by Martha Wescott | Jun 7, 2018 | Current Events
The Solar Eclipse next month is in 20 Cancer 42 so it is "Pluto on display." And since it has already begun to do its work, if your chart is being touched (er, make that slammed) by this eclipse, you already know it! As well as focusing on the radix and directed (or...
by Martha Wescott | Mar 11, 2018 | Class, Current Events, Investigative Astrology
Perhaps you wonder what kind of information you might find if you were to subscribe to the "Research" area of this site. I thought an event example might be the best way to give you a sense of that. As you may know, there are now 4 specialized Research areas. One...
by Martha Wescott | Feb 26, 2018 | Class, Current Events, Predictive Notes
If you're a Tools of the Trade subscriber, you just received the March 2018 issue featuring the chart of Violette Szabo. Among the fascinating things about her chart (born June 26, 1921) was the close but out-of-sign conjunction of Virchow in 29 Pisces and Hades in 00...
by Martha Wescott | Jan 15, 2018 | Current Events
We talked some (in the site's newsletter last month) about the lunar eclipse at the end of this month. But here, we want to bring up some ideas about the following solar eclipse in 27 Aquarius on February 15th... not that they're really separate. There's a conspiracy...
by Martha Wescott | Dec 14, 2017 | Current Events
While you would find greatly extended coverage of midpoints from the Capricorn Ingress 2017 chart in the January issue of "Tools of the Trade," here are a few ideas. If these midpoints are applying to radix or directed patterns and points in your chart, you'll want to...
by Martha Wescott | Oct 30, 2017 | Class, Radix Interpretation, Uncategorized
Some of you had never heard of using Sums. Some of you screamed--and loudly!-- about "more math." One of the reasons you learn to use a 90* dial is that you can do a lot of techniques WITHOUT math. You just "spin the dial." I'm going to show you a really easy way to...
by Martha Wescott | Oct 24, 2017 | Class, Current Events
We astrologers are a strange bunch. We each find our own way of viewing or interpreting things. In line with this, I thought I'd offer you something that's maybe different to consider: a comparison of SUMS and MIDPOINTS. The following are based on positions for the...
by Martha Wescott | Aug 29, 2017 | Current Events, Predictive Notes
Just to give you some things to consider as we head into the first weeks of September. These calculations are for postions on the Full Moon, Sept. 6, 2017. Certainly include dial axis points in your assessment: 1. Aries/Hopi = 07 Cancer 12: The Aries Point indicates,...
by Martha Wescott | Jun 30, 2017 | Current Events
Ancient people thought of eclipses as frightening because they thought it meant that a dragon was eating the sun. They then would bang on drums, shout and do all they could to make noise to try to scare the dragon away. While we know there's no such dragon, eclipses...
by Martha Wescott | May 21, 2017 | Predictive Notes
These interactions can be part of your experience now; check your chart!More can be said about these, but hopefully this gets you thinkin' about Asteroids! x = angular conjunction; \ = parans opposition 1. Amor x Atlantis: There can be times when you need to maintain...
