8 years ago, Pluto was in the place of Mars for this Venus cazimi moment

Among the blessings I've received from working with Fomalhaut over the years: hearing a new song with a message specifically speaking to something on my mind at the moment, with an unsettling degree of specificity for the history/context of the situation

L’étoile fixe Altaïr Altaïr est une étoile de la constellation de l'Aigle, qui se trouve actuellement à 2° Verseau dans le zodiaque tropical.

May I guide the hearts of the gods, and may they protect me, may I be mighty among those who suspend themselves on high. (BDF)

I'm trying to pay attention to what AI results are doing to my SEO, and mostly what I have are anecdotes. It's been discouraging to see my CTR drop from 3-4% to 1%... 👇🏾

In my latest Ibis Nest article, I break down how to delineate the natal chart angles and find core life themes. ⬅️ The Ascendant: Intentions for life ➡️ The Descendant: Projections on or by others ⬆️ The MC: Desires for recognition ⬇️ The IC: Nuances of the deeper self

Reminder that sometimes transits manifest only indirectly for you as an individual, in the sense that they manifest more strongly for other people around you who are represented by the planets involved

The double cazimi is close to my Dsc and it has been a day of several people making big decisions that have been building in them for a while and then seeking me out to tell me about it The time of morning when everything started kicking off:

This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.

there are still a lot of people who simply choose to believe in an alternate reality where elon is not a 100% public self-identifying racist dude says "💯" and retweets a thread that says "racism is moral" not even a different post by the racist guy, the thread is openly naming and promoting Racism

Today's news has me flashing back to a conversation I had in October 2024 with a WW up the ladder from me in the org She was upset about the possibility of the current squatter in the White House winning but telling herself that he wouldn't and that even if he did, everything would be fine 👇🏾

here's a slide with recent publications relating to race and postcoloniality in Classics. this is not exhaustive (and there are several exciting books still on the horizon), but it does represent a significant groundswell in recent years

Sun Riders

Researchers found evidence that a companion star may be influencing Betelgeuse, explaining why the star’s brightness changes over time

The highest rate on record. It staggers me that no-one in public health seems to be acknowledging that immune dysregulation caused by prior SARS-CoV-2 infection is likely a significant factor in this, and the implications of this concept going forward. abcnews.go.com/Health/flu-a...

😐 I had a whole thought on Saturday whereby nuclear deterrence/a desire to avoid a potentially nuclear WW3 would be what stops other countries from enacting "regime change" on the US but now there's this and I— 😳

Finding it fascinating to see how other people's Jupiter placements show up in my life when we engage, for people I have a close relationship with

me this year

The Hellenistic void moon combined with the double cazimi tightening on approach to my Dsc is making me increasingly feral I'd say send help, but I like it here 👹

Making your own connections and associations with divinatory tools like cards is so important

Current mood with the astrology of the moment

Can happily say that we now have a (tentative) release date of September for the ancient sea monsters book with Bloomsbury Academic! 🐋🦈📚 It’s now been put up on their website for pre-orders as well, should anyone want to go ahead and reserve a copy . . . www.bloomsbury.com/uk/a-zoobiog...

This term I'm teaching with "Classics and Race: A Historical Reader" (2025), edited by Sarah Derbew, Daniel Orrells, and Phiroze Vasunia. An incredible achievement: global sources from 14th-20th translated, and given commentaries by expert scholars. And OPEN ACCESS! uclpress.co.uk/book/classic...

The more I ponder the pics of Maduro, the more I’ve begun to see the White House’s Twitter as the modern-day equivalent of the Roman triumphal procession. Publicly humiliating any captive—whether Vercingetorix, Zenobia, Jewish Captives taken under Vespasian, or a modern leader—is cruel and inhumane.

Becoming an astrologer and a blacksmith means there's a lot more that annoys me in movies now Mainly to do with the Moon and with scenes that involve hot metal

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The Ibis Shop has had a restock! Log in to claim first dibs until Friday, January 9: www.cobraandcrescent.com/ibis-shop Available: candle scribes, energetic scraper, anvil dust

FYI the Moon is void again January 4, 2:44am EST to January 7, 3:01am EST (includes the entire Leo transit) Last aspect: trine Saturn Next aspect: trine Mercury

This feels like a great time to do some offline work and step away from social media for a bit 👋🏾

People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.

Jupiter, Io and Ganymede looking beautiful tonight with my C6. #astronomy #astrophotography

As an older Millennial and holder of a degree in international relations

Waiting for an election like

Personal perspective shift on having a void moon baked into my solar return (as a Cancer rising): It's an opportunity to look inside and remember who I was Before™️

The Ibis Shop has had a restock! Log in to claim first dibs until Friday, January 9: www.cobraandcrescent.com/ibis-shop Available: candle scribes, energetic scraper, anvil dust

I just realized yesterday marks 8 years of sexual abstinence Given the increasing rates of treatment-resistant STIs, the decreasing access to abortion in the US, and the proportion of men who voted for the current squatter in the White House, I'm not sure that will end any time soon 🫠

And here's the one I just published! azuradastra.substack.com/p/discarded-...

Almost through

“More than 9,000 fish bones found in two of these rooms show that they were used to process and salt fish. Metal and stone tools, faience amulets, and limestone statues are thought to have been made in the other rooms in the building.” New Late Period and Ptolemaic-era workshops found at Kom Wasit!

This is so deeply disturbing. futurism.com/artificial-i...

There is dramatic irony in the fact that in 2022, I was advised by a travel clinic to get an adult MMR booster ahead of my trip to Egypt, only to be more grateful to have paid out of pocket for that booster for this moment in 2025 in the United States

Thinking that relationships belong to one or two houses is a mistake

Today was a good day Prepped astrology readings, went to the forge and worked on a skill I've neglected, and started some pomegranate liqueur (in 3 varieties!) Last weekend I took a pole dancing class then signed up for a series Also did massive revisions on my dissertation 👇🏾

We end 2025 with a Hellenistic void moon, lasting from 1:57am EST on Dec 31 to 2:09am EST on Jan 2 Might be better to wait on new year's resolutions or grand gestures More on navigating void moons on my blog: www.cobraandcrescent.com/blog/navigat...

Forge day 🔥 🔨

Upcoming Class! Medicinal Nightshades: Poison As Medicine Jan 18, 2026 @ 2pm EST Join herbalist S.A. Lawless for a deep dive into the use of medicinal nightshades throughout history as well as their contemporary uses in conventional medicine and systems of traditional herbal medicine.

USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked

A Christmas surprise: if you want to download the open access copy of Stealing from the Gods, you now can... The official birthday is in a couple of weeks, but time is an arbitrary construct. (Oh, and we'll be PA6029.T46 K67 2026 at the library. An actual real call number!)

Map of continental orientations according to Diamond. In reality, Africa is almost as wide as Eurasia. The red line from Dakar (Senegal) to Ras Hafun ( Somalia) is 7,458 km, which is about is about 94% the distance between Brussels and Beijing at 7,958. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/guns-germs...

Interesting to think how both the Capricorn ingress (beginning of the current quarter) and the '26 Aries ingress (beginning of astrological new year) are both marked by fairly intense New Moons but the calendar New Year has it void 🤔