-23 deg Leo-In A Circus The Bareback Rider Displays Her Dangerous Skill
• 23-24 deg Leo-Totally Concentrated Upon Inner Spiritual Attainment, A Man Is Sitting In A State Of Complete Neglect Of Bodily Appearance And Cleanliness
• 24-25 deg Leo-A Large Camel Is Seen Crossing A Vast And Forbidding Desert
• 25-26 deg Leo-After The Heavy Storm, A Rainbow
• 26-27 deg Leo-The Luminescence Of Dawn In The Eastern Sky
• 27-28 deg Leo-Many Little Birds On A Limb Of A Big Tree
• 28-29 deg Leo-A Mermaid Emerges From The Ocean Waves Ready For Rebirth In Human Form
• 29-30 deg Leo-An Unsealed Letter
  
  Virgo
  
• 0-1 deg Virgo-In A Portrait, The Significant Features Of A Man's Head Are Artistically Emphasized
• 1-2 deg Virgo-A Large White Cross Dominates The Landscape
• 2-3 deg Virgo-Two Guardian Angels
• 3-4 deg Virgo-Black And White Children Play Together Happily
• 4-5 deg Virgo-A Man Becoming Aware Of Nature Spirits And Normally Unseen Spiritual Agencies
• 5-6 deg Virgo-A Merry-Go-Round
• 6-7 deg Virgo-A Harem
• 7-8 deg Virgo-A Five-Year-Old Child Takes A First Dancing Lesson
• 8-9 deg Virgo-An Expressionist Painter At Work
• 9-10 deg Virgo-Two Heads Looking Out And Beyond The Shadows
• 10-11 deg Virgo-In Her Baby A Mother Sees Her Deep Longing For A Son Answered
• 11-12 deg Virgo-After The Wedding, The Groom Snatches The Veil Away From His Bride
• 12-13 deg Virgo-A Powerful Statesman Overcomes A State Of Political Hysteria
• 13-14 deg Virgo-An Aristocratic Family Tree
• 14-15 deg Virgo-A Fine Lace Handkerchief, Heirloom From Valorous Ancestors
• 15-16 deg Virgo-In The Zoo, Children Are Brought Face To Face With An Orangutan
• 16-17 deg Virgo-A Volcanic Eruption
• 17-18 deg Virgo-An Ouija Board
• 18-19 deg Virgo-A Swimming Race
• 19-20 deg Virgo-A Caravan Of Cars Headed To The West Coast
• 20-21 deg Virgo-A Girls' Basketball Team
• 21-22 deg Virgo-A Royal Coat Of Arms Enriched With Precious Stones
• 22-23 deg Virgo-A Lion Tamer Displays His Skill And Character
• 23-24 deg Virgo-Mary And Her Little Lamb
• 24-25 deg Virgo-A Flag At Half-Mast In Front Of A Public Building
• 25-26 deg Virgo-A Boy With A Censer Serves The Priest Near The Altar
• 26-27 deg Virgo-A Group Of Aristocratic Ladies Meet Ceremonially At A Court's Function
• 27-28 deg Virgo-A Baldheaded Man Who Has Seized Power
• 28-29 deg Virgo-A Seeker After Occult Knowledge Is Reading An Ancient Scroll Which Illumines His Mind
• 29-30 deg Virgo-Totally Intent Upon Completing An Immediate Task, A Man Is Deaf To Any Allurement
  
