I recently read the outstanding and revelatory book Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman by Malidoma Patrice Some. The book is an autobiographical narrative which gives amazing details on Malidoma’s adolescence and initiation into adulthood in the Dagara tribe in Burkina Faso. As Malidoma begins…
Mars Out of Bounds
If the declination of Mars in a chart is greater than 23 degrees and 27 minutes north or south, this is considered Mars out of bounds. So what can this tell us about a person? Mars in Astrology In astrology, we understand Mars as a representative of energies that are associated with modern masculinity, whether tainted…
The Out of Bounds Astrology of Chiron
plus Chiron spirit channelings from Sacha Louise of BareRootAwakenings.com Notes from the video: Tied to trauma which is often associated with early life or past lives. Sign placement is indicative of collective trauma that you are a part of. Chiron’s relationship with other planets represents your personal traumas. Chiron is NOT YOUR FAULT. Trauma has…
Q & A: Astrology and Free Will
I received an e-mail question from a client recently that I found myself answering very thoroughly. Ever since I have been “out” as an astrologer, people have expressed their reservations about an inherent lack of Free Will in astrology. This is part of a bigger problem of astrologers presenting the planets as causing events or…
Is Santa Claus Out of Bounds?
I know out-of-bounders are often not so keen on big consumer-driven holidays. But when I think about it, even without seeing a birth chart, I am pretty sure Santa Claus has some out of bounds planets. He lives way, way outside of normal society. He’s probably an alien. Nobody dressed like him, until him. Now,…
Venus Out of Bounds
If the declination of Venus in a chart is greater than 23 degrees and 27 minutes north or south, this is considered Venus out of bounds. So what can this tell us about a person? The Symbology of Venus In astrology, Venus works as a symbol for a myriad of concepts: personal values, aesthetic tastes, patterns…
The Astrology of Kevin Barnes and Mercury Out of Bounds
Perhaps you are familiar with Kevin Barnes and Of Montreal, the art-rock/funk/indie band formed by Barnes in Athens, Georgia, in 1996. Perhaps not. I’m here to examine Kevin Barnes, who has been the artistic mainstay of the band for twenty years. According to the INTERNET, he was born on May 30, 1974. We don’t have public…
Out of Bounds Planets
The Mechanics For a planet to be classified as an out of bounds planet, it must be traveling through our sky at a remarkably high or low angle along the ecliptic–the path created forged by the Sun and Moon, occupied by the zodiacal constellations, that one strip of sky through which the first astrologers noted…
Life on a Paran: Mercury Rising and Pluto Rising
In locational astrology, a paran is a line that circles the earth latitudinally. Each paran has an origin point: a location where two rising, setting, MC or IC lines intersect. It is from this parallel that the paran line emerges east and west, like a ribbon around the globe. Any paran’s orb of influence is…
Relocating Rajneesh: the Astrocartography of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
I’ve been enjoying a new documentary series on Netflix called Wild Wild Country, which tells the many-faceted tale of the short-lived Oregon city of Rajneeshpuram, a former 100-square mile ranch repurposed into a small, revolution-focused city in devotion to Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Rajneesh was born on the 11th of December, 1931, at 5:13 PM in Bhopal,…