Astrology Lost and Found

Pisces (The Fishes), February 18th - March 20th This is the Negative Pole of the Water Triune, and corresponds to the feet of the Grand Man. Its colors are gray, emerald-green, pink, white and black. Its birth stones are chrysolite, pink shell and moonstones. Its profession is art, as expressed in sculpture and symbolism, mechanics, and grade. Its chief characteristics are perception, emotion, and silence. Its tribe is Naphtali—meaning "Wrestlings"— which aptly describes its anxious, lifelong fight with its own faults and outer circumstances. Its planets are Jupiter, Neptune and the Moon. Pisces people are of two types, the one possessing fine, straight figures, wide-awake, piercing eyes, square head and jaw, and elastic step. The others are apt to be round shouldered, with weak carriage, full faces and sleepy eyes. The active ones are subject to pains in the head, feet and back, to weak digestion, rheumatism and fits of anxious self-censure. The inactive on...

Aquarius (The Water Bearer), January 19th - February 17th This is the Negative Pole of the Air Triune, and corresponds to the ankles of the Grand Man. Its colors are salmon pink, Nile green and blue. Its birth stones are sapphire, opal, and turquoise. Its profession is art, music— especially vocal—electricity and social leadership. Its chief characteristics are memory, sensitiveness, good taste, and a faculty for absorbing and retaining knowledge. Its tribe is Dan, meaning a judge, and it seems to possess a wonderful gift of reading human nature. Its planets are Uranus and Saturn. The natural tendency of these people is toward a fine, dignified appearance—tall and healthy— with beautiful complexions and clear eyes. But there are also found careless and lazy persons in this sign and these suffer much in appearance and health. Their inactive habits cause bad circulation, which induces pains in the head and feet, nervous break-downs, fits of the blues and rheumatism. This is a mas...

Capricornus (The Goat), December 21st - January 18th This is the Negative Pole of the Earth Triune and corresponds to the knees of the Grand Man. Its colors are maroon, brown, silver and black. Its birth stones are moonstone and white onyx. Its profession is teaching and the management of large sums of money, estates or many servants. Its chief characteristics are idealism, inspiration and a great love of learning and self-improvement. Its tribe is Judah, meaning " The Praise of the Lord." Its planets are Saturn and Mars. These people always possess the charm of looking well. They are generally fine-looking, with beautiful, expressive eyes—round instead of almond-shaped —dark hair and sometimes olive complexion. The ambition they have to carry anything they undertake to a brilliant finish has a tendency to overtax their endurance and cause acute indigestion. This in turn leads to fits of the blues, as every one knows the digestion is responsible for a great deal of the ...

Sagittarius (The Archer), November 22nd - December 20th This is the Negative Pole of the Fire Triune and corresponds to the motor nerves and thighs of the Grand Man. Its colors are red, green and gold. Its birth stones are carbuncles, turquoises and diamonds. Its profession is traveling, buying and selling, commercial enterprises, or anything in which the great executive ability, penetrating foresight, and wealth amassing characteristics of this sign can be exercised. This nature is cautious, conservative, courageous in defense rather than offense, self-reliant, introspective, and as in all fire people, its keynote and mainspring is its deep love-nature, less impetuous but more lasting, devoted and faithful than either Aries or Leo. Its tribe is Levi—meaning "Those who are joined or bound" which is characteristic of its fidelity and faithfulness to the marriage-vow. Its ruling planets are Mars and Jupiter. Sagittarius people are almost invariably refined and grace...

Scorpio (The Scorpion), October 23nd - November 21st This is the Middle Sign of the Water Triune, and corresponds to the generative organs of the Grand Man. Its colors are scarlet, golden-brown and black. Its birth stones are topaz and malachite. Its profession is surgery, medicine and the ministry. It has at times a gift for public speaking, and works best in partnerships, firms and trusts. Its chief characteristics are love of labor, tenacity, activity, justice, silence, skill and attachment. Its tribe is Simeon—meaning " He who hears or obeys". Its planets are the Asteroids and Mars. A peculiarity of Scorpio is the fact that most of its inhabitants are brunettes—either possessing dark hair, dark eyes, dusky complexions—or all three. They are robust, warm-blooded and inclined to put on flesh in middle life. They should guard against heart trouble, weak back, lumbago and gout. This is a feminine sign, having like its Head Sign, Cancer, a strong leaning to...

