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4th June 2008. It's Mercury retrograde time again.

Okay, I won't labour the point about Mercury retrogrades causing the usual rash of web site crashes, communication breakdowns, lost mail, and general delays. It happens every time the planet appears to move backwards in the heavens; some periods are worse than others.

What I want to draw you attention to is the remarkable fact that with Mercury retrogrades there is quite often a revisiting of past events, and this can have some positive benefits. Agreements that were not quite right can be put right, misunderstandings can be rectified, old or half forgotten contacts may suddenly come to prominence bringing new possibilities. It gives us a second chance to put right mistakes or renew old acquaintances, and may even start a process of rethinking old concepts in the light of new information. 

Oh, I forgot to mention. Using the strange logic of Jonathan Cainer this will mark the beginning of a major change of huge benefit to the world, especially in finances [According to Jonathan, Mercury rules financial matters. It doesn't, but who cares, this is Sun Sign nonsense after all]. And fairies will dance in Hyde Park! [Just as likely]. 

17th  June 2008. What's your birthday? 

We all know our birthday - or we think we do.  'Many happy returns' is often spoken to mark the occasion and yet most people accept it without wondering what it means. 

One of the most important charts used by Astrologers in assessing future trends is the Solar Return chart. It is quite popular on the Continent but not as well known in Great Britain despite the attempts of some informed Astrologers to bring this to prominence. This chart is cast for the exact moment when the Sun returns to its birth position, hence the name Solar Return - hence the term 'many happy returns'. As a guide to the future it simply cannot be surpassed yet surprisingly few Astrologers see fit to make use of insight that this chart supplies. Without it, the Astrologer has to depend on Transits and Progressions, and while these are useful they are not in themselves a complete guide to the future. Fake Astrologers cobble together reports based solely on these, which is why they fail to come up to expectations. 

You were born on a particular date and that date is used to mark your birthday each year from then on but the reality of the matter is that the true measure of your actual birthday is when the Sun returns to its exact birth position and this does not necessarily occur in the same day each year. In fact your real birthday can be a day earlier or a day later - it all depends on the exact time the Sun returns to its birth position. So, your birthday is a convenient date, you real birthday can be quite different from year to year. 

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