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 Cambridge Dictionaries Online ~ This is a site I’ve used a lot and it’s only fair to give them a mention. There is both a British and American English version you can use, as well as a dictionary of popular idioms. I’m far from perfect and often make mistakes, but judging by much of what I’ve seen out there, this ought to be a popular recommendation. |
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| Celestial Mythology ~ Part of the Encyclopedia Mythica, this page explains the myths behind the names of planets. Meanwhile astrologers are struggling with Eris and at understanding the goddess of discord, formerly Xena the
warrior princess, in Aries, the sign of war. Let’s take it from the start.
I shouldn’t think it means peace then, would you? |
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| City Distance Tool ~ An uninspiring
name for a very useful feature, for those who travel, talk to people
in other parts of the world, or wonder generally about their planet. Distances
are calculated as the crow flies and there is a big database of places
to select. Be warned, you might find issues with some locations under Internet
Explorer 7… |
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| Clangers ~ Oliver Postgate died on December 8, 2008 leaving behind a legacy of animated characters who’ll need little introduction to those in Britain of a certain age. This is an episode of the Clangers from 1969 and while I suppose more astronomy than astrology, if you have never seen these guys before be ready, it’s all rather bizarre. |
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| ClickSmilies.Com ~ This
site is neither astrological nor astronomical in its primary orientatation.
It is quite simply the most fantastic collection of smileys, with one
for every emotion and with many more besides. These used to be so popular on the old Astrologywizard.com
Forum that a recommendation is only fair. Splendid, if you like or need that sort of thing! |
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| Crank Dot Net ~ Not updated for some while it seems at the time of writing, this site highlights the apparently crazy and bizarre across a whole range of subjects and drawn from all over the Internet. This is the astrology section and there are some interesting recommendations, it’s intriguing who gets a mention and who doesn’t anyhow… |
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| Current Position of the ISS ~ Where is the International Space Station (ISS) right now? Just click on the link and this site keeps you instantaneously updated, interfacing with Google Maps to reveal exactly where on Earth the ISS is currently travelling over, along with details of its speed and altitude, plus what the crew can see from their windows this very moment. |
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| Dawn Gets Her Man ~ Or tries to anyhow, although you might be surprised by what happened in real life, or maybe you wouldn’t. Regardless, this is the gorgeous Dawn Porter, with some additional input later on from yours truly in an astrological context. Truth is, it was all great fun. You can watch or download this BBC TV show only for a limited time. |
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| deviantART:
the-zodiac-club ~
Famed as a network through which artists of many persuasions can display,
share, talk about and even sell their work, deviantART also hosts a special
interest club for those working in some way with a zodiac theme. I’m
sure they could always use some more support, so why not get over there now? |
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| Directory
of Cities and Towns ~
An enthralling site, once you get used to the navigation and
the odd glitch, such as everywhere in the UK being listed as a part of
Aberdeen. It is worth it though, because here are
the locations other databases miss, with longitude and latitude,
elevation, detailed satellite imagery, cloud cover and the current weather
conditions… |
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| Dog
Names ~ June and Eric Taylor run this site and it seems to be largely
a labour of love. I was impressed with the dog astrology and was intrigued
by the dog numerology too, with a free ebook and numerology calculator
to download, taking all the hard work out of choosing the right name
for your pampered pooch! |
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| Earthpages ~
Actively maintained by Michael Clark, who has qualifications like most
of us have cups of coffee, Earthpages is a growing link resource for
the concerns of this New Age from spirituality to the environment,
astrology to the art of drinking. Great design and use of Flash
too, at the moment this site seems to be in a state of some transition… |
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| Earth’s Atmosphere Top to Bottom ~ You’ll doubtless find this both useful and informative, if like me you’d previously imagined the stratosphere was where the Earth’s atmosphere finished. Seems that’s only the 50km mark, after which you have the mesosphere, the ionosphere, thermosphere and finally the exosphere, otherwise popularly called outer space… |
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| Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) ~ The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is an Internet institution, so consider its younger up-and-coming sibling, with a more terrestrial slant. Don’t imagine there isn’t plenty of great celestial imagery lurking in the archives here too, with the backing of NASA and the Goddard Space Flight Center, would anything less suit? |
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| Encyclopedia
Mythica ~ A broad knowledge of classical mythology is often
important for astrologers, especially when it comes to understanding
some of the more recent astronomical discoveries from an interpretation point of view. So if you don’t know your
Hestia from your Hercules or your Juno from your Jupiter, then this
is undoubtedly the place to go… |
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