  Libra
  
• 0-1 deg Libra-In A Collection Of Perfect Specimens Of Many Biological Forms, A Butterfly Displays The Beauty Of Its Wings, Its Body Impaled By A Fine Dart
• 1-2 deg Libra-The Transmutation Of The Fruits Of Past Experiences Into The Seed-Realizations Of The Forever Creative Spirit
• 2-3 deg Libra-The Dawn Of A New Day Reveals Everything Changed
• 3-4 deg Libra-Around A Campfire A Group Of Young People Sit In Spiritual Communion
• 4-5 deg Libra-A Man Revealing To His Students The Foundation Of An Inner Knowledge Upon Which A "New World" Could Be Built
• 5-6 deg Libra-A Man Watches His Ideals Taking A Concrete Form Before His Inner Vision
• 6-7 deg Libra-A Woman Feeding Chickens And Protecting Them From The Hawks
• 7-8 deg Libra-A Blazing Fireplace In A Deserted Home
• 8-9 deg Libra-Three "Old Masters" Hanging On The Wall Of A Special Room In An Art Gallery
• 9-10 deg Libra-Having Passed Through Narrow Rapids, A Canoe Reaches Calm Waters
• 10-11 deg Libra-A Professor Peering Over His Glasses At His Students
• 11-12 deg Libra-Miners Are Surfacing From A Deep Coal Mine
• 12-13 deg Libra-Children Blowing Soap Bubbles
• 13-14 deg Libra-In The Heat Of The Noon Hour A Man Takes A Siesta
• 14-15 deg Libra-Circular Paths
• 15-16 deg Libra-After A Storm A Boat Landing Stands In Need Of Reconstruction
• 16-17 deg Libra-A Retired Sea Captain Watches Ships Entering And Leaving The Harbor
• 17-18 deg Libra-Two Men Placed Under Arrest
• 18-19 deg Libra-A Gang Of Robbers In Hiding
• 19-20 deg Libra-A Rabbi Performing His Duties
• 20-21 deg Libra-A Sunday Crowd Enjoying The Beach
• 21-22 deg Libra-A Child Giving Birds A Drink At A Fountain
• 22-23 deg Libra-Chanticleer's Voice Heralds Sunrise
• 23-24 deg Libra-A Butterfly With A Third Wing On Its Left Side
• 24-25 deg Libra-The Sight Of An Autumn Leaf Brings To A Pilgrim The Sudden Revelation Of The Mystery Of Life And Death
• 25-26 deg Libra-An Eagle And A Large White Dove Change Into Each Other
• 26-27 deg Libra-An Airplane Sails, High In The Clear Sky
• 27-28 deg Libra-A Man Becoming Aware Of Spiritual Forces Surrounding And Assisting Him
• 28-29 deg Libra-Mankind's Vast And Enduring Effort To Reach For Knowledge Transferable From Generation To Generation
• 29-30 deg Libra-Three Mounds Of Knowledge On A Philosopher's Head
  
  Scorpio
  
• 0-1 deg Scorpio-A Crowded Sightseeing Bus On A City Street
• 1-2 deg Scorpio-A Delicate Bottle Of Perfume Lies Broken, Releasing Its Fragrance
• 2-3 deg Scorpio-A House-Raising Party In A Small Village Enlists The Neighbors' Cooperation
• 3-4 deg Scorpio-A Youth Carries A Lighted Candle In A Devotional Ritual
• 4-5 deg Scorpio-A Massive Rocky Shore Resist The Pounding Of The Sea
• 5-6 deg Scorpio-The Gold Rush Tears Men Away From Their Native Soil
• 6-7 deg Scorpio-Deep-Sea Divers

Ophiuchus*

• 7-8 deg Scorpio-A Calm Lake Bathed In Moonlight
• 8-9 deg Scorpio-A Dentist At Work
• 9-10 deg Scorpio-A Fellowship Supper Reunites Old Comrades
• 10-11 deg Scorpio-A Drowning Man is Being Rescued
• 11-12 deg Scorpio-An Official Embassy Ball
• 12-13 deg Scorpio-An Inventor Performs A Laboratory Experiment
• 13-14 deg Scorpio-Telephone Lineman At Work Installling New Connections
• 14-15 deg Scorpio-Children Playing Around Five Mounds Of Sand
• 15-16 deg Scorpio-A Girl's Face Breaking Into A Smile
• 16-17 deg Scorpio-A Woman, Fecundated By Her Own Spirit, Is "Great With Child"
• 17-18 deg Scorpio-A Path Through Woods Brilliant With Multicolored Splendor
• 18-19 deg Scorpio-A Parrot Repeats The Conversation He Has Overheard
• 19-20 deg Scorpio-A Woman Draws Away Two Dark Curtains Closing The Entrance To A Sacred Pathway
• 20-21 deg Scorpio-Obeying His Conscience, A Soldier Resists Orders
• 21-22 deg Scorpio-Hunters Shooting Wild Ducks
• 22-23 deg Scorpio-A Rabbit Metamorphoses Into A Nature Sprit
• 23-24 deg Scorpio-After Having Heard An Inspired Individual Deliver His "Sermon On The Mount," Crowds Are Returning Home
• 24-25 deg Scorpio-An X-Ray Photograph
• 25-26 deg Scorpio-American Indians Making Camp After Moving Into A New Territory
• 26-27 deg Scorpio-A Military Band Marches Noisily On Through The City Streets
• 27-28 deg Scorpio-The King Of The Fairies Approaching His Domain
• 28-29 deg Scorpio-An Indian Squaw Pleading To The Chief For The Lives Of Her Children
• 29-30 deg Scorpio-Children In Halloween Costumes Indulge In Various Pranks
  
