Please join me, Madame Zombra, in the future for a little astral travel, if you will. We shall look at the planets in their transits as they occur, not as prophecy but as signposts for our journey. In columns ahead, if you have questions, you may use the Comments section to ask them and I will do my best to answer your query.
Never let it be said Madame Zombra refuses to pursue any possibility of occult knowledge for her readers. The above chart is courtesy of Wikipedia. Phrenology was quite the fad or fashion in bygone eras, especially the 1820s, but was derisively called a ‘pseudoscience’ by 1843 and has never recovered from being so branded. Your […]
Welcome back Stargazers! Hope everyone enjoyed the Harvest Moon in late October and the beautiful Beaver Moon this past week. The stars never disappoint! We are now fully in the month of November, a time that’s the ‘beginning to the end’ of a cycle, with intense reflection, deep emotional processing and significant shifts in planetary
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One week from yesterday Mercury goes retrograde, this time for a shorter period than normal; only twenty days. That’s a bit of heartening news! The planet closest to the Sun goes direct again on November 29, 2025. Get your important papers signed, sealed and delivered, get your appointments checked and verified, and study all transportation
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Welcome back Stargazers: The next few weeks will bring significant changes as we enter intensive communications during the Scorpio season – while unearthing buried truths. At this same time, the Mercury retrograde period (Nov. 9–28) can cause delays, missed appointments, garbled phone messages and more. But for now, welcome to Halloween and limited celestial activity
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What do you get when you add the planets Saturn and Neptune (both retrograde in Pisces), within four degrees and two minutes of a perfect conjunction and then finish the equation by adding a square of that same conjunction to Uranus in Gemini? Hint: The answer to this quasi-mathematical question will doubtless be answered on
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The Super Harvest (Hunter) Moon put on quite a spectacular show on October 6th and helped us unofficially welcome in the Season of Autumn. October will see a flurry of planetary movements prompting activity in many different areas of life, such as relationships, finances, communications, and ambition. These will undergo a period of intense and rapid
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Sometimes a letter or two becomes quite important to developments far in the future. Carl Jung’s interest in astrology (he studied it for fifty years) is often mentioned as part of the reasons he and Sigmund Freud abruptly went in different directions in their professional careers. In a letter to Freud in June, 1911, Jung
We are rapidly coming to the end of September – whew! What a ride. And now onto October – the Season of Libra. There will be more excitement, changes, possible chaos enhanced by the Scorpio energy and the Venus (ruler of Libra) dynamics… which will keep us on alert. Join me in exploring the reordering of the
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Well, of course the photo is much more dramatic than the partial solar eclipse we had yesterday. But if you’re reading this, then obviously you did survive the latest astrological event, and the last eclipse for this year. Glad you’re here, ducks, and all of you didn’t hide under the bed, as one reader threatened
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Welcome to the Season of the Eclipse: the Blood Moon eclipse occurred September 7 and the Partial Solar Eclipse will be September 21. We’re at the midway point in September and it’s already been a series of twists and turns, ups and downs. Have you kept your seat belt buckled? The second Eclipse of the month