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Astrology April 28, 2013: Sun Opposes Saturn, Sadge Moon

28 Sunday Apr 2013

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“In dreams begin responsibilities.” W.B. Yeats

COSMIC WATCH:

We could feel somewhat ‘fenced in’ by our responsibilities today with the Sun opposing “taskmaster” Saturn. However, with the Moon also in “optimistic” Sagittarius, there’s a pretty good chance that we’ll be able to eventually locate, and pass through, the ‘open gate’ to our freedom. Too, remembering that we always have the power to choose our own thoughts, at any moment, can be very liberating for us, especially if we are feeling a little caged now.

Sun-Saturn aspects can also be revelatory in nature, in the sense that we may be made more aware of what it is that we “must do” in order to fulfill our life’s special purpose. Sometimes, this may mean that we either need to ‘dig in our heels’ now and get serious about certain things. In other cases, it may be that we finally realize that we need to let go of something and move on.

Famous Birthdays April 28: Ann-Margret, Jay Leno. “New Year’s Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.” Jay Leno. 🙂

Interestingly, Jay Leno has the Sun-Saturn opposition aspect in his solar return chart for, the coming year, and he is poised to leave the Tonight Show in spring of 2014. Sun-Saturn is an aspect that is often at play when we shift careers. Too, when we’re older, it is often a time when we do decide to retire, or at least, cut back on our schedule. Saturn is associated with narrowing or fine-tuning our focus.

Enjoy your Sunday!

Patrice Thompson

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Copyright 2013

Source Notes:

fence: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1416428

Birthdays: http://www.astro.com/

Yeats:  http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/responsibility

Leno: http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/95970.Jay_Leno

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Patricia’s Astrology January 31, 2011: “Be Self-Reliant” Daily Horoscope

30 Sunday Jan 2011

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“It is easier to live life through someone else than to become complete yourself.” Betty Friedan

COSMIC WEATHER:

The industrious, capable Capricorn Moon sagely advises us to invest in ourselves. To grow our abilities. Perfect our skills. So that we may make a worthwhile contribution to the collective, while also mastering the art of self-reliance.

Too, don’t we all like applause and praise? A pat on the back for a job well done? With the Moon’s square to “withholding” Saturn (5:40 pm EST), it could be that we may have to be our own cheering section today. That others may not take notice, or comment favorably on our achievements. Are we okay with that?

Also, the powerful Sun and warrior Mars continue their tight conjunction in change-oriented Aquarius, an invigorating, but more volatile aspect that has been around for several days. This aspect will be exact on Friday. This influence tends to fires us up. Makes us more predisposed to restructuring or altering our world (Aquarius). We are much more amenable to trying out new methods and procedures, even though we still have planets and the Moon in traditionalist Capricorn.

Of course, we have also been witnessing the chaos and political upheaval in Egypt, this past week, while this potent Sun-Mars aspect has been in effect. Thousands of people have been injured and reportedly over 100 persons killed.

Mars rules the aggressive urge (war), and the Sun, through the conjunction, is fueling that urge. Aquarius is also the sign that rules “group expression,” with Mars energizing that expression now. Sun-Mars in Aquarius can be viewed as “power for the people.” Aquarius is a sign of freedom and reform. Aquarius puts the needs of the collective, over the needs of individuals. Diverse factions unite to rally for their causes. Also, in the horoscope for modern Egypt, transiting Uranus (the ruler of Aquarius) at 27 degrees of Pisces is exactly square to the 27 degree natal Gemini Sun, suggesting an overhaul (Uranus) of the leadership (Sun). Too, demonstrations are planned in other countries in the Middle East in the coming days.

Expansive Jupiter is also now in Mars-ruled Aries. It will be there for the next few months. Jupiter in Aries can be personally liberating for many of us, in that it can endow us with a greater sense of self-confidence (Aries) and less fear, resulting in personal growth and the seizing of new opportunities. It can, however, simultaneously be a more potentially combative placement for us, in that we are often more willing to fight (Aries) or stand up for our beliefs (Jupiter). Aries is very courageous and brave. It is the sign of action, sometimes militant action. Sometimes overly impulsive, hasty action. Mars rules soldiers and the military, and vigilantism.

