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David Cameron Tony Blair in 2006. Gordon Brown in 2006
Jupiter in Scorpio.
During most of 2006 Jupiter is in Scorpio. He will be in waxing square to Saturn in Leo on Dec. 17th 2005, June 22nd 2006, and October 25th 2006. These aspects represent points in time of civil and social crises.
Jupiter trines Uranus in Pisces, Nov. 27th 2006, May 5th 2006, Aug. 29th 2006. This watery arrangement can generate good and expansive feelings, the real nice side of Jupiter in Scorpio.
Jupiter squares Neptune in Aquarius Jan 28th 2006, Mar 16th 2006, Sept. 24th 2006. This one's not so easy, the September one especially challenging as it ties in with Saturn.
More immediate and acute, Mars retrograde in Taurus opposed Jupiter on Dec. 4th 2005 and will do it again in direct motion on 15th Jan 2006. These are 'event-prone' days, the astrological influence short and sharp! During January 2006 the Mars Jupiter opposition is squared by Neptune in Fixed T-square, this promises a bit of a punchy start to the year.
At the start of May 2006 (around the 5th) at the time of the Sun Jupiter opposition, a kite pattern forms involving these two, Mars and Uranus.
Saturn in Leo (opposite Neptune).
During the residence of Jupiter in Scorpio, Saturn continues to make his journey through Leo and will reside there until September 2nd 2007. The last time Saturn was in Leo was the period September 1975 till July 1978 (for those who remember that period this coming two years may well be a higher octave and a challenge to what was started then. Prior to this Saturn was in Leo from August 1946 to September 1948).
More importantly Saturn will be in opposition to Neptune (in Aquarius) on 31st Aug. 2006, February 28th 2007 and June 25th 2007. The last time Saturn opposed Neptune was in April 1972, when Saturn was in Gemini and Neptune was in Sagittarius. Saturn and Neptune were conjunct in 1953 and in 1989. The opposition between Saturn and Neptune is the most difficult part of Saturn's sojourn in Leo and indicates potentially disturbing events on the world stage around the times mentioned .
Saturn is in trine aspect to Jupiter (then in Sagittarius) and to Pluto (also in Sagittarius) in 2007 before leaving Leo.
At the start of June 2006 the Venus Jupiter opposition forms another Fixed T-square with Saturn.
In the second half of September 2006 a more serious fixed square occurs as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune hook in dangerous arrangement.
January 2006
During January 2006 the Mars Jupiter opposition is squared by Neptune in Fixed T-square, this promises a bit of a punchy start to the year.
Sunday January 1st 2006
Here's wishing all Daze readers a happy new year.
Russian has cut off gas supplies to Ukraine in an energy price dispute which has become a major political row.
Fireworks and street parties have taken place across the world as millions of people cheer in the start of 2006.
The year starts with a Void of Course Moon in Capricorn which entered Aquarius at 12-15 GMT and is conjunct retrograde Venus 11 minutes later.
Venus retrogrades into Capricorn 20-18 GMT
The Sun trines Mars 20-22 GMT.
Saturn (10 degrees Leo) 135 degrees waning to Pluto in Sagittarius 08:14 GMT. (2nd of three aspects, 1st Sept. 9th 2005, final one June 30th 2006)
Moon perigee 23-02 GMT
Monday January 2nd 2006
EU countries start to suffer knock-on cuts in gas imports as Russia axes supplies to Ukraine in a row over prices.
The infant, accelerating Moon in Aquarius, undergoing a hard time, forms a Fixed T-square with Mars and Saturn which peaks around 05-00 GMT. She is conjunct Neptune at 14-04 GMT.
Tuesday January 3rd 2006
Yesterday Russia vowed to increase gas supplies as EU countries reported a fall in pressure after Moscow cut Ukraine's supply.
The first meteor shower of 2006, the quadrantids , peaks on Jan. 3rd at 18:20 . The timing favours Japan and, to a lesser extent, Hawaii where dark-sky observers should see 40+ faint meteors per hour just before dawn (Tuesday morning in Hawaii, Wednesday morning in Japan). Space weather.com
The Moon reaches crescent phase 28 degrees Aquarius 09:14 GMT is void of course at 11-45 GMT, enters Pisces at 12-44 GMT and starts to apply to a fairly close conjunction with Uranus which peaks in the early hours tomorrow..
Mercury enters Capricorn 21-26 GMT, joining the Sun and retrogradeVenus in that sign. The immediate days ahead now pack a 'realistic' punch.
The fixed cross which has been dominating the skies over recent weeks still holds sway. By mid month Saturn fades out of the picture and Neptune's influence increases. All in all these are difficult days.
Today Rescuers are battling to find survivors as a collapsed German ice rink threatens to cave in completely.
Campaigning is under way in the Palestinian elections amid doubts about whether they will actually take place.
The global trade in caviar and other products made from the wild, endangered sturgeon fish is banned.
Wednesday January 4th 2006
The crescent Moon is conjunct Uranus (less than 2 degrees) 01-36 GMT.
The Sun is sextile Jupiter 08-16 GMT
Earth in perihelion (nearest the Sun in her yearly orbit) 15:30 GMT
Thursday January 5th 2006
Under a 'muddy' combination of Sun in Capricorn and Moon in Pisces yesterday, and with the continuing presence of a planetary fixed cross in the skies of earth (within which Neptune is playing an increasingly active role), a series of dismal news stories hit the wires. Scores of people are feared dead after more than 100 homes were buried by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Central Java, Indonesia.
Families are distraught after it emerges that 12 US miners trapped underground had not all survived as reported.
At least 32 Iraqis died as a bomber targeted a Shia funeral in the north, amid a wave of deadly attacks across Iraq. Rescuers working in the rubble of a collapsed ice rink in southern Germany have recovered another body, that of a girl, raising the number killed to 14.
Better news reported that Russia and Ukraine have settled a row over gas prices which disrupted supplies to several European countries.
In the UK David Cameron said the NHS is safe in Conservative hands as he repositions his party's stance on health care.
We are today half way through the astrological month of Capricorn. The waxing crescent Moon is void of course in Pisces at 12-11 GMT entering Aries 14-45 GMT. Both the Sun and the Moon are then in cardinal signs. The dreamy almost vacant astrological atmosphere of the past couple of days gives way to a more urgent impetus from 14-45 GMT today.
Friday January 6th 2006
Yesterday dawn broke with the news that Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had suffered a serious stroke. As the day ended the news was that he is to remain on life support for at least 48 hours. Sharon has recently undergone Uranus passing over his natal Piscean Sun. The final passage occurred as he suffered a minor stroke on Dec. 18th 2005.
Also yesterday at least 110 people are killed in two separate suicide attacks in the Iraqi cities of Karbala and Ramadi.
A building collapsed in the Saudi city of Mecca, killing at least 15 people gathered for the Hajj pilgrimage.
Two teenagers in Turkey have died of bird flu, Turkish officials say, in the first cases outside South-East Asia.
Aid agencies have stepped up appeals for food in northern Kenya where some 2.5m people face severe shortages.
In the UK Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy called a leadership contest as he admits battling a drink problem.
These are tough times. As each day passes Mars, Jupiter and Neptune are tightening their grip in a planetary Fixed T-square. (Saturn holds the fourth point of the cross but his position is now diminishing). Mars is drawing closer and closer to his powerful opposition to Jupiter as each day passes. On Sunday the Moon aligns with Mars adding a blast of adrenaline to the difficult situation.
There may seem no way out at the moment. Pressures will continue to increase until Mars moves on in February 2006.
Today the Moon (in Aries) reaches cardinal first quarter phase at 16 degrees Aries 18:58 GMT. This is 'crisis in action' day, to be followed by a tense weekend.
Saturday January 7th 2006
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday had a successful emergency operation, but his condition remains critical.
The death toll from a hostel that collapsed in Mecca in Saudi Arabia rose to 53 as rescuers found more bodies.
Millions of people could face starvation in the Horn of Africa, warned the UN food agency.
Tests have confirmed that at least two of the three Turkish teenagers killed by bird flu had the deadly H5N1 strain.
A spacecraft has sent a laser signal to Earth from 24 million km (15 million miles) away in interplanetary space. The Messenger probe exchanged laser signals with a US ground station part way through its journey to the planet Mercury. Messenger blasted off in 2004 on a mission to map the surface of the nearest planet to the Sun. After arriving in 2011, the probe will orbit Mercury for a year to explore its atmosphere, composition and structure.
In the UK Charles Kennedy said he will not resign despite 25 of his MPs saying they will not work with him as Lib Dem leader. Saturn in Leo is currently making a fateful 150 degree aspect to the natal Mars/Neptune conjunction in the natal chart of the Liberal Democrats.
Today the waxing Moon is void of course in Aries at 14-34 GMT entering Taurus 19-09 GMT and starts applying to a tight conjunction with Mars in that sign. Serious issues of resentment and intransigence may emerge. We are in the midst of a very difficult astrological period.
Orange Mars shines left of the Moon early this evening (by about a fist-width at arm's length). Later in the night Mars is upper left of the Moon, as the wheeling of the sky carries them down toward the west.
Sunday January 8th 2006
Moon conjuncts Mars (closest astronomical conjunction 0.46 degrees separation 19:24 GMT. Zodiacal conjunction 19-05 GMT.)
The Moon and Mars are in a planetary T-square with Jupiter and Neptune which peaks around 23-00 GMT. This T-square could be seen as a kick start to the looming Mars Jupiter opposition which peaks on January 15th 2005 and dominates the coming week and the next Full Moon.
Retrograding Venus is making the second of three minor quintile aspects with Jupiter today. The first was on 27th Nov. 2005, the final one on March 6th 2006. Venus day stands on the Jupiter/Lunar Node midpoint making a quintile to them both.
Mars shines near the Moon this evening, as shown above.
The world news is pretty hard at the moment reflecting a tough astrological situation in the skies of Earth.
On Sunday two children and an adult tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in the Turkish capital.
Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will begin bringing him out of a coma on Monday.
A US helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, killing all eight passengers and four crew.
A strong earthquake struck southern Greece, including the capital, Athens, but there are no reports of injuries. The underwater quake, which measured 6.9 magnitude, shook buildings in the capital and was felt as far away as northern Greece, Jordan and Egypt. It struck at 1134 GMT on Sunday and lasted for several seconds.
A 14-year-old boy was among four cyclists killed after a car collided with them in north Wales.
Charles Kennedy who resigned on Saturday (15-00 GMT) has said that he hopes there is a contest to choose his successor as Liberal Democrat leader.
Monday January 9th 2006
Mercury in Capricorn sextiles Uranus in Pisces 03-37 GMT
The waxing Moon is void in Taurus from 18-56 GMT, she shines near the Pleiades this evening occulting a few of the Pleiades stars for parts of eastern North America.
Mercury moving direct in Capricorn will meet Venus moving retrograde in the same sign on 17th of January 2006. During this period of both planets in Capricorn we may well witness a time of pragmatic mentality and circumspect affection. The head rules the heart. Emotional responses are measured. Good planning is favoured.
Mars continuing on his seemingly endless sojourn in Taurus adds stability and unwavering will to the rather conservative planetary predicament. All this week as the Moon waxes to the full we see Mars tightening his grip on his opposition to Jupiter, exact next Sunday. Times stay tough. Pressures continue to mount.
Tuesday January 10th 2006
Five new human cases of bird flu were yesterday reported in Turkey as the virus travels across the country.
At least 28 people were killed in a suicide bombing at Iraq's interior ministry during a police parade.
The waxing Moon today enters Gemini 01-59 GMT. The static earthiness of the past two days gives way at that moment to restlessness and multiplicity.
The Moon reaches gibbous phase 11:29 GMT at 5 degrees Gemini. Increased chatter and other forms of communication may be the manifestation (today and tomorrow) of inner psychological pressures reflecting the current planetary tensions. The procession to the Full Moon, an essentially emotional affair by the end of the week, adds momentum to an almost wayward astrological situation in place this month. Mars, Jupiter and (increasingly so) Neptune are the main source of this difficult energy. The influence of Neptune can be seen as the 'worrying fear of a bird flu pandemic' which highlighted news broadcasts in the UK yesterday, after the events taking place in Turkey.
The Moon appears to ride the northern hemisphere skies very high up tonight and over the next few nights. Just like last month, this high altitude Moon is the result of the current 'Major Standstill' in the 18 year Lunar Metonic cycle.
Wednesday January 11th 2006
The major news item manifesting yesterday was Iran's dispute with the UN and Western countries deepening after Tehran resumed nuclear research, defying pressure. This is obviously one to watch.
Ukraine MPs yesterday voted to sack the government over a gas deal with Russia but the president said that the move may be illegal.
Spanish police arrested 20 suspected militant Islamists thought to be linked to the Iraqi insurgency.
Jupiter, in this morning's sky, is 49 arcminutes north of the binocular double star Alpha Librae. This is the first of Jupiter's three conjunctions with the star this year. (Today's is the closest alignment of the three, the other two occur around 26th April and 12th September).
The high altitude Gemini Moon makes a solitary airy trine to Uranus 08-41 the only aspect today. This day continues in a similar vein to yesterday. The emphasis is on pressured communication and diversity. Tensions are steadily increasing as the Moon continues to wax to fullness, and Mars draws closer and closer to his tight opposition to Jupiter..
Thursday January 12th 2006
Yesterday the UK prime minister and the US said Iran is likely to be taken to the UN for resuming nuclear activities.
