Madame Zombra

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.

Why astrology?

People have frequently asked me why I study astrology (at my advanced age, they imply) or what led me to do so in the first place. My answer is always some variation on the refrain: “I wanted to understand why people act as they do, or think the way they do.” And that answer has

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Monday Musings

Hello, duckies! It’s your favorite ancient astrologer, Madame Zombra, clicking in at a different time and date. Not just to confuse you – no, indeed, that will happen soon enough as our little friend Mercury goes retrograde on (appropriately enough) December 13 – but to try a different tack. (And be of good cheer –

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The Small Magellanic Galaxy from NASA’s Image Library (copyright free) Yes, study astrology, astronomy, and all other sciences which lead far beyond our small home planet. But let us not lose the wonderment and sense of awe which has been a part of humankind’s soul since we raised our eyes from the ground on which

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