Sunday, July 29, 2012

Aquarius Full Moon calls for universal love

This intense week begins with the Leo Sun having an inquisitive debate with the lord of the underworld.  Who does that?  

Isn’t it just like a Leo to insist that Darth Vader come out and show himself!  With Leo’s courage shining on us, we peer into the heart of darkness, and there we see the fires of our own creativity.  

The Leo Sun’s sidekick this week is Messenger Mercury.  Still retrograde until August 7th, Messenger Mercury’s helping us rely on our intuition and gather our courage. Both these guys are firing off information and bright ideas faster than you can sort them, especially around Wednesday’s Full Moon in intelligent Aquarius.  Pace yourself.
 
The Force of courage is with you.
Here’s your personal horoscope for the week of July 29th:

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)
Your week kick starts when your strong willpower gets a shot of courage from the god of lightning beginning 10:22 PM, PDT Monday.  Your days end on an ingenious note of creativity and surprises--even in your dreams.  Your active mind is still fired up by a creative Mercury in Leo, although you’ll be reviewing and revising your thoughts until August 8th when you’ll put ideas into action.  This week has a jovial and generous Full Moon in Aquarius on Wednesday turning your attention to humanitarian projects.  Conversations with friends will be more personal, and touch you at a deeper level.  It’s also a time that patterns, left over from childhood, need to be put away.  

Taurus (April 20-May 20)
The week starts on a serious note when a reserved Capricorn Moon adds depth of feeling to the questions you’ve been asking yourself (1:03 PM, PDT Monday).  Turning over the rocks of the past, peering underneath memories, you call out old conditioning and free yourself from fear.  Your professional life is spotlighted on Wednesday when the Aquarius Full Moon lands in your house of career.  Your feelings will take center stage, whether you want to or not.  Those feelings are likely to be about the welfare of everyone, laced with your generosity and love.  

Gemini (May 21-June 20)
The goddess of love stays in your sign until August 7th, so soak up her fun and pleasure.  On Tuesday she helps you take a sober look at romance, and put orderly structure into your art (12:39 AM, PDT Tuesday).  Just don’t let this dampen your mood.  Getting away from it all is what you need to do Wednesday when the Moon is Full in your compatible sign, Aquarius.  Some generous help comes your way, and you break with routine.  Restless, you’ll look for excitement and travel.  At the very least, you’ll find it in a good book!

Cancer (June 21-July 21)
Putting good orderly direction into your life’s plans will come easily for you as this week opens, even though the tome is quite serious.  Midweek has loads of emotional intensity for your when the Full Moon in Aquarius draws some powerful people who will have a strong effect on you.  You’d like to cling to something familiar, but it’s as if someone else has hijacked your favorite childhood memories.  The only way out is to let go.  Friday brings you peace when the Moon swims into the watery poetry of your friend, Pisces.  Sympathy and understanding are yours.

Leo (July 22-August 22)
With both the Sun and Messenger Mercury in Leo, you are throwing out creative sparks that light up miracles for others to see.  Wednesday’s Full Moon in Aquarius sets the stage for emotional confrontations with marriage partners or personal business relationships.  Looking at collective interests, versus your own agenda, gets you the cooperation you need.  Use your courage and the good luck you’ll have from generous Jupiter to bridge the considerable distance between heads and hearts.  

Virgo (August 23-September 22)
Your week begins on a serious note, especially as the Moon moves into sure-footed, earthy Capricorn on Monday.  Still, it brings a good dose of common sense and a grounding rod for your feelings.  You’ll need to hold on to this when the Full Moon in Aquarius arrives Wednesday evening at 8:28 PM PDT.  The intellectual reserve of Aquarius could tempt you to repress your feelings with an “I’m fine thank you,” and then try to distract yourself with daily necessities.  Friday you’ll try a little tenderness when the Moon slides into compassionate Pisces.  

Libra (September 23-October 22)
Sunday afternoon finds you bothered by the messiness of your unmade bed, or you can can relax into letting it beckon you for a serious nap.  Serious Saturn in Libra is actually putting order and harmony in your life, step by baby step.  Wednesday’s Full Moon in Aquarius at 8:28 PM will fall in your 5th solar house of creativity, romance and children.  Don’t even bother to try hiding your feelings from others, they’re on your sleeve!  Your need to just be yourself is very strong.  In love, you have experiences of greater emotional depth than usual.  Very intense feelings will show you something important about yourself.  