Bird flu could become endemic in Turkey and pose a serious risk to neighbouring countries, the UN yesterday warned. (Please see below how Saturday's Full Moon and the current Mars Jupiter opposition are both focused on Turkey, as is part of the path of totality of the Total Solar Eclipse in March).
A man wielding a knife stabbed nine people at a Moscow synagogue before being arrested.
Today the high altitude Moon is void 01-46 GMT entering Cancer 10-55 GMT. The communicative 'buzz' of the past two days now gives may to a much more emotional atmosphere which ensues right up to the Full Moon.
The tight Mars Jupiter opposition currently dominating the skies is also tightly square Neptune right now. The astrological temperature is very high.
This evening, look far lower left of the bright Moon for Castor and Pollux, as shown above.
Friday January 13th 2006
Yesterday at least 345 Muslim pilgrims died during the stone-throwing ritual at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
The UK, France and Germany call for the UN Security Council to deal with Iran's nuclear programme.
The Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 is released from a Turkish jail.
Norway plans to build a seed bank inside a mountain on an Arctic island to hold samples of the world's crops.
The Moon today draws to a gloriously high (northern hemisphere) fullness.
Mercury is active today trining Mars 10-40 and sextiling Jupiter 17-32 GMT. This is a good day to touch base.
Venus is at inferior conjunction 23-59 GMT, this represents a kind of 'New Venus', an impregnation of the goddess by the Solar energy, a birth of a new ideal, the secret birth of a new love. the moment is invisible, hidden and special. Light a love candle.
Castor and Pollux are much closer left of the Moon this evening, almost lost in its glare.
Saturday January 14th 2006
Full Moon 24 degrees Cancer at 09:49 GMT
The Moon is opposite Venus.
The Sun, Venus Earth and Full Moon are aligned.
Mars is opposite Jupiter and square Neptune. Mercury sextiles Jupiter, Jupiter trines Uranus. This is a complex, close knit, and highly charged planetary situation which indicates this to be a very dynamic lunation. The time is high and it may be wise to expect important events on earth to occur around this full moon.
At the exact moment of Full Moon, the Moon rises (and the Sun sets) at Darwin, Melbourne and Hong Kong. The Moon is setting (and the Sun rises) over Chile especially Santiago. The Moon is at lower culmination at Jerusalem (where it is local noon).
The Mars Jupiter opposition straddles the horizons of Los Angeles and San Diego, and straddles the Prime Meridian of Tokyo. Both the Sun Moon opposition and the Mars Jupiter opposition hit Turkey where Mars rises, Jupiter sets, the Sun is conjunct the MC and the Moon conjunct the IC.
Pluto rises at Boston USA, Uranus rises at London and Madrid, Saturn conjuncts the IC of Tehran.
This Full Moon is the penultimate one before the penumbral lunar eclipse of 14th March 2006. This lunar eclipse ahead of us belongs to the old, waning but dangerously still potent Saros series 113. As we draw closer to this eclipse, the energy of Saros series 113 will become more impressive. Today's Full Moon is 'under its spell'.
This Full Moon is in Cancer, the sign of great emotion. The high tide of lunar energy is essentially nationalistic, linked to the past, protectionist, defensive and instinctive. On personal levels Cancer is the sign of the family, the mother, the domestic situation and the economy. Expect tears and high drama.
The Moon is void from the moment of Fullness and enters Leo 21-31 GMT.
Although the high point of the Full Moon has then passed, the climax of the current planetary T-square between Mars Jupiter and Neptune is immediately ahead.
Sunday January 15th 2006
A capsule containing a teaspoonful of dust snatched from around a comet is set to parachute to Earth today. The capsule should land in the Utah desert at 0312 local time (1012 GMT).
Pakistan is protesting to the US after a missile attack targeting al-Qaeda's deputy leader kills 18 people.
Iran's president says Tehran does not need nuclear weapons but has a right to restart research.
Some flights to and from Alaska have been cancelled after a series of volcanic eruptions.
In the UK the education secretary faces questions after details emerge about a sex offender in a Bournemouth school.
Today is a gargantuan day of significant proportion. An uncompromising atmosphere prevails. Stand by.
Mars is opposite Jupiter 09-33 GMT (<34 minutes of arc)
The Moon is conjunct Saturn 15-11 GMT (<4 degrees)
Monday January 16th 2006
The capsule carrying dust particles from the tail of a comet yesterday parachuted to Earth. Scientists are eager to study the samples for clues about how the solar system formed.
A 12-year-old Turkish girl has died from suspected bird flu in the eastern city of Van, officials said on Sunday.
If all goes as planned, NASA will launch a space probe called New Horizons to capture the first up-close imagery of Pluto, its moons and a region of the outer solar system called the Kuiper Belt. Lift-off of the spacecraft atop a Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket is set for 1:24 p.m. ET Tuesday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Four days now remain to the astrological month of Capricorn.
A very tight fixed cross forms in the skies of Earth today around 06-00 GMT involving the Moon in Leo, Neptune in Aquarius, Mars in Taurus and Jupiter in Scorpio. This point in time could be considered the point of climax of the current astrological crisis.
The Moon in Leo is waning very slowly now. The combination today of the Sun in Capricorn and the Moon in Leo gives a very autocratic feel to today.
Mercury and Venus (moving backwards) are now both morning 'stars', both in Capricorn and are widely conjunct tomorrow. Heart and mind can be focused in a manner that is both pragmatic, practical, and geared to the future.
Mars, very much involved with today's planetary fixed cross, is applying in a 'crazy' square aspect to Neptune which peaks on Wednesday. Heart and mind may be synchronised right now, but actions may be way off the mark.
Tuesday January 17th 2006
As the current astrological crisis peaked yesterday a possible referral of Iran to the U.N. Security Council over the resumption of its nuclear research program moved closer after Britain, France, Germany say they will call for an emergency meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog.
At least 27 people have been killed in two suspected suicide bombings in southern Afghanistan, according to news reports.
A 12-year-old girl who died Sunday has tested positive for the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu, health officials said, bringing Turkey's death toll from the virus to four and the number of its human cases to 20.
Today the very slow moving Moon is void of course in Leo from 00-35 GMT and enters Virgo 09-49 GMT reaching apogee (slowest all month) at 19:09 GMT.
Mercury is widely (8 degrees) conjunct retrograding Venus at 21 degrees Capricorn at 15-32 GMT.
This turns (by 09-49 GMT) into a very down to earth and practical day. There is good method to be found. The day favours detailed planing, careful meticulous work and sober judgement. The problem lies with premature action. Mars is applying in a waxing square aspect to Neptune, there are errant whirlpools of confused impulses to navigate. The best advice is to hold back and reconsider before acting.
Wednesday January 18th 2006
Yesterday the UK rejected an Iranian offer for more talks over its nuclear plans, while Russia and China sought compromise.
The US space agency Nasa have postponed the launch of their Atlas-5 rocket to Pluto until this evening.
The Sun and Moon are in earth signs for two days. The practical and methodical 'vibration' evident yesterday will ensue for today and tomorrow. On Friday both the Sun and the Moon will be in air signs.
Mars in Taurus today makes a waxing fixed square aspect to Neptune at 13-54 GMT. This aspect is part of the planetary T-square involving these two planets and Jupiter which is currently active and tight in the skies of Earth. Today has an eerie and even harmful potential.
The slow but now accelerating Moon reaches disseminating phase 13 degrees Virgo 12:52 GMT.
An earthy grand trine involving the Virgo Moon, Venus in Capricorn and Mars in Taurus starts to form at the end of this day, midnight (GMT), and intensify through the small hours of tomorrow. This 'loose' minor planetary arrangement lasts all night and may induce more affectionate overtures.
Thursday January 19th 2006
As Mars squared Neptune yesterday the main world news reported that at least four civilians were killed in clashes in Ivory Coast, as supporters of the president forced UN troops to flee.
Wall Street shares opened sharply down after market turmoil in Japan (during the early part of the GMT day) and poor results from Intel and Yahoo.
The US space agency, Nasa has again delayed the launch of its New Horizons mission to Pluto. They will try again today.
The earthy 'planetary grand trine' mentioned yesterday peaks around 08-00 GMT today, and then the Moon moves on slowly accelerating through Virgo, becoming void in that sign at 22-14 GMT and entering Libra at 22-50 GMT.
Venus (as if spurred on by the 'fertile' grand trine this morning) is now moving retrograde into the arms of an harmonious trine aspect to Mars which peaks next Monday. This one favours lovers and conception, although because of Venus's retrograde motion the connection is somewhat 'fated'. An interesting few days are forecast.
This is the last day of the astrological month of Capricorn. Most of the GMT day is a 'down to earth' practical affair with an emphasis on methodology, system, 'workings' and detail. Tomorrow is much different.
Friday January 20th 2006
Yesterday the US space agency, Nasa, successfully launched its New Horizons mission to Pluto. The probe lifted off at 1900 GMT aboard an Atlas 5 rocket on a 10-year journey to the planet, which lies more than five billion km from Earth.
Al-Jazeera aired a tape attributed to al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in which he warns of attacks on the US.
The UN Security Council condemned four days of unrest in Ivory Coast and called for an end to the violence.
At least 15 people were killed and 26 were wounded in two near-simultaneous bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad,
Some 24 people have died of exposure in Russia as freezing winter temperatures plunged to minus 30C overnight.
China has announced another rise in public disturbances in 2005, as rapid economic growth continued to spark social unrest, and on that note the astrological month of Capricorn ends.
Today the Sun enters Aquarius at 05-16 GMT, and a new month begins. We are sixty days from the vernal equinox. The Sun and the Moon are in air signs. Communication opens up, the seasons starts to change, the year moves forward.
The Moon accelerates and wanes in Libra. The day is defiantly social. after many days of industry and practicality the vibration today is distinctly heady and ethereal.
Saturday January 21st 2006
Yesterday Iraq's Shia-led United Iraqi Alliance won the country's parliamentary elections, but without an absolute majority.
Iran removed foreign exchange reserves from Europe as it faces the threat of trade sanctions.
Web giant Google is resisting an attempt by the US to force it to reveal what users are searching for.
Today the Moon sails on in Libra accelerating to her last quarter phase tomorrow. She occults the fixed star Spica around 22-12 GMT for observers in north central Asia. This occultation is the 6th out of 23 in the current series.
A social weekend is forecast. There is a promise of romantic love as Venus is falling backwards into an earthy trine relationship with Mars. (The aspect peaks on Monday). Her head may tell her to resist his advance, but the powers of fate at work here are stronger. The forces involved are irresistible.
Sunday January 22nd 2006
Mercury enters Aquarius 08-42 GMT, joining the Sun and Neptune in that sign. Mercury aligns with the Sun on this far side on Thursday. Their meeting , and the corresponding events on earth, are serious, as the alignment opposes Saturn. Mercury then moves on to a close alignment with Neptune six days later on February 1st. There are 'inspirational winds of change' at work here.
Today the Moon in Libra squares Mercury 08-55 GMT, is void from that time. She enters Scorpio 10-30 GMT and reaches 'fixed' last quarter phase at 2 degrees of that sign at 15:15 GMT.
Monday January 23rd 2006
On Saturday many countries' news reports included the 'London Whale' story. Despite a seven hour rescue attempt, an 18 ft (5m) northern bottle-nosed whale died on a barge which was trying to take it back to deep waters. The mammal suffered breathing problems and muscle spasms when it convulsed and died on Saturday evening. The 'voyeuristic and sentimental' episode occurred with the Sun in Aquarius and the Moon in Libra. Venus and Mars are in earthy trine aspect.
Twenty-three people have been killed in a clash in Nepal, officials say. Six security forces and 17 Maoist rebels were found dead following an attack on an army patrol on Saturday night.
Yesterday Iraqi security officials found the bodies of 23 police volunteers kidnapped last Monday north of Baghdad.
Georgia's leader said that Russia is behind blasts on two gas pipelines that has completely cut off supplies.
A French woman who recently returned from Turkey is being tested in a Montpellier hospital for possible bird flu.
Evo Morales was sworn in as Bolivia's first indigenous president vowing to end "500 years of discrimination".
There has been heavy fighting between tribal militias and Pakistani security forces in the province of Balochistan. A tribal spokesman says at least 16 civilians in the town of Dera Bugti have been killed in the past two days.
Grey squirrels are to be culled across Britain to try to halt declining numbers of the native red squirrel.
Sir Menzies Campbell says the UK Lib Dems must unite after Mark Oaten resigned over claims of an affair with a rent boy.
The main astrological events this week will be firstly the Sun and Mercury in Aquarius opposite Saturn in Leo. This alignment occurs on Thursday and Friday. This one may induce several serious issues and challenges necessitating sober decision making. Secondly and longer lasting will be the fixed square of Jupiter and Neptune which has its first peak next Saturday. This first occurrence of the aspect, (two others occur in March and in September of this year) is the final outpouring of the fixed T-square which has been dominating the astrological sky over the past month. The nature of the square is excessive and subliminal, 'Strange days' is the song which springs to mind.
Today retrograde Venus in Capricorn trines Mars in Taurus at 10-21 GMT. This one has affectionate and romantic overtones. Mars has the upper hand here because of Venus's retrograde motion. When she finally 'gets herself together' (she turns direct in motion on Feb. 3rd), she will catch up and repeat this aspect in air signs on March 22nd 2006.
The accelerating last quarter Moon is today conjunct (less than 5 degrees) Jupiter in Scorpio at 17-50 GMT and is void of course from 21-54 GMT.
