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Pisces dominates Full Moon in Virgo

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Monday’s Full Moon is in the earth Sign of Virgo, exactly opposite a large gathering of planets in watery Pisces. Jupiter, co ruler of Pisces, squares both the Sun and the Moon as it becomes full. Jupiter exaggerates and amplifies what it touches, and squares in general can be tense. Virgo's ruler, Mercury, is going backward in Pisces. There's all sorts of things going on.    In fact all the planets, as well as the Moon’s nodes, are invited to party!! Full Moons bring the energy of the previous month to a head, can trigger powerful polarities, and activate areas of attraction/repulsion. Relationships are where these polarities manifest, as we project both good and bad onto each other. In this case our logic will be pitted against our intuition. It’s no exaggeration to say that this Full Moon contains a lot of emotional energy. Not quite a tsunami… but almost. It’s mostly quite positive if we can go with the flow and sinc up with the immense amount of ene

Water Water Everywhere!

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Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. (from The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner) We have entered the Chinese Year of the Water Snake, which coincides nicely with our current Astrology. Both focus on the element   of water, and speak of emotional cleansing and regeneration. Yesterday, the Sun joined a group of planets that are all sitting close together in Pisces, opening up our creative thinking and   intuitive processes, as our connection to the greater whole becomes more available at this time.   The sign for Pisces shows two fish swimming in opposite directions, which speaks of the inherent duality of this sign, as it is pulled between the finite and the infinite. Pisces can feel a deep longing to reach the depths of the soul, or to drift aimlessly forever in a pool of forgetting. Water has the fascinating attribute of appearing innocent and innocuous, while in actuality

Aquarius New Moon: Freedom Call!

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A New Moon is a Sun/Moon Conjunction…  Yin and Yang meet up in the sky to create a new emotional energy for the coming month. This joining of solar and lunar energies is also known as the sacred marriage (mysterium conjunctionis).   ( Here’s a link to the post I did last year on   this subject). http://aurumastrology.blogspot.in/2011/02/mysterium-conjunctionis-sacred-marriage.html The joint creative power of Sun and Moon together is intention made manifest, a seed moment that carries us forward. With an Aquarius New Moon, new ideas and visions will begin to sprout in your consciousness. This is the time to plant them and watch them grow.   This particular New Moon squares the lunar nodes, so it also has the feeling of an eclipse. That puts an emphasis on   endings as well as new beginnings; there’s a bit of weeding to be done to clear  space for new growth. We seem to be having a lot of those lately… critical turning points that are about releasin

The Turning Point

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Imbolc/Candlemas/Groundhog Day There’s still a deep   chill in the air here in wintry Canada,   though the days are definitely getting a little bit longer. Tomorrow is Imbolc, a Celtic celebration marking the midway point of winter … also known as Candlemas. On this day, we light a candle to chase away the shadows as we wait for spring. Speaking of shadows: Feb 2nd is also Groundhog Day!! My fav! You know…where the huge rodent crawls out of its hole in the ground and if it sees its shadow, it scurries back in for another 6 weeks of winter. I can relate!!   Tomorrow I am going to watch the film with Bill Murray where Groundhog Day repeats over and over till he finally gets it; that he is the orchestrator of his own life! Love it! Another link to Imbolc is the Persephone/Demeter myth. Pluto, god of the underworld, abducts Persephone, and    while her earth mother Demeter mourns, spring never comes. Demeter petitions the gods, who eventually release