Astrologer Bill Attride

Jupiter Enters Capricorn (December 2, 2019 – December 19, 2020)

The Beautiful Necessity

It is quite comforting, inspirational and illuminating to enjoy the wisdom of the ages, found in the profound gifts of philosophy, science and religion, which have been passed down from time immemorial to guide our journey to this very day.

This last year, we enjoyed the dance of Jupiter as it sailed through its own sign of Sagittarius. You were reminded that one of the most important challenges that you will have on “our journey that is an awakening” is to consider how you can better understand yourself and your world.

It is necessary that we do this, for only if we continually lift our consciousness higher, only then will we be able to separate truth from falsehood, only then will we know what is the good and how we might do better. Only by this gift of the Wisdom-Keepers and our own efforts to understand will we turn away from the shadows and join with those who live in love and light.  

Jupiter, which has been moving through its own sign of Sagittarius since November of last year, enters the earthy sign of Capricorn today. The unfoldment of spiritual energy-forms, as revealed by the Signs of Zodiac, proceeds in this way so that after the ideals of any Fire sign we will move into the realms of reality-making held by Earth.

This is the message of Jupiter in Capricorn, and you would be wise to make this part of your practice now. It is not enough to believe in or to merely speak of truth. Your spiritual journey is not only of the mind or to be found in your heart. The noble path, the Way of all seekers and seers, is to follow the Way of Wisdom:

You are here to live by Light; You are here to become this Truth.

To build a world, to live a life, that is founded and formed by Living Truth is the only way for the promise of Light and Love to be made real for one and all. If Jupiter is the Way of Truth, and Capricorn the realm of Responsibility and Self-Fulfillment, then the message of Jupiter now is that to live by truth is the heart and soul of this entire Creation; and you are here to shoulder this responsibility. Your self-fulfillment is assured because you will realize that the truth within you is the same truth that surrounds you in all the realms and bodies that form the cosmos too.

And you will equally find that you are part of a great Hierarchy of Light and Love, formed by the smallest of infinitesimals on up to the great souls arching over the starry firmament above. And, most immediately, here on Earth, you should bow down and give thanks to those who came this way long before you. There is a celestial cord of Light-Love-Meaning that holds all of Creation as one, and being self-aware now, your duty is to join with those who care for you, as you must care for one another, and indeed take your place as a guardian for all of Creation too.

Their loving example, that these great souls and kindred spirits extended (and still maintain) this loving guidance and helping hand to you, will stir your heart and you will also turn and extend your help to those that follow you, for this is how “the great work” is done. The Love and Truth of the Creator lives on in all of us – it is all of us – and that is why we are forever guided and shaped by the one abiding truth that you and I, and the whole of Creation is this living Act of Love, formed and sustained by our Love for one and all. The one golden rule of Righteousness (of right conduct) is simply this:

We were made together as one by love; we are here to love and care for one another;
we are here to love and be loved as the fulfillment of Divine Eternal Love.

We embody this fundamental truth in the realm of forms that is Capricorn, by taking what was the first instance of this binding force for us, the instinctual and spontaneous love of a parent for their child, and we formed and nurtured our lives upon the foundation of our Family. We extended this love and meeting of one another’s needs out into our larger Community institutions of neighborhood, town, and region. We stretched our responses and responsibilities to one another into the largest of these Institutional embodiments of Caring Truths by establishing our governing bodies of local, state and national governance. The laws and norms of these agents and agencies, are simply but profoundly the universalized formations of our love and caring for one another.

And so now, in this present era, we have reached a critical moment in our journey of awakening. We have been able to look back upon our world from the firmament above, and in seeing our beautiful blue home in the dark vastness of Space, we understand that if we are to take care of one another and our beautiful home, we must extend our loving care to one another through an encompassing Earthly Awareness and Holistic Action which will seek to preserve, protect and promote the well-being for “all creatures, great and small”. It is our sacred duty to take good care of our lovely home and all of the life within it.

We are the Maker (or beaker) of our world now. Only by caring for our precious home, our dear mother Earth, will we shoulder our rightful responsibility for our human family by equally caring for the entire and wondrous hierarchy of life that live with us here too. Life begets life; the beauty made by the complex web and diversity of life is essential to our well-being too.

If you listen to your heart, you will know the Truth, and you will know that your responsibility is as much to one another as it is to all of life on Earth. We are part of one family; our home is Earth; and all these many lives are one in the One Life of Spirit.

This is the Beautiful Necessity, that behind all of Creation is Divine Love.

Your duty, your self-fulfillment is to stand for Life and to live by Love.

This is the embodiment of Jupiter's Truth now made manifest in the Realm of Reality, the Kingdom of Responsibility, in the Realm of Capricorn where Right Thinking, and Right Action lead to Beauty and Truth.

Jupiter in Capricorn is where Beauty as Truth is made real when each of us acts with Love and Understanding to create a Better World.