OK nothing will seem to give today, no change, no motion, an essentially static sort of day. People as fixed as ever in their mind sets. An intensity of purpose is evident, lightly sinister power plays in action. Jealousy is possible.
Tuesday January 24th 2006
Rescuers are desperately trying to dig out construction workers trapped under the rubble of a five-story collapsed building in Nairobi, Kenya, that killed at least four people and injured 60 others.
Russia's internal security service has accused four British Embassy employees of conducting a high-tech spying operation that included using an "advanced electronic spy gadget" in a fake rock, news agencies reported.
Today the Moon in Scorpio, accelerating and waning, is void of course all day until 18-39 GMT when she enters Sagittarius. Up until that point in time the day may appear to be going absolutely nowhere.
The evening (GMT) sees a change of fortune. A more positive outlook can be glimpsed. A 'wait and see' atmosphere prevails over the next two days.
Wednesday January 25th 2006
More than 4 million people in Georgia yesterday remained without heat for a third straight day after a series of blasts destroyed the Russian pipeline that supplied the country's natural gas. The crisis comes as the former Soviet republic battles the coldest weather it has seen in three decades.
Freezing weather has killed dozens of people across Europe and wreaked havoc on the roads in the past few days. More than 50 people have died in Russia since Arctic cold swept across the country last week. At least 50 have died in neighbouring Ukraine - 30 within just 24 hours, the health ministry said on Monday. Temperatures have also plunged to minus 30C in the Baltic republics and Czech Republic. Snow has spread as far south as Istanbul and Athens.
Canadians elected Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper as their next prime minister on Monday, but denied him the outright majority he would need to take any strong change in direction.
Today the Moon wanes and accelerates (and burns) in Sagittarius. Spirits and aspirations rise higher.
Mercury approaches Superior Conjunction on the far side of the Sun as they both approach opposition to Saturn over the next forty eight hours. Serious issues will begin to precipitate. This looming planetary alignment casts a shadow over the New Moon in Aquarius on Sunday.
Thursday January 26th 2006
Large numbers of Palestinians have voted in the first parliamentary poll for a decade, with the militant Hamas expected to do well.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says officials are still considering how to respond to the alleged UK spy scandal.
Google's launch of a new, self-censored search engine in China is a "black day" for freedom of expression, a leading international media watchdog says.
The UK is preparing to send another 3,500 troops to Afghanistan in April or May,.
An international team of astronomers find the smallest Earth-like planet yet outside our solar system. The newly discovered "super-Earth" orbits the star Gliese 876, located 15 light-years away in the direction of the constellation Aquarius. (Tropical sign Capricorn).
The Moon reaches balsamic phase 21 degrees Sagittarius at 07:44 GMT, conjuncts Pluto 15-25 and is void from this moment. The Moon is now accelerating towards New Moon which occurs on Sunday.
Mercury is at superior conjunction 21-34 GMT. Both the Sun and Mercury are opposite Saturn. This is an astrologically important day.
The Moon enters Capricorn 22-32 GMT initiating even more seriousness to the situation.
Friday January 27th 2006
Islamic militants Hamas have won a majority in the Palestinian parliament, preliminary results show.
Georgia's president has cut short his attendance at the World Economic Forum to grapple with an energy crisis at home.
The US president has welcomed a Russian idea to control Iran's nuclear fuel as a way out of the impasse.
The old, but fast moving, moon in Capricorn is accelerating towards New Moon phase on Sunday. Today and tomorrow are tough realistic empirical reactionary and pragmatic. (Deep down and dirty).
Mercury and the Sun are both directly opposite Saturn, Mercury at 13-04 GMT, the Sun at 22-49 GMT. This is 'serious issue' stuff. This is an important alignment with significant results, be aware.
Retrograding Venus in Capricorn sextiles Jupiter in Scorpio today at 19-07. This aspect will repeat on Feb. 17th and is really not moving much out of focus over the intervening period. This period and this aspect may be characterised by an expansive and positive love union. New directions, new contacts, new investments are all highlighted.
Read the Daze tomorrow and learn all about the Sunday's New Moon.
Saturday January 28th 2006
A massive underwater earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 has struck off the eastern coast of Indonesia, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake reportedly took place at 0158 local time on Saturday morning (1658 GMT on Friday) in the Banda Sea. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Global sea-levels could rise by about 30cm by the end of this century if current trends continue, a study warns. Italy has joined Russia in condemning Ukraine for allegedly stealing gas intended for Europe.
Jupiter in Scorpio is in waning square aspect to Neptune in Aquarius 01:29 GMT. (1st of three hits, the 2nd is March 16th 2006, final one September 24th 2006, the fixed square of Jupiter and Neptune which has its first peak today) is the final outpouring of the fixed T-square which has been dominating the astrological sky over the past month. The nature of the square is excessive and subliminal, these sure are intoxicating times.
The very old Moon is widely conjunct Venus in Capricorn 02-06 GMT. The Moon is void of course from 07-57 GMT entering Aquarius 23-10 GMT.
Sunday January 29th 2006
New Moon 10 degrees Aquarius 14:16 GMT
This New Moon is the penultimate one before the Total Solar Eclipse on March 29th 2006 and is under the sway of this future eclipse.
The New Moon is conjunct Mercury and opposite Saturn.
At the moment of New Moon the Moon rises at Baghdad, Kiev and Stockholm. The Moon sets and the Sun rises over the central areas of the USA especially Denver.
At this time Jupiter squares Neptune and Venus sextile Jupiter.
The Aquarian energy of this New Moon is held in check by Saturn in Leo. This is a 'serious' New Moon, times are tough and strange.
The fast moving 'new born baby Moon' is conjunct Mercury at 17-37 GMT
Monday January 30th 2006
Two accidents with high death tolls have occurred during the 'New Moon Weekend'. A state of mourning has been declared in Poland after a roof fell on pigeon enthusiasts, killing at least 66 people. A central section of the roof collapsed on Saturday at 1730 local time (1630 GMT). A second collapse came more than an hour later, during rescue operations.
Dozens of people are feared to have died after a train crashes in Pakistan on Sunday.
There's a long black gash on the sun, a 'solar filament' about 200,000 miles long, Also amateur astronomers are monitoring a big storm on Saturn which appears to be a lightening storm.
Today the very fast moving Moon is conjunct Neptune in Aquarius at 02-03 GMT. Together these two form a Fixed T-square with Jupiter and Mars which is at maximum potency around 06-00 am.
The Moon is perigee 07:46 GMT. At this moment the Moon is the closest to Earth she gets all year.
The Moon is void 16-01 GMT and finally slips into Pisces at 22-32 GMT.
There is a 'different' feel about today, this is a day to go your own way The day favours independence and altruism. The energy of yesterday's new moon starts to get a grip.
Big tides in the seas and oceans will occur today and tomorrow because of the New Moon occurring around perigee.
The astrological highlight of the week ahead is the close conjunction of Mercury and Neptune in Aquarius on Wednesday. Imaginations may run wild this week, strange sensations in the cerebral cortex may arise, lots of glamour and lots of mind games around.
Tuesday January 31st 2006
Greenhouse gas emissions are rising at an "unsustainable" rate and the Greenland ice cap is at risk, scientists say.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas yesterday said that he will continue pursuing peace with Israel, following Hamas' election win.
Last-ditch talks between EU officials and Iran in Brussels delivered nothing new according to a UK official.
An Iraqi Kurdish teenage girl has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the Iraqi health minister has said.
State of the skies:- The fast moving young waxing Moon is today in Pisces and is conjunct Uranus 13-00 GMT.
Mercury is now astrologically an evening star in Aquarius applying to a close conjunction with Neptune tomorrow and squaring Jupiter on Friday.
Venus in Capricorn, a morning star rising ahead of the Sun, is still retrograding in that sign but will turn direct in motion on Friday 3rd Feb. She leaves Capricorn on March 5th.
Mars has been in Taurus since July 28th 2005 and will remain there until February 17th 2006. it may be a relief to some that this long sojourn is nearly over.
Today is an inert mixture of the elements air and water. There is a 'fizz' in the ether, people may be receptive, sympathetic, easily led and prone to wayward aberration and escape seeking.
Pay especial attention to your imagination, your vision and your dreams, a heady couple of days are ahead as Mercury aligns to Neptune.
February 2006
Wednesday February 1st 2006
February starts with Mercury and Neptune aligned on the far side of the Sun to tropical Aquarius (both square Jupiter). This calendar month has a potentially violent Full Moon on the 13th square Mars, a near exact alignment of Mercury and Uranus on the day after (Feb. 14th), a lunar occultation of the fixed star Spica on 18th, visible from some parts of Africa and the USA, and the month ends with a New Moon in Pisces closely conjunct Uranus on the 28th inaugurating the start of a new eclipse season.
Today the fast moving but now decelerating young Moon in Pisces squares Pluto at 16-06 and is void of course from that moment. She reaches crescent phase at 28 degrees Pisces at 19:09 GMT and enters Aries 22-46 GMT.
Mercury conjuncts Neptune in Aquarius with only 1.84 degrees separation at 20:57 GMT.
Thursday February 2nd 2006
Yesterday at a key meeting on Iran's nuclear program, a "troubling" briefing in Vienna has revealed new information that Iran may be pursuing nuclear weapons, according to the U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday angrily rejected international pressure on Iran over its nuclear ambitions hours after U.S. President George W. Bush vowed to prevent it making an atomic bomb
About 589 people died from the cold in Ukraine over a 15-day period of record-breaking low temperatures last month, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. The deaths occurred between January 16 and 31, the ministry said in a statement.
German astrophysicists have concluded a space body located in the outer reaches of the solar system is 435 miles (700 kilometers) larger than Pluto, the smallest planet. Their research puts more pressure on the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to classify the object as the 10th planet in our solar system."UB313 is decidedly larger than Pluto," said University of Bonn Professor Frank Bertoldi, whose team's findings will be published in today's journal Nature. The object, tentatively named 2003 UB313, (magnitude 19, in constellation Cetus, tropical 'sign' Aries), is an icy body that lies beyond the planet Neptune. The discovery team is informally calling the object and its moon Xena and Gabrielle, for the TV warrior princess and her long-time companion. The official names they will eventually get are still tied up in committees of the International Astronomical Union.
Today Mercury in Aquarius fresh from yesterday's close alignment with Neptune today makes a waxing fixed square aspect with Jupiter in Scorpio at 00-29 GMT. Bad judgement and overestimation are possible at the end of Wednesday and at the start of Thursday.
The waxing crescent Moon is decelerating in Aries. Ignition, citation, arrest, initiation, confrontation, challenge, impulse, urge, surge, temper and tantrum.. all words to describe the 'energy' today. The Sun and the Moon are in positive signs. This is possibly a fresh, welcome and spirited change in fortunes to many after the vacancy of the past two days.
Pluto, Uranus, Mars and Saturn occupy 4 points of a pentagon over the next week. The missing point is around 15 degrees Libra. There is something special about this arrangement, join me in watching the news very carefully during the period in question. There are some heavy weight performers here.
Friday February 3rd 2006
The international storm over cartoon drawings of the Prophet Mohammed published in European media has gathered pace across the Islamic world with angry demonstrations and gunman shutting down of the EU office in Gaza City. (Seems in keeping with yesterday's predictions of tantrums).
The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors ended their first session of talks on whether to delay reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council amid threats by the Islamic state that it would start enriching uranium if its nuclear activities were sent to the council. This is the big one to watch I guess.
The Sun and Moon are today in combustible signs (Fire and Air), if yesterday did not set your world aflame, today might.
Today Venus in Capricorn turns direct in motion at 09-22 GMT. She has been in retrograde motion since Christmas Eve. From today the collective anima is 'on the move again', if female responses have been somewhat reserved of late, and if 'values' have held precedence over 'instincts', that is about to change, slowly at first it must be said.
The decelerating waxing crescent Moon in Aries trines Pluto at 18-33 GMT and is void of course from that moment for six hours. The Moon shines far to the lower right of Mars this evening, and less far below the brightest stars of Aries.
Saturday February 4th 2006
Many people are feared to have died after an Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,400 people sank in the Red Sea. Dozens of bodies and at least 300 survivors were reportedly pulled from the water, as rescuers scoured the area in poor weather before darkness fell last night. The local times on the graphics above are 3 (for Saudi) and 2 hours (for Eqypt) ahead of GMT. The time of the sinking appears to be around 00-00 GMT at the start of February 3rd 2006. SEE tomorrow's comment for more astrological details on this tradegy.
Some four and a half hours later a strong earthquake registering magnitude 5.9 shook north-eastern Japan, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said. The quake, which struck at 1:37 p.m. (0437 GMT) on Friday, was centred about 30 kilometres (19 miles) below the seabed in the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of Ibaraki prefecture (state), the agency said.
During the day that followed Muslims staged fresh protests in the row over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, as Denmark - where the row started - made a new bid to calm anger.
We are now at the mid point in time between the Capricorn Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. 'Stirring' is underway in the northern hemisphere as summer starts to wane in the south.
The Moon approaching 'fixed first quarter phase' (tonight. Mars is the orange dot about a fist-width at arm's length to the Moon's upper left), enters Taurus today at 01-31 GMT. Her passage through Taurus over the next couple of days will be fraught, in addition Mercury in Aquarius is applying in a fixed square aspect to Mars, this one is indicative of anger, the aspect peaks on Sunday evening.
