Lunar Eclipse in Aries

The shift hits the fan!  Friday at 4:37 PM, PDT, the Aries Moon will oppose the Libra Sun in an exact alignment with the Earth, creating a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse that offers you an exquisitely brief opportunity to refresh and reload.  During this celestial timeout, as the

electromagnetic field is briefly interrupted, ask yourself: “ Am I on the beam?  How’s my balance?  Am I fulfilling my own needs at the same time I’m honoring yours?”  

In the space between breaths, that decisive moment between the inhale and exhale, you pause at the brink.  Disengage the autopilot, give the driver’s seat to God, and question your direction.   

Tuesday is a jackpot of ideas.   Warrior Mars hikes into the hard working fields of Virgo.   His lion’s courage, gathered in Leo, is put to practical use for the next seven weeks.  He’s certain that perfection is possible if all the i’s are dotted and the t’s crossed.    

♡ Date Night:  Venus in Sagittarius and Mars in Virgo

Any weekend that starts with a Full Moon Eclipse in a fire sign is going to get hot! Relationships are in for an edgy realignment that’s very expansive, even extreme.  Since Tuesday, when Warrior Mars entered down-to-earth Virgo, the cosmic lovers are once again out of sync.  She’s all about adventure and he’s absorbed in his do-it-yourself project.  Take this space to walk parallel, yet close.

The Force of craftsmanship is with you.

Here’s your horoscope for the week of October 13-19, 2013:

(★ Astrology Wonks see bottom of page)

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)

Mars enters your sign in your 6th house of work this Tuesday and for the next seven weeks you approach work with the skills and energetic hard work of a mechanical engineer.  Your self-esteem grows with knowing that it’s a job well done.  You’ll have little patience with lazy people, but remember no one moves as fast as you do!

The Aries Full Moon Eclipse in your sign will be in your 1st solar house of self-confidence, self-expression this Friday.  You're both very impressionable and very intuitive.  Expect powerful “aha’s” that change the way you feel about yourself.  

Taurus ♉ (April 20-May 20)

Cheerleading, coaching your students on to victory, comes naturally to you.  Warrior Mars enters your 5th house of creativity this Tuesday, giving you the talents of a brilliant sculptor who shapes the world into a form that’s perfect for you.  You may be uncharacteristically impatient when it comes to courtship and romance, but the aggressive energy you have in that area will help you go after what you want.  The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 12th house of spiritual completion this Friday.  You can get in touch with emotional gold if you let guilt wash away doubt.  

Gemini ♊ (May 21-June 20)

Home improvements and a strong need to take control of your domestic life will drive your energy for the next seven weeks.  Mars enters your 4th house of home and family this Tuesday, stirring some compulsive patterns to the surface.  Notice where you’re ready to fight for something you don’t even need!  Your do-it-yourself energy will land you in the “home” your heart desires.  The culminating energy of the Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 11th house of friends this Friday.  Time to free yourself from the opinions and reactions of friends.  Take this time to be alone and stabilize your feelings.  (Yes, this means sitting down!)

Cancer ♋ (June 21-July 21)

Mars enters your 3rd house of communications this Tuesday; your mind is pinging with ideas and your inbox loaded.  The next seven weeks will be a time of quick thinking resourcefulness, the kind that people need in an emergency.  Your foot may be quick on the gas pedal too, so easy does it.   The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 10th house of career ambitions this Friday bringing to a pinnacle the projects you’ve had cookin’.  You deserve recognition for the work you’ve done, and the eclipse will bring some Thank You’s.

Leo ♌ (July 22-August 22)

You’re focused on financial gain, which is very possible with the enterprising mind you’ll have with Warrior Mars in you house of money and resources.  For the next seven weeks, you’re keenly competitive and enterprising.  As long as you don’t spend it as fast as you make it, this will be a successful time for business.  The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 9th house of the higher mind this Friday so expect epiphanies and brains-on-fire.  Notice your intuitive promptings, especially if they lead you away from bias formed in childhood.  The urge for adventure is peaked, especially adventures in spiritual understanding.  

Virgo ♍ (August 23-September 22)

Warrior Mars enters your sign in your house of self-confidence this Tuesday, making the next seven weeks the most outgoing time of the year for you.  You’ll have a surgical precision in the way you approach your tasks at work.  Your organizational skills are at their all time high because they’re backed up with effective action.  The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 8th house of transformation this Friday, setting your feelings on fire.  It’s an inner volcano that can change the landscape for good.

