COSMIC WEATHER:

“Life’s challenges are not suppose to paralyze you, they’re suppose to help you discover who you are.” Bernice Johnson Reagon

Sort of a mixed bag today. 🙂

Mars squares Pluto this afternoon (4:36 pm). Assertive Mars aligned with intense, controlling Pluto may propel us to make some power moves in a possible bid to spread our massive influence in the world. (Oprah Winfrey has this aspect in her personal horoscope.) However, a challenge for us here may be to not overtax ourselves or surpass our limits in the process.

Too, we would probably be wise to avoid power struggles, engaging in taunting behavior, etc., as sometimes Mars-Pluto can awaken or unleash our “inner bully.”

On another level, Mars-Pluto can also be very transforming with Pluto ruling regeneration. So, this might be excellent time to “wipe the slate clean” and to purge or eliminate what isn’t working in our lives.

Retrograde Mercury, ruler of our thoughts, is also back into an exact conjunction with optimistic Jupiter (11:59 pm), ruler of philosophy and our higher beliefs and vision, academia, long-distance travel.

On the plus side, the Mercury-Jupiter influence can make us more enthusiastic and upbeat, more high-minded in our thinking (a nice antidote for the Mars-Pluto “bully” mentality). Mercury-Jupiter is also an excellent time for writing. The shadow side of this same aspect is we can become too boastful or arrogant (Jupiter).

Too, with the Mars-Pluto aspect as a backdrop, this is probably not a good time to get into arguments over philosophical (Jupiter) differences, as they may escalate.

Also, if we have any public presentations or speeches (Mercury) to make, we will want to make sure that we have “all the facts” straight ahead of time (Mercury-Jupiter tends to exaggerate), in case we later get “called on the carpet” (stickler Pluto).

However, if we do diligently cover our bases, we could be very compelling and persuasive as a speaker (or writer) now, especially if we sprinkle in some of the famous “Jupiterian” humor.

“A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.” – Hugh Sidey

*All times EDT

Famous Birthdays April 11: Ethel Kennedy (83), Joel Grey (79).

In the News: With the potent “game-changing” Mars-Pluto aspect exact today one of the news headlines this morning is about President Obama’s press conference that is slated for this Wednesday. Obama will be unveiling his package of proposed spending cuts for the future, including proposed cuts to Medicare and Medicaid, and changes to Social Security, in a bid to tackle this nation’s deficit crisis (Pluto rules debt). Higher taxes (ruled by Pluto) are also reportedly going to be proposed for the wealthy (Wall Street Journal).

Patrice Thompson

copyright 2011

Source Notes;

Sidey: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_humor.html

flowers: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1321255

birthdays: http://www.astro.com/

Oprah Winfrey horoscope: http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Winfrey,_Oprah

Reagon quote: http://thinkexist.com/quotations/challenge/

mosaic sun: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1327692

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