Feb 29th 2012
29th Feb, the day we have when we have to adjust our solar year. The Sun squares the nodes(see yesterdays post) and aligns with the fixed stars Aldebaran and Antares. Exactly opposite in the heavens at 9 Sagittarius and 9 degrees Gemini. Antares a red star, the heart of the scorpion, the constellation of Scorpio(not the sign) and Aldebaran, the eye of the Bull, in the constellation of Taurus(not the sign).
It may seem confusing, but is essential to understanding the difference between the Signs in Astrology, linked to the Tropical moving zodiac which begins at zero Aries and is linked to the seasons and the exact Equinox and the Constellations in the sky which were once aligned with the tropical zodiac 2000 years ago. Now the two, the Signs and the Constellations have moved out of sync by 25 degrees at a rate of 1 degree every 72 years, this is called the Precession of the Equinox. in another 24 thousand years of so, these two will once again align at the same place as the wobble of the Earth, completes a full circle.
This is something the media and scientist always make out that Astrologers don’t know, and try and tell you your sign has changed, That your no longer a Leo, but a Cancer. The constellations were the backdrop of the signs, and still carry their symbols, like the constellation Scorpius does look like a Scorpion with a curved tail, many others are not so clear. Have you ever tried to make out the Sagittarius constellation? It looks like a bunch of fireworks!
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Feb 28th 2012
The Sun square the Nodes. With the Sun in Pisces and the North Node in Sagittarius although squaring each other have a special connection as they are both Jupiter ruled. They were last conjunct on Dec 7th 2011, with a retrograde Mercury, where visions of the future may have been there, but not so easily accepted. Now the square between the two accentuates both sides of Jupiter, expanding our ways, ideas and visions, Pisces creatively and Sagittarius wisely. If you have Sagittarius or Pisces friends you know that they usually get on Ok, especially if there is a party, staying up late, philosophising, talking about the meaning of life and it’s mysteries. The character of signs tells us of their meaning. A square from these signs is about having to intergrate both aspects and make them work together.
A creative visionary comes to mind, but how to keep it real or make it into something is the issue. With ruler Jupiter now in Taurus, feeling maybe a bit stuck and not as free as he’d like whilst in Taurus, these creative visions, must be worked on and don’t come out of nothing!
So integrating these two signs, would come with a caution – watch going or being over the top, saying or doing more than you should, or wanting to, going somewhere too fast, impatience(remember too Mars is retrograde) watch your step, but keep the vision strong and makes sure your try and doing something with it!
With Sun in Pisces, we dream of perfect scenarios. The Sun representing our spirit and what motivates and ignites us, our purpose , and the North Node, where we are heading, locked to the South Node of where we have been, the North Node in Sagittarius asks as to be clear about where we are heading, have a vision , stick by our own codes and propel ourselves forward living by our own truth.
Both signs seek freedom in their own way, born to be wild and free is what these two signs remind us of, so whatever your planning and have a vision for (North Node in Sagittarius) is now being infused with more feeling and creative energy and a spark of divine intervention,(Sun in Pisces) helping us to be more connected to universal causes, not just our own.
24 Feb 2012
An exact conjunction of Chiron and Sun happens today at the same time as a renewed Moon on Aries conjunct Uranus.
Uranus and Chiron have similarities. Both attuned to bridging gaps, being outsiders, mavericks and and seen as strange or different in some ways.The luminaries illuminate these two today to remind us to integrate further our sense of individuality, our task of accepting who and what we are.
We think of Astrologers with Uranus, astrology’s modern ruler, and Chiron as we identify ourselves as healers and outsiders still not quite accepted by society, sitting on the fringes, speaking our own language, often misunderstood.
Well most of us don’t care as we get on with doing our work, knowing we are helping people, healing people on the way, igniting for them a new vision, a path, an acceptance of themselves and the situations they find themselves in. One of my most rewarding experiences as an Astrologer is that we have a mechanism that counselors or healers of different sorts don’t have. And that is timing, with the astrological outlook we can tell our clients that – this will pass in such a period of time, transits, progressions, directions, profections our magical tools are our unique system of guidance and navigation.
Today the Suns alignment with Chiron also align with the fixed Star Fomalhaut, which is currently at 4 Pisces. As one of the 4 Royal Stars defining the four corners of the heavens, Fomalhaut is the Star placed at the mouth of the fish in the constellation Pisces and represents an opening up to the unknown, the unseen and is strongly associated with the mysterious, the occult and generally the otherworld and what lies beyond, very fitting now placed in Pisces for another 1500 years of so. It will always be in the same place at the mouth of the fish, but due to precession will move into the sign of Aries as will the constellation. But for now and for a long time it is in Pisces and with Neptune heading this way in the next few years, what opens up to us will be truly amazing.
To see Fomalhaut as a star is to see something quite different, it’s not your average bright shiny star, but is broad and nebulous like.When looking at it it seems to fade in and out, but once focused on it becomes quite mesmerizing. We can’t see it now as of course its in the Suns beams, in August it will be back in the high heavens at midnight when the sun is in Leo.
