The innovative Aquarius Moon prompts us to keep thinking “outside the box” today as a way of solving our problems. However, “critical judge” Saturn in judicial Libra is also forming a 150-degree stress aspect (quinqunx) to “idea maven” Mercury in psychedelic Pisces. This may mean that the clever ideas that we are so proudly incubating now inside our moist, little brains may also have to be carefully weighed (Libra) for viability and utility (Saturn) before they can be released freely into the ether and acted upon by our brilliant, all-knowing mass of being. Naysayer Saturn enjoys showing us the folly and foibles of our wicked thinking (Mercury).
“Men are like stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.” Jose Marti
In the News: The U.S. Government Accounting Office (GAO) released a 345-page report on Monday detailing billions of dollars in redundant (Jupiter) federal programs. The revelation (Pluto) of this report comes amid the potent “Jupiter square Pluto” aspect. Jupiter-Pluto can indicate “spending or growth gone wild,” with expansive Jupiter denoting bloating and excess and Pluto governing disgusting debt and diabolical taxes. Pluto (ruler of the subconscious) also pertains to matters that are “hidden or submerged.”
With Jupiter-Pluto we often become privy to classified or secret information (Pluto). We had this very same, sizzling aspect when WikiLeaks first unveiled thousands of classified documents on the war in Afghanistan late July 2010. (Jupiter also rules publishing.) Now, with this published report, we are becoming aware of reckless, redundant spending (Jupiter) by the government (Capricorn) and the dire need to eliminate it (Pluto). Go figure. 🙂
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“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.”Oprah Winfrey
Opportunistic Jupiter squares passionate Pluto (3:41 pm EST): Doing what we are passionate about can be very freeing for us. New doors could suddenly open up to us if we focus and harness our energies wisely. Purging ourselves of what is outworn, also allows us to move forward to a brighter future. (Pluto rules the principle of elimination.) Also, a great day for refurbishing, or giving things “new life.”
Shadow side of Jupiter-Pluto: Becoming too obsessed with a course of action. Desire for manipulation and control at all costs. Power-hungry. Ruthlessness, or expression of extreme forms of behavior.
Sun/Mercury sextile Pluto: Transforming or regenerating circumstances. Penetrating insights. “Aha” moments. What was previously hidden or disguised, is gloriously revealed. (Pluto rules secrets and the subconscious realm).
Moon in Sagittarius: Fires up our sense of wonderment and adventure. We also want to express and act upon our higher beliefs and convictions.
Shadow side of Sadge Moon: Fanaticism. Too preachy or boastful. Extravagance (which Pluto will likely do combat with today).
“We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth – then it’s far too late when they pass away.” George Harrison
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“Forgiveness is not always easy. At times, it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one who inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness.” Marianne Williamson
The maternal Moon leaves intense Scorpio and enters zealous Sagittarius (7:46 am EST), forming challenging squares to the stellium of planets in sea and oil-based Pisces (Mars, Chiron, Mercury, Sun). Warrior Mars also conjuncts wounded healer Chiron. Manic Mars is additionally sesquiquadrate to denying Saturn in matrimonial Libra. Too, expansive Jupiter in fighter Aries is square to controlling, debt-minded Pluto in governmental Capricorn (exact this Friday).
I turned on the radio in bed this morning and it seemed that almost every news story was gloomy: The tragic earthquake in New Zealand, with hundreds still missing. The tragic civil war in Libya, and growing fear mounting among world leaders that Moammar Gadhafi may resort to using chemical weapons, including mustard gas, on his own people.
Then we have spiking oil prices which is going to likely create further hardship for many, and potentially stall economies worldwide (refer to my earlier blog on Mars entering Pisces and its affect on oil). Also, I heard on the radio about spikes in the incidence of whooping cough, even though there is a vaccine for it. Then there was further reporting of the ongoing budgetary standoff between Republicans and Democrats in Wisconsin which has spread to other states (very Jupiter-Pluto with again Pluto ruling debt).
Of course, the current cosmic activity conveniently explains all the turbulence, calamity, and unrest. My personal dilemma: How to write an upbeat daily horoscope forecast when there is so much visible suffering out there in the world now?
