ASTROLOGY PHILIPPINES

Considered by writer/editor  Sylvia Mayuga as a sweet historical footnote. You may read Tita Cory's letter to Serafin Lanot here. http://ph.she.yahoo.com/was-tita-cory%E2%80%99s-presidency-written-in-the-stars--073210103.html

By Angela Stuart-Santiago Cover of the author's new book on EDSA All through EDSA, the words of Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and occultist, kept ringing in my mind: “Whatever is born or done this moment of time has the qualities of this moment of time.” An astrological dictum on the significance of beginnings in the context of cycles and recurrence. As the awesome four days of People Power unfolded, culminating in Cory’s oathtaking and closing with Marcos’s flight, I was seeing it as a birth moment for the nation, a new pattern set, of a people breaking out of the old and trying out new ways of being and behaving for the sake of the common good.  [ EDSA Uno. ..page 329] The unexpected display of People Power when Filipinos stopped the tanks in EDSA-Ortigas was mirrored dramatically in the map of the heavens at the time.  The moon stood alone in the eastern hemisphere, while the eight other planets, led by the sun, were gathered in the western hemisphere. In mu...

By Angela Stuart-Santiago Excerpts from “Deconstructing EDSA,” the closing chapter of  the book  EDSA Uno, A Narrative and Analysis with Notes on Dos & Tres (2013)   by Angela Stuart-Santiago .  [ http://stuartsantiago.com/edsa-uno-the-book-in-solidaridad /] February 1986 was a rare time for the Philippines and the planet. From February 3 to 7, six solar flares were observed that gave rise, February 7 through 9, to a very intense magnetic storm, said to be the largest observed in 26 years. [i]   Also on the 9 th , Halley’s Comet, hurtling through our solar system on its 76-year orbit, reached its closest point to the Sun, this as Moon and Sun, seen from planet Earth, exactly aligned. [ii]   A rare confluence of cosmic events that wreaked havoc on Earth’ magnetic fields, instruments rendering off-scale variations said to set off weather and atmospheric disturbances, affecting even electric power grids, [iii] and, no doubt, our b...

By {error} Astro-portrait of astrologer-artist Heber Bartolome by Juno Parungao Three artist-run initiatives converge in an exhibition called "As Yet Unwritten." The project is organized by Art Tempo Manila, founded by artist Juno Parungao. The uniqueness of Parungao's astrological portraits has endeared many patrons-- among which include actor Jeffrey "Epi' Quizon, multi-awarded writer Lito Casaje, and maestro Fernando B. Sena. Another luminary in the Manila art scene who has his own portrait by Parungao is musician and Astrological Friends member Heber Bartolome, who inaugurated Parungao's solo exhibit of astrological portraits in 2011. The artist creates the portrait based on the individual's circumstances of birth, personal color preferences, and philosophical ruminations. Astro-artist Astro-portrait of artist Fernando Sena by Juno Parungao As a child, Juno Parungao collects crystals, reads astrology and tarot books. She got inte...

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By Mari Garcia Read Part 1 The Sun then continues to climb high into the sky and reaches the zenith of its path and gains maximum strength and heat. It is this point which in astrology we know as the MC. It is associated with power, glory, honour and distinction. It is the pinnacle of the chart hence its association with status, rank, profession, success, public life and social acknowledgement. It was seen to show where the individual succeeded as a result of their own efforts as opposed to position or status which was inherited, as symbolised by the IC. The MC was also the Mother, the public parent as opposed to the IC, the Father. Manilius says it: "…holds sway at the summit of the sky and divides heaven in two with imperceptible meridian; enthroned on high this post is occupied by Glory (truly a fit warden for heaven’s supreme station), so that she may claim all that is pre-eminent, arrogate all distinction, and reign by awarding honours of every k...

By Mari Garcia The Cross of Matter is a fundamental principle of Astrology and as such is the backbone of any chart. Its components are the four angles: the Ascendant, the MC, the Descendant and the IC. The concept is based on divisions of the circle described by the path of the sun and planets across the sky as seen from the earth. Indeed, the Greek word ‘horoskopos’ means the ‘watcher of the hour’ describing the fact that originally, the celestial observers would record what stars or planets were rising at different hours of the day. These were used as markers in the construction of calendars for religious observances. The earliest records of natal astrology go back to the Babylonians whose astrology we would describe as ‘omen’ astrology, in the sense that they used not only the planets and the stars, but the winds, the flight of birds, comets and other phenomena. These were recorded on stones and were used to describe the nature of the time in which they appeared. ...

Astrologers Resti Santiago and Renato Bisquera were interviewed by Maricar Brizuela, a writer for Philippine Daily Inquirer, for an article that was published on Dec. 31, 2013 that highlighted astrological forecasts for 2014. The title of the article is "Will Aquino remain loveless in 2014?" and can be read here: http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/145281/will-aquino-remain-loveless-in-2014 Will Aquino remain loveless in 2014? By Maricar B. Brizuela Dec. 21, 2013 Philippine Daily Inquirer President Aquino will remain loveless in 2014. That is what the stars and the planets say about the bachelor President, whose last known romantic relationship was with former Valenzuela City Councilor Shalani Soledad and it ended three years ago. Astrological researcher Renato Bisquera said Aquino would still have no chance to find a new love in 2014. "If there is any chance of romance, it will be very expensive because he attracts gold diggers and he can marry for money,...