The summer holidays here in Australia, are when thoughts turn to the beach, the cricket and…DIY. In the first of our astro DIY series, I revamped the DIY chart post. Yesterday, we looked at how to use an ephemeris. Today, we’ll be seeing what I do each year to map my transits… It takes a couple of hours (depending on how heavy your transit year … Continue reading How to map your transits- and why you should do it…
So, anyways, us astrologers like to use technical words. Sometimes it’s just so that we sound smart and mysterious, but sometimes it’s also because there is no other real life word that describes what we’re talking about. Take ephemeris for example. It sounds a little like ephemeral, a word that sounds light and fleeting and refers to something lasting just a short time. So too … Continue reading How to use an Ephemeris- & why you’d want to…
It’s the day after Boxing Day. Well, it’s not really…today is in the future, and I’m writing this in the past- over a week in the past to be exact. But, looking into the future, I’m guessing that I’m lolling about on the pool lounge thinking about how much I’ve eaten over the last couple of days. I’m also keen to get 2014 happening. Perhaps … Continue reading How to cast your own astro chart…
Monday December 16 Moon into Gemini There’s not a huge amount happening in the sky today- well, other than a few lunar aspects. And that’s a problem because with the Moon in Gemini, we need to talk about something… I know…with Uranus about to turn direct (there’s a post scheduled for a day or so) some of you will be wanting to know about your … Continue reading Something about something to think about…
Here at Jo Tracey Astrology we have a mission- to bring astrology out of the textbooks and into real life. Intrinsic in this is helping you to help yourself. To that end, here’s my handy how to guide to the New Moon. Oh, and although I talk in the royal “we,” Jo Tracey Astrology really just consists of me and Kali the Wonder Dog who … Continue reading DIY New Moon
This post is part of my semi regular semi series on aspect patterns…it comes with a technical post warning for non astro bods. So anyways, I should have posted this piece on yods yonks ago…boy, I don’t want to say that too quickly…but I didn’t. Why? Because, well, it all seemed so hard. And, if you have a yod in your chart, you know all … Continue reading A different point of view…