All in all the weekend looks a tough one.
Sunday February 5th 2006
At the exact moment of the Full Moon on January 14th 2006, the Moon was at exact lower culmination at Duba, the sea port on the Saudi Arabian Red sea coast where The al-Salam Boccaccio '98 set off on its fateful final voyage last Thursday night. It was local noon at that Full Moon moment, the Sun and the Full Moon straddled the prime meridian of the Port, Mars was rising and Jupiter was setting over Saudi Arabia and would shortly straddle the horizon of Duba. The moment stamped a mark of destiny for the month ahead on the sea port.
On Thursday night (February 2nd 2006) at 19-00 local time, (16-00 GMT) the roll on roll off car ferry is reported (BBC times) as setting sail for Egypt. At that time Mars was approaching culmination over Duba, locked tightly into a Fixed cross with the Local Ascendant, Mercury, Neptune and Jupiter. Mars was also globally conjunct the Saturn Uranus mid point, and let me emphasise conjunct the local MC (within 2 degrees) and square the local Ascendant (within half a degree).
There was also a strong fifth harmonic in the chart of the ferry's departure, this was a global phenomenon (mentioned in my column the previous day) involving Mars, Uranus, Saturn and Pluto.
All of these significant astrological factors appear to have contributed to this awful shipping disaster which has taken at least 900 lives and is one of the world's worst. It is a manifestation of the potent planetary forces arrayed at this time.
Survivors yesterday said a fire burned for hours on the Red Sea ferry before it sank, leaving 1,000 people feared dead. (It must be remember that the Moon was in Aries).
Elsewhere yesterday Syrians torched Scandinavian embassies to protest against the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
The UN nuclear agency voted to report Iran to the Security Council, but Iran says it will resume uranium enrichment. The Iranian president has ordered his country's nuclear agency to halt snap United Nations checks of its nuclear facilities from today.
A stampede outside a sports stadium in the Philippine capital, Manila, has left at least 73 dead, many of them women, with more than 300 injured.
A district governor is among 25 people killed after a fierce battle between Afghan troops and Taleban fighters in Afghanistan, officials say.
The tough times continue. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and Neptune are today in Fixed signs. Expect no let up to the world troubles just yet.
Asteroid 2006BM55 will pass within 2 million miles of the Earth today. I have no further details of this 'near Earth flyby'.
The Moon reaches first quarter phase today at 16 degrees Taurus at 06:30 GMT squaring the Sun and Neptune at that time. She moves on to form a fixed T-square with that duo and Jupiter peaking around 11-46 GMT .
Mercury squares Mars 20-09
The Moon conjuncts Mars 20-55, The Moon shines near Mars and the Pleiades this evening, as shown above.
The Moon occults the Pleiades tonight, visible from Hawaii and the west coast of North America.
The Moon finally squares Mercury and is void from 21-00
Monday February 6th 2006
Demonstrators yesterday set fire to the Danish embassy in Beirut, as protests against cartoons of Muhammad spread.
Families waiting at Safaga port vented their anger at the lack of news of relatives on the doomed Egyptian ferry. Today The Sun makes its annual conjunction with Neptune in Aquarius at 06-33 GMT.
The decelerating waxing Moon enters Gemini 07-33, the Sun and the Moon are then both in air signs, communication is again the watchword today.
The Sun squares Jupiter in Scorpio at 18-17 GMT.
Mercury in Aquarius sextiles Pluto in Sagittarius at 20-50 GMT.
All in all a busy and multitudinous day, with a larger than life feel to it..
Tuesday February 7th 2006
Protests against cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad are sweeping the world, leading to several deaths.
George W Bush yesterday outlined a $2,770bn budget, with more money for defence, but less for social areas.
A French woman (above) who had the world's first face transplant yesterday appeared before the media for the first time.
Astronomers finally have put some numbers on the physical characteristics of dark matter, the mysterious material that dominates the Universe, but which is invisible to current telescope technology and is one of the great enigmas of modern science. It looks like you cannot ever pack it smaller than about 300 parsecs - 1,000 light-years; this stuff will not let you. That tells you a speed actually - about 9km/s - at which the dark matter particles are moving because they are moving too fast to be compressed into a smaller scale. It comes in a 'magic volume' which happens to correspond to an amount which is 30 million times the mass of the Sun. These are the first properties other than existence that we've been able determine.
State of the skies:-
There are now fifty days remaining to the Total Eclipse of the Sun on March 29th 2006.
The decelerating but waxing Moon in Gemini forms a finger of fate pattern with the ongoing sextile between Venus and Jupiter at 17-00 GMT. The Moon will again appear very high in northern hemisphere skies over the next few nights because of the Lunar Major Standstill occurring this year.
Mercury (an evening star) is whizzing through late Aquarius and jet streams into Pisces on Thursday of this week. His next encounter is an exceptionally tight alignment with Uranus on Valentine's day (Feb. 14th).
Venus (magnitude 4.5,) is climbing into better view during dawn; look for her low in the southeast. She is moving in direct motion now, relationships can start to get 'back on the tracks', although her head rules her heart up to March 5th when she moves into Aquarius. (The way to her heart is through her mind). Having said that, she is currently locked into an affair with Jupiter, a longish sextile aspect which peaks on Saint Valentine's day! As mentioned above the Moon joins in (fatefully) with their dance today.
Mars has ten days left in Taurus. The end of his very long stay in this sign can soon be celebrated. (Time to move on young man). Before he leaves Taurus he will make a fateful and difficult 150 degree aspect to Pluto, this one occurs between now and the Full Moon next Monday, tighten your seat belt.
Jupiter in Scorpio is currently in a fixed square aspect with Neptune which covers all matters right now with a delusionary colouring, this one is simply the sign of the times.
Wednesday February 8th 2006
A team of scientists says it has found a "lost world" in an Indonesian jungle, home to dozens of new species.
In the UK yesterday Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri was jailed for seven years for inciting murder and stirring up race hate.
British reinforcements were sent to an Afghan town after riots over cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
Today the waxing and decelerating Moon in Gemini (with a very high altitude for northern hemisphere observers) trines Mercury in Aquarius at 13-04 GMT and is void from that moment until 16-34 GMT when she enters Cancer. From 16-34 GMT the restless multiplicity of the past couple of days gives way to a shrewd, instinctive and essentially more emotional vibration. Today we enter a brief vulnerable period dominated by Mars making a 'fateful' 150 degree aspect to Pluto, invoking all manner of deep emotions and actions, prior to a powerful Full Moon next Monday.
Thursday February 9th 2006
The deadly strain of bird flu was yesterday found for the first time in Africa in Nigerian poultry.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Iran and Syria are fuelling Muslim anger in the cartoon row.
The political leader of Hamas said the group is ready to talk to Israel but will not renounce violence.
International monitors praised the running of Haiti's general election, as vote-counting yesterday got under way. US aviator Steve Fossett has taken off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in an attempt to make the longest non-stop flight in his Virgin GlobalFlyer plane. Fossett began his trip from Nasa's Kennedy Space Center at about 1220 GMT Feb. 8th 2006 (0720 local time), and plans to cover 41,978km (26,084 miles) in 80 hours.
New evidence from a Martian meteorite has re-opened the debate over whether Mars once had life.
Today Mercury enters Pisces 01-22 GMT and starts to draw to an exceptionally tight alignment with Uranus on Valentine's day (Feb. 14th). Mercury will remain in Pisces right up to April 16th 2006 (Easter Day). Deep thought forms emerge from the sea of universal consciousness, thinking and communication takes on a more mellow, wiser, unfathomable quality.
During this long residence in Pisces, Mercury will undergo his retrograde motion. This will result in him making three repeated watery trines to Jupiter, on Feb. 20th, March 16th and April 4th, (which offer further depth of though, grand visions and positive schemes), and three repeated mutable squares to Pluto, on March 1st, March 5th and April 14th (which can induce manic and megalomaniac thought forms). Make certain all current decisions, affairs, communications and travels are concluded within the next week. After about 17th Feb. the inertia of this planet as he approaches his station will induce 'drag' on all these issues.
The Moon today in glorious high altitude (in Northern Hemisphere skies) reaches gibbous phase 02:43 GMT at five degrees Cancer. The procession to the Full Moon begins in earnest today. There is much emotion to experience today and tomorrow.
Friday February 10th 2006
Today the slow moving Moon in Cancer opposes Venus in Capricorn at 01-40 GMT. The opposition is made easy by Jupiter.
After a long day with a 'community care' feel to it, the Moon finally becomes void of course with a sextile to Mars at 21-54 GMT. The Moon remains void for five hours. The tensions associated with the coming Full Moon are now greatly increasing.
Saturday February 11th 2006
The Moon enters Leo 03-45 GMT and starts to apply in conjunction to Saturn meeting him at 17-08 GMT.
This is a powerful and serious crescendo of resplendent energy being unleashed as the Moon slowly draws to her climax. Her conjunction with Saturn however is serious and sobering.
Sunday February 12th 2006
The nearly full Moon in Leo forms a very tight T-square with Neptune and Jupiter around 16-00 GMT. The massive build up to tomorrow's full moon is uncompromising. This is a day of big deals, and colourful displays. The emphasis is on 'play' and on 'self'. The lion roars.
Monday February 13th 2006
Full Moon 24 degrees Leo at 04:45 GMT
This is the last Full Moon before the Penumbral Lunar eclipse of March 14th 2006. As such the passing of this Full Moon heralds a new Eclipse Season. We are all about to enter a season of changes.
This Full Moon is a regenerating and transforming experience, brimming with power, surprise, and both difficulty and opportunity. The Full Moon is heavily square Mars and Jupiter (in fixed T-square arrangement) but thankfully trine Pluto. At this time Venus is sextile Jupiter, Mercury is moving to a near exact alignment with Uranus in Pisces, Jupiter is square Neptune. There is intoxication, glory, creativity, adoration, and universal extroversion embedded into this lunation.
Many cities world-wide are 'starred' at the moment of exact Full Moon. The Full Moon herself is on the local Mid heaven of Caracas and La Paz It is sunrise at Ankara. Uranus rises at Mecca and is on the Mid heaven of Soeul, Pluto rises at the Malvinas islands, and is (significantly) on the Mid heaven at Tehran. Jupiter is on MC of Rome and sets at Lahasa and Rangoon, Venus rises at Paris, Neptune rises at Istanbul and is at lower culmination at New York.
For the UK, it could be a somewhat grim affair. At London Capricorn rises with Saturn squaring the local Mid heaven and the Full Moon herself directly on the natal Saturn of the UK 1801 chart.
The Full Moon squares Mars at 11-49 GMT and the Moon then becomes void till 16-14 GMT when she enters Virgo..
Tuesday February 14th 2006
Iran has resumed some uranium-enrichment work at its Natanz nuclear plant, a first step in a process that can potentially yield either fuel for atomic reactors or bombs, diplomatic sources said on Monday.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Residents were digging out Monday from a winter storm that dumped more than two feet of snow on some parts of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states, forcing travellers around the country to change their plans.
TODAY IS AN IMPORTANT DAY.
The Moon in Virgo reaches apogee (slowest all month) at 00:51 GMT.
The Moon opposes Mercury and Uranus in Pisces at 11-45 and 12-17 respectively.
Venus sextiles Jupiter 13-26 GMT
Mercury conjuncts Uranus in tropical Pisces 15.33 GMT 0.02 degrees separation. This is the closest planetary conjunction all year. Electrifying thoughts will arise, unseen circumstances may emerge and unexpected events may occur.
(Mercury acquires a taste for this conjunction, when he is in retrograde motion next month he almost make another but then turns direct again at the last minute and avoids it.)
Minor lunar occultation (visible telescopically) from the UK of star Chi Leo approx. 19:52 to 20:53 GMT.
We are at the very start of a new eclipse season. As the next seven or eight weeks progress we can expect changes.
Wednesday February 15th 2006
The Sun sextiles Pluto 02-03 GMT
The slow but accelerating waning Moon at 05-00 (at 18 degrees) Virgo forms a midpoint picture with Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter at that time sextiles both. As the Moon reaches 27 degrees Virgo she forms a trapezium with Pluto, the Sun and Mars. (Time around 23-00 GMT). Between both of these times a day of critical discernment ensues.
Thursday February 16th 2006
Officials in Haiti have agreed to declare Rene Preval president after an election dispute which triggered big protests.
France for the first time has accused Iran of using its nuclear programme as a cover for military activity.
Today the Moon (very slow moving but accelerating) trines Mars and becomes void at 03-22 GMT.
She enters Libra 05-10 GMT.
The Sun and Moon are then both in air signs. The emphasis is now on 'balance'. It is a less 'critical' day than the previous two.
Three more days remain with the Sun in Aquarius, 41 days to a Total Solar Eclipse, and 27 days to a penumbral Lunar Eclipse (from an old Saros series), and 12 days to the next New Moon.
Friday February 17th 2006
The Moon reaches disseminating phase at 14 degrees Libra 08:27 GMT
The Moon at 19 degrees Libra (19-30 GMT) forms a complex tight planetary pattern with Neptune, Jupiter, and Venus.
Mars completes his very long sojourn in Taurus and at last enters Gemini 22-44, this is a momentous change after so long a time! He beckons to Venus to join him in air signs and will have to wait till March 5th when Venus does just that and enters Aquarius.