Famous Birthdays January 31st: Justin Timberlake (30), Minnie Driver (40)

“I have 20,000 girlfriends all around the world.” Justin Timberlake

Patrice Thompson

Copyright 2011

Source Notes:

Timberlake: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/justin_timberlake.html

famous birthdays: http://www.famousbirthdays.com/jan.html

abstract background orange – red palette: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1215601

Egypt horoscope: http://www.astrologyweekly.com/countries/egypt.php

Friedan: http://www.famousquotesandauthors.com/topics/self_reliance_quotes.html

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

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Patricia’s Astrology Horoscope November 22, 2010: We Get Wings

21 Sunday Nov 2010

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Cosmic Word Of The Day: Soar

(Sun joins Mercury and Mars in Sagittarius. Moon is in Gemini.)

Soar: 1) to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level 2) to fly upward, as a bird

“With the Cheerful Sun’s entrance into ‘Faraway Places’ Sagittarius (5:15 am EST), we’re poised to take flight. We’ve earned our wings. It’s just a matter of time before we’ll be soaring above the clouds with the real-life, “chirp-happy” little birdies. Maybe we’ll even do some hobnobbing among the stars.

The one concern here, of course, is about wind-blown hair. It could become an issue. Maybe we better pack a scarf. Or else, likely face the traumatic prospect of suddenly flying into someone we know, and having them see us having a bad hair day. Perish the thought!” 🙂

“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps.  The sleeper must awaken.” Frank Herbert

Patrice Thompson

Copyright 2010

Source Notes:

Soar: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/soar

Frank Herbert quote: http://honeymoons.about.com/cs/wordsofwisdom/a/TravelQuotes.htm

Up Up and Away Fifth Dimension YouTube Video

Moon: Moon: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1246875

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Mars Conjunct Jupiter: Lincoln Delivers Gettysburg Address 11/19

18 Thursday Nov 2010

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This Date In History:

November 19, 1863:

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the “Gettysburg Address” at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Gettysburg Address, of course, is regarded as one of the greatest speeches in American history. In the speech, Lincoln redefined the Civil War as a struggle that would bring about “a new birth of freedom” and “equality” to all Americans.

Fascinatingly, in the heavens that day, “Energizer” Mars and “Philosophical” Jupiter were exactly conjunct at 11 degrees of “Transforming” Scorpio. Jupiter symbolizes our moral convictions and philosophy of life. With Jupiter, we tend to look at the “bigger picture,” and how we all fit into it. Jupiter is regarded as benevolent and philanthropic in nature. It also rules politicians and public speaking.

Enthusiastic Mars, meanwhile, as ruler of Aries, the first sign of the zodiac, is very trailblazing and pioneering. It also is the planet of war (rules the aggressive urge), and signifies courage and bravery.

When we get Mars and Jupiter together, there is often an intense “zealousness,” a strong desire to “evangelize” or “convert” others to our way of thinking, our philosophy, as Mars “fires up” our beliefs and convictions (Jupiter). We passionately “go to battle” (Mars) for what we believe in (Jupiter).  Indeed, Mars-Jupiter is often indicative of “fanaticism” because it is linked with so much enthusiasm for our message and the causes we are espousing. Jupiter is characteristically “preachy” to begin with. It rules preachers and teachers, as part of its intrinsic “uplifting” nature.

Even though Pluto had not been “officially discovered” at the time, it was at 11 degrees of Taurus that day, which put it exactly opposite the Mars-Jupiter conjunction in Scorpio (Pluto now rules Scorpio).

Pluto denotes our “urge for regeneration,” or “rebirth,” and its energy and awareness tends to be very penetrating  and intense.  Pluto, in opposition to Mars-Jupiter, therefore, most likely served to magnify “even further” the passion and enthusiasm for renewal for the country that Lincoln must have been feeling that day delivering his speech. His message resonating at an optimum time for “mind altering impact” upon the public.

Pluto was also in Taurus which signifies “what we value,” and the Gettysburg Address was about learning to value “all Americans” as equals, a clear change from earlier consciousness (Pluto).