Astrologer Bill Attride Radio Show, 2019 – Where are we now, Part IV (Sunday November 24, 2019 @ 2 pm EDT)

Astrological Musings – Where are we now, A look back at 2019; A look ahead for 2020 (November 24, 2019)

Note: First I wanted to apologize to those of you who tuned or called in on October 27 only to discover that there was nothing being broadcast. I was unaware of this at the time, and when I finished my talk and turned to take questions no one was waiting. Somehow, the BlogTalk mike was mute, but the one on my computer was on. So, I did record the show, but did not broadcast it. I do apologize, but I was able to upload the show and it is available as a podcast if you wish to listen to it.  

In my Fifteenth show of 2019, we will look back at the major Astrological themes of 2019 and consider the indications for 2020.

As before, I will answer your questions during the show, whether on this topic or some other matter, including personal questions about your astrological chart. If you do wish to ask a personal question, please be ready to provide at least your birth date and birthplace, and time of your birth if you have that too.

If you wish to suggest a subject or topic for a future show, please email me as I would be happy to hear from you. My email is: billattride@gmail.com.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio: 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride

Here is the link to the show on Sunday November 24^th @ 2 pm EDT:

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride/2019/11/24/astrologer-bill-attride-radio-show-2019-where-are-we-now-part-iv

The phone number to call if you wish to ask a question during the live show is: (516) 531-9638.

Please join me on Sunday November 24^th @ 2 pm EDT as we look at the current astrological indications and what they mean for you.

Sun Enters Sagittarius (November 22, 2019)

The Path of Wisdom

You will always reach the most supreme and delightful moments in Scorpio; and you will also fall into the deepest and darkest of pits too. For it is here, at the crossing point between “the darkness and the light”, it is here that you will find yourself beyond “the beyond”. In this space between worlds, there are no words at all that could encompass what you faced and felt. It is an Alchemical Realm of great promise and pain, the crucible of Birth, Death and Rebirth.

What you encounter here, wherever you have Scorpio or whenever you move through its space, will leave you stunned and speechless by the undeniable and ultimate truths about your human journey. You feel this now, you are an immortal in mortal realms, and your life will be a tapestry of love and loss, filled with great joy and marked by deep pain. And if you do not have these, well then you are not truly human at all.

But you will also be blessed by a timeless gift in this realm of shadow and light. Behind all of it you will feel the first promise that was made (and kept) when you began your journey long, long ago. The Immortal Spirit behind all of creation, which forms the shining cord of your true self and with one another too, will forever hold you and all of this creation together by the Energy-Form behind it all, and you know this because you have felt this, it is pure unconditional love.

But now you turn to face the dawning of a brand-new day, and you will enter the Halls of Wisdom. You will be offered the balm of Understanding in the Libraries of Truth. It is time for you to return to the perennial “Wells of Wisdom”, as you take up your cup and drink from these eternal truths, which will bind your hurts and heal your wounds and restore your peace of mind once more.  

Yes, you have been on a long, winding and circuitous Journey of Awakening. From an unself-conscious spark of the divine, your peregrinations have brought you to this present day and precious realm of Spirit where you are “human”. The Light of self-awareness was lit for you long ago by those whose karmic duty was to bestow this gift, as they in turn had received this blessing many ages ago. These Promethean Fires are the gifts of Spirit encoded and embodied wherever and whenever you move through the Realm of Sagittarius.

From the very beginning until the end of this Cosmic cycle, the Truths that form and sustain the whole of Creation, (and which are part of the very being and fiber of each and every one of you), remains the same. The very reason that you are capable of self-mastery through self-understanding, is because these same truths equally form all these worlds around you. You and all of Creation are made of these very same Energy-Forms of Light and Love and Truth. That is why the Key to your Liberation, one of the Pillars of Purposefulness that will hold you to the Middle Path of your journey, is by holding to the first injunction, “Know Thyself”.

For it is by only by Right Thought that you can form Right Action, and by this you will become a master of yourself. For yourself, and for one another, you are only human because you have shared your stories, your discoveries, your philosophies and sciences, your metaphysics and wisdom with all who are here and those who came before you too.

We have made one another by telling our stories to one another, and these stories are the vessels of you, and from your ancestors and then for all who will come long after you, we give thanks for these gifts of the spirit that form our soul-full and living truth.

Tell your stories, sing your songs and gather together in ceremony and sacred spaces of silence too.

Just as it was, and shall ever be, let us begin again with those magical words…

Once upon a time…

And may it be, that we shall one day also gather and say to one another too…

And they lived happily ever after…

May it be, let it be.

So be it.

Mercury Turns Retrograde (October 31 — November 20, 2019)

The Path of Awakening

Yes, it is that time once again.

Many will complain about all the troubles, snafu’s, misunderstandings and mistakes that have been surging lately, and they may seek to find some cause or scapegoat to blame, like some distant member of our solar system. But really, and quite simply, this is a misunderstanding about what is going on. All of this is the story of spirit, and this is how the universe works.

Remember, you are here to learn one thing truly, to know yourself.

You are also here to discover that you can only master and exercise control over one thing too. Again, that is yourself.

This is the Law: Know Thyself; Rule Thyself.

