just a quick one... The big moment is almost here, as NASA launches the first of its new series of rockets that will land humans on the Moon, and from there go to Mars - the Artemis Program. As the Washington Post tells us on August 28: Note that the payload is the Orion crew … Continue reading The Launch (finally!) of Artemis I
In past blogs I have mentioned the peculiar frequency of a very minor fixed star in the constellation of Leo known as sigma Leonis, or 77 Leo, in various political-astrological radices, such as the morning of 9/11/2001 when the Sun itself aligned with it, and other critical historical moments. In Emersion's previous series on the … Continue reading NATO’s Road to Madrid 2022 via 77 Leo – Part I
Astrology is foremost a study of celestial phenomena, and how it relates to the local world around us. It also considers things that are not phenomena, but instead purely mathematical, such as nodes and dark focal points, like the Black Moon, represented in charts with this glyph, the astrological symbol for the lunar apogee, or … Continue reading On the DC Obelisk – Part IV
A quick shout-out is due astrologer Jude Cowell of Stars Over Washington for both inspiration and a reminder of what it takes to be a competent mundane practitioner. Her blog is a veritable treasure-trove of data and insights essential to astrologers who want to learn about the craft. Bravo, Jude! I hear you are an … Continue reading On the DC Obelisk – Part III
A pentacle approximates the shape of the Washington Monument's pyramidion In Part I we learned that the Washington Monument encodes historic astrological alignments via the shape of its design and its symbolic moment of dedication. It does so through the pyramidion at the top which is based on the Golden Mean value, and is shaped … Continue reading On the DC Obelisk – Part II
When we look at monuments, we are looking at symbols that operate on multiple levels in both space and time. They commemorate past times, and they are also guides for the future. Nothing comes closer to achieving that than the Washington Monument in the USA's capital. Not only is it a tribute to the fellow … Continue reading On the DC Obelisk – Part I
It's that time of year for the Boys of Summer to come out of hibernation and throw the ball, hit the ball, and catch the ball. For me, a klutzy waif, that means it's time to discuss the sacred measurements of the game. Why is a baseball field set up the way it is? I … Continue reading On the Cosmic Dimensions of Major League Baseball
The recent invasion of Ukraine by the regime of Russia’s Vladimir Putin has been a hot topic in online astrology discussion groups. Here at Occursion, it is my aim to present data that won’t be found anywhere else, so I won’t be discussing the standard take on things. Instead, this article is intended to “unpack” … Continue reading The “Third Rome” and the War on Ukraine – an Astro-iconological Perspective
A nice example of a nexus between Masonic astrology and government/municipal astrology is seen with the history of Chicago. As we know, Chicago grew to be the nation's second-largest city, and is a major economic driver of the economy. Chicago boasted the tallest of a new kind of building called a "skyscraper" when it constructed … Continue reading The Astro-Masonic City Charter of Chicago
History tells us that a man named Adam Weishaupt founded the "Illuminati" (or at least some version of something like it?) on May 1, 1776, at Ingolstadt, Bararia. The choice of date was certainly not accidental, as the 1st day of May in the Holy Roman Empire was the (Roman) calendarized observance of the first … Continue reading May Day: Beltane, the Illuminati, George Washington, the 33, and then Mars
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