tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86078800038174342252026-04-03T21:53:29.406-04:00 Jude Cowell Astrology Astrology as lens and languageJude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-50789345940180503692026-03-20T15:52:56.708-04:002026-03-20T15:52:56.708-04:00A Cosmic Portrait of Herr Mozart
“When I am completely alone…completely myself, entirely alone…my ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how these come I know not nor can I force them…Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them gleich alles zusammen (at the same time).”
--Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Above Image: a pencil portrait of Austrian composer Mozart by Jude Cowell
The natal chart of Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-57771415770293328082025-11-16T13:23:00.001-05:002025-11-16T17:07:08.442-05:00Mystery: The Two Princes in the Tower 1483
The Two Princes, Edward and Richard, in the Tower, oil painting by John Everett Millais, 1878; Royal Holloway collection, University of London; public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Saturn, Uranus, Monarchy, and Two Inconvenient Princes
by Jude Cowell
On September 14, 2024 here on JCAstro, we considered a bi-wheel displaying Richard III's C-rated natal horoscope (inner; October 2, 1452) surrounded byJude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-73499276959827496832025-10-31T14:23:00.001-04:002025-10-31T14:28:14.446-04:00The Madness of Alice in Wonderlandby Jude Cowell
Dear Reader: I am sorry to report that Blogger's Uploading function no longer opens for me so No Images of horoscopes or photos can be added to this post, or so far to Stars Over Washington's posts. A major change was recently made to this pc - an upgrade to Windows 11. If this is the culprit, and/or settings must be adjusted, non-techie me has a lot of investigating to do.
Back inJude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-32646617942142773122025-08-06T18:26:00.001-04:002025-08-06T18:39:21.309-04:00What are Draconic Astrology Horoscopes?
Central Dragon; J Bar, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Know Thyself via Draconic Astrology!
by Jude Cowell
As you can tell from the word Draconic and from the above image, we're talking dragon symbolism and the Nodal Axis in Astrology. Now admittedly, I've dabbled off and on with Draconic Astrology for years, primarily via legendary astrologer and Reverend Pam Crane.
Then today I Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-14042521539244187462025-05-25T13:48:00.000-04:002025-05-25T13:48:00.969-04:00A Charming Forest Depiction from Ancient Times!by Jude Cowell, artist and family researcher
Do you know that the 1217 Charter of the Forest is actually a companion document to the Magna Carta of 1215? (1215 horoscope shown).
This I discovered today while researching online some of my family roots back into the ancient times of Clan McClellan. You see, I ran across links to the Charter of Alexander II of Scotland and found a charming forest Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-24472886370710586072025-01-03T18:13:00.002-05:002025-01-03T18:17:56.332-05:00Astrology: To Drown in Dark WatersAstrology of the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood
by Jude Cowell
If you've read People Magazine's article concerning the drowning death of Hollywood actress Natalie Wood off the coast of Catalina Island, you know details of that awful night.
Or perhaps you've seen the 48 Hours presentation shown here:
Video Link in case of removal.
Natalie Wood's expressed fear, her deepest fear, was always Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-65622845378638395882024-09-25T17:50:00.005-04:002024-09-25T22:04:07.130-04:00Dr. Carl Jung 1875--1961by Jude Cowell
Pioneering psychologist Carl Jung was born July 26, 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland at 7:24 pm BMT (C-rated; collector: Rodden). Note that Dr. Marc Edmund Jones in his book on Sabian Symbols lists Jung's birth time as 7:20 pm with the 4 minutes making about one degree difference on house cusps. If you wish to view his stand-alone natal horoscope, scurry over to astro.com.
Meanwhile, Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-46896168020476106202024-09-14T18:42:00.001-04:002024-09-14T20:56:02.303-04:00King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Fieldby Jude Cowell
Today, combining my usual interest in ancestral research with astrological horoscopes, I'm displaying the natal horoscope of King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet kings of England, along with his speculatively timed Death Horoscope for he was killed at the Battle of Bosworth Field.
