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Astrology Weather Report – Mercury turns Direct, Pisces New Moon; February 24, 2014 – March 2, 2014

Astrology Weather Report – Mercury turns Direct, Pisces New Moon; February 24, 2014 – March 2, 2014


This week as the Moon moves through Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces your outlook is apt to be less about those in your immediate surroundings and more about humanity in general. You may seek to become more engaged with humanitarian issues rather than personal issues.
This is an active week! You will feel relief when Mercury turns direct on Friday. Yay! You’ve traveled this far, only a few days to go! I hope you have used the Mercury Retrograde well and gotten a great deal of old projects crossed off your lists!
On Saturday the New Moon occurs at 10degrees Pisces, and Mars turns Retrograde!
I will talk more about Mars Retrograde over the coming days and weeks. As we move from one Retrograde to another (first Venus was retrograde, then Mercury, and now Mars and Saturn) we must continue to clean up issues from our past. During Mars Retrograde it is important to reevaluate our sexuality, our intimate relationships and any relationships that have held a core of anger since April 2012. You may be asked to look deeply into the ways that you manage anger and aggression. Mars will remain Retrograde until May 19, 2014
This week the Sun pulls ahead of Neptune and the fog of the previous week will lift. You may see reality more clearly, although there will be a bit of a trade-off. As you gain clarity you lose some inspiration and creativity.

Monday, February 24, 2014:

When you wake on Monday morning the Moon will be VOC in Sagittarius. You may not want to get moving but you probably feel relatively light-hearted. A shift happens almost immediately, taking on a heavier tone as the Moon enters Capricorn at 8:51 AM EST. The Moon in Capricorn brings an ambitious start to the week as we head into work with a serious attitude and a high level of work ethic.
At the end of the day Venus will Sextile Saturn. This will continue its affect into Tuesday. Think back to mid September 2013. This was the beginning of the current Cycle between Venus and Saturn. What issues regarding your creativity or personal relationships were asking for seriousness, structure, or commitment at that time?
On Monday or Tuesday you will be well advised to revisit that issue; look how far you have come in its development. This will be a good time to reassess the direction you are going in this regard. This is not a time to act on the situation, but a time to research and explore the current direction and alternative directions forward.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014:

Tuesday is most likely to be a serious day with the very little space for humor or pleasure. Luckily we still have Venus Sextile Saturn in effect. This reflects an open opportunity to stabilize and structure your love relationships or your creativity. This is a good time to reassess the depth of your commitments in relationships and in your process of creativity.
However the Capricorn Moon makes harsh aspects to both Uranus, Pluto, and Jupiter. Your emotional nature may feel closed down; consider that behind the harsh wall there is a rawness and the need to make a powerful and possibly difficult shift in your life. There is little humor here.
Please remember this and take the opportunity to offer kindness to others. Go out in search of someone who needs a kind word. Don’t allow yourself to get wrapped too tightly in your own issues. Life is not easy and kindness is much needed by everyone you meet. If you give what you need you will be enriched more than you can imagine.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014:

Wednesday may begin with that same heavy energy of yesterday but will shift early!
The Moon enters Aquarius at 9:56 AM EST; this will lighten things up considerably! Our attention reaches out to a crisply sharp exploration of ideas and intellectual pursuits. We may feel excitement as we are pulled to the future leaving behind the heaviness of the past few days.
Take a moment to consider the latter half of 2010; consider your state of intellectual or spiritual expansion. Where in your life was there something unusual blossoming in your life? Did it have something to do with travel, spirituality, education, publishing, mind expansion?
Jupiter Squares Uranus today. Whatever began in 2010 is demanding attention now. You were very likely asked to take action, to push these desires forward last August, once again Now, and again in April 2014. If you know where in your chart 10° Aries and 10° Cancer fall, you will find clues to the situation and the actions necessary.
The full results of this project/new way of thinking (the one that began in 2010) will be fully illuminated and fully expressed in the Spring of 2017. As you take steps forward set your goals with that time in mind. It is only 3 years away!

Thursday, February 27, 2014:

You can anticipate a pleasant and possibly exciting day on Thursday! This is a day to seek freedom and expression, to allow your mind to explore and express innovation! Consider the movement forward you would like to see on the level of culture and your own community. Consider where you are being of help to the community and future generations; consider where you could offer more of yourself in this regard. The Moon is an Aquarius all day making pleasant aspects to Uranus and Mercury. Your mind is active with unusual and exciting ideas.
It may be of benefit to spend the later part of the evening alone, engaged in a more serious endeavor, or head to sleep early, as the Moon Squares Saturn Saturn at 11:12PM EST.