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)
You have an extremely emotional response to beauty and harmony which you turn into artistic ability.  Sensitivity to the needs of others underlies you very affectionate mood this week.  Wednesday’s Full Moon in Aquarius at 8:28 PM will fall in your 4th solar house of home and family.  Expect culminating events related to your family, especially your mother, that will affect your mood very strongly.  However, this yin energy in your home can be most creatively expressed by inviting friends over to share some good comfort food.  You feel like being a friend to everyone, without singling out anyone in particular as “special.”  It’s a good week for creating a social gathering, especially in your home.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 20)
Freedom is the watchword for Aquarius as well as Sagittarius.  This week is loaded with luck, generosity, and a humanitarian spirit.  The only downside for you with Wednesday’s Full Moon in airy Aquarius (8:28 PM PDT) is getting yourself stuck in an aloof position of stubbornly fighting for your right to come and go as you please.  You’ll be operating on “gut” feelings, which are likely to be quite subjective.  This will be a time of very meaningful communications, all with deep emotions.  You’ll take nothing and no one at face value.  You’re in a tunneling operation, as you persist in wanting to know what’s at the bottom of things.  

Capricorn (December 21-January 19)
The week opens on a serious note, even before the Moon moves into your steady and sure-footed sign on Monday at 12:30 PM, PDT.  This Capricorn Moon adds more depth of feeling to an already conscientious an orderly tone set Sunday by Stern Saturn.  You’ll be turning over the rocks, ready to know that thing you wish you didn’t have to know.  Naturally this elicits some jittery nerves on the way to the Full Moon in Aquarius which occurs Wednesday at 8:28 PM PDT.  This marks a time of culmination for matters affecting your resources and finances.  You may experience a feeling of being very attached to some possessions.  Memorabilias will attract your attention.  It’s a bad time for spending money, since your choices will be emotionally laden--even overwhelming logic and common sense.

Aquarius (January 20-February 17)
Freedom is the watchword for this week.  You share your love of freedom with Sagittarius, who always travels with the sign, “Don’t Fence Me In!”  And will good-naturedly debate it with you.  But others will find that this week in particular, if they try to limit your freedoms, you’ll simply walk away.  Wednesday’s Full Moon in your sign at 8:28 PM PDT, opens a period when you turn on your emotional sensors and aim them at your friends and loved ones.  You want to feel that you belong.  You’re right there for those who need sympathy and support, but you require that it be a two-way street.  

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)
Serious Saturn put a somber tone on the beginning of the week--but it’s perfect for taking a quiet look at where you’re going in your life.  Your emotional capacity to empathize with the needs of humanity is greatly heightened by Wednesday’s Full Moon in Aquarius at 8:28 PM PDT.  Still, you’ll be tempted to withdraw and try to keep your feelings hidden.  This Moon has a benevolent blessing from Jupiter, helping you raise your insecurities to the light of day where they’ll surely vanish!  Friday you come into your own, feeling in sync with yourself, when the Moon slides into your empathic Pisces waters.  

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Pluto's Dark Knight has risen brandishing a scalpel

Colorado’s explosive massacre is one tragic version of the showdown affecting all of us.  


As heros and heroines we know that bandaids on abuse and platitudes about gun control are not just senseless, they’re cowardly.  


The solution inherent in the Uranus-Pluto tension is transcendence.  Rising above the useless struggles of for-or-against.  


A fresh perspective, courtesy of the stars, comes midweek when a sudden opportunity helps us solve an old problem.  Imagine all of us “armed” with intelligent cameras that warned us of trouble, rallied our neighbors, called the police, and captured the culprit on video!  It takes a whole community to catch a thief.

Sunday Morning begins when that fireball of constant energy, the Sun, happily begins his 31-day journey through his home sign, Leo.  Join your imagination with the joy of children playing.  

The Force of transcendence is with you.
Here’s your personal forecast for the week of July 22, 2012:

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)
The Sunday morning sunrise has the warm glow of Leo the lion-hearted.  The self-confidence of the king of the jungle infuses your sense of self, bringing you renewed prowess and strength.  Sudden opportunities arise for you this week, in your job or in your pocketbook, that give you a greater ability to accomplish your goals.  This will show up in creative attempts at self-expression.  Midweek adds an excitement that stimulates your impulsiveness and also attracts someone into your life who is quite unusual.  

Taurus (April 20-May 20)
You may have to contend with some grandstanding by a few big lions, but the Leo Sun will shine its light on solutions for your home and your immediate environment.  Family roots will engender new loyalties and stronger connections.  Midweek is a very productive time for you to grow in self-understanding through an encounter with someone that shows you a new side of yourself.  Relief comes in with the Scorpio Moon Thursday morning, putting the weekend vibes on a slightly lower key.  

Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Generosity is doubly yours this week with the naturally generous Leo Sun adding to the gifts of Santa Claus (Jupiter) in Gemini.  New ideas challenge your status quo, zapping you with enough impatience to get you moving in a new direction.  Giving and receiving greater knowledge, you’re in a time of spontaneous solutions.  Careful not to leap to unwarranted conclusions around midweek when your emotions snowball.  Keep to your path by avoiding impulsive urges.

