Meagan S. Allen’s book Roger Bacon and the Incorruptible Human, 1220-1292: Alchemy, Pharmacology and the Desire to Prolong Life shows how alchemy, astrology and medicine were interconnected in the medieval world. Roger Bacon was a 13th century philosopher and Franciscan friar, who, like many others of the time, was influenced by both the Bible and medical works, and believed that the extension of life was a valid pursuit. | Karen Christino
Washington, D.C. astrologer Barbara Watters included a chart in her Horary Astrology book for an employee accepting a job with a less than ideal chart for the offer. It was her husband, James W. Watters, and he died in a lab explosion on the job when he was 59. | Karen Christino
On March 11, 2025, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic magazine, a left-leaning publication, received an invitation to a Signal group chat from U.S. national security advisor Mike Waltz. On March 13, on the verge of a total lunar eclipse, he was added to the group. Surprised it wasn’t a hoax, Goldberg read text discussions by top national security officials about a planned attack on Houthis in Yemen. To his surprise, he found it was real on March 15, when the attacks were car...| Karen Christino
I always feel that Evangeline Adams introduced me to genealogy. Her Pluto conjoined my Moon, and as I researched her life, I uncovered many government and church records that provided key information about her. After that, I more easily researched other families as well as my own. Pluto unearths things and can be relentless in its action. It kept me focused on genealogy research for a long time.| Karen Christino
I’m definitely not a James Bond fan, but I really enjoyed The Astrology of Bond. Why? It’s the astrology! Los Angeles astrologer Ra Rishikavi Raghudas has given us lots of charts, with well-drawn interpretations that only someone who’s spent a lifetime practicing astrology can do. And I no longer see many in-depth horoscope portraits elsewhere, […]| Karen Christino
When my mother first moved to an assisted living facility, they placed her under hospice care. Being the stubborn and contrary person that she was, she fought them every step of the way until they disenrolled her (she lived for five more years). We weren’t sure why she was put on that plan, but I ended up feeling it was a very good program that was more holistic than most medical treatment today. | Karen Christino
Who were the Magi that traveled to see the baby Jesus, and what was the star they followed? The Edgar Cayce readings support and add to the scientific and historical record and also give us personal insight into some of the people involved. | Karen Christino
In June, 1991, Al H. Morrison’s article, “Two Centuries of Pluto in Signs” appeared in The Mountain Astrologer magazine. He began with a backward look at Pluto in Gemini through Scorpio, then added a forecast of what he considered likely with Pluto in Sagittarius through Aries (ending in 2097). Here’s his take, over 30 years before the fact: | Karen Christino
Another U.S. presidential election is past, and many astrologers, including myself, were wrong about the country’s choice. Why? Astrology, by its nature, is not good at predicting outcomes. | Karen Christino
Kamala Harris has some compelling astrological influences that should help her win the 2024 presidential election. Her progressed Moon is Out-of-Bounds, her progressed Sun conjoins her Descendant, and her progressed Sun is also parallel transiting Saturn in declination, all influences that have helped others achieve the presidency in the past. The progressed Moon’s cycle Out-of-Bounds […]| Karen Christino
When I looked at Donald Trump’s chances of winning the presidency in 2020, I noticed an unusual aspect in synastry: his progressed Mars was approaching a conjunction with the U.S. progressed Mars. At over 6 degrees apart, I didn’t consider it. But time has passed and I was reminded of this combination when Trump announced on August 8th that the FBI had raided his Mar-a-Lago home. It looked to me like a fight. | Karen Christino
The 2020 Jupiter-Saturn conjunction cycle heralds a notable generational change, as it initiates a new 800-year phase of conjunctions in air signs. In Aquarius, it’s combined with Pluto’s final entry into that sign, after the presidential election in November 2024. These markers may help us consider the results of the election. | Karen Christino
Indigenous Wisdom, Astrology, and the Deaths of U.S. Presidents | Karen Christino
Former president Donald Trump was campaigning and hoping for a comeback win after leaving office nearly four years earlier. He became the victim of a failed assassination attempt and was superficially wounded. We can say exactly the same of Theodore Roosevelt 112 years before. Roosevelt was shot in Milwaukee and it seemed an odd synchronicity that Trump would soon address the Republican convention in Milwaukee, too. What similarities are there in the horoscopes? | Karen Christino
Linda Goodman was a true believer in the Age of Aquarius, perhaps because it was so obviously connected with the astrological signs. As Pluto is still near the 0 degree Aquarius point of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of December 2020, Goodman’s observations on the New Age may have some resonance today. | Karen Christino
Biographer Carl Sferrazza Anthony’s recent book Camera Girl: the Coming of Age of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy focuses on the future First Lady’s young adulthood and her written works as she faced some crossroads in her life.| Karen Christino
Gloria Steinem remains a strong advocate for equality and social justice. A 1934 Aries, she chose not to marry because she felt the role too restrictive for her as a young woman in the 1950s. But she did finally marry at the age of 66. How does this show up in her birth chart? | Karen Christino
The Jupiter-Saturn conjunction on the winter solstice of 2020 ushered in a new era as the planetary pair moved into Aquarius. The conjunctions set the stage for 20+ year developments, and have a long history with the U.S. government and presidency, as I wrote about in my book Tecumseh’s Curse.| Karen Christino