10 Tips For Learning Astrology
Fri, 10/19/07 – 3:23 | 49 Comments

So you want to learn about astrology? Not the generalized Sun-sign stuff that you find in newspapers and lame websites, but serious astrology. The advanced type where you can actually determine specific information about a person’s life through the observation of the planets and other celestial phenomena.

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A Rejoinder to Glenn Perry’s Article ‘From Ancient to Postmodern Astrology’
Tue, 01/8/08 – 3:32 | 14 Comments
A Rejoinder to Glenn Perry’s Article ‘From Ancient to Postmodern Astrology’

I just finished reading an astonishingly misinformed article by Glenn Perry in the latest issue of the NCGR Journal titled From Ancient to Postmodern Astrology, Toward a New Synthesis. Normally I would just …

Astrology of the 2008 Election – Birth Data Problems
Sun, 01/6/08 – 16:50 | 34 Comments
Astrology of the 2008 Election – Birth Data Problems

As I said in my previous post on Hillary Clinton’s birth chart earlier this year, one of the biggest issues that astrologers are going to run into when trying to make predictions about the upcoming …

Book Review: A Brief History of Ancient Astrology by Roger Beck
Fri, 12/28/07 – 5:27 | No Comments Yet
Book Review: A Brief History of Ancient Astrology by Roger Beck

It is not the purpose of this article to give a full review of Roger Beck’s new book on Hellenistic astrology titled A Brief History of Ancient Astrology. The major shortcomings of the …

The Return of the Magi: An Astrological Documentary
Sun, 11/25/07 – 20:45 | 4 Comments
The Return of the Magi:  An Astrological Documentary

An astrologer named Kelly Lee Phipps has been filming a documentary over the past year on astrology called The Return of the Magi. It is sort of a What The Bleep Do We …

Firdaria: A Medieval Time Lord System
Tue, 10/16/07 – 1:13 | 11 Comments
Firdaria: A Medieval Time Lord System

I came across an interesting website today called firdaria.com which provides free calculations for the medieval-era time-lord system known as Firdaria. This system, like all time-lord systems, breaks up a person’s life into specific sections …

Ignorance Is Bliss
Sat, 10/13/07 – 21:37 | 4 Comments
Ignorance Is Bliss

So this girl that I work with approaches me the other day and tells me that she needs my help. She is obviously distressed about whatever the matter is, and for some reason she …

Interview Questions From the Blast Astrology Conference
Fri, 10/12/07 – 19:23 | No Comments Yet
Interview Questions From the Blast Astrology Conference

Last year Moses Siregar gave me a few interview questions to answer as a speaker at the Blast Astrology Conference which took place in Sedona earlier this year. The Blast turned out to …

The Katarche of Horary
Thu, 09/20/07 – 22:29 | 2 Comments
The Katarche of Horary

My article on the origins of horary astrology titled The Katarche of Horary just came out in the latest issue of the NCGR Journal. Most NCGR members should be receiving their copy of …

Richard Dawkins Advocates Science, Neglects History
Sat, 08/18/07 – 0:53 | 25 Comments
Richard Dawkins Advocates Science, Neglects History

I came across a clip today from Richard Dawkin’s new documentary titled Enemies of Reason in which he attacks a number of paranormal fields, including astrology. Dawkins brings out the usual modern arguments against …

Robert Schmidt on Hellenistic Astrology – part 1
Wed, 06/20/07 – 17:24 | 5 Comments
Robert Schmidt on Hellenistic Astrology – part 1

This is the first 10 minutes of a video that was made in August of 2006 by Robert Schmidt of Project Hindsight for a conference in St. Petersburg Russia that he was not able to …

10 Questions About Astrology from a Skeptic
Sun, 06/17/07 – 19:44 | 13 Comments
10 Questions About Astrology from a Skeptic

A couple of years ago I got into this argument on a forum with this skeptic who was attacking astrology. I didn’t realize it initially, but the guy was actually more interested in ridiculing …

Ben Franklin and Astrology
Sun, 06/17/07 – 12:37 | 7 Comments
Ben Franklin and Astrology

Elsa just posted this really interesting quote from Benjamin Franklin on her blog which nicely illustrates his endorsement of horoscopic astrology. I was always aware that Franklin wrote the Poor Richard’s Almanac, but this …

Vettius Valens
Fri, 06/15/07 – 13:16 | 5 Comments
Vettius Valens

Vettius Valens was a Roman astrologer who was conceived on May 13, 119 CE, and born on February 8, 120 in the city of Antioch, which is now modern day Antakya, Turkey.  Today Valens is …

Eddie Murphy Confirmed as Father Astrologically
Wed, 06/13/07 – 2:28 | 7 Comments
Eddie Murphy Confirmed as Father Astrologically

I noticed this story several months back on some of the celebrity gossip sites where Eddie Murphy was denying claims made by his ex-girlfriend Melanie Brown (aka Scary Spice, aka Mel B; she used to …