Friday, February 28, 2014:

Yay! On Friday you will be happy to know that Mercury (18° Aquarius) turns direct at 8:59AM EST. I hope that you watched my video and were able to utilize this Mercury retrograde well! I hope you accomplished as much as I did! Much has been removed from that old ‘to-do list’!
There will be a lightness in your step as you head to work this morning!
The Moon enters Pisces at 9:53AM EST and connects with Neptune at 6:16PM EST. You may feel dreamy, a bit disconnected, and sensitive throughout the day. The Sun Trines Jupiter at 11:05PM EST. This brings you into deep waters of emotion tonight; offering the opportunity for a delightfully romantic evening or substantial surreal dreams through the night.
Depending on your situation there will be love and romance, nostalgia and tears, or deep empathy and compassion. Consider which one of these scenarios will best serve your situation and open to that energy.

Saturday, March 1, 2014:

Saturday begins with the New Moon in Pisces! The New Moon is the end of one cycle and the start of a new monthly cycle.
Consider what you want to begin today; what you want to bring into fruition. This should somehow be related to your imagination, your intuition, or your offering of yourself in service to humanity. Take time to consider what it is you are creating, put it on paper, create a ceremony to make it real in your own heart and mind. Join with others to offer support as you each bring some reality to that which is intangible.
Mars turns Retrograde this morning at 27° Libra. Wherever that falls in your chart pay attention; look at where and how you are using your direct energy. Mars will remain retrograde until May 19, 2014. This will offer you the opportunity to reassess your sexuality and your aggressive nature. There may be issues from the past that need to be understood in a new way.

Sunday, March 2, 2014:

Sunday will be a lovely morning to wake slowly, have an early breakfast with friends or simply pamper yourself with pleasure if you are alone. The Pisces Moon is VOC* following a sweet Sextile to Venus.
At 10:39AM EST the Moon enters Aries. A trip to the ski slopes or a hike in the woods would be an ideal way to spend this Sunday afternoon. Your physical energy will be high and exercise will bring out the very best in you physically and emotionally.
At 11:18AM EST Saturn turns Retrograde at 23° Scorpio. You will be revisiting your ambitions, your ability and willingness to work hard, and your integrity over the coming months (Saturn will turn direct once again on July 20, 2014).
Sunday afternoon Venus Squares Mars. You may want to prepare, and consider the best ways to manage a certain amount of stress or challenges in your most intimate relationships. Do not try to avoid the stress, find ways to use it! Play tennis together, go on that hike. Use energy between you wisely. Sexual play can be the best use! Make a plan. How you use this energy can set the stage for the upcoming week!

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* In my weekly reports I am exploring the major aspects formed by transit between the planets. I do not consider every aspect that the Moon makes each day as they can be numerous and are often fleeting moods. I will consider the final major aspect formed by the Moon prior to it’s VOC time, as that aspect holds it’s influence throughout the VOC*
The Aspects I consider: Conjunctions, Sextiles, Squares, Trines, and Oppositions
The Planets I am working with: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
*VOC (void of course) refers to the period of time between the final aspect that the Moon makes while in one sign until she enters the next sign. This can consist of several minutes or many hours. These periods are best handled with little expectation of accomplishment; times ideally suited for rest and contemplation.

Mercury Retrograde: Astrology Weather February 3, 2014 – February 9, 2014

Mercury Retrograde: Astrology Weather February 3, 2014 – February 9, 2014


This week we turn toward a more personal focus. Our thoughts are on our own individual needs, our own pleasures, and our own thoughts. Consider what you need this week.  

I know you will all be interested to know that Mercury turns retrograde on Thursday, February 6th  at 3° of Pisces.
It is almost as though Mercury realizes she is about to make contact with Neptune and quickly turns away. Perhaps we aren’t yet ready to look at the world through the filter of such sensitivity and idealism.
There are projects and plans that must be complete before we move any further into that elusive space of mind. There are tasks that must be redone before we move forward. So now as Mercury appears to move backwards we consider the reality of what we need to redo, rework, rethink, and re-imagine.

