New post at my companion blog on relationships, ‘Been There, Done That’ http://askjulie.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/what-youre-asking-chasing-fantasies-all-about-aries-and-hi-jinks-with-body-parts/
New at ‘Been There, Done That’
17 Thursday Jun 2010
17 Thursday Jun 2010
New post at my companion blog on relationships, ‘Been There, Done That’ http://askjulie.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/what-youre-asking-chasing-fantasies-all-about-aries-and-hi-jinks-with-body-parts/
17 Thursday Jun 2010
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Actually, it’s the celestial energies that are taking their corners; they have been for awhile, but today in particular we may notice, and this should continue in the same intensity for about two weeks, as the Sun/ Earth axis moves toward entry to Cancer/ Capricorn, then on to conjunct the Nodal axis. When the Sun hits the South Node (3 July) we’ll see the point of it all. The Sun shines on placeholder Juno (4 Cancer 55), marrying the symbol of personal empowerment July 8th, but we’ll get the message of this conjunction well before that as Mercury makes Superior Conjunction to the Sun (28 June) then beats the Solar power to the punch by uniting with Juno on 30 June, making its own version of the ancient idea of translation of light from one body to another by a third. It’s a period of discovery, illumination, and getting to the reasons why, so appreciate what you’re shown over this time, as it can be very useful.
Of course, we have Jupiter and Uranus in the Aries corner, offering their own brand of revelation, perhaps surprising us or revolutionizing some part of our life, and whatever it brings, it will feel Big, and maybe exaggerated. The Sun approaching square to this will only light it up and bring it forward.
We have Earth and Ceres moving toward the Cappy entry point, ready to join Pluto in the early degrees, cranking up the reality factor: material circumstances are a changin’ and the earth will move under our feet, at least figuratively if not otherwise. Change change change, and part of that change will be to the power structure. Who has authority may shift, and Mother Nature won’t sit idly by; instead she’ll put her hand in and help it all along.
The final corner right now has only lonesome Saturn, out of sign. I wrote about the effect of this in ECLIPSE http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/new-eclipse-spring-2010/, and you know I don’t like to repeat myself 🙂 So let’s just say ‘stumbling block,’ and leave it at that.
Today’s Moon in Virgo hits Mars (right now!) then Vesta, and may make us a little too fond of our statistics and our details, and we may defend facts without considering differing viewpoints. Just taking it down a notch will smooth the way today.
If you haven’t already, see the last few days posts for some excellent material at some of my sister sites. Today’s Link is not astrology at all, but a wonderful resource for the gentler Arts http://bitze.wordpress.com/ Thanks, and have a great one!
15 Tuesday Jun 2010
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We pick up the Lunar action on the 16th in the 9 AM hour PDT with the Leo Moon’s square to Sedna–we may be sailing along confidently only to be blindsided. It’s not disastrous, but rather disorienting–just don’t let it throw you for the rest of the day.
By 2 PM PDT the Moon is trine Earth and sextile the Sun, helping us find our footing after the morning’s shake-up. The period we wait for, though, occurs in the 7 PM hour PDT, as the Moon trines Ceres, opposes Neptune, and is semi-sextile to Saturn. This can be kind of magical, as we bring our sense of natural authority, backed by the energy of creation itself, to bear on reality. This offers us the chance to make things happen in a way that seems effortless; the sleight-of-hand is illusion, however, as a genuine talent for manifesting based on image or ideal comes forward for those who have disciplined their impulses and have earned the mojo to make it happen. An unlucky few may face the uncovering of a deception, delusion, or the undeniable destruction of a fantasy; the up side for all is a renewed sense of personal power as we become better grounded and perhaps gain a fresh awareness of new-found abilities.
Void begins at 8:24 PM; Moon enters Virgo 10:40 PM PDT. Right away she faces the powerhouses at 00 and 01 of the signs: Chiron in Pisces, Uranus and Jupiter in Aries. It’s a challenge; will we use the impetus to heal and bring out skills, or will we succumb to collapsing inward like a dying star? Uranus and Jupiter ask us to adjust our ideas of uniqueness, expansion, reaching out, intellectual creativity, knowledge, religious fervor, and/ or innovation so that the implementation fits our world. It’s smart to be flexible, and most of us will.
Bonus! Merc trine Zeus=just listen, and you’ll find out exactly what others want, and what their ambitions are–desires are an open book, so if there’s something you want to know . . . Ceres opposed Pluto=finally, two formidable forces face off; it’s a clash of the titans–if you’re one of them, know your own strengths, and know your opponent’s–if you’re not one of them, get out of the way! A positive outcome can be negotiated, as long as both sides are willing to acknowledge the rights and power of the other.
