Aquarius Papers - Global Astrology

The Cycles of Life – 7 Year Cycles and Stages of Change

by Robert Wilkinson

My new book, The Cycles of Life – 7 Year Cycles and Stages of Change” is now available on amazon as a paperback! This book is for everyone, as it explores the recurring 7 year cycles in human life, giving us a roadmap for the quality of each year.

Happy 2025 Birthday to Master Satirist Stephen Colbert

by Robert Wilkinson

Today is the 61st birthday of Stephen Colbert, razor witted television maven of "truthiness," born May 13, 1964 in Washington D.C. His remarkable blend of playful satire, irony, faux right wing reasoning and deliberately obtuse self-centered egomania brought a refreshing humor to America's airwaves for 9 years via The Colbert Report. And now he’s King of late night television!

Planets in Astrology – The Music of the Spheres

by Robert Wilkinson

In Astrology, the planets symbolize the Light and Sound of our rhythms, melodies, and harmonies as we dance down the road of Life. They are “the Music of the Spheres,” both when we were born and each moment we live.

The May 2025 Full Moon of 23 Taurus-Scorpio Pt. 3 – Aspects, Evolutionary Configurations, and More

by Robert Wilkinson

This “Buddha Wisdom” Full Moon shows us the way forward as things continue to fall apart. This will provide tremendous stable inspiration if we can keep focused on the positives in the midst of limiting conditions. As I told you before, don’t necessarily believe all you’re told these next two weeks.

Sunday Folk Festival Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of Pete Seeger and Funny Man Jerry Samuels, a.k.a. “Napoleon XIV”

by Robert Wilkinson

We finish our Sunday sessions with a music legend and a very funny songwriter! I gave you the other two pop and soul/funk May 3 superstars on Friday and yesterday, and you get the folk icon today! The funny guy is after Pete’s set.

Sunday Morning Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of Bob Henrit of the Unit 4+2, Argent, and the Kinks

by Robert Wilkinson

Kicking off our musical Sunday, we have the drummer on some of the great tunes of our times!

Happy Mother's Day 2025

by Robert Wilkinson

A Happy Mother's Day to all mothers around the world who read this! Today we honor all those who nurture, with a special focus on mothers everywhere, as well as their mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers back to the beginning of time. Let's take a new look at what this day is about, and what the founders intended it to be.

Happy 2025 Birthday To One of the Greatest, Sri Yukteswar Giri

Today is the birthday of the great Kriya Yogi, Astrologer, author, and Sage, Sri Yukteswar (10 May 1855 - 9 March 1936), "the Lion of Bengal." This amazing being was the Satguru of Parmahansa Yogananda and a fully realized Jivanmukta. His extraordinary work The Holy Science is a truly great spiritual text, goes into the various levels of “the body electric,” and definitely worth reading. His face even made the cover of the Sergeant Peppers album! Please find out more about this extraordinarily realized Being by going to the wiki link.

An Astrological Overview of May 2025

by Robert Wilkinson

As the editor of the Astrology Arizona newsletter, I compose an overview of each month. Today we take a look at the primary factors for May 2025.

Saturday Night Funky Attitude Dancing at the 2025 Birthday of the Godfather of Soul James Brown

by Robert Wilkinson

There are three musical giants who share a May 3 birthday who are all being celebrated this weekend. Today and tonight our main stage features a musical birthday spotlight put on the Godfather of Soul, said to be "the hardest working man in show business." Time to get down with some funky soul music for your listening and dancing pleasure!

Saturday Power Chords Rumbling At the 2025 Birthday of the Awesome Grunge Guitarist Link Wray

by Robert Wilkinson

May 2 was the birthday of the iconic bad boy Link Wray, one of the pioneer guitarists of rock and roll. Black leather jacket, sunglasses and a slicked back ducktail, he set the standard for early raunchy guitar slinging. Without Link Wray, rock and roll might never have survived the transition from the late 50s into the 60s, and certainly wouldn’t sound much like it has these past 65 years!

Fabulous Friday Falsetto Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of Jersey Boy Frankie Valli of the 4 Seasons

by Robert Wilkinson

Our musical birthday weekend kicks off with the first of our superstar May 3 birthdays, the remarkable Frankie Valli, front man for the Four Seasons. He’s another one who qualifies as one of the hardest working men in show business, given he's been at it going strong since the late 50s. It’s time to go Jersey!!

Astrology in May 2025 - Mercury Enters Taurus

by Robert Wilkinson

At 5:15 am PDT on May 10 Mercury enters Taurus, becoming the second inner planet to join the party in that sign. This ends the Aries backdrop to planets and houses we have in Gemini and Virgo, and brings Earth to the forefront of those planetary Lights and life houses.