Full disclosure: as geni dot com informs me, Richard III is my 1st cousin 19 times removed Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-52497157464086087642024-09-05T14:13:00.001-04:002024-09-05T14:15:52.081-04:00Horoscope: The Battle of Flodden Field 1513by Jude Cowell, partisan for the common good
At the Battle of Flodden Field (59M 35S video, you may have to rewind!), one of my 13th-great-grandfathers, Sir William Maclellan was killed as were other of my (our!) ancestors and forebearers. Some sources give the Battle as September 8, 1513 but most say September 9, 1513. The invasion by Scotland's King James IV was ill-fated and if we wish to Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-39798686235618373022024-06-14T14:18:00.000-04:002024-06-14T14:18:36.742-04:00Jude Law plays Henry VIII in "Firebrand"!by Jude Cowell, only a Judith but at least I saw The Beatles perform in 1965!
Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons (2018)
Did you happen to catch The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last evening and Jude Law discussing how Sir Paul McCartney dedicated his peformance in Australia of Hey Jude to the actor who was named after the song? How timely since Jude Law now stars in a new Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-51460268821561784082024-05-17T16:59:00.000-04:002024-05-17T16:59:19.134-04:00Astro-Notes: The Life and Death of Caravaggioby Jude Cowell
Checking the bio page of chiaroscuro genius Caravaggio (nee Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio) we find that the famous Baroque painter is a Sun Libra born on September 29, 1571 in Milan, Italy, hour unknown. Of course, Libra, ruled by lovely Venus, associates herself with the Arts and with Culture, and is often prominent in the astrology charts of artists. For Caravaggio, she's in Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-90534353873054151522024-05-01T18:20:00.002-04:002024-05-01T18:50:12.359-04:00Did poet Emily Dickinson use Astrology?An Astro-Tribute to Poet Emily Dickinson
by Jude Cowell
As we discover on her Wikipedia page, Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830 and passed away from Bright's Disease of the kidneys on May 15, 1886, age 55. Tragically, years of multiple losses of her family members had created a very depressive atmosphere for the shy poet and she began to weaken, then succumb.Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-16213609880178057052024-03-31T16:41:00.000-04:002024-03-31T16:41:05.086-04:00Are These Eclipses from the Life of Jesus Christ?Two Speculative Solar Eclipse Horoscopes Seem Significant
by Jude Cowell, Protestant Christian for the commmon good
Using dates found in Adrian Gilbert's book, Signs in the Sky (#ad), the following Solar Eclipse Horoscopes are intended to shed some cosmic light upon ancient events that affect the entire world.
In the book, the speculative date of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth is given as July Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-30926734390584335532024-03-13T18:30:00.000-04:002024-03-13T18:30:31.618-04:00Happy 223rd Anniversary to Uranus!Astro-Spotlight: Uranus Enters Aquarius 1912 and 1996
by Jude Cowell
Astronomer and musician William Herschel, born November 15, 1738 in Hanover, Germany, discovered planet Uranus the evening of March 13, 1781 in Bath, England (10:30 pm LMT) with Uranus @24Gem27:15, as history records.
With the planet's discovery occurring between them, Uranus is associated with both the American and the French Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-61889772132713177162024-02-16T15:11:00.006-05:002024-12-25T09:47:31.237-05:008 Great Sigma Males in History | Sigmas Who Set New Standardsby Jude Cowell
Perhaps you've noticed the concept of "Sigma personalities" entering the public discourse of late or being featured online more than ever. Alpha, Beta, Delta - and Sigma may be described.
