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Full Moon already waning

What a Moon it has been.    Look outside tonight and though it  is waning it's still in its glory.  And still conjunct Saturn square Pluto  (means tension...big time).  The Pluto Saturn square has been pressurizing us all for some time now.  Soon Uranus will be exactly opposite Saturn again creating a rare Grand Cross in the sky....and something is going to have to shift. Meanwhile the tension will increase and likely result in some kind of eruption (Volcanoes have already happened...and earth quakes...they are apt metaphors for the type of pressure that these planets signify).  Depending on where they are in your birth chart you can expect some form of transformation and change. That much is guaranteed. Oh we can resist...and with the Saturn square we probably will.  But once Uranus is in the mix change is inevitable. Uranus is like a lightning bolt that jars us into action.  The tension from Pluto can  amplify and transform the energy into a potential shift of consciousness. Plu

Take it easy.

Right now the Sun is setting off the Pluto Saturn Square that is causing so much tension. It is exactly square Pluto today so watch out for eruptions and power struggles. Uranus in the picture pushes standoffs and confrontations to extremes. Sudden flare-ups are very possible, and it might be wise to pause and take a breath before confronting someone over built up issues. Mars and Moon together in Leo mean egos will be involved. And Sun, Mercury and Venus in Aries (which is ruled by Mars the warrior) indicate that more than a little patience may be required of us all. Luckily Moon Trine Venus and Mercury means we really don’t want to fight. We can try some Moon/Venus softness and empathy along with Mercury for understanding and communication to help dissolve tensions. Nonetheless, the sharpness of these planetary alignments sets the tone of the whole year ahead as issues and situations will come to a head again and again. There is a feeling that something has to give; something has t

Vernal Equinox

In the Solar calendar  today is the  Vernal equinox (equal day light and equal night darkness) which signifies a new beginning;  a new cycle. The Astrological calendar begins with Aries the Ram: Impatient. Impetuous. Instigator. Initiator.  Ruled by Mars: god of war.  Colour: Red. And Mars has just gone forward after being retrograde (backwards) for several months. Time to release the past and start to move forward. Beware of impatience after feeling held back for so long.  Don't forget to breath. The Weekend: Friday's Moon is in earthy Taurus emphasizes earthly  sensuality and pleasures... touch and taste are heightened. Don't be in a hurry though.  This slow and sensual sign needs to go slow, without pressure or pretension. Remember KISS? (Keep it Simple Stupid) Good time to stay in a eat some yummy food while watching a sexy movie. Then, on Saturday evening  the Moon moves into  curious Gemini. Gemini is ruled by Mercury which is all about communication...should be

Practice Random Act of Kindness

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to kneel and kiss the earth. Rumi Astrology is a tool to describe the thousand ways.   And each and every way is fine... is perfect. There is no right or wrong. The planetary symbols merely help us understand how we function in our life. They can describe our basic personality (Sun). How we feel (Moon). How we express (Mercury). How we act (Mars), how we relate to others (Venus) etc. Yet the reality is somewhere beyond the symbols. It lies deep within us and all around us. It's in every breath we take. Our life force cannot be quantified or labeled. It just is. "The Tao one can describe is not the true Tao." What can be described is the thousand ways (sort of ... kind of). Right now there are a group of planets together with a New Moon in Pisces . Things begin at the New Moon and come to fruition when it is Full. Then the energy gradually dissipates as the Moon wanes,  starting again at t

The Changing Sky : transits

Well after having said I would not do predictive Astrology I find myself wanting to give it a go. I am realizing I actually do use it all the time in Astrology readings. When I am looking at someone’s chart I always look at the current planets in the sky (transits) to see what issues are being focused on or brought to the fore. They often point me to a particular aspect in the chart that may not have otherwise caught my attention. There’s a kind of synchronicity that occurs and usually what ends up being discussed is particularly timely. Once, when doing Astrology readings at a holistic fair, I printed out a chart for the day and noticed there was a Grand Cross in the sky at the time. A Grand Cross is a powerful and not too common configuration where there are four planets all 90 degrees apart creating a square or a cross of planets. It’s a bit of a rare and powerful kind of chart and yet that day, I had five different people come to me for readings that had Grand Squares in thei

Aurum

        I have been asked about the image (and name) on my blog.  It's from my Masters of Fine Art final project. I was painting and studying female iconography and got very interested in the gold halos in religious paintings and also in Bizantine icons.  I had previously created some work around the Madonna /Whore dichotomy which led to painting halos on ordinary women (the idealization of the feminine). This then led to looking at gold as a subject in itself, and someone along the way told me that Aurum was gold in Latin.  Aurum/aura...there I was painting auras(halos!!).  In the Periodic Table  the symbol for gold/aurum is a circle with a dot at the center. In Astrology that is the symbol for the sun.  The sun in Astrology represents the Self.      Meanwhile I has started reading about Alchemy (as part of the iconography around gold). According to Carl Jung, in Alchemy, the transformation from base metal to Gold is a metaphor for the transformation of the Self. So....long stor