Saturday February 18th 2006
An entire village has been buried by a major landslide in the central Philippines following heavy rains. Nineteen people are known to have died and 83 have been found alive so far, but rescue officials said between 1,500 and 2,500 might be buried in the mud. This event occurred on Friday morning local time.
Egypt has detected its first cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in several parts of the country.
Scientists meeting in the US predict there will be 100 million more hungry people across the world by 2015.
The Moon in Libra occults Spica at 04-56 visible to observers in central Africa, the far North East of USA and Canada. This is the 7th of 23 occultations in the current series.
For full details click here http://www.lunar-occultations.com/iota/2006bstar/0218zc1925na.htm
The Moon trines the Sun and becomes void of course at 17-00 GMT. Twelve minutes later the Moon enters Scorpio.
The Sun enters Pisces 19-26 GMT. The Sun and the Moon are then both in water signs for two days. A much more emotional way of being can be expected than of late.
The start of the astrological month of Pisces is a difficult one as the Sun squares Mars tomorrow and probably spoils the day.
Sunday February 19th 2006
Observe how the Mercury Uranus conjunction at the moment of last week's Full Moon aligned to the MC of Southern Leyte where rescue work continues on the Philippines island where 1,800 people are feared dead following a huge landslide on Friday.
Today at 11-00 GMT the Moon in Scorpio forms a trapezium pattern with Venus in Capricorn, the Lunar Node in Aries, and Saturn in Leo.
The Sun at the first degree of Pisces squares Mars at the first degree of Gemini at 15-33 GMT. A difficult day is forecast.
Monday February 20th 2006
This morning, Monday, Feb. 20th, if you happen to be awake at the crack of dawn, look out the window. Jupiter and the Moon are having a pretty close encounter. The pair are so bright you can see them even after the sky turns morning blue
The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has continued to spread, with India, France and Iran becoming the latest countries to confirm the presence of the virus. In western India the strain was found among thousands of dead chickens at a farm, and health officials are testing eight people for possible infection. France and Iran also reported their first H5N1 cases, following tests carried out on dead birds. The strain has killed at least 90 people since it emerged in 2003. In the UK the public has been told not to panic over the threat of bird flu as the government has taken "all necessary measures", the defence secretary says.
State of the skies:- The Sun is now in Pisces. The vernal equinox is in four weeks. We are currently in the 'foothills' of an eclipse season, March 2006 will witness two eclipses. The immediate weeks ahead hold 'eclipse enforced changes'.
Mercury is an evening 'star' in Pisces and he makes a watery trine aspect to Jupiter at 04-03 GMT today, (a 'fair meaning' aspect) this aspect will repeat itself on March 14th and on April 5th because of Mercury's retrograde motion next month.
The waning and accelerating Moon in Scorpio is today conjunct Jupiter 06-15 GMT. At 10-03 GMT the Moon sextiles Venus and is then void of course for the remainder of the GMT day. Nothing of astrological substance can be expected after this time.
Venus is gathering momentum as a very bright morning 'star' in Capricorn. She will form a dalliance with Mercury (sextiling him over many days) before she enters Aquarius on March 5th. She has been in the doldrums for quite some time, her power and experimentation will increase as the season unfolds, right now she is in 'conservation mode'.
Mars is now freshly on course in Gemini. A real breath of fresh air. He is applying in a sextile aspect to Saturn (and the Lunar Node) reaching these aspects before the end of February. An application of effort in the field of human dynamics and communication would be in keeping with the times right now. Three days before the coming Lunar Eclipse next he will square Uranus striking a decisive and sudden blow at something.
In the outer planetary realms Jupiter in Scorpio is making a fixed square to Neptune in Aquarius. This one keeps us all guessing, a vast brooding uncertainty envelops us all. Take care.
Tuesday February 21st 2006
A fresher feel to today!
The Moon enters Sagittarius 02-38 GMT and forms a tight mutable T-square with Mars and the Sun at 06-30 GMT. She reaches last quarter phase at 3 degrees Sagittarius 07:18 GMT and then forms a fiery grand trine with the Lunar Node and Saturn around 12-42 GMT.
The Moon occults the fixed star Antares for of much of Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia around 19-40 GMT.
Wednesday February 22nd 2006
Yesterday at least 22 people were killed and 30 injured in an explosion at a market in Baghdad.
At least seven more people have been killed on the fourth day of the heaviest fighting seen in the Somali capital Mogadishu for several years.
Time is running out for 65 Mexican workers who are trapped underground after a blast in a coal mine in the northern state of Coahuila.
European shares hit a 4-1/2 year high yesterday, led by utilities, after Germany's E.ON trumped Gas Natural's bid for Spanish utility Endesa with a 29.1 billion euro ($35 billion) offer.
The briskly moving, accelerating and waning Moon today burns through Sagittarius. The Sun and the Moon (and Mercury, Mars, Pluto and Uranus) are today in mutable signs. Movement is the message.
Mercury in late Pisces is entering a fairly long lasting sextile aspect with Venus in Capricorn. The symbolism here is of heart and mind in harmony. The interplay between these two planets extends into the first week of March. An opportunity to put feelings into words and images is at hand. This aspect may be good for poetry, music, and art of all kinds.
Thursday February 23rd 2006
Before After
Yesterday six Sunni Iraqis were killed as thousands staged protests after a bomb attack on one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam. Dozens of Sunni mosques are reported to have been targeted. Civil war appears to be possible in Iraq right now.
At least 20 Nigerians died in two days of anti-Muslim attacks in a southern city as sectarian violence spreads.
Iran has offered to help finance the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority governed by the Hamas militant group The decision follows moves by the US and Israel to isolate a Hamas-led government with financial penalties.
Today the rapidly waning Moon is conjunct Pluto in Sagittarius at 02-06 GMT and is void of course from that moment. The Moon enters Capricorn at 08-17 GMT and starts to make a series of astrologically pleasant aspects over the next couple of days.
Mars in Gemini today starts to sextile the Lunar Node (in Aries) and Saturn (in Leo) peaking in three days time. This aspect is conducive to effective intervention and positive action.
Mercury (in Pisces) sextiles Venus (in Capricorn) at 22-16 GMT, and remains in orb for over a week, this one is conducive to effective communications and the potential to win hearts and minds.
Friday February 24th 2006
This morning and tomorrow morning, the waning Moon shines in the dawn with bright Venus, as shown here.
Mercury is at greatest elongation, 18° east of the Sun in the evening twilight. Mercury occults the star 14 Piscium for Australia.
Yesterday more than 100 people were killed in the aftermath of the bomb attack on a key Shia Muslim shrine in Iraq.
Ugandan election officials started counting the votes after the first multi-party elections for 25 years.
At least 49 people were killed and nearly 30 injured as a market roof collapsed in Moscow
The city of Onitsha in south-eastern Nigeria is calm after two days of anti-Muslim riots left many dead. Nigerian human rights workers say they have counted 80 bodies following two days of reprisal attacks by crowds of 'Christians' armed with machetes.
A gang of armed robbers has stolen up to £50m from a security depot in Kent. These are the key events in what is thought to be Britain's biggest robbery.
Tuesday, 1830 GMT (Moon 9 degrees Sagittarius shortly to occult the fixed star Antares and applying in square aspect to Uranus). Two gang members posing as police officers with an unmarked car persuade the Securitas depot manager to pull over in his car at a lay-by on the A249 near Stockbury. One man speaks to the manager and convinces him to get into their vehicle, where he is handcuffed. At about the same time two more gang members, also posing as police, go to the manager's home in Herne Bay and tell his wife and eight-year-old son he has been involved in an accident.
Wednesday, 0100 GMT: ( Moon 12 degrees Sagittarius). The manager, his wife and son, are taken to the depot in Tonbridge. He is forced to let one of the gang into the premises.
Wednesday, 0215 GMT: (Moon 13 degrees Sagittarius applying in a sextile aspect to Neptune) After loading the money - new and used bank notes - into a 7.5 tonne white Renault truck, the gang drive away from the depot.
Today the rapidly waning Moon in Capricorn makes easy aspects all day and reaches balsamic phase 19:40 GMT at 21 degrees Capricorn. All day long she draws to a conjunction with Venus which peaks shortly after midnight tomorrow. The astrological vibration today is sublime and tends to the inert.
Saturday February 25th 2006
The balsamic and rapidly diminishing Moon conjuncts Venus 00-23 GMT, sextiles Mercury at 00-58 GMT and is void from that time. She enters Aquarius 10-15 GMT.
Around 19-00 GMT the Moon, then at 5 degrees Aquarius, is arranged with Saturn, Mars and the Lunar Node in a tight planetary picture.
Sunday February 26th 2006
At least 36 people were killed across Iraq as the authorities struggled to contain sectarian violence in which at least 165 have died this last week.
The French president Jacques Chirac has told consumers not to panic over the discovery of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu on a turkey farm.
Yoweri Museveni is declared Ugandan president for a third term, as his opponent rejects the result as rigged.
MORNING COMET: A new comet, Comet Pojmanski, is emerging in the morning sky. You can find it just east of Venus before sunrise: . A small telescope or binoculars are recommended. The 5th-magnitude comet looks like a fuzzy blue star with a short tail--very pretty. Spaceweather.com
Mars in Gemini today stands at the midpoint of Saturn and the Lunar Node and is sextile both. With the fast moving old Moon in Aquarius (conjunct Neptune 15-05 GMT) this looks to be a day of 'clear vision'. Planned activities should go well. A measure of temperance and good timing is there to be taken from this day.
Monday February 27th 2006
Yesterday a series of mortar attacks on a Shia district of Baghdad killed at least 16 Iraqis and injured more than 40.
Security forces reinforced positions around a high-security Afghan jail in the grip of a major uprising.
Since February 23, 2006 the astronomical community has been abuzz with activity following the closest long-duration Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) observed since 1998. Major telescopes on the ground and in space are being trained on the source. Research astronomers have high hopes that further study of this event will provide crucial details about the connection of long GRBs (extraordinarily powerful bursts of very-high-energy radiation that last several seconds to several minutes) to supernovae (the explosions of massive stars). NASA's detected the GRB at 3:43:30 Universal Time on February 18th. In less than 3 minutes Swift's Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope slewed to the correct coordinates, in the constellation Aries, and found the afterglow of the burst. Astronomers all over the world were alerted, and an armada of telescopes began to observe the fading afterglow. Sky and Telescope
Today the rapidly waning Moon in Aquarius on the last day before a New Moon sextiles Pluto 16-26 GMT becoming void at that time, is at perigee 20:37 GMT (fastest all month) and enters Pisces 21-56 GMT, joining the Sun, Mercury and Saturn in that sign.
As the day ends the Moon is just 32 minutes from being New.
Tuesday February 28th 2006
Yesterday, the day before a New Moon, Niger became the third African country to have confirmed cases of the deadly strain of bird flu
The European Union approved more than 120m euros in aid to meet the basic needs of the Palestinians.
New Moon 9 degrees Pisces 00:32 GMT
The New Moon is conjunct Uranus in Pisces. Mercury in Pisces (about to turn retrograde) is square Pluto in Sagittarius and sextile Venus in Capricorn. Mars in Gemini sextiles Saturn in Leo, Jupiter in Scorpio is square Neptune in Aquarius. This lunation is an 'awakener'. The planetary emphasis is on mutable water, (moving water), there are ripples in the ether, watery yet magnetic currents of events connections, transmissions. This new Moon is a herald of times to come. Magic is afoot.
At the moment of New Moon (00-32 GMT) the Sun, Moon and Uranus are rising over Calcutta, Dacca and Lhasa. The are on the Mid heaven of Northern New Zealand. They are setting over the central USA especially Denver and at Mexico City. The same three planets are conjunct the IC of Western UK, and Madrid
This is the final New Moon before the Total Eclipse of the Sun on March 29th. We are now deeply into an eclipse season with the next Full Moon on March 14th being a penumbral lunar eclipse.
Once the new Moon is over the slender baby Moon conjuncts Uranus at 02-40 GMT and then spends the rest of the day bringing the news to Mercury whom she meets in the small hours tomorrow. A deep and dreamy day is in store for us all. In quieter moments a far away look in people's eyes may be noticeable. During more raucous minutes there is a ground swell of collective emotions at work, following the shoal, following the tides.
Jupiter passes just 3 arc minutes north of the 5th-magnitude star Nu Librae this morning.
Mercury (about to turn retrograde) squares Pluto 14-35 and will remain in orb of this 'manic' square aspect for the next week and will make a third hit on April 14th..
Mars sextiles Saturn 18-21, Mercury sextiles Venus 22-07 GMT.
March 2006
Latest Update:- Wednesday March 1st 2006
New Moon old headline-yesterday an attack on a Baghdad Shia mosque killed at least 15 people, hours after four other blasts claimed 35 lives.
Fighting resumed at Afghanistan's main prison, after talks with rioting inmates appeared to break down.
Thousands gathered in New Orleans for the climax of the first Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina.
A domestic cat in Germany has become the first European Union mammal to die of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.
High and heavy ocean tides are predicted for the next two days around the coasts of the world.
Today the fast moving tiny new Moon conjuncts Mercury 03:56 GMT 0.6 degree separation. (Zodiacal conjunction 04-03 GMT). The Moon sextiles Venus at 04-14 GMT and is void from that point.
The infant Moon enters Aries 09-19 GMT, and make easy aspects from this moment up to 05-00 GMT Friday.
The Sun is conjunct Uranus 11-02 GMT.
More urgency may be apparent today. There is a flash of inspiration in the ether. Catch the flavour!