Cancer (June 21-July 21)
The Leo Sun shines light on your roots, the qualities that anchor you so firmly to home.  You understand your creative need to give birth to something brand new, both through your body and your mind.  Try not to pick a fight (especially midweek) when your emotions become so stimulated that they run away with your cool-headed wisdom.  Right now the planetary energies are mostly air and fire, leaving your watery Cancerian depths filled only by visionary Neptune.  Very important to take time for yourself to recharge, which you can do when the Scorpio Moon arrives Thursday morning.  

Leo (July 22-August 22)
With the Sun now in your sign, you shine with solutions for those personal bedevilments that have been hiding in the darkest shadows.  Breakthroughs occur spontaneously.   Monday evening’s Libra Moon adds grace and beauty (and a fiery Leo Sunset which is not to be missed).  The hills are on fire Wednesday when Messenger Mercury, also in your sign, initiates talks with revolutionary Uranus.  Even from the Leo king, nothing transforms by simply demanding to have your own way.  But by Tuesday evening Neptune levels the playing field, melting the borders that seem to separate you.  Plenty of optimistic buzz fills your weekend.  Your words are solar powered.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)
Be a dreamcatcher this week.  The Leo Sun is shining a visionary light on your hopes and wishes--not of the ego, but of the Spirit within you.  Virgo’s famous healing hands are needed midweek to sooth some stormy relationships.  Your skills as a mediator are sorely needed Thursday when the Scorpio Moon challenges the structure of intimate relationships and tensions rise all around you.  Pluto’s on your side, so you’re blessed with profound understandings of what makes people tick.   

Libra (September 23-October 22)
Your world expands through connections with generous friends who bring you sudden opportunities to contribute to the growth of your community.  Monday’s smooth and easy vibe gets even more harmonious for you when the Moon enters Libra at 3:39 PM, PDT.  But her iron fist hits the heart of the Uranus/Pluto square on Tuesday, setting some intense feelings into motion.  Don’t let them gain a life of their own!  Good orderly direction fills your life by Wednesday evening.  Optimism and a desire for more freedom fills your weekend--share it.

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)
A new era in your career begins this week when the Leo Sun lights up visible solutions to achieving your ambitions.  When the Moon enters Scorpio Wednesday evening (7:29 PM, PDT), she will infuse your imagination with visionary insights.  Pay attention to people you’ve been taking for granted.  By the end of the week any hidden tensions will have surfaced.  You’ll have a burst of psychic energy to basically accomplish anything you put your mind to!  

Sagittarius (November 22-December 20)
The spotlight is on your optimism, helping you achieve a freedom that you’ve only dreamed of until now.  A sudden opportunity for travel and adventure comes your way under the generosity of the Leo Sun.  Sparks start flying Friday when the Moon enters Sagittarius at 10:18 PM, PDT.  She’s making communication magic with Messenger Mercury.  You enjoy a big blast of Leo’s self-confidence on Saturday, just in time to create an unusual weekend adventure.

Capricorn (December 21-January 19)
The Sunlight of the Spirit permeates the deeper recesses of your cocoon, quickening the new life that you know awaits you.  Make a little noise and break a few barriers.  Midweek is intense.  Your emotions can gain such momentum that you lose control of your impulses and put yourself in a situation you really don’t want.  It’s a restless time for you with only 1 of 10 planets in a down-to-earth sign.  Ground yourself with a back to nature weekend.

Aquarius (January 20-February 17)
Partnerships are spotlighted this week and you can expect favorable changes.  The Leo Sun helps you attract strong and loyal friends to your side.  It’s also a week for you to express your power potential.  You could sell snow to the eskimos!  By Tuesday you’ll be reverberating from the sound of a giant wake-up call.  An artful Libra Moon combines with a creative Mercury in Leo to turn your words into lyrics.  Then you’re conversations are loaded with the  famous Sagittarius ability to jump to conclusions--but it actually works for you.  Saturday is sparkling when colorful lightning strikes your mind with quantum leaps in clarity and flashes of genius.  

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)
The robust Leo Sun shines a light on your health and diet, helping you recoup easily from any dis-ease.  You have a strong need this week to have your efforts appreciated since your self-esteem has become wrapped up in your work.  Nevertheless, you can expect a growth of your resources, particularly at home and through family connections.  Wednesday evening, when the Moon enters Scorpio (7:29 PM, PDT) she makes an inspirational liaison with Neptune in Pisces.  Magic infuses your dreams.  

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Showdown at the I'm OK Corral

You can't put a bandaid on a delusion.  So if you’ve been riding out the revolutionary storm with superficial platitudes, Pluto's calling you out.

