Libra New Moon is HERE! Finally a really good one.

LIBRA

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

2:13 am EDT

1 Libra 08

You will find the whole New Moon Report Here.   Please click on link for full article but in the meantime here is snippet.

Welcome to Libra New Moon.     No, seriously welcome to Libra New Moon. 

 

Why do I say it twice?   Because in the last few years Libra New Moons have been so colored by the cardinal planets that it has been hard to really grasp the LIBRA-ness of Libra.   I mean if you meet a person for the first time and they are sitting on the curb hyperventilating after just escaping a mega car crash… …you are not meeting a person under the most optimal circumstance, correct?    And that is basically what the last few years have been like for the Libra New Moons.   Twenty-nine days of hyperventilating.  

Happily, this year we have a much more liberated Libra New Moon chart.   It is not completely free of Pluto in Cap energy but it is NOT nearly as challenged as in previous years.   So, Ladies & Gentlemen, let’s get our LIBRA on. 

Libra is about a lot of things but probably its most elevated focus is “Fairness”.  Libra will often be heard saying, “That’s not fair.”    Libra is also constantly looking for balance.  Even in the eye of a hurricane, Libra will try to find equilibrium.    But the thing about Libra is that it is very cold and sober about fairness and balance.   With Libra it is not an emotional process.  It is mental.    It can see where life is not fair and then systematically will push until some small piece of fair can be obtained.   And then build on it.   Libra knows screaming and pitching a fit will not make life more fair or balanced, it will take strategy and logistics.   If you know any Libras in your life who throw emotional fits it is not their Libra doing it.  It is more likely a moon or ascendant in a fire or water sign making that scene.   Libra is way too cool to get tantrumy.     Look no further than General Dwight Eisenhower who led armies of men through tumultuous WW2 and then was President during the Cold War.  He used his keen shrewd Libra energy to get him through hurdles.  The same with Eleanor Roosevelt, who accomplished much and had to overcome a great deal of harsh realities including her husband’s polio, critical mother and infidelities.  But she kept her Libra cool and calmness and negotiated her way through each turmoil often getting what she wanted.  Ah, that key Libra word: Negotiation.  

go to link for rest of article.    

Pluto Changes Direction--September 22. Not for the weak of heart.

September 22 8:35pm EDT

If you have been paying attention to both TracyAstroSalon AND the world then you know the planetary actions since 2008 have been tough.     No kidding.   

Readers of this blog know that we spent a lot of the last two years talking about the extra burdensome grand crosses which ended in April (thank you, Universe).    Right in the middle of those tough aspects, Pluto turned retrograde (April 14)  at 13-14 degrees of Capricorn.   Now on September 22 Pluto will turn direct at 11 degrees of Cap activating a big, big, big evolutionary cycle.  Let's get into it a bit.  

Pluto is no slouch of a planet and he is doing an important direction change during the balsamic phase of the moon.   During balsamic we let go and we release so that we are open for the New Moon.  On this particular balsamic the accent is on releasing Ego, misguided pride and selfishness.   How curious that the planet that demands death and rebirth is changing direction during the release phase with accent on Ego.   What part of our Egos may die?   

Back in April when we were slogging out the cardinal crosses Pluto tried to hide by turning retrograde.   Of course, he could not exactly hide  since he was a key player in the street brawl.  But let’s say he ducked behind a car for a lot of the fighting.   

Now when Pluto stations direct what information is he going to bring forward?   On a global picture look at Gaza, Syria and Isis and how they exploded during Pluto retrograde (I hadn’t even heard of Isis before this summer).  When Pluto turns direct we should get another wake up call on these matters plus more.   Personally, anyone with planets between 11 and 14 degrees of cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn) will be up to their eyeballs in changes.   

But in truth ever since Uranus and Pluto started to square in 2012 and doesn't end until spring of next year, the walls have been closing in on all of us in some way.     Limited beliefs are a real bitch.    Especially limited beliefs around money, power and resources.   Why?   Scorpio is ruled by Pluto and Pluto is in Capricorn.  Capricorn is ruled by Saturn and Saturn is in Scorpio.  Having these ruling planets in each other's home sign since 2012 means the planets are in mutual reception but it will end in December when Saturn moves into Sagittarius.   