Monday, February 3, 2014:

In my mind when I write these posts I consider that Monday morning means that everyone is heading back to work. I realize that is not the reality of everyone’s life (certainly not my own!) but for purposes of writing the weekly posts it works for me to think of it that way.
This week Monday begins with a powerful energy of beginnings! Moon in Aries is all about what is new, fresh, and vital! With the Moon in Aries our emotional nature is self absorbed, we want what we want! We don’t want to take ‘No’ for an answer, our own needs are of primary importance. Think about Aries as the screaming infant who wants its own way, or the courageous warrior at your side just when you need him/her. We begin the week with the attitude of selfishness, impatience, or dynamic courage. If you look around you will see impulsiveness and assertiveness openly expressed.
 It may be a cranky start to the week as that fiery aggressive Aries Moon makes contact with Uranus and Pluto. It would be easy to let frustration and even anger rule the day. However, you can stretch yourself outside of that narrow use of this energy. Look to see where you can show strength, leadership, and determination in the service of others. Find ways to utilize directed forceful energy without being locked in self-concern.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014:

On Tuesday we still have assertiveness, strength, and determination, courtesy of the Aries Moon,  without the struggle and anxiety that Uranus and Pluto added to the mix on Monday.  Early in the day (Moon Sextile Sun) look for an opportunity to bring your most dynamic energy to the service of humanity at large; keep your eyes focused on the big picture and pay attention to what needs to be done. There is certainly an abundance of energy for pushing forward.
It is important to expend physical energy in the evening (Moon Oppose Mars). Go for a long run, a vigorous hike, or get yourself to the ski slopes! Get some of that energy out of your body; no team sports please! This is an individual and solitary endeavor. Without expending pent-up assertiveness you could easily become frustrated and short-tempered with others! Following the Opposition to Mars at 6:14PM EST the Moon will be VOC* until morning when she will enter the predictable calm world of Taurus.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014:

When you wake up Wednesday morning notice that whatever battle you have been fighting for the last few days is over! You will be ready to settle-in and seek-out a bit of comfort and stability. The Moon enters Taurus at 4:47AM EST. Pay attention to a deeply abiding sense of reverence*; develop the ability to notice and recognize it.
 Pay attention to your body over the next few days. Get a massage, enjoy a physical discipline/practice that is slow, deliberate, and earthy. Get in touch with your physical needs/desires. Appreciate the gift of having a human body to inhabit. Connect with beauty and wonder of this life.

At 2:51 PM EST Jupiter, which is in the nurturing Sign of Cancer, Trine Chiron. Chiron is a dwarf planet that represents our deepest wounds and our most profound healing. Whatever kindness and affection you show to yourself at this time, will empower deep healing. Show warmth, kindness, and love to yourself and all who you encounter.
*Definition of Reverence: A feeling of profound awe, respect and often love; veneration.

Thursday, February 6, 2014:

Yes, Mercury turns retrograde on Thursday, but first lets look at the Moon! The Moon in Taurus comes to her First Quarter Square (2:22PM EST at 18degrees Taurus). Consider what you began on the New Moon last Thursday, January 30. Whatever began, or whatever you put into motion at that time now requires you to take action. What action, taken now, will propel forward your aspiration? If you are certain this is the direction you want to go; take action now. Stabilize your intention with action in reality.  
Mercury turns retrograde at 4:43 PM EST I know how hard this is for many of you. People get very worked up around Mercury retrograde and yet it is a powerful time for accomplishment if we know how to use it. The key is to look at what jobs tasks projects programs are still sitting unfinished on your desk. Mercury will remain retrograde until February 28th. For now there is no point in trying to move forward on any new projects,  plans etc. it is time to complete what has been left incomplete. Clean up your desk, find all the incomplete tasks, all the phone calls you haven’t returned, all the jobs that still need a few more touches to finish. Now you can easily get them done!  It is time to redo, re-imagine, reread, rewrite, and re-create what is left undone from the past.

Friday, February 7, 2014:

Just before midnight EST on Thursday the Moon made a final aspect while in Taurus (an Opposition to Saturn) bringing a sense of hard work and responsibility into the early part of Friday. However with the Moon being VOC* until 1:44 PM EST we may be left with a feeling of frustration at not being able to accomplish what we feel like we ‘should’! Let go of the ‘shoulds’ and allow yourself to feel fine with exactly where you are in every moment. Remember you are heading toward a great weekend.  
Early Friday evening with the Moon in Gemini provides a great opportunity for socialization and exploration of new ideas. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to head home early and spend time alone with a good book or a movie.