Thursday March 2nd 2006
Eighteen days to the Vernal Equinox. Twelve days to a lunar eclipse, Twenty seven days to the total Solar eclipse.
Mercury turns retrograde 20-29 GMT at 27 degrees Pisces square to Pluto. (He remains square to Pluto for the next few days). He is retrograde for 23 days, turning direct four days before the Total Solar eclipse.
The young Moon rapidly waxes in Aries.
Friday March 3rd 2006
The fast moving (but decelerating) Moon reaches crescent phase 06:14 GMT at 28 degrees Aries, she squares Venus 07-43 GMT becoming void of course at that moment before entering Taurus 10-23 GMT.
Saturday March 4th 2006
Jupiter turns retrograde 17-31 GMT.
At 18-21 GMT the Moon forms a fixed T-square with Jupiter and Neptune.
To add insult to injury Mercury squares Pluto 22-32 GMT.
Sunday March 5th 2006
The Moon in Taurus is sextile Mercury at 08-15 GMT and is void from that moment.
Venus enters Aquarius 08-39 GMT. she has been having a bit of a hard time of it in Capricorn all year so far. From today she frees herself of her shackles. She meets with Neptune in Aquarius in three weeks time, three days before the Total Eclipse of the Sun.
The Moon occults the Pleiades for central Asia, India and China before entering Gemini 14-38 GMT.
Monday March 6th 2006
Moon conjuncts Mars 0.44 degrees separation 06:04 GMT (zodiacal conjunction 05-55 GMT).
Moon first quarter 20:17 GMT 16 degrees Gemini. This is a 'Major first quarter Moon' in the current 'Lunar Standstill'. It will be very high in northern hemisphere skies.
Venus quintiles Jupiter today the final of three such aspects, the others were on 27th Nov. '05 and Jan 8th '06.
Tuesday March 7th 2006
The Moon forms a mutable planetary T-square with Pluto and Mercury peaking around 15-00 GMT. The Moon is opposite Pluto 16-10 GMT and is void of course from that time.
The Moon enters Cancer 22-39 GMT and makes easy aspects for the next 60 hours from that time.
Wednesday March 8th 2006
The blessed Cancerian Moon makes a solitary trine aspect to Uranus at 20-18.
Thursday March 9th 2006
A tight planetary grand trine involving the Sun, the Moon and Jupiter forms around noon GMT today.
The Moon trines Mercury at 20-42 GMT and is void of course from that moment.
Friday March 10th 2006
The Moon enters Leo at 09-43 GMT, is conjunct Saturn in that sign at 19-42 (opposite Venus) and reaches gibbous phase 19:59 GMT 5 degrees Leo.
Saturday March 11th 2006
Venus opposes Saturn 07-32, (within 2.7 degrees of exact linearity). The opposition is made easy by the Lunar Node.
Mars squares Uranus 16-49 GMT.
Around midnight the Moon forms a fixed T-square with Jupiter and Neptune.
Sunday March 12th 2006
Inferior conjunction of Mercury 02-44 GMT.
The slow Moon trines Pluto 15-39 GMT and is void from that time. She enters Virgo 22-24 GMT.
Monday March 13th 2006
Moon apogee 01:48 GMT.
All day long the Moon applies to a tight mutable T-square with Mars and Uranus peaking at 23-00 GMT.
Tuesday March 14th 2006.
An opposition of the Moon to Neptune at 13-02 is made easy by Jupiter.
Mercury in retrograde motion trines Jupiter 21-10 GMT, this is the 2nd of 3 such aspects, the first was on Feb. 20th, the final hit is on April 5th.
Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon 23-48 GMT at 24 degrees Virgo.
The eclipse is square Pluto.
Wednesday March 15th 2006
The Moon is square Pluto 04-33 and void of course from that moment.
She enters Libra 11-13 GMT and makes easy aspects for the next 60 hours.
Thursday March 16th 2006
Mercury in retrograde motion is within 5 degrees of a conjunction with Uranus which he will never consummate. He turns direct at the last moment. He does however remain within 5 degrees of Mercury till April 6th.
Mercury does however complete his 2nd of 3 current watery trines to Jupiter today.
Jupiter squares Neptune 07:02 GMT. (2nd of 3 aspects, 1st Jan 28th, final hit Sept. 24th)
A wide airy grand trine involving Venus, Mars and the Moon rings out today from about 06-00 GMT to 15-00 GMT.
Friday March 17th 2006
The Sun squares Pluto 11-04 GMT.
The Moon occults Spica at 10-49 for observers in the North West of South America.
The Moon is sextile Pluto and void from that moment, plunging into Scorpio 22-59 GMT.
Saturday March 18th 2006
The Moon wanes in Scorpio.
Sunday March 19th 2006
Moon disseminating phase 13 degrees Scorpio 00:52 GMT .
Mercury retrograde squares Mars 01-09 GMT.
The Moon is conjunct Jupiter 10-56 GMT
Monday March 20th 2006
From today retrograde Mercury is within 2 degrees of Uranus but will turn direct before the conjunction can occur. He remains within 2 degrees of Uranus up to April 2nd.
Mercury makes a one off quintile aspect to Mars today.
The Moon is trine to the Sun 07-54 and becomes void of course. She enters Sagittarius 08-43 GMT.
She forms a fiery grand trine with the Lunar Node and Saturn around 17-30 GMT.
The Moon occults Antares for East South America and South Africa.
Spring Equinox 18:36:39 GMT
Tuesday March 21st 2006
The Sagittarian Moon opposes Mars and is made easy by Venus and Neptune.
Wednesday March 22nd 2006
Venus and Neptune at 15 degrees and 19 degrees Aquarius respectively are building to a trine aspect to Mars (currently 17 degrees Gemini) which peaks on March 26th.
The Moon is conjunct Pluto and void at 09-47. She enters Capricorn 15-36 and reaches last quarter phase at 2 degrees Capricorn 19:12 GMT. This is a 'Major last quarter Moon' in the current 'Lunar Standstill'. It will be very low in northern hemisphere skies.
Mars is within 1 degree of Uranus and will be for the next week, turning direct before the conjunction can occur.
Thursday March 23rd 2006
The Capricorn Moon sextiles Uranus 12-37, Mercury 15-02, and Jupiter 23-31 becoming void then.
Friday March 24th 2006
The Moon enters Aquarius 19-22 GMT.
Saturday March 25th 2006
The Moon opposes Saturn 02-57 GMT, the opposition made easy by the Sun and the Lunar Node.
The Sun trines Saturn 07-04.
Venus squares Jupiter 12-10.
Mercury turns direct in motion 13-36 GMT.
Mars trines Jupiter 13-52 GMT
Sunday March 26th 2006
The Moon, Venus and Neptune are trine Mars.
The Moon is conjunct Venus 02-24, conjunct Neptune 02-40 and reaches balsamic phase 20 degrees Aquarius 05:01 GMT
Venus conjunct Neptune in Aquarius, separation 1.83 degrees at 11:16 GMT (the zodiacal conjunction is at 06-30 GMT).
The Moon sextiles Pluto 15-19 GMT and is void from that point in time. She enters Pisces 20-33 GMT
Monday March 27th 2006
Venus trines Mars 02-41 GMT.
The Moon conjuncts Uranus (within 1.3 degrees) at 16-06. She conjuncts Mercury (within 2.3 degrees) at 18-03 GMT.
Tuesday March 28th 2006
Moon perigee 07:06 GMT. She trines Jupiter, squares Mars, and squares Pluto at 15-21 GMT. She is void from that time entering Aries 20-32 GMT.
Wednesday March 29th 2006
Total Solar Eclipse at 9 degrees Aries
visible from Europe, Africa, west Asia [Total: central Africa, Turkey, Russia] Central eclipse 10-11-21 GMT
The eclipse is trine Saturn.
Pluto turns retrograde 10-19 GMT
Thursday March 30th 2006
The Moon sextiles Neptune 03-10, Mars 07-16, Venus 09-46 finally trining Pluto at 15-42 and becoming void of course at that time. She enters Taurus 21-02 GMT
Friday March 31st 2006
The Moon is in Taurus.
April 2006
Saturday April 1st 2006
The Moon forms a fixed T-square with Jupiter and Neptune around 04-00 GMT. She squares Venus at 15-53 and is void from that moment. She reaches crescent phase 27 degrees Taurus 18:24 GMT, occults the Pleiades for the North east of North America and enters Gemini 23-50 GMT.
Sunday April 2nd 2006
Venus sextiles Pluto 22-32 GMT
Monday April 3rd 2006
The Moon is conjunct Mars 19-19.
Tuesday April 4th 2006
The Moon trines Venus and is void from 02-25. She enters Cancer 06-16 GMT.
Mercury trines Jupiter 15-26 GMT, the final of 3 over the past six weeks.
Wednesday April 5th 2006
Saturn turns direct 12-33 GMT
Moon first quarter 12:02 GMT 16 degrees Cancer. This is a 'Major first quarter Moon' in the current 'Lunar Standstill'. It will be very high in northern hemisphere skies.
Mercury trines Jupiter, the final of 3 such aspects, the other 2 were on Feb. 20th and March 14th. The moon joins in with these two today forming a watery grand trine around 16-23 GMT. At 17-20 the Moon becomes void of course.
Thursday April 6th 2006
Venus enters Pisces 01-21 GMT.
The Moon enters Leo 16-26 GMT
Friday April 7th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Saturn in Leo at 01-10 GMT.
Saturday April 8th 2006
The Sun, Moon, Jupiter and Neptune form a planetary trapezium around 07-18 GMT.
Mars opposes Pluto 08-17. A powerfully 'combustible' day is in store. Take care what you arrange for this morning.
The Moon sextiles Mars and is void of course at 23-02 GMT.
Sunday April 9th 2006
Moon enters Virgo 04-59 GMT. The Sun sextiles Neptune 07-33 GMT. The Moon is at apogee 13:19 GMT
and reaches gibbous phase 14:20 GMT 5 degrees Virgo
Monday April 10th 2006
The Moon waxes in Virgo.
Tuesday April 11th 2006
The Moon Mercury and Pluto form a mutable T-square around 08-00 GMT, the Moon then forms a similar pattern with Mars and Pluto around 13-00 GMT.
The Moon squares Mars at 14-59 and is void. She sails into Libra at 17-47 GMT and makes 'nice' aspects up to the full moon on Thursday.
Wednesday April 12th 2006
The Moon makes a solitary sextile with Saturn 02-38 GMT today.
Thursday April 13th 2006
Full Moon 16:41 GMT 23 degrees Libra.
The Full Moon occults Spica at 17-05 GMT for observers in he Middle and Far East and in Northern Australia.
Mercury squares Pluto 20-52 GMT, the final of three over the past six weeks.
The Moon sextiles Pluto at 22-42 GMT and is void from that point.
Venus is drawing close to a tight conjunction with Uranus which peaks on 18th April.
Friday April 14th 2006
Mars enters Cancer 00-59 GMT.
The Moon enters Scorpio 05-09 GMT.
Saturday April 15th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Jupiter 12-33 GMT.
The Moon is conjunct Neptune and void from 18-29 GMT.
Sunday April 16th 2006
At last Mercury enters Aries 12-20 GMT. He has been in Pisces since Feb. 9th
The Moon enters Sagittarius 14-20.
The Sun trines Pluto 19-32 GMT
A weak fiery grand trine involving the Moon, Mercury (and lunar node) and Saturn forms today around 20-00 GMT.
Monday April 17th 2006
The Moon squares the current Venus Uranus conjunction, Venus at 13-09, Uranus at 14-49 .
Moon reaches disseminating phase 13:17 GMT 12 degrees Sagittarius.
The Moon occults Antares for the southern half of South America.
Tuesday April 18th 2006
A close Venus Uranus conjunction occurs today in Pisces, separation 0.29 degrees at 10:11 GMT, ecliptic conjunction occurs at 09-44.
At the same moment Mercury is square to Mars at 09-56 GMT..
The Moon conjuncts Pluto 15-12, then forms a trine aspect with the Sun at 18-41 GMT and is void from this moment.
The Moon enters Capricorn 21-14 GMT.
Wednesday April 19th 2006
A tight cardinal T-square forms at 03-00 GMT involving the Moon, Mars and Mercury (with Lunar Node).
Mercury trines Saturn 21-09 GMT.
Thursday April 20th 2006
Around 01-00 GMT the Moon hits the Venus/Jupiter midpoint sextiling them both. At 01-16 the Moon is void of course and remains in this state all day. The Sun enters Taurus 05-26 GMT.
Venus is trine Jupiter 15-46 GMT.
Friday April 21st 2006
The Moon enters Aquarius 01-57 GMT and reaches last quarter at degree Aquarius 03:30 GMT.
The Moon forms a weak fixed T-square around 07-00 GMT involving Saturn and the Sun.
Saturday April 22nd 2006
At 11-16 the Moon is conjunct Neptune in Aquarius and forms an unusual symmetric planetary arrangement involving the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and Mercury.
The Moon is sextile Pluto and void of course at 23-04 GMT.
Sunday April 23rd 2006
The Moon enters Pisces 04-44 GMT. She makes pleasant aspects today.
Monday April 24th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Uranus 03-07 GMT.
Moon conjuncts Venus 0.52 degrees separation 15:39 GMT (zodiacal conjunction 13-56 GMT).
This conjunction is a daylight occultation for South America.
Moon balsamic phase 12:29 GMT 19 degrees Pisces.
