Whne will it all calm down?  That's the most common question at the moment.  The answer depends on the events of the coming five weks, when (coincidentally) there's a big Mercury retrograde - sigh.A few people have had the same intuition recently - that of a major economic change in mid September, followed by war (sorry!) in early October for a couple of weeks, followed by a grind until June next year when the tipping point is reached.  Alternatively, I'd like to believe that the economic future is one of taxing banks, spreading profits, cancelling world debt and a period of direct action on inequality.  Let's see where we stand in a few weeks...  And again many thanks to those whom have helped me in the last 48 hours, I will post an update either tonight or first thing tomorrow.  And ya boo sucks to those who are revelling in my current difficult situation, you know who you are, and karma looks after its own.

05.30 am Saturday morning...  Moon opposite Mars, square Mercury and conjunct pluto today, expect some type of culmination.  Many, many thanks to those people who've replied to my recent posts and emails, I will reply to each and every one of you shortly.

OK...  just got an unannounced visit by her majesty's inland revenue and customs, they had the intention of 'seizing my chattels' in lieu of both back and forward tax to the tune of 5.5K.  I was able to show them a big project I've been working on that launches on October 1 as well as my relatively healthy order book and that delayed the seizure until this coming Wednesday, but if I don't come up with at least 4k by then I'm off back to warehousing and shelfstacking.  So I'm asking the universe for help.  I don't want charity, but I need advance orders, patronage, investment, loan, whatever.  I've found fifteen percent of what they want, but can't do any more, so I'm asking the universe.  Full details on request through steve@stevejudd.com or 01225 336118.  A PayPal button is at the top of the home page.

Bang!  I just got trashed......   more shortlly

In the last few weeks I've heard stories of incredible heroism, of people turning seemingly impossible scenarios into win-win situations through walking their talk and believing in themselves.  And now we arrive at the end of the current phase of acceleration, with Mars entering Cancer and opposing Pluto over the coming forty eight hours.  I feel that so far, August has got us ‘up to speed', and now and during the next two or three days decisions will be taken that will shape the long term future.  I expect the results emanating from these decisions to become increasingly clear during September, and by the second week of October I feel that the die is cast.  I am on record as suggesting that the last week of August is the stickiest time of 2009, and now we're in it I find myself thinking that it's all far too quiet - as though we're in ...

Today should be quite a day, with the Moon conjuncting both Mercury and Saturn.  After my excesses of yesterday, I need the degree of seriousness this will bring.  After so called friends of mine held me down and forced me to drink a bottle of mead, I was compelled to stand up on stage and deliver a somewhat ribald version of how to wind up any sign of the zodiac.  One more precious day of fun and pleasure before packing up and returning to the grind, but I've already booked my tickets for next year's event.  Now - I've got a workshop to deliver, tonight I'm comparing the cabaret and there's some serious fun to facilitate, so more on Monday when my laptop is recharged!

It's eight am, I'm sat on a hill with coffee and a laptop overlooking a field of some one hundred and fifty people, most of them still asleep after a night's entertainment of medieval music on lute, lyre and mandolin, as well as children's karaoke and story telling.  In this community, (or as my friend Linda says, common unity) no-one pays to come in.  Everything of a financial nature is by voluntary contribution, according to each individual's estimation of worth and their ability to pay.  Everyone contributes in some shape or form.  No-one loses or goes without, everyone looks after each other and most importantly of all, everyone looks everybody else in the eye and smiles when talking.  Beats package holidays every time.  

Waiting to do a workshop on astrological humour in  yurt in a cafe in the middle of a field, close to the River Severn.  There's a beautiful energy about, people I haven't seen for ten years, essence of tribe.  Five miles from Gloucester,ongoing till Sunday, donation to come in.  What are you waiting for?  And it's not raining.....  

I haven't been on more than a day's break for a long long time, and here I am in a field with coffee and wireless broadband after spending a night under more stars than I've seen in a long time.  I saw Spica, the star that seems to do predominate where the essence of luck or intuition is strong, dreaded Algol, so common in (thankfully rare) events of decapitation.  Mid evening I saw Pisces rise on the horizon, something not visible from the cities.  And it is the dark Moon - even better!  There are dogs barking (aren't there always?), kids screaming, adults laughing, good food, music and clowning.  Utter, utter bliss.

i'm running away for four/five days, to lay under the stars in the Forest of Dean and watch the creation myth unfold in the sky, along with a couple of hundred other like minded souls to talk astrology, consciousness revolution, crop circles and general novelty by the camp fires.  Will continue blogging remotely, but i'm off mobile and email for five days for the first time in three years - back on Monday, just in time to deal with Mars/Pluto and that anoying little Mercury retrograde that's just around the corner...

