A Change of Pace

25 Saturday Apr 2020

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I’ll just hang out here while you get your info ready. ‘The Valkyrie’s Vigil’ By Edward Robert Hughes 1906 {{PD}}

Let’s have a change of pace, shall we? The answer to that is Yes, and you can be part of it! I’d like to hear from readers who’d like a particular aspect in their chart discussed. As regular readers know, I do not like to discuss only one facet of a chart–it gives a lopsided and sometimes incorrect picture, when isolated–but with this we combat any distortions by having the aspect discussed as it functions within the whole chart. That means I’ll talk about the aspect, but as it fits into the entire natal picture. Emphasis will be on how it influences areas other than the obvious and expected ones (such as placement by House(s) or sign(s)). Expect about three paragraphs for any specific aspect–not an exhaustive analysis, though I do aim to make it an instructive one.

How do you play along? You can submit the aspect you’d like to hear about plus your complete birth data (stated as local time, date, and place–for example, 5:05 AM 6 March 1983 Los Angeles). It’s important you state the month in a word rather than a number, to avoid confusion (not doing so automatically gets your info discarded). You may also want to include a few words on how you feel this aspect has manifested so far. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SEND COMPLETE INFO–leaving anything out makes it impossible to use.

Allow me plenty of time to choose and write up what comes in. I’ll be accepting entries through the end of April, for this first round. There’s no guarantee your info will be used, but if it is, your name will not be disclosed. I will not be answering individual entries–if it isn’t addressed publicly in this blog, it won’t be. Submit info through the comments section of this post only.

For at least a while I’ll be going to more random posts, covering current aspects or upcoming astro events or analysis of interesting people, rather than a Daily; the last one of those will post on Monday the 27th for Tuesday the 28th. Stay safe out there, dear Readers, and be happy–and if you need to you can do as I have, and mix it up a bit!

 

A Good Day To . . . 26 April 2020

25 Saturday Apr 2020

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The 26th is a Good Day To . . . sort out whether it’s the social order or the facts that don’t support what and to whom we’ve dedicated our energy. Essentially, we’re being given a hard time, though whether the criticism is valid or not is almost beside the point; this actually challenges us to assess our own circumstances through a Higher Mind lens. That will lift us above the fray and show us the way we may profit, or recognize the worth of our relationships or talents, and so know if the critique was an important signpost or really more about the critiquer. And, with the Sun conjoining Uranus, it’s a day when every accident or unexpected thing tells us something vital about ourselves–so listen attentively as the Universe speaks.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

A Good Day To . . . 25 April 2020 + A Little on Ceres

24 Friday Apr 2020

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‘Ceres Enthroned’ By Michele Pannonio c1450-60 {{PD}}

A Little on Ceres

Here’s a question: Does Ceres (Mother Nature) in Pisces (related to fluid-borne illness, hard to diagnose symptoms, returning to the Collective, miasmas, and unreality, just to name a few correspondences) necessarily represent Covid-19? Many have stated that the recent Saturn-Pluto conjunction kicked it off, and that this represents Covid. Just as with the astrology of a human being, many factors can apply to the overall picture. I do think Ceres’ move into Pisces while trine the North Node is significant. That contact to the Nodes, just as they are poised to move from Cancer into late Gemini (because remember, the Nodes shift and shift but overall move backward through the zodiac) suggests the direction of energy will move from caring to a kind of communicating where networking and connections are integral to the sharing of information. The NN in Cancer brought forward so many moving and Selfless acts of kindness with the onset of these trying times; the change to Gemini, we might reasonably anticipate, will usher in connecting and networking prompted by stress (as the first place the Nodes go is to that under pressure 29th degree). So, perhaps soon we can look forward to some true cooperative efforts, a genuine pooling of information that can take us forward, and benefit everyone. And it’s notable that Pallas is at 29 degrees of Capricorn right now, implying a last ditch effort to avoid being practical or failing to call whole-heartedly on those with appropriate skills to address changes to structures, institutions, ‘the rules’, and reality itself. We certainly see this every day in the US at the Corona virus briefings, where it’s much more a PR stunt (“If we can persuade them everything’s okay, then it’s okay!”) and the President’s time for Self-promotion, than it is about mobilizing efforts to fight the virus. Don’t worry–the Nodal move into Gemini/ Sagittarius should bring more attention to actual information, to the facts, and to a pooling of resources so that more or less we all get on the same page.

Yes, Saturn-Pluto certainly paints a picture of a destructive plague decimating the current social order, deconstructing the status quo, promising to forever change what is–but I think Ceres tells it from a slightly different perspective, that of the state of the planet. Earth is sick, in effect, and that just so happens to affect some of the species that live on her. In this sense, Ceres is the state of health of the planet, the eco-system that expresses viability, analogous to an individual’s state of health, while the Earth corresponds to an individual’s body. Ceres in Pisces, then, suggests we may not be able to know or contain this state of Being, that control may never happen–which means accommodation must instead. Ceres as symbol of our relationship to Earth has moved from a condition of intellectualizing our interaction, and understanding but not doing anything about the relationship itself (Aquarius). That is, we went along, analyzing what was happening, but treating it as effects of the modern, something to study, but not to act on or react to as there seemed to be so little urgency, until suddenly, there is. With current events, Earth and humankind are trying to achieve a better balance, something to supersede the increasingly uneasy living arrangement we’ve had up until now. Together we can make it work.

