stellArium & ethereal counterparts

Diwali - from britannica Many legends are associated with Diwali. Today it is celebrated by Hindus, Jains and Sikhs across the globe as the "Festival of Lights" where the lights or lamps signify victory of good over the evil within every human being. Diwali is celebrated on the first day of the lunar Kartika month, which comes in the month of October or November. The festival is also celebrated by Buddhists of Nepal. (from wiki) New Moon October 28 2008, 23:15 UT, Nice - Fr Symbol 6° Scorpio : A Gold Rush Tears Men Away From Their Native Soil. keyword : AMBITION the image is that of men being torn away from home to go after a gold rush to improve their economic status as well as gamble... The desire for scorpio-nic passionate intensity presses forward in a search for new values and achievements with little regard for the cost. It encourages us to thread on uncharted paths and seek other forms of wealth. Scorpio is known for it's intensity, in fac

For your consideration, the words of the venerable Dane Rudhyar (one of the most prolific astrological writers in history between 1935-1980) from the last part of his masterwork, “An Astrological Mandala” . "The significance of astrology is that it can transform the profane into the sacred, the facts of astronomy into the revelation of a cosmic order manifest in the cell and the human person as well as in the solar system and the galaxy. To try to make astrology a “science” based on empirical facts and statistics is to deny its essential and ancient nature. Astrology deals with the mythos of the Sky. The elements it uses are archetypes. Therefore, to live one’s life in terms of the revelatory message symbolically implied in one’s birth chart is to live a life in terms of the “sacred” character of existence. It does not mean to feel oppressed by “bad” aspects or elated by “good” ones. It does not mean to avoid confrontation with existential facts and to escape into fanciful d