Aquarius Papers - Global Astrology

Astrology Class May 2022 – It’s Mercury Retrograde! How are the Inferior and Superior Conjunctions of Mercury With the Sun Different?

by Robert Wilkinson

We’re almost at the halfway point in this retrograde period. At 12:18 pm PDT on May 21, we will experience the "Inferior Conjunction" between Mercury retrograde and the Sun at 1 Gemini, after which Mercury will gradually begin to speed up. 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?

Taurus 2022 – Durable Enjoyable 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?

The Magic of Venus – Astrology Arizona Presentation this Saturday

by Robert Wilkinson

Yes, I’m giving a zoom talk about my new book The Magic of Venus: Friendships, Soul Mates, and Twin Flames this coming Saturday, May 21, at 1 pm PDT.

Astrology Articles – Solar and Lunar Eclipses, Mercury Retrograde and More

by Robert Wilkinson

Every so often we have multiple major astrological events happen pretty much all at the same time, and many articles slip downstream fairly quickly. Today is a one stop shop for all the articles about recent major events.

Sunday Night Motown Soul at the 2022 Birthday Celebration For the Legendary Stevie Wonder

by Robert Wilkinson

Our Sunday night show celebrates the life and music of one of the greatest, Mister "Little" Stevie Wonder! There are so many classic tunes we begin this one early.

Sunday Afternoon R&B Celebrating the 20221 Birthday of the Legendary Arthur Alexander and Bad Boy Larry Williams

by Robert Wilkinson

Because we’re celebrating a huge number of music legends this weekend, we have a music feast! Today we celebrate the life and music of an obscure but very important and very soulful singer-songwriter, as well as the life of another who gave us classic rock and roll! Both these guys had songs done by the Beatles, Stones, and others!

Sunday Morning West Texas Music Celebrating the 2022 Birthday of the Legendary Sonny Curtis

by Robert Wilkinson

As you’ve noticed, this weekend we have an abnormal number of legendary musical birthdays, so we have a musical feast! We kick off our Sunday concerts by celebrating the birthday of Sonny Curtis. If you don’t know who Sonny Curtis is, well, he was in the Crickets, the band who backed the immortal Buddy Holly. He's also one fantastic songwriter!

Saturday Night Attitude Dancing at the 2022 Birthday of Mister Piano Man Billy Joel

by Robert Wilkinson

Billy Joel had a birthday May 9, as well as a “New York attitude,” so he’s our main stage Maestro tonight! The music's so good we begin the dance early coming up to the Wesak Full Moon eclipse tomorrow evening!

Saturday Afternoon Show Short Sets Celebrating the 2022 Birthday of The Angels, It’s A Beautiful Day, Johnny Maestro, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and Bob Seger

by Robert Wilkinson

Our Saturday show features a lot of different musical birthdays from the past 10 days, and so for your enjoyment we have an eclectic hodgepodge of all kinds of great tunes, including some classics!

Saturday Early Show Celebrating the 2022 Birthday of Eagle-Eye Cherry

by Robert Wilkinson

Save tonight! We begin our musical Saturday celebrating the birthday of one of the great talents of the 21st century, mainly known for one gigantic hit!

Friday Night Spirit Dancing at the 2022 Birthday of the Legendary Ed "Cass" Cassidy and Spirit

by Robert Wilkinson

Our Friday Night main stage features some amazing music courtesy of the drummer of one of the most original and exciting bands of the 60s and 70s, Spirit! They were always among my favorites, and if you haven’t heard their music, prepare for a real treat!

Friday Early Show Celebrating the 2022 Birthday of Tom Petersson and Hank Snow

by Robert Wilkinson

Our Friday afternoon show features a Taurus two-some. May 9 was the birthday of Tom Petersson, long time bass player for Cheap Trick, and the legendary country singer Hank Snow.

