Astrology Lost and Found

Mercury indicates education, letters, disputation, reasoning, brotherhood, interpretation, embassies, number, accounts, geometry, markets, youth, games, theft, association, communication, service, gain, discoveries, obedience, sport, wrestling, declamation, certification, supervision, weighing and measuring, the testing of coinage, hearing, versatility. It is the bestower of forethought and intelligence, the lord of brothers and of younger children, and the creator of all marketing and banking. In its own character, it makes temple builders, modelers, sculptors, doctors, secretaries, legal advisors, orators, philosophers, architects, musicians, prophets, diviners, augurs, dream interpreters, braiders, weavers, systematic physicians, those in charge of war and strategy, and those undertaking any unusual, systematic work in accounting or with reasoning. Mercury makes weight lifters and mimes, those making their livelihood with displays of skill, deception, gambling, or sleight of hand....

If the planets, Ascendant and Midheaven are mostly in the 2nd Decanates, you can tweak your interpretation of a clients design, and lean towards a more “mental” analysis. A person born with a 2nd Decanate emphasis is “set-up” to receive the mental elements of the field, so try to filter your interpretation by emphasizing they are here to perceive, observe and communicate through concepts and share their mental perceptions more than anything else. They are usually gifted with agile and probing minds, logic, extra-sensory abilities and flashes of insight.The planet Mercury is the Planetary Being generally responsible for the reception and transmission of mental influences in our Solar System. If you examine the glyph of Mercury ( ), it is a cross + (which symbolizes physical materiality) with a circle (o) (which symbolizes Spirit) and a crescent above the circle which symbolizes the soul. It is almost like spirit opens its soul antennas to bring down information into physical reality. Si...

A Royal Farewell I just heard about MJ's passing beyond the veil. Death always has a way of making Time stand still and in that moment grace one with an instant realization of the Mystery of this existence. Most astrologers when faced with Life's Mystery are automatically geared to search for "meaning" of these mysterious events by running to their computers to run an astrology chart. I found myself guilty of this same tendency and was unfortunately pulled out the moment of Grace and ran up MJ's chart on hearing of his sudden passing. (See Chart Below) It didn't take more than a few seconds of glancing at the chart to realize most astrologers will have a field day with how exact the astrological symbolism is surrounding his death. The configurations are almost textbook: Michael's ruler of his Gemini Ascendant is Mercury and there standing in almost exact opposition are the 2009 famous trio of Jupiter, Neptune and Chiron . Uranus pitches in with an ...