Venus Trine Saturn

Today, Friday January 22 at 1:07am (EST) Venus in Aquarius trines Saturn in Libra.

What a perfect aspect for tonight's telethon for Haiti. Venus rules things that we value which is why it rules Money and Love. Saturn is concrete results and structure. Aquarius rules television, groups and social causes and Libra rules partnerships and contracts. All of this should make for a successful night to generate tons of money for the global telethon to help Haiti.

Turn on your TV, it will be everywhere. Thank god.

In terms of your personal life? Look for structure from your loved ones. Offer something of value to those who support you. It is all good in the hood.

Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm --"Rut Ro"

I actually don't know what to make of this......but in the last week there has been over 1000 earthquakes in Yellowstone.

More than 1,000 small to moderate earthquakes have been recorded in Yellowstone National Park since Sunday, according to the National Park Service.

That’s more than half the total annual average in the park — 1,600 a year. Last year, a swarm of more than 800 quakes near Yellowstone Lake was recorded in late December and early January. All told, more than 1,650 earthquakes were recorded in the park in 2009.

I highlighted the interesting part--last YEAR, 1,650 quakes---and in ONE week, 1,000---

Let us hope THIS has nothing to do with a Supervolcano which would then explain the Cardinal Climax, wouldn't it?

Saturn Square Pluto ---A Supreme Problem

As I mentioned here and here and here we are experiencing a hideous square between Saturn in Libra and Pluto in Capricorn. The tension is great but certainly on days where the aspect is exact the pain is a bit concentrated (to say the least) . The first hit took place on November 15 and the second is January 31.

And, OMG it showed up in the most perfectly (hideous) way. Contracts and legal maneuvers are in landscape of Libra and god knows business and money is Capricorn. I was only partly joking when I wrote on Capricorn new moon that one of my favorite lyrics, "I've got my mind on money and my money on my mind" would be the calling call of the month and never was it more true than the Supreme Court's mindbogglingly ruling yesterday. If you have not heard the supreme court ruling overturned the limit on campaign donations by businesses. Now the roads are clear for a politician who plays ball with let's say Big Pharms to have Eli Lilly or Merck donate endless shovels of cold hard cash to their campaign. And I can't say it any better than this:

"We are moving to an age where we won't have the senator from Arkansas or the congressman from North Carolina, but the senator from Wal-Mart and the congressman from Bank of America," said Melanie Sloan, director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Saturn Square Pluto is in the house. We will continue to feel the pressure of these two planets although it will dissipate a bit in the spring but then build up for big ass peak in August and then come back again in the Spring and Summer of 2011. I would say, we should expect more shit to hit the fan but I dunno, maybe people will see through this crap.


And fwiw, also yesterday there was a big drop in the Dow. Of which I say, "no shit, sherlock."

ETA: I was poking around on NodeOrama (see link on the right) and MsGeminiRising posted a link to her blog which had a great note Jupiter in Pisces and this Judicial Move. She is completely correct on it. Give it a read.

ETA2: I had inadvertantly written 1/21 for the exact square. Total typo...it is 1/31

Just a weird thought

Sometimes I just have to share weird stuff and in this case the weird stuff is not a fish that walks (although I like that thought) it is something that has been rambling around in my brain in the last few days. Now right off the bat I need to share that Uranus in Pisces is ending its very long stay in my 12th house. Uranus is the oddest planet in the zodiac, where ever it goes it brings the strange, unusual and goofy. The 12th house is the mysterious, unworldly, SciFi house and it can be the crazy house. Although, actually there is crazy in every house but at the very least the 12th house is a very active imagination house.
Having said all of that---let me tell you some stuff I can't shake.

