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24 Jan 2010: Under the Taurus Moon

23 Saturday Jan 2010

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Had to take a couple of days to finish the magazine, so I apologize for neglecting my astro diary here–I hope no one was too disappointed with the lack of new material! But there are lots of great links in the blogroll–I hope you took advantage and visited many of them. As to the magazine, it’s the first issue of a quarterly featuring more detailed articles than the blog had room for. The mag is all done, the button’s up–yippee! The first issue is all my writing, but I hope to include paid pieces by other astrologers in the near future. And that brings me to this: I have this nagging feeling that there’s someone I’ve forgotten, to whom I promised a copy, so if that’s you, please remind me if you haven’t received a copy by Sunday evening my time (PST). If in-depth discussion of the featured topics interests you, I hope you’ll give Eclipse a try http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/eclipse-in-depth-astrology-for-the-21st-century/ Now, back to finishing up that Juno book!

But enough about me! The Taurus Moon conjuncts Sedna and trines the North Node around 9:30 AM PST on the 24th, and this sets the tone: a feeling of cluelessness when it comes to the emotions and the direction they’re carrying us. The Sun trines Saturn exact, and the Earth quincunxes Pluto exact, suggesting that the flow and dynamism of the day gets tripped up by restrictions that enter the stream so smoothly we are prone to take them for granted and accept the boundaries they impose ;and, material matters need adjustment to avoid decay, change, or destruction–between these two influences we have a focus on preventing some negative that may cause us to hold back (or even give up) on something which is the thing our energy should really be going toward–and the emotional blank spot we may experience will not help us see the bind. Look to the House of the natal chart with Leo on the cusp, and to the spot where the Sun is now transiting in the horoscope, to determine where we should channel the energy. The answer today is to choose a focus, rather than to allow influences to steer for us.

The Moon moves on to some strong aspects, a sextile to Uranus followed quickly by squares to Chiron and Neptune, making the atmosphere edgy and maybe overly sensitive, even quarrelsome. Don’t let the electricity get to you–the Void arrives at 7:03 PM PST, and though Voids can be all-at-sea feeling, this one is in Taurus and should allow us to spend a calming and meditative evening where we can soothe and comfort overselves, relaxing completely, preparing for the week ahead.

Today’s Link: Check out the new premium service offered over at Sasstrology http://sasstrology.com/join 

20 Jan 2010: Opportunity on Tap

20 Wednesday Jan 2010

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Or is it happiness? We can feel an almost unreasonable joy right now, spilling out of us unbidden, and based in the intellectual (Aquarius) and acceptance/ feeling (Pisces) moves into new signs of the Sun and Jupiter, respectively. Both start out the day at 00 of their signs, putting them semi-sextile each other; and once the Moon leaves her Void in Pisces and enters Aries (10:37 AM PST), we have the symbol of intuitive, nurturing, and feeling energies placing Jupiter at the midpoint of the Moon’s relationship to the Sun, bringing us a moment (or really, about 2 hours) of radiant emotional and social illumination, a brief religious or spiritual ecstasy, an expansion of the mate relationship, or the point of perfect balance that allows us to successfully reach out into the world. A time to plan for, I think.

Then the Moon moves on to sextile Venus, giving us that ‘icing on the cake’ feeling, and after proceeds to a Cardinal T-square with Saturn and Pluto, and we may be wondering where both the hard-core dynamism to act and the sudden feelings of tension and upset are coming from. We may find ourselves emotionally conflicted at being asked to keep a secret, or at being faced with the reality of some less-than-wholesome scenario, or at the surprising need to contain our rage–but if we’re attuned to the flowing, ever-changing nature of the Moon we’ll know that this, too, shall pass, as the Moon moves to quincunx Vesta in the 8 PM hour PST. This requires we pull out of the serious distraction of the T-square in order to adjust the emotional perceptions so that they are in harmony with those things we find sacred, and so that they serve the needs of our home situation, and perhaps those of the sex life. This aspect offers us a chance to ‘take the lead’ (Moon in Aries) in our day and in our lives, a welcome change from recent stresses, and a chance to course-correct without leaving any damage in our wake.