Too, yesterday, I personally had a freak, high-speed collision in my hallway with one of my ferocious toy poodles. I may have broken my middle toe in my left foot, so my foot is aching like crazy now. No consolation, either, that accident-monger Mars just moved into Pisces which rules the frickin’ foot, and is also moving through my 12th house of confinement! 🙂 My dog Boo, the lovable perpetrator of this weird, Neptunian incident, appears to be fine. BTW, Boo also has his natal Mars in Pisces which, I’m sure, also played a key factor here in my receipt of pain from the little canine beast.
The Moon’s entrance into fiery, enthusiastic Sagittarius and exactly square to the Pisces stellium of planets makes us much more restless and adventurous today. Accordingly, more likely to engage in “risk-taking” behavior. Too, Jupiter-ruled Sagittarius is very “cause-minded” and can be fanatical with respect to its beliefs and convictions, as can be underdog Pisces (which is co-ruled by Jupiter).
Pisces keywords are “serve or suffer” and Pisces is often willing to sacrifice whatever it has to, in order to see its ideals realized, including if it means playing the martyr/victim role. This Pisces aspect of martyrdom is even accentuated more today with aggressor Mars’ exact conjunction to Chiron. It is the nature of Mars to attack, as part of its survival mindset, and linked with Chiron, it is possible now that fresh wounds may be inflicted (the massacres in Libya). Transiting Mars to Chiron can also signify the need to come to terms “with prior deep wounds” from both our individual and collective past.
I mentioned in my “Mars in Pisces” blog the other day, that the very day Chiron initially entered Pisces (oil) last year, we had the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Now today a top news story is the fear of oil spiking to $120 a barrel soon. Also there’s concern about Gadhafi blowing up oil lines. The Jupiter square Pluto can also, on the shadow side, symbolically denote a “tyrant out of control,” with Jupiter leading to excess and Pluto ruling dictators.
Also, as I am writing this, the NYT.com is reporting that a British court has just ruled WikiLeaks‘ founder, Julian Assange, must be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual assault by two women there. Jupiter rules legal proceedings; Pluto rules sexual assault, as well as covert activities and spying. When Jupiter was exactly square to Pluto last year on July 25th is when Wikileaks reportedly released some 9,000 classified documents on the Afghan war, so there seems to be a Jupiter-Pluto and Assange tie here going on. Again, Jupiter-Pluto is exact to the dot tomorrow (at 3:41 pm EST) and this aspect has essentially been applying in influence for the last couple weeks or so. Assange and his legal team reportedly have seven days to appeal the court’s ruling today.
I could write much more now about the planets, as there is so much going on, including the Mars-Saturn 135-degree aspect which means like, what the late Rodney Dangerfield used to say, “we may get very little respect today,” from higher-ups and partners. But, due to my throbbing foot, I’m going to have to cut it short. Too, we need to remember that, while we cannot always control what happens to us, we can control our reaction to it. We do have free will. I am going to keep reminding myself of this handy little fact as I try to soothe my achy foot. Also, despite everything going on, many of us do still have much to be thankful for. It is part of the “Pisces” experience to sometimes expose us to pain and suffering in a bid to make us more compassionate and caring with others. We realize how vulnerable we all are living on the earth plane. But, too, we must never give up hope and faith in a brighter day. Pisces is, after all, our “link to the Divine.” And, the sign of miracles.
“A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.” William Hazlitt
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“How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling?”Claude Debussy
On February 22nd, Mars, symbolizing the aggressive urge, dives into emotional Pisces (8:06 pm EST), where it will, no doubt, try to make a big splash over the next six weeks. It is characteristically the nature of Mars to “stir things up,” as he represents our physical energy and ignites our passions, although when he is submerged underwater in Pisces, much of his “fire” is put out.
But, lest we get fooled by warrior Mars here, he can still be a barracuda! But, generally, he prefers to avoid direct confrontation in Pisces, if at all possible. Mars in Pisces also tends more toward passive aggressive behavior, or misplaced aggression.
However, with all that said, this time around, we still do have a lot of fiery “martian” energy at our disposal now, because expansive Jupiter is deposited in potent Mars-ruled Aries, actually in mutual reception with Mars, as Jupiter co-rules Pisces. Too, Jupiter is, and has been for the last few weeks, in a powerful square to obsessive Pluto (exact on Friday) which can make us more bent on pursuing unrestricted, “new beginnings” (Aries) with a heated fervor.
