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Mercury Moon and Jupiter in Cancer: emotions R Us

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     Mars , planet of action and desire, is moving full steam ahead now in Libra, the sign of relationships. It's recent opposition to Venus, planet of love put a lot of people into oppositional stances, pushing us to make choices or learn to see things from both sides of an issue. Hopefully. Oppositions only get resolved when we  take a moment to step outside our own position  and make an effort  see how the other person may be experiencing things. To do this means relinquishing our preciously held opinions or points of view to allow for a shift in perspective. This doesn't mean giving  up your own identity or losing your core sense of self. It just means allowing for more options and viewpoints, while attempting to clarify your own. It is a relief now that the Mars Venus opposition has separated,  though mars is now moving back into the same degree that it all took place, thus reactivating the energy to some degree.(ha no pun intended!)  As it recovers ground lost

New Moon in Gemini this Wednesday: The Trickster Returns

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 Today Sun in Gemini encourages us to be playful and flirtatious… just what the doctor ordered after so much recent intensity. The Moon (emotions) in Aries (fiery initiative) just crossed over Uranus (awakenings, surprises) and is bumping into Venus (love and connectedness). That, alongside the Gemini Sun, catapults us out of our safety zones to be more gregarious and social. It also places our emotions   directly into the cross hairs of the Grand Cross energy, so we can also expect some drama!   I recently discovered that my own relationship chart (called a composite chart) is exactly lined up with the current grand cross energy (I should have known). I have wondered how/why we seem to keep enacting the astrology I am writing about. There have been plenty of shocks, upsets, standoffs, and emotional dramas, as well as a great deal of emotional transformation and healing as we face an work through the issues coming up. Slowly, slowly we are inching our way thro

Full Moon Reflections: Hidden and Revealed

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Waves of healing and transformation  continue to ripple out  after Tuesdays  Full Moon in Scorpio. This is not entirely comfortable as hidden aspects of our psyche rises to the surface. Polarized relationships and a tendency to project our 'stuff' onto others come right back at us, as our interactions continue to hold up a mirror to our deeper issues. The Grand Trine in Water (emotional intelligence) and a Mercury (communication) in square to Chiron (vulnerability, healing) ... continue to bring us into contact with our need to meet, heal and transform  any lost or hidden fragments of our essential self... leading us back into wholeness. This is a time of return. This is a time of healing. The following poem was sent in response to my last post.  May your healing be accompanied by ease and grace.   Under a Wesak Moon .....a poem by by Libra Moon ...here we plug along. Sense is a human construct. Silent knowledge that can’t be quantified, measured. It is more

Full Moon in Scorpio: Deepening the Well

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Full Moon in Scorpio opposite Sun in Taurs at 23 degrees. on May 14 at  3:16 pm EDT, and 8:16 pm Greenwich (BST) etc The astrology these days is intense, powerful, transformative. If your own life is not being turned upside down and inside out, you probably know someone else who's is. Some of us are feeling a bit ragged  and worn down by it all, and will welcome the "stabilizing, grounding, “Buddha-Nature” of this Full Moon"    (Robert Wilkinson) At the 'Wesak' Full Moon,  many people make the trek to the Wesak Valley at the bottom of Mt Kakais in Tibet to celebrate Buddha’s Birthday.  The Buddha's mercy and compassion brought much light, love and healing to humanity, and, as did other great masters,  he taught that heaven can be here on earth. Even as life is full of suffering, so is it full of light. This Full Moon can illuminate those tender places that have being shaken up recently,  bring ing a  soothing balm of release, as we surrender

Opposition/Integration!

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Watch out for flying missiles today!! If you see one coming at you … duck!! The Moon (emotional patterns)   in Libra today is activating Mars … (planet of aggression). Mars is  sitting exactly  opposite Venus in Aries (fierce love) right now... activating the classic war of the sexes and causing some very powerful push-pull energies. Venus is conjunct (together with) Uranus… bringing an urge to break free of restrictions along with sudden shocks, awakenings, even accidents.  Tension with Pluto and Uranus… the destroyer versus the awakener,  adds big pressure on whatever issues are coming up at this time.  The fourth part of the Grand Cross is Jupiter in Cancer amplifying our emotions and bringing out our inner child issues. This all means there is an intensity and depth  to the emotions that are emerging, and  due to Saturn's being opposite Sun  in Taurus, some of us will not be able to avoid some sort of confrontation. Saturn can have a dampening ef
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Happy Beltane.  Beltane is the Gaelic May Day festival.  Taurus is all about fecundity, fertility and celebrating the senses. Celebrated around May 1 -5, May Day or Beltane involve rites of spring: sacred fires, maypoles, bonfires, cavorting in the woods. The Sun in Taurus is bringing us down to earth and in touch with our physicality, increasing the urge to connect to nature and express our passions. As spring brings out buds and birds, and sweet smells and greenery our senses are activated and we feel enlivened again after a long cold winter. (well in some places ... where I live we just had more snow) Sigh. Meanwhile, the Cardina Grand Cross energy has peaked and Tuesday's Solar eclipse swept away old energies to allow for something new to emerge. Phew. The tensions over the last few weeks have been enormous. This past week has been much lighter in comparison to previous ones. Mostly. Here's the thing: Today the Moon in Cancer is triggering off the Grand Cross