In defence of my ideals...  I am not a patriot, in many ways I despise the things my country has done, both in the past and the present.  But at the same time I am proud to be British, and one of the main reasons for this is because of the National Health Service (NHS).  I can go at any time to a doctor or hospital without paying or having to prove my wealth and that brings such a sense of security and safety.  I am so proud of the NHS, and readers in the USA should ignore the rabid ramblings of a few super rich right wing fascist politicians who seek to exacerbate the divisions between the classes.  I am appalled at the way the American health service works (or doesn't).  As my friend Dharmaruci (google him) points out, the coming new ...

I feel that during the next few days there will be a number of critical decisions made, both globally and personally, and that out of these decisions some type of irrevocable action will occur, probably in early-mid September.  And the word I keep getting is ‘monolithic' which leads me to assume that some type of fundamental basic structure to our lives is going to collapse.  This doesn't seem to be a person, more some type of institution, and the astrological symbology of this speaks of economics rather than religion or politics.  I find myself idly speculating as to the consequences should the Bank of England, or for that matter the Federal Reserve, go bankrupt.  These are, after all, the people who print the money.  And if I project this even more forward, I can see that within a year or so there may ...

The Sun is opposing Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune today and until Monday, especially pushing a few buttons for the more psychologically orientated of the 1952-1955 generation, but this is a brief blip on a sub routine that won't resurface until December.  More importantly, Mercury is approaching Saturn fast, and beginning a two week square to Mars.  In English, this suggests a more detached and impersonal, objective attitude in dealing with things and people, which may elicit charges of ruthlessness from others but as long as your integrity and conscience is clear then just do it.  Today and tomorrow, the Moon joins with Mars, so expect actions.  Everyone has to make up their mind for themselves now, you're alone - not lonely, but alone.  Get your priorities right, because this time is not a drill, it is increasingly becoming the real thing. 

Crop circles - option 2.  We only use 18% of our ...

I've been waiting many years for this time.  Back in the late eighties I looked at 2009 as the final upgrade prior to the ‘real deal' that 2010 will bring.  Just within the last six weeks I've seen many of my friends and clients getting hammered, but I've also worked with people who are using the ongoing challenges as a kick up the backside to spur themselves on to greater achievements than they had previously thought possible, as indicated by the specific talents in their horoscopes.  And make no mistake the choices being made at this time, both individually and globally, will have profound impact on the events of mid September of this year.  Then, in five-six weeks from now, we can begin to plateau in a way that brings relative calmness for a time, at least until Saturn moves into Libra.  Crop circle stuff - go here and here and ...

Astrology - remember, those who have asked, that Saturn is best placed in Libra, and come November I'll be spinning positively on this.  Meantime, as of today Mercury begins a six week conjunction to Saturn (Mercury goes retrograde in just under a month) and from now on there will be decisions as opposed to prevarication or fence sitting.  And in three/four day's time, the Moon conjoins with Mars and I expect significant developments at the manifest and measurable level.  I think that this coming period until the end of August is probably the most significant time of 2009 for many of us.

And crop formations - a big thank you to Jens and Annie from Germany and Australia respectively for your comments.  You've hit it in one.  It doesn't really matter where they come from or who/what makes them - that is so ...

I don't doubt the intelligence of you lot out there - but think of this:  my relationship with the creative power behind the crop circle formations is akin to other's relationship with god or their particular avatar - and were I to pronounce on my own revelations I would be no better than your average synthetic priest or imam. . Admittedly, my opinion is based on direct experience and surety as opposed to blind faith, theology and doctrine imposed over the last 2,000 years by old men with little dxxxs.  It's simple really, once you learn to think outside the box - work it out for yourself.  And over the coming week or so I will endeavour to elucidate on my experiences.  But let's get the fundamentals straight - what you have here is not of current time human origin, animal origin, Gaian interaction with humanity or ET.  I have records of crop ...

Mars squares Saturn later today, we're in the middle of a month long time that represents critical surgery, with results not obvious until mid/end September.  From what I sense through client's charts, this last couple of days has finally wrapped up a lot of outstanding issues lingering from 2003, whilst the next couple of days should finalise issues from 2004.  Mars squaring Saturn is symbolic of the cutting away from the old, and now this process is ending, we can start to look for the freedom, radicality and novelty that is coming over the next ten days, whilst Mars squares Uranus - but I'll deal with that tomorrow.  A big thank you to those clients and friends who came to central London to see me yesterday, and to Jonathan Cainer for hosting and facilitating me at The Big Chill on Saturday, all went ...

An unearthly hour, early in the morning, still dark...   The Moon and a really bright Jupiter setting to the East, Mars overhead.  Beautiful, I'm absolutely positive there's going to be some incredible crop circles in a few hours... where do they come from?  Well, I know, but it's kind of hard to explain in rational English, same as the identity of the makers is easy if you can think outside the box.  The circle makers are not human, animal or from outer space.  Go figure.  Off to the Big Chill shortly, yes I will record the talk on Current Transits and the New World Order and if it's good enough I'll make it available in some shape or form...  and go here for a good laugh at the British political system. 