The midweek New Moon in Cancer 
(9:24 PM, PDT, Wednesday) brings a test of your intentions.  You’ll be challenged to stand up for your ideas, or admit their defeat.

Pluto has never been inclined to share power (or anything really) with anyone.  Why should he?  He’s got the whole underworld under lock and key, and ordinarily no one wants in.
The Force of personal power is with you.


Here’s your personal horoscope for the week of July 15, 2012:

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)
Yesterday’s trials will be a blessing today as you see the silver lining in recent changes.  You are certainly on the other side of choosing your direction.  Now, you’re asked to make a commitment to it.  Wednesday’s nurturing New Moon falls in your 4th house of home sweet home.  Take the private time to focus on your inner world.  Something from your childhood suddenly becomes clear to you.  Mars stirs up the action in your 7th house of partnerships.  You have no trouble asserting yourself in relationships, but cooperation may be difficult to find.  Don’t avoid a conflict that could clear the air.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)
The exact pairing of the Sun and Moon (New Moon) in Cancer this Wednesday lands in your house of communications.  Your world is colored by personal feelings, and your characteristically common sense approach takes a back seat.  But it makes for more meaningful communications--you won’t settle for superficial.  
This week’s ramped-up Mars energy has you working smarter (and harder!), for other people!  You will be wise to adjust your course of action. You don’t mind deferring playtime for the weekend.  An old order is changing.  

Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Thinking your way through your emotions is still your modus operandi until Monday evening when the Moon leaves Gemini and slides into maternal Cancer.  You’re on the way to the New Moon Wednesday, when you’ll have to reevaluate your attitudes about your possessions.  Someone may “borrow” a valuable from you that stirs up strong feelings of ownership, because it’s tied to your past.  Assertive Mars has got your back, so you won’t be shy about your strong desires.  Your energy shifts to playful and fun, so self-discipline is scarce until Saturday morning.  

Cancer (June 21-July 21)
If you haven’t been flexible enough, you’ll likely be derailed by Tuesday’s major event--Mars in Libra pushes the lord of the underworld up against a wall, demanding that he share power.  Wednesday’s New Moon, new beginnings, will have you feeling more subjective and concerned about your own needs.  Your keen sensitivity is stronger than your logic, but it allows you to be there for others with great compassion.  Feeling “a part of,” whether its a group or family, satisfies a strong need to belong.  Frustrated energies on the home front are not what they seem--it will become clear by Saturday.   

Leo (July 22-August 22)
If you have to sell an idea, this is the time.  Wednesday’s New Moon in the nurturing sign of Cancer pulls you into some deep inner recesses of your mind where you touch attitudes you usually keep hidden--even from yourself.  At the same time, the tempo of your everyday communications speeds up.   The ongoing transformation of your world gets a push around midweek.  Then the Moon rolls into Leo at 3:13 AM on Thursday, and you’re in-sync.  There may be some drama associated with it, but your hero’s heart is awakened and your spirits are raised to courageous acts.  In the wee hours of Saturday night, while you are sleeping, the Sun will move into its home sign, your loyal Leo (3:01 AM, PDT, Sunday).  You’re almost home.  

Virgo (August 23-September 22)
Now is an important time to either allow yourself to be transformed by events that provoke a struggle in you, or knock heads one after the other.  Friendships are central to your world this week, particularly at the New Moon on Wednesday.  You may get the emotional support you need from a female friend.  Mental Mars gives you some strong opinions about what you value and why.  Money is a source of pride, or worry.  Either way, you may spend a lot of it this week!  The Moon enters Virgo at 10:24 AM, PDT, on Saturday.  Although it’s naturally narrow in focus, she gives you a shot of electric enthusiasm and an exciting change of pace.
Libra (September 23-October 22)
Now that you have Warrior Mars in your sign, you can take action easily.  The first big blessing comes Tuesday around  6:00 AM, PDT, when Mars gets a big hug from Santa Claus Jupiter.  This is the start of something good!  Get used to being seen.  Your life takes a public stage this week when Wednesday’s New Moon puts your feelings on your sleeve (9:24 PM, PDT).  Stern Saturn is still the ringmaster, and he loves maturity and sober commitment--only grown-ups need apply.  Your career benefits because of your heightened sensitivity and empathy with others.  Time to show the world what you can do!  

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)
The urge to get away from it all will be strong this week, especially leading up to the New Moon in your compatible sign, Cancer.  Underneath is a restlessness, and boredom that motivate you to break your routine.  Traveling in your mind will appeal to you since what you’re really after is exposure to new ideas that can revolutionize your life.  At the same time, Warrior Mars makes you impatient with bosses that don’t give you credit for your work.  You will be frustrated if you have to be in the background.  Show yourself!