Tuesday April 25th 2006
The Moon squares Pluto and is void from 00-36 GMT
The Sun is square Saturn 01-33 GMT.
The Moon enters Aries 06-13 GMT
Moon perigee 10:32 GMT
Wednesday April 26th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Mercury 05-21 GMT.
Thursday April 27th 2006
The Moon trines Pluto and is void from 01-45 GMT. She enters Taurus 07-28 GMT.
New Moon 7 degrees Taurus 19:45 GMT
Friday April 28th 2006
The taurean Moon opposes Jupiter made easy by Uranus around 08-06 GMT.
Saturday April 29th 2006
The Moon sextiles Venus and is void from 01-32 GMT.
The Sun sextiles Mars 09-33.
The Moon occults the Pleiades for the East coast of China, Japan and the Philippines at dusk and enters Gemini 09-58 GMT.
Mercury sextiles Neptune 13-56 GMT.
Sunday April 30th 2006
Venus squares Pluto 07-45 GMT.
May 2006
Monday May 1st 2006
Moon crescent phase 07:38 GMT 26 degrees Gemini moves on to square Venus at 11-14 GMT and is void of course from that moment. She enters Cancer 15-18 GMT.
Tuesday May 2nd 2006
The Moon is conjunct Mars in Cancer at 11-16 GMT and initiates a watery grand trine involving Mars, Uranus and Jupiter which will dominate the astrological sky right up to May 13th.
Wednesday May 3rd 2006
Mercury trines Pluto 10-15 GMT.
This day sees Mars, Jupiter and Uranus pulling together in tight water grand trine.
Venus enters Aries 10-25 GMT. The Moon squares Mercury and is void at 18-35 GMT.
Thursday May 4th 2006
An astrologically very special day.
The Moon enters Leo 00-18 GMT and is conjunct Saturn at 10-23 GMT.
The Sun sextiles Uranus 12-19.
The Sun opposes Jupiter 14-37 forming a tight and powerful 'Kite pattern' which will oversee the next two days, with the ongoing watery grand trine.
Friday May 5th 2006
Jupiter in Scorpio waning watery trine to Uranus in Pisces 03:50 GMT. (2nd of 3. First Nov. 27th 2005, final hit Aug. 29th)
The Moon forms a brief trapezium arrangement with Jupiter, Uranus and the Sun around 04-00 GMT and reaches first quarter phase at 15 degrees Leo at 05:14 GMT
Mercury enters Taurus 08-28.
Saturday May 6th 2006
The Moon trines Pluto at 05-02 and becomes void of course. She enters Virgo at 12-20 GMT.
Sunday May 7th 2006
Moon apogee 06:43 GMT
Mars trines Jupiter 09-14 GMT.
The Moon sextiles them both around 16-30 GMT. She opposes Uranus at 16-49 GMT forming at that time another brief kite pattern with the ongoing watery grand trine.
Monday May 8th 2006
Mars trines Uranus 00-38 GMT.
Venus trines Saturn 02-57 GMT.
Mercury squares Saturn 03-02 GMT.
The Moon squares Pluto at 17-49 GMT and is void from that moment for the rest of the GMT day.
Tuesday May 9th 2006
Moon enters Libra 01-10 and reaches gibbous phase 08:23 GMT
Wednesday May 10th 2006
The Sun squares Neptune 14-03 GMT.
Thursday May 11th 2006
The Moon in Libra occults Spica for observers in The North East USA and from most of West South Africa at 00-27 GMT. (this is the 10th of 23 monthly lunar occultations of Spica at the current time).
The Moon sextiles Pluto at 05-15 GMT and is void from that point.
The Moon enters Scorpio at 12-25 GMT.
Mercury opposes Jupiter 23-20 and the opposition is made easy by Uranus.
Friday May 12th 2006
Mercury sextiles Uranus 12-03 GMT.
The nearly Full Moon is conjunct Jupiter at 13-14 GMT forming a third and final Kite pattern with the current watery grand trine which is overseeing all events during the first half of May 2006.
Saturday May 13th 2006
Full Moon 22 degrees Scorpio 06:52 GMT (square Neptune).
The Moon becomes void of course from the moment of Full Moon. She enters Sagittarius 20-57 GMT.
Minor lunar occultation (visible telescopically) from the UK of star 2 Scorpio approx. 23:08 to 23:31.
Sunday May 14th 2006
Mercury sextiles Mars 04-05 GMT.
The Moon occults Antares for Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand
Monday May 15th 2006
Mercury squares Neptune 04-12 GMT.
The Moon forms a 'finger of fate' pattern with the Sun and Mars around 06-00 GMT.
The Moon is conjunct Pluto at 20-16 GMT and becomes void of course.
Tuesday May 16th 2006
The Moon enters Capricorn 03-00 GMT and reaches disseminating phase 22:09 GMT 11 degrees Capricorn.
Wednesday May 17th 2006
The Moon wanes in Capricorn.
Thursday May 18th 2006
The Moon trines the Sun at 02-11 and is void for just over 5 hours. The Moon enters Aquarius 07-20 GMT.
Mercury is at superior conjunction 20-02.
Friday May 19th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Neptune 17-19 GMT.
Mercury enters Gemini 20-52 GMT.
Saturday May 20th 2006
Moon last quarter 09:22 29 degrees Aquarius and is void of course from this moment. She slips into Pisces 10-40 GMT.
Mercury is sextile Neptune 18-13 GMT.
Sunday May 21st 2006
The Sun enters Gemini 04-32 GMT.
Moon conjuncts Uranus 1 degree separation 12:49 GMT. (check time)
Monday May 22nd 2006
The Moon is square Pluto and void at 06-46 GMT.
Neptune turns retrograde 10-03.
The Moon enters Aries at 13-24 GMT
Moon perigee 15:26
Mercury sextiles Saturn 17-58 GMT.
Tuesday May 23rd 2006
The Moon reaches balsamic phase 17 degrees Aries 18:55 GMT.
Venus squares Mars 22-00 GMT.
Wednesday May 24th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Venus in Aries at 05-36 GMT.
The Moon trines Pluto and is void of course from 09-16 GMT.
She enters Taurus 16-01 GMT.
Thursday May 25th 2006
The Moon wanes in Taurus forming a fairly tight (<2 degrees) opposition to Jupiter at 11-28.
Friday May 26th 2006
Venus trines Pluto 01-40 GMT.
Mercury squares Uranus 01-48.
The Moon sextiles Mars and is void at 10-39 GMT.
The Moon enters Gemini 19-19 GMT.
Saturday May 27th 2006
New Moon 6 degrees Gemini 05:27 GMT (sextile Saturn)
Sunday May 28th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Mercury in Gemini at 02-21 GMT.
The Sun sextiles Saturn 04-49 GMT.
The Moon sextiles Venus and is void at 23-23 GMT.
Monday May 29th 2006
The Moon enters Cancer 00-34 GMT.
Mercury trines Neptune 03-34 GMT.
Venus enters Taurus 12-41 GMT.
Tuesday May 30th 2006
The Moon makes a solitary trine to Uranus at 03-28 GMT. She reaches crescent phase 22:00 at 24 degrees Cancer and creeps up on Mars all day.
Mars is 9 degrees away from his conjunction with Saturn. The Moon is conjunct them both tomorrow.
Wednesday May 31st 2006
.The Moon conjuncts Mars in Cancer at 04-42 and is void from this moment. She enters Leo 08-52 and is conjunct Saturn 22-37 GMT.
Jupiter in waning semi-square aspect to Pluto. (2nd of 3. First Dec. 7th 2005, final hit July 25th.)
June 2006
At the start of June 2006 the Venus Jupiter opposition (June 7th) forms a Fixed T-square with Saturn (June 4th 5th).
Thursday June 1st 2006
Mercury opposes Pluto 05-14 GMT
The Moon opposes Neptune 23-47 GMT.
Friday June 2nd 2006
The Moon trines Pluto then sextiles Mercury at 17-35 becoming void of course at that time and entering Virgo at 20-18 GMT.
Saturday June 3rd 2006
Mercury enters Cancer 11-21 GMT. Mars (seven degrees from Saturn and chasing) enters Leo 18-44 GMT.
Moon first quarter 23:07 at 12 degrees Virgo
Sunday June 4th 2006
Over the next three days Venus joins Jupiter and Saturn in a fixed T-square. Challenges ahead!
Moon apogee 01:32
Beside the Fixed T-square a mutable T-square forms in the skies of Earth at 01-59 GMT involving the Moon, the Sun and Uranus.
Venus squares Saturn 21-09 GMT
Monday June 5th 2006
The Virgo Moon squares Pluto and is void at 00-30 GMT.
She enters Libra at 09-10 GMT and will make nice aspects for two days.
The Sun however is square Uranus at 10-52 GMT
Tuesday June 6th 2006
The Moon is pleasantly aspected in Libra. But Venus is drawing to an opposition to Jupiter, square Saturn.
Wednesday June 7th 2006
Venus opposes Jupiter 06-24 GMT
The Moon occults Spica at 08-47 GMT. The occultation is visible from China and Japan. This is the 11th of 23 such monthly occultations in the current series.
The Moon sextiles Pluto and is void of course at 12-16 GMT.
The Moon enters Scorpio at 20-42 GMT
Thursday June 8th 2006
Moon gibbous phase 2 degrees Scorpio 00:48 GMT
The Moon is conjunct Jupiter at 16-05 GMT, they are both opposite Venus around 18-00 GMT.
Friday June 9th 2006
The Moon is square Neptune and void from 10-11 GMT for the rest of the GMT day.
Mercury trines Jupiter at 11-46 GMT
Saturday June 10th 2006
The Moon enters Sagittarius 05-06 GMT
A weak fiery grand trine involving the Moon, her Node and Mars occurs around 12-00 GMT.
The Sun is trine Neptune at 18-03 GMT
The Moon occults Antares visible from East Brazil and South Africa.
Sunday June 11th 2006
Venus sextiles Uranus at 01-55 GMT
Full Moon 18:04 GMT 21 degrees Sagittarius.
This Full Moon (and the next one) is the a major southern full Moon for the current lunar standstill. It will be a very 'low' Full Moon for Northern hemisphere observers and very high for southern observers.
The Full Moon is sextile Neptune and conjunct Pluto.
Monday June 12th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Pluto at 02-35 and is void of course from that time. She enters Capricorn 10-20 GMT
Mercury trines Uranus 16-44 GMT
Tuesday June 13th 2006
At 13-00 GMT the Moon tightly opposes Mercury and is sextile Uranus.
The Moon trines Venus at 16-51 GMT and is void from that moment.
Wednesday June 14th 2006
The long time void Moon enters Aquarius at 13-33 GMT
Thursday June 15th 2006
The Moon in Aquarius opposes Mars 01-03 GMT, opposes Saturn 03-47 GMT reaches disseminating phase 04:40 GMT at 9 degrees Aquarius, and squares Jupiter at 05-49 GMT.
Venus squares Neptune 07-05
The day ends with the Moon being conjunct Neptune at 22-41 GMT
Friday June 16th 2006
Moon perigee 17:00 GMT
Saturday June 17th 2006
Moon conjuncts Uranus 0.91 degrees separation 17:27 GMT (zodiacal conjunction 16-58 GMT).
Sunday June 18th 2006
Mars closely conjuncts Saturn in Leo 0.55 degrees separation 06:17 GMT
A weak mutable T-square involving the Sun, the Moon and Pluto occurs around 13-00 GMT
Moon last quarter 14:09 GMT 27 degrees Pisces. The Moon is void at this moment and enters Aries 18-54 GMT.
Monday June 19th 2006
Uranus is stationary turning retrograde in Pisces at 05-13 GMT.
Mars squares Jupiter 07-40 GMT.
The Moon in Aries makes trine aspects to Mars and Saturn in Leo around 10-30 GMT.
Tuesday June 20th 2006
The Moon in Aries sextiles the Sun and is void at 21-21 GMT. She enters Taurus at 22-23 GMT
Wednesday June 21st 2006
Summer Solstice 12:26:56 GMT
The Moon in Taurus opposes Jupiter and squares Mars and Saturn around 14-31 GMT
Venus also in Taurus positions herself at the midpoint of Uranus and the Mars/.Saturn conjunction. She is in quintile aspect to all three planets
Thursday June 22nd 2006
Moon balsamic phase 01:22 GMT 16 degrees Taurus
Jupiter at 9 degrees Scorpio in waxing square aspect to Saturn in Leo at 18-46 GMT. (2nd of 3, 1st Dec. 17th 2005, final hit Oct. 25th)
Friday June 23rd 2006
The old Moon is conjunct Venus in Taurus at 00-45, this is the softest of all encounters, and 'lunar void of course' follows. During this voidness she occults the Pleiades for North East Africa at dawn. At 02-49 GMT the Moon enters Gemini.
Saturday June 24th 2006
Venus still vibrant from yesterday's positioning follows in the footsteps of the aged Moon and enters Gemini.
Sunday June 25th 2006
The ancient Moon in Gemini opposes Pluto at 00-03 GMT and is void of course until 08-48 when she enters Cancer.
The Moon makes nice aspects during this New Moon period.
New Moon 4 degrees Cancer 16:06
New Moon in Cancer trine Jupiter in Scorpio.
Monday June 26th 2006
The infant Moon in Cancer, providing great opportunity for being tender and caring, makes gentle aspects today.
