The Daily Astro for January 14, 2013 by Valerie Sylvester TODAY’S ASTRO: Well, Foggus Maximus continues today in lovely New York City as the Moon enters Pisces at 5:49 AM EST. Traffic slows (watch out for accidents–people really can’t see what’s ahead of them!) Today’s Neptune/Pisces theme is mystery, obfuscation, general mistiness, getting lost […] Continue reading
Weekend Astro for January 12-13, 2013 by Valerie Sylvester TODAY’S ASTRO: Well, I’m a little late catching up with this weekend! Life, alas, has a tendency to intervene pretty strenuously as I work a full-time job and have to catch up on errands and housework-y stuff over the weekend, but here’s a mini-Astro for what’s […] Continue reading
The Daily Astro for January 11, 2013 by Valerie Sylvester TODAY’S ASTRO: It’s New Moon time (2:44 PM EST), and 22 degrees of Capricorn is highlighted. Those of you with planets or chart angles close to that degree may feel the pull of this New Moon more than others. If you know where […] Continue reading
The Daily Astro for January 10, 2013 by Valerie Sylvester TODAY’S ASTRO: The Moon enters Capricorn at 3:54 AM EST, giving us a total of five planets in this cardinal earth sign, and we’re also in the dark of the moon phase (The New Moon activates 22 degrees of Capricorn tomorrow.) The word/s for […] Continue reading
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: DAVID JOHANSEN JANUARY 9 David Johansen: January 9, 1950 David Johansen, lead singer of the famous/infamous trail-blazer band The New York Dolls, has had an intriguing career. After the Dolls imploded he embarked on a solo career, re-invented himself as a bizarre lounge-singer character called Buster Poindexter (and had a huge, if annoying, […] Continue reading
The Daily Astro for January 9, 2013 by Valerie Sylvester TODAY’S ASTRO: We’re in the Twilight Zone today. The Moon remains in Sagittarius but it’s void-of-course. (The Moon enters Capricorn tomorrow at 3:54 AM EST). There are a few minor aspects, but the only more-or-less major aspect is Venus (which just […] Continue reading
The Daily Astro for January 8, 2013 by Valerie Sylvester Yesterday I wrote about one of the day’s noteworthy astrological aspects, Mars in Aquarius square Saturn in Scorpio. Since the Moon (women/the masses/publicity) was also involved in aspects with Mars and Pluto, and Venus was aspecting Vesta (currently retrograde and in Gemini), I expected the […] Continue reading
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 7 years to get […] Continue reading
The Daily Astro for January 7, 2013 by Valerie Sylvester I took about a month off from The Daily Astro due to being totally astonished, not to mention exhausted, by the events of the rather (ahem) dynamic year of 2012. I thought I’d try for a calm December, since the rest of the year was […] Continue reading
The Daily Astro for December 7, 2012 by Valerie Sylvester The Moon begins the day in Virgo, then migrates to Libra at 1:37 PM EST. Today is full of squinchy aspects that can throw us off our game. The day begins with a Mars/Neptune clash that can make it feel like we’re trying to drive […] Continue reading
Another Day, Another Planet 