Aquarius Papers - Global Astrology

Friday Afternoon Surrealistic Poetry Featuring Procol Harem at the 2020 Birthday of Poet and Lyricist Keith Reid

by Robert Wilkinson

We kick off our musical weekend with a celebration of the incredible poetry of Keith Reid, who wrote the lyrics to all the Procol Harum songs!

Mercury Retrograde in October 2020 - How Will The Inferior Conjunction at 3 Scorpio Manifest in the Future?

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we explore specifics of the Inferior Conjunction of October 25 at 3 Scorpio. This “fusion of life and mind” will impact the rest of the retrograde period, and many weeks after.

Astrology Class - Yods and Fingers of God at Work in Transits Impacting All Generations on Earth

Today we take a look at how we deal with many Yods, or "Fingers of God," throughout our lifetimes.

Astrology Class October 2020 – It’s Mercury Retrograde! How are the Inferior and Superior Conjunctions of Mercury With the Sun Different?

by Robert Wilkinson

On Sunday we’ll be at the halfway point in this retrograde period. At 11:23 am PDT on October 25, we will experience the "Inferior Conjunction" between Mercury retrograde and the Sun at 3 Scorpio. The Inferior Conjunction is an important point in the dance Mercury and the Sun do each year. So just what is the difference between the Inferior and Superior Conjunctions of Mercury with the Sun?

Spencer Davis Keeps on Runnin to Gimme Some Loving in Distant Star Systems

The great Spencer Davis just checked out and joined the greatest blue eyed soul band not on Earth. He was one of my faves from the beginning, and of course incubated Stevie Winwood until he took off for his legendary career. For your remembrance, from just a few weeks ago, some great live performance videos across the years at the Happy 2020 Birthday to Spencer Davis

Happy 2020 Birthday to One of the Greatest Dancers of All Time, the Magnificent Fayard Nicholas

by Robert Wilkinson

Today is the birthday of one of the greatest dancers ever to hit the silver screen, the amazing Fayard Nicholas. If you want to see a tap dancer considered to be perhaps the greatest in the 20th century, check these out if you want to see some amazing moves!!

Libra 2020 – Idealistic Agreeable Air Spirits

by Robert Wilkinson

When the Sun transits Libra, we are shown the light of new relationships, ideals, and other pleasing social forms. It's the beginning of Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, with its focus on harvesting that which is agreeable to us, socializing and connecting with a greater "perfect vision" while seeing the endings in the old forms of our lives.

Sunday Metaphysical Music at the 2020 Birthday of the Extraordinary Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues

by Robert Wilkinson

Besides the string of phenomenal October birthdays we've been celebrating the last 9 days, we continue with another one today! From Bruce Springsteen, Mahatma Gandhi, and Groucho Marx to John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Paul Simon, and Chuck Berry, Libra rocks! Today’s show celebrates the birthday and creative work of one of the truly remarkable musical talents of the 20th century, Mister Justin Hayward.

Sunday Afternoon Music Celebrating the 2020 Birthday of Two Amazing Songwriters, Laura Nyro and Cynthia Weil

by Robert Wilkinson

We begin our musical Sunday with two extraordinary songwriters who have birthdays today. One died too young, Laura Nyro, and the other, Cynthia Weil, gave us some of the greatest tunes of the past 50 years. If you haven't heard of these women, they composed some tunes I knew you've heard!

Astrology in October 2020 – Letting Go of Stress After the Storms

by Robert Wilkinson

We now enter the final 48 hours of a storm which began in early July. Yes, we’ve been through 15 weeks of major squares and oppositions which have created a lot of stress in the atmosphere. We’ve each dealt with it in our own way, and now it’s time to release it and remember how to feel at peace.

Saturday Late Show Celebrating the 2020 Birthdays of Two Extraordinary Jazz Cats, Drummer Cozy Cole and Guitarist Barney Kessel, and an extraordinary rock drummer, Buddy Saltzman

by Robert Wilkinson

Because we have a huge number of musical birthdays this week, we’re laying down our late night mood groove celebrating the birthdays of two remarkable jazzsters, Cozy Cole and Barney Kessel, and Buddy Saltzman, one of the great session drummers of all time! “Like I dig jazz…”

Saturday Night Attitude Dancing at the 2020 Birthday of Rock and Roll’s “Poet Laureate of Teenage America,” the Immortal Chuck Berry

by Robert Wilkinson

This music is so good, we're beginning our Saturday Night Attitude Dance early with the best of the best! As I've said in past tributes, anyone who's ever picked up a guitar and played any of the basic licks of rock and roll owes everything to Mister Chuck Berry. In fact, John Lennon once said, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." Today on his 94th birthday we celebrate this pioneer of Rock and Roll with a lot of videos!