Sagittarius (November 22-December 20)
You feel the tug, and inner urge, to do something about the state of affairs in the world around you.  Problem is, you won’t take kindly to anyone who opposes you. Intensity about your emotional experiences is heightened around midweek when the Cancer New Moon exposes you to powerful people and personal encounters.  Joint possessions may be a source of trouble.  Try to loosen controls.  Don’t just try to hold onto your original plans or a power struggle is guaranteed.  Warrior Mars is in your corner with high energy to reach your goals, most likely with the help of your friends.  

Capricorn (December 21-January 19)
You have the winning combo this week:  the New Moon on Wednesday is in your 7th house, and that same morning Jupiter aligns with Mars--peace guides your planet.  Your feelings regarding your most intimate relationships are heightened, and much more important to you.  At the same time, your ambition to achieve motivates you to work extremely hard--as long as you’re the boss.  The emotionality of this week has depth of feeling, but you’ll need to add an injection of objectivity.  

Aquarius (January 20-February 17)
You have a strong need to take better care of your personal life, and at the same time you’re asked to do a lot for others--even sacrifice something you need.  The pull on your emotions with Wednesday’s New Moon insists that you put your true feelings out there--don’t pretend somethings is okay with you when it’s not!  Warrior Mars gives you a burst of strength to defend your beliefs.  Your mind expands and you experience a new dimension of reality.  

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)
Your week begins with sweet dreams of being taken care of and accepted for who you truly are.  Einstein said:  “Imagination is more important than knowledge,”  and you’ve got plenty of both.  There’s no use trying to hide your feelings.  The nurturing New Moon in your compatible sign (Cancer) asks you to show your underbelly.  Risk vulnerability, so you have more depth in your love relationships.  A powerful confrontation can be the catalyst for transformation in your life, so watch Wednesday for close encounters of the mind expanding kind.  

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Swirling around in Cosmic Molasses?

Now that we’re on the other side of the 1st pinnacle (June 24th) of the clash of the Titans, Uranus (revolution) and Pluto (transformation), we have one remarkable example of how that energy is manifesting in our world.  

On July 3rd a culminating Full Moon triggered the public announcement that physicists had discovered the “key to the universe”!  Nicknamed the “God Particle,” it points the way to a new understanding of the nature of reality.  

Big stuff in the macrocosm, just as big in the microcosm.  What new discovery have you been making that is transforming your reality?

Expect the next quantum leap to become known in the weeks before and after September 19th, the date for the 2nd of the seven revolutionary pinnacles.  

This week we’re in-between the Full and the New Moon.  A time to re-coup and re-orient ourselves.  Sweep away the July 3rd Full Moon leftovers, the shredded papers of plans completed or let go.  Time to prepare and fertilize the soil for new seeds you’ll plant on July 18th.  

Uranus stations retrograde in Aries on Thursday, where for the next 5 months he’ll retrace the sizzling path he’s carved through the dark forests--all the way back to March 26th.  The outer changes must now be assimilated into your inner world.  Where have the first fissures appeared?  That is where the inner healing will now occur.

Ideas get a 25-day do-over beginning Saturday, July 14th, when Mental Mercury goes retro.  He’ll retrace his path back to June 26th, his first day in fiery Leo.  Notice your fire?

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.  Maya Angelou

The Force of sticking-together-like-molasses is with you.
Here’s your personal horoscope for the week of July 8, 2012:

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)
Sunday holds a gentle invitation to get honest with yourself about your hopes and dreams, and see through the haze currently on your horizon.  Your week jump starts when the Moon fires-up her impulses in Aries, beginning 5:14 AM, PDT, Monday.  It begins a lucky streak for you.  A few rash challenges to your relationships spark an irritating debate about who should wash the dishes.  You’re looking around for your usual assertiveness, but its low.  You want adventure and excitement.  It’s as if the red lights don’t apply to you--until Thursday when the god of lightning, who’s been hanging out in Aries, does an about face.  Your inner sense of worth and self-esteem are deepening and under review in the next 5 months.  

Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Sunday starts your week with a dreamy dive into the visionary waters of compassionate and poetic Pisces.  This is inner work so the windows to the world are a bit fogged over.  Save the sharing of your ideas for tomorrow when communications clear.  Meanwhile, remind yourself that fear has no place in your reality.  The Taurus Moon on Thursday is especially lovely for you as it reveals some hidden treasure (beginning 8:34 AM, PDT).  When the god of lightning goes retro Thursday, he’ll retrace the changes in your hopes and dreams that you’ve made during the past 5 months.  Then the retrograde Mercury begins Saturday, and you’ll re-do and re-think issues related to your home and family.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Your open-mindedness invites others to come share, but you have a keen eye to detect deception.  The beginning of the week may not be a time that you have the energy to assert yourself productively, but you have a lucky break around 5:00 PM, PDT, Monday. When Revolutionary Uranus turns his lightning bolts toward inner changes on Thursday, you’ll have a 5 month period when you’ll re-examine your place in groups and in your closest friendships.  Mercury in Leo is traveling through your house of communications, doubling the creative fire in your words.  He turns retrograde Saturday, July 14th at 7:09 PM, PST, and you’ll rework your best ideas over the next 25 days but they won’t be easily communicated until August 8th.  The Moon sails into Gemini at 5:27 AM, PDT, on Saturday and closes your week with some lofty ideals that want to be put into action. Pay attention to opportunity that presents itself around 8:00 PM Saturday evening--you’re lucky night!