Today’s Link: Here’s a beautifully done site I’ve recently found that concentrates on the asteroids http://ravenesque.me/

And here’s the link to the page for my new magazine, available shortly! http://dogandsunflower.wordpress.com/eclipse-in-depth-astrology-for-the-21st-century/

18 Jan 2010: Exuberant Caution

18 Monday Jan 2010

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The Moon’s just hit Pisces and so has Jupiter, bringing a sense of exuberance that may have an over-optimistic, reckless quality–everything’s wide open and we are quick to rush right in. Does that make us fools, like in the old song, or angels who wander, protected, into dicey territory? A little of both, as Mars sextiles Zeus and squares Pallas, making the action and ambition principle quick to push us forward while good sense and inner wisdom cry out for attention–and they’re likely to be ignored, unless we rein ourselves in and focus on the practical and the doable.

Saturn squares both Pluto and Mercury, and Vesta trines them; we find the practical and the doable here, but nobody said it would be easy. Tension continues between the realism principle and the transformative one, and words and thoughts may betray us as they clash with ‘what is,’ and worse, are inadvertently destructive; we open our mouths and the meaning of our utterances can be much different than we intended. If we invest in Self-discipline (and this may mean keeping our opinions to ourselves, for now), and don’t expect leaps and bounds of progress, the day will go by without implosions; even better, if we focus on those things we truly revere, and take care of home and our most intimate relationships (and this may not be easy, see Venus, below) we can make the most of these touchy energies–something genuine and sturdy can be built, if we try.

 In the 7 AM hour Venus enters Aquarius, at least helping us understand what’s of worth, what we should bother with, and what can be disregarded. In this sign Venus enjoys a clear head, for once, though she’s adept at justifying anything she wants and may play it cool and hard to get; what’s more, she hides her jealousy and desires behind rational arguments and reasoning, and she may needlessly rebel when frustrated, possibly destroying what she normally treasures. Unless you’re naturally attuned to Aquarian and Uranian energies, caution is called for, as Venus takes an atypical tack in the sign of the Waterbearer. In two days the Sun joins her and the influence is much more easily detected.

Today’s Link: I wanted to include this blog in the Kreativ Awards, as it’s a great, unpreachy source of dietary and life habit information, but I may have already given it an award? Not sure, but visit anyway http://beansandyoga.wordpress.com/  And have a great day!

16 Jan 2010: The Flood

16 Saturday Jan 2010

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 I went out to bring the trash cans back from the street today and it was pouring, and it had been for days. We live on a slight incline, but the ground was finally saturated and standing water ringed the west and south sides of the house. It was a little freaky, seeing grass and pavement shimmering, completely under water. I went back in and later in the afternoon fell asleep. I dreamed of floods, water rising at the high living room window, the neighbor’s dog paddling on, dog bowl and flower pots and garden rakes floating by, and shot through with fear in the dream I wondered, “Where’s the water coming from?” There was so much of it, far more than would gather with anything less than a second Great Flood. As I watched the water I was afraid and the water level rose; when I climbed to the second story and both stopped being afraid and stopped wondering where the water was coming from, the flooding receded, leaving everything dry once again.

The dream made me think about Neptune; I’ve neglected him of late. Right now, aside from the much-discussed conjunction to Chiron and Jupiter, he’s receiving a quincunx from Earth, a sesquiquadrate from Saturn, a square from Sedna, and a semi-sextile from Juno. This offers a scenario where flooding of any kind, physical, emotional, shouldn’t be unexpected, as Earth makes the effect material, Saturn brings in the status quo, Jupiter exaggerates, Chiron exposes the wound (perhaps a natural human one such as the fear of drowning), with it all bringing up the question of personal empowerment, and Sedna comes along and blocks our awareness of the Neptune circumstances altogether.

What does that leave? All the effects of a flood without the awareness of one. Perhaps the thing to do is look around and notice what has all the earmarks of being overwhelming, of engendering fear, of washing away what’s familiar, of drowning us emotionally or psychically, but which we haven’t yet realized is actually a threat.

Did the eclipse change things? It did for me; the new year had been inexplicably chaotic, draining, and even dangerous until the Solar eclipse, which fell in my 12th, sextile my Venus. I can only think it flooded my subconscious with love as the Moon, Sun, and transiting Venus connected. I hope it’s been as kind to you.

