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15 December 2010: Pointing Toward Action

15 Wednesday Dec 2010

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Hubert 'The Fire of Rome 18 July 64 AD' {{PD-Art}}

9 PM PST the 15th the Aries Moon trines the Sun in Fire, and we get all fired up–for West Coasters, may represent one of those inconvenient times when we should be winding down but end up revving up! By 11 PM Pacific the Moon is within quincunx of Juno and creates a Finger of God with her sextile to Neptune/ Chiron. Pointing the way to empowerment is a formula that says, use emo perceptions and intuition in concert with creative energy and unique skills–sounds easy, but pinpointing the arenas is the challenge. The House that holds transiting Juno (25 Virgo 46) tells us where in this moment our empowerment options lie; move on this as it may facillitate many other developments and certainly will help us know where our strengths are contained. With Uranus/ Jupiter at the midpoint of the Finger’s base, we can hook into a stream of social energy that helps our empowerment goals–be open to mass urges, occasions, and beliefs you can use for your own ends.

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Added: The naming of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook mogul, as TIME’s Person of the Year came as a surprise to quite a few; naming him so during a Merc retro period suggests they (the TIME staff responsible) may regret their choice (embarrassed, perhaps?) once the tiny messenger planet goes Direct.

14 December 2010: Modest Goals

14 Tuesday Dec 2010

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WH Beard 'The Lost Balloon' 1882 {{PD-Art}}

The 14th sees the Sun within square of Jupiter. Oh those goals and desires feel so close, surely they’re within reach–but remember as you’re flexing your fingers in the desired direction that social conditiions, and perhaps a tendency to overreach, may defeat us, at least in the moment. Modest goals at present are not only much more achievable, they’re more desirable, as the tendency now is to look to the horizon rather than attend to what’s more immediately needed and is sometimes a necessary step in the progression toward the ends we have in our sights.

What we see 4 PM Pacific through the evening hours and beyond is a somewhat unsatisfying tendency to feel at loose ends; the Aries Moon will prompt us to act and to want, but so many other cautionary influences are in play that we’ll do best to, once again, keep our goals modest. We may end up angry and ready to pick a fight if we don’t channel the impulses successfully–a project or effort we can control is the most effective choice.

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13 December 2010: Tilt-a-Whirl

13 Monday Dec 2010

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It may feel like we're asked to do impossible feats during this period

I want to apologize for the lateness of this update, but in typical retro Merc fashion I’ve been struggling since Friday night with my computer. It got so bad by Saturday afternoon that it was essentially frozen, and I expected a complete crash–but I kept working on it, and by late Sunday night I decided I had to do a restore to past point, feeling that was a last resort (and thinking it probably wouldn’t work). It’s working now, but oy! what a trial. Referencing my own Merc retro forecast, Venus is natally in my 9th of publishing, with my weekend centered on what amounted to a radical restructuring of the actual hard drive I use for fulfilling obligations (Capricorn)–and it was certainly a test of empowerment issues for me, reminding me of exactly what part of things isn’t under my control–and this morning, as the Pisces Moon is exact to my natal Moon, I finally get back to business. I can only hope this Merc-themed difficulty doesn’t last through the whole cycle!

Today, the 13th, my eye is drawn to what is essentially a cluster of energies spanning roughly 30 degrees: Sun and Pallas in Sag, NN, Mars, Pluto, Merc, Ceres in Capricorn. It’s like being on a Tilt-a-Whirl that stays in just one position–you can’t hold on to the uphill parts for long, eventually you slide down to the low side as gravity finally wins. Gravity, in this case, will feel like the pull of inevitability, forces outside ourselves and out of our control causing drastic change we can’t fight against (echoes of this weekend, for me!) There is a sense of the powerful parts of life, Mother Nature, time, innate wisdom, all affecting us and our choices and especially our Will at a very personal level. Look to the Houses with Capricorn and Sagittarius on the cusp–this is likely to be the place where the incredible weightiness of Being comes home for each of us.

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10 December 2010: Empowerment Options

10 Friday Dec 2010

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Gauguin Pêcheuses de Goémon 

The world seems to have been dancing on my last nerve of late, and I suspect it’s that way for many of you, too. Accounts of serious difficulty sleeping, miscommuncation, trouble buckling down to the task at hand have been everywhere–but it also seems this morning’s retrograde of Mercury (at 4:04 AM PST) may have changed it up for us. The retrograde period may bring some positive reshuffling of energy that we didn’t anticipate–sit back and enjoy it! 

