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    Calculating the Out of Bounds Moon

    With so many different kinds of astrological software in use, the simplest suggestion is to just go to the “Help” files in the program you use and look up “Declination.” There you will see how to display it for any chart you calculate. Declination will be given as either North or South, sometimes shown as a + or - . If the value exceeds 23°28', it is Out of Bounds. This will work for both a natal chart or a progressed one.

    Using Solar Fire

    Out of Bounds Moon

    Calculate or open a chart. Click on “Reports” in the top line. Click on “Current Chart.” A window opens titled “Chart Reports & Tabulations.” Under “Chart Points,” you will see a column labeled “Decl.” That is declination. Check to see if the Moon’s value is 23°28' or greater. If so, it is Out of Bounds. Again, this will work for both a natal or progressed charts.

    Progressed Moon Declination Cycle

    To watch for the Moon progressing Out of Bounds over longer time-scales, open the natal chart, then click on “Dynamic” on the top line. Click on “Graphic Ephemeris.” Open “Saved Selections,” scroll down and click on “Declination of Moon (one year).” Under “Period of Report,” click the “Years” button (unless you want to zoom in on a specific period of your life).

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    Mars and Aries As The Spiritual Warrior

    In this video interview, Steven addresses the question of how to best manage Mars or Aries energy in a “high expression” way and also with spiritual integrity. To learn more about the Mars archetype, check out Mars: Hunter or Prey in our audio download store.

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    The Eight Lunar Phases

    The Eight Lunar Phases

    New Moon

    Sun-Moon Angle: 0-45 degrees
    Seasonal Event: WINTER SOLSTICE
    Pagan Holiday: YULE

    The Teacher; The Avatar
    Sweetness. Nurturing. Leadership. Guidance. Becoming symbolic to others; making others into symbols. Bringers of gifts. Luminosity.
    We are fresh from the Dark of the Moon—the realm of mystery—still caught up in, and shrouded by, the archetypal perspective. We radiate powerfully, but we are relatively blind to the subtleties and complexities of the material world, especially other people. Everyone senses that “we know something,” and they are therefore drawn to us.

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    Planetary Cycles of the Biopsychic Script

    Planetary Cycles of the Biopsychic Script

    The biopsychic script refers to astrological events that are marked by key moments in our evolutionary development which we all share and have culturally identified, such as midlife, or retirement. Below is a list of the key cycles we can track, including the cycle length and planet involved. Spend some time looking at these dates in your own birth chart, and notice what you discover!

    VENUS CYCLE

    Cycle Length: 7.997 years. Notes: In only two days, eight hours short of exactly eight years, Venus completes its pentangle and returns to Inferior Conjunction with the Sun at a point two or three degrees earlier in the zodiac than it was when the cycle began. Count eight year intervals forward two ways: from the date of birth and from the date of the previous Inferior Conjunction. They often coincide closely with intimate relational turning points.

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    Excerpt from Astrology-Wave Feature

    You’ll find Sun Sign video descriptions available at the new website Astrology-Wave.com. Here is an introduction to the videos you’ll find at Astrology-Wave.com.

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    Steven's Band Dragonship Created a Rock Opera

    Rock opera based on the novel by Jodie Forrest. Music composed by Steven Forrest. Cassette jacket art: Mike Roig. Cassette’s music performed by  Steven Forrest, Jodie Forrest, Dragonship members-emeritus: Michael Chandler; Mike Roig; and  Linda Smith; and by guest artist Robert Griffin. June, 2005 – Dragonship is now:  Steven Forrest, guitar, vocals; Jodie Forrest, keyboard, …

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    Astronomy Corner January 2010

    What's overhead this month in the Northern hemisphere?

    Note: The constellation names given are for the planets' astronomical positions overhead. Their zodiacal, astrological positions in the tropical zodiac used by most Western (as opposed to Vedic) astrologers run about 23 degrees later in the zodiac than their astronomical positions. So if you have a current issue of Astronomy magazine, or another viewfinder for the February sky, a quick-and-dirty rule of thumb is to look for the planet in the sky about one sign/constellation before the sign/constellation that planet is transiting through in your birth chart/in the zodiac.

    In the evening:
    You can see Mars in the east in Cancer, Venus in the west in Capricorn/Aquarius, and Jupiter in the west in Aquarius. Reddish Mars is particularly bright all month, and won't be so large or luminous in a telescope again until 2014, so if you don't have a telescope, grab your binoculars.

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    January 2010 Newsletter

    As I've mentioned here before, we are 3/5ths of the way through a pattern of five oppositions of Saturn and Uranus:

    * on 11/04/08 at 19 Virgo (Saturn) -Pisces (Uranus)
    * on 2/5/09 at 20 Virgo-Pisces
    * on 09/15/09 at 25 Virgo-Pisces
    * on 4/24/2010 at 29 Virgo-Pisces
    * on 7/26/2010 at 1 Libra-Capricorn

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    Single Sky Sample Report

    “The Single Sky” relationship sample report for Venus Williams Jun. 17, 1980, 2:12 PM PDT; Zone +08:00, Lynwood CA, 118W12’00” 35N55’00” (note: our source for her birth data is AstroDataBank, Rodden data classification A) Planets within 1.5 degree orbs of the following house cusp are displayed and interpreted as being in that house, except the …

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