stellArium & ethereal counterparts

27 February 2026 After months of concentrated planetary alignments, we have arrived at a powerful turning point. The recent alignments have been building pressure toward a breaking point, and that moment is now. With the total lunar eclipse approaching on 3 March 2026, the atmosphere feels charged with inevitability. In the background, Mercury turned retrograde in Pisces yesterday, drawing our awareness inward and asking for reflection before action. At the same time, the Sun comes into exact conjunction with the North Node in Pisces, marking the final meeting in this sign for this cycle. This threshold can be considered a collective destiny gate. It illuminates karmic agreements, particularly those woven through relationships, partnerships, and soul contracts. Many are recognizing that certain bonds have completed their course, while others are deepening into more sacred alignment. Mercury retrograde is also conjunct Venus in Pisces, intensifying a relational reckoning. The heart revi...

  Esfahan (img Ghasem Baneshi)  In continuity with my previous posts for Aryānām, from the same inner place of caring witness and shared responsibility, and standing on the threshold that humanity is now approaching together, I would like to offer a reflection on karma—how it moves through time and shapes both inner and collective realities. I do not present this as abstract theory. It is something I have lived, observed, and felt within my own life, within the body of history, within the land I come from, and within the timelines humanity is engaged in now. Karma reveals itself when memory brittles and patterns repeat unconsciously. It arises from experiences that have not been fully processed and have transformed into ingrained structures. What once ensured survival becomes habit, then rule, then system. Over time, fear organizes itself as authority, deprivation seeks accumulation, chaos seeks control, and pain seeks justification. This is how the past continues to act long ...

  New Earth Rising ✨  I am a light worker. Born on my beloved motherland, Iran, I am a pacifist, deeply devoted to values I see far too often violated by many. We are only days away from a most powerful New Moon (18 January 2026), where Sun, Moon, Mercury, Mars, Venus, and Pluto gather tightly within 10° … a cluster of concentrated energy on the cusp of Capricorn and Aquarius.  We stand at a threshold, on the edge of culmination, reckoning, and the deepest transformation. Our authority, our mastery, our responsibility, our legacy, are  all ready to be remolded, to emerge anew  irreversibly. This New Moon is the last command issued by the old Capricornian system before Pluto fully rewrites the Aquarian rules. As we walk through this celestial portal, we are given an opportunity to make a meaningful, impressive, soulful jumpstart.  What we initiate now will echoe and reverberate for years, if not for the rest of our lives.  Those who are attuned to multi...

  Azadi Tower, Tehran (image: Magic Murals) As we move out of 2025 into 2026, the energies in Iran are entering a period of heightened transformation and visibility, extending far beyond what is shown in media and social networks. The patterns born in 1979 continue to unfold, reflecting both the nation’s internal dynamics and its role on the world stage. The Islamic Republic, founded on April 1, 1979, emerged from decades of modernization under the Shah amid social upheaval, ideological realignment, and a profound search for national identity. Over the years, I have used several astrological charts for the IRI depending on context and focus of inquiry. For the current moment, I am using the 1 April 1979 founding chart. It indicates a Leo Ascendant, giving the nation a proud and highly visible presence; a Sun in Aries in the 8th house, tying identity to crisis, transformation, and shared resources; and a Moon in Gemini in the 10th house, highlighting the central role of public perce...