Aquarius Papers - Global Astrology

Thursday Freaky Folk Fest Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of Arlo Guthrie

by Robert Wilkinson

We begin our long musical weekend with a show celebrating the 78th birthday of the son of Woody Guthrie and a singularly remarkable talent in his own right, one of my all-time favorites, the legendary Arlo Guthrie. I saw him 9 years ago and it was a memorable performance!

Saturn Stationary Retrograde in July 2025 at 2 Aries – Finding Objectivity and Humor

by Robert Wilkinson

Saturn goes stationary retrograde at 2 Aries at 9:07 pm PDT on July 12, and will remain retrograde until late November when it will go direct at 26 Pisces. What does this mean?

The July 2025 Full Moon of 19 Cancer-Capricorn Pt. 3 – Aspects, Evolutionary Configurations, and More

by Robert Wilkinson

This Full Moon brings us to a crucial turning point as we accelerate our growth and ability to take on tasks which may seem ahead of our development. This helps us see what’s wrong in the bigger picture so we may deal with it from a place of “camouflage.”

The July 2025 Full Moon of 19 Cancer-Capricorn Pt. 2 – Sabian Symbols Showing the Light of A Union of Old and New Expressed Through Accelerated Development

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. We’ve just received a new global Wisdom, and at this Full Moon we accelerate the process, finding inspiration in new energies and new responsibilities.

The July 2025 Full Moon of 19 Cancer-Capricorn Pt. 1 – Blending, Accelerating, Inspiring

by Robert Wilkinson

The Full Moon of Sun in Cancer and Moon in Capricorn will bring us the need to open to “new blood” so that we can accelerate our development. This is another lunation bringing inspiration with a view to the future as well as the promise of expanded supply.

Monday Morning Inspired Meditation Music Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of Nigel Holton

by Robert Wilkinson

Nigel was a truly gifted composer of film scores and other types of music. He was a dear friend of mine. Today we celebrate his life and music.

Uranus in Gemini 2025 - 2033 Pt. 2 - Uranus in Gemini Trigger Points 2025-2027

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we explore points in time these next few years when Uranian energies will be most intense, and therefore when major global events may happen.

Happy 634th Birthday To HH Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the most remarkable men in the world, the venerable Dalai Lama. Welcome to one form of proof that reincarnation really happens. I have his current birth chart at the end of the article.

When Paul McCartney First Met John Lennon A Global Musical Transfiguration Began

by Robert Wilkinson

While I know the world "began to change forever" on numerous days, it turns out that July 6, 1957, was truly one of those days. That day there was a meeting that eventually affected hundreds of millions of us globally.

Sunday Folk, Soul, and Pop Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of Dave Van Ronk, Flo Ballard, and Eddie Rambeau

by Robert Wilkinson

You’ve no doubt heard of Flo, since she was a founding member of the Supremes. Dave Van Ronk is a folk legend, and Eddie? He had one big hit that was the same hit at the same time as another one-hit band. If that sounds confusing, it won’t be once you get into our musical weekend groove here at the Cosmic Cantina!

Sunday Folk Festival Celebrating the 2025 Birthday of Bright Spirit Troubadour Brian Cutean (QTN)

by Robert Wilkinson

June 28 was the birthday of an amazing folk singer with a great sense of humor!

Uranus in Gemini July 2025 - The Advent of A New Era Pt. 1

by Robert Wilkinson

Uranus is now at the end of the end of Taurus. On July 7, Uranus will enter Gemini, the sign it will inhabit until November 7, 2025, when it will again slip back into Taurus until late April 2026. This is the front end of a global awakening.

Saturday Night Attitude Dancing at the 2025 Birthday of the Ultimate Kinkster, Ray Davies

by Robert Wilkinson

The Solstice time zone featured two musical geniuses with back to back birthdays. Brian Wilson was June 20, and our next genius was born on June 21. Today we begin our dance early and give a big shout-out to a true songwriting genius of modern music, Ray Davies of the Kinks. As the Godfathers of Punk, they certainly have attitude!