Today the Aquarian Moon hits the midpoint of the Ceres/ Juno trine, asking us to balance our own empowerment with appropriate co-operation with authority; then it squares Pallas=emotional questions about what’s wise; trines Zeus=ambitions and willfulness are aided by emotional perceptions; and by early afternoon PST the Moon opposes Mars=expect temper, confrontations, and the exercising of the Will, and this may seem like it’s coming out of nowhere. The evening remains in a holding pattern; however you enter it will set the tone and play out without much alteration. By 2 AM PST on the 17th the Moon quincunxes the South Node, and we’re either recalling the evening and thinking we should’ve known better, or we’re nostalgic for some element of the past.

Today’s Link: Read Twilight on Art and the best artist you’ve probably never heard of http://twilightstarsong.blogspot.com/2010/01/arty-farty-friday-francis-picabia.html  And enjoy your Saturday!

15 Jan 2010: Punch Drunk

15 Friday Jan 2010

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We’ve gone down the rabbit hole of the eclipse and come out punch drunk and exhausted, just wishing for a little bit of rest. We’ll get it, in a form, but it will be the kind of lull where we’re all nerved up with nowhere to go. We’re tired: of having to focus, of heart-wrenching disasters near and far, of the effort that doesn’t seem to have a definitive end or payoff. Much of this is due to Mercury as it sits poised to direction and speed, and we can feel it on every nerve.

The answer, at least for today, may be found in the intellect. The Moon enters Aquarius at 9:17 AM PST, and our refuge could be the Higher Mind. It’s a good day for planning, for mulling, and for getting our notes in order; the aspects the Moon enjoys will bring their own trials, and a little mental distance and a stance of ‘if I just think about this, make a list, make a plan all will go well’  can at least get us through, both distracting ourselves from the random shrapnel flying left and right, and getting a modest amount done.

The Moon semi-sextiles Pluto=the emotions and/ or the intuitive perceptions may be challenged with some unpleasant realities or disturbing secrets; don’t take it too seriously, things can be sorted out later when our emotional heart has recovered from the blow. Moon semi-sextile Mercury=words and thoughts seem set in stone; again, those tablets can be sanded down–nothing is unchangeable. Moon trine Saturn=time for that sorting Pluto promised you’d need! Reality calms and helps us get perspective; things aren’t as topsy-turvy as we feared. Moon quincunx Vesta=we’ll be lucky enough to see precisely where we need to adjust the emotional perceptions in order to honor those things we find sacred in life. This offers us an excellent barometer against which we see just how much we may have overreacted to Pluto and Mercury earlier. Put your feet up–time for that cocktail, kids!

Still obsessing about the eclipse? Get more info here http://www.pandoraastrology.com/blog/ And have a great day!

11 Jan 2010: The Receptive Dark

11 Monday Jan 2010

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We’re in the dark now, figuratively, on approach to the New Moon and a Solar eclipse. Effects remain much as they have been–and this will definitely be frustrating for some, as the Dark of the Moon calls for receptivity and a meditative approach that may contrast with natural inclinations. If possible, stay low key and make no commitments–Merc retro isn’t done with us yet, and this is a great time to sit back and let events and those more insistent determine things for a short while–what we miss out on will likely be mistakes, wrong turns, and choices that aren’t fully informed.

The one outstanding new influence will be the Moon’s trine to retro Mars evening PST. This brings our Martian ‘stuff’ out–aggression, anger, and energy to accomplish and to put forward the personal Will is abundant and should be taken advantage of. The emotions will carry the charge and it’s our job to give expression a positive form. Those who don’t embrace (and especially those who don’t acknowledge) Mars may find fits of temper surfacing out of nowhere and flashes of aggression and even violence that momentarily take the emotional upper hand. Acceptance (rather than a safer-feeling denial) of all tendencies possible means we’ll be able to see and handle the urges as they appear.

Let the Sag Moon have its way–be open to adventure, new horizons, and gaining knowledge we can use later. Next, what to expect with the eclipse! Have a great one–

Today’s Link: astrology and weather http://collaboratingwithfate.blogspot.com/2010/01/correlation-between-severe-weather-and.html

