Was working on the Astrology app and fixed chiron. The control mechanism still isn’t working, and will likely just leave it that way. Instead of using flash I’ve been looking at developing it in Canvas with html 5. Though Internet Explorer is being slow on implementing Canvas, they have indicated that they will have it working in IE9.

Working on the next generation astrology app that will look at Time of Influence. This will show the time of influence that each influence on a chart will last. Still working on the social aspect for this and building a database that will allow users to store their own charts. Looking at a payment mechanism for it that is pretty low cost for the users. Slowly progressing on this as the summer was pretty packed, will see if I can get an example of it out in the next couple of months.

Cheers!

Have wanted to go into retrograde explanations a little bit more. In preparation and discussion of a program that I was writing to track the dates of all the planets retrogrades and to expand to natal tracking. This post will have updates and expanded explanation of these Retrograde Phases.

Diagram: Retrograde Zone

When a planet goes retrograde, from Earth’s perspective, the planet is going backwards against the backdrop of stars.

So that means there is first an entrance to a set of degrees (phase 1: #1 & #2), then goes retrograde over those same degrees (phase 2 :#2 & #3), then goes direct or forward again over those same degrees (phase 3 : #3 & #4)

Phase 1 Explanation

When a planet moves into the 1st phase or retrograde zone, it enters a zone where routine patterns will be resistant to change.  The energies will want to keep moving forward as it always had. The ideas and urges topple over on itself as it comes to Stationary (when the planet’s motion stops moving forward).

As it hits the Stationary period (for mercury about 3 days, other planets longer), the forward momentum stops. The wide eyes of deer in headlights, unfinished business rolls into the picture. It’s much like watching the traffic flow by you as the car engine dies because you forgot to check the oil.

Phase 2 Explanation

This is the more popular area of understanding of where things break down from the clear trail of evidence.  On the first 1/2 of the retrograde (till the planet meets the Sun), there can be a humbling moment as the past is remembered and relearning takes place to exactly what were the lessons to be recapped. No one likes to view the mess that their ideals and urges made by inadequate planning.

This brings us right to the point that the planet meets the Sun. This is where we meet the feedback for the review of what we’ve learned from the mistakes made in the 1st Phase and found in the beginning of the 2nd phase. You must evaluate where you are, others will sound off on what they think, you’ll either nod at their acknowledgements or shake your head in disbelief / denial. This is a point of confrontation with the personal. The more in tune you are with what is happening at this point, the less stressful and confusing it will be.

The 2nd half of the retrograde acts a bit like a Scorpio, the review has been done and the accounts have been personalized. There is work to do and new adjustments to take into account. The first chiseling of the vision to correcting needs to be detailed.

Now we come to another Stationary period, but in this a sense of regained freedom bursts forth.

Phase 3 Explanation

All that was learned in the Phase 2 and meeting with the Sun has been learned. A renewed vigor for experiencing life comes to fruition.

Took awhile to get settled, but I think that I’m ready to start up working on the WolfCoast stuff again. Found WordPress and will see how easy it is to develop against.

I’ve added a picture captcha for non-registered visitors, hopefully I don’t also have to do it for registered users also. The Bot problem I had with the old blog was dispiriting.

Cheers!

WolfCoast

Eclipse in Cancer at a critical degree of 29. Some call it “the degree of expiation” (or atonement). Very emotional period for some, many things from the past coming to meet the present.

Hard aspects to the eclipse is an Inconjunct from Pluto. Has some of the past guilt power plays setting in lesson to learn differently. Unlearn old habits  and create new healthy ones. Don’t overburden or overextend yourself more than your limits with work and don’t under value the work that you do.

Mercury and Mars in Sextile will help to bring out scalpal in everyones mentality.

Square between Saturn and Venus, brings with it a feeling of loss or rejection. Venus (being the reflection we see in others) will have old dirt to sift through and should be worked through. The trines from Chiron , Jupiter, and Neptune helps to re-educate and re-evaluate old wounds that could have been causing rejection in the past. This serves as a new opportunity to work through life events that had not worked out in the past with a fresh perspective.