Libra ♎ (September 23-October 22)

Warrior Mars enters your 12th house of the poet and guru this Tuesday.  This is a time of self-transcendence in which ego drives take a back seat to spirituality.  You’ll march through the shadows of your unconscious mind for the next seven weeks, and ferret out the hopes and dreams that are most in tune with your destiny.   The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 7th house of  partnerships this Friday, shifting the relationship ground you’re standing on.   Being too independent cuts off the security you seek, because it denies your connectedness.  You’re very tuned in to others right now, which joins you in the spiritual union you long for the most.  

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)

This is not a good time to go it alone, especially in business.  Warrior Mars enters your 11th house of friendships this Tuesday, making you most successful when working as part of a team.   You need to coordinate rather than lead, but without sacrificing what you want.   The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 6th house of work this Friday, bringing to a close the projects you’ve worked on and adding a focus to your health and diet.  Aries has a way of burning out destructive habits (and relationships) in the interest of traveling light and starting fresh.  Clean the slate.  Love will write it’s message in the space you leave empty.  

Sagittarius ♐ (November 22-December 20)

Fame is in your future during the next seven weeks.  You may not make the headlines, but your initiative and ambition are at an all time high!  Warrior Mars enters your 10th house of career ambitions this Tuesday making this a time of practical achievement and improved status.  The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will bring fireworks your 5th house of creativity and romance this Friday.  It’s a very fertile opportunity for you to speculate about what could be.  Remember your feelings are not facts, and act on intuition.  Take a gamble...

Capricorn ♑ (December 21-January 19)

Mars enters your 9th house of higher mind this Tuesday, energizing your travel plans in both the inner and outer worlds.  That crusader for integrity, your true Self, steps up to the microphone.  You’ll assert yourself with a zeal that lets others know exactly what’s important to you.  You’re looking for experiences, adventures, that will open up new dimensions of reality.  The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will bring an extra beam of happiness into your home and family life this Friday.  Wherever the sparks are flying, that’s where change is needed.  

Aquarius ♒ (January 20-February 17)

You may create a confrontation, or welcome one, in order to force a transformation of the old order and welcome the new.  Warrior Mars is energizing a persistence and emotional intensity that really helps you got stuff done!   For the next seven weeks you’ve got power at your fingertips (and some sexual magic to go with it!).   And if that’s not enough, the Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 3rd house of communications this Friday putting a few firecrackers in your mailbox.  Your thoughts are inflamed with imagination.  A little daydreaming would do you good.  

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)

Public relations and diplomacy are the areas where you can accomplish a great deal over the next seven weeks.   Warrior Mars enters your  7th house of relationships this Tuesday and it’s no more Mr. Nice Guy!  You’re uncharacteristically self-assertive so you can really clear the air if there are conflicts.  You’re in no mood to compromise, but your desire for harmony will energize you to work things through.  The Aries Full Moon Eclipse will be in your 2nd house of resources this Friday, suggesting a new deal.  Your hunches about the market are right on.

✶ Astrology Wonks

Sunday the show-me-the-proof Aquarius Moon stresses Serious Saturn in Scorpio at 6:21 AM, PDT, and squares Mercury at 12:57 PM.  You can see the dark side, but living in the light is a better conscious choice.  The Aquarius Moon does some serious research on the power of positive thinking, and questions it’s validity.

The Aquarius Moon is still busy on Monday when she opposes Mars in Leo at 9:29 AM.  An intellectual debate could turn angry or break the doors of perception.  Peace descends on this stressful Monday when the Moon leaves the Aquarian ivory towers of intellect for the softly poetic waters of Pisces at 2:05 PM, PDT.  Boundaries blur and edginess dissolves into the collective consciousness of empathic understanding.   

Warrior Mars cools his heels this Tuesday when he hikes into the hard working fields of Virgo at 4:04 AM, PDT.  The precision craftsman arrives, chisel in hand, ready to work out the details.  He’s off to a productive start with the help of the Pisces Moon lightning a pathway to a harmonious working relationship with Powerful Pluto and Messenger Mercury.

Venus in Sagittarius makes a sparkling trine with lightning bolt Uranus this Wednesday afternoon at 3:04 PM.  If your relationship needs some pep, this couple will light a fire of unexpected brilliance.  The Moon adds to the fireworks when she arrives in Aries Wednesday evening at 6:17 PM. Take a break before you burn out.  

The Moon in Aries sets off the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square this Thursday morning.  It’s prep work for November 1st that insists on being changed at depth.  Like it or not.  

Friday’s Lunar Eclipse at 4:37 PM, PDT, is square Jovial Jupiter in Cancer.  Bending over backwards to keep the peace at home will seem like the normal thing to do!

The Moon settles down in Taurus for a massage and a gourmet meal when she slows the emotional pace to a steady crawl this Saturday at 12:26 AM.  Finally, relax.