THE MOUNTAIN ASTROLOGERC }ontents DECEMBER 2018 / JANUARY 2019 } ISSUE 202 4040 LOOKING AHEAD Mercury: Pi in the Sky TO 2020 40 } by Brian Clark Mercury’s synodic cycle resonates with the “irrational” number Pi: 3.14159 … ad infinitum. Shape-shifter Mercury Seeing the Big Picture: moves between limitless imagination and linear intellect — 25 } Working with the Transits of 2020 both equally valid ways of knowing. by Jessica Murray With 2020 right around the corner, it’s not too early Exploring the Midheaven in to use astrology’s “20-20” vision to enlarge our 48 } Your Horoscope perspective on the world-altering transits looming Part 1: Definitions just ahead. Let’s start here. by Frank C. Clifford This experienced astrologer offers his keen insights on the The 2020 Jupiter–Saturn–Pluto MC, a high point in the chart, to expand our understanding 33 } Alignments: Collective and of this pivotal angle. It pays to look up! Personal Dimensions by Bill Herbst Churchill and the Miracle of Dunkirk This article explores how the lineup of outer planets in 57 } by Wanda Sellar Capricorn will impact not only the greater world but also Compelling connections link the astrology of the each individual part of it — in other words, you and me. declaration of World War II (and the preceding solar eclipse) with that of Winston Churchill and the evacuation The Year 2020 for the 12 Signs of Dunkirk. 38 } by Tem Tarriktar Here is a quick look at the themes and challenges The Signs They Are A-Changin’ facing each of the Sun and rising signs during 2020, a 66 } by Charles Obert year that has Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto coming together What does Aquarius mean to contemporary astrologers, in in Capricorn. contrast to its traditional meanings? Could this involve the shift of sign ruler from Saturn to Uranus? 6 — THE MOUNTAIN ASTROLOGER ® Volume 32, No. 1 P.O. 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