Mars at Aphelion 01:09 GMT 6 degrees Virgo
Tuesday June 27th 2006
The Moon in Cancer is conjunct (6 degree) Mercury and void at (time?). She enters Leo at 17-10 GMT.
Wednesday June 28th 2006
The Moon is conjunct Saturn (within 3 degrees) at 12-22 GMT.
Mercury enters Leo at 19-57 GMT, joining the Moon, Mars and Saturn in that sign.
The Moon is conjunct Mars (within 2.25 degrees) at 22-58 GMT.
Thursday June 29th 2006
Moon reaches crescent phase 13:37 GMT at 23 degrees Leo
She trines Pluto and is void of course from 18-25 GMT
Friday June 30th 2006
Saturn (10 degrees Leo) 135 degrees waning to Pluto in Sagittarius 01:24 GMT. (Final hit of three aspects, 1st Sept. 9th 2005, 2nd Jan 1st 2006)
The Moon enters Virgo at 04-16 GMT.
She sextiles the Sun and Jupiter at 22-24 and 22-28 GMT respectively.
The Sun trines Jupiter 23-22 GMT
July 2006
July 1st 2006
Moon apogee 20:18 GMT
July 3rd 2006
Moon first quarter 16:38 GMT 12 degrees Libra
Earth at Aphelion 23:11 GMT
July 4th 2006
The Moon occults Spica at 17-22. The occultation is visible from the south and west of Africa.
July 7th 2006
Moon gibbous phase 14:54 GMT 0 degrees Sagittarius
July 8th 2006
The Moon occults Antares visible from New Zealand.
Tuesday July 11th 2006
Full Moon 19 degrees Capricorn 03:03 GMT
This Full Moon (and the last one) is a major southern full Moon for the current lunar standstill. It will be a very 'low' Full Moon for Northern hemisphere observers and very high for southern observers.
July 13th 2006
Moon perigee 17:40 GMT
July 14th 2006
Moon disseminating phase 10:15 GMT 7 degrees Pisces.
The Moon occults Uranus. This occultation is visible from the extreme South of South Africa
July 17th 2006
Moon last quarter 19:14 GMT 25 degrees Aries
July 20th 2006
The Moon occults the Pleiades visible from the east of North America and the North East of South America.
July 21st 2006
Moon balsamic phase 09:02 GMT 13 degrees Gemini
Tuesday July 25th 2006
New Moon 2 degrees Leo 04:32 GMT
Jupiter in waning semi-square aspect to Pluto. (Final hit. First Dec. 7th 2005, 2nd May 31st.) These two planets are conjunct in Sagittarius on December 7th next year at 28 degrees Sagittarius).
Thursday July 27th 2006
The infant Moon occults Mars during daylight hours (UK), visible telescopically 17:56 to 18:12 GMT. This is the most powerful occultation of 2006 for UK residents. The occultation is also visible from Iceland, most of Europe and North Africa.
July 29th 2006
The Moon reaches crescent phase 06:08 GMT at 21 degrees Virgo
Moon apogee 13:03 GMT
August 2006
August 1st 2006
The Moon occults Spica at 01-18. The occultation is visible from the extreme south of south America.
August 2nd 2006
Moon first quarter 10 degrees Scorpio 08:47 GMT
August 4th 2006
The Moon occults Antares visible from South Africa.
August 6th 2006
Moon gibbous phase 02:47 GMT 28 degrees Sagittarius
Wednesday August 9th 2006
Full Moon 17 degrees Aquarius 10:55 GMT
August 10th 2006
Moon perigee 18:36
August 11th 2006
Moon conjuncts Uranus 0.43 degrees separation 07:41 GMT. The conjunction is a lunar occultation of Uranus for observers in South America
August 12th 2006
Moon disseminating phase 16:13 GMT 5 degrees Aries
August 16th 2006
Moon last quarter phase 01:52 GMT 23 degrees Taurus.
The Moon occults the Pleiades from Hawaii.
August 19th 2006
Moon balsamic phase 19:08 GMT 12 degrees Cancer
Monday August 21st 2006
Mercury conjuncts Saturn 0.49 degrees separation 00:18 GMT
Tuesday August 22nd 2006
Moon conjuncts Venus 2.12 degrees separation 03:20 GMT
Moon conjuncts Saturn 1.38 degrees separation 16:53 GMT
Moon conjuncts Mercury 0.42 degrees separation 22:29 GMT
Wednesday August 23rd 2006
New Moon 1 degree Virgo 19:11 GMT
Friday August 25th 2006
Moon conjuncts Mars 0.73 degrees separation 11:38 GMT
August 26th 2006
Moon apogee 01:22 GMT
Venus very closely conjuncts Saturn 23:37 GMT separation 0.07 degrees.
August 21st 2006
From 23:48 GMT today the Moon and 4 planets are within 20 degrees in the skies for 3 days.
August 27th 2006
Moon crescent phase 20 degrees Libra 22:47 GMT
August 28th 2006.
The Moon occults Spica at 08-06. The occultation is visible from southern New Zealand.
August 29th 2006
Jupiter in Scorpio waning watery trine to Uranus in Pisces 03:50 GMT. (Final hit. First Nov. 27th 2005, 2nd was May 5th)
August 31st 2006
Moon first quarter 22:58 GMT 8 degrees Sagittarius.
The Moon occults Antares visible from the southern tip of South America.
September 2006
September 4th 2006
Moon gibbous phase 13:01 GMT 27 degrees Capricorn
Thursday September 7th 2006
Moon conjuncts Uranus 0.92 degrees separation 14:51 GMT. This is visible as a lunar occultation of Uranus from Australia.
Partial Lunar Eclipse 18:51 GMT at 15 degrees Pisces
September 8th 2006
Moon perigee 02:53 GMT
September 9th 2006
Minor lunar occultation (visible telescopically) from the UK of star Epsilon PSC. Approx.. 21:40 to 22:39 GMT. This occultation is repeated this year on November 3rd
September 10th 2006
Moon disseminating phase 23:37 GMT at 3 degrees Cancer
September 12th 2006
Lunar occultation of the Pleiades visible from Eastern Europe, the Middle East Asia and India.
Minor lunar occultation (visible telescopically) from the UK of star Atlas. Approx.. 20:44 to 21:33 GMT
September 14th 2006
Moon last quarter phase 22 degrees Gemini 11:16 GMT. This is a 'Major last quarter Moon' in the current 'Lunar Standstill'. It will be very high in northern hemisphere skies.
September 15th 2006
September 18th 2006
Moon balsamic phase 08:36 GMT 10 degrees Leo
Thursday September 21st 2006
A lunar occultation of Venus occurs for observers in the South East Pacific and from the south of South America in daylight.
Friday September 22nd 2006
Moon apogee 05:24 (which is why today's eclipse is such a long one).
Very long Annular Solar Eclipse 7m 9s, at 29 degrees Virgo.
Central eclipse 11-40 GMT Visible from South America, West Africa, Antarctica [Annular: Guyana, Suriname, F. Guiana, s Atlantic]
September 23rd 2006
Autumn Equinox 04:04:27 GMT
September 24th 2006
Jupiter squares Neptune 07:02 GMT. (Final hit. 1st Jan 28th, 2nd March 16th)
The Moon occults Spica centred on 14-06 GMT. The occultation (the 15th in the current monthly series of 23) is visible from north and central south America.
September 26th 2006
Moon crescent phase 14:31 GMT 18 degrees Scorpio.
The Moon occults Spica 14-06. The occultation is visible
September 28th 2006
The Moon occults Antares from New Zealand.
September 30th 2006
Moon first quarter 7 degrees Capricorn 11:05 GMT. This is a 'Major first quarter Moon' in the current 'Lunar Standstill'. It will be very low in northern hemisphere skies. This is the last manifestation of the 2005-2006 Lunar Major Standstill. The next minor standstill will be in 2015
October 2006
Tuesday October 3rd 2006
Moon gibbous phase 22:19 GMT 25 degrees Aquarius. The Moon already looking fullish and fat. Saturday's Full Moon is the largest looking one this year.
Thursday October 5th 2006
The Moon occults Uranus from South Africa.
October 6th 2006
Huge harvest Moon perigee 14:17 GMT
Saturday October 7th 2006
Huge Full Moon at 14 degrees Aries 03:14 GMT
Monday October 9th 2006
The Moon occults the Pleiades from North and Central America.
October 10th 2006
Moon disseminating phase 2 degrees Gemini 09:23 GMT
Minor lunar occultation (visible telescopically) from the UK of star Electra approx. 05:50 to 06:47 GMT
October 14th 2006
Moon last quarter 00:27 GMT 20 degrees Cancer
October 18th 2006
Moon balsamic phase 01:38 GMT 10 degrees Virgo
October 19th 2006
Moon apogee 09:36 GMT. At this moment the Moon is the furthest away from the Earth is gets all year.
October 21st 2006
The Moon occults Spica 20-09 GMT. The occultation is visible from the extreme south of south America.
October 22nd 2006
New Moon 29 degrees Libra 05:15 GMT
Mercury Jupiter conjunction 11-03 GMT
October 25th 2006
Jupiter at 23 degrees Scorpio in waxing square aspect to Saturn in Leo. (Final hit, 1st Dec. 17th 2005, 2nd May 31st Oct.)
October 26th 2006
Moon crescent phase 04:36 GMT 18 degrees Sagittarius
October 29th 2006
Moon first quarter 21:26 GMT 6 degrees Aquarius
October 30th 2006
From today at 18:53 GMT five planets (Mars, the Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury) are within 20 degrees of each other. This stellium remains up to November 16th.
November 2006
November 1st 2006
The Moon occults Uranus visible from New Zealand at Dusk.
November 2nd 2006
Moon gibbous phase 07:12 GMT 25 degrees Pisces. Another huge Full Moon as the weekend approaches.
November 3rd 2006
Minor lunar occultation (visible telescopically) from the UK of star Epsilon Pisces. Approx.. 19:39 to 20:36 GMT. This is a repeat of the occultation on September 9th this year.
November 4th 2006
Moon perigee midnight GMT
Sunday November 5th 2006
Full Moon 13 degrees Taurus 12:59 GMT
Monday November 6th 2006
The Moon occults the Pleiades from Asia, India and the Far East.
Wednesday November 8th 2006
Transit of Mercury
Data from HM Nautical Office
The geocentric circumstances of the transit are shown in the diagram to the right. During the transit, the diameter of the Sun is 1937.5 arc seconds and that of Mercury is 10.0 arc seconds. In other words, the diameter of Mercury is 0.005 that of the Sun, making it look like a very small, rapidly moving sunspot. The whole transit lasts just under five hours.
Moon disseminating phase 22:11 GMT 1 degree Cancer.
November 12th 2006
Moon last quarter 17:46 GMT 20 degrees Leo.
November 15th 2006
Moon apogee 23:28
November 16th 2006
Moon balsamic phase 21:20 GMT 9 degrees Libra
November 18th 2006
The Moon occults Spica centred on 03-07 GMT. The occultation (the 17th in the current monthly series of 23) is visible to observers in the south east of Africa.
November 19th 2006
The Moon and five planets are within 25 degrees of the sky over the next 3 days.
Monday November 20th 2006
New Moon 28 degrees Scorpio 22:19 GMT
November 24th 2006
Jupiter enters Sagittarius 04:43 GMT.
Moon crescent phase 16:53 GMT 17 degrees Capricorn
November 28th 2006
Moon first quarter 6 degrees Pisces 06:30 GMT
The Moon occults Uranus from S.E. Asia and Indonesia
December 2006
December 1st
Moon gibbous phase 24 degrees Aries at 16:04 GMT.
December 2nd 2006
Moon perigee at midnight (again)
December 3rd 2006
Monday December 4th 2006
This morning the Moon will occult the Pleiades from Europe and North America. The Moon occults Electra, Maia, Alcyone and Atlas (visible from the UK). This occurs between 03:37 and 05:25 GMT
Tuesday December 5th 2006
Full Moon 00:26 GMT 13 degrees Gemini
December 8th 2006
Moon disseminating phase 1 degree Leo 14:24 GMT.
December 9th 2006
Minor lunar occultation (visible telescopically) from the UK of star Gamma Cancer. Approx. 00:45 to 01:50 GMT.
December 10th 2006
The Moon occults Saturn from Greenland, Iceland, North Scotland in daylight.
December 12th 2006
Moon last quarter 14:33 GMT 20 degrees Virgo
December 13th 2006
Moon apogee 19:02 GMT
December 15th 2006.
The Moon occults Spica at 11-10 GMT visible to observers in southern south America. (This is the 18th of 23 in the current monthly series).
December 16th 2006
Moon balsamic phase 10 degrees Scorpio 17:49 GMT
December 18th 2006
From 21:31 today the Moon and four planets are within 20 degrees of each other for two days.
Tuesday December 19th 2006
The Moon occults Antares from East Africa and Madagascar at dawn.
Wednesday December 20th 2006
New Moon 29 degrees Sagittarius 14:02 GMT
Friday December 22nd 2006
Winter Solstice 00:23:11 GMT
December 24th 2006
Moon crescent phase 03:39 GMT 17 degrees Aquarius
December 25th 2006
The Moon occults Uranus for the extreme North West of Africa.
December 27th 2006
Moon first quarter 6 degrees Aries 14:49 GMT
December 28th 2006
Moon perigee 02:28 GMT
December 31st 2006
Moon gibbous phase 01:23 GMT 24 degrees Taurus.
The Moon occults the Pleiades visible from the Far East, Japan and North West North America.