Looking ahead

10/12: Mercury/Neptune: Inspired conversation, thoughts about resources, vague hints

10/13: Mercury enters Scorpio http://astrology.about.com/od/mercury/p/MercuryScorpio.htm


10/13:Venus/Pluto: Resources and practical application of them. Money/Love power in both.

10/13:Sun/Saturn: Responsible in relationships/partnerships. Everyone has to “man up”.

10/14: Venus/Jupiter: Tension in resources. Spending is high, money feels low. Accent on sex and properties.

Full Moon Aries

Full Moon Aries
October 11 2011
10:05pm EDT

Aries Full Moon

After two intense weeks of being focused on our partners and others and negotiating and finding balance we get Aries Full Moon where we get to be about #1 again. The Moon in Aries inspires action, movement, getting up and doing something new, breaking new ground and putting” Self” in the mix.

This Full Moon has Saturn on top of Sun and opposes Moon so we are not playing for sport. With Saturn, pessimism and insecurity abound. We feel serious. But there is a trine with Mars so we are energized. We are fired up and we want our actions to mean something. It is not good enough just to shoot off our mouth, although there will be plenty of that with Aries and Mars. Finding respect in volatility will be a challenge but must be achieved. Libra seeks balance and wants what is fair. What to do with legitimate anger? What to do with responsibility? What to do when others shirk responsibility? And what do we look like when we harness bitterness?

There will be bumps this full moon. Sometimes bumps slow people down and sometimes if you are going fast enough, a bump will send you out of control, flying through the air. Soft landings not likely.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

What do we know?

We know Mr. Jobs was a Pisces, we know he was brilliant (typical Pisces), we know he had Moon in Aries, dear lord his temper was somewhat legendary and we know that he was born with Jupiter conjunct Uranus in Cancer. That probably speaks more to the Steve Jobs that WE all know more than anything.

Uranus rules technology and Jupiter rules Big. Can we get any bigger than Apple?

I mentioned to a friend that the technology of Apple and how it changed the world is just a hair short of Man getting on horse for the first time. World altering for sure.

Astrologers have written about Steve Jobs for years. Here's a discussion on the old Lois Rodden site that goes into the ins and outs of his chart but if you google you will find tons.

My own thoughts about the chart are more about us, than him.

What does it mean to lose the head of a visionary company at this time? This is what I am pondering. We are heading into extraordinary times between Uranus and Pluto and new technology will certainly be at the forefront. Will something collapse and a new technological solution must be found? Will industry desperately need a new solution under dire circumstances? With a Pluto square the word 'dire' is not an overstatement.

There is a lot in front of us and Steve Jobs will not be there. I can't help but recall back in May when Mark Haines (CNBC) died and I wrote about the Solar Eclipse
in Cancer and what was surely going to be a rough economy this summer. I had such a pit in my stomach that we would not have Haines to call some shots as he saw them.
Similarly, in spring of 2008, Tim Russert died and every astrologer on planet earth knew what we had in front of us in terms of the US general elections and Russert would not be there to call it the way he saw it.

All of this is to say, I think we will have a vacuum in 2012 with Jobs gone. He was not a broadcaster like Haines & Russert so it is not about him calling the shots but more about how he would have lead his company to solutions.

This is a a loss for us in so many ways.

Lynn Hayes on Occupy Wall Street

Lynn Hayes rang in on Occupy Wall Street yesterday and she shared a fact that I did not know. I had been putting the emphasis of the movement on the September 17th when the protesters rallied for the first time and it was the date which made sense given Pluto turned direct. But apparently the movement actually started in July which also makes sense given that was when we were almost on the exact square.



If you actually read the Occupy Wall Street website information it’s clear that the movement does have a very clear purpose, which is to bring America back into the hands of the people (Uranus in Aries) and out of the hands of the corporations (Pluto in Capricorn).

Even though the protests didn’t begin until September 17th, The Occupy Wall Street movement actually began on July 13th with this call to action. At the time, Uranus and Pluto were about as close to the square formation (about a degree apart) as they would get in 2011. (The actual cycle doesn’t begin until 2012.)



Read more: http://blog.beliefnet.com/astrologicalmusings/#ixzz1ZoyxlQK6

David Crook

David Crook who I enjoy posted his own take on the Wall Street protestors this weekend.