By staying upon the path of spiritual unfoldment, that is by steadily increasing your self-knowledge, (which will elicit from you an ever greater sympathy and understanding for all the lives and the worlds that surround you), you will slowly but steadily rise into self-mastery. There is only one thing you can truly control, it is yourself. And those who live this truth are revealed and revered by their wisdom and humility. This is the royal road of truth, the path of self-fulfillment for all souls, whether they be human or planetary.

Yes, it is time for you to slow down, and to take this opportunity to step back and reconsider: What do you know; and, how do you know it?

Three times a year, the planet Mercury catches up to Earth, passing us like a racer on the inside track as both planets circle around the Sun. When Mercury does this it appears to be “looping backwards” against the backdrop of the heavens, and then, after three weeks it appears to move forward once more. As in all things, it takes discernment and a more encompassing point of view to see what is really going on.

That really is the point of Mercury retrograde for us too. We need these regular reminders of the essential necessity to do some internal “housekeeping”, to clear our minds of misperceptions and misunderstandings. We need this gift of Mercury so that we might pause and take this gift of time, to reflect upon and to question our assumptions of how we think, and what we think we know.

Yes, we need to reexamine our thought-forms and mental patterns, to question our modes of observation and analysis. We should strive to strengthen our powers of discernment and deliberation. We need to endeavor to re-work and restore our mental frameworks of understanding and our pathways of communication with one another.

All of this should be something we endeavor to do each and every day. You should begin the day with reflection and preparation, and end your day with review, repair and renewal. But most certainly, during any Mercury retrograde, we must all remember that “the weather out there” has changed, and that this wondrous realm of mind is going through a strong shift of energy-forms. You must strive to be even more mindful and careful in these next three weeks.

Since each and every one of us is affected by this shift of energies, that we are all more introspective and inwardly focused, we must be even more attentive to what we observe and receive from others. And, we must equally be more careful in how we reach out to connect with others by word and by deed. The chances of misunderstanding and missteps are higher now, but if we stay alert, we can use this time to make great progress with one another.

Mercury is retrograding in Scorpio for the entire period. It is certainly going to be a time that will reveal deep and compelling secrets; and, it will shift the path of life and love, turned by soulful truths for you and for your world.

Emotions will run higher, and the need to stay in control of yourself, to remain centered and calm despite the battles of shadows and light, will be more essential for one and for all.

Do your part…

Watch calmly, listen carefully, think deeply, and question thoroughly.

When you find yourself in that truly Scorpio space, where your words will fail you.

Be grateful, and wait patiently, for this means you have reached the moment where the veil will lift a little higher.

There is only one way to move ahead now, in humility and grace,

You must let go…and grow.

Astrologer Bill Attride Radio Show, 2019 – Where are we now, Part III (Sunday October 27, 2019 @ 2 pm EDT)

Astrological Musings – Where are we now, Part III Astrological themes for 2019 – Donald Trump, Rudi Giuliani, Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff (October 27, 2019)

In my Fourteenth show of 2019, we will look again at Donald Trump and some of the other principals in the Impeachment inquiry, Rudi Giuliani, Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff.

As before, I will answer your questions during the show, whether on this topic or some other matter, including personal questions about your astrological chart. If you do wish to ask a personal question, please be ready to provide at least your birth date and birthplace, and time of your birth if you have that too.

If you wish to suggest a subject or topic for a future show, please email me as I would be happy to hear from you. My email is: billattride@gmail.com.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio: 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride

Here is the link to the show on Sunday October 27^th @ 2 pm EDT:

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride/2019/10/27/astrologer-bill-attride-radio-show-2019-trump-giuliani-pelosi-and-schiff

The phone number to call if you wish to ask a question during the live show is: (516) 531-9638.

Please join me on Sunday October 27^th @ 2 pm EDT as we look at the current astrological indications and what they mean for you.

Sun Enters Scorpio (October 23, 2019)

The Sacred Union, the Crucible of Immortality

Now you enter the place of mystery and magic; the holy realm that is known as the “Temple of Alchemy”. It is here that you will find the source of your quickening, the leavening of your spiritual potential through a hierarchy of combinations, collaborations and syntheses. This is the heart and soul of Spirit; this is the Way of the Divine which is made manifest in the sacred dances of Spiritual Union.

In Libra you forge the space of I and Thou, and it is there that you must strive to consciously set the conditions for one another’s experience of one another. There you formed the implied and explicit patterns and conditions between I and Thou, “the third space of We”. This is the true space of your “freedom to be and become”, and it is shaped by your understanding of yourself and of one another. You determine what you seek from and need to give to one another, guided by your reason, and so you form the mutually agreed upon principles and rules, often formed into laws and contracts, that will make possible your mutual self-fulfillment.

But it is here in the “Crucible of Union” that that the real “work of the soul” is done. Here you move beyond the “airy” reasons of Libra into the “watery” realm of feelings held by Scorpio. It is here in the sacred centers that are everywhere and in everything, it is here where the promise of individuation, of your realization of your individuality and the fulfillment of your unique promise is forged through your sacrifices to and for one another.

