Adam Gainsburg introduces a new model for delineating synodic cycles with a fascinating discussion of The Venus Journey.

Mary Plumb takes notice of the Pluto transit to the Sun in the Federal Reserve chart. The  “populist anger” at the financial powers looks like it might manifest, in part, as an audit of the mega-bank. The blog has links to other commentators on the subject.

Mary Plumb writes personally about Chiron turning direct and slowly moving forward again – with Neptune, Jupiter and the Full Moon close by.

Gary Caton notices a few key historical events from Mars’s previous long transits in Leo (1962-63 and 1915-16). He then looks at the current ingress chart (Oct. 16) cast for Washington, D.C.,  and the Sibly chart to see what we might expect in these months approaching the Uranus-Pluto square.

Mary Plumb looks at President Obama’s big week from Copenhagen to Oslo, including an important shift in his progressed chart.