I thought I should share this about the ‘big’ aspect right now, which is Juno opp Uranus/ Jupiter T-square Pallas. This promises situations that test our true empowerment in the world, as individuals and within the group. Wisdom and guidance are available, but their use is dependent upon our own resistance to or acceptance of them. Circumstances may tempt us to blame our empowerment options (or lack of them) on fate, others, or our specific disempowerment in the situation, but the truth is that every circumstance will hold empowering choices–we must be both clear-seeing enough and brave enough to take them. Add to this that Juno is now quincunx Neptune/ Chiron and Ceres has moved to within trine of Juno, and we have those tests of empowerment become tests of our connection to reality, our susceptibility to accept deception as truth, and our relationship to authority. This ramps up the difficulty of knowing whether we are responding to what is or to our own delusions, or to another’s misinformation, and could make ingrained negative authority issues responsible for bringing all progress to a halt. The best way to meet this is by keeping ideals in the forefront of conscious thinking, and by remembering we’re now into the Merc retro period–this complex doubles the need for caution and care, with the added idea that perhaps non-response will be the most effective response of all.

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8-9 December 2010: Frustration, One Way or Another

08 Wednesday Dec 2010

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Read the description of this odd print here http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Arkwright_dismissing_his_wife.jpg

Void begins 5:08 PM PST of the 8th, with the Moon’s entry into Aquarius coming at 11:30 PM PST. This is notable mostly as offering denizens of the Western Hemisphere uncertain evening proceedings. Particularly in Western time zones, the atmosphere could be one of seriousness that in spite of itself can’t really accomplish anything–there’s just no energy (the meaning of a Void period) behind any efforts–and Cappy hates to be thwarted. Frustration can lead to cross words and temper tantrums–all to no avail. With the Moon’s entry into Aquarius, energies turn philosophical, and we gain a little mental distance, allowing for assessing where things just weren’t going well. First aspect of note that breaks us out of our critical revery is the Moon’s square to Venus, 9 AM-ish PST of the 9th; why is it that just when we’re feeling good about our minds we start to worry about our looks? or our relationships, or our money? Things take a devilish turn as we overthink and over-analyze; this overwrought contemplation could take up our whole day–and it’s not helped by the pressure of Mercury’s imminent retrograde.

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7 December 2010: A Serious Action Plan

07 Tuesday Dec 2010

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I chose this just because the material of her dress is rendered so beautifully--but they could be making an action plan, couldn't they? Borch c.1654 {{PD-Art}}

8 Dec 9:59 AM PST We lost internet here in this part of Seattle for several hours–so I’m way behind! Check back this afternoon for a new post–thanks!

3:49 PM PST on the 7th Mars enters Capricorn, and the action urge gets a whole lot more serious. With Chiron/ Neptune (Fixed Air) sesquiquadrate Saturn/ h. Zeus (Cardinal Air) we may be looking at actions that can be successfully adjusted to reality, ambition/ Will, ideals and skills–and this creates an excellent time to act in a way both inspired and practical. By 5:30 PM PST the transiting Cap Moon squares h. Zeus, making this an optimum moment to know and fulfill ambition or desire, if one is open to recognizing and working with reality (you would be surprised how many people aren’t); then by 6:30 PM on the 7th a square to Saturn and semi-sextile to the Sun show us where we stand materially. Would these aspects be better flipped, with awareness coming first? Absolutely, but with the Moon in Capricorn it really is about atuning to the reality of the situation in order to achieve what we want and make our actions effective–which means that Saturn aspect to Neptune/ Chiron (a sesquiquadrate) becomes a test of our connection to what is, as much as it is a call to manifest ideals and ambitions.

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5 December 2010: Basking in the New Moon

05 Sunday Dec 2010

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From 'A B C Trim' by LGF Rattisbonne {{PD}} from Wikimedia Commons

Hard to do, really, as a New Moon is so fresh and tenuous, barely reflecting any light–and yet, we feel it, as a major energy shift comes into play. Since the Sagittarius setting for the Sun and Moon meeting seems to have freed us all, I’ll just offer up a little advice on current energies in play. For access to more detail, and daily and monthly forecasts, articles, and more, please get ECLIPSE for only $4.95 for 3 months (Nov, Dec, Jan) http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/the-latest-new-fall-2010-eclipse/ Thanks for your support!

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Venus trines the SN in Water through the 6th–remember that now’s the time when we might finally see the true effects of the retrograde–and this suggests both a tendency toward sentimentality (even when that’s not our usual mode) and an urge to follow old familiar ways and paths. Make a real effort to stay focused in the now; remind ourselves that the current reality is what’s really in force right now. Venus is also sextile Mercury/ Pluto/ NN, and this can be both positive and negative: positive as we communicate beautifiully and welcome change that enhances our Path, and negatively in that we may paper over unpleasantness with pretty nothings and may be too welcoming of something that’s ultimately destructive. It’s a balancing act, one Venus is all too familiar with via her Libra rulership, and that may hint that in this period a partner or other with whom we can share and bounce ideas off of may be the best way to avoid overdoing in some vital and far-reaching sense.