As we all know Haiti is THE news story and I have had a crash course in the history of the island like the rest of you. One thing I knew before the earthquake was that Christopher Columbus landed on Haiti when he "discovered" America and within two hundred years it was a vital colony to Europe and a slave state. What I have learned since the Earthquake (as the various news agencies filed their stories) is that Haiti had a successful slave result around the time of the French Revolution and became a free black republic. ( The only one is our hemisphere). And now here we are with the first African American president who has no ancestral history of slavery in a position to help Haiti who is perhaps in its most dire strait since slavery. I feel like there is this huge cosmic connection which I can't prove but it keeps rattling around in my brain as I try to connect some dots. Then fate kind of messed with Uranus in my 12th house one more time when one of the other news stories to come out yesterday was a gun man in Virginia was arrested in Appomattox, Virgina where of course The Civil War ended. I don't believe I have ever seen Appomattox in a major news story in my lifetime. Seriously, it is only a name I know from history books or that perfunctory scene where Robert Lee and Sherman signed something and handed a pistol or did something that some guy at MGM directed them to do.
Anyway, all I keep thinking is that there is some huge cosmic, karmic thing going on. I don't know what it is but I can't shake it.
I may come back with an astro angle but for right now it could just be my own personal astro in the mix as Uranus sends electricity to some goofy part of my brain as it wraps up it's final months in my 12 house.

And if you don't mind, I must now walk my fish.

Aquarius

The Sun moves into Aquarius January 19 11:28pm.





For those of you born under Aquarius you should be getting a treat this year. Something new and exciting (which always rings your bell) is coming your way. This Spring, your Ruling Planet Uranus is moving out of Pisces where it has been since 2003 and into something QUITE different--Aries. Holy Moly, get out of the way, the teacher is giving you a permission slip to go out into the hall and run like hell!!!! Uranus makes the move in late May and spends a lot of summer in Aries where you will be itching to do something different, to make moves in your life that give you more freedom and or take care of you. In late August Uranus will retrograde back in Pisces and you'll feel a bit calmer, perhaps rethinking some of your actions since May. Not necessarily regret but just 'rethinking it'. But then in 2011 Uranus will go right back in Aries and everything you did back in May-July this year will make sense. Uranus will remain in Aries until 2019. So, you have a lot of time to work out that independent energy Aries sends your way.

As always, we still have Neptune in Aquarius and those born in late Aquarius ( Feb 13-Feb 17) are feeling woozy, dreamy and fuzzy a lot of the year. No one likes to talk about how stubborn you guys are but you Aquarius can be pit bulls. Sure your independence and stick-to- itness has gotten you far in the world but it has also effed things up for you. And in the quiet of the night you think about that part of your 'dogma'. Now those of you born in this window will have Neptune dissolving some of those opinions. It does not mean you lose your center but frankly it is dissolving the part of you that is so stuck you are rusty. This is why you will be dreamy and unsure of stuff. That is a great place to start as you figure out what is next. If you are not sure how to handle this it starts with, "I know I always did, said, ate, went, played, visited, etc _______ (fill in the blank) but I dunno, I'm not so sure I want it any more."

The beginning of the year will bring a lot of energy as Mars is in your opposite of your sign stirring up some angst and drama. You could be very busy and you could be short fused but by June it will dissipate.

Jupiter in Pisces

Many apologies for not getting this up this weekend. It was MLK three day holiday here in the states and I took the opportunity to clean some crazy closets in my house and I could not make it to my computer without a hand grenade. You know how it is when you pull everything out of closets! What a mess.

Anyway, on Sunday Jupiter moved into Pisces. For those of you who missed my New Moon article I will re post here what I wrote about Jupiter's move into Pisces. I will note one thing that there were ten people rescued yesterday out of Haiti which lines up to my suggestion that we should expect some miracles with Jupiter. Fwiw--I posted the article the day before the Earthquake.


WASHINGTON — Search and rescue teams from the United States on Sunday pulled a record 10 people alive from the rubble of quake-struck Port-au-Prince, according to the US Agency for International Development.
"According to rescue officials, this is the largest number of rescues in a single day in decades of earthquake search and rescue efforts," USAID said on Monday.