Saturday, February 8, 2014:

Saturday morning the Moon in Gemini Sextiles Uranus in Aries! To me this looks like a day for Fun, Exploration, Excitement!  This is a time to realize that we can learn so much, enrich our lives with so many new people and new ideas. Everyone we encounter has thoughts and idea what can enrich our thinking. What an opportunity it is when we share information with others. The more unlike ourselves they are the more we can learn. Don’t narrow your social focus to people who are your age, your race, your ethnicity, or who share your spiritual or political opinions! Expand outward to those you don’t have much in common with. Share thoughts, share ideas, listen! This provides us with a great opportunity to learn, grow, and explore. Take the time to look in directions you’ve never looked before; explore ideas you never thought would be interesting. This can work well today because Moon Sextile Uranus allows us to keep our emotions objective and somewhat detached. Enjoy! Share! Explore!

Sunday, February 9, 2014:

How lovely! The entire weekend is cut out perfectly for what we would imagine a great weekend to be! On Sunday the Moon will remain in Gemini; going VOC at 4:09 PM EST following a Trine to Mars. Spend the evening finishing up preparations for the upcoming week, light socializing, reading, or light study would be a perfect end to the weekend!

Sun = Aquarius: Week of January 20, – January 26, 2014

Sun = Aquarius: Week of January 20, – January 26, 2014

This is going to be an abbreviated post. I am simply too preoccupied to do much writing. I am in New Jersey for The Famous Annual Seminar for the students of The Noel Tyl Master’s Degree Certification Course in Astrology. Noel Tyl is an amazingly powerful teacher, as are many of his students, and the seminar is deeply intense with little time to focus on anything else!
This is a significant week with the Sun entering Aquarius just as the week begins!
On Sunday night, January 19th, at 10:51 PM EST the Sun leaves the serious, matter-of-fact Capricorn world and steps forward into the excitement, innovation, and emotional detachment of Aquarius! This is a powerful shift. The sun will remain in Aquarius until February 18, 2014
Take this period of time to seek out your tribe, to find and develop your truth. This is time to share your ideas and your energies, with others, for the benefit of others. This is a time to bring wild minds together to serve a future goal.

Monday, January 20, 2014:

Pay attention and you will notice the shift on Sunday night as the Sun enters Aquarius! Are you ready to face the responsibilities of the new ideas and innovations that are ready to begin?
As we adjust to the intensely independent and intellectual core energy of the Sun in Aquarius, the Moon in Virgo allows us to make the shift with a bit of order and stability.
The Moon is in lovely aspect to both Venus and Saturn on Monday, encouraging efficiency and dedication to accomplishment. We have the ability to focus on details, organization, and the refinement of processes and systems.
Remember, however, that Virgo is about more than just organizing our closets. Consider the underlying reason for Virgo’s productivity.  Consider the importance for Virgo of having something to perfect in order to provide a service of value to others.
Following a lovely opportunity for stabilization (Moon Sextile to Saturn) at 3:56 PM EST the moon is VOC . Don’t make any  dramatic plans, spend a low key evening with a good book or low key company.

Tuesday, January 21, 2014:

On Tuesday the Moon enters Libra at 7:43 AM EST.  This is a day of shifting energies as we adjust adjusting to new set of quirky explorations and exciting new ideas with the Sun in Aquarius! The only aspect to the Libra Moon is a pleasant Trine to the Sun Tuesday morning at 10:41AM EST. There is a free flow between the core energies of the Aquarius Sun and the Libra Moon, presenting us with a great day for collaboration and understanding within partnerships. This is a great day to work with others on innovative and exciting projects that you anticipate will  bring your future into focus. Nurture and develop those relationships. Begin to look toward the future without disregarding the issues of past relationships that have been on your mind over the past weeks with Venus retrograde. Is there something from the past that you expect to gain healing from the current focus on relationship?   

Wednesday, January 22, 2014:

The Moon remains in Libra throughout Wednesday. Today is, however, comparatively far more complicated that yesterday. While we slept Tuesday night the Moon opposes Uranus and squares Pluto bringing the intensification of their connection into our consciousness and into our day. The early afternoon may well find you feeling the dissatisfaction of the retrograde Venus as the Moon Squares her. You can anticipate feeling a bit uncomfortable in your own skin, your clothes don’t fit right, your hair isn’t right, you just don’t feel beautiful or satisfied with yourself. The best way to deal with this today is to look beyond yourself and deliver heartfelt compliments to others. Unexpected compliments to the person checking you out at the grocery store or the person who makes your afternoon coffee can turn shift this issue entirely. Understanding that the folks around you are also feeling dissatisfied with themselves should help you to take your eyes off yourself and consider how to settle that anxiety in others. This will do an amazing amount to settle your own anxiety. Try it. You will be surprised at how much it helps.
The evening suggests a flow of interesting conversation that could well lead to a romantic connection by nightfall. Reach for pleasure!

