Rochus Hess Comet ISON (click on pic for biggie size)

Comets fascinate me. 
Chinese astronomers have records on comets, including observations of Halley’s Comet, going back to at least 240 BC.  Often thought to be portents of doom and gloom, pheasant or broom stars signify CHANGE.  Differing types of comets were said to deliver different omens.


Comets are MESSENGERS from the outer reaches of space.
Most comets are believed to originate from the Oort Cloud far beyond the orbit of Pluto.


Halley’s comet is a “periodic” comet and returns to Earth’s vicinity about every 75 years.  Hale-Bopp will not return for another 4,200 years.  Comet Hyakutake will not return for another 14,000 years.  WoW.

Did you know there are right now five comets visible in binoculars or small telescopes that can be seen before dawn from the northern hemisphere ? 
Read here for maps, science geekout.
That is amazing – 5 ?! !

A quick look at the numerology of 5 here.
Ruled by Mercury, 5 signals surprises and opportunities. 
Also think, pentagram and the orbit of Venus.

A trillion comets.
It boggles.

Comet ISON passed within 2 degrees of Fixed Star Spica yesterday, then it travels with Mercury until the 27th (see chart) until reaching perihelion (point closest to the Sun) on the 28th.  Fixed star Spica is a brilliant white binary star in the constellation of Virgo.  Spica symbolizes wheat in the Virgin’s left hand.

This comet delivers messages of change that are likely influenced by Spica.
Check it out (23 Libra) in your natal, apply the below.
(Mine is conjunct MC, Mercury in 9.)

Astrological significance of the Fixed Star Spica

References: [Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923].
According to Ptolemy, Spica is of the nature of Venus and Mars; and, to Alvidas, of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury.  Keep in mind, ye olde skool astro can be a bit tweaked toward doom/gloom.  Instead, just think operate high qi to get best results !

Spica gives success, renown, riches, a sweet disposition, love of art and science, [low vibration gives] unscrupulousness, unfruitfulness and injustice to innocence.

If rising or culminating: Unbounded good fortune, happiness, ecclesiastical preferment, unexpected honor or advancement  beyond native’s hopes or capacity.

With Fortuna: Great wealth, voluptuous propensities.

With Sun: Great and lasting preferment, eminent dignity, immense wealth, great happiness to native’s parents and children, help from friends among clergy, favorable for public and legal affairs.  If culminating, Church and State preferment. If with Venus and Mars also the native is a potent king obeyed by many people, but subject to many infirmities.

With Moon: Gain through inventions, success, wealth and honor from Mercury, Venus or Jupiter people.

With Mercury: Neat, tidy, clever, ingenious, favor of clergy and people in authority, gain through investment, responsible position.

With Venus: Benefits from friends, social success, false friends of own sex.

With Mars: Popular social success, may have good judgment and quick decision or be violent in dispute, rigid, and nearly or quite a fool.

With Jupiter: Popular, social success, wealth, ecclesiastical honor and preferment.

With Saturn: Apt to be suspicious, sharp or rugged, but does much good, occult interests, good speaker, popular, many friends, gain through legacies but extravagant, good health, favorable for domestic matters.

With Uranus: Mediumistic, popular, business connected with ornaments, gain through marriage, fortunate, sudden natural death.

With Neptune: Well-born, comfortable  surroundings, always sufficiently well off, associated with companies, gain through legacies, favorable for domestic matters, somewhat fast and extravagant, does not live to old age.