Mars is now planet of latest degree, in an agreeable Fire sign, and that spells action! Is that a good idea now? It almost doesn’t matter, as action may precede thoughts–just be careful you don’t get burned by the freewheelin’ spontaneity that will feel like a great notion but may not be one, in the end (as those are only sometimes)  🙂

The New Moon of 5 December 2010: The Wisdom Spark

04 Saturday Dec 2010

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The New Moon Sabian for the December 5th event, which takes place at 13 Sagittarius 28 at 9:35 AM PST: ‘The Great Pyramid and The Sphinx’  Let’s note here that there is one aspect to the NM when we use our 2 degree max orb (let’s call this the ‘orb of precision’!)–this is a sextile between the NM/ Sun and the conjunction of Saturn/h. Zeus.

The Great Pyramid and the Sphinx are both symbols of wisdom, the kind of ancient truths that hold the secrets of life itself. True wisdom typically expresses concepts that resonate at all levels: spiritual, physical/ material, mental, emotional, linking the seen and unseen in perfect harmony. This suggests that the New Moon will spark a seed-light within each of us that springs from an essential life-truth–and the aspect to Saturn/ h. Zeus says it will have a material component, something in reality we can actually point to (so not something that is pure concept or choice) and further that this will express in some way a deep desire or ambition within.

The New Moon is not an idea point, but an action point (Cardinal placement of Saturn, h. Zeus, Mercury, and Pluto) that pushes that idea literally out into the world (Sagittarius placement of Sun and Moon) setting in motion an effect of change, transformation, or obliteration that reflects a Soul-deep ambition or desire (h. Zeus).

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Here’s the chart, set for my hometown of Seattle:

2 December 2010: Doubly in the Dark

02 Thursday Dec 2010

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by Joseph Wright of Derby {{PD-Art}}

It’s a newly spawned (that seems about right for) Scorpio Moon, beginning its journey just as we enter the Dark of the Moon leading up to the New Moon of the 5th. By the 9 AM hour PST we are in that low energy no-man’s-land that this time seems more like a dark tunnel than a vast emptiness–as if we’re on track for something, and we won’t discover it until we emerge from the tunnel with the New Moon. The natural affinity of Scorpio for crawling into a dank yet cozy cave fits well with this period when the lunar energy is quite naturally withdrawn–so what do we do with this?

We use this time for things that are best done in the dark: dreaming, meditating, investigating, cogitating, imaginating! and resting. It’s the perfect time for renewal, so retreat from as much of life’s demands as is possibly will be to your benefit. The idea is to come back to your obligations refreshed and renewed, to emerge phoenix-like from the ashes of your own outmoded ideas and attitudes with a new version of you, identical, yet just a little better. This point comes, of course, sometime after the Sun/ Moon conjunction, typically within no more than twelve hours of the meeting. (And here’s a hint: this NM will have some connection to events and viewpoints of June 2010.)

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30 November 2010: Emotional Football

29 Monday Nov 2010

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EL Kirchner 'Ladies Playing Ball' 1931-1932

The Moon now in Libra, Venus at 00 Scorpio, it all smells so refreshing, doesn’t it? And yet we can’t go long without a challenge, in this case, the Moon’s square to Pluto around 11 AM Pacific. We’ll each choose a side–kicker or receiver, to use a football analogy. If we’re the kicker, the emotions will go into high gear, swooping down on those around us like a visit from avenging angels, terrible, destructive, bent on change. We will be a force to be reckoned with, oriented toward creating change (or remaking something in our preferred image), without a care for who might be harmed in the process (but if this is you, be gentle with yourself–you are not intending to hurt anyone–it’s more a matter of feeling that others must not stand in your way, that they must be responsible for themselves–oddly, it’s a stance that respects others even as it may leave some destruction in its wake). But, if you are the receiver, others may seem needlessly harsh, may not take the care you require, may be judged to be enraged, destructive, or almost evil–and though there will be some who will indeed be careless and wreak havoc, the vast majority will be misunderstood by the receivers, who will have moved too far toward seeing themselves as refined and delicate. They may be too civilized in this instance, asking what is really a cleansing emotional force to be unduly restrained, demanding that Plutonian forces tip-toe whenever they’re in the vicinity. This refinement isn’t wrong so much as it is an act of avoiding the cycle of energy that brings everything to change, or to an end. The receivers may need to let go and trust that, though some change may be abrupt, and transformations can be brutal and leave us bruised, it’s all part of the way things are meant to be.

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