It is by these sacred acts of self-transcendence, of giving up the lesser parts of yourself in order to bring forth the greater that is within and between you, it is this which makes and moves you into your greater or higher self. It is here in the realm of alchemical transformations where you become for one another the very means of spiritual awakening; it is here where you encounter the mysteries of love and loss, of birth, death and rebirth, and it is here that you experience the intimations and proof of your own immortality too.

Yes, you cannot become truly human without one another; you are made of one another and become what you are by all the many interactions that you have with one another. It is here in Scorpio that you consciously choose to do this: Here you must willingly give up some lesser part of yourself (and so discover some deeper truth, some finer quality of being within you both), as you share, honor and lift one another into a more sublime reality. And this can only happen because you face and overcome your fear of rejection and loss.

You take a risk in reaching out to one another, (but you really have nothing “to lose”), and as long as you remain true to yourself, anchored in your love and centered in your truth, you will find the path together to your greater selves.

Yes, in Scorpio you experience the heights and the depths, the unimaginable joy of piercing beyond the illusion of being alone and separate, and so become more truly one with one another. Yet you will also experience the awful pain of when that inevitably ends, when they leave or are “taken” from you. Here in Scorpio you face the ultimate truths and they leave you speechless, you are struck dumb and without words.

You cannot experience the gift of Love without the agony of loss; you cannot have Joy without pain for they are inseparable. Here you must bow you head and open your heart to that mystery where two become one is made real, and then you must equally be ready, at some point, to say to one another, “fare thee well, until we meet again.”

Yes, it is in Scorpio, (and you have Scorpio some place in your chart), where you will find yourself beyond words, as you encounter the greatest joys and the most agonizing pains. You experience the unimaginable joy of union, of transformation and self-transcendence, the redemption and release from your lesser self. But you equally face the greatest fears and pains, of rejection, of loss of your beloved, and you equally face your own mortality too.

Yes, it is said that Scorpio is the “strongest” sign; It is stronger, because it needs to be.

Yes, you feel this now, you know the truth that makes you tremble…everything and everyone will die, and you ask yourself “what hope can remain after this?” Well, it comes from this…this experience which is “real” is also another illusion. It is not your spirit or soul that is lost, it is just the form that you were in for a very short time. You (and all of creation), are Immortals in mortal matter. This dance of Spirit and your Spirit-Form are eternal; and you will move through form after form, into life after life, meeting one another again and again and again, so that you may smile and laugh and dance and love once more, as you have so many, many times before.

You have nothing to fear; you are an Immortal moving through mortal realms. You are here to be for one another the very living instruments that lift one another to live by the Light and Love that is the “Warp and Weft” of the whole of Creation. What is within you surrounds and sustains you; It is Spirit whose Energy-Form you know as Love. The illusion of your mortal existence is this feeling of separation, and your moving beyond this each time in your Scorpio Unions will ultimately free you from the fear of death and bring you to the promised land of Immortality.

This is the gift and truth of Scorpio.

You have nothing to fear, for you are an Immortal.

You were made by love, and you are here to love.

You are here for one another, because you are all part of one another.

And all you have to do, is let go of your fear,

And Love one another.

Astrological Musings – Where are we now, Part 2? The USA, Trump and Impeachment (October 7, 2019)

I thought it might be useful to offer (more or less) a transcript of my latest radio show (October 6, 2019):

Donald Trump – The test of Power

As I noted in my 2019 Forecast, it is certainly true that throughout history, one can often discern the future of a nation by the fortunes or misfortunes indicated in the chart of its head of state. I had also noted in the my forecast for the USA that the most significant planetary transit in the chart of the USA this year is Pluto opposing the USA Mercury. It may come as no surprise then that the most important transits in the chart of Donald Trump is by Pluto in 2019 and 2020.

Yes, in 2019 and 2020, Donald Trump will have Pluto forming an Inconjunct aspect (150°) to his Sun. But outer planetary alignments build in over more than one year, and then culminate when they are exact. For now, in 2019 and becoming exact in 2020, the planet Pluto will be in opposition to Trump’s Saturn.

Pluto’s Role in the Triad of Spirit

Pluto is one of the Avatars of the tripartite core of our Spiritual Hierarchy, or what I like to call the “Triad of Spirit”. Uranus is the Avatar or principle of the Higher Mind; Neptune is the Avatar of Unconditional Love; and Pluto is the Avatar of the Will. Together, forming the crown of the spiritual hierarchy, which is found in every speck and mote of creation, they represent the Mind, Love and Will of God. Whereas their manifestation on lower planes is seen in the structures of elementary particles, chemical, and organic life-forms, we as humans, being self-aware, are here to learn to wield these powers, by aligning are thoughts, feelings and power to the path of truth and light. We humans are circuitously and slowly, but surely bending ever upward as we walk the path of awakening by developing ever freer minds, more truly unconditional love and becoming ever more guided by our more centered wills.