The Illuminating Sun and Mercury were also in Re-birthing Scorpio, and trine to the Compassionate Moon in Pisces, a Moon placement which inclines to make us more aware of our similarities versus our differences.  Pisces symbolizes our link “to the divine.” The Moon governs our emotions.  It also denotes “the public,” and again, with a Pisces Moon, there is more of an emotional receptivity and idealism regarding the “mood of the public.”

Patrice Thompson

Copyright 2010

Source Notes:

military: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/710172

Gettysburg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address

calendar: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1072482

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Patricia Thompson Astrology Horoscope May 20, 2010: Oprah

19 Wednesday May 2010

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“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?” – Ernest Gaines.

We have the Sun today at the tale end of pragmatic Taurus harmoniously linking up (sextile) to innovator Uranus in Pisces. There is fresh opportunity here to improve our lives in a practical way (Taurus) with the inclusion of some new methods and ideas (Uranus).

With Sun-Uranus, we may suddenly have some “aha moments” in which we are able to figure some things out that may have previously stumped us.  Uranus rules genius and invention. This is a very cool influence.  It also speaks voluminously to us about liberation (Uranus) and personal freedom and wanting to include more freedom into our lives.

Relationship Venus is also now in nurturing Cancer, the sign of home and family. We start focusing more on nesting matters with Venus here although today, with the restless, exploratory Sun-Uranus ray in operation, we may not be ready just yet to find a good measure of our fulfillment sticking close to the home front.

The Moon leaves entertaining, self-expressive Leo and heads into neat-freak Virgo at 7:59 pm EDT at which time we may decide that, yes, perhaps our true purpose and calling in this lifetime may in fact be to stand behind a vacuum tidying up our little (Cancer) nests.

Astrology in real life:

Did you see Oprah yesterday? The program was kind of a poster child for what we had playing out in the heavens on Wednesday.

Oprah started the show talking to Bret Michaels, his first TV interview since his brain hemorrhage last month. Bret spoke about his new lease on life after his near-death experience.

Then she interviewed country star Chely Wright.  Chely talked about how her coming out as a lesbian has helped her to finally live her truth.

Yesterday, if you recall, we had Venus exactly square Uranus. Venus rules romance and relationships.  When it is paired with rebel Uranus in our own personal horoscopes, we have a tendency to form unconventional or non-traditional alliances.

Venus-Uranus correspondingly denotes gay and lesbian unions, a topic in which I have written about a few times before here at this blog. Also, on days when we have Venus-Uranus aspects, gay and lesbian issues often move to the forefront with respect to the collective.   Oprah’s TV Show, of course, reaches millions of viewers and has a role in shaping mass consciousness.

We also had Mercury, which rules communication and interviews, exactly trine Pluto on Wednesday.  As I noted here yesterday, often with Mercury-Pluto we hear about big secrets, as Pluto epitomizes things that are hidden.

As ruler of Scorpio, Pluto also specifically governs hidden sexual issues, as well as matters of death and rebirth.  Pluto also rules the masses.

Chely poignantly revealed to us on Oprah how she had lived a total lie all her life by not coming forward with her true sexuality (Pluto).  She also shared that she had almost committed suicide (Pluto) by putting a gun in her mouth.

Bret Michaels also talked about how fortunate he was that he did not die (Pluto) and how he felt reborn now (Pluto) in wake of the experience.  Both interviews were heavily laden with the Pluto death and rebirth themes.

There were also strong undercurrents of yesterday’s nebulous Sun square Neptune influence on the program, especially Chely’s disclosure that she had been living a lie (Neptune rules deception). Neptune also depicts the more fragile or tenuous nature of the physical life form and often demonstrates to us, through its activation in our lives, how sometimes our ability to hold onto the physical body is as precarious as holding onto a single thread.

Neptune, known as the Great Dissolver, symbolizes the dissolving of physical boundaries in its quest to transition us into the spirit world.  Neptune denotes our spiritual component or link to the Divine. Both Chely Wright and Bret Michaels spoke to Oprah about praying to God (Neptune) to save them in their moments of despair.