Too, Aries is associated with war and revolution, and we have witnessed all the unrest, demonstrations, and standoffs in the world the past few weeks. Mars has also been boldly empowering group expression in “power to the people” Aquarius. Also, rebellious Uranus is poised to enter Aries on March 11th for a seven-year stay, so the political landscape could very well continue to change in many nations during this time period. Freedom-loving Uranus in Aries will likely coincide with continued uprisings by individuals on a pioneering, self-developing quest to “do their own thing” (Uranus). Aries is more of a fearless sign, also it’s very impulsive and often acts way too hasty without giving enough thought to the consequences of its actions.
It is interesting, too, that with the opportunistic Jupiter square tyrannical Pluto, almost exact to the dot now, Libya’s long-time despotic ruler (Pluto), Muammar Qaddafi, may finally be ousted in wake of the mass revolt. Sadly, we have also seen many tragic massacres in Libya the last few days as the planets have moved into Pisces, which is more associated with persecution.
Too, it is wise to always note whenever Mars changes zodiacal signs. It is at those times when Mars enters a new sign that we often collectively see very notable or pivotal things occurring with respect to “Mars-ruled” matters: aggression, war, adventurous new beginnings, discoveries or breakthroughs. Then, of course, we need to add the elements or things associated with the sign that Mars is going through.
Pisces, for example, rules the sea and oil. Oil is spiking upwards due to the unrest in the Middle East. We may all want to keep a very close eye on oil with volatile Mars moving into Pisces. When Chiron entered Pisces last year was the very day we had the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Mars will also be exactly conjunct Chiron on February 24th (the energy is already applying), so this could be a critical time period for the planet. BTW, it was reported yesterday that BP reached a 7.2 billion dollar oil and gas deal with India on Monday.
Too, as I am writing this, a seemingly big news story is unfolding about the Suez Canal. Reportedly Iranian Naval Vessels have entered the canal. Warrior Mars in Pisces could, unfortunately, symbolize hostile conditions at sea, or around water.
News Update: It was also reported today that the four Americans taken hostage by Somali pirates a few days ago off East Africa were shot and killed today by their captors. (The Americans were first taken hostage with the Mercury-Mars-Neptune triple conjunction a few days ago.)
On a more uplifting note, we also have the Academy Awards on Sunday and Pisces rules films and acting.
Mars in Pisces is indeed a very imaginative placement for the “red planet,” if not the most creative place for it. Mars here often has a deep passion and talent for art, music, dancing, acting, film, photography. For example, Elton John, an Aries, who we mentioned the other day as someone with Mercury in Pisces, also has his Mars in Pisces.
Too, there is usually a greater desire for retreat and seclusion from the world with Mars in Pisces, as a way of recharging our batteries. Mars in retiring Pisces also normally denotes more of an affinity for mystical or spiritual pursuits, and can also give a gift for healing. Many people in the healing field have a notable presence of Pisces planets (or a strong Neptune) in their horoscopes.
Romantically, Mars in Pisces tends to be fantasy-driven and very sensual, so we will definitely want to clear our calendars to make sure that we do have plenty of time for steamy, nocturnal pastimes. 🙂
The shadow side of Mars in Pisces: There can be indecisiveness, disillusionment, extremism (especially religious fanaticism). Too much of an immersion into fantasy or idealism. Also, Pisces is linked with drug and alcohol abuse. Of course, there is also more opportunity for deception, or simply more chance for weird, nebulous things to happen (due to Mars being in Neptune’s “spacey” home turf). Pisces also rules private sects and cults. Also, there may be more of a willingness to voluntarily play the “victim” or “martyr” role.
Too, with Pisces being more of a “selfless” or “ego-denying” sign, we ideally progress now by doing more for others than for ourselves, especially more for persons who are downtrodden, disabled, or down on their luck for whatever reason. Mars in Pisces can be very compassionate and charitable. We also have the Sun, Mercury, Uranus, and Chiron in Pisces now, so we have a notable Pisces vibration going on. Invisible energy that is hopefully imploring us to remember to kindly give each other a helping hand, or a comforting shoulder to cry on. The Pisces energy perennially sensitizes us to other people’s pain and struggle. We become more acutely aware of the fragility of life and the fleetingness, or even desperateness, of the human condition.
“Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.”Dalai Lama
“Sweet baby” James is a Pisces. He’s a perfect template for all of the more noble, magical qualities of the sign, isn’t he? Love him.
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“It’s a sign that your reputation is small and sinking; if your own tongue must praise you.” Mathew Hale.