Saturday Short Sets Celebrating the 2025 Birthdays of Georgie Fame, Chris Isaak, The 5th Dimension, and Big Bill Broonzy

by Robert Wilkinson

Our weekend musical feast continues early and stays late! Like the old fashioned dances, our show features short sets of a 3 hit wonder, soulful country, "champagne soul," and ancient blues!

71 Years Ago Today Someone Walked Into Sun Records and Made History

by Robert Wilkinson

And the world shook, rattled, and rolled!

July 4 Blues Fest at the 2025 Birthdays of Willie Dixon and James Cotton

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we celebrate the quintessentially American music of the blues! July 1 would have been the 110th birthday of the legendary Hoochie Coochie Back Door Man himself, Mister Willie Dixon. And he has an astro-twin also born that day 20 years later in the blues Harp Master, James Cotton!

Happy 2025 Birthday to Stephen Foster, Blind Owl Wilson, and the US Declaration of Independence

by Robert Wilkinson

Our musical July 4 celebration kicks off in a big way with 2 birthdays and the popular illusion that this is the birthday of the US! With all respects to Mister Chuck, "And we'll be rockin' in Westwood, at U-C-L-A, we’re dancing in Austin to the Delaware Bay, they’re rockin’ in Denver, all the way to P-A, we’re rockin' the US, right here today!"

The Sun Conjunct Sirius in 2025 at 14 Cancer - The Light of the Sun of our Sun

by Robert Wilkinson

This is a unique moment in cosmic time each year that illuminates all of us in some vast way. The Sun is now conjunct the star Sirius.

July 4 is Not the Birthday Of the United States

by Robert Wilkinson

Though the US celebrates its birthday as July 4th, 1776, I and many others know that was not the day America was "born," since we did not become a nation then. While we celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4 (it should be July 1) our nation was not created as a functioning entity with a central government until quite a few years later.

Thursday Afternoon Sock Hop at the 2025 Birthday of Brit Rock and Roller Adam Faith, Rosetta Hightower of the Orlons, and the Legendary Niki Sullivan

by Robert Wilkinson

We begin our July 4 musical weekend early by celebrating the birthday of Adam Faith. While he only had one hit in the US, he was huge in the UK! Rosetta and the Orlons dominated the charts in the early 60s with some very catchy tunes, and Nikki was Buddy's lead player.

The Magic of Venus in July 2025 - Venus In Gemini Brings A Love of Interactions and Discovery

by Robert Wilkinson

Venus leaves its home sign of Taurus at 8:31 am PDT July 4 and enters delightfully curious Gemini, where it stays until it enters Cancer on July 30/31. What does Venus’ passage through Gemini hold for all of us?

Neptune in Aries 2025 – 2039 - What Are Its Characteristics and What Has Happened in Previous Neptune in Aries Periods?

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we look at some historical events involving Neptune in Aries periods so we may get a better grasp of these active Fire energies.

The 7 Year Cycles – Years of Crisis When Action Creates Destiny

by Robert Wilkinson

As you know, I just conducted a long class on how to apply the yearly life map in my new book, The Cycles of Life – 7 Year Cycles and Stages of Change. I gave a guided tour of the material, and demonstrated how it is easily applied to our lives, both with and without astrological knowledge. Today we’ll take a look at the years when we are most likely to be forced by our own evolutionary process to act thoughtfully and wisely.

Happy 2025 Birthday to Lamont Dozier, Motown’s “Black Bach”

by Robert Wilkinson

In a special addition to our weekend Gemini birthdays, we send up a huge happy and merry to the great Motown songwriter Lamont Dozier (June 16, 1941 - August 8, 2022). Along with Brian Holland (February 15, 1941) and his brother Eddie Holland (October 30, 1939), these guys made Motown into Hitsville USA!

Astrology Sea Changes in July 2025 – Neptune Is Stationary Retrograde at 3 Aries

by Robert Wilkinson

Neptune goes stationary retrograde at 3 Aries at 2:34 pm PDT, 10:34 am BST July 4. Major sea changes are in store for all of us!