Mercury Direct December 22

Mercury Direct

December 22

8:50pm EST

Mercury turned retrograde on Dec 3 and for three weeks our mental focus has been on our beliefs.  It may not be a case of waking up each morning and asking, “What do I believe?”   In fact --probably not. But more it is a case of experiencing a moment or a thought or an observation where we think something is right or wrong.   A string of these moments speaks to our beliefs.    Now with the retrograde concluding have we considered what beliefs work?  During retrograde did we bump into beliefs that maybe no longer serve us?   Have we started to realize our life is not in alignment with our inner truth?   How are our judgments keeping us small?   Is there a new you who wants to come forward but silly opinions are getting in the way?  And what about our prejudices how are they keeping us away from a higher good? Not just with other people but higher good for us?   

Issues around generosity may have been considered during this period.  What does it mean to be generous?  As the giver and as the recipient?    And how are we big?  What are our thoughts on being ‘big’?  Do we judge it? 

And how have we been inspired?   Where or who has provided a light for us?   Did we feel a little extra joy?  What inspired it?  

And finally, like all Mercury retrogrades, we could have had miscommunication or misplaced things or broken things appear that suddenly had to be repaired – Sigh.  Yes, that part of Mercury retrograde will be over.    And together we say, “Phew!”

Saturn In Capricorn

Saturn in Capricorn

Dec 19, 11:48 pm EST through March 21, 2020 11:58pm EDT

July 1, 2020 7:37pm Saturn Retrograde re-enters Cap

Dec 17, 2020 12:04 am Saturn re-enters Aquarius

The day after the new moon Saturn moves into Capricorn where it will be for the next two and half years.    Saturn is comfortable in Capricorn since it is a home sign.   Saturn with its legendary rings likes to pull in the reins and get serious the minute it transits a sign.  In Capricorn issues around business, career, economy, infrastructure, government (lots of Capricorn in politicians), aged community, traditions and conservation take front stage.

Thirty years ago, the last Saturn in Capricorn 1988-1991 followed right on the heels of the 1987 economic crash.   And in 1929 Saturn was in Cap for half of the year then it retrograded back into Sag and while it was at the Galactic Center (note that!) we had the 1929 crash, which activated the Great Depression.   Saturn helped focus people to do hard work while the world struggled.  Actually the hard work and struggle is exactly what Saturn in Capricorn likes to do     And you don’t need to be a Rhode Scholar to see there is great work in front of the world at this time.   I do wonder if and what seeds were planted in the last month when Saturn went over the GC and how will we spend the next couple years perhaps working on it?

We will talk a lot about Saturn in Capricorn for the next three years especially as it heads towards Pluto in 2020 but when I poked around on my ephemeris I see that the last time Saturn was on Pluto in Capricorn was January 1518 and more to the point--- in the run up to the conjunction during that fall of 1517 Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation.  Also in the run up the first European dignitary met the Ming Chinese officials.   What will we be building towards something between now and 2020?   A new reformation?   Something important in the international community?   Who knows but we will talking about it going forward. 

New Moon. Sagittarius is Finally Here

Sagittarius New Moon

December 18, 2017

1:30 am   (EST)

26 Sagittarius 31

I put up the new moon report two weeks ago which you may have read.  However if you missed it or want to give it another read-- HERE is the link.    This is a ripe astrological period with a lot of energy going on around us and within us.  I'm pretty sure you are already feeling it. 

Sagittarius New Moon -- It Is VERY Big - Oh And It Is On The Galactic Center

The Sag New Moon is in two weeks on December 18.   I almost NEVER have a new moon up this early.   But as I started working on the report last month and I realized that there is so much going on plus I believe there will be a lot of energy coming up between the full moon in Gemini and the New Moon in Sag.   So much that I want to prepare myself and my readers as early as possible so we can all process it together.

You will find my New Moon report HERE.

This Week in Astrology. Here comes Spy vs Spy

This week starts off with the Gemini Full Moon, which launched Sunday.   How are we adaptable?  How are we looking back and finding our truth?  Who is telling the truth?  Who is not?  Where are you on truth?   What nonsense are you hearing?   Is there any nonsense you are communicating?   How is your communication in alignment with you’re your truth?  The moon is bright and full and there is no room for shadows, what is reflecting on your communication? Go Here for Full Moon.  

On the 6^th we move into Disseminating moon where the accent is on sharing our emotions, sharing our ‘family-ness’, sharing our protectiveness.    And maybe sharing our snappiness. 