10 Jan 2010: Remote Control

10 Sunday Jan 2010

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We’ve been looking for the remote to the gas fireplace for five months now. We stowed it away, not liking the way, if someone pushed the wrong sequence of buttons, or sat on it! the flames would suddenly leap into a full burn hours later, often in the middle of the night, as if Satan had just stopped in to warm up. We stowed it good, we did; now we have no idea where we put it. So, after hours of searching, I drew up a horary, “Where is the fireplace remote?” Technically, the chart was unreadable, with a 00 Cancer Ascendant; I’d learned to read this as, ‘It’s too early to ask–the matter isn’t fully developed,’ but since that makes little sense in this case, I decided it meant I just wasn’t going to find it yet, and wasn’t to get any clues–no matter what. But I’ve got that dead-cat kind of curiosity, and poked around the chart a bit anyway. I used the 2nd to signify the remote, as the general House of possessions, which also had a Cancer cusp. The Moon was in Scorpio, located in the 5th–perhaps in an area used for recreation? Ruler of the remote was Pluto, posited in the 7th–my husband was definitely the one to decide where to stash it–or does Pluto suggest Satan may have pocketed it one chilly night when he stopped by? I’ll try to locate it again next week using astrology–for right now I’ll just wear a sweater 🙂

For the 10th, the Moon in Scorpio goes Void at 7:03 AM PST, so the day starts, at least for North American West Coasters, wide open. At that point it seems to me the biggest influence will be Venus conjunct the Sun and North Node, and opposed Earth and South Node, a picture that’s almost too heavy with promise. We may be expecting great good fortune, illumination of the best life direction, clear sailing and a huge dose of luck–but Sedna has muddied the waters, and after the Moon moves into Sagittarius (10:10 AM PST) we see it move on to sextile Saturn (6 PM hour PST). At this point Venus and the Sun will both be at 20 degrees, perfecting that trine to Sedna, and this suggests we’ll be very motivated to be constructive emotionally, to reach out and build circumstances that support the very epitomy of what we want in life–but Sedna makes us unable to see where our true reward, treasure, love, and fortune lie! What a bummer! But don’t despair–I think this situation is meant to point us in the direction of our ideals, to ask us to build those circumstances out of the most appropriate scenario we can envision, rather than in response to our earthly ties and desires. This is an opportunity to bring a little bit of the ideal to your reality, a kind of remote control that gives us a tremendous chance to improve our lot, if we’ll only give up the need to handle things first hand and with a focus on the material–faith must take its place.

10 PM-ish we see the Moon square Vesta, with emotions and intuition challenging what we find sacred, the home front, and/ or the sex life–if you respond to this it’s a good indication that you’re deep in the ‘looking at the ideals to potentially bring them to reality’ thing, and that’s good. By 2 AM PST the Moon conjuncts Ceres and trines Juno, and if we’ve been working our Moon energy well, we’ll be in the groove to empowerment, and shaping nature to our liking. We’ll be entering the Dark of the Moon, when we can, through active meditation, align with spirit, and re-center ourselves in the virtual, if not literal, silence that allows rest before New Moon renewal.

Today’s Post: Here’s some excellent material on Mars Retrograde by one of my favorite astrologers http://lunarreflections.blogspot.com/2009/12/mars-retrograde-in-leo-2009-2010.html

9 Jan 2010: Ride the Wave

09 Saturday Jan 2010

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The Scorpio Moon is on the move (as if the Moon ever lingers!) squaring Mars, then sextiling the Sun/ Venus meeting in Capricorn. The likely effect is one of needing to act but perhaps being too angry, frustrated, or unsure in choice of direction, and then being presented with a kind of opposite, a soothing, loving, or happy situation that makes you wonder why you were so bent on pushing forward in the first place! Accept the contradiction, accept that things are going to be stirred up, that you may get glimpses of both harsh feelings and joyful experience. Just do your best to ride the Scorpionic wave, with attention on the sensations and emotional reactions that come up.

Use a dolphin or a lovely shell to ride the Scorpio waves

By the time the Moon hits a sextile to the North Node (starting 6 PM hour PST), opposition to Sedna, and squares to Chiron, Neptune, and Jupiter, we may be worn out. Just as direction seems clear, we realize we have no idea where we’re going–and then we meet conflict with our own sense of woundedness, our ideals and fantasies, and through feedback from the social arena. It makes for a trying Saturday evening.

If we’re willing to tune in to routine, duty, rules, and roles (Sun/ Venus/NN in Cap) we get the most benefit. Though decidedly unglamorous, this can be highly beneficial, allowing us to find the enjoyment and reward available in taking care of business, and coloring inside the lines.