Cancer (June 21-July 21)
You may not feel like you have the energy to take on an honest dialogue with anyone, even though it’s needed.  Your energy is turned inward at the beginning of this week, so use caution as the plans you make are likely to require a sacrifice, probably from you.  A head-on fender bender with the god of lightning to shakes up your bedtime hours and you may have to check your closet for monsters!  It may not feel like help, but the Aries Moon is loosening the grip of old fears.  This is a crisis of opportunity.  Friday the 13th is a very fortunate day for you.  The Cancer Sun and the Taurus Moon are happily at home with each other, and you get some well-deserved rest.  When Messenger Mercury goes retro on Saturday, he turns his back on outgoing messages, and delivers straight to your heart.  

Leo (July 22-August 22)
Your week begins with a foggy dose of confusion from a Visionary Neptune, and you find yourself swimming in deeply serious waters.  It’s hard to see what’s obscuring your actions with others.  You may find yourself on a seesaw when you try to get agreement with your partner.  Some heated bantering may be just the thing to clear the air.  You have trouble sitting still when a 4th of July aftershock ignites some unlit fireworks--right under your chair!  Messenger Mercury in Leo turns retrograde Saturday, so try to get your contracts signed and commitments sealed before then.  You’ll have 25 days of do-overs to remodel your  ideas so that they’re more in line with your distinctive style.

Virgo (August 23-September 22)
Warrior Mars has left your sign, so initially your attempts to assert yourself may prove ineffective and only generate confusion.  Don’t let this low ebb in energy discourage you.  It’s like trying to drive fast in a thick valley fog--best to wait for a clearing.  Letting go of an old idea gets easier when the Aries Moon lights a fire under your intentions early this week.  By Thursday you’re feeling energetic again and powerful enough to take on a deep issue.  What new discovery has been unearthed for you since March 26th?  You’ll feel happily at home with yourself by the end of the week, so take time to complete and clarify your communications before the Messenger planet goes retro on Saturday.  

Libra (September 23-October 22)
Early in this week the Aries Moon gives a causal but lucky wink at Generous Jupiter in Gemini, giving you a sense of ease and well being.  Even Friday the 13th looks lucky.  However Warrior Mars, now in Libra, is in an itchy opposition to Uranus in Aries.  Hard not to get caught in a touchy balancing act, feeling like you’re holding Nitroglycerin in each hand!  Lots of ups and downs. Still, keep your fair-mindedness, and your honesty will thwart any deception.  When Uranus stations retrograde in Aries on Thursday, you’re given a 5 month period to revisit your relationships and pick up any pieces you missed.  Old friends may reappear.  Say what you need to say before Saturday when Mental Mercury takes a contemplative retreat to the mountain tops.

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)
Sunday is tinged with a foggy dose of confusing dreams and visions, courtesy of Nebulous Neptune in the deeply unconscious waters of Pisces where he simply has no boundaries!  You may not feel like you have the energy to take on an honest dialogue with someone, even though it’s needed.  But it’s important to take this week to express yourself in important business and personal matters, especially contracts, before Mental Mercury goes retrograde Saturday, July 14th at 7:09 PM, PST, in your house of career.  The Cancer Sun and the Taurus Moon are happily at home with each other at the end of this week, offering you the opportunity for rest and relaxation.  

Sagittarius (November 22-December 20)
Honesty is your best talent, so the dreamy fog that Neptune throws over the truth won’t phase you!  But be cautious of deception around you during the first part of this week.  
Mars, now in Libra, is shaking your world with some sudden shifts in relationships.  Instead of a stand off, try to accept the differences.  Pull them in for a closer look.  
When Uranus makes his U Turn on Thursday, you will redesign your creativity to give your Self more freedom of expression.  Messenger Mercury in fiery Leo turns retrograde Saturday, until August 8th.  You’ll re-think your philosophy of life, but it won’t be easy to express it to others at this time.