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Today’s Link: Excellent solstice information from Leah Whitehorse http://www.leahwhitehorse.com/2010/06/16/summer-solstice-chart-2010-i-see-you/
15 Tuesday Jun 2010
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In Portland, Oregon a little boy, 7-year-old Kyron Horman, walked out of his elementary school’s end-of-year science fair and vanished. Let’s look at the chart for the time he was last seen, June 4th at approximately 8:45 AM. We’re asking, “Where is Kyron?”
I don’t mean to be glib doing this while the case is still so fresh, but the moment I heard his name, I believed there must be something to be learned through a chart of the disappearance. The Ascendant is 27 Cancer 09, just inside the proscription that the matter is already decided–not much room for change, only discovery. Kyron is represented by the 7th, which is empty and ruled by Saturn–and this matches at least a part of his personality, as he’s been described as a shy, quiet boy. Saturn is in the 3rd at 27 Virgo 51, suggesting that he’s local, close to where he was last seen, though if we renumber the Houses according to Kyron’s point-of-view, the 7th becomes the 1st, and the 3rd is the 9th, perhaps suggesting he is still on the grounds of the school, though it’s possible he’s actually far away, a victim of abduction (9th). The Moon, though, is in Kyron’s renumbered 3rd, bringing us back to the local, and the school, and it’s in obscuring Pisces.
His significator is in Virgo, the element suggesting that he is near the Earth, possibly on the floor, basement, or even underground, and Virgo itself suggests he may be hidden in an enclosure (a closet, trunk, or drawer) or in the library or near or behind bookcases or the offices, or the storage area of the kitchens–or in a tended garden area on the grounds, while the renumbered 3rd has a Pisces cusp, suggesting a damp area, or even underwater–a pond, behind pipes, near water heaters–but that’s not exactly tell-tale in Oregon. But in going back to the prominence of the 3rd, both in the original chart and in the renumbered chart, we must consider that he could’ve been removed from the scene in a car–and who knows, perhaps returned later.
Mercury is dispositor of Saturn, and it only makes two aspects, one an applying trine to Saturn, and one an applying conjunction to Sedna, perhaps suggesting he’s immediately ‘in the blind spot,’ but will eventually be found. Also interesting is that the Sun/ Earth axis is touching no bodies–extraordinary considering how many I use–but one, Zeus, and this ‘lit up’ implies the involvement of desire-Will and perhaps sexual aggression–so possibly a crime where opportunity met predation in a particularly unsavory way. We also see that the Vertex, a point of Fate, is, with one minute variation, conjunct the Earth, suggesting Fate, which we can perhaps define as something inevitable, had a controlling hand in this material outcome.
And what of Kyron’s namesake? Can it tell us anything? Chiron was at 00 Pisces 58 stationary on the way to retrograde, in Kyron’s renumbered 2nd. The 2nd is the House of Lost Things–is this simply an indicator that the boy is lost, after all, with no hope of recovery? Stationary might even suggest he’ll never be found. I hope not, I hope I’m wrong; with each hour that passes, though, it becomes less and less likely he’ll be found safe. Chiron was, in the end, a noble creature who, both in order to end his own suffering and to rescue another, gave up his life–I’m afraid the outcome for this case will lack those redeeming features.
14 Monday Jun 2010
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No, not really–it just seems a little scary because there are a number of tremendous energies converging and shooting their rays at each other and offering themselves to us–if we can only tap in. The 3 AM hour PDT of the 15th brings the Leo Moon to the midpoint of the Mars/ Juno sextile (emotional illumination of the empowering move–we see, or intuit, exactly what to do); the Moon is also square Pallas (conflict between what we know to be wise and what we feel is right) and quincunx Pluto (the emotions may lead us in a destructive direction–adjust away from negative results). All this makes for a confusing time: we know what we can do to empower ourselves, we know what’s smart, but the emotions insist on a different perspective. It can be a rough call, but we really must stick with what’s wise, if we want to go forward with no regrets.
Noonish the Moon sextiles Mercury, allowing some relief as we get it all out. By 3:30 PM PDT the Moon quincunxes the North Node and sextiles Zeus, and perhaps we feel we’ve shared a little too much–innocent words may come back to bite us, via someone else’s ambitious machinations. So maybe the Ides are something to beware of!
The Leo Moon moves on, making no more major contact through the 15th, but there are many configurations active–just two things I want to mention: Grand Cross of Saturn opposed Uranus/ Jupiter–oye! This again–square with Pluto/ Ceres opposed Juno. I’m expecting these energies to perform specifically in response to the 14th’s especially fortuitous and revealing vibe, likely by bringing to consciousness precisely what material changes are possible, and pointing us in the direction of using (or acquiring) the power to do it. And the other thing: Chiron and Mars, still in opposition, may make some hesitate out of fear of hurt–the potential right now is for healing, instead, as long as we remain attuned to the info coming at us.