“Cosmic Word of The Day”: Sinking
Definition: 1) to fall, drop, or descend gradually to a lower level 2) to go down toward or below the horizon
Origin: before 1000; (v) ME sinken
COSMIC WEATHER:
Continued fallout from the Cardinal T-Cross. Retrograde Jupiter in Aries exactly square to the very dot again with Retrograde Pluto, who’s busy spying on the government in Capricorn. With the Capricorn government, in turn, continuing to surreptitiously check out and spy on those two, very attractive, Russian female agents. Also, Spy trench coats on sale at local department stores at tremendous end of season savings.
Why do I keep getting that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach when I look in my crystal ball and see Mars and Saturn duking it out with each other in “Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?” Libra? Both also within target range of Uranus and Jupiter, and rapidly speeding up to torpedo Pluto.
All this commotion going on with the Universe and yet, we’re all suppose to quietly go about our business, rowing our own individual boats, like nothing frickin’ is happening around us, that everything is okay. Pretend that the rats have not already deserted the ship, while we’re fast saying our “Hail Mary’s.”
No, what I think is needed here is a revolt on the Universe for subjecting us to such tortuous times. If the powers that be think that we should be able to suffer all this mess in silence, I say, “It ain’t happening, bro. I’m exiting the place for the likes of the faraway, lush green, strawberry patch.”
“There is no dilemma compared with that of the deep-sea diver who hears the message from the ship above, ‘Come up at once. We are sinking.” Robert Cooper
“In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.” James Russell Lowell.
“I’d much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships.” Gildna Radner.
Famous August 2nd Leo Birthdays: Sam Worthington (34), Judge Lance Ito (60)
Enjoy your Monday!
Sink your teeth into a fresh piece of strawberry pie from the fields.
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“I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.” Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Cosmic Word of The Day”: Wedding
Definition: 1) the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials 2) the act or an instance of blending or joining, esp. opposite or contrasting elements
Origin: bef. 900; ME; OEweddung
COSMIC WEATHER:
It’s finally the grand day of Chelsea Clinton’s “storybook wedding!” A widely heralded event that has much of the collective fixated. And, most assuredly, the proudest moment in both Bill and Hillary’s lives.
Chelsea Clinton, the sweet little Pisces girl that America and the rest of the world has lovingly watched grow up into adulthood, has now become an educated, sophisticated, and beautiful young woman, poised to unite forever with the man of her dreams, Marc Mezvinsky, a Sagittarian investment banker on Wall Street, who owns an apartment on Fifth Avenue and who also hails from political bloodlines. The two have known each other since childhood, which makes today’s occasion even more sentimental and romantic, in my opinion.
Exclusively for this celebrated gathering, Lord of Karma Saturn, which is exalted, and at its finest in matrimonial Libra, becomes a dramatic focal point in the glorious heavens with an exact, energizing conjunction from impassioned Mars, something that hasn’t happened since 1982, when Chelsea was only two years old, and well before the beaming “Father of the Bride,” Bill Clinton, became the 42nd U.S. President.
Wherever Mars travels by zodiacal sign, he accentuates the affairs ruled by that sign, and now, newly-arrived in the marriage sign of Libra, and conjoined with Wise Old Father Time Saturn, Mars has all of our eyes riveted on Chelsea’s pending union.
Also for this singular occasion, Jupiter, the planet of abundance, is in trailblazing Aries, and in exact square to Power Mogul Pluto, stationed in the prestigious, achievement-oriented sign of Capricorn the Goat, an influence that has no doubt played a central role, along with Protocol King Saturn, in social Libra, to fashion a much-ballyhooed guest list for this event that includes some of the most powerful and potent “movers and shakers” on the planet, all converging at the same point, at the same moment in time, in Rhinebeck, New York.
This influential Jupiter-Pluto aspect is also getting “A-guest-list support” today from the Exciting Aries Moon, which is tossing a harmonious trine to the very Glamorous and Regal Leo Sun, which is further helping to reportedly reign in a bevy of Hollywood stars and celebrities for the wedding, including Steven Spielberg, Barbara Walters, and Oprah. Also, the glitzy congregation is said to include the incomparable Queen of Song, my gal, Barbra Streisand.
A digressing footnote here: Barbra’s horoscope and my own natal horoscope are very similar. Both of us are Taurus Suns, with Leo Moons conjunct lone wolf Pluto, and both of us have fiery, adventurous Aries risings. Her rising is 8 Aries, while mine is 2 Aries. I believe our personalities and senses of humor are also very similar from what I have publicly seen of her over the years in the media. I also totally approve of her taste in men: James Brolin! If only I could be so lucky, romantically, and had just a mere fraction of her material wealth, I know I’d be one happy camper.
