The Week Ahead

6/7: Mercury/Saturn: Sharp thoughts, good organization, leadership starts with great communication which is accented today.

6/8: First Quarter Moon. Actions based on seeds you planted on new moon. What have you missed? What have you neglected? What needs your precise diligence? Use this phase for additional research.

6/8: Jupiter/Neptune: Wisdom accented from unusual source. Out of thin air a great inspiration.

6/9: Venus enters Gemini http://www.cafeastrology.com/articles/venusgeminicompatibility.html

6/10: Venus/Neptune: In love with “being in love” perhaps way too up in the clouds. Can you find ground? If not--you may be out there too much.

And speaking of weird winds.....

As we know, Massachusetts got a tornado on this Gemini New Moon. Proof once again never underestimate the power of wind. But metaphorically, the air signs stir up a lot of talk and rhetoric. And with this moon it is magnified I believe by the eclipse and North Node in Sag. Sag has got a lot of politics in it (along with Capricorn) and I thought it was interesting that Sara Palin drove up the east coast causing her own tornado of media. And when she blew into Trump Tower for pizza with Donald--well those tornadoes in Joplin seem to pale in comparison by what these two Media Supernovas stir up.
And if that was not enough, somewhere in the mix but still on Gemini New Moon Mitt Romney officially throws his hat in the ring as a presidential candidate.

And this is only the first four days of Gemini, we have got 24 more days to go---hold on to your hats, everyone! It is going to get blustery.

Just in time for summer; who wants a Weiner?

I guess the story of Anthony Weiner and his weiner (small w) broke last weekend. But the fury and storm of the story hit a couple days later right around the Gemini New Moon. And there is so much to the story that in mind really reflects the new moon chart.

"Excuse me, congressmen is that a partial eclipse in your pocket?"

Right out the gate we see all the players. The North Node in Sagittarius is the 'eclipse' part of the chart with an emphasis on truth. Sagittarius also rules publishing. Gemini rules writing. In particular short writings. In the old days before the internet short writing included magazines and newspapers--today a case can be made for Tweets being Gemini domain (Internet is Aquarius).

The New Moon chart has a square with Chiron in Pisces. Chiron is self wounding and Pisces is self undoing. And although I did not watch the MSNBC interview with Chris Mathews it seems from all accounts that Mr. Weiner did his own self wounding when he claimed he did not send the tweet but was hacked however he could not say for certainty that it was not a photo of his you-know-what in the underwear. Oh, my, Chiron in the house!

Was he speaking to the Truth of North Node in Sag and being as accurate as he could but leaves us all wondering, "Bravo for having the decency to not tweet it but you still take photos of that?" There is that self wounding Chiron.

I do not know the time of his birth but from wiki we know he was born September 4, 1964 in Brooklyn--see posted chart, I used 6am birth. We know that his Sun in Virgo is right in the cross hairs of this eclipse at 12 Gemini and Chiron at 16 Pisces.

His Moon is in Leo and all its inglorious ego tendencies is probably the reason why he felt he could get in front of this by just saying a few things and poof it would go away. "Ah, no that is why god created press agents and lawyers."

Neptune is on his Saturn which is very difficult for a man in his position. Saturn is all we have worked towards. It is the structures we have built and Neptune on top of it, tends to start dissolving things.

And last but certainly not least, Pluto in Capricorn is in conjuction with his Mercury. Again, Mercury is how we communicate and how we connect (echo off this Gemini lunar phase) and having Pluto there could either empower him and he gets his brain working in new ways and changes his communicating style or it could destroy his current style and he must rebuild his ability to 'connect'.

Even if he mispoke and he is a victim through and through, not his weiner, not his underwear, not his tweet, totally hacked....even if all that is north node in Sag true---it may take more work to get away from it than he has in him. However, never underestimate Pluto. He could persevere and come up with some good strategic moves and maybe his weiner will be put behind him. Whoops, maybe that is not exactly a good phrase in this case.

Gemini New Moon 2011 -Eclipse #1

There are three eclipses this summer. The first one is tomorrow's new moon (partial eclipse). The other two are on the full moon in June and then Cancer's New Moon on July 1. I believe of the three July 1st is the heaviest. But they are all connected to each other. You can't get to three without stopping at two and you can't get to two without first getting one. Tomorrow's eclipse puts the accent on information. We will all receive some important data between now and the full moon. Some of it will sting (god, who hasn't had a critical zinger from a Gemini) but it might be the exact information that we need to improve upon areas of our life. In particular, relationships. It is going to be an interesting Gemini Lunar cycle and a very interesting waxing moon.

I just posted my full article on Margaret Wendt's website. You can go to the link for the whole body but here is a snippet.


GEMINI NEW MOON

“Can someone turn on the air, please?”

