Fibonacci Day is November 23rd, and celebrates the work of medieval mathematician Leonardo of Pisa. We have no solid dates on Leonardo, but 11-23 was chosen as those are the first numbers in the sequence. In honour of the day, Science Magazine published an article on an American mathematician who utilized the Fibonacci series to... Continue Reading →
C482 French Astrologer Andre Barbault reposes
French astrologer, Andre Barbault, reposed on the afternoon of 7 October 2019. Commencing his studies at seventeen years old, Monsieur Barbault gave the world eighty one years of profound study. His predictions of world events are well-known and his wisdom came from intense study of human psychology married to relentless research. He was born at... Continue Reading →
C570 Updating Astrologer-Psychologist Liz Greene
In Ms. Greene's book, The Outer Planets and their Cycles, section #5, Liz admits that her "Mercury is in Gemini". Based on her birthday of September 4th that cannot be literally true Mercury is never that far away from the Sun (which in September is in Virgo), so she must mean is that it is... Continue Reading →
Treaty of Versailles, twice
April 7, 2019, marks the hundredth anniversary of Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles — the infamous war-guilt clause. Although the treaty was not signed until June 28, the Supreme Council approved the notorious article on April 7, 1919. The authors were John Maynard Keynes, & John Foster Dulles. The Allied and Associated Governments... Continue Reading →
Living long, Roslyn’s story
I happened to be going thru some old charts I have and noticed this one of my friend's mother. I realized that Roz was now 93 years old and had never been sick a day in her life -- literally. her pregnancies were a walk in the park, her deliveries effortless. She met her husband... Continue Reading →
#J329 Farida, Queen of Egypt.
King Farouk was 17 (see above) when he met Safinaz Zulficar -her name in Turkish means the beautiful woman- on a trip to London. She was part of the royal entourage for Queen Nazli's voyage. Her mother Kareema was the queen's lady in waiting, and also one of the daughters of Mohammed Said Pasha,... Continue Reading →
Women’s Suffrage 8-18-1920
The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is ratified by Tennessee, giving it the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it the law of the land. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by... Continue Reading →
Prohibition Starts midnight 6-30-1919
Basically this chart is a bundle with an Uranian handle in the sixth house. Uranus is also the only retrograde planet in the chart. The asteroid chart is supplied above and has an interesting aspect between asteroid Li and Venus suggesting that the legislators were quite aware that this would not work. The ascendant is... Continue Reading →
#J292 Vernon California, Boxing & Jack Doyle
The city of Vernon is best known today for its meatpacking plants and slaughterhouses, but nearly a century ago vied with Madison Square Garden for the title of "Boxing Capital of the World." In his Vernon Arena, promoter Jack Doyle staged 20-round world championship fights and, between bouts, allowed the sporting set to refresh itself... Continue Reading →
Jupiter Cycle 1797
This Jupiter cycle, chosen because it is the one that ushers in the 19th century, and all of the Jones 1000 falls within the 19th and 20th centuries. It starts offs on a rather militaristic note. Mars is in the tenth house and it is the point focus of an opposition between Pluto that... Continue Reading →
#343J Swashbuckling Errol Flynn
The great Flynn Fight, Winchell vs. Doane Errol Leslie Flynn was born on the Winter Solstice in Hobart Tasmania, Australia, June 20th 1909 around 2:30 in the morning. His ascendant is the fiery Aries at 13 Aries (an unsuccessful bomb explosion that in so many ways sums up his personal life), but radio commentator, Walter... Continue Reading →
2017, November 17 and the Sex Appeal conjunction of Venus
Two of the five bright planets–Saturn and Mercury–are evening planets, but only Saturn is clearly visible after nightfall in early November, 2017. Right before Thanksgiving, on November 13th, Venus (at 08 Scorpio) will be exact to Jupiter and be like a "Moon shining on a lake, unveiling everyone's darkest secrets." We base our chart at ... Continue Reading →