I have avoided posting political ruminations on my site for a while now. The political landscape has been so disheartening that I’ve not wanted to focus on it. However at this point the cacophony, the dysfunction and the obvious disruption to good government co-joined with the train wreck of the Trump administration makes it very hard to avert one’s eyes.  I have yet to do a full analysis of Donald Trump’s birth chart, probably because I’ve known more about him in actuality than the average citizen and most of my fellow astrologers.  He is a dish best sampled in small bites.  However his chart at this point in time is so wrapped up in the well being of the nation that it would be neglectful not to analyze it and offer some evaluation.

Donald Trump

• As I have been predicting now for 2 years to friends and associates, trump is in trouble in so many ways. His astrology from now through 2020 is abysmal.

• Trump has a handful of major aspects occurring now involving out...

I have been in fraternal love with David Bowie since the first time I heard “Hunky Dory”.  I was working at the time in Jordan Marsh, a department store in downtown Boston, in their record department.  I was a fledgling hippie and recently out of the closet. When I first saw that album cover with his shoulder length bleached blond locks I was beyond fascinated.  Changes, Oh! You Pretty Things, Life on Mars? , they all played a part in influencing me to alter my perceptions of life and identity.

Later, I sat in the 20th row, right side, in Boston’s Music Hall in 1972 for “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” US tour.  I sporadically wore glitter for two years afterwards. My interest and devotion in him never faltered. So when I opened my computer this past January 10th to witness the shocking news of his death, I literally cried for days. There was no realization that he was ill beforehand.

I hadn’t looked at his birth chart in years. However, b...

Reprinted from a 2008 posting.

A word about me, I have practiced astrological counseling for over twenty years and also have read the Tarot for almost as long. I believe that those who practice Astrology should seek to achieve a balance in all things. It is out of order to use the knowledge or practice of Astrology to proselytize for one’s own political agenda or to feed ‘astro-ganda’ like pabulum to the unknowing.  The movement and interaction of the planets and stars are neither all good nor all bad. How they play out in a life is determined more by the free will of the individual than by the transit du jour.

Of course, of prime interest these days has been the burning topic dominating the news of the upcoming presidential elections, and the race for the White House. John McCain for the Republican nomination, and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination.  Recently, astrologers were purportedly gifted a rare advantage in analysis, a birth certificate for Barack Obama. Some co...