For humans, Pluto rules will-power, and it is by exercising our will that we strive to master ourselves. We are slowly learning that we must focus inwardly, and to use our will for greater self-control and self-mastery. The number one error (or sin) on this Earth is when we use our will and power to control, subjugate, manipulate and violate one another. The greatest spiritual crime that we humans can commit is trespassing, wherein we violate the sacred space of another.

We are here to master ourselves. By our example to one another, as well as by offering loving help and guidance to others, we are here to help one another towards greater self-mastery and self-control. It is only by being truly centered by the will, (and guided by Wisdom and Unconditional Love), that we will use whatever personal power (as in a family), or social power (as in our community) or our larger collective powers (such as in Corporate or Institutional powers) it is only by our Triad of Spirit that we exercise them correctly. We must always remember that all power flows from the source and must serve it, (the family, the community or the Nation),  and so we must serve the source of that power and direct it in a proper manner as determined by what or whom we serve. It is not “our” power; we are but vessels serving something higher. Ultimately, any exercise of power must be in accordance with Spiritual truth which is the source of the One Power. That is why we must hold ourselves to the royal road and say, “Let Thy Will Be Done”.

In all these human hierarchies of Family, Community, Corporation or State, the leadership is spiritually invested with the responsibility to be the prime mover and example for the whole that they serve, they are the “Exemplar” or Avatar in human terms of this spiritual truth: Their exercise of Will and Power must be held, centered and so yoked so that it serves the purpose and intent of that entity that they serve. This is why we acknowledge these investitures of power by some form of ceremony, and very often that person will take a “oath”, which binds their individual will to the general good or purpose of the what or whom they serve. They are to acknowledge that this power is not “theirs”, but it is merely entrusted to them while they hold that office faithfully.

Donald Trump

In 2019 Donald Trump is experiencing both Pluto Inconjunct to his Sun, as he also faces the steadily building Opposition of Pluto to his Saturn. With the Sun ruling the “Experience of Oneself”, and with Saturn representing the Reality that this Self has made or formed for itself, we are witnessing the growing unease and uncertainty of Trump’s experience of his purpose and will, (Pluto to his Sun). But also, increasingly in during 2019 but becoming fully formed in 2020, Trump will encounter the growing reality that his power is being be met with a Power greater than his which, depending upon how he responds (or reacts), may ultimately lead to the removal of his exercise of power altogether as Pluto goes over his Saturn.

The 2019 Inconjunct, is slowly but surely creating a condition of uncertainty and fear for Trump, as he realizes that his interior experience of his own power, and the actual experience of power outwardly are becoming uncoupled. Many individuals who face this same aspect often find themselves with a foreboding sense that the ground is shifting from underneath them, so that they feel and act as individuals who are becoming unmoored and uncentered. Some have chosen to walk away, to relocate or refocus their center and their exercise of power. For many of those, it is actually quite liberating, and is experienced as it should be, an opportunity to grow. For some, who do not wish to lose what they believe to be “theirs”, they are reminded that we are all here to serve the source of power, and not to exercise it as if it were ours alone. So, what is actually happening “spiritually” for Trump, is that his personal will and its alignment to the greater Will of the whole is becoming increasingly tenuous.

Meanwhile, growing in 2019 and then forcefully showing itself fully in 2020, the Pluto Opposition to Trump’s Saturn will directly confront the very structure or Reality of his Power, as it will force a confrontation between Power and Power in the very Roles and Titles, the very Institutional nature as understood and experienced by Trump. Pluto’s passages are most often experienced as quite cathartic and transformational, and for many are likened to a death and/or rebirth experience. The Reality that Trump has made of himself is facing its ultimate test. He will see it as a “life or death” experience. He will fight harder than he ever has to maintain his position and power. The other realms of collective Will and Power will take up one side or another, and often Trump will see these other wielders of Power as countering him and what he considers to be his rightful exercise of power. The question will be, is it a rightful or wrongful use of his position. Power will face Power, claims of Right will battle with other claimants. In the end, Spirit will decide who is right and who must fall.

Other Alignments

As I noted in my 2019 forecast, there are several other challenging transits in Trump’s chart in 2019 and 2020. For example, Neptune, the second planet of the Spiritual Triad, is making several alignments: Neptune Squares his Uranus in 2019 and Neptune Squares his Lunar Nodes in 2020; and Neptune will Square his Moon and Sun in 2021:

