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The morning of February 11, 2013 started off as typically quiet and “normal” for most of the world, but it was about to reverberate in both shock and disbelief for billions of Christians: Pope Benedict XVI, the Vicar of Christ, heir to the See of St. Peter, and head of the Vatican State, announced his … Continue reading On the Exaltation of Mars – Chapter 1.1 – The Pope Resigns
The tarot was borne in the Italian Renaissance, not as a divinatory tool for occultists, but more as an aristocratic card game - something to wile away the hours of the prototypical idle feudal family. Tarot evolved into an oracle after a plethora of generations, most likely in Marseilles, and this was also about the … Continue reading Astrological Elements of the Tarot (no, not what you’ve read before) Part I
The events of January 8, 2023, in Brasilia, Brazil, offered a good opportunity to look at the starry motif of the Brazilian flag, and its astrological scenario as well. The flag of Brazil is unique amongst nations as it figuratively, if not technically, marks a moment in time that the democratic republic of Brazil began, … Continue reading The Astro-symbolism and Astro-reality of the Brazilian Flag
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
My little career in astrology has been mostly about exploring the theory that the craft has been, and continues to be used by the upper echelons of power to ritually time events. I've mostly looked at this through the lens of my own cultural milieu, which is the realm of the USA, the UK, and … Continue reading A Bit More on the Astrology of the Arab League
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