  Sagittarius
• 0-1 deg Sagittarius-Retired Army Veterans Gather To Reawaken Old Memories
• 1-2 deg Sagittarius-White-capped Waves Display The Power Of Wind Over Sea
• 2-3 deg Sagittarius-Two Men Playing Chess
• 3-4 deg Sagittarius-A Little Child Learning To Walk With The Encouragement Of His Parents
• 4-5 deg Sagittarius-An Old Owl Sits Alone On The Branch Of A Large Tree
• 5-6 deg Sagittarius-A Game Of Cricket
• 6-7 deg Sagittarius-Cupid Knocks At The Door Of A Human Heart
• 7-8 deg Sagittarius-Within The Depths Of The Earth New Elements Are Being Formed
• 8-9 deg Sagittarius-A Mother Leads Her Small Child Step By Step Up A Steep Stairway
• 9-10 deg Sagittarius-A Theatrical Representation Of A Golden-Haired Goddess Of Opportuinity
• 10-11 deg Sagittarius-In The Left Section Of An Archaic Temple, A Lamp Burns In A Container Shaped Like A Human Body
• 11-12 deg Sagittarius-A Flag Turns Into An Eagle; The Eagle Into A Chanticleer Saluting The Dawn
• 12-13 deg Sagittarius-A Widow's Past Is Brought To Light
• 13-14 deg Sagittarius-The Great Pyramid And The Sphinx
• 14-15 deg Sagittarius-The Ground Hog Looking For Its Shadow On Ground Hog Day
• 15-16 deg Sagittarius-Sea Gulls Fly Around A Ship In Expectation Of Food
• 16-17 deg Sagittarius-An Easter Sunrise Service Draws A Large Crowd
• 17-18 deg Sagittarius-Children Playing On The Beach, Their Heads Protected By Sunbonnets
• 18-19 deg Sagittarius-Pelicans Menaced By The Behavior And Refuse Of Men Seek Safer Areas For Bringing Up Their Young
• 19-20 deg Sagittarius-In An Old-Fashioned Northern Village Men Cut The Ice Of A Frozen Pond For Use During The Summer
• 20-21 deg Sagittarius-A Child And A Dog Wearing Borrowed Eyeglasses
• 21-22 deg Sagittarius-A Chinese Laundry
• 22-23 deg Sagittarius-A Group Of Immigrants As They Fulfill The Requirements Of Entrance Into The New Country
• 23-24 deg Sagittarius-A Bluebird Perched On The Gate Of A Cottage
• 24-25 deg Sagittarius-A Chubby Boy On A Hobby-Horse
• 25-26 deg Sagittarius-A Flag Bearer In A Battle
• 26-27 deg Sagittarius-A Sculptor At His Work
• 27-28 deg Sagittarius-An Old Bridge Over A Beautiful Stream Is Still In Constant Use
• 28-29 deg Sagittarius-A Fat Boy Mowing The Lawn Of His House On An Elegant Suburban Street
• 29-30 deg Sagittarius-The Pope Blessing The Faithful
  