Uranus and Pluto are starting a 7 year square to watch out for. Especially in August through October  when Mercury and Mars makes it a full fledged Grand-Square. The moves that is happening is a very strong 80 year cycle has to deal with larger societal lessons regarding abuse of power. Look for events in mid-August.

Signs and Their Ruling Planets. The planets with arcs were the ancient rulerships, the planets on the outside have the new rulerships.

Signs

Aries (Cardinal / Fire)

Taurus (Fixed / Earth)

Gemini (Mutable / Air)

Cancer (Cardinal / Water)

Leo (Fixed / Fire)

Virgo (Mutable / Earth)

Libra (Cardinal / Air)

Scorpio (Fixed / Water)

Sagittarius (Mutable / Fire)

Capricorn (Cardinal / Earth)

Aquarius (Fixed / Air)

Pisces (Mutable / Water)

Planets (short meaning) {cycle to earth time}

Sun  (Soul Center, Vitality, Life Fire) {1 year}

Moon (Reflective Emotions, Mother) {29 days}

Mercury (Communicative Journeys) {1/3 of a year or 4 months}

Venus (Reflections of ourselves that we see in others) {1.618 years}

Mars (Passions, Courage, Anger, Strife) {2 years}

Jupiter (Expansion, Growth, Education, Temperance) {12 years}

Saturn (Ancient Knowledge, the Great Malefic, Knowing Limits) {29 years}

Chiron (Wounded Healer, Option to Comprehend the Light or Dwell into Darkness of Despair) {49 years}

Uranus (Stored Change, Freedom, Revolution, New Ideas) {84 years}

Neptune (Nebulous, creativity, sensitivity, illusion, deception) {172 years}

Pluto (Our deep energy, power of will, transformation of pheonix from the ashes) {248 years}

North Node (Dragon’s head, Path of the future, Foward thinking)

South Node (Dragon’s Tail, own’s devices, usual patterns, nostalgia)

Aspects (degrees difference between planets)

Conjunct (0 degrees)

Sextile (60 degrees)

Square (90 degrees)

Trine (120 degrees)

Inconjunct (150 degrees)

Opposition (180 degrees)

Can watch it march through the signs, was looking for a pattern with the degrees, have to look at a larger set to see if there is an overall pattern. Learned that there is an easy rule of 2 years and 17 days for this pattern.

WolfCoast

Took some pictures of the Lunar Eclipse tonight. Saturn was sitting right next to the moon (not included in this picture below).

I’ll do more of a write-up at a later time. The biggest notes that I have that are significant with and/or around this eclipse time period are:
-Pluto and Jupiter entering Capricorn (Saturn acts as the significator for the Capricorn era that we are entering till 2024 …Yes, it will be 16 years that Pluto will transit through Capricorn… not the normal 10-12 year cycles that all of us grew up with.)

• Saturn Conjunct Moon (be careful of “go it alone” attitudes, don’t allow guilt to play a substitute for emotional support)
• Saturn and Uranus Opposition from late 2007 to 2011, 5 exact oppositions in that time period. (Unruly public against authority)
• Neptune and Chiron Conjunct (harsh flu season)
• Mercury just going direct (who had communication and travel problems in the last 21 days?)
• Mars and Pluto Opposition (Mars was just retrograde and went direct, so passed Pluto’s orb for the 3rd time. First that comes to mind is all the talk that has spurned up about the US policy on Torture, blow-back effects are hard to admit for some.)

Banking In Our Future

They’re coming over the borders of Mexico
Bringing their business & what they know

It’s the American Dream

The police don’t mind as long as they’re polite
We’re losing privilege and Constitutional Rights

It’s Homeland Security

The Amero is gaining as the dollar drops
Bleeding small business by the gobs

It’s 4 world currencies

The fed feigns in crisis & sells our stock
We’re slaving up to the age old banking clock

Sold a New American Century