Thursday, January 23, 2014:

The Moon remains in Libra VOC throughout most of the day, following her final aspect to Mars at last night at 10:51PM EST. Consider how best to take care of yourself today. There may be difficulties in relating to others as we are all left with a bit of agitation or frustration that carries throughout the day. It may simply be difficult to settle into any sort of flow within accomplishment or focus. I think that gentle exercise would have its benefits today. A simple walk in the woods or on the city streets may be helpful to pass the time without expectations while reducing anxiety.  
At 4:44 PM EST the Moon enters Scorpio, ushering in an intensely emotional evening. You will want to spend the evening either alone or with another person who you have a deep emotional connection. This is not a time for casual connections or concerns. If you are going to be with someone make it count as you move together into levels of depth and intensity.  

Friday, January 24, 2014:

Shortly after midnight on Thursday the Moon (Scorpio) reached its third-quarter phase. Whatever you began at the New Moon, was clearly illuminated last week, today asks for a shift of perspective. What adjustments must be made? The Moon remains in the deeply brooding sign of Scorpio all day making pleasant aspects to Pluto, Jupiter, and Venus.
Mercury, in Aquarius Trine Mars this morning encouraging our most unusual thoughts to push forward with unusual agendas within the scope of our relationships. Make connections that support your shifting perspective. Expect to hear unusual ideas. Anticipate surprises and communications that seem to come out of the blue. Be open to speaking up and saying what others may not expect to hear!

Saturday, January 25, 2014:

Right on the heels of the opening to unusual thinking with Mercury Trine Mars yesterday, today Mercury in Aquarius is squaring Saturn in Scorpio. What a difference a day makes! Now our thoughts are being restricted in some manner. Perhaps too much was said, too quickly on Friday and today you have to reel it in and hold your tongue. Did your thoughts or your communications gotten you in a bit of hot water? Today there is a bit of restriction and we must hold ourselves a bit tighter. The Moon (Scorpio) also connects with Saturn today reflecting the sense of difficulty as we move through restrictive and uncomfortable mental gymnastics. The Moon is VOC from 9 AM EST until 10:15 PM EST when the Moon enters Sagittarius. So once again, this is a Saturday that you don’t want to shop for any big-ticket items. This is a day to take time to yourself, rejuvenate, read, go to the movies, enjoy the day without expectation.

Sunday, January 26, 2014:

The Moon is in Sagittarius on Sunday with nothing getting in the way of this being the loveliest day of the week! Get out in the world and find ways to expand your thinking, your ideas, your horizons. Meet with folks who think in ways that will stretch your mind. Consider the need of Sagittarius to travel, explore, and expand the mind and heart! Whatever you choose to do today make it expansive. Make sure you encounter people whose lives, views, and opinions are different than your own. Listen to the stories that others have to tell, open your mind to learn from the experiences of the people you encounter.

Astrology Weather: Week of January 6, 2014 – January 12, 2014

Astrology Weather: Week of January 6, 2014 – January 12, 2014

We can anticipate a pretty laid-back week without the intensity we have been engulfed in during recent weeks.
Let’s consider the week in 3 separate section. The first section (Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday), contemplate issues of anger and courage. The middle section of the week (Thursday & Friday) contemplate comfort, your resources, and the nature of your desires. The final section of the week (Saturday & Sunday) contemplate thoughts, ideas, and communications.
If you have a project in the works that requires clear ambitions focus get it done by Saturday afternoon! You will likely notice a shift from structuring your personal ambitions to bringing form to your more progressive and humanitarian thoughts at that time.
Over the following 3 weeks (January 11th – January 31st) you will be able to bring your quirkiest, most interesting ideas to the table. You may be surprised that when you express your wildest innovations that others are right there with you, excited to hear your ideas! You will notice more unusual innovative thinking being expressed in the culture at this time. Your thinking may be turned-on in unusual ways, you may be thinking progressively in ways that surprise you.
Insights may surprise us!

