Leaves change late here in Florida. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder.
A few days ago, in spite of everything in my life being absolutely fantastic, I hit a couple of days of unexpected emotional turmoil. There was just no way to explain it and I couldn’t shake it for a day or two.
As usual, I like [...]
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This trio of articles covers finding out how the partial solar eclipse of November 25, 2011 might affect you astrologically by looking at parallel and related eclipses, house placement, and planets in conjunction or opposition to the eclipse.
Here’s Part 3:
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This trio of articles covers finding out how the partial solar eclipse of November 25, 2011 might affect you astrologically by looking at parallel and related eclipses, house placement, and planets in conjunction or opposition to the eclipse.
2. House Placement
Where does this eclipse occur in your natal chart? In [...]
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This trio of articles covers finding out how the solar, or new moon, eclipse of 25 November 2011 might affect you astrologically by looking at parallel and related eclipses, house placement, and planets in conjunction or opposition to the eclipse.
1. Parallel and related eclipses:
For a better understanding of the [...]
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It’s Eclipse Week here at The Spiritual Eclectic, so watch for more articles this week on how this eclipse will affect you. Just because I predicted economic collapse 18 months ago is no reason to think this one will be as bad!
Follow the links here to Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 of the next 3-part [...]
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Looking for ritual ideas? Sometimes an impromptu ritual can be very insightful as I realized when my candles began “talking” to me. Read on for ideas you can incorporate into your next rite or meditation. (photos copyrighted by Lorna Tedder)
I hadn’t planned a Full Moon ritual for the eclipse on 21 December 2010–not because I [...]
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“I’m living in a powder keg and giving off sparks….” — “Total Eclipse of the Heart”
This year’s Winter Solstice promises to be an extra powerful one for setting your intentions for 2011, especially with the boost not only of a Full Moon but a Full Lunar Eclipse occurring 21 December 2010. This one will be visible [...]
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Chiron Return is approaching…hope I don’t fall out of a tree and hurt myself while posing for my photographer daughters! Photo copyright by Shannon Bailey; location: Grayton Beach State Park.
Chiron has just passed my stellium of planets in Aquarius–Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn–and is barrelling toward my Ascendant, natal Chiron, Sun, and Venus. Uh-oh!
I [...]
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This trio of articles covers finding out how the partial lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010 might affect you astrologically by looking at parallel and related eclipses, house placement, and planets in conjunction or opposition to the eclipse.
How the June 2010 Full Moon Eclipse [...]
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The June 26, 2010 partial lunar eclipse. Photo copyright by dcafe; creative commons license.
This trio of articles covers finding out how the partial lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010 might affect you astrologically by looking at parallel and related eclipses, house placement, and planets in conjunction or opposition to the eclipse.
Part 1
Part 2
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For about 15 months, I offered regular Full Moon and Eclipse Rituals as part of this blog. If you’re interested, check out the Astrology category and read some of the posts from 2008 and 2009.
For those of you looking for rituals, prayers, or meditations for the Full Moon eclipse on June 26, 2010, I’m not [...]
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This trio of articles covers finding out how the partial lunar eclipse of June 26, 2010 might affect you astrologically by looking at parallel and related eclipses, house placement, and planets in conjunction or opposition to the eclipse.
1. Parallel and related eclipses:
For a better understanding of the Saros and [...]
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It’s Eclipse Week here at The Spiritual Eclectic, so watch for more articles this week on how this eclipse will affect you.
But first, the basics.
Time and Date:
June 26, 2010; 6:31 AM Central (here in NW Florida)
Type:
Partial Lunar. That means that the Full Moon won’t be entirely obscured by the Earth’s shadow.
Where seen:
Australia and East Asia [...]
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Since the June 26, 2010 Full Moon eclipse is supposed to be the most (astrologically) intense eclipse in over 500 years, I’ve decided to make this Eclipse Week on this site. Through the next week, I’ll be posting articles about the eclipse, what it means, whether to panic, and what’s going on in our world [...]
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Drying out the cauldron under the amazing, fast-growing azaleas that were planted 10 years ago and suddenly love me. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved.
After my first Neptune-Sun relationship ended, I became fascinated with what astrology tells us about this conjunction—to the point that I tried for the next 6 months to [...]
Thistles in the field…or maybe alien life? Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder; all rights reserved.
Astrology is my hobby, and I love learning new things. I’m a big fan of asteroids and now, thanks to astrologer Eileen Nauman’s articles on the Trans-Neptune Planets, aka the Uranians, I’ve been playing around with my chart and the charts [...]
Expecting a pleasant and serene time with Mercury in Retrograde as I re-visit old paths. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder, all rights reserved.
“Mercury’s in retrograde!” To most of my astrology-loving friends, those two words are worth at least a groan or two. It’s the herald of a three-week span of mis-communications, car trouble, computer [...]
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Oh, the Vertex, what a game–he’s hiding all the cards.
The Vertex is in charge of finding treasure in the dark,
And watching over lucky clover–isn’t that bizarre?
Every little thing the Vertex does
Leaves you answered with a question mark. (“The Reflex”—Duran Duran)
Okay, so I like to dance through my house when [...]
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Originally published in Third Degree and Rising, 2007.
This is important for reasons I cannot yet fathom, except that I’m looking for what is real.
We’re so sure of what reality is. We gaze at the night sky, at what’s not visible in the glare of harsh light, and congratulate [...]
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Well, she looks at you so coolly,
And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea;
She comes in incense and patchouli,
So you take her, to find what waiting inside
The Year of the Cat.
– “The Year of the Cat,” Al Stewart and Peter Wood
Yes, I came in the Year [...]
Sitting in the cemetery at sunset, 8 months into a year with Solar Return Sun in the dreaded Eighth House; Photo copyright by Aislinn Bailey, AisPortraits, Niceville, Florida
My birthday’s coming up in just a few weeks, and you know what that means? I’m finishing up a year when my Solar Return Sun was in my [...]
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I know a lot of you come here for info on what I called “applied astrology.” I am NO EXPERT but enjoy astrology as a hobby because I love looking at patterns and personalities, and I’ve learned the most about it by looking specifically at what’s going on in my chart and the charts of [...]
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A few favorite cards from Raven Grimassi and Stephanie Taylor Grimassi’s The Well-Worn Path deck
I have a lot of friends who read Tarot cards–and every last one of them is pretty good at it! Invariably, when we get together, we somehow end up drooling over the beautiful artwork of the newest deck among us [...]
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The Helix Nebula. Photo Credit NASA, ESA, C. R. O’Dell (Vanderbilt University), M Meixner, and P. McCullough (STScI)
Astrology has certainly had its share of skeptics and non-believers—and for good reason: most people are familiar only with vague one-liner newspaper horoscopes that can apply to almost anyone. If you’ve spend any significant amount of time exploring [...]
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NASA photo: The Galileo spacecraft surveyed the moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system.
The September Full Moon in Pisces, aka the Corn Moon, occurs on September 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM Central time here in the Florida Panhandle. Last month’s Full Moon was about letting your dream take you [...]
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