Back to the wedding. Adding even more to the fanfare today, Inspirational Jupiter, which also rules religion and philosophy, is additionally conjoined now with Futuristic, Diversity Agent Uranus, deposited in Pioneering Aries. While this memorable wedding ceremony is taking place between Chelsea, who is Methodist, and Marc, who is Jewish, there will simultaneously, no doubt, continue to be a goodly number of bloggers, and others weighing in, on the matter of interfaith marriages, an issue that Mars and Saturn in Libra, is also helping once again to resurrect now, with their activating opposition to both Jupiter and Uranus. It has not been revealed whether Chelsea will follow her husband’s conservative Jewish faith.
In some ways, pitting the old, customary, Saturnian traditions against the rapidly changing, new, Uranian order of things. Even the wedding menu is largely vegetarian, and the wedding cake, reportedly gluten-free. Although, there will still be the meticulously orchestrated, majestic pageantry of the wedding itself, so dutifully safeguarded by Protocol-Minded Saturn in partnership Libra. Chelsea Clinton will most likely, too, surely look stunning in her $25,000 Vera Wang bridal gown.
“I think with our problems with hopelessness and cynicism that (the solution) ultimately has to come from the young people themselves. We’ve got to realize we are the future and we make of our future what we make of it, and ultimately we have to do it for ourselves.” Chelsea Clinton
“Many are the stars I see, but in my eye no star like thee.” English saying
Famous July 31st Leo Birthdays: J.K. Rowling (45), Wesley Snipes (48)
Enjoy your Saturday!
Congratulations, Chelsea and Marc! Best Wishes and Much Love. Also, truly happy for Bill and Hillary.
I’ll be back by here again soon. My schedule is hectic, but leave a light on. For both me and George Clooney, of course. Miracles do occur. The main thing is that we continue to fervently believe in their possibility with every fiber of our being.
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“A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.” Ezra Stiles
“Cosmic Word of The Day”: Monarchy
Definition: 1) a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch 2) supreme power or sovereignty held by a single person
Origin: 1300-50; ME monarchie < LL monarchia
COSMIC WEATHER:
Day two of the Elevated Capricorn Moon. Moon trine Prim and Proper Venus in Virgo. Regal Leo Sun applying to a trine to Pompous Jupiter in Just-Doing-It Aries. Jupiter dukin’ it out with Mob Kingpin Pluto in Power-Grabbin’ Capricorn. Still a churnin’ and a burnin’ we are, from the ever-raging, flamin’, in-your-face, Cardinal T-Square. So it goes and goes and goes. La-de-da. De-da-la. La-la-la.
A Matter of Crowning Achievement
Weare driven and obsessed
We want unchecked power, reclaimed power, rigid control, and an expanding kingdom
A cushy, high-profile seat on the exalted throne
With majestic palace guards by our side
A flashy crown on our slippery balding heads
To-die-for jewelry on our quickly decaying bodies
A never-ending supply of cake-eating subjects
Willingly genuflecting at our feet
And fanning us whenever we want
Wherever we want
In whichever direction we want
We want and expect all this privileged treatment
And it’s not even noon yet.
Pity those poor souls who have to suffer us today.
With so much going on
And the monstrous monarchy to maintain
It’s getting nearly impossible to even have a spare minute
To cogitate on
And dwell upon
Sufficiently
Our Almighty Savior
And Chronically Missing
Knight in Shining Armour
George Clooney.
Another hot Saturday Night
Of wasted opportunity, George
In the fiery, Cardinal T-Square inferno.
“The more corrupt the state, the more laws.” Publius Cornelius Tacitus
In the News: Appears New York HouseRepresentative, Charlie Rangel, fourth in the House in terms of seniority, got caught up in the “Jupiter square Pluto” crossfire this week. Charlie was charged with multiple ethics violations on Thursday. Jupiter rules politicians and Pluto in governmental Capricorn often “steam cleans them” on the carpet, so to speak, when these two forces are aligned in the sky. Not to say that Charlie is guilty here, that’s for his peers to decide. But, do anything wrong, especially to manipulate things in your favor, Master Spy Detective Pluto’s going to eventually find out and nail you to the cross.