More here http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/new-eclipse-spring-2010/
Today’s Link: on grand cycles http://leephd.blogspot.com/ and this on the return of what surely should have been no option at all by now http://www.starsoverwashington.com/2010/06/debtors-prison-revival-in-us-states.html
13 Sunday Jun 2010
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astrology, Finger of God, Jo Madeleine Moore, Matthew Currie, Moon in Cancer, Moon in Leo, My Daily Astrology Diary, the Magazine, Venus in Leo
First thing, let’s talk about the Finger of God made by Venus late in Cancer sextile Saturn, both quincunx Neptune. This prompts some dreaming, and shows us the way to make it happen. Take notes and tuck them away–you’ll go through some emotional revelations for the day that will give you perspective, and by late evening PDT you’ll have a full picture on whether making this dream a reality is really something both feasible and desirable at a personal level.
Venus slips into Leo (1:50 AM PDT) and breathes a sigh of relief; she loves to coddle, nurture those she loves, and relate emotionally–but oh, to be in a sign where Venus can think about herself, that’s heaven! The Cancer Moon trails behind, and the mood may be a little lonely–I was just following love, it was here a minute ago–and the Moon looks around and finds nothing with which to commune. Finally the 7-8 AM hour PDT sees the Moon sextile Sedna, quickly followed by a quincunx to Earth, and our unsureness about how we feel makes us question our circumstances. Rather than being too concerned with the literal situation, we might want to ask ourselves if our material surroundings are really nurturing for us–the answer will be information we can use.
But let’s take a moment for Venus. At 00 she trines the Jupiter/ Uranus conjunction and a quincunx to Chiron. Today may light up our Venus opportunities, showing us how and where to expand, bring forward our originality, and perhaps to create a relationship with the group. The reward available to us with the Jupiter/ Uranus meeting may be a combination of matters of the Houses these rule in the natal chart, plus an infusion of energy to the House where Venus is now; the only adjustment we’ll need to make will be taking the time not to hurt ourselves or others, and with some luck, we may be offered a way to actually heal what hurts. Examination of the possibilities ahead of time will help us see them when they show themselves; we’ll know these are important and so put our time and attention to expanding their effect as much as possible.
By the 5 PM hour PDT the Moon makes her final aspects while in Cancer: a Finger of God with a base of Ceres and Neptune. In this instance we could get one of several combinations finding an outlet through the emotions, or that can be dealt with through the intuition: nature may co-operate with imagination to create something moving; negotiation could work it out with ideals and allow emotional expression that may have been stopped up before; the maternal may indulge in fantasy that allows some emotional succor; something along these lines will come forward, then go in an unanticipated direction, as the Moon enters the Void, at 6:40 PM PDT.
The Moon enters Leo at 8:54 PM PDT on the 14th, and immediately conjuncts Venus, trines Uranus/ Jupiter, and quincunxes Chiron. This likely allows the emotional reactions to the day’s Venusian revelations to come forward. We’ll see how we feel about what’s offered, and what needs to change; we’ll understand just how possible that ideal, dream, or fantasy we considered is, and we can take out those notes we took, and go forward.
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Today’s Link: And for the week ahead http://www.australianwomenonline.com/moore-weekly-stars/ and this points up why we musn’t read too much into things http://matthewastrology.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-is-antichrist-and-other-bad-uses.html
11 Friday Jun 2010
Posted in astrology, current events in the sky, New Moon
The New Moon occurs at 4:14 AM PDT June 12th at 21 Gemini 23. Using our strict two degree rule, the Sun/ Earth axis of the Gemini New Moon makes a couple of minor aspects–but as we know, these are telling of the meaning picture we can expect for the coming Lunar month. First let’s look at the Sabian symbol for this New Moon: ‘Dancing Couples in a Harvest Festival’ http://www.cafeastrology.com/sabiansymbols_degreemeanings.html Gemini is the place for a twosome, alright, but for twins, related pairs, and the image brings to mind dancing partners, mated pairs, which implies opposites–and that signals we should pay direct attention to both what the Sun/ Moon aspects and what this pair’s opposite, the Earth, touches by aspect (normally we would concentrate New Moon attention on the conjunction and its aspects only).
