Sagittarian Nouveau Royalty & Flashy Golden Roots.

When I started this cut flower series a few months ago, I was always thinking, How are these flowers living? But with the reoccurring element, the reference of a typewriter eraser in a psychadelic way, just as a reference that we can play Let's Make Believe, I think the flowers are living from that.

My initial idea was a kind of scientific botanical reference, a bit like they have donated their imaginary bodies to science, or art. When the composition became slightly symmetrical a Tyrolian / East European edge added a new layer to the botanical perspective. Meanwhile this series started at the height of Saturn-Uranus opposition, like Peter Max balancing Thoreau.

With imaginary botany, you can have mixed leaves on stems, a huge magnolia bud blooming from a colored jade plant, some princess elements and greens. Saturn still in Virgo at the time, the structure aims for perfect edging, resisting bouquet. Then Saturn squared Pluto. It became unavoidable to address what happens below the dirt line, and thus it was time to address the roots.
The life giving typewriter eraser morphed into a golden cornflower anyway, shimmering like nouveau royalty, and thus the idea of flashy, golden roots.




Acrylic on acid-free archival paper.
Sizes vary: 30 x 22 inches (76 x 56 cm); 26 x 41 inches (104 x 66cm).
Available for purchase.

Venus Squares Mars, And Keeps Aspecting - Like Cactus Flower

A flurry of Venus activity kicks off tomorrow morning when Venus squares Mars in the early morning hours and may be like the feeling of the movies Cactus Flower, where the love subtitles are coming in sideways and the triangles are flying. Next week the vibe continues as Venus squares the triple conjunction - Monday Wednesday & Friday (Jupiter, Chiron & Neptune) with a trine to Uranus on Thanksgiving Thursday. Enjoy the show and see if you can find the Goldi Hawn, the Walther Matthau and the Ingrid Bergman in your local get-togethers during the next seven days - in other words, for best results, detach!

My Saturn Square Pluto Fantasy: School Bus Graphics for Michelle Obama

JUST as Saturn was in precise square to Pluto on Sunday, I went in to a deep sleep afternoon nap (and I never nap) and dreamed that I was on a team designing graphics for Michelle Obama's cell phone. She specifically looked at me and said, "You're definitely doing the school bus." I was so happy and proud and psyched when I woke up. Such can be the fantasies of proud natal Venus and Mars in Capricorn.

I am wondering if anyone else felt an overwhelming wave of tiredness when the Saturn-Pluto square was exact. I felt something similar on September 15 when the outer planets Saturn and Uranus were in exact opposition, too.
























Has anything mysterious happend to you today? Its the New Moon in Scorpio. My Gemini friend found some mysterious writing on her bathroom mirror saying hello to her today. This took her by surprise and scared her, like Scorpio spooky. My Libra friend has done some research on kissing over the internet. Topics like these may generate some deep, philosophical exploring into ourselves over the next couple of weeks as Scorpio season culminates and comes to an end and Sagittarius bursts onto the scene.

Notes on The Taste of Cardinal Up a Notch

In a few hours, the Moon will enter the sign Libra. Normally I love being on Earth when Moon is in Libra, relating is so pleasant. I wonder how it will be today as Moon is greeted at the door by Saturn and squares Pluto. Well, we will soon see. Moon enters Libra at 6:23 pm in Hamburg; 12:23 midday in New York.

The last time Moon and Saturn were conjunct in Libra it was 1982 - and at that time Saturn and Pluto were conjunct in Libra. I was in my last year of art school and pretty darn nervous about life after art school and the future after that.

Above is a diagram of today's basic planets plus the Sun and Moon just as the Moon ingresses Libra. I set this chart up as a natural chart, which means 0° Aries is on the ascendant, or where 9:00 is located on a clock. This chart is so pure: Pluto is at Noon, Saturn and Moon are at 3:00.

The advice today, take action and mind The Golden Rule.

Regenerational Potential at the Cellular Level: A Note on the transit Pluto opposed Mars, or if you have Mars around 3° Cancer, this transit is now.

If you or someone you know has Mars at around 3° Cancer, then this post is dedicated to you.

When Pluto opposes Mars in our natal charts, a wave of energy may have been building up, perhaps our whole lives even, which may seem to involve sorting out deep psychological issues in our closest relationships. Pluto brings us in contact with our deepest psychological issues, Mars activates aggression, whether active or passive, and in an opposition, these issues are active in our closest relationships.

One thing which is important to remember is, this is no time to work things out alone, no matter how difficult it is to work with other people, that is the whole point. Because both Pluto and Mars are rulers of Scorpio, this means we are sorting out our common resources. Mixed in may be a deeply psychological, secretive and sexual vibration. The best way to use this time is to accomplish a lot and make sweeping changes in our lives. The ideal is to include everyone – our whole "family" system. This energy is best used as a group so that no one feels singularly dominated against, or threatened, because when this much energy is in the dynamic, people may feel threatened or paranoid.

With natal Mars is at 3° Cancer, the first two of the three passes of this are already in the past. The first pass was earlier this year, building up starting in January 2009 and the apex was around mid-March 2009. Then there was another wave right at the end of April and the beginning of May 2009. Although the first two passes may have been shocking or abrupt, this last pass is all about effectiveness, now as Saturn is making a square to Pluto simultaneously. For the first two passes, there was no Saturn square, and now that there is, the element of karma is bringing our most pressing issues to the foreground.

Any group or relationship that we are involved with now has the potential to become a completely different entity. In the ideal world this can be the revolution that puts a halt to the non-functioning parts of the group dynamic, and converts the common psychology to the highest vibration. Each person in the group is able to change deeply into every cell of their body, into the nucleus of their cells which can activate new DNA expressions.

The biggest challenge may be for us to know that in the end, in the very end, we (I mean the persons with Mars at 3° Cancer) will be acknowledged as the leader of a revolution. When Pluto opposes Mars, we are the alchemist, changing not only lead to gold, but also turning lead weight into golden opportunities.