Famous July 24th Leo Birthdays: Jennifer Lopez (41), Lynda Carter (59)
Enjoy your Saturday!
Make sure you get properly fitted for that crown before you put it on your big head.
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“The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.” Jerry M. Wright
“Cosmic Word of The Day”: Volume
Definition: 1) fullness or quantity of tone 2) the degree of sound intensity or audibility 3) the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies 4) to be very evident or significant
Origin: 1350-1400; ME volum (e) < MF < L volumen roll (of sheets)
COSMIC WEATHER:
The ever-changing Moon leaves carefree Sagittarius for cautious Capricorn, dramatically activating, yet again, the volatile Cardinal T-Cross. Jolly Jupiter turns “unjolly retrograde” in adventurous Aries exactly square Brooding Pluto. Magnanimous Sun in Leo positively trines, and unabashedly pinches in the butt, Odd Fellow Uranus.
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE TO THE T-SQUARE POLKA!
“In the starry sky above, the decibel level is getting louder.
And louder.
The volume knob on the speakers is almost full blast now.
We’re on the verge of going nuts.
Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Men in little white coats getting ready to descend upon us from spaceships
To take us away
Away! Away!
What’s really fueling the madness is that they’re blasting us from above with polka music!
And the planets, they’re dancing around like chickens
And quaking like ducks!
Turbulent times that we’re living in, for sure.
No place to hide from the polka music and the incessant, problematic images of accordions.
Katie Couric is even interviewing Sarah Palin about accordions and asking her whether she knows how to play one. Palin finds it difficult to give Katie a definitive answer to the question. It’s scary. Very scary.
Dance, dance, dance to the T-Square Polka!”
“Some people march to a different drummer – and some people polka.” Unknown source
In all due seriousness today, we have “big stuff” going on in the heavens now and for the next several days. The energy backdrop is very volatile, things are happening pronto, major changes occurring at lightning speed. Some of these may be with the Earth itself as she readies herself to do some heavy “steam cleaning.”
The Moon hovering over the T-Cross and conjunct “Purge Agent” Pluto today signifies key transformational changes are in store. Also, with Moon-Pluto in governmental Capricorn we are again dealing with those ugly, primal “manipulative control issues” and wanting to “seize power” and pounce on others unchecked. So we need to uncharacteristically restrain ourselves, which will help us to create a more effective result in the long run, anyway, with far fewer karmic consequences.
One quick thought here with the Moon-Pluto conjunction today setting off the Jupiter-Pluto square: This is “prime time energy again for all manner of spy stuff!” Perfect day for catching “Big Fish” if we’re willing to handsomely and cleverly bait the hook. No telling the kind of dirt we can find on our fellow man now, if we cast the net wide enough.
Also, other than the spy energy, what I am really loving about today is the Energizing Sun forming an exact trine to Innovator Uranus. Historically, very cool, out-of-the-ordinary stuff has happened on Sun-Uranus days. In our personal lives, Sun-Uranus days are favorable for trying new, oddball approaches to solving our problems. These new approaches might just work now, the nature of Uranus is quirky, but also signifies genius!
In the News: President Obama reportedly personally telephoned Shirley Sherrod Thursday, the woman who was embarrassingly axed from the Agriculture Department earlier this week in a rush to judgment. Apparently Obama apologized to Sherrod, which I thought was cool, especially since he was doing so at the most perfect time from a cosmic perspective: Sun in leadership Leo exactly sextile to proper protocol player Saturn in diplomatic Libra. I had blogged yesterday that Sun-Saturn is perfect for extending an olive branch.
Famous July 23rd Cancerian Birthdays: Daniel Radcliffe (21), Monica Lewinsky (37), Slash (45), Don Imus (70)
“My goal is to goad people into saying something that ruins their life.” Don Imus
Enjoy your Friday!
I’m really not polkaphobic. Some of my best friends are polka dancers.
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“Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.” Garrison Keillor
“Cosmic Word of The Day”: Farewell
Definition: 1) an expression of good wishes at parting 2) leave-taking; departure
Origin: 1325-75; ME far wel
COSMIC WEATHER:
Saturn’sgetting ready to bid farewell to Virgo for Libra. He won’t be back in Virgo until 2037, so for some of us this may be the last time that Saturn is in Virgo in our lifetimes. Kind of sad, when you think about it. That whole “growing old” Saturnian process.
Saturn’s bags are all meticulously packed. His merry little departure into matrimonial Libra occurring tomorrow (11:08 am EDT). He will blissfully stay in Libra until October 2012.