The aspects directly involved with the New Moon picture are these: the Sun/ Moon forms a Fist of God here in Seattle with the Midheaven and Pallas. Since the Midheaven differs at any one moment by location, we must take this as specific to the North/ South axis along which a number of high profile enterprises lie, and see it as the possibility of the inception of something very public that involves commerce or guidance in some form, or perhaps an adjustment involving these (the sesquiquadrates)–and if we take guidance to suggest something like a search engine, then perhaps we’re looking at an announcement involving Bing (Microsoft) or Google, the Mountain View, California location of which shares the same Midheaven aspect, or if we emphasize commerce we may see something from Amazon (Seattle) or PayPal, which again shares a MC aspect at its San Jose, California location–or this could involve the major food producing valleys of California, since Pallas is involved with food as a commodity (and Ceres is in her own configuration at this time–see discussion of this, along with a lot more, in ‘What You Won’t See on the Blog’ in ECLIPSE http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/new-eclipse-spring-2010/). All these are possibilities that could affect many or all of us in some way, but for all individuals, one leg of the configuration is defnitely in force: the sesquiquadrate of the Sun/ Moon to Pallas.
This Sun/ Moon/ Pallas contact suggests the need over the coming Lunar month to modify or otherwise adjust to what’s wise or, secondarily, what’s necessary to conduct ‘business,’ which in the end is just the exchange of one thing deemed worthy for another–and the New Moon nature implies this may be a ‘first time’ for this accomodation. The Sabian of couples dancing does suggest entities working together, and the fact that the dance (interaction) is at a harvest festival says that this is a celebration, of sorts, where parties enjoy reaping their rewards. So, perhaps this is the beginning of a personal harvest of some kind, one that requires some adjustment, possibly simply of one’s attitude or communications (Gemini Air) but that pays off, nonetheless.
We musn’t forget the Earth in our analysis; it shows a quincunx to Sedna (or ‘Sedan,’ as I keep typing it!). What is it about our material position that we just won’t be able to see? We can look to the Sabians again for assistance: ‘A Chinese Laundry’ Whew! What could that mean? And why a ‘Chinese Laundry’? Do they hold some kind of ancient Chinese secret? 🙂
No–at least, the Chinese haven’t, as a people, shared anything like this with me, but what this suggests is the kind of industrious and needed labor that those newly arrived to a place are prone to take up–and that implies that the new venture, occurence, or life direction we see with the New Moon may necessitate that we humbly supply what’s useful and needed–that we, figuratively or otherwise, be willing to ‘start at the bottom’ in order to succeed–and this may be the thing we don’t see, when examining the New Moon picture.
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09 Wednesday Jun 2010
Posted in astrology, current events in the sky, Dark of the Moon
Ahhh! Dark of the Moon! Roll around in it; don’t worry, you’ll get used to the feeling of weightlessness, the disorientation, the dream-like distance of objects, people, even your own thoughts. So it’s a Taurus Moon that’s now invisible and beyond our ken, and we’re in this lovely, dark warm, slightly moist, cozy womb, and since it’s Taurus, we’re likely surrounded by warm soft blankets and throws, fuzzy slippers, and lots of good things to eat–mmm, why would we ever leave? Well, it’s a womb, for goodness sake, can’t stay here forever, and besides, once the Moon hits Gemini, we’re going to want to have a chat–and there’s just no inviting friends into the figurative uti for a sit-down. The point is, in the time between just chillaxin’ and the gabfest, there are a few things that might sneak up on us, so busy will we be sorting out all the green m & ms, crocheting booties, sipping hot chocolate, and napping with the kitty. Such vigorous lack of engagement may leave us open to . . . well, let’s see:
Mars/ Vesta opposed Neptune/ Chiron=this can make us feel that our actions, or our egos, are sacred–and when confronted with genuine hurt we are causing, or injury to others’ imaginations or creative product that stems from us, or when we are challenged to bring our skills to serve our ideals, we may lash out, hurt, or deceive the individual who’s actually just requiring us to put down our pretensions and be our best Self–don’t let this be you!
Mercury quincunx Ceres=powerful words and thoughts may glance right off us; if we can stay as attentive as is reasonable and possible, we will spot these messages as they occur, and we will gain mo-jo as a result.
Saturn quincunx Neptune=reality and fantasy collide; or, rather, they can’t occupy the same point in space and time, and that means trouble. The remedy here is simple, and a rule to live by: be willing to see reality for what it is, to embrace fantasy, but never to confuse the two.
Juno trine Chiron and square Uranus/ Jupiter, all at 00 degrees=empowerment comes from being able to face our hurts without flinching, and at the same time recognizing that compliance with certain societal requirements are necessary for support of our empowerment efforts–we can’t go it alone, and pointless rebellion or overdoing will undermine our search for relevance.