• The Square of Neptune to Uranus will make an individual feel that their individual freedom is being circumscribed and diminished. Here in 2019, life will seem more and more fraught with uncertainties and confusion for Trump, leading to rising levels of anxiety and fear. This particular passage is even more disturbing for Trump, who has Uranus as the planet next to his Sun and also leading the pattern of his chart. This position of Uranus has created a self-image for Trump as an “Iconoclast” (a breaker of idols), and he has throughout his life sought to break conventions, norms and stretch the bounds of what is right and wrong. Now his very “power”, to be an unbound man, is coming into question as he feels his freedom to act as he will challenged.
• In 2020, Neptune Squares Trump’s Nodes of the Moon, (what are known as the pointers of life, of where you are coming from and going to, what we know as Dharma/Karma). It is one of the most important indicators of your spiritual purpose, showing the path of growth (or not) for the soul. This aspect is already being felt by Trump, creating a growing unease and confusion regarding his real purpose, and storm clouds of anxiety will obscure what he is truly facing on the path ahead. 
• Culminating in 2021, but already being felt in 2019 and certainly throughout 2020, Trump will have Neptune Squaring both his Moon and his Sun. The passage over his Moon will make him ever more emotional and unstable. He will experience ever increasing degrees of emotional confusion, and he will exhibit many more emotional upsets and outbursts, as he slowly descends into ever greater emotional vulnerability. This transit can make a person who is not centered and strong ever more confused, fearful and delusional. It really should be a period, for anyone, to take some time to consider their life with regards to spiritual and emotional fulfillment. They should take time to restore their emotional health, and so reduce or let go of major responsibilities.
• At the same time, Neptune will align with Trump’s Sun which is often more challenging than the passage over the Moon. The Sun rules your sense of self, and Neptune will erode and dissolve that sense of self and reveal the “truth”, that you do not really know who you are, and that you are more (or less) than the person you thought yourself to be. Trump will experience a loss of confidence and certainty about himself, (and most likely compensate by doubling down on his grandiosity and claims of being “perfect”). If he were honest with himself, he would surrender his responsibilities (and perhaps go on a spiritual quest which might lead to some kind of re-birth and renewal). But if Trump persists as if nothing has changed, he will increasingly find that his view of himself and the world will become irrevocably and deeply divided from the world as it truly is.

The Chart of the Impeachment Inquiry

I also thought it worth mentioning that an Astrologer can create a chart for any “event”, and see what it might indicate for that moment in time, that is the conditions and messaging from the stars in “the now”. I calculated the chart for the announcement by Nancy Pelosi of the official start of the Impeachment Inquiry on September 24, 2019, at just after 5 pm EDT.

I often make use of, in my personal readings with clients, a book of symbols for each degree of the Zodiac, written by Dane Rudhyar titled, “An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and its 360 Symbolic Phases”.

I often use this when examining Progressed New Moons and Progressed Full Moons, as well as other relevant moments in a client’s journey. One of the most important points of any chart is formed by the Rising Sign and Degree. The rising degree or Ascendant in the “Impeachment Chart” is 18 degrees of Aquarius. Here is the symbol of that degree:

A MAN'S SECRET MOTIVES ARE BEING PUBLICLY UNMASKED.
Keynote: The difficulty for the modern individual to keep secret his private past or his deeper motives…
This symbol refers to the UNMASKING of hidden motives and personal secrets. It may refer to the publicizing of past behavior.

This is Trump’s “test of power”, and it will reveal whether or not he has aligned his will with the Greater Will, or whether he has misused his powers and taken the Social and Collective good will to serve his own personal and self-interested needs.

Astrologer Bill Attride Radio Show, 2019 – Where are we now, Part 2? (Sunday October 6, 2019 @ 2 pm EDT)

Astrological Musings – Where are we now, Part 2? Astrological themes for 2019 – Donald Trump and the USA (October 6, 2019)

In my Thirteenth show of 2019, we will look at the major alignments in the charts for the USA and Donald Trump for 2019 and 2020. We will also consider the chart for the start of the House Impeachment investigations.

As before, I will answer your questions during the show, whether on this topic or some other matter, including personal questions about your astrological chart. If you do wish to ask a personal question, please be ready to provide at least your birth date and birthplace, and time of your birth if you have that too.

If you wish to suggest a subject or topic for a future show, please email me as I would be happy to hear from you. My email is: billattride@gmail.com.

Here is the main link to Astrologer Bill Attride Radio: 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride

Here is the link to the show on Sunday October 6^th @ 2 pm EDT:

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/astrologerbillattride/2019/10/06/astrologer-bill-attride-radio-show-2019-where-are-we-now-trump-impeachment

The phone number to call if you wish to ask a question during the live show is: (516) 531-9638.

Please join me on Sunday October 6^th @ 2 pm EDT as we look at the current astrological indications and what they mean for you.

Sun Enters Libra – The Equinox (September 23, 2019)

The Space of Freedom

The whole of Creation can be understood as a hierarchy of Spirit-Matter, ranging inwardly and outwardly into a seemingly infinite series of relationships, formed by a host of beings from the many infinitesimals on up through ever larger spirit-life forms, to finally encompass the stars and galaxies (and what lies beyond). All are spiritual monads; all are embraced in a great hierarchy of relationships with one another, and ultimately all these many ones are held together into the one life that is the One.

Just as “no-thing” can be understood without this fundamental reality of relationship of all to each other, you too cannot be “you” without one another. From the beginning of each life, you are formed and informed, shaped and supported, guided and inspired, as you are loved, and you share your love with countless members of your family, friends, neighbors and so-called “strangers”.

It is one of the most challenging illusions you must rise above, this sense of being separate and apart from anyone (or anything for that matter). It would seem obvious to you (and to me), that we are most certainly distinct and separate from each other. We occupy a definite physical space defined by bodies, our wondrous vehicle of matter.

