Swamp Astrology

[determinator]

I've been into astrology for about 30 years now. Just seeing the connections between the stars and events going on, and also using whatever data of current positions of the stars, along with other learning materials off the internet and other sources. I use it on a daily basis, like most people look at the weather reports, and use my own interpretation from that.

We have just gone through a rather hard time, based on astrology. We have weathered an aspect of the Sun being 90 degrees from the planet Saturn, or " Sun Square Saturn". This has been over the past few days, but is now passed. You can see it in the weather, along with the overall feelings of everyone over the past few days.

Yeah, I know, pretty crazy. God gave us the stars to use for our enjoyment and amazement. Everything in it's time, and purpose.

I hesitate to hit "post message", but here goes...

[Jack of all Trapping]

Wow! Deep !!

[maritimer]

;D That's pretty neat stuff.

[determinator]

Aw shucks, thanks for your nice comments! Soon, as we speak, the Moon will be 90 degrees (trine) from the planet Venus. Plenty of time to go have some fun and merriment. Play some music, write your poems.

See your friends...be a friend to your friend.

[cam]

Pretty cool stuff man. I'm gonna hazard a guess and say your a fan of Bob Lazar and Carl Sagan? My old man is a big astrology and space buff too. Many hours on nighttime catfishing trips with him were spent with him talking about the constellations, gases, who Casiopia was and what galaxy was supposed to be where.

I remember the first thing he said to me when I came home from a 14 day bowhunting trip to Australia...

"So did you see the Southern Cross?!?!?!"

[Deleted]

Interseting thread ;D

[trapperandhunter]

interesting thoughts ! ;D

[determinator]

I'm glad to see a favorable response to my post. Over the years, I've come to bring up the topic less and less. People have their own opinions regarding using the stars to guide themselves in everyday life, and they're not always what you want to hear. But, some people are interested.

Cam...I'm only somewhat familiar with Bob Lazar and Carl Sagan. I am more familiar with the symbolism of the planets, and how the energies that they represent relate to what I see going on around me, or what they could possibly mean in past, present, and future events.

Something coming up over the next few hours...until 7:02:38 PM tonight (Friday, February 1), Central Standard Time...is a lunar aspect involving the Moon and Mercury. At that time, they will be 120 degrees apart, called being "trine". What that means is, in the hours preceding that aspect, the energies symbolized by those two will be in effect in a favorable manner. Mercury deals with those things involving communication, such as reading, writing, talking, sending out mail and messages, travel, communication in general. Whatever involves the five senses should be flowing pretty well all this afternoon, and dissipate after about 7:02 PM my time, 8:02Pm in the east. The Moon sets that energy off is it gets closer to the trine, since it is the faster moving object, and represents the public, among other things. It is used a great deal in the timing of events.


See what happens...might be busy. Mercury can be restless!

[tsr07]

wow, most interesting...how did you learn these things, i know some astrology but have not heard of it in this context. thanks for sharing

[determinator]

tsr07,

Thanks for you comment. As far as how did I learn what I now know about astrology...that could be a long answer!

I had somewhat of an interest in astrology as a young teenager, and had checked out a book on the subject at the local library. It didn't make a whole lot of sense, so I dropped the subject. I was born at a time when the Sun was sort of between signs of the zodiac, so I couldn't figure out whether I was a Pisces or Aries. I think that the book only dealt with the position of the Sun at your birth, which is what the newspaper astrology and most people associate with "your sign". Many years later, I found out that I was born two hours after the Sun went into Aries, making me an Aries Sun sign.

About 7 years later, my mother suggested we go to a talk on the subject of astrology at the local technical college. I don't know why she did that. She wasn't into it, and neither was I, really. I don't remember a whole lot about that, just one particular thing that I won't go into right now.

That was about it as far as the topic...nothing more going on. I got a job in the nursing field, as an RN on a psychiatric unit for a while. I noticed that the full Moon seemed to suggest a busier time, at least at work. I figured something was going on...

A few years passed by, and I went through a rough time myself and found myself unemployed. At the local library (again), I found another book on astrology...Horoscope Symbols, by Robert Hand.
This book was EXTREMELY interesting to me. I ended up reading it all the time, since I had a lot of time on my hands when I wasn't trying to find work. I must have returned, and checked out that book from the library at least half a dozen times, until I bought my own copy. I am now on my 6th copy of the book, but I don't read it hardly at all these days. I gave the 5 copies that I had over the years to people who were interested. I learned quite a bit.

I got an ephemeris, was a book listing every day of the past 100 years, and showed the sign and degree of the the zodiac for each planet every day. I looked up the significant events of my life, and what was happening on those days. Getting hired for jobs, time I served in the USAF, getting married, becoming a father, etc. There was a pattern that I could see happening.

