Transits 2021 – The Stars Within Their Courses

After the "earth-shattering" nature of the 2020 transits, the transits for 2021 are quite mild and ordinary. Like every year, there will be two Eclipse Seasons and three Mercury retrogrades. Saturn is now in Aquarius to stay and will be in this sign for the next couple of years. Jupiter is also in Aquarius, and … Continue reading 2021 – Establishing a “New Normal”

The Wisdom of Our Grandmothers

Animal Crossing and Essentialism

In this past year, the game, Animal Crossing, or どうぶつの森 (Doubutsu no Mori) in Japanese, has become extremely popular. It came out on the Nintendo Switch right as the pandemic was starting, and it seemed the perfect game to help people pass the time and get through the forced isolation. To be honest, I have […]

Astrology and Authority

In this video, I examine a subject that is at the very basis of the craft of astrology, and that is what one excepts as authoritative and persuasive. This goes to the heart of the differences among the various branches and types of Western Astrology.

The Christmas Star and the Great Conjunction of 2020

The Great Conjunction of 2020 is being called by many “the Christmas Star.” This video explains my thoughts on this, and my own speculations of the nature of the Star of Bethlehem from the Gospel of Matthew:

Ancestor Worship

Here is this week’s video: See also: Honoring Our Ancestors Tamala: The Feast of the Dead

The Nature of Time and the Illusion of Progress

Here is the latest video on the Essentialist Astrology Channel: For more information on this subject, see: Guénon, René, The Dark Age, The Crisis of the Modern World, Sophia Perennis, 1942 Trent, Alice Lucy, Cycles of Time, The Feminine Universe, The Golden Order Press, 1997 Kali Yuga: The Patriarchal Dark Age Satya Yuga to Kali […]