Astro Update 5 8 13

Astro Update 5 8 13 The New Moon Solar Eclipse tomorrow, May 9 at 6:28PM/MDT brings Mars, Mercury, Sun and Moon together in Taurus trine Pluto, with Mercury and Mars opposing Saturn. So we have a mixed bag here. A tremendous flow of power and beginning anew, while we may feel confronted with the traditional and intractable aspects of life. Lessons of energy conservation on a personal level begin. How do we keep some energy for the next moment, the next day and not just blow it all out in the present minute. How do we discipline and focus our thoughts and speech, feeling empowered by ideas and insights. A ‘live and let live’ attitude in relationships works well. Remember Eclipses are like triggers that manifest their energies in 3-6 months later. We are just planting seeds tomorrow and are readying to harvest them some time between August and November. “Knowing is God’s palace.” Rumi

Astro Update 4 23 13

Astro Update 4 23 13 The Lunar Full Moon Eclipse tomorrow, April 25, at 1:57PM/MDT brings opportunities for change, for insights, to push past those places where we’ve just dug our heels in and said no. For our own growth, we must say yes and step forward. Communication is the vehicle for a lot of shifts right now, letting go of old communication modalities and employing ones that work better. Balancing innovation with structure, time to do with time to relax, making room for the other person’s values alongside your own, are very important during the next 3-6 months that this Eclipse holds sway. Relationships may flourish. “How can anyone say what happens, even if each of us dips a pen a hundred million times into ink? “ Rumi

Astro Update 3 27 13

The Full Moon today at 3:27 AM(MDT) has an intensity with the Sun, Venus, Uranus and Mars in Aries opposing the Moon in Libra, all square to Pluto. Undeniably, this is a potent mix of energies, all pushing for change and transformation. Power plays abound. No one wants someone in their face and playing with the energies. Being aware of your boundaries will serve you. At the same time, Jupiter is forming a loose-knit Yod to Saturn and Pluto, yesterday, today and tomorrow. It alleviates some of the starkness of the Full Moon and brings gifts in the middle of it all. Like the lotus that grows into the sun, brilliant and pure, with its roots in the mud below, we can emerge from the intensity and move on, with gifts of one kind or another that we take with us. Tomorrow, March 28th is a day of learning and realization, creativity, and freedom needs wanting to be fulfilled. Be open to the unexpected and you’ll be home free. Easter Sunday on the 31st, is a real push to maintain your cool, and not let other people’s agenda dictate your actions. Act, don’t react. P.S. Remember, we’re still re-doing and re-working the energies from this last Mercury Rx. Mercury catches up and moves into new territory on April 5th. “Day and night I guarded the pearl of my soul. Now in this ocean of pearling currents, I’ve lost track of which was mine.” Rumi

Astro Update 3 11 13 The New Moon in Pisces today at 1:51PM/MDT has Neptune, Mercury, Chiron, Venus, Sun , Moon and Mars all in Pisces. What judgments, thoughts, old patterns of thinking and behavior need to dissolve and wash away in this watery new cycle. Mental healing is presenting itself. What do you choose and what can you consciously let go of? “Then comes a moment of feeling the wings you’re grown, lifting.” Rumi

Astro Update 2 22 13

Astro Update 2 22 13 Tomorrow, Feb.23rd at 2:41AM/MST Mercury goes Retrograde (Rx) for the next 3 weeks (until Mar.17th). When Mercury is Rx, we are drawn inward, become self-reflective, deepen into our values, our inner spiritual connections. A good time for meditation, study, writing. We examine our sense of oneness, our link with everything and everyone around us. Paradoxically, we also look at our boundaries, or lack thereof. How do we say NO when we really don’t want to do something. How do we let others go through their problems and situations and not try to save them from them. On Monday, Feb.25th at 1:26PM/MST there is the Pisces/Virgo Full Moon. Healing, laying foundations for creative self-expression. Trust your emotional intelligence. “Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. Rumi

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Today, Mercury enters its shadow of the next Retrograde (Rx) cycle. Mercury is in Pisces during all of its cycle this time, asking us to re-examine what we really believe, not just what we give lip service to. Where is our sense of oneness and service, our place in community, our tending to the needs of those around us? How have we been shaped by collective ideas that, upon deeper looking, no longer fit for who and where we are? Are we living from a place of ‘live and let live’? Or are we free with our judgments and condemnations? Some things to contemplate during this cycle of Mercury. Mercury’s cycle: Enters its shadow Feb. 8 Turns Retrograde Feb.23 Turns Direct Mar.17 Catches up April 5. Mercury’s cycle takes us inward, has us look inside. Outwardly, because of this inwardness, we may misinterpret someone’s directions, conversations, etc. Yet it is a time of self-reflection and that is its purpose. The New Moon at 1:20AM/MST on the 10th is also the Chinese New Year of the Snake. Snake is about wisdom. The New Moon is a new cycle of personal understanding about who we are in relationship to everything around us. So it seems that the Mercury cycle is in line with the New Moon and Snake medicine. It is about us and our deeper beliefs and what we do with all of that, and how we use our own wisdom to light the was for ourselves and others. “You knock at the door of reality, Shake your thought-wings, loosen your shoulders, and open.” Rumi

January 2013 Astrology

January begins with aspects on the 3rd-7th that have us looking deeper, expanding our arenas of play, how we focus our energy, and what our new goals might be. The New Moon on the 11th asks us: “Where are you going and what do you wish, the old moon asked the three?” from Winken, Blinken and Nod by Eugene Field. This is the theme for the next month. Freedom needs on the 12th and deepenings on the 16th. Personal insights come on the 18th and we enter Aquarius on the 19th, ready for new ideas. Mercury trines Jupiter on the 22nd, and we look to a larger vision of possibility. The Full Moon on the 26th asks where are you limiting yourself and need to let go and move on. What deep inner forces guide you, and how can you listen more clearly. January ends with Jupiter turning Direct (Rx since early Oct.) and we expand our life belief systems. New Moon Jan 11 12:44AM (MST) Full Moon Jan 26 9:38PM (MST)