All Saturn really has left to do now in Virgo is clean the toilet bowls and maybe do a bit of spot vacuuming. He wants to make sure that he gets the full rent deposit back that he put down when he moved into Virgo back in September of 2007. Characteristically, frugal Saturn will not rest until ever red cent is returned to him and fully accounted for.
Later, while Saturn is disinfecting the toilets, he will nostalgically recollect upon the last time he was in Libra. Jimmy Carter was still the U.S. President when he entered Libra in September of 1980, but a couple months later, Carter would lose to Ronald Reagan. Saturn is thinking that maybe he personally “jinxed” Carter, as he was on Carter’s Libra Sun when he lost the election.
Saturn is also wondering if any of his old cronies from 30 years ago are still hanging out in Libra. Or, perhaps they’ve already kicked the bucket. He hasn’t really been in touch with anyone since he left that sign in August of 1983. He doubts if anyone even remembers him, let alone misses him. Saturn’s not exactly, “Mr. Charming.” Although, there was one girl that Saturn still remembers fondly…
“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” Robert Frost.
In the News:
It’s been a long time coming, but the U.S. Senate is reportedly poised to pass an extension of unemployment insurance today, the very last full day that Karma Lord Saturn is in Virgo, the sign of labor and employment. Saturn in Virgo, the last three years, has correlated with high unemployment around the world. In the U.S., the overall unemployment is 9.7 but is in double-digits for minorities, women, and low-income communities. Long-term unemployment is a grave concern: up to 46 percent of the unemployed have been unemployed for more than 6 months. Saturn is associated with “loss and contraction” and also at the same time “efficiency,” not that the two are always necessarily related, either. With Saturn, however, we usually learn how to get by on less.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Solicitor General Elena Kagan as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court today. The nomination now goes to the full Senate where confirmation is expected in a few days. This approval today by the Senate Judiciary Committee is coming about just as Saturn gets ready to move into Libra on Wednesday, the sign that rules courts of law, including the Supreme Court. It appears she will be confirmed by the Senate with Saturn at 0 degrees of Libra.
Also on Monday, there was a “breakthrough announcement” that an anti-AIDS vaginal gel can help prevent and reduce a woman’s chances of getting HIV from an affected partner. The news came with Expansive Jupiter in discovery Aries exactly square Pluto which is associated with medical research as well as sexually-transmitted diseases. Also we had “News Breaker” Mercury forming an exact 135-link to both Pluto and Jupiter (sesquiquadrate aspect) accentuating the Jupiter-Pluto square. Jupiter is also still conjunct Scientific, Innovative Uranus in Aries.
With the Sun transiting Cancer quinqunx (adjustment influence) to Neptune (oil and sea) we are also hearing news of possible seepage problems at the BP well, although the seepage may not be connected to the leak. BP continues to conduct pressure tests of its new cap on the well. The only problem here with Neptune, sometimes it’s hard to “see clearly” the true nature of things.
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“A promiscuous person is a person who is getting more sex than you are.” Victor Lownes
“Cosmic Word of the Day”: Sublimate
Definition: 1) Psychology . to divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use 2) to make nobler or purer
Origin: 1425-1475; late ME; exalted, sublimated < L sublimatus (ptp. of sublimare to elevate)
COSMIC WEATHER:
We may need to replace sex with perhaps knitting or crocheting for the next few weeks.
In other words, we may need to sublimate.
I also realize, too, that for some of us, sublimation is already part and parcel of the fabric of our everyday lives and has been so for years. Not always by choice, either.
This cosmic need for sublimation today is due to “Love Goddess Venus” entering the critical sign of “Virgo the Virgin,” (7:32 am EDT) at which moment in time she begins to act accordingly.
Venus will stay in pure, chaste Virgo until August 7th.
Unfortunately, “Libido Lord” Mars is already celibate in Virgo until July 29th.
One bright spot here: Virgo does rule housework. My Crystal Ball is revealing possible sublimation opportunities for those persons owning upright vacuums. Especially when the Moon enters sexy Scorpio on July 18th.
“Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place.” Billy Crystal
Famous July 10th Cancerian Birthdays: Jessica Simpson(30), Arlo Guthrie (62)
Enjoy your Saturday!
Do you even know how to knit?
Written by Patrice Thompson
Copyright 2010
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Righteous Brothers YouTube Video You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling
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