Monday, January 6, 2014:

Monday provides an interesting start to the first full week of the New Year!
Mercury (Capricorn) Sextiles Saturn (Scorpio) very early this morning offering us the opportunity to consider and push forward an agenda that has been rolling over in our minds for a time now. Consider what you began to push forward on during the last week of November. This was probably a project or study that got set aside due to the holidays. Today you are able to get back to that project. You may have set it aside but it has been simmering there on that back burner waiting for your returned attention. Today pick up the ball.
The Moon in makes her final aspect while in Pisces (4:44AM EST) a Sextile to Venus.  The early part of the day won’t be a time of accomplishment but there is a sweetness and gentle ease available.
When the Moon enters Aries at 2:46PM EST the sweetness evaporates into a great push to get things done.  Push as hard as you’d like in the time that you have but don’t let impatience follow you home this evening. Release some physical energy as needed. Go to the gym, play a game of tennis, or go for a run!

Tuesday, January 7, 2014:

The Moon in Aries once again tangles up with the cycle of Uranus and Pluto, which we have talked so much about in the past few years. The morning may feel intense as the emotional environment we share seems to have an edge of aggression or anger. Are there issues from the past that are seeking your attention?
Today’s First Quarter Moon is at 17degrees Aries. What was the seed that you planted last week at the New Moon on New Year’s Day? What action can be taken today that will support that seed to fruition?
Aries calls for a strong and courageous step forward. Take the step that requires real courage, the one that makes your heart race. It is likely that the action required involves some form of communication or research. What questions do you need to ask? Ask them; even if you are afraid to hear the answer!

Wednesday, January 8, 2014:

 Wednesday begins with the Moon still in Aries, the sign that requires courage.
Whatever you need to accomplish today will be best managed before 11:22 AM EST. At that time the Moon enters her VOC time* (explained below).
Early Wednesay evening with Mars squaring Jupiter consider how your relationships, or other passions in your life, are impacting your beliefs and your ability to openly express those beliefs.
Keep in mind that while the Moon is in Aries you may seem demanding or you may encounter other people’s demands. You would be well advised to give others a good deal of slack today as you may need it in return.
At 9:24 PM EST the Moon enters Taurus ending the VOC period.
With the Moon newly in Taurus head to bed early, you can anticipate a solid, restful sleep as long as you apply certain conditions. Make sure the room is tidy, bring in a few touches of beauty (flowers would be a nice touch), put clean sheets on the bed, and make sure all issues of comfort have been attended to. The enjoyment of deep comfort and the depth of sleep you get will be worth the effort!
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Thursday, January 9, 2014:

Thursday is a day of simplicity! The Moon is in Taurus all day. Once again, pay attention to comfort and beauty. Get an appointment to see your masseuse, or better yet, give a massage to a loved one.
Take all aspects of your life at a slower pace. Find the feeling of reverence toward all that you encounter today. No drama, no looking to the past or the future. Stay right on the dot of your life today (& tomorrow). At 7:27 PM EST The Moon Trines Pluto, allowing you to open your heart on a very deep level of sensitivity. Listen to your inner wisdom, you can find deep intuition hidden in the darkest corners. It would serve you well to go inward and spend time alone. Within solitude you are able to develop a powerful compassion for others. Time spent alone on Thursday will allows the growth of depth that will bring important connections in the future.

Friday, January 10, 2014:

Friday  brings you another day of general calm and stability. You will be able to create a very productive day for yourself. The Moon is again in the very stable realm of Taurus. The Moon Trines The Sun, (in the hard-working sign of Capricorn) at 12:34 PM EST enabling your energy and your needs to move smoothly toward your goals. You can anticipate an afternoon of hard work, you may encounter some resistance but not anything that should interfere with getting a lot accomplished!
The late afternoon may find you dealing with issues of melancholy as the Moon Trines retrograde Venus. Allow those melancholy thoughts of past loves only to the extent that it can help you understand and grow in your current relationships.

Saturday, January 11, 2014:

Saturday looks like the most complex day of the week, holding the potential to be a productive and pleasant day!
Today the Sun and Venus come together at 21degrees Capricorn and each Sextile Saturn.
Keep your eyes open for an opportunity to strengthen and support your relationships or something else that is of deep value to you. This is likely an opportunity involving intimate relationship or finances. Due to the retrograde motion of Venus, there may be some connection to the past.
If an opportunity presents itself today that supports your deepest values, take it! The results will be clear in June.
If your values are not currently being supported by your ambitions it is time to make a serious and well considered change.
The Moon enters Gemini at 7:26 AM. We may spend the day anxiously awaiting a gathering of friends or some social activity.
Keep your eyes and your heart open on this day.
At 4:34 PM pay attention and you can feel a electrifying shift in your thinking as Mercury leaves slow, steady, ambitious Capricorn to enter the excitement of Aquarius! You are ready to shake free your limiting thoughts and ideas.
Mercury remains in Aquarius until the end of January enabling us to work with our most innovative ideas.

