![]() After that, Venus will continue to move backwards until September 3rd, forty-three days after turning retrograde. That happens in 20 degrees 28 minutes of Leo. The two finally come together in a conjunction on August 13th. That means that the Sun is going forward and Venus is going backwards and that they’re locked on a collision course. Meanwhile, Venus is retrograde, having made a station near the end of Leo back on July 22nd. Often such astrology encourages people to blame their problems on everyone else or on their “bad aspects.” In every case, it’s “me, me, me” – and that’s the definition of egocentricity.Īs August opens, the Sun is in mid-Leo faithfully advancing about one degree per day. There’s no shortage of silly ego-flattery in pop astrology – telling people what they want to hear and neutralizing any desire in them to improve themselves. Yikes! Do we actually “resemble that remark?” Sad to say, the answer is often yes. I bring it up here because one of my (many) rejection letters from publishers contained a line that I’ve been wrestling with ever since: “The thrust of modern astrological publishing is egocentric and I suspect it will remain that way.” If you’re interested, I spoke of it in a bit more detail during the keynote. It was basically a statistical study attempting to prove astrology in a scientific way. ![]() In my twenties, I wrote my first astrology book – one that never saw print. Thinking back, maybe I should have titled this keynote address “Reconciling Astrology and Spirituality (or trying to.) It’s not always easy! The title of my talk was one of my favorite subjects – “Reconciling Astrology and Spirituality.” We’ve put the talk up on Youtube. On Friday evening, May 26, in Seattle, I presented a keynote talk. We are living in a historical period in which people routinely move away from home, kinship, and friendship for their careers-good news or bad? We are living in the only historical period in which bonded kinship ties of marriage and DNA do not define us and protect us-good news or bad? If you're studying astrology, consider the following "essay questions" for further reflection: All the truly important decisions of life must be made irrationally.One of us will go to the other one’s funeral.We are the only species in history that has ever forgotten how to mate.Where and how must you surrender to the trans-rational voice of your soul-or lose contact with it?.Where, physically and geographically, do you return for renewal?.What ancestors watch over you, in any sense? How do you honor them?.To what inner archetypes must you remain true if you are to maintain contact with your own soul-or truly share it with someone else?.What are the characteristics of your natural home?.Where is your natural family, and what do you mean by the term?.The meaning of "family" is changing-what does it signify to you today?.Key Words and Concepts: Roots ♥ Bonded Relationships ♥ Radical Commitment ♥ Hero & Shadow ♥ Family ♥ The Homeland ♥ Living Under One Roof ♥ The Innermost Self ♥ The Presence of the Ancestors ♥ A Sense of Place ♥ Absolute Loyalty ♥ The Urge to Nurture and Protect ♥ Ancestors SeptemThe Meaning of the Fourth House in Astrologyįollowing are some keywords and concepts about the fourth house to help unlock your creative exploration of your own - or others' - fourth house placements.
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