If so, then maybe you've looked up the position of Sigma in your natal chart. Are you a loner, an introvert who can become extrovert whenever it's needed? Can you lead but prefer to remain Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-27798992725352385472024-01-21T21:00:00.001-05:002024-01-21T23:12:20.865-05:00Astro-Notes: The Murder of Manly P. Hallby Jude Cowell
The following post is meant as a tribute to Manly P. Hall and his decades of work although his favored topics are not my personal cup of tea as a Saturnian astrologer. However, I realize that many folks are interested in esoteric subjects along with their astrological studies and hold Manly Hall's extensive collection of works in high regard, including his many lectures - for whichJude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-40354396489100288502024-01-07T19:30:00.001-05:002024-01-08T22:38:34.145-05:00Cold Case Astrology: The Lord Lucan MurderViewing a Cold Case via Forensic Astrology
by Jude Cowell
The Guardian's headline of September 27, 2017 re-stirred public interest in a famous 1974 murder mystery with the news that Lady Lucan found dead at London home. Perhaps you remember the disappearance of her husband, Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, and the night of the murder in a dark basement kitchen on the evening of November 7Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-33507984871122027872023-11-02T16:50:00.000-04:002023-11-02T16:50:41.462-04:00The Owl of Minerva and goddess Pallas AthenaA Drawing: Owl of Minerva; pencil on paper by Jude Cowell Art:
Sometimes the Owl of Minerva is known as the Owl of Athena and since yours truly was born in Athens, Georgia, the myth and the goddess have long attracted me. Not that years ago I knew why this was so, but years later my study of Astrology spotlighted the asteroids Minerva and Pallas in my natal chart and otherwise. My natal Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-72748407868359947952023-10-23T17:04:00.000-04:002023-10-23T17:04:03.983-04:00Sleuthing my Haplogroup!Here's a map of the places in southwestern Asia from whence Haplogroup H folks are thought to have originated. No expert on DNA here, but I want to plop this map somewhere since H is my group and this is my blog!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haplogrupo_H_(ADN-Y).PNG
Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-61617274030617241462023-09-01T12:26:00.000-04:002023-09-01T12:26:56.120-04:00The Astrological Significance of Vesta - David CochraneAfter extensive research, David Cochrane shares a fascinating presentation concerning the astrological significance of asteroid Vesta:
Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-9292254591517263642023-07-20T08:12:00.003-04:002023-07-20T08:12:58.479-04:00July 1799: The Rosetta Stone is found
The Rosetta Stone; photograph © Hans Hillewaert; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosetta_Stone.JPG
224 years ago on July 19, 1799, history was made by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops when the Rosetta Stone was found. Rightfully so, Egypt wants its antiquity back, and This Day In History tells us all about it.
But you know, the Rosetta Stone, which made possible the translation of cuneiform Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-65219645657042680602023-07-15T18:32:00.005-04:002023-07-15T18:32:47.751-04:00The Importance of Centaur Pholus in a Natal Chart
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More Details Concerning Centaur Pholus in Astrology
by Jude Cowell
Having the centaur Pholus conjunct a natal 5th house planet, it seems necessary that I follow up on previous research into Pholus since it had resulted in a post here in April 2022, Astro-Genealogy Can Reveal Ancestral Trauma. At that time, we focused on Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-62708951169843265722023-07-07T16:40:00.000-04:002023-07-07T16:40:31.272-04:00Something's Fishy at Jude Cowell Astrology!An Art-and-Astro Musing by Jude Cowell
While searching my several blogs just now I floated across my very first Dreamyfish Art entry of December 19, 2005 which opened with my all-time favorite botanical fish portrait of a Breaksea cod ensnared within his favorite dream scenario. In fact, here he is now, all the way from the waters of Western Australia. He's one of my Saturn-Neptune depictions of Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-27737124803651332522023-06-18T16:14:00.004-04:002023-06-18T16:18:10.919-04:00Happy Father's Day 2023 to an Ancient Great-Grandfather!We're All Descendants Now: Richard de Clare, aka, "Strongbow"
by Jude Cowell
Because today in the US it's Father's Day when we honor, celebrate, and/or pay tribute to our earthly fathers, and because my Dad is no longer with us, I went searching for my ancestral grandfathers on my Dad's side to see if one might inspire the creation of this very post.
Well, thanks to my paternal Strickland Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8607880003817434225.post-42840019522050598982023-06-17T17:59:00.003-04:002024-01-15T12:02:20.644-05:00Astrology of King John and the Magna Carta
King John; John Chapman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
by Jude Cowell
From what I've read and heard of him, only King John I of England (1167--1216) carries the name 'John' within the long panoply of British monarchs because who wants to be named after the most reviled king that Britain has yet produced?
Now many folks alive today are direct descendants of King John, aka, John 'Lackland'Jude Cowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01016032974667786252noreply@blogger.com0