The 25th is a Good Day To . . .  expect rewards and benefits to suddenly appear from within some fairly difficult circumstances or because of some hard-to-accept restrictions, barriers, or boundaries. Accepting limitations offers us something positive, Love or Money or satisfaction or praise (Venus is currently in Gemini), and that should take the sting out of the negative things we hear and the negative social situation that surrounds us.

Too, Pluto retrogrades today, possibly withdrawing the feeling that we can change things at all. Despair or fear would be a normal reaction–but one you need to realize is based in a temporary condition. This too shall pass is one of the wisest things we can remember at this time.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

A Good Day To . . . 23 & 24 April 2020

23 Thursday Apr 2020

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This might be Ceres’ ideal, high summer, a time when her beloved Proserpina has returned to her. ‘Ceres’ By Osmar Schindler c1902 {{PD}}

Ceres enters Pisces on the 23rd, and this has several implications. We may be inclined to see the potentials in Mother Nature, both Her ideal forms, and the way in which she could develop, the paths she might take–and that can be frightening, if what we envision is her ability to cleanse the planet, because we’re all too aware right now that might include us! And we know in our gut that She tells us what’s coming, as her entrance into Pisces places her trine the North Node point: she easily determines the future, with or without our consent. We might all do best right now to honor Nature, to nurture the health of the plants and animals and environment that surrounds us. Whatever form that takes for you personally (will you water a plant, or plant a field? pick trash from the roadside or contrive a smaller carbon footprint? care for an animal or decide not to eat them?), if all of us participate, it will amount to a Collective signal to Ceres: we bow to You, we honor You, we find You sacred, and so commit to doing our best to treat You with care, respect, and to live with You in harmony. It’s worth a try and in Pisces, She’s ready to embrace us, and to receive our message.

For the 24th we’ll likely be conscious of a smooth interlocking of energies that buoy us forward and that ‘reward’ us with surprises and unanticipated revelations, sudden understanding and, potentially, a higher point of view, should we step back from things and take advantage of it. Attend to health–good ideas about how to enhance it come to us–and listen to the inner knowing, that voice that speaks, not in some external, incorporated admonition, but the one that is purely our own, the one that knows with certainty what’s good for us. Hint: ambitions can’t be served today–we’ll get the wrong message if we do pursue them–instead look to the wider picture, and how you can make your corner of the world a better place.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

See the New Moon of the 22nd here–

A Good Day To . . . 21 April 2020

20 Monday Apr 2020

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‘A Stroll on the Beach’ By Michael Peter Ancher 1896 {{PD}}

The 21st is a Good Day To . . .  see how relationships and/ or finances challenge us to be smart or practical. It’s a matter of what we really value being tested–the situation is almost beside the point–it’s all about this: how much do we really mean all those things we say, think, and see ourselves as, in terms of allowing principles to guide our behavior and choices? Once again, we’re being offered a chance to shed illusions about ourselves, to connect with instinct and what we ‘know but don’t know’, and to heal a little part of our hurt. If we accept the challenge, and eliminate any distance between what we say we are and what we are in real life, we earn a kind of security that comes specifically from honoring what we truly revere. It’s a genuine chance to ‘walk our talk’.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

See tomorrow’s New Moon here–

New Moon 22 April 2020 Eye of the Storm

19 Sunday Apr 2020

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‘The Large Poplar Tree II (The Coming Storm)’ BY Gustav Klimt {{PD}}

The New Moon perfects on the 22nd at 7:26 PM PDT at 3 Taurus 24, both bodies moving quickly to conjoin Uranus–first the Moon, of course, then the Sun. This may build-in to New Moon events a particular, high-strung energy that makes everyone hyper-vigilant, hyper-aware, hyper-anxious, and just plain hyper–and this despite the event taking place in normally placid, steady Taurus. We may be presented with a surrounding situation that is all calm vibes and low-key mellowness, only to find that it’s very difficult to sit still, with reality and real-world circumstances forcing awareness of (and maybe ceaseless rumination on) problems or restrictions and limitations, or stressful (and likely confining) circumstances. Or, we could be the calm eye of the storm, with everyone or every thing else swirling around us. In either instance, a contrast that can’t be readily explained.

The thing is, Neptune is loosely semi-square the New Moon; that almost certainly brings a bedeviling energy, with imagination on overdrive and each of us too quick to believe what may not hold up upon examination. Too, this aspect of the NM to Neptune could bring the birth of a new dream, ideal, or misbegotten goal–that latter having its origins in a misconception from which nothing truly sound or productive can come. It’s our job, right now, to know the difference, but don’t be hard on yourself if you fall for a Neptunian delusion, as even with what appears to be a misstep, the contact of the NM to Uranus tells us that whatever transpires at this time offers enlightenment in the form of Higher Mind understanding (Uranus). We may be inspired, or we may falter, caught up in a spontaneous illusion, but in either case we learn a greater Truth, or see our world through a higher and wider perspective.