The Gemini New Moon is of course focused on our brain. I say, of course, because I’m positive you can identify any Gemini in your life as quick, smart, bright and with a lot to say. At their core they are always trying to connect. Elementally, Gemini is air and because it is the first air sign of the zodiac, it is all about our first thoughts which tend to be all about number one. “Let me connect for me and my interests.” By the time we get to the second air sign, Libra, we apply our thoughts to relationships and partners and when we get to the third air sign, Aquarius, we are ready to focus our thoughts on groups and those people whom we share the same intellectual interests. In each case the brain is very much in play with all three air signs.

In nature, the power of air is obvious. Haven’t we all spent a sweltering summer day hoping for an evening breeze? Or what about a cloudy, overcast week; how relieved are we when a hard wind blows and replaces the clouds with a sparkling blue sky? Of course, wind is also capable of tremendous damage. Anyone from Alabama or Joplin, Missouri can speak with authority on the power of tornadoes.

How wind translates to us personally is through communication and connections.
We have a problem that we have mulled over so much that we are stuck, we see no solution, then someone comes into our life and we share our problem. Quickly, that person offers up a fresh idea, an alternative way out, something we never considered before, this is akin to an evening breeze. The new solution cools us. Air is the connection that can bring disparate energies together. After all, how do seeds from flowers and plants end up miles away from their host? The wind. The seeds are blown eventually landing and taking root in new neighborhoods. A nexus of information is Gemini. No wonder Gemini rules neighbors, siblings, gossip, writers and books. What blows into our life for the next 28 days will be new connections. Not just the people but the connections that happens in our brain. We ‘get’ stuff like we never got it before.

Of course when the wind is misbehaving and dangerous is when we are in mental free fall. We know we are spinning out when our brain is overly charged, when every thought spins out and creates another thought that spins out and creates another thought until we are floating so high that our brains can’t find up from down. When our thinking is fragmented and we talk ourselves out and into stuff in a frenzied state, we are in short, experiencing a mental tornado. And like real tornadoes the aftermath of mental twisters is just as destructive. If you find yourself wrapped up in a intellectual frenzy, get quiet, find your center and breathe. Journaling can also help soothe the brain.

Saturn is in The House

Luckily this Gemini cycle has a little boost from Saturn which should temper a lot of the sporadic fragmented Gemini energy that we typically experience. The Sun and Moon are making a harmonious trine to Saturn in Libra the second air sign. Saturn brings structure and order to our thinking. Instead of just curious, fun and random thoughts that often pepper Gemini, our thoughts will be more measured and perhaps more conservative. We will want to come up with strategies and new game plans regarding our responsibilities.......(go to link for full article).

Mark Haines Veteran CNBC Anchor Dies: Astrology perspective

Yesterday morning I was busy and did not turn on CNBC which is my usual routine. My husband who also watches CNBC chose to watch a bike race on one of those silly sports channels . An hour later when I was at my son’s school waiting to have an appointment with one of the staff I got a text from my husband. It said one sentence. “Mark Haines died.” I almost fell over when I read it. I LOVE Mark Haines and his death was a hit to the solar plexus. I did not know Mark personally. I had never met him nor worked with him. However, in the last six months I have been telling my husband that I wanted to produce some segments and send them to him because I knew Mark would ‘get’ them. (For those who don’t know I have an extensive background in television.) But the bottom line, I was a fan of Mark like everyone else who watches CNBC –and his death is a HUGE loss. And personally I feel an eeriness around it. But before the eeriness a bit more about Mark.

One day about two years ago I was lying in bed watching Mark Haines “Squawk on the Street” and some CEO was blathering on about his company and what a beautiful shiny metal object it was and Mark just looked at him said, “ I hear you but I gotta say I don’t see it.” Right then, I said to my husband, “Mark has got to be an Aries.” Of course, I looked him up and sure enough Aries. Yesterday, all daylong his co-workers and peers spoke lovingly of Mark’s authentic nature and always calling it the way he saw it. No pretense. They also talked of what a masterful journalist he was and his coverage of 9/11 was superb. Remember, that was an attack on his peers and his backyard—Wall Street. Ironically I had just watched this coverage on YouTube about a month ago. His talent as a journalist speaks to his moon. I don’t know the time of his birth but if he was born after 9a he would have Moon in Sagittarius and having heard him long enough I can tell you every bone in my body says he had Moon in Sag. That combined with Sun in Aries explains his No-nonsense approach to everyone and also his great wit. He was smart, clever and had fun nicknames for everyone and his crazy appetite —this is all Sag. I loved when he had only one question for the new owner of the Mets when he was on the show, “When are you going to win?” Like I said, Sag Moon Aries Sun to me.
Now back to the eerie.