“I hear church bells” Jupiter in Pisces

While all this Capricorn energy is going on---Jupiter will make its annual move from one sign into another. In this case after a year in Aquarius, Jupiter is moving into Pisces on January 17 which is still New Moon. Like Mercury turning direct on New, this is a very auspicious move. I would venture that we are all going to be keen on the spiritual or religious component of our life this lunar phase. Perhaps a lot of us will note that there is a big hole where there should be spirit.

The last time Jupiter was in Pisces was 1998-1999 and we can all look back to those diaries for a little insight. What we do know is that Jupiter is grand and big and it is expanding humanitarian and spiritual interests in the sign Pisces. Jupiter is also the judge so if we see some religion zealots going nuts we’ll be inclined to call them on it. Meditation and mysticism will draw large numbers but again, everything had better be on the up and up. On Feb 6 (Balsamic) Jupiter will make a nice aspect with Pluto. Something foreign like a person or idea, or concept could come into our world and bring something positive and practical. Perhaps it is directly related to the goals we set on New Moon. Or maybe we just get a much needed boost of confidence. We should not be surprised if we see something amazing if not a pure MIRACLE take place in and around that week in the news.

Personally, where you have Pisces in your chart will determine what energy Jupiter brings into your life. Pisces on the 3rd house? Expect some big stuff with siblings or neighbors or your communication in general. Pisces on the 5th house, love affairs and play, entertainment will be grand and fun. But of course not everything is at it seems when it comes to Pisces. There can be disillusionment and at the very least a highly evolved imagination. So, watch the bigness and make sure self deception is not in the mix. You can find you’re your own chart by going here http://www.astro.com/cgi/genchart.cgi

Mars Retrograde Leo

Back in December on the Sagittarius New Moon article I mentioned that Mars would be turning retrograde on December 20. I wrote:

On December 20, Mars will turn retrograde. Normally, Mars moves pretty fast in a sign but this is one of those times when it is in a sign for about a year forcing us to get the message of the sign. Leo teaches us how to personalize things. How to own it and make it our’s. Mars in Leo is a lot of actions based on personal desires. Yep, Leo is also about EGO and I’m sure there will be some loud noisy braggarts who are going to get their asses kicked while Mars goes backward (until March 2010). But at the same time if there are some of you who are shy and don’t share your valuable traits and talents and hide in shadows---well, knock it off. Did it occur to you, that shyness is hurting others? Still fighting me on it? Then don’t blame me when your hiding comes back and bites you in the ass too.

I must say as one who knows a bit about late comedy (we'll leave it at that) there is enough ego battling going on right now to make Shakespeare rewrite King Lear into KingLateNight. Jay's experiment lays a goose egg, Conan fights back, Dave not missing an opportunity to zest Jay. Jimmy Kimmel getting in there with his two cents and pretty much every comedian who has or has not been in front of a camera in the last five years is getting out in front to be heard.
This is all ego.
To me it is all silly.
I remember years ago when I learned Civil War History, the point that was made about the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimak was not which boat succeeded (by the way historians consider it a draw) but the fact that both boats were made out of metal. Two dinky boats (by today's standards) duking it out in Chesapeake bay were not the big deal. The big deal was that at that time England ruled the waves with THE most powerful navy. Except for the fact that all their boats were made out of wood. The United States and the Confederacy had in one small battle made the British Navy obsolete.

Every year there are fewer and fewer homes watching television. The internet pretty much has wiped the audiences off the map and the ones that are still there will continue to dwindle.
So, this battle between late night hosts is really silly. Their format is on the road to obsoletion.

It is also worth noting that the week that this battle was suppose to be at its apex Haiti imploded. The Universe could not give it the attention. How perfectly Mars Retrograde in Leo! Also in the mix Sarah Palin launched her new television career on Fox and with barely a comment from anyone--- as once again, all eyes were on Haiti.

I predict more ego bruising in the next few months but watch to see if the Universe gives it much oxygen.