The Sun-Moon blend noviles the pairing of Venus and Hygeia, suggesting new awareness of the costs in both relationships and material assets of maintaining health. This most certainly applies to quarantining and lockdowns around the world. The New Moon may offer ingenious ways to cope, to soothe, and to provide (Taurus), and will likely show us what we’ll lose if we move too quickly and ignore what’s required to overcome this expression of Nature. Important to note that Ceres, Mother Nature Herself, is currently trine both the Earth and the North Node=we must balance our needs with Nature’s, in order to have a future at all. Ceres is also at 29 tense degrees, and novile Black Moon Lilith=Nature is forcing us to confront what we’d rather ignore; she’s in distress Herself, and needs us to acknowledge certain realities, if we’re both to go on. Ceres at 29 Aquarius screams loud and clear: we can’t go on intellectualizing, justifying our position with ‘reasons’! If we stretch we add to this the way the New Moon is also novile Vesta, suggesting that honoring the ‘right’ things is required, that it’s the smart thing to do, and that we must start today.

The New Moon is also within trine of the South Node and in wide square to Saturn and even 29 degree Pallas. Right now we may be seeing all the difficulties, all the restrictions and issues that the real world presents, the results of past actions and choices. But again, we see that doing the smart thing, the right thing, the wise thing, is required; we’re at a crisis point, and we’re being called to ‘go to war’ in an Athenian way, that is, with consciousness and good intent, to make things right, and to solve real-world problems.

The Sabian symbol for the New Moon is, ‘The Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow’. Well that seems kind of obvious, doesn’t it? We can see how to win, what material surroundings and the environment require–now we just have to keep ourselves united in purpose long enough to do it.

Stay safe! If the astrology for this New Moon doesn’t convince you that we need to continue to Self-isolate, I don’t know what will. And if anyone reading this happens to be among those who are protesting the Stay at Home orders, I say with all the love in my heart, go fuck yourselves–you clearly don’t understand what’s going on, and you don’t have the right to endanger the rest of us.

A Good Day To . . . 20 April 2020

19 Sunday Apr 2020

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‘Cupid Blindfolded and Two Doves’ By Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo 1757 {{PD}}

The 20th is a Good Day To . . . not think about it! I know! Strange that I’d be counseling you not to look at something that disturbs you, but that’s exactly what I want you to do: refuse to stare at or obsess over the scary, threatening, shadowy something that is lurking in consciousness. Just considering this thing is disempowering, and you may be tempted by fear to dress it up as something it’s not–and thereby rob yourself of what can otherwise be a day when a lot gets done, inside the psyche or out in the world, especially if what you tackle brings continuity, linking past experience with building positively for the future.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

See my take on the upcoming New Moon here–

A Good Day To . . . 19 April 2020

18 Saturday Apr 2020

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Two Bacchantes and a Bull, probably a sacrificial one. Unknown Roman origin. Vatican Museums, Rome. Description and Photo By Alvesgaspar CC BY-SA 4.0

The 19th is a Good Day To . . . see things through a very specific lens: one where we perceive that our values are being tested by the social order, and we must know our own ‘authority limits’ in order to answer this trial with our most spiritually advanced and creative energies. Everybody ‘out there’ seems to be rubbing us the wrong way–but consider that this might be because 1) what’s put forward may be challenging what you consider your ‘right’, and 2) that the purpose of this is to point out to you what’s a fantasy, what’s not viable, or what’s deceptively interpreted within your identity or personality. You’re not wrong, you’re just not seeing yourself in a way that makes for effective choices and clear communication with others. See the blessing within this feedback, as the ‘correction’ offered today will come in handy as our attention turns toward issues around sustenance, earthly matters, security, and those areas where we must persevere, as the Sun enters Taurus.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

A Good Day To . . . 18 April 2020

17 Friday Apr 2020

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‘A Visit to the Doctor’ Except today you’re your own physician. By Gerrit Dou c1663 {{PD}}

The 18th is a Good Day To . . . focus entirely on our health and well-being. Period. Distinguish between pampering and genuine nurturing, between true health in all areas and the mere appearance of it, and don’t bother to look for some convoluted new answer or method when you know damn well what you need to do. That is all.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

A Good Day To . . . 17 April 2020

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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So many people together looks unreal now, doesn’t it? ‘Music in the Tuileries’ By Édouard Manet 1862 {{PD}}

The 17th is a Good Day To . . . live our values, eschew a grasp for power, and thereby become stronger than ever! And all this comes about because we choose to do something we would normally consider unwise or impractical. Whodathunk, right? It’s likely to be an odd, one-off day, where walking away from what normally empowers us attracts power, where honoring both our own and others’ authority pays off, and where a willingness to deal directly with reality as it exists (that is, not imposing a filter to make it more palatable!) will create a path forward to a future we genuinely want. Disorienting, but ultimately highly beneficial, if we can roll with it.

A Good Day To . . . is based on the aspects perfecting on each day, Pacific time.

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