Aquarius Papers - Global Astrology

Astrology for All - The Importance of the Solar Return and why we celebrate our Birthday

by Robert Wilkinson

The Solar Return is the moment each year when the Sun returns to its natal place. It can happen the day before our birthday, on our birthday, or even the day after. It is a chart done for wherever we are that marks the moment when the Sun is exactly the same degree, minute, and second of the sign it was in when we were born, and offers a snapshot of what we can expect in our year to come. Today's article was written a while ago, but is still relevant to everyone, since we all have a Solar Return near our birthday. Last year I had an eclipse very near my Sun, which I address in the article. So for your consideration and perusal, The Solar Return.

The Colbert Report - Tauruses Are Such Sweet People (Healing Works Miracles On Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit)

by Robert Wilkinson

Having seen “The Colbert Report” where Steven the chameleon did an amazing thing with my old acquaintance Willie Nelson and Richard Holbrook, former UN ambassador and major league political heavyweight, I am again reminded of Saint Willie’s ability to bridge the nations.

Happy Equinox - Spring is Here

by Robert Wilkinson

A short note to observe the Vernal (Spring) Equinox, when days and nights are of equal length and the solar force is waxing stronger through the Autumnal Equinox in September. The Sun is now in Aries, a sign I am quite familiar with! I'll post more soon, but for now look at what has ended, what is emerging, and step out of the ocean on to dry land. Thanks to the Grand Fire Trines, adventures are coming for all who are open. Just keep dreaming the great dream, since every day is good for imaging a better future. Aum Namah Shivaya!

"War" Videos by Edwin Starr and Bruce Springsteen - In Solidarity With Millions Past and Present

by Robert Wilkinson

Today, hundreds of thousands around the world rallied against the war in Iraq. In the spirit of the day, I'll offer you one of the most powerful songs ever created, "War," by Edwin Starr. These lyrics say it all. Both videos are very strong performances, and riveting in their own ways.

Grief Comes In Many Faces

by Robert Wilkinson

As readers of this column know, honoring the dead is a pretty big deal with me. Well thank Spirit MSM (mainstream media) has decided to promote what sounds like a worthy effort by young ones of conscience to honor those who are dying despite White House policy preventing us from seeing grim images of war dead due to media blackouts on such things. This movie is yet another effort by those of us who witness and honor Souls who have passed on.

500,000 Visitors - Welcome to all

A short note on a milestone for the site. Someone just became visitor number 500,000 since late February 2005 when I installed Sitemeter and began to keep track of such things. The 500,000 have visited 1,471,354 pages, with 12,000 checking in the past week to view 33,000 pages. It's far beyond anything I could have imagined back in April 2004 when I started it over at Salon.com. Welcome to all of you, past, present, and future, and thank you all for visiting the site.

Astrology Now in March 2007 - Floating In A Sea of Pisces

by Robert Wilkinson

I'll post on the coming week soon, but first a brief note on something many are experiencing. This time is one of a "floating" sensation, appropriate since the Sun is in Pisces. The edge is due to the recent conjunction with Uranus, which has a greater intensity due to the recent Lunar Eclipse. This lunation is challenging the Virgo forms and structures in our lives while shining the light on the floating, vast universal oceanic feelings associated with Pisces. Remember that "will power" is everything, and must be focused to serve a greater good or purpose despite the generalized weirdness. Get clear about what motivates you in any given direction, and get ready to set sail on a Fiery adventure when Pisces gives way to the Grand Fire Trines of Aries.

The Solar Eclipse of March 2007 in Pisces - What Does It Mean, and What Are its Effects?

by Robert Wilkinson

The Solar Eclipse occurs at 29 degrees of Pisces on March 18 at 7:43 pm PDT, just before the Vernal Equinox March 20 at 5:08 pm PDT. This Solar Eclipse will bring many things to completion, and the seed essence of whatever progress we've been making will be stripped of old forms so newer, more appropriate means of expressing our Light can come forth. Eclipses affect everyone, including nations, for a long time after they occur, and take things away that are no longer a part of our future; they obscure the Greater Lights so lesser ones can be seen which will become Greater Lights in their time. This Solar Eclipse at the end of Pisces will be the next larger step in time to free us from "a narrow destiny" promised by last September's Virgo Eclipses.

Free Will, Astrology, and Thinking In The Future - Predicting What's To Come, and What Could Be

by Robert Wilkinson

One of the blessings to Astrology is that it helps us plan in advance for conditions that are only in seed form on our horizon. Often by knowing the phases and stages of the evolution of a thing, a project, a corporation, a relationship or whatever, we can see which way the wind is blowing and plan accordingly. The points of shift can be seen by the aspects, which are the angular relationships between the planets. Over time these show beginnings, points of challenge, perhaps crisis, and always correction, if we know what is to come and plan accordingly. This is the challenge to "think in the future," which ensures our basic survival amidst the eternal changes in our world.

Astrology for All in March-April-May-June 2007 - A Grand Fire Trine Begins To Light Things Up for Months

by Robert Wilkinson

Today through the Moon conjunct Saturn we experience the first BIG concentration of Grand Fire Trine energies involving planets moving through Aries making trines to Jupiter in Sagittarius and Saturn in Leo. This long term Fiery energy harmony will be a brightening influence for us all in the house life areas they influence. We should increasingly be able to utilize the heart strengths we've cultivated through the Jupiter trine Saturn up to now, turning to new ways of doing our Being with inspiration, clarity, warmth, and initiative if we open to these, however they may manifest. With Venus making the first set of trines, it should show as new relationships and new ways of relating to others.