The May 2025 Full Moon of 23 Taurus-Scorpio Pt. 2 – Sabian Symbols Showing the Light of Confirmed Worth Expressed in Personal Transcendence

by Robert Wilkinson

As most of you know, the December 2020 Solstice conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at 1 Aquarius launched new 20 and 200 year eras. This Wesak Festival Full Moon brings a Buddha Wisdom to the entire world. This year’s themes are about a revolutionary wisdom to be offered peacefully after we concentrate on what that wisdom is.

White Lotus Day 2025 – Celebrating the Life of H.P. Blavatsky

by Robert Wilkinson

Today is White Lotus Day, a very important global spiritual celebration point in the year. This day commemorates the death of one of the highest Beings of all time, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. This remarkable Adept checked out on May 8, 1891, and we all really do owe her a lot.

The May 2025 Full Moon of 23 Taurus-Scorpio – Revolution’s In the Air

by Robert Wilkinson

Like the last Full Moon, this Wesak Full Moon is a seriously heavy activator, and brings understanding and stability in multiple areas of life. The next two weeks brings this year’s “Buddha Wisdom” which brings the power to “see whole” if we learn to concentrate. Grace is in the air, so obey the voice of your Higher Self to leave behind whatever is done.

Spiritual Astrology in May 2025 – The Wesak Festival at the Full Moon of Taurus-Scorpio Celebrates the Life and Wisdom of the Buddha

by Robert Wilkinson

For centuries, the Full Moon of Sun in Taurus and Moon in Scorpio has been celebrated as a Lunation marking the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha. The Buddha was one of the greatest Teachers in the history of the World, and said to be “the Light of the World,” showing us the way to higher awareness and perfect living. Having attained full enlightenment, he then chose to teach the truths that show us all how to transcend suffering.

Taurus 2025 – Determined Fixed Earth Spirits

by Robert Wilkinson

What do Willie Nelson, the Buddha, Stephen Colbert, Audrey Hepburn, Roy Orbison, Karl Marx, Fats Waller, Harry Truman, and Jack Nicholson have in common?

Mars Leaves Its Shadow Zone at 7 Leo Headed to Unknown Zones in Leo, Virgo, Libra and Beyond

by Robert Wilkinson

Around 6 pm, May 3, Mars left 7 Leo, the outer boundary of its “Shadow Zone,” and moved into the future. What does this mean?

Sunday Pop, Jazz, and Blues at the 2025 Birthday of Jerry Leiber, Ella Fitzgerald, and Albert King

by Robert Wilkinson

Today’s second show celebrates the birthdays of three outstanding musical talents of the 20th century, one a legendary songwriter, one a blues Master, and the third the "First Lady of Jazz." Dancing to dozens of Top Ten hits, jazz, and blues! What more could we want? Because of our wide range of musical styles today, we’ll begin this dance early and go late.

The Kent State Massacre - A Day of Infamy 55 Years Ago

by Robert Wilkinson

It’s been 55 years since this happened, and the memories of those turbulent times are still etched into my mind. On May 4, 1970, it was made clear that uniformed representatives of the United States government would kill young people who dared to protest against an illegal and immoral war.

Saturday Night Outlaw Country Attitude Dancing at the 2025 Birthday of Willie Nelson

by Robert Wilkinson

For our Saturday Night Attitude dance, we send up a big Happy Birthday to an all-around good guy who has definitely changed the world for the better, and given us some great music along the way! Today we celebrate the birthday of my old friend Willie Nelson, a genuine hero, patron saint of our farmers and pioneer champion of biofuels, free speech and other forms of plant power!

Saturday Morning Sock Hop at the 2025 Birthday of Pioneer Feminist Superstar Lesley Gore

by Robert Wilkinson

We continue our musical Saturday with one of the greatest of the 60s! Lesley Gore dominated the airwaves way back when as the most successful solo artist of the era. No kidding! May 2 would have been her 79th birthday.

Saturday Early Show Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of the Twangy "Guitar Man" Duane Eddy

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we send up a happy and merry to one of the great guitar pioneers of our times, the amazing Duane Eddy! Master of the "twangy guitar," he gave us some amazing tunes in the 50s and 60s and inspired 10,000 guitar pickers everywhere. Today we have some great performance clips.! And he died two days after this posted, so he now joins the immortals in the greatest rock and roll band not on Earth.

Jupiter Leaves Its Shadow Zone at 22 Gemini And Heads Toward Cancer

by Robert Wilkinson

At some point on May 3, 2025, Jupiter will leave the forward limit of its Shadow Zone at 22 Gemini and finish its run in Gemini en route to entering Cancer on June 9, marking a major “change in allegiance” for all of us.