The Crucible and The Wheel: The Transiting Nodes (Part Two)

By Dawn Bodrogi · Originally published February 27, 2013 If, in some bizarre existence, in some alternate reality, I would be limited to looking at only one thing in the chart and still hope to give some profound advice on the soul’s growth, I would look at the Nodes.  The Nodes provide us not only with the guide for where we are going, but are the key to understanding where we have been and...

The Crucible and The Wheel: The Transiting Nodes–An Introduction

By Dawn Bodrogi · Originally published February 1, 2013 We talk about transits a lot in the astrological world.  We blame the planets for a lot of things, mostly tongue-in-cheek but sometimes not so much, especially where the outer planets are concerned.  Those of us who are more psychologically oriented are always saying that the planets are within us, but then you come to those times, like...

Follow Up on “Jupiter Meets Uranus”

Recently I featured astrologer and writer Anne Whitaker's book, Jupiter Meets Uranus. (Visit the feature here.) We're due for another shocking wallop from the cosmos soon--Jupiter and Uranus will meet once again, and this time all of us with planets in early cardinal and late mutable degrees should be on our toes. Thanks to Anne, we have no excuses. (I'm particularly interested in the fact that...

Synastry Q & A: Spiritual Adulthood; Sun squares

By Dawn Bodrogi · Originally published September 25, 2009 Question: You mentioned the third Jupiter return and the way women relate more to their Sun after it occurs. I don’t think of Jupiter as a relationship planet. Why does this happen? Also, why would the Uranus opposition change a man’s feelings about his Moon? Frances, London According to esoteric tradition, the third Jupiter return...