Sunday, January 12, 2014:

Who doesn’t love an easygoing Sunday? With the Moon in Gemini, this will be a day to build connections with others. Not intense heavy connections but light and casual connections leading to simple enjoyment. Spend the day gathering information from others, allow yourself to be curious about what makes them tick. Go to a museum, explore ideas that interest you. Take your friends out for lunch, spend time in casual conversation. You never know what you will learn! Each person you meet has stories to tell. Everyone is living a life as full and complex as your own. Find out what you can about others, tell some stories of your own!
Moon is VOC* following a Trine to Mars at 4:34PM EST
This is a great day for communication, write letters, get caught up on emails! Enjoy!

 

* In my weekly reports I am exploring the major aspects formed by transit between the planets. I do not consider every aspect that the Moon makes each day as they can be numerous and are often fleeting moods. I will consider the final major aspect formed by the Moon prior to it’s VOC time, as that aspect holds it’s influence throughout the VOC*
The Aspects I consider: Conjunctions, Sextiles, Squares, Trines, and Oppositions
The Planets I am working with: Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
*VOC (void of course) refers to the period of time between the final aspect that the Moon makes while in one sign until she enters the next sign. This can consist of several minutes or many hours. These periods are best handled with little expectation of accomplishment; times ideally suited for rest and contemplation.

New Year – Astrological Weather: Week of December 30, 2013 – January 5, 2013

New Year – Astrological Weather: Week of December 30, 2013 – January 5, 2013

A Week to begin anew!

December 30, 2013 – January 5, 2013

The heavens present us with a GRAND CROSS this week forming between THE SUN, MERCURY, & PLUTO (all in CAPRICORN) URANUS (in ARIES), MARS (in LIBRA), and JUPITER (in CANCER).
The first day of the New Year offers up a very intense NEW MOON! Any New Year’s resolutions you are considering, be sure they are worthy of a very deep commitment. There are deep levels of power and significance to whatever we commit to at this NEW MOON.

Monday, December 30, 2013:

Several minutes after midnight SUN SQUARE URANUS getting the week off to a unusual, detached, and somewhat eccentric start. By now we probably realize that as any planet tangles up with URANUS , it will very soon make contact with PLUTO as well.
Now MARS (the planet of assertiveness, courage, strength, and anger) joins in the complexity, offering courage and initiative as he comes into a SQUARE ASPECT WITH PLUTO, having opposed Uranus last Wednesday, on Christmas day. It is apparent to me that just about anything could happen during the course of this week. Keep your eyes open and expect the unexpected. Understand that everyone is in the same boat, dealing with the tension and anxiety of these formations.
What do you need to release at this time?
The energies of Monday are perhaps simplified by the fact that the Moon is VOC in SAGITTARIUS all day. Your best bet is to work internally with the energies of the day, go inward. We are in the Dark of the Moon. The necessary work today is internal. The most important requirement is really to simply be kind and deeply compassionate to all…. but first offer this kindness to the Self. Take a walk in the woods today, touch nature.

Tuesday, December 31, 2013:

With MERCURY CONJUNCT PLUTO and SQUARE MARS on Tuesday, be aware of your words, be conscious of the conversations you engage in. The day starts with the moon VOC in SAGITTARIUS. She made her last aspect yesterday morning at 6:36 AM which was a SEXTILE TO MARS, until 1:01 PM today the moon is VOC encouraging us to simply absorb these intensifications, watch them carefully, and respond consciously.
Responding automatically is bound to bring consequences. Keep awareness centered on your verbal and non verbal responses. At 1:01 PM the MOON ENTERS CAPRICORN bringing an appropriately serious energy to the evening. Whatever these last two days have brought to your life may be very significant, nevertheless, keep in mind that we are in the Darkest part of the MOON; things are simmering below the surface getting ready to start anew. The final aspect to the MOON today is a SEXTILE to NEPTUNE in the early evening.