  Capricorn
  
• 0-1 deg Capricorn-An Indian Chief Claims Power From The Assembled Tribe
• 1-2 deg Capricorn-Three Rose Windows In A Gothic Church, One Damaged By War
• 2-3 deg Capricorn-A Human Soul, In Its Eagerness For New Experiences, Seeks Embodiment
• 3-4 deg Capricorn-A Group Of People Outfitting A Large Canoe At The Start Of A Journey By Water
• 4-5 deg Capricorn-Indians On The Warpath. While Some Men Row A Well-Filled Canoe, Others In It Perform A War Dance
• 5-6 deg Capricorn-Ten Logs Lie Under An Archway Leading To Darker Woods
• 6-7 deg Capricorn-A Veiled Prophet Speaks, Seized By The Power Of A God
• 7-8 deg Capricorn-In A Sunlit Home Domesticated Birds Sing Joyously
• 8-9 deg Capricorn-An Angel Carrying A Harp
• 9-10 deg Capricorn-An Albatross Feeding From The Hand Of A Sailor
• 10-11 deg Capricorn-A Large Group Of Pheasant On A Private Estate
• 11-12 deg Capricorn-An Illustrated Lecture On Natural Science Reveals Little-Known Aspects Of Life
• 12-13 deg Capricorn-A Fire Worshipper Meditates On The Ultimate Realities Of Existence
• 13-14 deg Capricorn-An Ancient Bas-Relief Carved In Granite Remains A Witness To A Long-Forgotten Culture
• 14-15 deg Capricorn-In A Hospital, The Children's Ward Is Filled With Toys
• 15-16 deg Capricorn-School Grounds Filled With Boys And Girls In Gymnasium Suits
• 16-17 deg Capricorn-A Repressed Woman Finds A Psychological Release In Nudism
• 17-18 deg Capricorn-The Union Jack Flag Files From A British Warship
• 18-19 deg Capricorn-A Five-Year-Old Child Carrying A Bag Filled With Groceries
• 19-20 deg Capricorn-A Hidden Choir Is Singing During A Religious Service
• 20-21 deg Capricorn-A Relay Race
• 21-22 deg Capricorn-By Accepting Defeat Gracefully, A General Reveals Nobility Of Character
• 22-23 deg Capricorn-A Soldier Receiving Two Awards For Bravery In Combat
• 23-24 deg Capricorn-A Woman Entering A Convent
• 24-25 deg Capricorn-A Store Filled With Precious Oriental Rugs
• 25-26 deg Capricorn-A Nature Sprit Dancing In The Iridescent Mist Of A Waterfall
• 26-27 deg Capricorn-Pilgrims Climbing The Steep Steps Leading To A Mountain Shrine
• 27-28 deg Capricorn-A Large Aviary
• 28-29 deg Capricorn-A Woman Reading Tea Leaves
• 29-30 deg Capricorn-A Secret Meeting Of Men Responsible For Executive Decisions In World Affairs
  
  Aquarius
  
• 0-1 deg Aquarius-An Old Adobe Mission In California
• 1-2 deg Aquarius-An Unexpected Thunderstorm
• 2-3 deg Aquarius-A Deserter From The Navy
• 3-4 deg Aquarius-A Hindu Yogi Demonstrates His Healing Powers
• 4-5 deg Aquarius-A Council Of Ancestors Is Seen Implementing Thee Efforts Of A Young Leader
• 5-6 deg Aquarius-A Masked Figure Performs Ritualistic Acts In A Mystery Play
• 6-7 deg Aquarius-A Child Is Seen Being Born Out Of An Egg
• 7-8 deg Aquarius-Beautifully Gowned Wax Figures On Display
• 8-9 deg Aquarius-A Flag Is Seen Turning Into An Eagle
• 9-10 deg Aquarius-A Man Who Had For A Time Become The Embodiment Of A Popular Ideal Is Made To Realize That As A Person He Is Not This Ideal
• 10-11 deg Aquarius-During A Silent Hour, A Man Receives A New Inspiration Which May Change His Life
• 11-12 deg Aquarius-On A Vast Staircase Stand People Of Different Types, Graduated Upward
• 12-13 deg Aquarius-A Barometer
• 13-14 deg Aquarius-A Train Entering A Tunnel
• 14-15 deg Aquarius-Two Lovebirds Sitting On A Fence And Singing Happily
• 15-16 deg Aquarius-A Big Businessman At His Desk
• 16-17 deg Aquarius-A Watchdog Stands Guard, Protecting His Master And His Possessions
• 17-18 deg Aquarius-A Man's Secret Motives Are Being Publicly Unmasked
• 18-19 deg Aquarius-A Forest Fire Is Being Subdued By The Use Of Water, Chemicals And Sheer Muscular Energy
• 19-20 deg Aquarius-A Large White Dove Bearing A Message
• 20-21 deg Aquarius-A Disappointed And Disillusioned Woman Courageously Faces A Seemingly Empty Life
• 21-22 deg Aquarius-A Rug Is Placed On The Floor Of A Nursery To Allow Children To Play In Comfort And Warmth
• 22-23 deg Aquarius-A Big Bear Sitting Down And Waving All Its Paws
• 23-24 deg Aquarius-A Man, Having Overcome His Passions, Teaches Deep Wisdom In Terms Of His Experience
• 24-25 deg Aquarius-A Butterfly With The Right Wing More Perfectly Formed
• 25-26 deg Aquarius-A Garage Man Testing A Car's Battery With A Hydrometer
• 26-27 deg Aquarius-An Ancient Pottery Bowl Filled With Fresh Violets
• 27-28 deg Aquarius-A Tree Felled And Sawed To Ensure A Supply Of Wood For The Winter
• 28-29 deg Aquarius-A Butterfly Emerging From A Chrysalis
• 29-30 deg Aquarius-Deeply Rooted In The Past Of A Very Ancient Culture, A Spiritual Brotherhood In Which Many Individual Minds Are Merged Into The Glowing Light Of A Unanimous Consciousness Is Revealed To One Who Has Emerged Successfully From His Metamorphosis
  