Today’s Link: Clarifying thoughts on the new year http://www.astroinquiry.com/2010/01/the-joy-of-simply-being-happy-two-thousand-zen/

8 Jan 2010: In the Valley of the Eclipse

08 Friday Jan 2010

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It seems all this tension, aggression, and general crazy-makin’ may be nothing more than the energy that gathers between eclipses, cradled between the Full and New Moons as if held in a valley. Though we’re caught in the trough, unable to climb up over the containing ridge, we know that in less than a week we’ll see the next eclipse, a Solar one that will, one way or another, flatten those mountains of energy that are holding us in and open the horizons to view. Retrograde Mars and Mercury are playing parts, too, trapping us in frustrating situations that offer no easy solutions through action or overt communication–so what else is there?

Venus. She unites now with the Sun and they travel together; this pair offers illumination and sensitivity through the actual senses, a virtual means of communication with the Universe that takes on textures, smells, tastes, and sounds. We must think in highly symbolic terms in order to receive the messages sent, but this is the best way to go through a Merc retro period anyway: touching, tasting, wading through, rolling in, smelling, caressing, and feeling the world around us. If we can let go of the words and embrace the images and sensations we can make considerable, and considerably startling, progress.

The Moon enters Scorpio at 2 AM PST, and this, too, helps us on our sensory quest, at least for today. Scorpio Moon lets us plunge below the surface and experience; Sedna is closely trine the North Node, and Venus quincunxes Mars, both of which provide instruction and distraction. Sedna/ NN tells us we can’t, at this time, discern the true consequences of the direction we’re headed, while Venus/ Mars says that the anima and animus, the male and female, the receptive and the aggressive, will of necessity adjust their own energies to accomodate the complement. Awareness of this will be to our benefit as it will prevent too much emphasis in any single direction.

The Moon’s sextile to Pluto (8 AM-ish PST) can be a relief, if we can let go, or may stir up upset and secrets. By 10 PM PST the Moon conjuncts Pallas, and we’re able to see the day in review, and know precisely which of our choices were really wise, and which may have allowed that Pluto ‘bump’ to run the day.

Today’s Link: here’s a great place to exercise your symbolic thinking muscles as you read aello’s dream interpretations, really the best around http://dreamorpheus.wordpress.com/

7 Jan 2010: Emotions at Play

07 Thursday Jan 2010

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We can expect major access emotionally and intuitively today to our most unique skills, the imagination and creative abilities, and to that which supports us socially (Libra Moon trines Chiron, Neptune, and Jupiter); getting the word out about how we feel will be easy (and that always carries an implied caveat to take extra care with what we put out there, especially with the Moon’s quincunx to Sedna, making it tough to see how and where we must adjust, and her quincunx to Uranus, bumping up the urge to spontaneity and to radical and possibly extreme behavior).

Just before we tear into the creative cake, we’ll have to deal with the Moon’s T-square formed with the transiting Nodes. This will likely require a bit of inventory-taking on ourselves, a glance at where we’re going and where we’ve been of late–and that’s all for the good, preparing us to make the most of the day ahead.

Yesterday, as the midpoint of transiting Jupiter/ Uranus was met by the local Midheaven (let’s call it ‘revolutionary beliefs’ in this instance), two lovely young people showed up at my door. They introduced themselves, said they were from the Blahblah Academy, and that they were doing a project–and, drumroll, they wanted to introduce to me a never-before thought of concept: Mother God. “As a female!” added the girl excitedly, in case I didn’t get it. I think she thought I wasn’t comprehending her meaning because I didn’t react as she expected; I smiled and said, “Oh yes.” Their faces fell; they didn’t understand why I wasn’t freaking out at the thought that God might not be a Patriarch in the sky. I said, “Thank you, bye!” waved, and they left, stunned. I wanted to say, “Now kids, let’s use that Google to discover that our spanky-new idea is really the oldest one on earth, before we go door-to-door with it!” but they’d already been disappointed enough.

Don’t you be disappointed today; get out there and socialize! The Void doesn’t begin until 10:08 PM PST. Moon in Libra is best when we’re relating–what comes up with that will be what we’re always carrying in relationships, sprinkled with a little good will.

Link of the Day: Here’s an amusing and accurate take on the Saturn/ Pluto conflict of the square: http://astrologymediapress.com/astrologyexplored/2009/12/30/saturn-in-libra-sympathy-for-two-devils/#more-503