Author: Katie Sweetman
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Podcast: Interview with Dena DeCastro, Evolutionary Astrologer
As a companion to my recent blog post, On 2012, I interviewed evolutionary astrologer Dena DeCastro for my podcast, Empowering Astrology. We talk about the upcoming transits and bring a balanced view to a year that has been hyped like no other. To listen, click here.
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On 2012
Over the last few years, “2012” has become this thing, this concept loaded with cultural speculation and a touch of doomsday hysteria. I’m not sure when exactly it entered mass consciousness, but somewhere, somehow — perhaps the new age community is to blame — the collective latched onto this idea that we’re entering the end
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Empowering Astrology on Blog Talk Radio
I’ve launched a Blog Talk Radio show! Join me for monthly discussions on not just astrology, but spirituality and the evolution of consciousness. I’ll be interviewing astrologers in addition to mediums and lightworkers. If you can’t listen live, please download shows in the archive or via iTunes. You can also stream shows via my Podcast
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Your Natal Chart is Not a Prison
Like most people who live in large cities, I have a fairly long commute each day to and from work. The round-trip hour and a half of subway time is devoted to higher learning via spiritually themed podcasts. My commute is sacred. It’s my God time. I listen to my teachers and absorb what spirit
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Neptune in Pisces
On April 4, 2011, Neptune quietly slipped into Pisces for the first time in a century and a half. I say quietly because Neptune’s arrival didn’t pack the punch of Pluto’s entry into Capricorn nor Uranus’s into Aries. No, gossamer Neptune transitioned into Pisces like a gentle breeze announcing a shift in the direction of…
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Astrology’s Big Moment
Last week the world freaked out when a Minnesota astronomer sent out a press release stating that the zodiac signs had shifted over time and, surprise, you’re not the sign you thought you were. Even more shocking, there was now a new zodiac sign — Ophiuchus. Thanks to the power of the internet, the press
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Illuminating the 12th House: An Interview with Marguerite Manning, Karmic Astrologer
The 12th house in astrology isn’t known for being particularly transparent. It is, after all, traditionally the house of secret sorrows and self undoings. That can’t be good, my teen-aged self once thought, especially as I looked nervously to my Mercury, Neptune, and Mars conjunction hovering above my ascendant. Secret sorrows?? How does someone, especially
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Chiron in the Natal Chart: Transmuting Suffering Into Healing, Wisdom
We’ve all experienced synchronicity at one time or another. You know, a series of coincidences that defy logical explanation. Like you’re thinking about taking a trip to Paris and then you later receive an email from a website announcing travel deals to Paris. Yeah, that kind of synchronicity. Personally, I’m having synchronicity of an astrological
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The Missing Cardinal Leg: Reconnecting to Our Cancer Roots
During this time of great cardinal initiation, as we build up to peak energies, I’ve noticed a theme subtly running though the last few weeks. While all of us have been distracted by planets in the signs of Aries, Libra, and Capricorn, we’ve been missing quiet Cancer poking and prodding at our deeper core. Personally,
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Saturn in Libra and the Mirror
For all its niceties and focus on beauty, it would be a little unfair of us to paint the sign of Libra with such superficial strokes. After all, this girl has some real depth beyond a bad reputation for vanity. And Saturn transiting Libra over the next two years reminds us that while she rules