  Pisces
  
• 0-1 deg Pisces-In A Crowded Marketplace Farmers And Middlemen Display A Great Variety Of Products
• 1-2 deg Pisces-A Squirrel Hiding From Hunters
• 2-3 deg Pisces-Petrified Tree Trunks Lie Broken On Desert Sand
• 3-4 deg Pisces-Heavy Car Traffic On A Narrow Isthmus Linking Two Seashore Resorts
• 4-5 deg Pisces-A Church Bazaar
• 5-6 deg Pisces-A Parade Of Army Officers In Full Dress
• 6-7 deg Pisces-Illumined By A Shaft Of Light, A Large Cross Lies On Rocks Surrounded By Sea
• 7-8 deg Pisces-A Girl Blowing A Bugle
• 8-9 deg Pisces-A Jockey Spurs His Horse, Intent On Outdistancing His Rivals
• 9-10 deg Pisces-An Aviator Pursues His Journey, Flying Through Ground-Obscuring Clouds
• 10-11 deg Pisces-Men Traveling A Narrow Path, Seeking Illumination
• 11-12 deg Pisces-In The Sanctuary Of An Occult Brotherhood, Newly Initiated Members Are Being Examined And Their Character Tested
• 12-13 deg Pisces-An Ancient Sword, Used In Many Battles, Is Displayed In A Museum
• 13-14 deg Pisces-A Lady Wrapped In A Large Stole Of Fox Fur
• 14-15 deg Pisces-An Officer Instructing His Men Before A Simulated Assault Under A Barrage Of Live Shells
• 15-16 deg Pisces-In The Quiet Of His Study A Creative Individual Experiences A Flow Of Inspiration
• 16-17 deg Pisces-An Easter Parade
• 17-18 deg Pisces-In A Gigantic Tent, Villagers Witness A Spectacular Performance
• 18-19 deg Pisces-A Master Instructing His Disciple
• 19-20 deg Pisces-A Table Set For An Evening Meal
• 20-21 deg Pisces-Under The Watchful And Kind Eye Of A Chinese Servant, A Girl Fondles A Little White Lamb
• 21-22 deg Pisces-A Prophet Carrying Tablets Of The New Law Is Walking Down The Slopes Of Mount Sinai
• 22-23 deg Pisces-A "Materializing" Medium Giving A Seance
• 23-24 deg Pisces-On A Small Island Surrounded By The Vast Expanse Of The Sea, People Are Seen Living In Close Interaction
• 24-25 deg Pisces-A Religious Organization Succeeds In Overcoming The Corrupting Influence Of Perverted Practices and Materialized Ideals
• 25-26 deg Pisces-Watching The Very Thin Moon Crescent Appearing At Sunset, Different People Realize That The Time Has Come To Go Ahead With Their Different Projects
• 26-27 deg Pisces-The Harvest Moon Illumines A Clear Autumnal Sky
• 27-28 deg Pisces-A Fertile Garden Under The Full Moon Reveals A Variety Of Full-Grown Vegetables
• 28-29 deg Pisces-Light Breaking Into Many Colors As It Passes Through A Prism
• 29-30 deg Pisces-A Majestic Rock Formation Resembling A Face Is Idealized By A Boy Who Takes It As His Ideal Of Greatness, And As He Grows Up, Begins To Look Like It.

*Ophiuchus is the actual constellation which occupies the 7th through the 30th degrees of “Scorpio” in the Tropical Zodiac. Scorpius and Ophiuchus were combined into a single “sign” -Scorpio. This is why there are 12 signs in the Tropical Zodiac, the Zodiac most Westerner Astrologers are familiar with, rather than the 13 constellations of the Siderial Zodiac. Individuals whom are born during the first six or seven days of the traditional dates for “Scorpio” actually have their Sun in Scorpius; this means that most people who are “Scorpios” according to Western Astrology actually have their Sun in Ophiuchus, as the sun is in this constellation for 23 or 24 days of the “sign”.