Aquarius Papers - Global Astrology

A Most Happy 2018 Birthday to a Master of Whimsical Verse, the Legendary Ogden Nash

by Robert Wilkinson

Today would have been the 116th birthday of one of America’s great poets, and was he funny!

Mercury Stationary Direct Affecting August, September, October, and November 2018 Pt. 1 – Productive Inspired Visions Are On the Way!

by Robert Wilkinson

Mercury goes direct in motion at 9:25 pm PDT on August 18, 12:25 am EDT and 5:25 am BST on August 19, and speeds up for the next 10 weeks. This shows a quickening of the ability to coordinate, put things together, understand the whole and the parts, the process and the larger cycles. It is now stationary at 12 Leo, affecting that area in our lives for 3 months to come.

Lady Soul Just Left the Building

Aretha Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) just left the stage of life. Her voice seemed to swoop in from the heavens, ringing like a bell that compelled your attention the minute you heard it. To commemorate her life, here are three you may not have heard (or maybe you did!) First, from 1968, "Chain of Fools." Though Dionne Warwick made this into a hit, Aretha took it back into the Top 10! "I Say A Little Prayer." We'll close this trifecta with her most famous movie role! For your enjoyment, Jake, Elwood, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, and Aretha cranking out "Think." RIP Lady Soul.

Astrology in August 2018 – A Swirl of Retrograde Planets Shifting Directions

by Robert Wilkinson

Things are extremely strange right now. Looking at the news, nothing makes any sense at all, it seems that some things have reversed course, at least temporarily, while other things seem to have fallen into a black hole. Calls not returned, contractors show up and vanish, and plans fall apart before they’re made.

Solar Returns – “Re-Lighting the Studio of our Life”

by Robert Wilkinson

As many of you know, the Solar Return happens each year when the Sun returns to the exact degree, minute, and second as it was at our birth. I usually wish others a happy Solar Return on their birthday, and today a Spiritual Sister asked me a question about it.

Leo 2018 – Playful Catlike Fire Spirits

by Robert Wilkinson

Today we celebrate the royal sign of Leo and explore the shining qualities of this dynamic, playful, loving, powerful Fire sign that represents the principle of Solar Fire, one of the three cosmic fires pervading our solar system. We all have this "kingly" or "queenly"a noble quality in our charts, the area where we are the law, the light, and the center of power holding court in our personal solar system. Leo shows us the way to center ourselves in our Higher Law.

When Outer Planets Transit the Nodes, and the Nodes Transit the Planets in a chart

by Robert Wilkinson

A while back at KISS we were discussing the effect of the Nodes conjuncting a planet in a chart, and outer planets transiting the North Node. The first happens twice every 18 years, while the second happens infrequently with Jupiter and Saturn, and rarely if ever when it comes to Neptune or Pluto.

Happy 2018 Birthday to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, a.k.a HPB - One of the Most Remarkable Beings in history

by Robert Wilkinson

Today’s the birthday of one of the most remarkable women in the history of the human race!

The August 2018 Partial Solar Eclipse New Moon at 19 Leo Pt. 3 - Signs, Sabian Symbols, and What It All Means

by Robert Wilkinson

This article covers significant aspects, degree symbols, and other important factors in this Leo New Moon Eclipse chart. This Lunation will lead us through radical and dynamic transformations, so stay balanced, elegant, stylish, and open to pioneering cooperative group endeavors. With EIGHT powerful septile-series aspects in play, destiny is on the move in all our lives these next 4 weeks (and 3+ years)!

The Partial Solar Eclipse of August 2018 at 19 Leo Pt. 2 - What’s Happening in August-September 2018 (and through Feb 2022!)

by Robert Wilkinson

We have yet another Partial Solar Eclipse New Moon coming soon, this time in Leo! Over the next 4 weeks (and 3y 6m) this will show us the joy of human interaction and togetherness, and help us eliminate old emotional and social rigidities in the process. Due to a large number of octile and septile-series aspects, this one’s wild, crazy, frictional, transformational, and will liberate our hearts!

The Second Time the United States Unleashed A Demon On The World – A Time for Reflection

by Robert Wilkinson

73 years ago the US ended a war through mass murder and unleashing the nuclear demon on our planet. Today we remember Nagasaki.

The Partial Solar Eclipse of August 2018 at 19 Leo Pt. 1 - Who Does It Affect and for How Long?

by Robert Wilkinson

This Solar Eclipse will put many people at a fork in the road of their destiny across several areas of life. This one has major quincunxes and triseptiles to both Neptune and Pluto, showing major adjustments and sacrifices globally, as well as crucial turning points for our world.