But you probably know, or you have intuitively felt, that you extend far beyond your physical body, as these many energy-forms that are you radiate outward and far beyond your more limited physical space. In a very real sense, we are all connected by these energy-forms to one another in a quite extensive, (and some would say), infinite manner. Reality is not made of discrete “things” as we seemingly experience them; Reality is more clearly understood as a Field of many fields. It is formed by vibrations and waves of a hierarchy of energy-forms, what I like to call the Song of Spirit.

Yes, we are connected to one another in a host of ways, from the most ethereal to the more recognizable physical encounters we meet with every day. All these encounters, from the most casual and transient to the most intimate and abiding, is what we consider now when we seek to understand the meaning of purpose behind the Sign of Libra.

When you first meet another, you are in “your” space; they are in “their” space. As you begin your experience of one another, you are creating something altogether original, something brand new. You are forming your shared space, what I call “Third Space” or “our space”, which is the field of energy-forms that we have made into our relationship.

This is so very important, as one human being alone cannot even be or become human. It is by and through our relationships that we elicit the quickening of our spiritual growth and awakening. We are here for one another because we are the very way for each other to lift ourselves towards ever higher Reason, Love and Self-Mastery.

Forming and guiding our interactions with one another, so that we might forge our space of Freedom and Self-fulfillment, we hold to these very three:

By Reason, we are enlightened to form our relationship based upon our rational understanding of how we wish to be treated by them, and that this should equally guide us in how we should respond in turn; that we should treat any other as we wish to be treated. We aspire to be fairly treated and to be equal with one another; to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

By Love, we are embraced by that warmth of feeling, which forms as soon as we look into the eyes of the other. We see it there, shining from the windows of the soul, we see the same essential “awareness” we have. It is the presence of “the One”, in them as in us. This is the Heart and source of Love; for all Love comes from the spiritual spark of the Divine, from the One in all of us, holding us together by Love.

By Self-Mastery, or the Will, we are held by Spirit to respect and honor the holy space within which each of us abides. We are to use our will by turning it back upon ourselves, so that we may acquire ever greater self-control, as we equally treat with the utmost reverence the sacred space of the other. The self at the center must never be profaned; you shall not trespass upon one another.

Libra is the crucible of Spirit; by moving into relationship, you move into the Greater Awareness. Wherever you find Libra in your chart, there you will find the way to the quickening of your spirit. For you are made of one another, from the beginning and through all eternity.

You do not encounter strangers here on the Earth, as you have been on this journey for a very long time. That is why, again and again, you will meet so many souls and each and every time, you will look them in the eye and see it there again, the proof, a sign, the recognition.

So, you will smile, and they will smile too…

“Hello dear friend, I have missed you! I am so very happy to be with you once more.”

That is all there is, the knowing that we are all related.

This is all you need, just open your heart.

Smile and laugh with one another.

For you are made by love for love.

Just love one another.

Astrological Musings – Where are we now? Astrological themes for 2019

I thought it might be useful to offer the (more or less) transcript of my latest radio show (September 14, 2019):

As we approach the turning of another season, not to mention being at another Full Moon today, I thought it would be useful to step back from the noise and confusion of the everyday to consider again the major astrological themes that our shaping our world now.

Pluto

First among these I would argue is the movement of Pluto through the sign of Capricorn, from 2008 into 2024. As I have been noting since before 2008, this passage of Pluto has accompanied the last several transformations from one kind of Spiritual/Cultural/Economic and Political order into another.

During the last such period in the 1700's, in what I would call the "Crisis of Kingdoms", most vividly experienced through the American and French Revolutions, the world that had been was torn apart by what was emerging from within it. That older system of Meaning and Form was superseded by a new Spiritual-Social-Economic order that we have come to know and experience as our “reality” in the present day "Modern World". Our Order is a world of Nation-States which have mostly, to varying degrees, held to some form of representative government that has now encompassed the world. It is this very Nation-State model, our world order, which is coming undone here from 2008 to 2024.

If we look back once again, to the previous period of Pluto in Capricorn in the early 1500’s, the world experienced another Catharsis of Becoming, that some have called a "Crisis of Faith", (named "The Reformation"). There had been, more or less, a world formed around the One Catholic Church and a Feudal Political/Economic Order, with accompanying Ideologies and World Views that formed and supported that system. Again, as in the period of the 1700’s, spiritual/cultural and economic developments emerged in that system that shattered that old way of being as the new order emerged from within it.

It was out of that disorder in the 1500’s that there arose the centralized Kingdoms or Monarchies, and with them there was created a new expression of what it meant to be human and a new Religious, Political, Economic and Cultural world came into being too.

Really, I would argue, it is the imperative of Spirit, the fundamental Energy-Form, which drives this one shining imperative for all of Life-Consciousness-Spirit…that is, it and we, and all life-forms are here for one thing only, to unfold our spiritual potential. We are here to be and become more and more fulfilled…which means we and all our vehicles or forms of self-realization must grow and change too.

