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Pole Live Camera ~ Our view of astrology will need to change once
people are born away from our own small planet. Closer to home there
are also difficulties, such as the failure of many house systems in polar
regions. You can check out the South Pole right now, but remember there’s
complete darkness from March to September! |
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| Stuff
on My Cat ~ Stuff + cats = awesome, an apt subtitle for a site that
celebrates the very latest in indoor slacker sports. Of course none of
this is anything to do with astrology, although it could constitute a
great new use for all those hefty astrological tomes, currently threatening
to overwhelm your bookcase at this very moment… |
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| Sun Dog ~ Many in the UK were lucky recently to witness a stunning example of this solar and atmospheric phenomenon, known scientifically as a parhelion. I caught it from the back yard, where a striking and multicoloured halo surrounded the sun, caused by hexagonal ice crystals refracting its rays like prisms, amid the high cirrus clouds… |
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| Svalbard
Webcams ~ The midnight sun occurs in extreme latitudes, where for
months the Sun does not dip below the horizon, even at its lowest point.
The Svalbard archipelago lies at 78º00 North and experiences the
midnight sun from late April, with pictures beaming live to the comfort
of your computer. On a good day, it is simply stunning. |
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| The
Mountain Astrologer ~ To fail to mention
the website of one of the most popular astrology magazines around would
be to neglect my duty as your guide to the astrological Internet. Hailing
from Cedar Ridge, California you can sample its content here, with a
selection of articles for your perusal online, naturally. |
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| The
Prophecies of Nostradamus ~ Amid the speculation
and conjecture that this subject perennially engenders, have you ever
wondered what Michel de Nostradame actually said? First published in
1555 and 1558, here is your opportunity to read his famous Centuries
in full, even in the original French. It’s a bit of a let-down though after all the hype… |
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| Thesaurus.com ~ A thesaurus lists synonyms and antonyms, helping you find alternatives to words that maybe you otherwise use too much. This is a special recommendation for certain horoscope writers out there, whose minimal comprehension of basic astrological principles is matched only by their tenuous grasp of language… |
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| The World at Night ~ TWAN is a project to build a photographic catalogue of the world’s most beautiful and historic sites, in the context of a celestial backdrop of stars, planets and other notable cosmic events. It’s in the early stages, but still fascinating to click through these images of the night sky seen from a variety of famous and iconic locations. |
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| This
Is Not a Medieval Woodcut ~ How many times have you seen this image? Plastered with reverence on publications from all over, this
woodcut is definitely connected with those prominent in the history of
astrology, right? Wrong, it seems first to have been published as recently
as 1888. Kerry Magruder is here to explain… |
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| time
and date.com ~ Astrologers work everyday with dates and times, so
it was a pleasure to stumble across this website. It has some really
useful features that are all related to date and time - such as time
zones around the world, calendars and public holidays or how many seconds
you have been alive, for example… |
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| Twilight ~ Twilight is the time between dawn and sunrise, then sunset and dusk. But did you know about the three established and accepted divisions of this period known as civil, nautical and astronomical twilight, defined according to the position of the geometric centre of the Sun and its distance below the horizon? Well, you do now… |
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| Vuvuzela Time! ~ England crashed out of the 2010 soccer World Cup earlier than usual. They leave the drone of the vuvuzela, a plastic horn, the abiding memory of an otherwise lacklustre tournament. In the unlikely event you are missing this background noise, you can still read your horoscope to its accompaniment, just for old time’s sake… |
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| Wejee’s
Free Psychic Readings ~ This site offers free computer generated
I-Ching, numerology, rune and tarot readings plus fortune cookies
and access to individual readers for those wishing to take their interest
further. There’s also some good information on the use of colour, crystals,
essential oils and herbs. |
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| WolframAlpha ~ As I write WolframAlpha is in development, but claims to be the first computational knowledge engine on the World Wide Web. This means you ask a question and it comes up with the answer, so I’ve linked to the astronomy bit which has many interesting examples. On entering astrology, it just said ‘pseudoscience’ though… |
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| World Population ~ It would be interesting to see whether there are equal numbers of people born under each zodiac constellation, whether as you might expect some signs prove more fruitful than others and if there are seasonal variations in different parts of the world. This is the total world population as of right now. Scary, don’t you think? |
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