Baby Girl New Moon

Hi Deirdre,
Guess what — my brother and his wife just had another baby.
Will you please do the chart of his second daughter?
Thanks, Paul

Baby Girl New Moon
by Deirdre Tanton

On the day this baby was born, the Moon and the Sun were in the same place in the afternoon sky. This is called a New Moon. Those who are born right at the New Moon may love beginnings, such as birth, for example; here is a little girl who truly wanted to be born. And with a Sun and Moon Taurus, she will thoroughly enjoy cuddling, massage and lying in bed with the whole family — this is the first and foremost immediate reason for coming to Earth!

This baby is an individual born into an established group, a dynamic which may recur over and over in her life, in school and in work (North Node in Aquarius in the 5th). She may feel very much feel like an individual (South Node in Leo) who needs a team (all personal planets on the western side of the chart) and the challenge will be to adjust to different situations in the interplay (to balance the Node axis). She may especially talk with her father (Saturn on the first house) about "give and take" and she will strive to see and learn the fair (Mercury in the 9th house of justice) solution from him, although this may be serious (Saturn) and challenging (Saturn retrograde, karmic lessons).

Playing dress-ups will be very fun (Mutable Virgo Ascendant). Most coveted accessories could be a bridal veil (Sabian Symbol for 11+ Virgo Ascendant is the bride degree), transparent scarves and long pieces of material to wrap like a sari. She may really enjoy the difference between being covered with a veil and then revealing herself – much like peek a boo. Once she reveals who she is, she will experience being born again, and starting anew (New Moon in 8th house of transformation).

As a girl and later a woman, she may merge toward a pure kind of Jill Sander (Virgo pure minimalism) look in just whites or creams or black, but always the gesture of going from cloaked to revealing her inner self (the veil theme), will have great meaning with the timing (Saturn) carefully considered (Sun in Taurus in the 8th).

Shecould at some point be timid about her beauty (Saturn in Virgo retrograde on the ascendant), questioning and a little doubtful, although of course this has nothing to do with her appearance. Having a full-sized mirror in her room may help with confidence (Neptune-Chiron-Jupiter triple conjunction). You may want to remind her that it is perfect not to be perfect.

She is no doubt extremely and passionately creative (Venus and Mars conjunct in Aries conjunct Uranus in Pisces) with a love of getting out paints and crafts and energetically splashing around with warm, sunny (Venus and Mars in Aries) glowing colors. This is a force that must come out rather impulsively (Uranus) and quickly and she may not want anyone getting in her way (Pluto squares Venus, Mars and Uranus).

She will love it when her Mom bakes (Sun and Moon in Taurus). I think she will be a big, consistent fan of her Mom’s most conservative, least freaky recipes (Moon in Taurus). Try as much variation as possible, yet it could be she will have only a certain favorite repertoire (Moon in Taurus, also fixed sign).

I think she would love it if your household does big grocery shopping trips and a meal plan gets posted for the week (Moon in Taurus in the 8th, fixed, knowing in advance is security). She would love knowing consistently that Tuesday is chile, Wednesday is chicken, etc.

As she gets older her interest in food for its nutritional value (Saturn in Virgo) may increase. She may be very interested in grain (Ceres in Virgo in subconcious 12th house of dreams, pre-natal memories and experiences). A soothing day for her would be to go for a drive on a country road and see fields of wheat growing in wide fields (12th house meditation for a Taurus feeling good in abundance).

She may like a family vacation to a farm where she could work planting herbs and organic vegetables (Sun, Moon and Ascendant in earth signs especially Taurus). She will love the garden. Even this year while she is so small I think she will enjoy trips to go strawberry picking or being held standing in a garden admiring tomatoes, birds and nature in general.

Welcome to Earth, Baby Girl New Moon.

My Brother and his Ceres in Taurus Voice by Deirdre Tanton

My brother Carter is in the middle of his Saturn Return and he is accomplishing a lot. As an Aries, he has just had his solar return during all this delicious astrology happening now with the Venus, Mars and Uranus part lining up in his 9th house. This is the part of the chart that has to do with going further than you usually go, learning beyond what you normally know and laughing along the way. Natally my brother has his Sun as well as Chiron conjunct Ceres in Taurus also in the 9th house too. Expanding his horizons is familiar territory for Carter.

Carter is finishing up recording his most recent album in Chicago, and then off on a world tour supporting his friend Marissa. Part of what makes this so nice for both of them is they are so used to having sound checks, performing, traveling, EVERYTHING all alone and now they are traveling together for a while.

Whereas I find Marissa's work reminiscent of Kate Bush and Stevie Nicks, Carter's direction is more toward a Townes Van Zandt and Leonard Cohen. I dont have Marissa's chart (yet) but of course I have my brothers. If you think about Chiron conjunct Ceres in Taurus in the 9th, that's a voice with authority, coming from the divine, Venus in Gemini lyrics wafting around mysteries of initiation, dirges and love.

I cant wait until Marissa and Carter are in Hamburg later in May. I went to Marissa's solo show last year in Hamburg and that venue was shimmering at the end of the night. The pairing of these two musicians, it comes to my mind is like the Jupiter, Neptune Chiron conjunction in Aquarius which is exact all during their tour. No wonder they havn't performed together until now.

