February 18, 2025

Transit Outlook — Week of 17 February 2025

(16 February 2025)  The transits this week reflect the approaching planetary stations of Mars and Venus.  Mars is due to end its current retrograde cycle next Sunday, Feb 23 while Venus will station retrograde on March 1.  Both planets are therefore moving very slowly and are thus gaining in strength.  Typically, planetary energy is released at the time of alignments with other planets.  We may see some evidence of this increased energy early in the week as Venus aligns with Mercury and the Moon on Tuesday.  Although none of the alignments qualify as full-strength aspects, they are nonetheless exact and could produce a favorable influence.  Monday and Tuesday could be good times for meetings and appointments and new ventures...

Transit Outlook — Week of 10 February 2025

(9 February 2025)  The planets this week look a bit unsettled.  Key in this respect are the early week square alignments of the Sun...

Mars and the Trump tariffs; transit outlook for week of 3 February 2025

(2 February 2025)  The transits this week look very active and energized.  Mars will be front and center as it aspects both the Sun...

Research study: the Venus-Rahu conjunction and the stock market

(26 January 2025) One of the strengths of Vedic astrology is its clarity of terms and definitions. Each planet and house has a specific...

Trump Inauguration; Transits for the week of 20 January 2025

(19 January 2025)  All eyes will be on Washington, DC this week as Donald Trump is sworn-in as the 47th president of the United...

Transit Outlook — Week of 13 January 2025

(12 January 2025)  The transits are mixed this week but still seem unsettled.  The ongoing Jupiter-Saturn square will be activated once again as Venus...

Research study: the Venus-Saturn conjunction and the stock market

(11 January 2025)  Financial markets are barometers of collective human sentiment.  Prices go up when people are optimistic about the future and prices fall...

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau resigns

(8 January 2025) The post-Covid political wave against incumbent governments claimed another victim Monday as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation.  Trudeau...

Transit Outlook — Week of 6 January 2025

(5 January 2025) The transits this week suggest a cautious and methodical strategy may yield the best results.  A go-slow approach may still find...

The New Year’s Chart 2025

(27 December 2024)  Another year has come and gone.  2024 was certainly eventful as Donald Trump successfully completed one of the most improbable political...

Transit Outlook — Week of 30 December 2024

(26 December 2024) The transits to start the New Year look both tense and unstable.  The close alignment of two malefics, Mars and Rahu,...

Transit Outlook — Week of 23 December 2024

(22 December 2024) The transits for the final full week of the year suggest a cautious ending to 2024. As we have noted previously,...

Research study: the effect of Jupiter-Saturn aspects on the stock market

(17 December 2024) Astrology has a long history that dates back many centuries to Egypt and Mesopotamia.  As modern practitioners of this traditional science,...

Transit Outlook — Week of 16 December 2024; FOMC

(16 December 2024) The transits this week offer a mix of themes with varying degrees of hope and tension.  With the entry of the...

Transit Outlook — Week of 9 December 2024; RFK Jr.

(8 December 2024)  This week could bring further fallout of the retrograde cycle of Mars. Mars stationed retrograde last Friday, December 6, at 12...

Research study: the effect of Mars retrograde on financial markets

(5 December 2024) One of the most basic assumptions in both astrology and financial astrology is that malefic planets produce negative outcomes.  In traditional...

Transit Outlook — Week of 2 December 2024; Jupiter-90-Saturn

(1 December 2024)  There could an undercurrent of tension this week.  Saturn's sense of restraint and pessimism may come to fore as it will...

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