stellArium & ethereal counterparts

  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...

  ©Alaleh Alamir In my simple words On this plane, the physical self doesn't remember its origin; after birth, an infant gradually starts forgetting and dissociating from higher planes. By coming into resonance with the environment and its density, a veil starts forming between the physical self and the soul. As the forgetting occurs, there will be a gradual need to compensate and build an ego. Over time, the physical self identifies with its mask, the ego, which is somewhat different from the image or idea we have of ourselves. Because the ego is mostly a creation of our subconscious, it carries our shadow (of which we are unaware). In our present times, both the ego and self-image are significant issues to tackle on the ascension journey. At the beginning, the physical self gradually mingles with all sorts of other beings. According to the expectations it meets in the environment, it starts shielding itself behind a personality, a persona, an image. It wears masks, which can be m...

Le Château des Pyrénées, René Magritte - 1959, 200x145cm It is easy to lose perspective when we have cluttered our existence with too many superfluous devices. We end up feeling trapped in a cycle of futile pursuits and illusions that occupy our mental space and attention.  The world is oversaturated with an excess of “things”: an overwhelming surplus of images, sounds, ideas, and belongings. It has been spiraling into chaos, thriving on excess and plunging into a dark yet flamboyant disorder - which in essence is leading us into an unprecedented confrontation with a stark void. Once we awaken to this awareness, breaking free from this excess can only be made by a deliberate choice.  To recognise how all this surplus of trivialities has become a heavy burden is crucial.  To empty our environment, to release and let go of unnecessary material belongings, to clear our mental and emotional bodies can all take time but it is life-enhancing. It may open doors to alterna...