On Dec 9^th, Mars moves out of Libra and into Scorpio.    This is a way different energy for Mars.   Mars in Libra can be uncomfortable place for the warrior planet as the energy feels noncommittal, light, unfocused and more theoretical than decisive.   With Mars in Scorpio, we have a warrior who is all in, like a nuclear submarine.   Quiet, down very deep, putting sights on a target and then – BAM!  Taking out the opponent.   Energy can be very focused and capable of taking on huge projects but not necessarily doing it with a lot of fan fair, in fact it is the opposite—Mars in Scorpio is super stealth and very Spy vs Spy.    Watch your own energy as transiting Mars goes through your Scorpio house, you should feel your energy focus in a different way, the last time Mars was in Scorpio was June & July of 2016, how were you harnessing your energy?  There may be a revisit personally and let’s keep our eyes on the world and see if things from that period come up again between now and Jan 26---albeit it could be subtle as it is Spy vs Spy.

Special focus:

12/6: Mercury conjunct Saturn ;  Let’s go back and think about those things that are big but need restructuring.    How can we be practical bit by bit?

Disseminating

Dec 6 2017 

3:28 pm EST 

Focus on:  How are you sharing your emotions?  How are you sharing yoru feelings?  How are you sharing your family?  How are you sharing your cozy?   How are you sharing your snappiness?

Special Focus:

12/9:  Mars enters Scorpio

Gemini Full Moon December 3 --Super Moon & We're already feeling it. You know it.

Gemini New Moon

Super Moon

December 3, 2017

10:46 am EST

To get the most of this Gemini Full Moon we need to put it in the larger context.  

Scorpio New Moon launched two weeks ago on November 18.  Since that launch we are processing how we plug into sex, finances, stagnancy, evolution among other things (GO HERE for more detail) and we consider how our plumbing works on all these matters.   Meaning, are we bringing in toxic influences in our finances?   How can we unplug and  flush out the toxicity and bring in fresh approaches to our finances?  Or how is our plumbing attached to toxic influences that impact our evolution or lack of it?   How do we plug into a fresh approach?   Remember with Scorpio the answer is to let things die so that something new can be reborn.    Are we letting our bad plumbing die?  

Gemini full moon following Scorpio New Moon will speak to our brain, mental awareness and communication.  What is our thinking about our plumbing?  Where did it come from?  In short what is our belief system? 

So much of what we do is habit.   Maybe it is a habit that was born when we were kids or maybe as young adults and we have been doing it for so long that we don’t even know any other way of doing things.    On the Gemini full moon we get the gift of adaptable thinking.  What if we do something in a different manner?   What freshness will emerge by being open to a new approach?     Now that is the basic tenor of the Gemini full moon.  However this is not just your garden variety full moon.  It is all that and more. 

First of all it is a super moon and it is super close to earth.   It will be very big in the sky and the closest one of the year.

The full moon also comes into play about 12 hours after Mercury retrograde.     This Mercury retrograde is all about stopping everything and looking at ----drum roll-----belief systems.    (Go here for more info).   

 Do you see a theme?  And remember Mercury is the ruling planet of Gemini so this Full Moon is taking orders from Mercury retrograde in Sag which looks a lot like a wild horse going backwards to find the truth he left along his journey.   What truth about you have you neglected?  What truth about your beliefs have you forgotten?   Again, do those beliefs still work for you?  Tell the truth.    At the same time Saturn is working with Mercury to be focused on meaningful beliefs and fixing our thinking that is important and not caring about super small stuff.   Have you already noticed that you are not caring about things like you used to since the last couple weeks of November?  Has an energy shifted?   In a side note, siblings and neighbors could also play a part in your belief systems that need to be processed and perhaps released.  

The Full Moon also comes in after Saturn got on top of the Galactic Center (GC) November 25 and Mercury was on the GC on November 28.  On December 17 The Sag New Moon will be exact on the galactic center.      This full moon in Gemini can be a welcomed bridge between letting go of beliefs that no longer serve us to being out there in the world with inspired goals and new truth on the Sag New Moon.

There is one janky part of the full moon chart and that is the big ass square with Neptune.  Something fishy is going on.  We may see it in the news.  We may feel it in our life.     Take your time and breathe your way as you process the energy.   Can anyone really lie to us or do we already know the truth?      There is also a square with Chiron in Pisces that is quite painful.  What are we thinking about when we are confronted with very sad news?   Do we collapse into “What’s the use?”    Is that serving us for our evolution?   And how are we kidding ourselves?  Do we know we are going along with liars because it is just easier?  And how are we lying?  How often is it happening?   How is it serving our belief system?   How is that clogging up the system?   

And do we on god’s green earth know how to follow our intuition?   Better question do we know how to plug into our intuition?   The bad side of Gemini is getting lost in facts and missing the big picture.   Emotions are not comfortable for Gemini who will talk himself out of every emotion if left to his own devices.   Luckily on December 2nd Jupiter will be trining Neptune, which puts the emphasis on emotions and comfort and humanitarian causes and understanding the power of deep feelings.   Take that Gemini!    You can't talk your way out of the deep powerful truth you know that is in you!   Release the need to get lost in all the facts and just play with the notion that something needs to be healed and belief systems that are broken need to be released.   Then start to be light on your feet and pivot.  Adaptability is the gift of Gemini full moon in this quite extraordinary period.