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APRIL 2019

Solar Storms - What's Happening April 2019 - April Retrograde Review - Where are YOUR planets? - Mercury: Do Miles Matter? - Astrological Artwork - Join the Magi Society

Solar Storms

Composite image of aurorae over northern Europe. Public Domain

Astrology can’t predict some cosmic events such as sunspots and solar storms, but astronomers have observed that they occur in roughly 11 year cycles.

The Solar Storms of March 23-24, 2019 made headlines and created wide ranging auroras but were extremely mild in comparison to others.

The March 13, 1989 geomagnetic storm caused a nine-hour outage of Hydro-Québec's electricity transmission system and blackouts of electrical grids.

The "Halloween" solar storms were a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections that occurred from mid-October to early November 2003. Those geomagnetic disturbances damaged spacecraft and satellites and even caused a brief power outrage in Sweden.

The granddaddy of them all is dubbed “The Carrington Event” after amateur astronomer Richard Carrington and occurred on September 1-2, 1859.

These auroras were bright red rather than green and appeared as far south as the Caribean.

“That night, telegraph communications around the world began to fail; there were reports of sparks showering from telegraph machines, shocking operators and setting papers ablaze. All over the planet, colorful auroras illuminated the nighttime skies, glowing so brightly that birds began to chirp and laborers started their daily chores, believing the sun had begun rising. Some thought the end of the world was at hand, but Carrington’s naked eyes had spotted the true cause for the bizarre happenings: a massive solar flare with the energy of 10 billion atomic bombs.” quoting History.com

Space weather is a science based on data but predictions of upcoming solar storm events are about as accurate as astrology. You can find space weather predictions for the next 27 days at the NOAA website.

What's Happening in April

Best days = 1, 2, 22

Other best days = 3, 6, 13, 14, 16, 23, 24, 29, 30

Significant Aspects in April

April 6 - Sun square Saturn - red alert for those with planets at 20.2 Cardinal signs

April 13 - Sun square Pluto - red alert for those with planets at 23.2 Cardinal signs

April 14 - Sun trine Jupiter - green light for those with planets at 24.3 Fire Signs

*** Learn the degrees of your planets and their triplicity and quadruplicity (Fire, Cardinal, etc.,) by using the links in the section below.

April Retrograde Review

Pallas is the only retrograde planet at the beginning of April, but this picture changes by the end of the month.

When planets change direction (station) they slow down in apparent motion, so any alignment made to one of your birth planets will last longer.

If that aspect is a trine from jolly Jupiter that is great! Ho, ho, ho!! If it is a square from solemn Saturn that is not so great. Boo, hoo, hoo.

April 9 - Ceres retrograde at 14.3 Sagittarius - green light for fire signs, red alert for mutable

April 10 - Jupiter retrograde at 24.3 Sagittarius - green for fire signs, yellow for mutable

April 24 - Pluto retrograde at 23.1 Capricorn - green for earth signs, red alert for cardinal

April 30 - Saturn retrograde at 20.5 Capricorn - yellow for earth signs, red alert for cardinal

Where are YOUR planets?

Use this ONLINE CHART MAKER to create your chart and then click on the Aspects Grid tab to see planetary positions.

This Zodiacal Reference Page lists the zodiacal sign categories (Earth, cardinal, etc.)

Any transiting planet applying to (approaching) an aspect within 3 degrees is considered within orb of influence. The closer your planet degree is to one of the listed degrees the more powerful the aspect. Any planet within one degree is in a powerful alignment.

Order a Transit Tracker for an overview of your upcoming significant transits.

Mercury - Do Miles Matter?

Mercury turned direct on March 28 at 16 Pisces within orb of a conjunction to Neptune (exact on April 2) and remains in direct motion until July 7.

If you have birth planets at 16 degrees of any sign you may be better able to articulate your ideals or intuitions this week. Some of you may simply be confused by details, if Neptune interacts with one of your birth planets in a square or opposition.

Schools teach that Venus is the closest planet to earth. Venus is approximately 25,724,767 miles from earth and Mercury approximately 56,974,146 miles from earth. That makes Mercury about twice as far away to the earth as Venus in miles.

Of course, the orbits are ellipses and not perfect circles so there is some variation in distance at different times of year. That is why scientists use AU measurements.

But, do the miles matter? This article at Physics Today can challenge your thinking processes as it claims to offer scholarly proof that Mercury is the closest planet to Earth.

Astrological Artwork

Image copyright Josephine Wall

If fairies, fantasy and fluffery are your “thing” UK artist Josephine Wall has a plethora of fantasy induced images on her website. She offers originals and prints for sale and her work has been licensed for numerous cards, puzzles, etc. She also created a set of zodiac inspired images for those who are astrologically inclined. Her Aries visionary artwork is displayed above to celebrate this month's Sun in Aries. Go visit her site at http://josephinewall.co.uk

JOIN THE MAGI SOCIETY

Do you want software to create charts, see Cinderella aspects and view heliocentric charts?

Join the Magi Society for $80 and add the heliocentric upgrade for $110. Total $190. That gives you a three year membership, too! And your membership gives you access to articles not available to the public and more.

If you want even more in your software you can add all four geocentric interpretation modules for an additional $220. Total $410, a 7 year membership and the tools to benefit from Magi Astrology.

There are many more upgrades. These are just examples of the flexibility of the Magi Society software options.

Click here and check off the box for membership Information to get all the details.

If you sincerely want to become a member or want a customized software package leave your phone number in the text box and a note that you follow Magi Bette online.

Magi Bette is the Membership Director of the Magi Society.

Credits:

Pisces Symbol: Fechas de los Oroscopos - Descargar Gratis

Twins 1500 manuscript: Public Domain

Jenna Bush Hager: Wikipedia Commons

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