Author Archives: ohioastrology

About ohioastrology

I'm just another soul trying to make sense of the world. As I've grown, so has my understanding of astrology. I'd like to communicate that astrology is not occult and not fortune-telling but that it is a fluid, creative description of the life we choose to live.

The Green Generation Smokes Neptune in Pisces

Posted on October 13, 2019

What’s your favorite palliative? What substance takes you from how you feel now to how you’d prefer to feel? Most of us have one. What’s yours? In the last scene of the movie Drugstore Cowboy, our main character says that … Continue reading →

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Greta Thunberg: An Adult in a Child’s World

Posted on September 28, 2019

In The Simpsons episode Moaning Lisa, young, serious, ambitious Lisa Simpson is gripped by existential angst over the suffering of the world (such as the fate of coal miners in West Virginia). Her father, the immature and ignorant Homer Simpson, … Continue reading →

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#MoneyToo

Posted on September 15, 2019

In 2006 when Jupiter was transiting Scorpio, the Me Too Movement was founded to help survivors of sexual violence. In October 2017, as Jupiter began another transit of Scorpio (it does this every 12 years for one year), the Me … Continue reading →

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Pluto and Political Authority Figures

Posted on September 2, 2019

In the early 1990s while working in a bank, it was common on Monday morning to have phone calls from disgruntled weekend customers who had an unpleasant experience at the bank over the weekend and a day and a half … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Clean Your (Earth) Room!

Posted on August 31, 2019

On this day, August 31, 2019, the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars are all in the sign of Virgo. These five astrological “planets” represent half of what you find in your horoscope. Virgo is a mutable earth sign associated … Continue reading →

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Trump Tidbits

Posted on July 24, 2019

Trump is Right There, I said it. US President Donald Trump is right. He likened new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to himself. Like Trump, Johnson is brazen, bold and inconsistent and also, like Trump, branded a narcissist. This is … Continue reading →

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Pete Buttigieg – Government Lizard

Posted on July 15, 2019

Lounges have “lizards.” Bars have “flies.” Gyms have “rats.” What do governments have? Mars, Saturn and Pluto. Why do these planets like government? Mars, which rules Aries, likes competition. Did you pass me on the freeway? No you don’t. For … Continue reading →

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The 15-Minute Rundown of Democratic Candidates

Posted on June 30, 2019

You’ve heard of 15-minute Shakespeare, right? A long, plot-heavy, character-laden Shakespeare play is reduced to its 15-minute essentials. The Democratic primaries will probably unfold much like a Shakespeare tragedy so let’s not spend too much time on these minor characters … Continue reading →

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It’s About Time You Listened to Your Astrologer

Posted on June 30, 2019

Cleaning out an over-stacked bookcase, I came across some old magazines, which is always enjoyable. Now why did I want to keep a 1995 issue of National Geographic? Which story made me save it for the last 24 years? One … Continue reading →

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D-Day (Donald Day)

Posted on June 14, 2019

On his recent trip to Normandy to celebrate the anniversary of D-Day, the media pointed out that US President Donald Trump acted appropriately for the occasion. So what? It’s a pet peeve, I’ll admit, what I call the “Underachiever Game.” … Continue reading →

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