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The wheel turns the planets spin. One year ends another begins. A Full Moon in Cancer. A blue moon ( two full moons in one month). And a Lunar Eclipse. Pretty powerful combination to start the New Year. Very Auspicious...especially for anyone born under the sign of Cancer. And in general... everything mooney...luney...is exaggerated, intense, powerful. The Moon is the planet of emotion, of tidal changes, of the Great Mother, of home. (see previous article for bit on the moon...near the end) Of the unconscious. A time for deep reflection; for going inward. Remember Dorothy in Wizard of Oz? Trying to find her way home. Do you feel full as the moon? And maybe just a bit blue? And not just from all the chocolate and deserts and food you have consumed. Maybe its the Moon. As I am a Cancer sun sign I tend to feel the Moon quite strongly. And maybe this powerful lineup is contributing to this sense of fullness coming from within... remembering my personal path and my inner

Planets as Symbols

Firstly, I want to reiterate what I said at the beginning of this blog. The daily or weekly Astrology columns you see in the paper are not truly representative of astrology. They are based on very general planetary influences and are just a taste of how we can be influenced by the heavenly bodies. When you have a birth chart drawn up we look at the planets in the sky at the moment you were born and examine where they are in relation to each other and to you on planet earth. The chart is a template or a map, if you will, and reveals a story or a description of who you are, where you have been, and what you have chosen to learn about in the lifetime. Yet why do we attribute these powers to the planets at all? Carl Jung coined the term Archetype to explain the idea that there are recurring and universal motifs that represent various aspects of human nature. He found these were repeated in stories and myths from all over the world as well as in people's dreams. He felt that by

Between a rock and a hard place

“Astrology is a form of imagination emerging from nature and having direct relevance for everyday life. It is an applied poetics, a vision of life on earth stimulated by movements in the heavens, which can take us into areas of self-reflection as no other system of symbols and images can.” Thomas Moore, The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life. Note: In the following, I have extracted and added to some of Liz Greene’s discussion re the planets at astro.com. This is a work in progress so if any of it makes sense (..or doesn’t…) please let me know. I hope to avoid being too academic about all this…and give instead my own personal reflection and a bit of info as well. Having said that its already quite long. I am also slowly adding links; bear with me as I get accustomed to this blogging experience. To begin, I wanted to look at the configuration of Saturn and Pluto in the current sky as they have added a great deal of pressure on an already tense world situation. They are of personal i
I am starting off the discussion of Pluto and Saturn squared in the sky with an excellent bit from another astrological blog to introduce you to Pluto: From http://theknowitallastrologer.blogspot.com "The biggest mark Pluto in Sagittarius has left on me is a deep understanding of authentic power. See, Pluto rules the things we give power to, so for most people that's our fears. We give our power over to our fears, because we think this is what will make us invincible to hurt. Then our fears become masks and roles we take on in order to protect and hide the part of ourselves that is most vulnerable to being hurt. These masks and roles can be of great service at times when dealing with day to day stuff. They can also be enormous fun. The problem is when we become too identified with them, especially during, oh, we'll say, a Pluto transit to your ascendant. What Pluto then does is rips off the masks and starts poking you where it hurts the most just because he can. At least
When most people think of Astrology , they think of the weekly columns they see in the newspaper. "You will find a new friend today". " This is not a good day to spend money"...etc etc. And they write the whole thing off as superstitious, silly, superfluous. What I tell people is that is not Astrology in its true sense. That's just a bit of fun. Of course there is no way every Sagittarius will have the same kind of day. Or Taurus.Or anyone born on any particular day. What Astrology really is ...is a system or language used to explain and describe patterns that run through our personalities and our lives. It gives us a tool to explain the variety of experience and tendencies of character that makes each of us unique. There are many systems out there which attempt to do this...and many are very useful and helpful tools for self knowledge. The psychologist Carl Jung's Personality Types is an example...many businesses use this method for hiring