October 15, 2024

Transit Outlook: Week of 14 October 2024

(13 October 2024)  The transits this week suggest a time of transition.  With Pluto and Jupiter having just turned retrograde last week, and  the Jupiter-Sun aspect now separating, there could be a smaller reservoir of optimism as the week progresses.  With less Jupiter in the mix, we could see more self-interested behavior as collective wisdom recedes in the background.  This may also impact financial markets which may become more risk-averse later in the week.  Much of the recent rise in the markets has coincided with Jupiter's alignments with Chiron, Mercury and the Sun.  While all three alignments are still fairly close, they are nonetheless separating and thus gradually weakening. As it happens, this 120-degree Sun-Jupiter aspect also coincides with the...

Research study: the Mars-Sun square aspect

(7 October 2024)  In the absence of objective and replicable data sources,  astrologers are typically forced to fall back on traditional understandings of planetary...

Transit Outlook: Week of 7 October 2024; Jupiter turns retrograde

(6 October 2024)  The highlight this week would seem to be the retrograde station of Jupiter at 27 degrees of sidereal Taurus.  Retrograde stations...

Transit Outlook — Week of 30 September 2024

(29 September 2024)  This week's transits are very much open to interpretation.  At first blush, Wednesday's solar eclipse would appear to be the highlight. ...

Vance and Walz to face-off in VP debate

(28 September 2024)  The US election campaign remains as close as ever ahead of Tuesday's vice-presidential debate.  The debate will feature GOP nominee and...

Transit Outlook — Week of 23 September 2024; Israel attack

(22 September 2024)  The transits this week argue for caution.   Last week's entry of Venus into sidereal Libra on Wednesday may have supported collective...

Transit Outlook — Week of 16 September 2024; FOMC meeting

(15 September 2024)  The highlight this week may well be Tuesday night's lunar eclipse at 1 Pisces.  With the eclipse occurring just three degrees...

Trump on the defensive after losing debate with Harris

(12 September 2024) Democratic nominee Kamala Harris took a big step forward in her campaign for the White House on Tuesday as she prevailed...

Transit Outlook — Week of 9 September 2024; Presidential debate

(8 September 2024)  This week could well be split into halves.  The first half of the week has a series of somewhat tense alignments,...

Transit Outlook — Week of 2 September 2024

(1 September 2024)  The transits this week focus our attention on the symbolism of Saturn and Ketu.  The early week New Moon occurs at...

Transit Outlook — Week of 26 August 2024

(25 August 2024)  There is no shortage of interesting alignments this week.  First, Mars enters sidereal Gemini early on Monday (EDT).  Mars sign changes...

Transit Outlook — Week of 19 August 2024

(18 August 2024)  The transits this week continue to look somewhat tense.  The Jupiter-Saturn square is exact on Monday although last week's Mars-Jupiter conjunction...

Kamala Harris edges ahead in the polls

(16 August 2024)  The whirlwind candidacy of Kamala Harris seems unstoppable.  The Harris nomination has provided a much-needed jolt of energy into the listless...

Transit Outlook — Week of 12 August 2024

(11 August 2024)  The transits this week look unsettled.  With Venus now moving well past last week's benefic conjunction with retrograde Mercury, collective sentiment...

Transit Outlook — Week of 5 August 2024

(4 August 2024)  Mars is again prominent this week as it squares both Mercury and Venus and approaches its August 14 conjunction with Jupiter. ...

Transit Outlook — Week of 29 July 2024

(28 July 2024)  The dominant alignment this week includes the fiery planets of Sun and Mars and the shadowy lunar nodes, Rahu and Ketu. ...

Predicting Harris vs Trump: the role of progressed stations

(27 July 2024)  With the presumptive nomination of Kamala Harris, the US election campaign has entered a new and unprecedented phase.  The Democrats have...

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