The May 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse Wesak Full Moon of 26 Scorpio-Taurus Pt. 3 – Aspects, Evolutionary Configurations, and More

by Robert Wilkinson

The next two weeks (and 5 months) will give us the power to integrate or re-integrate our lives at the core, redirecting our focus to whatever secures what our heart wants to see and experience. Because of the Fixed T-square driven by Saturn, this one requires courage, strength, and the ability to mobilize, dropping the old when the doors swing open. This “Buddha Wisdom” is a call to action, and the gateway to a greater compassion, forgiveness, and life.

The May 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse Wesak Full Moon of 26 Scorpio-Taurus Pt. 2 – Sabian Symbols Showing the Light of Ritual and Role Play Expressed Through Adaptive Efficiency

by Robert Wilkinson

This Full Moon is the eighteenth since the December 2020 Solstice conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn at 1 Aquarius which launched new 20 and 200 year eras. This one brings us a new “Buddha Wisdom” for the year, promising clarity, depth, power, compassion, and visualizing what we want to see made manifest!

The May 2022 Total Lunar Eclipse Wesak Full Moon of 26 Scorpio-Taurus Pt. 1 – The End of Old Dreams and the Beginning of New Ones

by Robert Wilkinson

This Lunar Eclipse Wesak Full Moon of the Sun in Taurus and Moon in Scorpio will bring the world a new “Buddha Wisdom” related to matter and magnetism, what we desire, and how to confirm of spiritual heart’s desire by making it real. This Eclipse will remove old Scorpio/Taurus energy over the next few months while attracting exactly the humor and wisdom we need to use power spontaneously and effectively.

Astrology in May 2022 - On The Threshold of a Total Lunar Eclipse Full Moon at 26 Taurus-Scorpio

by Robert Wilkinson

We have a Total Lunar eclipse for this year’s Wesak Festival on May 15-16! Power and spontaneity are in the air, with major endings and beginnings the next few weeks.

Spiritual Astrology in May 2022 - A Happy Buddha Birthday Is Coming at the Full Moon of Taurus-Scorpio, a.k.a. The Wesak Festival!

by Robert Wilkinson

We have a very important Full Moon coming soon! The Full Moon of Sun in Taurus and Moon in Scorpio is a very special lunation, since for millennia it has been celebrated as marking the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha, said to be the first human to attain full higher awareness and then teach the truths that show all sentient Beings how to transcend suffering.

Mercury Retrograde in Gemini and Taurus in May-June 2022 - 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 about to make itself known in big ways! 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. There is 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.

Happy 2022 Birthday To One of the Greatest of All, 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.

Jupiter in Aries 2022-2023 - New Beginnings Present and Future

by Robert Wilkinson

Jupiter enters Aries for the first time since 2010-2011 at 4:22 pm PDT on May 10, 12:22 am BST on May 11. Here the planet of expansion and new openings to wider views and greater truths finds expression in all things involving initiative and pioneering quick actions.

Mercury Retrograde in Gemini and Taurus in May-June 2022 – A Call to Action

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we take a look at important Sabian Symbols, aspects, and other factors in play the next three weeks as Mercury is retrograde in Gemini and Taurus.

Sunday Afternoon Legends in Concert Celebrating the 2022 Birthday of Pioneer Rock and Roller Rick Nelson and Blues Legend Robert Johnson

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we send up a big happy birthday to a Taurus rock 'n roll trailblazer, Ricky Nelson. He bridged the gap between early Rockabilly Rock and Roll and the great American Top 40 music machine, and was enormously popular for years. Bob Dylan famously said "He sang his songs calm and steady like he was in the middle of a storm, men hurling past him. His voice was sort of mysterious and made you fall into a certain mood." Today we have lots of videos!

Sunday Early Show Celebrating the 2022 Birthday of Jersey Boy Frankie Valli of the 4 Seasons

by Robert Wilkinson

Our late show celebrates the second of our May 3 birthdays! Besides James May 3 is also the birthday of 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!!

White Lotus Day 2022 – 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.

Happy Mother's Day 2022

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.