Melanie Farmer

Upside Down Times
Island Voices, March 2025

Upside Down Times

By Melanie Farmer   There will be two eclipses in March. An eclipse happens when three celestial bodies align, blocking each other. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon, while a solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks sunlight from reaching the Earth.    In Vedic astrology, Rahu represents the solar…

Solar Eclipse – April 8, 2024
April 2024, Island Voices

Solar Eclipse – April 8, 2024

By Melanie Farmer Eclipses are pure astronomical phenomena; those who experience its shadow share this with the world. The events, live-streamed globally, have no political attachment, no violent content, no war., no race, no gender … nothing. The eclipse is separate from all expectation or meaning, from new-age interpretation, from history. Here’s our chance to…

Pluto Means Change
Island Voices

Pluto Means Change

As many historians and astrologers have pointed out, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. We are living through an American astronomical Plutonian birthday – meaning that, over the last 248 years, Pluto has transited through all 12 astrological signs. This provides an opportunity to reflect on the last 248…