Capricorn (December 21-January 19)
Sunday has a bit of foggy thinking, especially around your hopes and dreams for the future.  Your plans will become clear after a deep dive into Pluto’s underworld and a bit of rearranging your childhood conditioning. This can open a fissure where fears have been locked away, but it’s part of your healthy revolution--to recoil from what hurts you as if it’s a hot burner.  A beautiful harmony descends Thursday evening when your pal, the comfy Taurus Moon, offers you a shoulder to lean on and some well deserved rest.  It’s been a long trek through the dark forest (since Pluto entered Capricorn) but recently you’ve made miraculous discoveries--finding the key to happiness.

Aquarius (January 20-February 17)
It’s impossible to sit still!  So much mental stimulation around you that confusion may set in!  Shore up your boundaries against any dishonesty or deception, especially in the first part of this week.  You’re swimming in some foggy waters right now, and your energy is low (for you that is!).  Monday evening holds a lucky opportunity--take it.  When Mental Mercury makes his U turn this Saturday (July 14th at 7:09 PM, PST), it’s in your house of partnerships.  So the next 25 days you’ll review what’s been said and discover what you really think about it all.  

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)
Visionary Neptune in your deeply compassionate waters has created a low lying fog over your hopes.  Don’t let this temporary confusion of boundaries discourage you from asserting your truth.  Issues of honesty and deception color the first half of this week.  Try to get clear about who owns what and who’s doing what to whom before Mental Mercury goes retro on Saturday, July 14th at 7:09 PM, PST.  You get do-overs in your work for the next 25 days.  Friday the 13th is a fortunate day for you with the Sun in nurturing Cancer snuggled up to a pleasure-loving Taurus Moon.  What new discovery have you made with the 1st pinnacle of revolution (June 24th)?  What really holds your world together?

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Set yourself free!

Don’t be fooled, Darth Vader is wearing a mask!  It’s all threats and firecrackers to spook you.  

You know too well the relentless voice of that dictator in your head, selling false promises and rehashed excuses for why you can’t be free.   Lightning bolts have sparked a rebellion that’s still spreading like wildfire.  A transformed world is rising from the ashes, and phoenixes are rising everywhere.  One Avatar at a time.  

Mars is finishing his fact-checking mission in Virgo that started on 11/11/11.  This go-out-and-get-what-you-want warrior rarely spends more than 7 weeks in one sign, but with Virgo’s precision he spent 7 months sculpting a new sword that he now unsheathes to defend the peace in Libra.  

The worlds famous lovers, Venus and Mars, are finally back sync this Tuesday.  For the next 5 weeks they are in intellectual air signs, so if it’s true that your sex drive is between your ears, the time is ripe for romance.  
The Force of lift off is with you.
The week of July 1, 2012

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)
In keeping with the 4th of July, you don't take kindly to anyone restricting your freedom. You’re on the move, and swiftly, as you start this week with the independent spirit of the Sagittarius Moon.  Get outdoors and have an adventure.  You may have to put up with the irritation of a fender bender on Monday, but you can celebrate the open air relief of a grumpy Warrior Mars finally getting out of in Virgo at 5:33 AM, PDT, on Tuesday.  This ends a 7 month period of nose to the grindstone lightens up your goals and actions.  Lift your sights to a peaceful horizon.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)
As the week begins, a blast of fresh air helps you out of an ol’ rut on Monday.  If you’ve dug your heels in, refusing to change, you’ll have the impetus to free yourself this week.  The Full Moon in Capricorn on Tuesday (11:53 AM, PDT) helps you balance your work and home life, your inner and outer needs, to be very fulfilling for you.  Time to reassess your net worth, and count the value of your inner resources.  Have you put up with anything that enslaves you for the sake of being comfortable?  Take a risk and create an adventure that pushes the edge of your comfort zone.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Beginning Monday afternoon, you have a cool-down period for your emotions, as the reserved Capricorn Moon focuses your attention on serious work issues.  Focus is possible for all those fleeting inspirations to be put into a systematic plan.  You get the necessary practicality with the Full Moon Tuesday at 11:53 AM, PDT.  Close the books and balance the budget.  You get lift off later that day when Mars in Libra ushers in a 7 week period of easy and fortuitous action.  Just don’t stop the flow of energy by looking for approval or cooperation from others--it’s a do-it-yourself project.   

Cancer (June 21-July 21)
You’ll feel the need for a security check at the beginning of the week, as you mood has a serious tone leading up to the earthy Capricorn Full Moon on Tuesday (11:53 AM, PDT).  Are you building the assets you need--both inner and outer? You’re finishing a long 7 months of careful planning and now you’re called to take some uncomfortably risky action.  But getting out of your comfort zone will build some adventure into your life will lift your spirits.  