As some of you may remember I wrote a bit about the Cancer New Moon that is taking place on July 1. I have got my radar up on this one. And I believe that the roughness of that lunar phase is going to manifest economically. I think this it is going to get rough. QE2 is ending on June 30th and then this WONKY Cancer new moon happens the very next day with pressure on the cardinal planets---well, let me find the right word for it---- oh, yeah, that would be “YIKES.”
I have had my antenna up on this issue and in the back of my mind I thought, “Thank God for Mark Haines I can’t wait to see him guide us through the storm that is coming.” And then, Mark went and died.
When I read my husband’s text after the shock I had another thought, “It is just like Tim Russert.” Tim Russert was the host of Meet The Press for something like 20 years and then he suddenly died. And people felt about him like I feel about Mark Haines. Masterful journalist, knows his stuff and died too early. Mark was 65, Russert 58. But here is the important part---timing.

Russert died in June of 2008. The whole world changed by the Fall of 2008. Russert was not there for Sara Palin, The Stock Market Crash, the Bail out of Banks, Obama Presidency and tea partiers all within the first 9 months after his death---Lordy. By the way, the whole Tea Party Movement started on CNBC in Chicago with Rick Santelli’s famous mortgage bail out rant in Feb 2009.
And now, we have the upcoming summer with eclipses and tension and no Mark Haines? I can feel the similarity. Who will be our voice of reason when we hit the rough times? I dunno. I’m sure we’ll all make it through but god, I wish we had the guidance of Mark Haines. My condolences to his family and his family at CNBC and to all us who appreciated him like he was our friend and family. He will be missed by this little Sag over here. Sigh.

Looking ahead.

5/22--Sunday: Sun Square Neptune: Illusions, delusions and deceit and hiding in plain sight. The Great Mystery is more in charge than us mere humans. Most of the time we can go through our days and live like we are in charge. But then there are those days when we have to get out of the way and raise our heads to the sky and say, "I give up, you are in charge." Be brave and turn off your logical side and let your spiritual side speak to you.

5/23--Monday: Venus/Mars: Actions based on love and values. It is simple, if you value it you step up for it. Anger and action sometimes get blurred but the higher purpose is love and creativity. The message is there for your heart and your feet--get moving.


5/25:--Wed: Sun/Uranus: dynamic, energetic changes, genius and creativity with brilliance. Our drive gets a shoot of fuel injection which brings out amazing insights. Watch who gets a rocket boost this week. Perhaps it is you.

Yes, the sky does matter!

Over at Moutain Astrologer website, I found a terrific article by Gary Caton that is an absolutely wonderful read. Many years ago Project Hindsight was released which was a body of work initiated by Robert Schmidt who accomplished the Herculean task of translating 2,000 year old Mesopotamian texts on astrology. "Great Zeus that is a lot of work!" Now, in Gary Caton's article As If The Sky Mattered he talks about one area in particular to come out of Project Hindsight that is especially relevant now. The topic is "doryphory." I had not heard of this effect but I find it very intriguing.

Another view of these morning sky planets comes from Ptolemy. He calls a planet that rises before the Sun (whether in the same sign or the next) a doryphory. Planets who are doryphory are seen as attendants, bodyguards, or a kind of John the Baptist figure to the Sun.

Now, at the end of April until about yesterday we had that large stellium of planets in Aires and Taurus that were either just before or just after the Sun. We all know how that burst of energy coincided with the end of the Aries lunar cycle with one crazy ass week. Remember when I wrote about that circus week with royal weddings, royal ass tornados and Bin Ladin royal departure? Well, per Gary's article that was part and parcel of where the stellium was to the Sun. Of course, there were also other planets and their aspects that were in the mix but this astrological insight from the old masters cannot be discounted. I find it truly remarkable. Please read the whole article. I think you too will find it interesting. A snippet:

After the Mars–Jupiter conjunction on April 30, Mars became the doryphory closest to the Sun and, therefore, the closest “spearbearer” to the King. The next day, President Obama sent an elite team of military commandos to assassinate Osama bin Laden. Eight years to the day after George Bush proclaimed “mission accomplished,” the job of bringing the 9/11 mastermind to justice was actually completed. Eight years is a Venus synodic cycle, and Venus is one of the four current doryphory, along with Mercury.

The most striking thing about the death of bin Laden is that it marks something of an end of an era. Clearly, this event is the closest thing to closure we will ever have for the events of 9/11. While many public figures are saying Al Qaeda is still a threat, others seem to think that without its charismatic leader, Al Qaeda will vanish into the dusty history books. (7) In any event, we now have a clear marker, a distinction between times. This is the fundamental purpose of morning sky planets: to individuate and make distinctions. Morning sky planets mark the birth of a new presence in the Sky and, therefore, the beginning of something new on Earth. As above, so below