Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been assassinated yesterday in Rawalpindi, while the Moon was in Paran with Algol and Alphard. The tragic event triggered violence and riots across the country, and international concern about the instability of that region, where some people see a civil war already imminent.
Pakistan gained it’s Independence at the same time as […]

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I noticed that the new ‘minor’ planet, Eris, is currently on the back of Cetus, heading for Al Rischa in 2047.  Al Rischa is the knot or cord that binds the two fish of Pisces together so it sounds like a uniting kind of energy?
Also in 2047, Uranus opposes Pluto. With Eris ruling change through discontent or disruption, […]

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Hi all
Gary, our wonderful sound person in South Africa just posted a link to this image of the eclipse. At the conference we talked about the idea of a Blood Moon and indeed in the May 2007 edition of the Visual Astrology Newsletter we talked about the meaning of a Blood Moon http://www.zyntara.com/van_May2007/VAN_May2007.htm  also in the […]

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Is Nergal in the horns of the bull and alone in the sky now (other than Uranus and Neptune)? And isnt that a bad thing?
Catherine

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Hi Everybody! I just wondered how many of you managed to get out and view the wonderful Perseid Metero shower last Sunday/Monday? I did manage to get to a local astronomy event, which was held in the north of the island (Malta), in a place where there is miniml light pollution. Some friends were visiting […]

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Every month I will try to put a post up as a guide to what you can see in the night sky for the current month - but if anyone else cares to add to this post, or take on the job of being the ”sky poster” that would be great.
The month of June 2007
Venus is the […]

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