Take time today to notice your own unique journey, celebrate the gift of Astrology as our unique tool of guidance – especially helpful when we look into the mysterious unknown.
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23 Feb 2012
Here is a n example of planetary Mandalas created from the relationship Earth and various planets around the Sun. Venus is best known for it’s beautiful Rose- Star pattern, but surprisingly Mars creates a Star too. Having fun with some new ACS Software Astrological Mandalas. Will create a whole page soon. I particularly love Earth and Ceres.
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22 Feb 2012
For every New Moon or Full Moon, we can look back 19 years, to see what was happening at that same degree and sign 19 years ago, give or take a day or two. This is known as the metonic cycle.
Last time there was New Moon at 2 Pisces was on Feb 22 1993. At this time Uranus and Neptune were conjunct at 20 degrees Capricorn and Pluto was in Scorpio.
Today’s new Moon is placed between Neptune and Chiron with the asteroid Pallas Athena. Mercury in Pisces squares the Nodal axis. Saturn still at 29 Libra, Mars retrograde, Venus moving along in Aries, Pluto with asteroid Bacchus, see below, in trine to Jupiter in Taurus.
Well what to make of this new energy. Pisces reflects the past, helps us connect to our depths, memories and feelings so the freshness of the New Moon, helps us to incorporate the past with the future, as Pisces does best anyway. As this New Moon cycle is the last in the zodiac, the next being at 2 Aries just after the Aries Ingress on March 24th, would be seen as the “Real” new beginning as this next New Moon will also conjunct Uranus and a retrograde Mercury.
Plans your making right now, may not seem all that grounded or real enough yet. Let that be OK. Others may be pinching themselves, because some things dreamed about, worked on and fought over are now beginning to blossom. Count your blessings, even if you yearn for more, a Pisces quality, try and be gracious about what you have, not what you haven’t and see your world change around you. Invite positive energy to your life as this Moon and the placement of the Neptune and Chiron, brings with it a great amount of healing and moving onto better things.
Pisces knows how to let go of what is necessary, but also knows how to keep the treasure wherever that may be found and take that with them into the next cycle.
21 Feb 2012
Today, during the balsamic Moon and a Sun Neptune conjunction the asteroid known as Bacchus is conjunct Pluto at 8 degrees Capricorn.
The asteroid Bacchus 2063 was discovered in 1977, by the same man Kowal that discovered Chiron, Although only a small asteroid it is known as an Apollo, Mars and Venus crosser, meaning that it crosses the orbits of Apollo, Mars and Venus during it’s own orbit around Earth which takes only a little over a year, therefore fast moving . Apollo, Mars, Venus crosser, I’m sure Bacchus has nothing against Gay marriage or the striving for individual needs(Apollo)
We don’t consider the effects of Asteroid unless they are within one degree of a planet or other significant point when looking at astrological charts or transits, so what do we make of this brief transit of Bacchus in front of Pluto?
Bacchus God of wine and merrymaking, Greek Dionysus, is the God with a cult following. He is a liberator, and partaking in his mysterious cult liberates and frees the individual. Bacchus’s cult of “wine, music and ecstatic dance frees his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subverts the oppressive restraints of the powerful . Those who partake in his mysteries are possessed and empowered by the god himself.” from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus
So today Bacchus conjuncts another powerful God, Pluto, is reminding us to partake in something greater, something that stems from the mysteries, that comes to us from somewhere beyond ourselves and our own ego’s. In a world where we can feel so under the thumb, ruled by the powerful elite and the moneymakers- Plutocrats, let’s not forget what cult we belong to. A very important cult developing around the world, that involves changing the world for the better is here to stay.
We are all working together somehow to “subvert the oppressive restraints of the Powerful” – here’s cheers to all of us that believe and live life for liberation and freedom for all!
20 Feb 2012
The Sun moves into Pisces and joins Neptune. A New Moon soon after highlights Neptune at Zero Pisces. A New Moon won’t happen this close to Neptune in Pisces till a Solar eclipse on Feb 26th 2017 @ 8 degrees and then March 7th 2019 @ 15 degrees. See yesterdays post below, for info on New Moon in Pisces and Sun conjunct Neptune!
For every New Moon or Full Moon, we can look back 19 years, to see what was happening at that same degree and sign 19 years ago, give a day or two. Last time we had New Moon at 2 Pisces was on Feb 22 1993. At this time Uranus and Neptune were conjunct at 20 degrees Capricorn and Pluto was in Scorpio. I have my Moon at 2 Pisces, so 19 years ago, I had one 9 month old Son, and we just had moved into our first House. 19 Years later my 1st son, is independant, working and hard to keep up with and our home is undergoing renovations due to a fire 9 months ago. My Moon is in the 4th house too and now I work mainly from home, not as a mother looking after little kids , but mainly as an Astrologer. Well you never stop being a mother, nor an Astrologer really once you start.