Libra, The Balance, September 23nd - October 22nd This is the Middle Sign of the Air Triune and corresponds to the hips of the Grand Man. Its colors are crimson, black, and light blue. Its birth stones are opals and diamonds. Its profession is law, oratory, military commander, commercial organizer, and often a director of religious organizations. Its chief characteristics are ambition, perception, pride, conservatism, inspiration and respect for the laws. Its tribe is Reuben, meaning, vision seer, perception and foresight. The ruling planets are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Neptune. Libra people are almost invariably fine looking, unless given over to evil habits. They possess unusually good figures, tall and slender in youth with small hands and feet, and inclining toward stoutness as they grow older. Their foreheads are broad, their voices ringing, enunciation quick, and their eyes expressive. They should guard against worry and impatience which tends toward nervous break-do...

Virgo (The Virgin), August 23d - September 22d This is the Middle Sign of the Earth Triune, and corresponds to the Solar Plexus and Digestion of the Grand Man. Its colors are amber, gold, and black with turquoise spots. Its birth stones are pink, jasper and hyacinth. Its profession is chemistry, proof-reading and the finer details of a large organization. And its chief characteristics are order, method, self-reliance and will-power. Its Tribe is Benjamin, meaning Son of Eight Hand, or Power. The ruling planets are, Venus, Uranus, and Mercury. Its personal appearance is almost invariably that of health and strength, as this Sign is considered the healthiest Sign in the Zodiac, having no diseases common to it at all and bestowing everlasting youth on all those born in it. They have unusually fine, well-built figures, oval face, strong voice and fine carriage. Their manners are more elegant than gentle, and are sometimes laid aside entirely. It is a feminine sign—the women bor...

Leo (The Lion), July 22nd - August 22nd This is the middle sign of the Fire Triune and corresponds to the heart of the Grand Man. Its colors are yellow, red and green; its birth stones ruby and diamond; its profession—the ministry, the arts or society leader, and its chief characteristics are conservatism, faith, and self-control. Its tribe is Joseph and it has a double meaning, " Increase " and "Judgment—luminous, perfect." So we find two kinds of people in Leo, unregenerate self-seekers or spiritual-minded workers for the good of the world. Their planet is the earth and their star the sun. These people are generally good looking, the unregenerates with a handsome, sinister type, and the more spiritually minded with a fine, delicate beauty less striking and more lasting. They are well builf, strong and sinewy, with broad shoulders and slim figures. Their complexion is generally fine, with good coloring, their voices should be strong and deep, but are occasion...

Taurus (The Bull), April 20th - May 20th This is the Head Sign of the Earth Triune, and corresponds to the neck of the Grand Man. Its colors are azure, red and lemon-yellow, its birth stones, moss-agate and emerald, its profession science, and its chief characteristics are a strong will and much natural sympathy. Its tribe is Asher, meaning happiness. It is the natural home of Yenus, which gives a tendency to early marriages. These people rarely remain single, both the men and women having a natural attraction for the other sex. Their personal appearance is also favorable to this, as they are usually good looking, the men being broad-shouldered, powerfully built, full faced, with a good complexion and much animal magnetism, and the women their healthy, handsome, magnetic duplicates. Taurus people are great lovers of science, literary pursuits and art in its various branches. They are studious and clever, but make better imitators than originators. Their temperament is slow and st...

The character and the life of every person, for better or for worse, is as the earth and the heavens were at his nativity, and as they have progressed in altered relationships since that time. This wheel, with its lessons, gives each person opportunity of proving the matter, instead of being obliged, by ignorance of these laws, to depend upon the theories of others. "Let everyone be convinced in his own mind," said Paul. Nothing in reality is bad, on the higher plane of life, but on the Lunar plane of life we are apt to entertain most startling delusions of good and evil, which have been hypnotically impressed upon us by ages of custom, and the regulations by Civil laws. So long as those delusions continue, then good and evil will exist, but always on the sentient plane of life, the field of animal impulses. Excerpt from Astrology in a Nutshell by Carl Webber (1902 )

Though astrology hasn’t been considered a science for thousands of years, on Thursday, February 4th, 2011, the Bombay High Court in India reaffirmed that it is indeed a “science” when it dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenged astrology as science. "So far as prayer related to astrology is concerned, the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is science. The court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The decision of the apex court is binding on this court," observed the judges. “ Astrology is a trusted science and is being practiced for over 4000 years," said an affidavit filed by Dr R Ramakrishna, deputy drug controller (India), west zone. The law and astrology The first time that astrologers and Astrology appeared in the law any place was in England in the 16th Century. The British enforced the British Vagrancy Act which was supposedly focused on p...

Besides taking classes, reading books and joining groups, there are national organizations that provide education and degrees in astrology, initiate research projects and provide grants. Some protect astrologer’s legal rights and have succeeded in changing laws restricting astrological studies and practice. All these organizations have newsletters, journals, libraries, conferences. They also are great for networking with other students and professionals and usually have chapters and representatives all over the world. Astrology Organizations 101: What are the major astrological organizations?

