The Viral Lights of Avatars

2012 came in loaded with moral, economic, and political battlefields, the shear weight of which will cause them to fall away, like a large scab dropping off of newly healed skin. Underneath those dark fears, the light of love has quietly been extending. Compassion is traveling digital speedways, tweeted and YouTubed, until it implodes as viral lights. We see ourselves light each other up, connected as avatars.

Reasonably Moody Monday, January 2, 2012

Aries (March 20-April 19)
You’ll feel the effects of a hot-blooded Moon in Aries for most of today, and Messenger Mercury is sitting on her shoulder whispering...”call, write, email, send smoke signals.” There’s a very nice balance today between your feelings and your logic. If there’s any situation that needs clearing up, today is a great day to be heard. You are quite reasonable, and others will appreciate that. You may feel like going off by yourself for awhile, which would be good for you. Use the time to consciously release “leftovers” from 2011. Declare a clean slate. Acknowledge the ways you’ve grown.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)
You may feel like being by yourself today, just don’t interpret the time as lonely. There’s an ebb in your energy, but it’s just a cool-down period until 3:15 this afternoon when the Moon moves into your sign. Feeling good and fortunate. The adventures ahead for you in 2012 will require you to travel without much “baggage.” So today’s a good day to clear the decks, start the New Year with fresh intentions--write them down. You’ll enjoy being in touch with some of your family history today. Sweetly sentimental.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)
The clairvoyance operating in you this month is profound, and develops through February 3rd. Today the Aries Moon adds a challenge in the form of wanting to be left alone. Maybe after all the holiday busyness, being alone is just the ticket. You are very in tune not only with others, but with your own feelings. You capacity to love unconditionally is heightened (mark your calendar for Friday the 13th!) and someone who needs a listening ear may seek you out .

Cancer (June 21-July 21)
Some restlessness this morning will give way to an overall sense of well-being by late afternoon. Make plans early then enjoy the company of friends this evening. The afternoon’s Taurus Moon holds a fortune cookie for you. It says, “Never, never, never ever give up.” The key is willingness. Willingness to be just a little more vulnerable, to put your trust in the love of a friend.

Leo (July 22-August 22)
Fireworks are still going off for you this morning, particularly with communications. You have a good working cooperation between your right and left brain--you’re in tune with how you feel and you can also apply logic to solve problems. Common sense your forte today, and this is bolstered in mid-afternoon by a money-wise Moon. The practical clairvoyance ushering in this New Year may show up for you as an uncanny ability to “sense” what’s going on around you. Trust it. Then it grows.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)

It’s a great day to visit ancestry.com. As the New Year begins you’re looking at your family history, not with melancholy or sadness, but with an eye to the richness of your heritage. You know that your past does not not make you who you are today, but it does hand you some tools. The mood shifts dramatically in your favor in mid-afternoon when a money-wise Moon in Taurus hooks up with Generous Jupiter. Ah, good ol’ common sense served with a garnish of optimism.

Libra (September 23-October 22)
Some Monday blues may try to haunt you. Remember, feeling as if you’re out there all alone is just a feeling--not the truth. Gruelingly Serious Saturn is having a face-off with the Aries Moon, and she’s fiery but malleable. This is a sidecar to the big January event, Practical Clairvoyance. Think how you mind is joined to everyone through your loving thoughts. Give yourself a clean slate for the New Year with only thoughts of love.

Scorpio (October 23-November 21)
The whole realm of ghosts from the past are Scorpio’s domain, so starting the New Year with a clean slate (no ghosts) is especially challenging for you. But just imagine that for 2012 you caught a case of “celestial amnesia.” Meaning, the only things you can remember from the past are the loving thoughts between you and another. All else is gone. Now that’s freedom.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 20)
You’re in a great position, star-wise, to lend a sympathetic ear to someone you love. You are more than keen on listening, however with all this action-oriented fire, you’ll also want to do something about their problems. Raise yourself above the battleground so you can offer a peaceful preference, rather than participating in their fears. Then, clean your slate for 2012 by offering yourself only peaceful preferences.

Capricorn (December 21-January 19)
Starting 2012 with a clean slate might require a bulldozer for you, since you’re plowing through the deep underbrush of transformational Pluto. And when Pluto starts digging things up (which he absolutely loves to do) they’re usually left exposed, with the idea that the light will expose the ghosts for what they really are--fear. There’s some ancestral memory hanging around today, giving you the opportunity for a fresh look at your roots. Not to live in the past, but to free yourself from it by a selective forgetting in which you choose to remember the love.

Aquarius (January 20-February 17)
The practical clairvoyance that is starting 2012 with a wide open mind for you, continues throughout January. Since it’s in your harmonic air signs, the effect is heightened for you. Today it gets a sideswipe from a speeding Aries Moon, and you may feel lots of creative impulses distract you. But your reasoning is in almost perfect balance with your feelings, giving you a day of good logical thought. Perfect for cleaning your slate for the New Year.

Pisces (February 18-March 19)
Looking through the family photo album may seem like the perfect thing to do with today’s energy. And it is, as long as you keep your Pisces sentimentality in check. The practical clairvoyance that kicked off the New Year will be with you in spades throughout January as a warm-up to the big event--Visionary Neptune moving into Pisces in February. Use this time to rid yourself of ghosts of Christmases past. If you must look back, look back in love.