Weekly Hello

From a relatively early age I was fascinated by astrology. I bought my first book on the subject when I was seventeen – Astrology by Louis McNeice – and my second in my early twenties – The Compleat Astrologer by Derek and Julia Parker. I wanted to be able to pierce the veil in the way of that famous woodcut by Flammarion. I wanted to see the future. Fast forward seven years – my new diploma from the Faculty of Astrological Studies on the wall – I had a whole different concept of what astrology was, and it didn’t involve seeing the future.

Yes, astrologers have the means to establish where the planets will be hundreds of years down the line, but that doesn’t mean we can see the future. Nostradamus, penning his quatrains in the sixteenth century, had no concept of planes, trains and automobiles, and although he was a skilled astrologer, his visions of the future appeared in his scrying bowl.

Over my decades as an astrologer I have come to see astrology as a language of possibilities. Any combination of factors presents a range of possibilities, which allows for choice: faced with a situation, do we choose this or that. Which is a long-winded way of making the point that these grand alignments which have been presiding over the affairs of mankind for almost eighteen months, and most pressingly since January of this year, do not have a fixed outcome.

We have choices to make; our leaders have choices to make. And one person’s choice of action can change the destinies of countless numbers of people.

On Wednesday next week, the full moon in Aquarius will conjoin Pluto and oppose Jupiter, sextile Uranus and trine Neptune. A little symphony of resonances, which have life-changing potential. The huge advantage astrology gives us is that we can explore the various possibilities that lie ahead with the result that we can steer our way better and certainly more consciously, through events as they happen.

I am actually looking forward to next week, not only because I want to see how events in the big wide world unfold, but because Rick Levine and I will be holding a live-streaming session on the astrology of the times – and a whole lot more – on Tuesday, 28 July – Click here to set Notifications Bell.

I’ve recorded a Masterclass with the Astrology Hub on the twelve houses. Should you wish to attend, you can use code PENNY for a 50% discount you can join here.