Mary English Astrologer Blog

This week I'm covering the Whole Sign Method. It's slightly different to the Equal House System I've been teaching you. Here is the link to Robert Hand's excellent text on the subject https://www.arhatmedia.com/whole_sign.html You can make your own chart up using this system on http://www.astro.com/  Go to the Extended Chart Selection under FREE Horoscopes and when you've entered your data, under where it says 'options for zodiac and houses' choose 'whole signs'. Here's a screenshot.    This is also where you can get your chart to be Equal House, which is what I've been teaching you... Here's Queen Elizabeth in Equal House    Compared to Queen Elizabeth Whole Sign   Here's the cheat sheet for the ancient Greek system: Twelve Places.

This week I am discussing charts with Sun square Moon. Quite a common aspect and one that can work well as it gives inner motivation or not so well if no self-reflection. Remember The Sun is conscious The Moon is unconscious    Kayne West-Rapper https://www.kanyewest.com/ Sun Gemini, Moon Pisces Splash-ish chart   Marjorie Orr- Astrologer http://star4cast.ca/ Sun Virgo, Moon Gemini.  The whole chart is a Square!  Bowl chart. Tony Hancock-Radio (mostly) comedian- famous for Hancock's Half Hour https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19lzif Leo Asc, Sun Taurus, Moon Leo Aldous Huxley-Author Sun Leo, Moon Taurus Bucket Chart Anita Moorjani- Author https://anitamoorjani.com/ Sun Pisces, Moon Gemini Splash Chart Charlie Brooker- Screenwriter https://twitter.com/charltonbrooker The episode I mentioned is called Nosedive https://youtu.be/R32qWdOWrTo Sun Pisces, Moon Gemini Bucket Chart  

This week I'm sharing with you my Family Tree. Here are the charts. John English born 6th Jan 1783   Sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury and Venus in Capricorn Moon Aquarius...Bucket Shape Chart Died age 71 His 4th child was Alban Huddleston English Born 15th March 1815  Sun, Pluto & Mercury in Pisces. Moon in Taurus. Again a Bucket Chart Died age 68 His 7th child was William Joseph English Born 18th September 1855. Sun Virgo, Moon Sagittarius... Splash Chart Died age 34 of T.B. = Tuberculosis His 3rd child was Reginald Edgar Richard Egerton English (my Grandfather)  Born 6th October 1883  Sun, Mercury and Venus in Libra, Moon in Sagittarius...Bowl Chart Died age 62 of T.B. His oldest child was my Dad Asc, Sun, Mercury, Venus in Sagittarius. Moon in Libra. Locomotive Shape Chart. (bit like a See saw but not quite) Died age 60 bowel cancer His oldest child was my brother. Capricorn Ascendant, Sun conjunct Jupiter in Virgo. Moon in Sagittarius. Bucket chart (again) Died age 58 bowel cancer  

This week we are covering giving birth and the dynamics involved. First chart is me on inside, my son on outside. His Ascendant is exactly conjunct my Sun in Pisces. His Moon is in my 5th. A very emotional time (nice emotions!) Second chart is my mother giving birth to me. Nothing special with 5 house. Dynamic didn't happen until I gave birth and again much later when my Mum was very old. Moon in same sign.   My Mum and first born my brother. No 5th house birth dynamic, other than Neptune (drugs). A bigger story with 7th house Bruv's Moon.   My Dad and first born my brother. Bruv's Moon to Dad's Sun conjunction and Bruv's Moon also conjuncts Dad's Ascendant. Both charts are Bucket charts. Bruv's Mercury to Dad's Moon/Saturn/Jupiter in 10th.

This week is all about Saturn in the sign of Capricorn (where it is at the moment 2018-2020) Here is Mother Meera's chart. She now lives in Germany and still gives Darshan https://www.mothermeera.com/ Here is Gustav Holst's chart. Notice Saturn in the first. He got interested in Astrology during his Saturn return and then he started to write The Planets. So these pieces of music are influenced by the Astrology (not Astronomy) of the planets. DO listen to his wonderful composition of Saturn~The Bringer of Old Age  https://youtu.be/OYPg8H5LtCI (great conducting by Susanna Mälkki who is a #Pisces)

Just a little discussion about the first day of Libra= Also called The Autumn (or Autumnal) Equinox Here's the piccie of the other Equinox's and Solstices which are our seasons: Spring-Aries, Summer-Cancer, Autumn-Libra, Winter-Capricorn. The other Pagan Festivals are when the Sun is (approx) halfway through the Fixed signs of Aquarius-Imbolc, Taurus-Beltane, Leo-Lammas and Scorpio-Samhain  These are the lovely diaries that I use, aren't they fab!  https://www.astrocal.co.uk/

This week we are discussing 'live' 'Nina's' chart and her boyfriend 'Chap'. Here are the charts with the Synastry below Nina= Indigo, Bucket, Cap Asc, Sun Leo (in 8th) Moon conjunct Pluto Born 1992 Chap: Sag Asc, Sun Cap, Moon Gemini, Bucket chart but more importantly Yod (see Episode 25) Born 1993   Synastry Chart: Clustered Asc, Mars/Moon conjunction in Gemini= Past Life?