During the New Moon, the asteroid named Bacchus, conjuncts Pluto. How appropriate! Watch over indulgence for sure.
Fix -19 Feb – 2012
The Sun now at the edge of Aquarius. Saturn and the Sun are in trine both at 29 degrees, reflecting the journey of hard work and effort we all put in to live a good, rewarding life, but with Saturn retrograde at this degree we re-evaluate some relationship entanglements and the way they may interfere or support our journey. The Sun in Aquarius is ruled by two planets. Traditionally Saturn, and then there is the modern ruling planet Uranus, both add to Aquarius being a mix of the old and the new, the stable and the unstable, the progress up until now and the goals of the future. Our time in Aquarius, has been readying ourselves for Pisces.
The Sun moves into Pisces and joins Neptune. A New Moon soon after highlights Neptune at Zero Pisces. A New Moon won’t happen this close to Neptune in Pisces till a Solar eclipse on Feb 26th 2017 @ 8 degrees and then March 7th 2019 @ 15 degrees.
The Sun becomes diffused (click on Picture above) in Pisces it is nourished by things from another realm which no other sign can offer. Thru its journey in the zodiac the Sun is perhaps most out of place in Pisces, where it doesn’t shine in full glory, but illuminates the unknown or the unseen, it creates sparkles and profound images, which all help us navigate ourselves from a different source. But what a great place it can be for a while. A place to escape, to ponder eternity and grasp a spiritual byte or too! And with Neptune right here too, every little fish will be feeling it, feeling a great urge, a pining for more , a more divine existence, and contemplating in ourselves how we can get there, or how close or not we really are to spiritual enlightenment.
With Mars in Virgo during this time, trying to be diligent and alert, fixing and serving our way to perfection, highlights Pisces urges. Mars represents drive and energy and how we use it. So how are we using our energy to serve, heal ourselves , heal others and the world around us, not the usual Martian passtime, somewhat out of sorts, but now being held captive by strong Pisces causes.
Pallas Athena together with Mercury both rational types, are in the land of nod and nodding off too, maybe a reminder to chill out for a while, book a holiday or some time away.. Our yearnings now need some attention and they don’t come from a rational place, but from emotions and feelings, imaginings and dreams. Allow yourself to feel your way. A great mission from both Neptune and Pisces, is to learn to trust feeling our way and have faith it where that takes us.
Pisces is the end of the zodiac cycle and year, next the Aries Ingress defines the year ahead. Take this time to dance and sing with life, to nourish yourself in your own depths and rejoice in your experience. AT the end of the cycle we nurture the seeds for the next one to begin, therefore, rejuvenate, heal, relax and renew your spirit. Book a concert, join a dance, escape to nature, take it all in, breathe.
The ebbs and flows of the Sun changing signs reminds us of the eternal dance of the cosmos, to be in touch with these grand cosmic cycles is living the magic that exists all around us, rejoice in its wonder and participate in its wisdom.
Make the most of this special time.
choose to swim, not sink.
be illuminated , not deluded.
love, not hate.
save, not suffer.
have faith, not fear
imagine, forget and dream your way past Neptune’s entranced and entangled waters.
More on Pisces Here : http://www.cosmicintelligenceagency.com/pisces-2/
Fix 18-Feb -2012
Over the next few days the trickster planet Mercury, squares the Dragon’s Head and tail in Sagittarius and Gemini. The focus on the mutable signs, with Mars retrograde in Virgo, tells of our missions, collective and personal being transmuted, shared and circulated.
Whilst the cardinal signs start the world going around (Aries,Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) the fixed signs then keep the world going round (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius), whereas the mutable signs- Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces all continue, to make the world go round. The mutable signs also corresponding to the end of seasons, they are future oriented and concerning themselves about the next cycle about to begin, handing over to the cardinals again.
How’s your world going round?
Lots of decisions being made, plans being shared, directions being drawn. With Mercury in creative Pisces, often seen as not a great place for the highly rational planet, because there is nothing clear or definite enough in Pisces, or is there?. Although the psychopomp is attuned to traveling in different realms, in Pisces Mercury is challenged to think differently, as the realm of Pisces is like no other. However, Mercury’s challenged position is nevertheless a key to the mutable line up at the moment and how our plans are being channeled.
With the North Node in Sagittarius and the Node’s ruler Jupiter, in practical Taurus(and don’t forget that magical connection of Jupiter and Neptune by sextile in Venusian signs) together allowing us to grasp everything , if not in a clearer fashion, at least in a more enlightened way.
Pluto discovered 1930 18th February – it’s made 82 revolutions of the Earth since we found out about it. Nearly a Uranus cycle, discovered with Uranus in Aries too. It’s been transformed in it’s life time from a Planet and reclassified as a Dwarf as the discovery of more Trans Neptunian Objects threatened it’s stature. Eris goddess of discord started it by being discovered,( remember planet X, nicknamed Xena the warrior princess) throwing the apple into the planetary party and consequently changed the rules in 2006.
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TThank u for that,on a grey morning in england!..its good to know our missions being transformed & spread…