Saturday Early Show Celebrating the 2020 Birthday of Songwriter Dick Holler and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead

by Robert Wilkinson

We begin our Saturday with a great show continuing our birthday tributes for Libra musicians! Today we celebrate one great song and dance to one great band!

Friday Night Folk Festival Celebrating the 2020 Birthday of the Incomparable Paul Simon

by Robert Wilkinson

Along with Saint Lenny, October 13 was also the birthday of the magnificent Paul Simon. I have extraordinary video performances from his career!

Friday Guitar and Folk Magic at the 2020 Birthday of Legendary Guitarist Mickey Baker and Barry Maguire

by Robert Wilkinson

We begin our musical weekend celebrating the October 15 birthday of one of the pioneering guitarists in R&B and rock and roll, Mister Mickey Baker. Though he mostly played as a top session cat, he is known for one very big hit! And of course, Barry Maguire is also known for one big hit that actually changed the Constitution of the United States!

Astrology in Late October – In The Middle of the Storm Zone

by Robert Wilkinson

We now move into the final scene in our months’ long journey through the very intense friction of 2020!

The October 2020 New Moon at 24 Libra Pt. 2 - Signs, Sabian Symbols, and What It All Means

by Robert Wilkinson

This article covers significant aspects, degree symbols, and other important factors in this October 16 New Moon chart. We are now closing in for another compression in 3 months in Aquarius, which will bring another Bundle Jones pattern, but for now we’re moving through a See Saw, given the oppositions in play. The next 4 weeks puts the focus on everything and everyone going through some sort of “mutation,” which could yield new heart strength. Be spontaneous and elegant in your expression!

The October 2020 New Moon at 24 Libra Pt. 1 - What’s Happening in October-November

by Robert Wilkinson

This New Moon is the fourth month of the New Moon Sun being in a different sign than the following Full Moon Sun. This is an important shift in the Soli-Lunar sequence, since now we have different Light signs in the Lunation cycle! We continue to be in a time where spontaneity and enthusiasm is favored, whether in breaking up old complexes or penetrating insights into the truth of a thing.

Astrology Class – Sun-Mars Cycles and Mars Retrograde Periods 2000-2023

by Robert Wilkinson

Now that the Sun is no longer opposing Mars, we should all quickly feel a major shift in the energies, No wonder! When these two power planets line up in opposition, something’s got to give!

Sun Opposition Mars in October 2020 – Slowing Down to Examine Subconscious Material

by Robert Wilkinson

It’s said that retrogrades are good for getting at things we don’t ordinarily think about or deal with when the planets ruling those departments of life are in direct motion. And we know oppositions are good for bringing things to the surface of life to get a comprehensive view of how they fit into our larger cycles of existence. So what can we do with this opposition from the Sun at 22 Libra to Mars retrograde at 22 Aries?

Yadda Yadda - A Happy 2020 Birthday to Saint Lenny Bruce

by Robert Wilkinson

October 13 is the birthday of the legendary Lenny Bruce, Patron Saint of Free Speech and powerful social conscience. He was a unique and tortured being, both a critic and victim of society with its cruel hypocrisies and heavy-handed ways of enforcing laws that harm sensitive Souls. If you haven't heard of him, prepare to have your mind blown. This guy was the first to put free speech to the test challenging the American myths of church and state.

Mercury Retrograde in Scorpio and Libra in October 2020 - What It Means For Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces

by Robert Wilkinson

In case you forgot (ha ha) Mercury retrograde is happening! This article will help you figure out what house(s) this Mercury retrograde will transit in your chart. At the end there's a table so you can find which Solar chart house(s) it affects based in your birthday, with a link to an article specifically about the possible associations of Mercury in every house. Of course, if you know your Ascendant, it's a two for one score.

Astrology Storm Zones in October 2020 - Cardinal Oppositions, Squares, and Multiple Retrogrades

by Robert Wilkinson

As I gave you in the overview of the month a week ago, we are now in the heart of an extraordinarily intense storm zone as the Sun opposes Mars and Mercury goes stationary retrograde!

Sunday Afternoon Thunderfingers Concert Celebrating the 2020 Birthday of the Who’s Ox, the Amazing John Entwistle, Bassist Extraordinaire

by Robert Wilkinson

For our Sunday second show, we wish John Entwistle of the Who, one of the greatest bass players in history, a big Happy and Merry. We have lots of videos!

Saturn Conjunct Sun and Mars Can Lead To A Quantum Leap in Higher Understanding

by Robert Wilkinson

I had a discussion earlier today with someone who was having a hard time handling their Sun-Mars conjunction in late Capricorn, due to Mars going stationary retrograde exactly square their conjunction. I told them climbing the mountain of personality requires a good Saturn, and offered them a few ideas about how to view the problem from a different angle.