And it may go without saying, but if you have natal placements at 00 of any sign, watch that body!
Next up, the New Moon! Extra material on the New Moon, along with material on the upcoming eclipses, recent planetary events, the asteroid Ceres, synastry, and much more, found here http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/new-eclipse-spring-2010/ Buy it now!
08 Tuesday Jun 2010
Posted in current events in the sky, Dark of the Moon
The Moon in Taurus is frustrated; it looks for another energy to get physical with and finds no takers–Leo is empty and Aquarius saves Neptune for late in the game, and her early contact opposed Pallas passed the evening of the 8th, leaving us all feeling a wee bit spent. In fact, so many energies are uber-early in the degrees, or way late, that the mid-degrees leave little for the solitary Moon to aspect. We do get a trine to the North Node, 7 AM-ish PDT of the 9th, so at least we’ll get an emotional and intuitive sense that we’re on the right track.
This is reassuring, as with a Taurus Moon contact is important; the tactile, the sensuous, the material, the artisanal, the sensory, all become the centerpieces of feeling–we need some feedback, because the illusion of this Moon is that without that contact we are emotionally bereft. We can end up depressing ourselves because it all seems so damn lonely. The better approach, though, is to immerse ourselves in that sensory and physical input. Morning of the 9th the Dark of the Moon begins and a move away from the usual, and perhaps away from the need to conceptualize everything in words and thoughts (plenty of time for that with the New Moon in Gemini) will rest our control, dissection, and disernment orientation and allow the senses to wordlessly overwhelm. Try to enjoy.
A few signposts along the way: by 7:30 PM PDT the Moon quincunxes Earth and we get a reality check that puts our attitude toward the material world back on course; about 1 AM of the 10th the Moon conjuncts Sedna and we may meet some real moments of distress, perhaps even a sense of emotional misconnection or a fear of not knowing who we are; the Moon’s trine to Saturn around 9:30 AM of the 10th puts us back on solid ground but may mar some of the release we found in just allowing the senses to reign.
There’s a lot of extra discussion of this upcoming New Moon in ECLIPSE–Check it out for the in-depth picture of Lunar potentials http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/new-eclipse-spring-2010/ Or see my books and the past issue of ECLIPSE here http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com
Today’s Link: Delightful comet news http://www.starsoverwashington.com/2010/06/there-shall-be-signs-new-comet-mcnaught.html and here is something thought-provoking (and frightening, with the ring of truth to it) about current events http://www.starsoverwashington.com/2010/06/depopulating-america-and-us-natal-ceres.html Yes! It’s all Jude, all the time, for today!
06 Sunday Jun 2010
Posted in current events in the sky
We usher in Monday, the 7th of June, PDT as the Aries Moon is moving out of opposition to Zeus, and forming a T-square with the Nodal axis. At least the latter portion of the weekend likely dealt with a reckoning over the ambitions and desire nature of others versus our own feelings on the matter–and no one won, with both sides a wee bit exhausted. The T suggests that the confrontation did tip the balance of power, as well as the direction each party is headed, though in what way we can’t be certain, only that future action will change due to today’s events (Cardinal T). By 6 AM PDT the Moon is sextile the Sun, and so trine Earth, suggesting that we can strike a good mixture of feeling, awareness, and material productivity in this period–this sets the tone for the day, at least on the West Coast.
By 5 PM-ish PDT the Moon is in position for a square to Venus, and a semi-sextile to Sedna. We may bristle at relationship dynamics and feel a bit unrewarded, overall, but the truth is we just won’t see the true state of things, so keep reactions bland and to a minimum–there’s nothing worse than jumping to conclusions that we may find later did not really apply.
The 2 AM hour sees the Moon semi-sextile Mercury and quincunx Saturn–isn’t this just shorthand to keep it to ourselves? A vow to adjust ourselves to the reality picture, and to stay loose and flexible with the messages we receive (and to keep our own communications to a minimum) should avoid trouble. Speaking out may be more aggressive than we actually intend it to be (Aries placement) and the emotions may spur us to ‘defend’ ourselves when there’s no real attack under way.
5 AM or so PDT the Moon sextiles Neptune–we can trust our feelings at this point only if we have united them firmly with our ideals–otherwise we may smilingly aggress based on deception, an illusion, or confusion. By 7 AM the Moon is trine Ceres and sextile Juno, which themselves are in exact (and I do mean exact) opposition, setting the tone for the day of the 8th: power confrontations or stand-offs, with both sides feeling they are in the right. The odd thing is, they may both be correct in this regard, though successful resolution will require that each recognizes their own appropriate sphere of influence; once this is done, things will sort themselves out easily.
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