Two significant events within the history of the Roman Empire occurred in the years 306AD and 476AD. In 306, Emperor Constantine ascended the throne, and soon after converted to Christianity and issued the Edict of Milan that declared tolerance of … Continue reading
I had hoped that I would write one more in-depth article about the U.S. presidential election before it occurs this Tuesday, but life has had other plans. Since we live in Asheville, NC, we were directly impacted by the devastation … Continue reading
There is a famous legend called Tecumseh’s Curse that says that when William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe, Chief Tecumseh’s shaman brother Tenskwatawa levied a curse on the “Great White Fathers” that started with Harrison’s … Continue reading
Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, 4th of July Celebration, image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Over a year ago, I published an article suggesting that Joe Biden would drop out of the presidential race in 2024 and hand the mantle over … Continue reading
Among the many radical astrological shifts coming in the next few years, perhaps the rarest and most important is that all three outer planets — Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto — will change signs within a few months. Taken individually, each … Continue reading
American history is replete with era names that evoke strong impressions of the times: The Era of Good Feeling, the Era of Reform, the Progressive Era, etc. Each era is referring to a shift in the national consciousness, typically brought … Continue reading
In 1297 the Magna Carta and its companion, the Forest Charter, were passed into English statutory law. The passage of these charters, which for the first time granted rights to people who were not royalty, has long been considered the … Continue reading
During the summer of 1851, an extremely rare conjunction of planets took place in the first 3 degrees of Taurus. On the very day that Mars joined Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto there, Harriet Beecher Stowe published the first in her … Continue reading
It’s not surprising that the astrology for the US mid-term elections looks like a mess. Put less bluntly, the chart reflects an extremely tense moment that is going to permanently alter the course of events going forward. Featuring a Taurus … Continue reading
For some time now there has been a crescendoing discussion around a global battle between democracy and autocracy. This battle has become crystallized in the form of the Ukraine war, where autocratic Russian oligarchs are violently asserting dominance over Ukrainian … Continue reading
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