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Readers can begin on this path by contemplating the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets against the background of the zodiacal constellations (sidereal signs) today in relation to corresponding stellar events during the life of Christ. In this way, the possibility is opened for attuning, in a living way, to the life of Christ in the etheric cosmos. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this year's journal there is an article by \u003cb\u003eDavid Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRobert Powell\u003c\/b\u003e on the new science of Astrogeographia concerning the location of the seven planetary chakras of the Earth. \u003cb\u003eDavid Tresemer\u003c\/b\u003e's article examines the significance of Neptune in world events, and \u003cb\u003eWilliam Bento\u003c\/b\u003e offers important perspectives on the dark shadows of Neptune. There is also an article by \u003cb\u003eWain Farrants\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRobert Powell\u003c\/b\u003e continuing the discussion of the house systems in astrology begun by \u003cb\u003eBrian Gray\u003c\/b\u003e in the 2012 issue. \u003cb\u003eKevin Dann\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on the 33-1\/3 -year rhythm, and \u003cb\u003eLacquanna Paul\u003c\/b\u003e has written about Divine Sophia in relation to the zodiac. \u003cb\u003eBrian Gray\u003c\/b\u003e contributed an article on his discovery of the zodiac in the Raphael Madonna series as arranged by \u003cb\u003eRudolf Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe monthly commentaries for 2013 by \u003cb\u003eClaudia McLaren Lainson\u003c\/b\u003e are preceded by her article on the Jupiter-Pluto opposition in 2013. 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