I'm in a feisty mood this morning, and it's a void moon, so here comes bucketmouth...  To start off with, I'm going to immediately alienate a third of my American friends by praising Bill Clinton to the hilt.  In my mind, the best US president of the last fifty years, his chart is one of the most blessed I've ever seen.  Born lucky, with a ‘charm' about him, he will always be seen as the best living US president - outside of America, much the same as people outside of UK like Thatcher and Blair (excuse me while I lose my breakfast...).  Clinton lied, but nobody died - unlike the warmongers Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz and their puppet president, who made the USA more unpopular than the UK, which takes some doing...  OK, rant over - today?  Well, Mars is only two degrees ...

Wrote the following for a magazine this morning so I thought ‘d throw it into the mix.  The time of August and September 2009 will be remembered for years to come - it is the high/low point of a period since September ‘08 that summarises the last seven years.  For many, the last year has made us either walk our talk or step back from our principles and ethics.  The pace of change globally is at a high - expect massive developments before the start of October, particularly economically.  But this is not about destroying the old; it is about incorporating it into the larger and stronger new.  There is an accelerating urge to embrace the holistic and environmental principle in a more integrated way, and this will get stronger.  A combination of Mars and Saturn with Uranus and Pluto makes this a time to remember, when choices both globally and personally become ...

Full Moon later today, should be quite spectacular.  Both the Sun and Moon are working very well with Mars, suggesting a time where many of us can release a lot of current angst through physical action - swimming, dance, gym, bedroom - and as a result deflect what might otherwise come out as over exuberance.  However, Mars is still closing on Saturn, only three degrees away now, and for many people the ante is being upped.  It is the turn of those who got clobbered in 2002 to finally close doors now.  So far so good with August, despite my concerns, it is little people's lives (that's you and me) that are taking the initial hits.  Rest assured that as the end of the month approaches so the emphasis will shift to the corporate, industrial, financial and large scale economic - I maintain my stance that August brings mega decisions, and early September ...

I had a rare opportunity yesterday to see synastry in action, a meeting of two individuals whose charts were exactly right for each other at that time and who took advantage of that moment to initiate something that should last for the rest of their lives.  It is the business of the short term future to live a little dangerously, and by taking chances but also exercising restraint they've pulled it of.  Gives me hope for the future, and enables me to tell couples that some relationships actually do work.  And every year the same story comes up about Mars being closer than before, so I checked it out with Nasa - yes, it's getting closer than before - by less than a mile.  Absolutely no big deal whatsoever - ignore the hype.  And we're into the last three weeks of the crop circle season, and it's the best year for a decade.  Go here and here, and in both cases look at the close ups.

Mars, halfway through Gemini, is four degrees away from squaring Saturn, and closing.  Mars hits Saturn before Uranus and Pluto, so the endings come before the new beginnings this time round.  For many, this is the time of lancing the boil, bringing a natural and organic but nevertheless incisive and proactive end to old systems of limitation and restriction that have endured since the early 2000's.  If you got trashed, probably psychologically, in 2001/2, you can now cut the stitching thread and move on, knowing that the wounds are finally sealed and the real healing process can now begin.

Atropos, Lachesis and Clotho will have their way.   Make no mistake, what you are seeing now is the biggest struggle in patriarchy for at least two thousand years.  The old Gods are dying, leaving room for both the new (old) solar principle - once again we will look to inner space for our religions ...

Co-incidentally (honestly!) this is written whilst the Moon is exactly conjunct Pluto, which is perhaps symbolic of the times we live in.  There are two ways this month can go.  There can be a smouldering resentment at the excesses that corrupt our society, which will manifest through some type of event or action which will not be good at all.  Or people can say to themselves, quietly and internally but confidently and with conviction:  ‘enough'.  The coming full Moon works excellently with Mars, the passion and decisiveness will be there in quantity.  But the Mars/Saturn square is also saying ‘end game - time to let go of things, patterns, people, attitudes that have somehow clung on since the start of the century, and bring a graceful but firm end.  It really is advisable now to ask yourself what is sustainable and what is not, and make damn sure you get your priorities right.  ...

In my astrological opinion, August 2009 represents a peak experience, a nexus point through which we must all go one way or another.  Since 2001, many of us have passed through life changing times the import and frequency of which defy normal expectations.  And if the last nine months has represented an exam or summing up of the last seven or so years, then be aware that the coming five weeks represent the pimple on top of the boil. We start the month with Mars squaring Saturn, suggesting final endings in our personal lives, and sabre rattling in the global field.  By mid month, Mars is squaring Uranus, bringing the shockingly new into our lives, as well as suddenly putting new options on the table across the spectrum, although probably in an unsettling way.  And at the end of the month, Mars opposes Pluto at the start of Capricorn, just as Mercury stands ...