This week we are learning about how to read for friends (or yourself) and what's important in a reading. The things to take into consideration are: is the present problem something natal or to do with a transit? We are using an Indigo Person's chart. More info on Indigos is here http://www.maryenglish.com/old/indigo1.htm  

An interesting way to find out the meaning of a significant dream is to record the time it happened and make a chart. Linda Reid talks about how to do this in her book Crossing the Threshold, The Astrology of Dreaming https://bit.ly/2CajP3V Nice Sleep Track here http://www.maryenglish.com/old/Sound%20Sleep.mp3 DO get in touch if you'd like me to use your Sleep Chart in a future episode maryATmaryenglishDOTcom Sign-up for my monthly Newsletter here http://eepurl.com/bCSDz

This week I'm talking about a news item about the sea. A thing called Red Tide is happening in Florida Here's the video I saw yesterday https://www.facebook.com/DMLdaily/videos/2146192858726554/ Most other news coverage is a little less urgent. Maybe the present planet's positions explain this a bit more? You can follow me on Twitter @maryenglish Or Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryenglish.author/

Astronomy is a much needed necessity to make accurate charts. However, with computer programmes making this easier it does mean we are not learning about the real planet's actual movements. This is the app I mentioned that will help you spot planets (and some stars) https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/astrolabe-clock/id421777015?mt=8 This is a good video from the British Museum showing a real ancient Astrolabe https://youtu.be/N8oWGwcdFmA Here is Jeff Mayo's book The Astrologer's Astronomical Handbook https://amzn.to/2nOl9PX

This week I am talking about Event Charts. Making a chart for a forthcoming event, or one that might have already happened. These can be used for weddings, interviews, starting a project, maybe creating something or dates in the future. In the creation of Tempesta Chart, we have Virgo Ascendant, Sun Taurus in the 9th, Moon in Leo in the 11th and Mars in Libra in the first....great chart as it turned out! Info on how the proving took place and what happened: http://homeopathicpacifist.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-homeopathic-proving-of-tempesta.html

This week we are looking a little deeper at Mercury Retrograde. Here's the book I mention A New Look at Mercury Retrograde by Robert Wilkinson. Here is Robert's website http://www.aquariuspapers.com/ (looks interesting!) Lots of (helpful) info from Donna Cunningham about Mercury Retro https://skywriter.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/how-to-manage-mercury-retrograde/ If you're interested here's Wyatt Earp's chart!  

This week we are discussing K's chart. She wrote to me to share her chart which is below. Remember when you make a chart to keep it as clean and easy-to-read as possible. Avoid adding oodles of planets and asteroids, it only confuses understanding your 'self' and your chart. xx More info on Bach remedies https://www.bachcentre.com/centre/remedies.htm Sign-UP for my Monthly Astro Newsletter here so you get your Astro Stars every month http://eepurl.com/bCSDz My Stop Self-Hate Hypno Track  http://www.maryenglish.com/Hypno/Stop%20Self%20hate.mp3    

This week we are learning a teeny bit about loving the Self. Using the chart of the Dalai Lama below This episode contains a little meditation/hypno track so please don't listen while driving or operating machinery. 

This week we are working with a live chart. We have permission to share and analyse 'Miss K's' chart. She is feeling depressed, her best friend died last year and she's having to look after her mother who is abusive (and a family that doesn't care about or care for her)....but does she have to? Miss K natal chart showing Taurus Ascendant= Steady Sun Aquarius= Freedom to Be Moon Aquarius= Freedom to Feel Mercury (retro) in Aquarius= Freedom to Think Sun in the 10th = career is important. Miss K's transits Miss K's Mum    

Instructions on how to find your Astro Twin/s on www.astro.com This week's chart is Donna Cunningham who was a lovely Astrologer that I really liked and very sadly died last year ....on her birthday:( The last time we communicated on her blog when she announced her retirement xx 

Hiya, This week is just a bit of fun. As mentioned here is my mother's chart showing the asteroid with my Dad's name: Noel ...in her 7th house of marriage!  Fab !  Find some names that mean something to/for you and add them into your chart or someone you know and make a note of the house they fall into. Does it mean something for you? Where does your own name end up? Have fun!

This week's episode is about the different 'Learning Styles' concentrating on Kinaesthetic  Here's my blog post on Kinaesthetic Learners http://homeopathicpacifist.blogspot.com/2013/09/dont-shout-your-child-might-be.html Here are the charts I mentioned  My younger sister Emily  Here's the video of her talking. Listen to her talking about 'getting a sense of' ....at 3.39 mins https://vimeo.com/255988168   The famous potter Bernard Leach   Here's a video of him talking so you can hear him using Kinaesthetic words. Watch the way he touches the clay....  https://youtu.be/IxpcUnquXJI   At 1.01 he says ...feel good pot..... At 1.44 ... touch

This week I am discussing the wonderful conjunction of Uranus and Pluto. A whole generation of people were born with this significant aspect. Do get a copy of Richard Tarnas' wonderful book Cosmos and Psyche, Intimations of a New World View https://amzn.to/2yhkRJt    Here's the chart of the first broadcast of Star Trek