We also saw another variation of the Sun-Neptune energy playing out before the collective yesterday. A U.S. jury decided that drug-maker Novartis must pay $250 million in damages to more than 5,000 current and former employees.  The jury award came two days after the finding that the U.S. division of the company discriminated against women over pay, promotion and pregnancy.

Neptune rules drugs and pharmaceutical companies.  Aquarius, the sign Neptune is currently in, also rules equality issues and epitomizes the needs and rights of the individual within the collective. Often when Aquarius is emphasized there is progress regarding individual rights. The Sun in the money-sign of Taurus also spelled bad news for the drug-maker, in terms of its’ financial liability.

Yesterday’s Venus square Uranus influence also entered into the equation here since we were dealing with a gender bias issue. Venus also denotes females and Uranus, as ruler of Aquarius, is now in the sign of  Neptune-ruled Pisces (drugs).

Too, the discrimination ruling against the company two days ago came with the mutable T-Square in full force involving Saturn, Venus, Uranus and Jupiter. Saturn is in Virgo, ruling employment matters. Jupiter and Uranus are in Pisces, the Neptune ruled sign associated with drugs.  Venus (females) was squaring off against the Virgo and Pisces energies, forcing this gender-related issue.

I thought it was very symbolic, too, to have Uranus, the liberator, at the very end of Pisces, representing the full fruition of all the sign stands for.  Pisces not only rules drugs, it also depicts segments of society that are downtrodden and discriminated against.

Enjoy your Thursday!  Expect some “aha moments.”

Written by Patricia “Patrice” Thompson

Copyright 2010

Source Notes:

Novartis: http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre64i4vs-us-novartis-genderbias/

Homosexuality quote: http://www.quotegarden.com/homosexuality.html

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre64i4vs-us-novartis-genderbias/

Butterfly picture: http://www.weforanimals.com/wallpapers/butterflies/page-1/butterflies-1.htm

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Patricia Thompson’s Astrology April 30, 2010: Picture It

30 Friday Apr 2010

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“We are driven by five genetic needs: survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun.” William Glasser.

There’s a feeling of liberation today as the Moon frolics through forward-thinking Sagittarius.  We feel a little like the tiny mouse that has escaped the clutches of a big fat cat. We require space to roam around.  We don’t want anyone cornering us.

With the Moon’s quinqunxes to Mercury and the Sun in slower-moving Taurus, we may feel a little awkward articulating or discussing more practical concerns. We need a little more time to weigh and digest in this area.  Other than that, the energy of the day is very enthusiastic and free-flowing. We have a sextile to social Venus, a trine to energetic Mars.

The Sagittarius Moon gives us a good measure of forward momentum to handle the ongoing Saturn-Uranus opposition.  What to keep, what to let go?  Today we may feel more comfortable letting go.  It’s not such a scary thing now. We are more hopeful. We reckon change might be a welcome dinner guest.

“All of life is a foreign country.” Jack Kerouac

Event in history on this date: April 30, 1939 – NBC / RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World’s Fair.

On that day, pioneering Mars in Capricorn, the sign which rules public officials (depicting Roosevelt here), was exactly harmoniously trine to Neptune in Virgo.  Neptune rules pictures; Virgo reveals the inner workings of things.  Perfect mix of energy for showcasing the magic of television.

Expansive  Jupiter was also near the end of  Neptune-ruled Pisces applying to a trine to transforming Pluto in Cancer, the sign of home and family. Whenever Jupiter travels through a sign it tends to create new opportunities for the areas ruled by that sign. Of course as we all know, the TV would eventually end up as a fixture in homes everywhere around the world, changing our daily lives and also dramatically (Pluto) impacting families.

Written by Patricia Thompson

Copyright 2010

Source Notes:

Event in history: http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/april_30.html

Kerouac quote: http://www.notable-quotes.com/l/life_quotes.html

William Glasser quote: http://thinkexist.com/quotations/freedom/

Butterfly picture: butterfly photo: butterfly picture: http://www.weforanimals.com/wallpapers/butterflies/page-1/butterflies-1.htm

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