January 14, 2023
Mars stationed direct two days ago, on Jan 12, at 8ยฐ07′ Gemini. Mars’ retrograde journey began on Oct 30, 2022, at 25ยฐ26′ Gemini. What a long two-and-a-half-months backward ride through mutable air! This Mars Rx will be entirely over after the end of the post-retrograde period on March 15, when Mars reaches the degree where he started to go retrograde, 25ยฐ26′ Gemini.
On my Venus Star, Gemini is the giving foot in the 9H of philosophy, worldview, and divination, including astrology. I have felt the presence of Mars, ruler of my VSP, intensely during the past months, and I welcome the forward-striving energy in that area of my life. Today, I’ll start teaching my Venus Star Course for the second time. I love to teach this course, and I’m on fire for it! ๐ฅโค๏ธ๐ฅ
Mars card from the Starcodes Astro Oracle deck.
I am very interested in the origins of astrology – please tell me where to start. Michael
Hi Michael,
Thanks for your comment! The oldest written documents about astrology are from the Old Babylonian period (2000-1600 BCE).
There are two books in English I recommend looking into. The first is ๐ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ: ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐บ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐๐จ๐ฆ by James Herschel Holden, American Federation of Astrologers, 2nd edition, 2006. The second book is called ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ by Chris Brennan, Amor Fati Publications, 2017.
I assume you also speak German. You might want to look into Rafael Gil Brandโs ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ, Chiron Verlag, 2000. You can also check out the first article I published here on my blog in 2018, which is about the history of astrology: http://livingincycles.blog/2018/05/26/geschichte-der-astrologie/.
These few suggestions should help you get started. I hope you enjoy reading and learning.
Alles Gute! โจ