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.
A potentially five-ring circus will be on the horizon when you read this column posted Monday, February 16, 2026. Choose whatever event or ‘happening’ calls to you to observe and contemplate, ducks. But do so responsibly. I wouldn’t expect less from my astrology students. MZ
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Welcome back Stargazers! This week we’ll explore the Astronomy and Folklore of the Moon…. our Moon. We’ve started this month off with a majestic display of the Full Moon on Sunday, February 1 – the Snow Moon. How fortuitous that this bright, beautiful Moon should appear during one of the coldest weather events in recent history…wind, clouds,
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Math and even simple arithmetic often disappoint me. I expect pattern, order, logic – and this doesn’t always happen. For example, Uranus has roughly a seven-year stint in one sign of the zodiac. Neptune takes twice as long or approximately fourteen years to slowly make that thirty degree trip. So you’d expect Pluto to stroll
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The Sun in Astrology Welcome Stargazers: Earlier this month we learned of the Sun in regards to Astronomy and its influence in the folklore of our ancients. Now we’re going to look at the Sun and its influence on the planets in our Solar System. The Sun, the dominant celestial body for Earth dwellers, is the
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And all hands on deck, me hearties … no, Madame Zombra hasn’t lost her mind – although she’s come perilously close to it. But piracy on the high seas may be a prelude to what’s coming next. There are going to be many more revealing documents and testaments, and even in this blase, anything-goes culture,
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Welcome back Stargazers! The New Year 2026 has arrived and what lies ahead will be full of mystery and dreams. I thought it would be fun to get better acquainted with the Planets of our Solar System: their sphere of influence, astrological meaning and their impact on our lives. We’ll be starting this year-long journey
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First of all, allow me to wish you and yours a very happy year ahead – and then to keep the headline for this blog in mind through 2026. Not as a prediction of doom, but as a warning beacon for the many tumultuous paths ahead. The USA will be 250 years old this coming
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Welcome back Stargazers, We are entering a period full of wonder and making the best of intentions (not ‘resolutions’) for the New Year 2026. The celestial events occurring over the next few weeks bridge the end of one year and the beginning of the next, steeped in traditions centered on warmth, light, reflection and renewal as the
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“The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars at the moment it comes into the world, unconsciously remembers it, and remains sensitive to the return of configurations of a similar kind.” – Johannes Kepler Who am I, a mere astrologer, to dispute a famous scientist and
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Welcome back Stargazers! We’re quickly advancing to the Winter Solstice with the speed of a shooting star! Two exciting events occur during mid-December for us to observe and enjoy. The celestial heavens will start the show with the Geminid Meteor Shower (Dec 13-14), followed by the Winter Solstice (Dec 21). The Geminid Meteor Shower produces the
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