As James says, this centralization / decentralization concept is interesting and 2020 does look as though it might be a crucial time. The Jupiter/Saturn conjunction in the first degree of a sign feels to me that it should herald a major transition, especially since it happens at the solstice, follow...

Well, it does happen every couple of years, Rocko, so in itself I can't see it as particularly significant. However, I'd say this one is more significant than most because there's an unusually tight resonance between the conjunction (4? 12') and the opposition next year (4? 9' Leo/Aquarius) ? which ...

I'd say Joakim's right about the Asc representing the issue in question rather than either the EU or the UK. But I'm not sure what information you're looking to draw from the chart, astralwanderer? It's not really like a contest where one side can win and the other loses; it's more a process to teas...

So no clear conclusion jumps out. Well, that's certainly consistent with a hung parliament, which is what I'm expecting/hoping for. I suspect Theresa May will hang on as Prime Minister for a while, but I'll guess not much past the end of July when Neptune crosses back over her natal Mars (where it ...

Rocko said: "on the 8th we get a tough aspect between the Sun and r.Pluto via an inconjunction. That can be very stressful and has serious issues as it is between the big themes in our Lives." I think a peg-and-hole analogy can be useful for understanding inconjuncts. If we think of the e...

Has anyone ever looked at the moment Parliament is dissolved, for a general election chart? It seems to me that the dissolution of Parliament (one minute past midnight on the 3rd of May) will be the moment of irrevocable commitment because, until that happens, there's always a possiblity of the elec...

*sigh* I will have to take up fell-running instead. Hi Gunhilde It's not as vigorous as judo and fell-running, but you could try Tai Chi (as long as you go to someone who teaches it as a martial art). You'll quite likely find someone who teaches Chi Gung as well, if you're still interested in that ...

This is the real me expressing my real thoughts as best I can, learning as I go along what my truest and deepest thoughts are. I'm sorry if you were offended by what I wrote Kirk, but I was trying to make light of your approach; I'll try to remember, next time I see a disagreeable remark from you, ...

... the view of certain planetary energies being malefic ... rests completely on an assumption that we humans are central to our own existence. We are. It has to be that way. Immediately following that bit you quoted I had suggested a view of the world in which humans exist for a purpose outside th...

No. We don't need astrology. In fact, I think that collectively we should leave it far behind in working with the world's problems. Observation, facts, reasoning ? and a compassionate application of them ? work just fine. Astrology seems to bring in excessively subjective opinions, religious or phi...

Negative, Bad people. Are these the ... child abusers, humanistic astrologers. I don't know exactly what Theo meant by "negative, bad people", Billy, and he may indeed include humanistic astrologers in that category - but I didn't see anything in his post that compels that interpretation....

Hi Theo I must confess I tend not to pay much attention to the symbolism of specific astrological processes. I think most can manifest in so many different ways, and there are so many different ones operating all the time, that you either have to analyse the astrology in far more depth than I'm will...