AURUM ASTROLOGY Finding the Gold in Life

http://youtu.be/8dGNDUdtNh8 The chart for current skies brings to mind a charioteer holding the reins of a group of rearing wild horses. Saturn in Libra, opposite so many planets together in Aries has a tense job trying to steer these unruly energies. The pressure will ease soon as the planets begin to separate from each other. Till then, it’s a balancing act all way round. Last week love got real dangerous (or exciting) as Venus squared Pluto. There are still remnants left of this energy being lit up by today’s Moon. Beware the marauder; beware the shadowy figure in the corner (of your mind)…beware compulsion to force your way; beware the urge to pillage or procure… Compulsion can feel like liberation at first. Until it becomes obsession. Until it owns you. Today’s Moon conjuncts Venus and squares Pluto. Emotional outbursts are not only possible they are highly likely for some folk. With the Moon in Aries your patience may be tried…if you do feel blocked, I wouldn’t suggest mess

Yesterday, Friday April 22 was Earth Day. I just read an article about the state of the Gulf of Mexico one year after the BP oil spill fiasco. Don’t believe what they tell you…it’s not all ok. And the Japan nuclear disaster is becoming more serious every day. Dear oh dear what have we done to this beautiful planet? With the Sun now in Taurus, it is the perfect time to honour and celebrate Mother Earth. And on this Easter weekend we also celebrate rebirth and renewal. Oester (oestrogen) was/is a Goddess of Fertility. All those eggs and rabbits are symbols of fecundity and new life. And with that renewal there is hope. Yes, before there can be new life, a new way of existing together on this planet earth, the old has to die…… we are in the midst of that process…and it’s not easy. Yet despite all the craziness and fear and tension we can buy into on any given day…and with all the planetary pressures that seem to keep on building… there is this other thing going on…   Life is happen

The Moon (our emotions, our dreams, our inner self) has now made it through the obstacle course of Aries oppositions... (hopefully unscathed) and now, shining out round and radiant in Libra,  speaks to us of love and compassion. In a time where polarized thinking, tension and strife abound, and the world as we know it is undergoing great upheaval and change, there is a call to reach within and find out what we are really made of. The challenge is: can we rise above petty squabbles and oppositions to find the meeting place where only love remains? Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing 
there is a field.  I will meet you there.
 
When the soul lies down in that grass, 
the world is too full to talk about.
 Ideas,language, even the phrase each other 
doesn’t make any sense.                                                                Rumi

Man how are we at yet another Full Moon? Since I started writing this blog I have become more focused on the lunar cycles and am amazed the how quickly we move through each phase. . The quickening of Uranus in Aries is making my head spin. Time truly does seem to be speeding up. The Full Moon in Libra occurs on Sunday eve North America…Midday in UK.   Libra is all about finding the balance between self and others. Yes, again. More lessons in love and acceptance.   'Love the one your with'. Aries is all about me me me. Love for self is healthy... unless we regress into childish egocentric demands for attention.  How do we find the balance? Our effort will be reflected in the mirror of this Libra Full Moon.  Moving from Thursday to Sunday,  the Moon travels from Virgo to Libra…starting with an opposition to Neptune and Chiron in Pisces…infusing our dreams with mystic visions and stirring a deep longing for something that seems unattainable yet which in truth lies at the dee

So… how’s the dance going? Stepping on anyone toes lately? (see last post) This weekend’s Moon in Cancer sets off the Grand Cross again…aeyaeyeai!!  Upside down and all around, there is tension and confrontation and emotional pressure. Watch your step. Watch your words…(Mercury Jupiter Sun conjunct in Aries). Emotional intensity is the catch word for this weekend. Compulsivity. Impulsivity.Drama. Before I expand on that theme,  I wanted to tell you all about something that happened round the time that Uranus moved in Aries…(that would be when everything suddenly sped up into warp speed…about a month ago)  I was walking near the river close to where I live on the outskirts of the city.  Chatting away to my friend, I Iooked over to my left, and there on the railway tracks running beside us were two coyotes sauntering along. I have been living in England for quite a few years and am still getting used to the wildness of Canada.  I pointed at the coyotes in amazement to my friend, and

This Sunday's New Moon in Aries is THE New Moon of the year…as it sits at the beginning of the zodiac. We have yet another chance to revision how we dance the cosmic dance of life. Make a wish. Let it be so. There is quite a dance happening in the skies these days. Planets are squaring off yet again as the T-square in Cardinal signs bring tension and pressure to our beleaguered world. The New Moon joins an already crowded Aries, and the atmospheric buildup increases. As we whirl and hop and spin to the increased tempo of Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Uranus in Aries, we may step on each other’s toes and crash and bump into people as the opposition of so many planets to Saturn in Libra creates tension and opposition. Jupiter’s proximity is exaggerating our movements and increasing the tempo. The Moon in Aries is all about ‘me’ , while Saturn in Libra forces us to become aware of the others around us. We’re  a mad swirling mass of humanity trying to find a pattern (Saturn) o