So, I ask you---If Pluto demands death, rebirth and evolution.   And Saturn cannot stand wasted money, time or resources---do you think these two are going to do everything they can to get our attention?   Yes, me, too.   And let's continue the math, Uranus in Aries has two more squares with Pluto.  December 15th and then the final 7th square on March 17, 2015.      

Even if you don't know astrology can you feel the pressure?  Yeah, it is palpable. 

Starting on September 22nd we are put on notice to clean stuff.  Not stupid cleaning but real deep cleaning in a profound manner.   And what needs cleaning?   

Well ask yourself the following:

How is my money?  

How are my joint resources?

How is my power? 

Where do I give power away?  Even if it is for a minute? 

How is my sex life?    

Where am I stuck fighting a battle instead of winning a war?

What would it look like if I called something 'dead and over'? 

Where am I "Sick and tired of being sick and tired?"

And going back to Spring, is your life looking like your Treasure Map ? 

Where do you need to downshift into a new gear to get what you envisioned for yourself?  

And if you didn't make a Treasure Map, is your life looking like the world you want for yourself?  

What needs to die and be reborn?  

Watch how the energy changes after it turns direct on Monday and you’ll get a good idea what December and March are going to be all about.     And remember if you are stuck on any of it, then once again ask yourself some questions:  “Where do I need to transform?”   “Where do I need to be willing to morph?”  “Where do I need to jump without a net?”   And do not even suggest there is no area that needs morphing.  That will be a waste of all our time.     

Carry on.   

Ken Burns: The Roosevelts

Are you like me and have a secret passion for Ken Burns documentaries?

Honestly, KB could do a documentary on The Kardashians and I would watch it  (actually SNL should do a Ken Burns documentary on the Kardashians).  Anyway, yesterday Mr. Burns' latest doc launched on PBS.  Yes, Peter Coyote does most of the voice overs.  Yes, there are endless slow pushes and dissolves.  Yes, there are a lot of violins.  In short, yes it all super Ken Burns-y.   And yes I thought I was going to skip it because I feel like I already know these three people but I couldn't stop myself and my secret passion for KB (even with his woeful bowl haircut) got the better of me.  I began the series.

So, if you, too started watching it last night and you have a passion for astrology you may have gone poking around for Teddy Roosevelt's birth chart.   I have always known TR was a Scorpio but I didn't know the rest of his chart.    

However as I heard Peter Coytoe's narration I knew there must be strong Gemini and or strong Mercury.  

"He fought for the lightweight boxing championship at Harvard.  Edited a newspaper.  Won election to Phi Beta Kappa and was asked to join three of the University's most prestigous clubs, The Dicky, Hasting Pudding and Porcellian.   And somehow he found the time as an undergraduate to begin writing a four hundred and ninty eight page history.  The Naval War of 1812 that would eventually influence a generation of naval planners. "  

Yeah that smells like Gemini & Sag!

And so I found his chart over at astrotheme.

What do we see?  Sun in Scorpio with Mercury conjunction in the 5th house no less.  Born into a bully pulpit with that placement.  Had he not gone into politics he may have probably been a publisher.     

And sure enough, there is Gemini on the Ascendent.    The writing was there.    Along with Jupiter in Leo in the 3rd house.   My god, this guy was blustery.   But he was also a man of action not just talk.  Mars in Cap in the 8th house.  His natural reserves are deeper than the average Joe or Roosevelt.   Funny that the Roosevelts had been in NY for two hundred years before Teddy but it was he who broke the mold and everyone really heard the name.   Ah, Pluto in 10th.      

If you are interested in the series you can find more about it here. 

The week ahead

We start the week with a last quarter moon.    How are you doing since the new moon launched three weeks ago?  Do you remember the seeds you planted back then that speak to you cleaning up messes and taking care of business?   Did you learn more about what needs to be cleaned up during full moon?   So, here we are at last quarter moon where we do the final push on clean up.

Then at the end of the week we go into Balsamic where we begin the big release. 

On the weekend Pluto goes direct (see separate post).   