What you and I must accept and understand is that what we are going through is not a unique experience, not at all. It is in truth a necessary moment in "The Way of Spirit”. It is how this Journey of Spirit will manifest again and again, because it is formed by the one Truth that resides at the core of Spirit, and so at the core of you, which is "to grow".

As I have repeatedly stated, this Driving Force of History arises in and streams forth from every Mind and Heart and Soul, it comes from you and I and everyone. We are the Living Spirit, and you and your companions are the Dreamer/Makers of all of this. This is the world that we humans made, and it is now our time to pass on the best of what was as we take up the challenge to re-make this world together.

This process of transformation is embodied in and executed through three major types of historical characters: The Preservers, the Creators and the Destroyers. There are those whose tasks may bend toward trying to preserve and pass down those elements of Wisdom, Beauty, and Love that have (and will always stand) these tests of time. There are other agents whose role is to be the bringer of new Ways and Means that will address the very limits and self-made problems that arose out of the passing order. And, there is a role for those who are here to tear down the old ways, who are the agents of Catharsis and Negation, and they too serve by disrupting the old order to make way for a new.

Uranus

Accelerating this End of an Age is another major “Wind of the Spirit”, carried by the Avatar of Awakening, the Planet Uranus. From 2018/19 until 2026, Uranus is moving through Taurus. As before, we can get some understanding of this influence by casting our view back to its previous passages through the Sign of Value.

The previous times for Uranus in Taurus were 1935-1942, 1851-59 and 1768-75. In each of those periods, Uranus as The Awakener accompanied significant shocks and conflicts, leading to the upheaval in the hierarchies of fundamental values, as differing value systems within and between cultures, broke apart the glue that hold societies together. When there is loss of a strong consensus, when we lack a significant agreement on commonly accepted values and virtues, it is then that the “center cannot hold” because it seemingly (or actually) does not exist.

Looking to the United States, the most recent passage was in the late 1930’s which led up to the “War of Democracies versus Fascism” or World War II; in the 1850’s Americans struggled over the fundamental nature of our country and it led to our defining conflict, “The Civil War” from 1860-65, and the 1760’s-70’s witnessed the breakdown between the American colonies and England, leading to the “The Revolutionary War”.

Given those three previous passages, we must be prepared for great changes, as we witness the breaking of our old value hierarchy as we equally have a profound opportunity to create a new commonly held value system.

I would argue that to do this we need, each of us individually and together in our communities, to remember and rely upon the eternal truths found in the Perennial Teachings or Ancient Wisdom. By holding to this bedrock of spirit, we can be Loving, strong and centered so that we may respond to this challenge with faith and not in fear.

Agents of Destruction

Yes, it is quite a moment we find ourselves in, and the parallels between what is happening here in the USA and what is happening in the UK (and the world for that matter), are quite simply uncanny. The very so-called “mother of modern democracy”, The United Kingdom, and her “child”, the United States of America, are facing fundamental challenges to their Political-Economic and Cultural integrity. Both are being led now by very similar men, both who happen to be Geminis. It certainly seems we are in some kind of historical rhyming that is no accident.

I would most certainly characterize both Boris Johnson and Donald Trump as being or using their Gemini gift of contrariness and their multiple, conflicting points of view as instruments of extreme disruption. Their aim is to divide, to disrupt the political-social order so as to rule by confusion and fear, as they forge their power through myriad splits of “us versus them”.

By proposing a series of multiple and contradictory assumptions, by splitting reality into many mirrors of inchoate meaning, they are agents of disruption who seek to destabilize the rules and customs of the old order as they throw out half-truths and falsehoods that undermine the normal governing consensus and shared reality.

They seek to divide rather than unite and are quite extraordinary examples of cathartic/iconoclastic agents who are breaking down the old established order. They are not builders but destroyers. They serve by exposing the weakness and contradictions of the old order. But they are not capable of creating a new world or paradigm, because their very power arises from the contradictions of the old, and it will fail and fall as a new world rises.

A New World

Each of us must find our way, to do our part in this world that is passing away. Though this world we made is undergoing great changes, there are fundamental truths that will always remain. The Eternal Values of the Ancient Wisdom, which have guided our footsteps since the beginning, these Treasures of Truth, are the most precious gifts from all our ancestors. It was their duty to protect and pass down to us these building blocks of Wisdom and Love, and these Songs of the Spirit are equally to be found in your own heart and higher spirit too. It is now your duty and privilege to stand in this light and build a better world.

You happen to be here, at this crucial hour. What an honor and privilege this is; what a responsibility you bear. You have earned this; you are here in this ending that is a beginning, you are here to be “Torchbearers of the Light”.

This is no error or happenstance; you are exactly where you are supposed to be. You are part of a greater plan, and all those choices you made long ago have brought you and I to this moment now.

Always remember, that behind each culture, in the Diamond Heart of every Civilization, in the heart of all Religions, in all the Philosophies and Sciences of every age, the Shining Ones hold the Archetypes of Eternity.

By moving beyond the old divisions, by striving to preserve what is ever-present in the realms of Wisdom, Beauty and Love, and by listening to the Light of Truth within your heart, through you and your companions a new world will rise once again.