For those of you interested in lessons, classes, intensive study with courses leading to a degree in astrological studies from an accredited astrology college or school, the following are the top educational institutions. It isn’t necessary to obtain a degree in order to benefit from personal astrological studies, but those of you considering a professional career will profit from the structure and gain the assurance there aren't any gaps in your knowledge. The help, support and feedback from professionals in the field goes without saying . What might take years of private study is greatly accelerated by the discipline of the exam structures. Astrology Education 101: Where can I get lessons and a degree in astrology? Photo credit and trivia: Llewellyn Astrology School Diploma "A 1927 Diploma from the Llewellyn College of Astrology awarded to Dr. Ekstrom. Llewellyn George was a pioneering teacher, developing a ‘mail order’ course in astrology to supplement the “A to Z Horosco...

Even before the advent of the WWW, there were quite a few programs that calculated planetary positions, generated astrology charts, transits and progressions and had an ephemeris. I probably could blame my interest in Astrology on one of these programs that came with my first computer in the 1980’s. Many of these pioneers have graciously made these programs available for free on the internet. This freeware was always exceptional in quality and still is. All of the programs mentioned in this Top 5 freeware list have the same specifications as the professional mainstream software programs without a lot of the branding and graphics. Read the rest of the article: The Top 5 Freeware Astrology Programs Astrology Freeware 101: What are the top 5 astrology freeware programs? Photo: WOW Astrology

If you are planning on going the whole nine yards into professional astrology, the following programs are some of the best on the market. These companies offer licenses to print out their reports and sell them separately on your website or to your clients through e-mail or snail mail. A few offer promotional materials to set up shop and note taking, report writing, wheel design and database indexing for thousands of charts. Read the rest of the article: The Top 5 Astrology Software Programs Astrology Software 101: What are the top 5 astrology software programs? Photo: Matrix Software

For the more advanced astrologer or for those of you who approach the study of astrology from a soul-centered, evolutionary or spiritual viewpoint, these are the top 10 karmic and spiritual Astrology books: Astrology Books 101: What are the top 10 karmic and spiritual astrology books? Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons France, Astronomy, tapestry, 16th century, Göteborg, Röhsska Museet för Konsthantverk och Design [Röhss Museum of Applied Arts and Design.

It’s a month of repeats and corrections (Mercury is retrograde most of the month) and a last clean sweep of the stage before the scene changes completely. There a few big rats back stage that still need to be trapped, caged and let free into the wild. A stage manager is still calling out cues still telling you to keep your nose to the grindstone. And, (as if we all haven’t had enough of this sterile performance of Saturn in Virgo), the final scene features ghosts from the past. It will be a humbling experience. Trailers of new scenes from future episodes of "Saturn in Libra" appear as the new actors prepare to enter. Except for a few crazy backtracks, reruns and players that we thought were let off the show years ago, the new season is about to begin. The Universe’s choreographer (really Mercury in disguise) calls for a few more rehearsals, (some of you were pretty spaced out during the first run), so pay attention to the tiny details this month, otherwise you will enter the...

Let’s say the movie; The Matrix had some truth to it. Maybe there is the possibility that we live in a virtual world. Quantum physicists flirt with ideas of “particles roaming in fields”. They may be onto something Astrologers have known for thousands of years. Astrologers observe the heavens. As they observe the heavens, they notice that when certain planets and stars pass through specific areas of the sky; events transpire on Earth and its inhabitants. Plants, animals and humans behave in distinctly predictable ways. Thousands of years of observation led them to the same conclusions. They witnessed: · When the Sun passed through the portion of the sky where the constellation of Aries was, that people born on those days were brave warriors or had strong muscular bodies. · The Sun’s passage through the constellation of Taurus brought forth souls with melodic voices and refined senses. · As the Sun made its passage through the constellation Gemini , they found people of wit and verbal...

This is a simple trick to discern the type of healing modality your querent will respond to best. We all respond differently to therapies and treatments. This info will help you determine the healing method tailored to the specific planet responsible for the ailment. Though most of these remedies are obvious, they are overlooked all too often. The Moon : Water is the natural remedy for the Moon. Drinking more water, changing one’s water source, taking a bath or soak, a steam, swimming or even sitting close to a water source or viewing a body of water are the cures for Moon affliction. The Sun : Light is the cure for the Sun; sunlight, sunlamps, trips to sunny places. Mercury : If Mercury causes the disorder, mental healing is required; psychotherapy, talking out one’s problems and mentally uplifting literature. Venus : If Venus is the culprit, either rest, if there has been overindulgence under her influence or recreation if she has been denied. Mars : Anything that can lower the tem...