Sudden upheavals by Uranus & Pluto sweep away the old

First, it's time to clean out the basement and pull up the weeds in your garden. Sun, Moon and Venus are lined up in Virgo for a practical but very merry-go-round New Moon on Sunday, August 28th, at 8:04 p.m., PDT. They'll throw a great party, but it'll be a lot of work. Why? Transformation is on the menu--this Virgo New Moon is dancing in exact harmony with Pluto so changes go down easy and reforms are easier to swallow.

Astrology doesn't predict the weather, but it does set the stage. Pluto is in a long lasting tense square-off with Uranus, the god of lightening. Key words here are revolution and reform, usually through drastic upheavals. This has been in effect since Uranus entered Aries, March, 2011, and will culminate around June 24th, 2012. Storm surges and lightening strikes have the effect Uranus, the Great Awakener, just loves.

Pluto has been in Capricorn since since November 27, 2008. Capricorn's domain is political and economic power structures. The last time we had this planet of reform in the fair-minded leadership sign of Capricorn was 1762-1777. In 1776 Pluto rang a politically powerful bell. Now the heavens have added hot-blooded Uranus to the mix, and we're set for "ready, fire, aim!"

Have you ever wanted to move or remodel your home so that it's brighter, bigger, filled with more conveniences? But you really didn't want the mess, the noise and expense, and the hassel of moving your stuff? Just to help you out, Pluto has picked a fight with Uranus, and here comes the irritable spouse, the "natural" disaster, the job change--the things you don't really want but actually do need. Suddenly, you're in motion. Without sweeping away the old, the new has no space to grow.