Leo (July 22-August 22)
You’re in a freedom-loving mood as you start your week with a trip through the lofty ideals of the Sagittarius Moon.  What is worth fighting for?  You’ll feel emotionally cautious on Monday, as you slow down to do a security check of your perimeters.  The Full Moon in down to earth Capricorn on Tuesday asks:  Bills paid?  Budget realistic? But hang on, your creativity and fresh ideas seems to suddenly re-emerge on Tuesday when your energy gets lightened up by Warrior Mars lifting your goals to a bigger horizon.  Then Friday is happily productive and you see your problems practically solving themselves!  An effortless, happy end to the week.  

Virgo (August 23-September 22)
You’ve enjoyed a 7 month period with go-get-um Warrior Mars in your corner, helping you craft yourself a new and powerful way of getting what you want.  You’ll feel a little grumpy leading up to Tuesday, because you’re pressured to shift gears from your carefully systematic plans to a larger social arena where you have to take into account the needs of many others.  The Capricorn Full Moon on Tuesday is a time for you to harvest the fruits of 7 months of hard work.  Friday is a wonderfully peaceful easy feeling  and you sympathy and compassion, first for yourself, are aroused.  The goddess of love is on your shoulder and the only down side is a little overindulgence in beautiful things--no problem if you have an unlimited budget!

Libra (September 23-October 22)
If anyone tries to restrict your freedom, you’ll ride right over them (gracefully) on your way to open ground.  You know all those calls to action that have been churning around in your head the past 7 months?  Sing “Hallelujah” Tuesday (5:33 AM, PDT) when you get a big boost of action energy that will give you the chutzpah to make things happen for the next 7 weeks!  Warrior Mars will be in Libra--your own personal Knight in shining armour.  This marks an enormously productive time.  Make waves!  Stare down Darth Vader and disarm his wrath.  It’s your turn to take the lead.  Friday is your luckiest day when the Aquarius Moon forms a beautiful partnership with Saturn in Libra (8:48 AM, PDT) and everything's goin’ your way!

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)
You may be tempted to engage in emotional power plays Monday and Tuesday, as you see others driven by self-centered seeking.  Keep your integrity in tack by focusing on the larger social responsibilities of fair play and justice.  You’re finishing a 7 month period of systematically placing yourself in the best possible position for success.  The Full Moon in Capricorn on Tuesday is a culminating time for your ambitions.  Get it in writing now.  The next 7 weeks will feel “loosey goosey” to you and shake you into social situations you’d rather avoid.  However, this is the time to take off your mask of calm control.  Show your softer side.

Sagittarius (November 22-December 20)
You open your week galloping on the horseback of an overly adventurous Sagittarius Moon.  But enjoy Sunday’s free-wheeling  ride because you’ll run into a grumpy mood on Monday that will only last ‘til around 4:15 PM, PDT.  But it stops you long enough to show you where you need to change.  The Full Moon in Capricorn reveals what you need to do to put practical feet on your ambitions.  Then, you get the wind in your sails for the next 7 weeks when Warrior Mars takes action in relationship oriented Libra, you friendly sidekick.  You’ll strive for harmony in your social sphere and bring peace to any relationship discord.  

Capricorn (December 21-January 19)
An itch for freedom makes you just uncomfortable enough to break out of some rut or obsession that has restricted you.  More than all the other zodiac signs, you are called to the unmasking of Darth Vader--to look softly at your wounds.  The Moon settles down in Capricorn on Monday at 4:12 PM, PDT, so your moods put on practical feet.  The Full Moon in your sign on Tuesday at 11:53 AM, PDT, brings provocative contrasts between your ambitions and your home life.  You are closing a major chapter in your life.  What has been hidden is illuminated.  Risk the uncertainty of being a hitchhiker through some unknown territory.  

Aquarius (January 20-February 17)
A lively start to your week has you embracing the freedoms you love, and determined to keep them.  The earthy Capricorn Full Moon may be irritatingly cool, calm and collected, but it’s right up your alley--it helps you focus on the larger social responsibilities of fair play and justice.  “Hallelujah” is what you’ll be shouting Tuesday when Warrior Mars breaks out of his rut in picky Virgo, where both of you have been stuck since 11/11/11.  You now will have the wind at your back for the next seven weeks, and your actions will seem easily harmonic and your relationships blessed with grace.   Friday the Moon sails into Aquarius (5:25 PM, PDT) and that’s when the party really begins!!

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)
It’s perhaps an irritating start to the week when foot-in-mouth Sagittarius contaminates your moods with reckless adventures Sunday and Monday.  Just pay the speeding ticket and move on!  With the Full Moon in Capricorn on Tuesday at 11:53 AM, PDT,  it’s harvest time for your ambitions.   Reassess your net worth and count your inner and outer resources.  Don't’ let Capricorn’s seriousness and insecurity land on your delicate self-worth.  Friday evening the Moon in Pisces (9:29 PM, PDT) sweetens the end of your week with sympathy for your wounds and unconditional love for yourself.