29° Pisces: Ideal of Greatness by Deirdre Tanton

The Planet Venus retrogrades back into Pisces and digs in her heals at 29° for the next twelves days until April 24th. Venus is associated with love, and things we value like for instance money, food and clothing. Venus can also be luxury, whatever that is to us. Venus is pleasant and in Pisces she is pleasant to everyone -- to the sick, to the poor to celebrities and their little dogs, too. Venus in Pisces is an open heart and especially after just having spent some time in Aries, Venus is naive. Venus in this mood is looking in the mirror tweaking her hair, her toe nails, getting her perfume just right and listening to her favorite music. There is a feeling of endless time so rushing is not necessary. If she wants her hair different there is surely enough time to wash it again, and plug in the curling iron to make one curl just so exactly where she wants it. On the 17th, Venus will give herself one last wink in the mirror and step out on the promenade feeling so comfortable and settled in who she is, and move forward. Here once again is the meaning of the degree 29 Pisces "A majestic rock formation resembling a face is idealized by a boy who takes it as his ideal of greatness; as he grows up, he begins to look like it."
Because it is Venus at 29° definately we can change the protagonist to a girl or a woman and imagine our ideals of greatness and then look like it. Greatness can be anything, it is what we value, like having our families be together, getting a pet, having a driver, recording a cd or designing an addition to our houses. It can be having command in our carreer, getting our ideal client or job or going into retirement, too. The sky is the limit. It is important to remember that an ideal of greatness is very individual. If we dont have a sense of what that is for us as individuals, meditation or stream of conscious writing can help and this is cosmically an easy time for that. Sometimes it's scary to imagine what we want, usually because it means other things would change and maybe someone would get mad, disappointed or laugh. Jump over that and include those other people content in their situations helping the change.
A lot of people have been having serious adjustments in their relationships. Some people have let go of an ideal and not because they wanted too, but because it was too painful to keep trying. Venus will re-enter Aries again on the 24th of April. The meaning of the first degree of Aries is: "A woman has risen out of the ocean, a seal is embracing her." My impression is we can know in advance that there are people who love us and will hold us in our fears. This is the reward for striving toward greatness.

For more details on 29° Pisces see an older post of mine here.

A Tense Sky Inspects The Strength of Security

If you happen to see the moon in the sky later today, it is a waxing quarter moon in the sign Cancer. Let seeing the Moon remind you to be the designated driver in all senses of the word for the next few days. The sky is stressed — and considering "as above so below" we are stressed too. I find the image of a bridge inspiring. Some bridges seem impossible to make. But in the end, bridges can be so lovable and are a highlight in every journey "Wake up everybody, we're going over a bridge!" Imagine being part of the engineering team or construction team, I don't think every day went by like a dream. Same in our relationships. If you feel a crisis coming on ask yourself which bridge is being tested, look and see what you can do to make the bridge safer.
I am talking about the Venus–Pluto square, the Mars–Saturn opposition, Pluto about to turn retrograde, Venus about to turn forward and a quarter moon today which could act like a trigger for all of the above, but it doesn't have to. A waxing quarter moon may bring a turning point, but not yet a culmination, in what was begun at the new moon, which was last Thursday, March 26. Sometimes the turning point may bear a sense of working through a small crisis and in the sign Cancer we are particularly sensitive to our families and sensitive around security.
Venus and Pluto are moving so slowly compared to their normal orbit speed and it is because they are both about to stop and turn in two different directions. Venus and Pluto. Venus likes to be pleasant pretty and sexy and have her own money. Pluto likes to be powerful and sexy and have the say in what happens with everybody’s money. The aspect between them is a square which feels to me unspoken and grinding. If you find yourself in a hard talk about money or jealousy, I am sorry, this is a hard time for that. We may feel the other person is playing dirty, maybe they are or maybe we can't get out of a paranoid feeling or a stuck dynamic or power game. Even if you are a guy you may feel like a daughter trying to get a credit card from Dad.
The Venus-Pluto square hooks into the Mars-Saturn opposition because Venus is in Aries which is ruled by Mars and Pluto is in Capricorn which is ruled by Saturn. So the dispositors of the Square are in an opposition and may very well engage in an active face off. Don’t ask for a raise today or tomorrow. Yesterday the boss at the newspaper told me that his boss wanted to strike my part-time position and in the same breath he let me know that he fought for me, explaining that I am an integral part of the production. In this stormy energy I felt glad to have the position still, and I thanked him for fighting for my part. Now I know to follow this trail: a Mars-Pluto square on April 26, the next Venus-Pluto square on May 2. The first day of Summer looks interesting too because Venus and Mars are conjunct trining Saturn. What we are struggling with now may change into a completely different or more solid structure in three months. So it's important to keep picturing the bridge between ourselves and the people in our lives as well as between now and where we want to go.

This is why I suggest, when the stars are stressed like they are for the next couple or few days, "The Four Agreements" might help a little:

1. Be Impeccable With Your Word,
2. Don't Take Anything Personally
3. Don't Make Assumptions
4. Always Do Your Best

I think if any conflicts do come up this first week in April, their greater purpose is to work through overcoming any inertia or avoidance which may have been brewing. The feeling may be I am building a bridge and how can I do this when my budget is cut, or my team is sick, or we are fighting among ourselves. There are unknown possibilities on the other side of the bridge and in the best case we can use the potential for disharmony as motivation for solidifying structures which keep us safe and able to get to the otherside.

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