I started buying a couple of astrology magazines each month that listed the planetary aspects and their time for each day of the month, and made copies of them. I carried them with me, and watched what was going on in the stars and in my life. I figured out my transits, which is how the planets in the sky compare to my birth chart (the birth chart shows where the planets were in the sky at the exact time of my birth). Another topic for future discussion.

That is how I started. The internet wasn't available to me in early 1985. It is now much easier to have everything right at your fingertips.

For those interested in astrology, I would highly recommend that book by Robert Hand. It was a turning point in my life reading it. You can then get a basic understanding of the energies associated with each planet, which I think is the foundation, plus a whole more. That is what I would start with, though.

Here is a site that will give you a glimpse of what is going on in the heavens at any moment. You can also put in the data to look into the future or the past. I check on it several times a day...

alabe.com/ Click on the horoscope to get a bigger picture.

Enter your location, where it says current Astro-Weather, on the home page. It will show you the current horoscope for where you are. The left-most side of the circle is in the East, as if you were facing South. It is called the Ascendant. I don't read the descriptions listed on the left side of the page usually, because I have my own way of interpreting the chart. It may be helpful to you, however. The top heavy line is called the Midheaven, which is where the Sun would be close to 12 noon.

You can see that the Moon will be approaching a sextile ( 60 degrees) to Pluto. To me, that means over the next several hours (exact at 00:12:13:48 Sunday AM, Central Standard Time), this will be the time to uncover things, such as what is happening right now as I type and give you this information. It is a good time for cleaning, and getting to the bottom of things. It can be an intense time, as far as feelings are concerned. Some heavy things to consider, possibly. Dealing with heavy emotional issues, such as death, and transformations of any kind. Sex...

I guess that's about it for this post... thanks for reading.

[determinator]

Time to bear down after the above-mentioned aspect of Moon sextile Pluto at 12:13 :48 AM Central Standard Time Sunday.

The Moon will be conjunct (very same sign if the zodiac, and degree). The Moon will be passing right past Saturn. It happens once a month. That is a serious time, a time to be strict and cautious. The exact time of the conjunction is 01:44:47. It will then be over, and time to consider the next lunar aspect. Things are somewhat serious as I write. It will pass.

[Admin]

This is cool stuff. I haven't had time to post much on the forum these past few days so I'm trying to get caught up.

Determinator, Nice to see you back online with us. It's been a while.

It would be cool if we could get you to make steady reports on this astrology stuff. A continuous thread for Swamp Astrology would be pretty cool. It's got my vote anyway. ;D ;D ;D

I'd give you your own board or whatever you need if you wanted to.

[determinator]

Thanks for the kind words, JC! I never know how people are going to take the astrology stuff, since it is off the wall. I don't mention it to my family at all these days, and most other people as well.

I hadn't visited the forum for quite a while until recently. I was going through a real tough time over the past few years, and had both of my hip joints replaced. I'm now doing good, but for a while, I didn't think I was going to be around very long. So, now I'm getting back into the swing of things, and have my life back.

I remember a few years ago, when you were curious as to what I thought would be the best time (with regards to which month), to plan the bash. You are right on, as far as using the full Moon to assemble people, even if that isn't/wasn't your intent. You will always get the most people "out there" at that time. I can take a look at this year's, August, September, and give my opinion. It depends on what you hope to accomplish at the bash.

I am humbled at your offering of my own board...very humbled! I would be glad to continue writing to the Swamp Talk forum on the topic. I can try to answer any questions, to the best of my ability. Not sure about having my own board...though, I won't rule it out. I'm taken by surprise a little, but somehow was thinking about taking this whole thing further.

As I remember, you have a Scorpio Sun sign, born in November? I think that the Sun and Venus were together when you were born. It's been a long time, so my memory is hazy. I have a lot of birthdays logged in my brain, though. Middle of November, maybe?

Coming up Monday morning is the aspect involving the Moon and Mercury. This time, they will 90 degrees apart, known as being "square". This involves a challenge in communications, and in our attempts to accomplish things involved with our senses. It can be irritating, and annoying when things don't seem to go our way. You can't find your car keys, the pot boils over when you're in the other room, you get in an argument with someone, drop a plate of food. You see what I mean? It is another busy time, but more challenging than the last Moon and Mercury aspect that I brought up in a previous post. The exact time for that is at 06:31:14 (Monday morning) Central Standard Time, or an hour later in the east. Things are building up to it, and will be the strongest in the hours right before then. That will then pass, and the Moon will enter the sign of Sagittarius at 09:45:18 CST, in the morning, Monday. The sign of the archer...maybe will be hearing from them over the next few days? A sign of big adventure...

Take care, until the next time. ;D