Last Quarter Moon Phase

September 15

10:04am EDT

Last Quarter moon:  Now we do the final adjustments to the seeds we planted on new. The final call, the final letters to send, we follow all the trails that came up that still make sense.  And we let the other parts lay fallow. It is a time of action but wise action.  It is a time for living  “The serenity prayer”

God, grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change Courage to change the
things I can, and the
Wisdom to know the difference.

Focus on:

What actions can you take that support your communication?  What does your communication say about your daily life?  What can you add to your daily disciplines that match your communication?  “I want more money”  “I want more love”  is that reflected in your daily life?  Are you full of hate every day?   Are you full of  mismanaged funds?   Speak needs to match daily action.  

Balsamic Moon Phase

September 19

11:40pm  EDT  

Balsamic:   We let go.  By releasing we can prepare for the new. 

Focus on We release our ego.  We release our big shotness.   We release our roaring anger.   We release our thin-skinnedness. 

Pisces Full Moon

PISCES FULL MOON

September 8, 3:38pm  EDT

We are halfway through the lunar phase.  Two weeks ago we launched the Virgo new moon and we realized we cannot have a big picture unless we take care of the small loose ends.   Since then, things that need to be mended or tidied up have been in our focus.  We are fixing problems that have needed attention for a long time.   Things that we have not wanted to deal with, things that bugged, things that guilt us out because they have been begging us to  eff’ng address them and we haven’t done it until now.     

Also if we have been on our game we have been purging the nonsense from our calendars.  Seeing this person or that person or going here and there for all the wrong reasons like: needing approval or looking for joy or excitement that is not rooted in authenticity. Now after two weeks of taking care of a LOT of stuff we feel a sense of accomplishment.   Great.  But we’re not done.  There are two more weeks before we move into Libra New Moon so we have got to go back to the our list and take care of more stuff. 

However, before we tackle our list again we need a long drink of water.   You know how when you are at your desk working like a dog and you just need to get up and go to the kitchen and pour yourself a glass of water?  It is partly because you are thirsty but it also because you need to stretch your legs and change the scenery and get a new perspective.   THAT is what this Pisces Full Moon is bringing us—a break and a change of perspective.    Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac and is the last water sign.   With Pisces the water comes from the deepest part of the ocean, which speaks to our psyche, our intuition, our karma, our dharma, our fears, our spirituality, our greater purpose for being on this planet.      Kind of deep, no?    That is by design. While we are working away on our list, we may have our head bent down super focused on the tasks at hand that we can forget why we are even here.   That is why God in his magnificent all knowing way, gave Virgo a Pisces Full Moon.   Pisces is not about a list.  Pisces is about going with the flow.  “Let me float along” says, Pisces.  Pisces is about fulfilling agreements made in past lives.  Pisces is about knowing that there is something out there that called us to be born and that something will be out there after we die.  Pisces speaks to our faith.   Pisces speaks to the WooWoo.   Pisces speaks to that part of us that knows not everything can be explained and even if doesn’t make sense there is a calling in us to pursue the unexplainable.   

This full moon has Pisces’ ruling planet, Neptune in opposition to Venus.   Many people are going to have their intuition and gut ring loud about issues of love, money and values during the full moon phase.  What is valuable to you?    What really means something to you?  How are you protecting it?  How are you letting it hang out there exposed to the elements?  How are setting up valuables to dissolve?   Or perhaps you have been misguided about what is of value or importance and now it is time to dissolve it all.  

But here is what is important, if anything melts in front of you during the full moon then you have to decide if it is worth you fixing and if it is then put it right at the top of your to-do list.  Or perhaps it is not worth fixing.    In that case let it melt away and trust the universe to put something else on your to do list.   

A cautionary note:  watch the booze & drugs!   Paleeze.

Also Pisces can be slippery, watch the lies.  They could be your lie or they could be someone else’s.  If you are doing the real work of Pisces  you won’t lie because you are so in touch with spirit and your divine purpose that you can’t lie.   And if others are lying to you it is not that important because Pisces always knows the deeper truth.   So go in deep and get the truth and above all  go with the flow.