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And now for Something Completely Different,

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 Yesterday the  Sun  moved from serious Capricorn  into freedom loving Aquarius and will be joined there early on Monday by a New Moon. When the Moon and Sun meet up in the ‘Conjunctio’  (joining of masculine and feminine energies)  a seed energy is created that will manifest in the coming month. At a New Moon we plant this seed of our intention and see how it grows as the Moon moves through its waxing and waning cycle. Each cycle peaks at the Full Moon, and then gradually dissipates, to begin anew in the next sign… representing the next stage of development. And so it goes, around the circle, through the seasons; the ebb and flow of the rhythm of life. This seedtime is in Aquarius, which is all about freedom and about belonging. Where can we bring new energy to create more freedom and fairness for both ourselves and others? In the last post I wrote that the Full Moon on the Capricorn/Cancer axis was challenging us to find a balance between our need to nurture ourselves vs

PROTEST

Going Dark in Protest of SOPA and PIPA Dear Friend and Reader: Aurumastrology has gone offline from noon (ish)  to midnight EST today, Weds. Jan. 18. We are joining our fellow websites who are protesting proposed federal legislation that would turn the American Internet into something considered normal in China. Two bills currently pending in the U.S. Congress -- the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its companion bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA) -- propose new powers for the government and also for private companies to essentially create blacklists of sites that allegedly are engaging in some form of online infringement. Government and media corporations could then force service providers to block access to those sites. This opens the door for the government and corporations to easily and conveniently censor the Internet, without due process. Please go to  http://americancensorship.org for more info and to add your voice to the protest.

Full Moon in Cancer on Monday

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Today's sky was full of  many positive aspects, giving us a break from a rather relentless planetary environment. And the Sun is finally far enough away from Pluto to allow a sigh of relief. Is it just me or has the last week or so been bloody INTENSE!!?     So much for the Solstice/Christmas break... we are now back full swing into the powerful planetary dynamics that are shaking up our world both inside and out. On Monday the Moon is Full in its own Sign of Cancer, stirring up our emotions and highlighting our dreams. A Full Moon heightens feelings as it sits radiant and glowing in opposition to the Sun. The Sun is in Capricorn,  archetypal Father of the zodiac, and the Cancer Moon is the Mother. They signify a tricky balancing of our need to take responsibility for ourselves with a need to nurture and be nurtured. These sorts of issues often arise in relationships, as Full Moons activate polarities between people. Mercury's current stressful links t