Here is a snippet:

Saturday, October 01, 2011
The American Revolution & Uranus-Pluto


The Occupy Wall Street protest which began Sept. 17 could be the match that lights the fire of an American revolution linked to the formative Uranus-Pluto square. This epic planetary alignment was sharply focused in the US capital at the 9/27 Libra New Moon. But perhaps more importantly- the transiting Uranus/Pluto(midpoint) is activating the 1965 Uranus-Pluto seed chart that embodies the radical ideas and energies of this mundane cycle now at it's 'crisis of action' phase- the waxing square.

The first of the three Uranus-Pluto conjunctions occurred at 17 Virgo on Oct. 11, 1965. The Ascendant in Washington, DC = 18.53 Aquarius. Transiting Mercury, the messenger, conjoined 17 Virgo on Sept. 18, 2011 as the Occupy Wall Street protest movement was birthed. Also relevant, was the 9/29/11 Venus-Saturn conjunction that hit the antiscion(shadow/mirror point) of Saturn's 10/11/65 position- and Saturn rules the 1965 Uranus-Pluto seed chart Ascendant(19 Aquarius).



The Oct. 11, 2011 Aries Full Moon opposes Saturn(checks and balances) in Libra, the sign of social justice. At that time the Uranus/Pluto (midpoint) = 18.29 Aquarius. And as Pluto only recently went direct, while Uranus is retrograde until the Dec. 10 lunar eclipse, this powerful midpoint is moving slowly backward toward President Obama's Ascendant- but will not exactly conjunct. President Obama's (8/4/61 at 7:24 pm, Honolulu) natal Ascendant = 18.09 Aquarius.

As an astrological principle, Uranus/Pluto represents "The process of transformation. The collapse of the old order of things, the construction of the new. Revolution." (Reinhold Ebertin) Therefore, President Obama with his Ascendant at 18 Aquarius, is a major player in the expression of these collective energies for radical change and upheaval informed by the current Uranus-Pluto square. And it definitely looks like the spirit of revolution has finally awakened here in the good old US of A.Transiting Mars reaching 18 Leo (-180- 18 Aquarius) on Oct. 20 is a timing factor for important mundane events linked to the Uranus-Pluto world aspect.

Look ahead

Special Focus:
10/1: Sun/Jupiter: Watch the opinions. Small losses over big theories.
10/3: Mars/Jupiter: Rough and tumble aspect that pits big actions that are ego driven versus desire to control and hold on to status quo. Both are wrong and both are right.

First Quarter Moon
October 3, 11:15pm EDT

Focus on: A terrific phase to act like a CEO and get some crap accomplished! What did you learn about your ability (or lack of it) to negotiate on New Moon? Now, is the time to make some moves that improve your skills. This phase is “the buck stops here.” What have you been passing on that you can no longer pass on? It must stop now with you----and you know it. You will come off this empowered in your own abilities.

10/6:Mercury/Saturn: Great focus and attention. Accent on relating is high and structured, perfect timing especially in terms of communication.

10/7: Venus/Neptune: Dreamy, loving and muted creativity.

Uranus, Pluto, Libra

As we know there is a tension between Uranus in Aries and Pluto in Capricorn that is only going to grow in intensity. The two planets will be going after each other with hammer and tongs between 2012-2017. We already began feeling it this summer when they got close to the exact degree of a square. However, as written in my New Moon article, there are plenty of Libra planets (with skin in the game) who are aggravating the Pluto/Uranus tension. So much that we don't need the aspect to be exact to hurt.

Case in point, the protesting crowds on Wall Street. This movement began right after Pluto turned direct, September 17 (having been retrograde for over five months). This was on the waning Virgo Moon and not surprising it received little press. But now, with Libra in the fight. It is getting uglier. One police officer's action was videotaped, (isn't that always how these things start?) but clearly the majority of the police presence was calm and reserved and probably not unsympathetic to the message given many officers have houses near or under foreclosure.


Of course, "Haves versus the Have Nots" is part of the message that we should expect from any tension with Pluto in Capricorn. And magnified by the Libra tension is focus on "what's fair and what is not fair."

Even if these particular protests on Wall Street end soon the tension is not going away.