Astrology Websites

Astronomy Websites

(If you have suggestions for websites to be added to this page, e-mail me.)

Astrology Websites

• Free Will Astrology
  Rob Brezsny's amazing site blends astrology, spiritual growth and awareness, humor, and social/spiritual/political activism. His weekly horoscopes (also available in The Village Voice) are unlike any you've ever read. I read ALL of them, not just my own sign's, because I learn something from each one!
• Astrology Glossary
  An extensive list of astrology terms, part of Astrology.com, which in turn is part of iVillage, a women-oriented web portal. The page contains links to material on all aspects of astrology.
• The Mountain Astrologer Magazine
  TMA calls itself the best English-language astrology magazine, an opinion I agree with. Although the online version only gives you a sampling of what's in the print version, there's still a lot of valuable information here. TMA includes articles linking current events with astrology, analyses of ongoing astrological phenomena, New and Full Moon reports, and a column on Jyotish (Hindu astrology).
• Astrodienst: Atlas Query
  This page will generate a chart for any location on earth and for the time you specify. Astrodienst is associated with some of the world's leading astrologers, including Liz Greene and Robert Hand.
• Chiron and Friends
  Zane B. Stein's page about the planetoid Chiron (located between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus) and a group of similar bodies called "Centaurs". Stein has been studying Chiron and its astrological significance since its discovery in 1977.
• As Above So Below: Important Astrological Dates for 2003
  Dates and times of the eight Sabbats, New and Full Moons, planetary retrograde periods, and other items of interest. (Note that the dates of the cross-quarter Sabbats -- Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas/Lughnasadh, and Samhain -- are the astrological dates, and are several days later than the traditional dates.) Compiled by Miriam Klamkin of Night Vision Astrology.
• Astrology Mailing Lists
  If you're interesting in subscribing to an astrology listserv, take a look at this list. Compiled by Kenaz Services.
• Astrology-Books.com
  The electronic commerce site of Sagittarius Books. You can browse by category, or search for books by author, title, or keyword. If you have questions about any of the books on the site, or need help finding astrology books, contact the owners. (I've shopped at Sagittarius Books since 1995, and I can't recommend them highly enough.) They also sell Solar Fire's astrology software, one of the best astrology programs available.
• Astrology Software Links
  My list of links to sites with information on astrology software, both Western and Jyotish (Vedic/Hindu).

Astronomy Websites

• The Nine Planets: A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System (http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html)
  In the words of the page's creator, Bill Arnett, "The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information."
  
• Skyhound (http://www.skyhound.com/sh/skyhound.html)
  A general guide for anyone interested in skywatching. The "Sky Events" section tells you which astronomical phenomena can be seen each month. (Note that when a planet's location in a Zodiac sign is given, it's the sidereal location used by astronomers, NOT the tropical Zodiac most astrologers use. For a discussion of sidereal vs. tropical Zodiacs [among other things], see this essay by Kevin Burk at Astrological Horoscopes and Forecasts.)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)
  One of my favorite sites. Every day, APOD shows a new picture, with hyperlinked commentary by NASA astronomers. The images run the gamut of astronomy, from clouds on Earth to solar eruptions, storms on Jupiter, comets, and deep-space galaxies and quasars. (If you like this site and want to see more amazing pictures, check out the Hubble Space Telescope website.)
• Ancient Astronomy & Archaeoastronomy (http://supernova7.apsc.csi.cuny.edu/weblinks.html#ARCHAEO)
  Links to sites dealing with ancient astronomy and sky lore of ancient and native peoples. Includes the Great Pyramid of Giza, Stonehenge, Mayan temples, etc. Part of a huge page of astronomy and astrophysics links from the Astrophysical Observatory at the College of Staten Island, CUNY.
• U. S. Naval Observatory: Data Services (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/)
  A great site that gives you dates and times of solstices, equinoxes, sunrises, moonrises, lunar phases, solar and lunar eclipses, and much more.
• The Electronic Sky: Concepts (http://www.glyphweb.com/esky/concepts/default.htm)
  This site has good explanations of what equinoxes are, how retrograde motion works, why precession occurs, and what the First Point of Aries is, among other things. (These are among the phenomena that astrologers need to know about, in order to understand the "why" of astrology.) The rest of the site is well worth exploring.
• The Sagan Planet Walk (http://www.sciencenter.org/SaganPW/)
  A scale model of the solar system built in Ithaca, NY, in honor of the late astronomer Carl Sagan. The Planet Walk stretches from downtown Ithaca to the Sciencenter, 1.2 km away.