A SEXTILE BETWEEN MOON AND NEPTUNE bodes well for this evenings celebrations but remember there is a seriousness within the fantasy we would like to engage in.

Our hopes and dreams for the upcoming year are likely to be ambitious and transformative. We have high hopes and high expectations of ourselves moving forward.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014:

This is certainly an impressive day for the first day of the year! 6:14 AM EST we greet a New Year along with the NEW MOON at 10° CAPRICORN. This will bring each of us to a new cycle of seriousness, responsibility, integrity, and ambition. The NEW MOON itself is aspecting The SUN, URANUS, PLUTO, MARS, AND JUPITER.
Your life is ready for change, upheaval, intensification, and forward motion at this time.
We are each encountering a time of extreme change within ourselves and within the culture and the world we live in.
On a personal level, what is it that you want to create in the upcoming year?
Get clear about what it is you want and write it down somewhere that you can refer to it over the coming months. Take a particular practical action on this day to symbolize the manifestation of your future ambitions. Where are your hopes for the upcoming year, what can you do on this day to focus those ambitions?
There is great empowerment available within this day! Take advantage of these energies!
There is great empowerment available.

Thursday, January 2, 2014:

On Thursday the MOON IN CAPRICORN make her final aspect (CONJUNCTION TO VENUS) at 6:11 AM EST. This brings us to a pleasant VOC time of rejuvenation until she enters AQUARIUS at 12:02 PM EST. This is likely to be a slow and pleasant morning, take a friend to breakfast or bring flowers to your desk at work. The late afternoon and evening will prove to be a more interesting time! The MOON IN AQUARIUS brings our emotions into more unusual exciting spontaneous places. Allow yourself to explore issues and ideas that seem unconventional and somehow quirky.
This evening The SUN IN CAPRICORN forms a square pattern to MARS IN LIBRA; expect energy to move rapidly in your own individual consciousness regarding your most significant relationships. The current cycle between The SUN and MARS began in mid April 2013. What started in your life at that time regarding your sexuality, a new or revitalized relationship, or something that you personally felt very passionate about?
Whatever began at that time now must be attended to with a very real concrete assertive step forward! What can you do today to push forward with the agenda that began in April? The action that you take today will lead you to the full illumination of this situation in early April 2014. Look to the areas of your chart that contain 12degrees CAPRICORN and 12degrees LIBRA.

Friday, January 3, 2014:

MERCURY OPPOSES JUPITER on Friday. Consider an expansion of communications or learning that began in late May 2013. What cycle of expansive ideas or communications began at that time? Look to 25degrees Taurus to consider where the cycle began. Keep clear awareness of communications, conversations, and expansive thinking. It may be easy to say more than is necessary. Whatever you were thinking about back in May is now fully in view and fully expressed. Your thoughts may be able to absorb ideas that are more expansive then the ideas you normally expect. Previously these thoughts may have been too large for your mind to comprehend. Today you see clearly with a fuller understanding. This line of thinking involves belief, spirituality, religion, god, or some equally large concept.
The MOON moves through AQUARIUS on Friday, we are able to explore areas of unusual and detached emotional realms. This evening may bring a bit of discomfort if you try to shirk your responsibilities. ha!

Saturday, January 4, 2014:

Now we come to the weekend, a Saturday following very intense transits over this past week. The holidays are now behind us. Today the MOON IN AQUARIUS IS VOC until 11:58 AM EST when she moves into PISCES. The only aspect the PISCES MOON makes throughout the day is a CONJUNCTION TO NEPTUNE (the ruler of Pisces) at 5:27 PM. This looks to be a day of things not quite the way we expect them to be. Our thinking may be less than clear! Things are not as they appear to be.
Whatever you expect, let it be easy. Life will work far better this weekend without major expectations. Enjoy a dreamy day with music, a great film, and a glass of wine.

Sunday, January 5, 2014:

MOON IN PISCES on Sunday SEXTILE PLUTO, SUN & MERCURY; TRINE JUPITER & SATURN. Today offers us the beautiful free flowing energies of a GRAND TRINE IN WATER! This may be a highly emotional day of sinking into love and feelings. Allow yourself to nurture and to be nurtured.
The SUN OPPOSES JUPITER releasing the energy that began in mid-June 2013. Whatever expansion began at that time is clearly illuminated on this day. Our lives and our circumstances seem very expanded, all things feel possible. Watch the level of enthusiasm available, enjoy it without making demands or having set expectations.