Even shy ones are tooting their horns at the Full Moon in Leo.

Its snowing in Hamburg, and although there are no Cardinals here, I still always look for them anyway, those nice red birds that fly away if you whisper. So, what if those good looking birds would just toot their own horns while the snow comes down?

Earlier a song was playing on TV, Coldplay, "I will try to fix you" and I had to fight back the tears, I was involved. A certain cardinal in the room had the pepper-changer in his hand and wanted to change the channel and I wigged out grabbed the pepper-megaphone from my maternal soapbox. Then my old chum from college in another context told me I was maternal. so there you have it. Sun 'n Venus vs. Moon 'n Pepper-Mars, while Saturn insists on squaring Pluto just a little more, just a little more, just say WHEN.

Seven Creative Blogs

Once upon a time, when Pluto was in Sagittarius and blogs were new, I found Diane's site, which at that time was taglined a "knitting circle". As I sat alone in my kitchen in Germany reading her astrology posted from the West Coast of the U.S., I thought how true, this is our community. I marked Diane's site in my favorites and continue to read her evolving site still today. I have followed her life through the seasons of her Libra eyes, reading her posts on synastry, seeing snippets of her parter, her grandchild, her haircut or a new shawl. Yesterday was especially meaningful when Diane passed on one of her seven Kreativ Blogger awards to me. Thanks Diane, I am happy about our connection over the thousands of miles.

I did a little research on this award and have found it passing from blog to blog over months. One blogger, Simon Leong who writes about food, got the Kreativ Blogger in August of 2009. He blogged about the award when he received it, and it is from him I learned you can redesign the award if you want, so I did.

The next part that happens is to pass the award on to seven bloggers. So now, Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment you have been waiting for, presenting, the next seven Kreativ Blogger awards which go to:

1. Astrofix, This astrologer, Michelle, seems to write in a series of in-depth concepts. Sometimes she writes general astrology and sometimes very personal. The way she writes, shows her passion for the subject and how astrology runs through her whole life. This blog is fun, interesting, very organized and mysterious, too. Plus, I have never seen a blog look and almost feel like tactile paper, like an artists portfolio or scrap book, but this one does.

2. Serennu, There is really nothing like this blog and I recommend all astrologers to figure out this blog and this site. The author, Tracy, has programmed hundreds of minor planets so we can all cast our charts including the asteroids Child, Photographica, House and hundreds more. It's incredible, really. Just by casting your own chart, you can learn A LOT about all the other bodies besides the classical planets. Intuitive and original, Tracy comes up with striking insights with an unassuming voice, making super way-out information seem normal.

3. Karmic Relief, Shelley Ackermann is a New Yorker who has her finger on the pulse of the city. Each week Shelley connects current events with the astrology of the moment making it really fun to learn more of both. She includes savvy, right on, sign-by-sign astrology at the end of her weeklies. Each post at Karmic Relief is always a treat.

4. in2light Mark Krueger writes a completely unself-conscious blog. I am always struck by what seems to me as a complete lack of needing to impress anyone. Mark is just himself writing whatever is coming out of his fingers, which is usually a comment on the zeitgeist with dashes of astrology mixed in. Mark's play-on-words style keeps all topics up for questioning no matter how silly or serious.

5. Koreanish, Alexander Chee, a novelist, blogs about literature from the perspective of producing, teaching and living language. From research to artist colonies, from anecdotes about friends to including tarot cards in certain writing processes, I learn a lot about writing and a lot about paying attention to my life when I read his blog.

6. Bruce Mau's Manifesto, I re-read this manifesto every few months and each time I do I think every point is right.

7. vvvvovvvv, This blog is a wild card. I never know what will be posted here in what language. I have no idea who is behind it or how to contact them. I especially liked the link to the Spanish astrology videos, posted last year.

There you are folks, the Kreativ Blogger awards, I hope you have enjoyed this post.

Jupiter On the Last Degree of Aquarius and I Hear Billy Joe Armstrong of Green Day

Jupiter on Sabian Symbol Aquarius 30:

Moonlit fields, once Babylon, are blooming white.

Jupiter is on the last degree of Aquarius and I hear the Green Day song, "Time of Your Life" playing. The lead singer of Green Day, Billie Joe Armstrong, is an Aquarius and he can really rally a crowd. I saw Green Day in concert in October and we the audience were so uplifted - I would go to another Green Day concert again in a heart beat.

I set up Billie Joe Armstrong's chart with 0° Aquarius on the ascendant, because he is an Aquarius. I used to put in 12:00 noon if I didn't know the time, but I find putting the zeroeth degree of the Sun sign on the ascendant works great for me.

Some Words on Billie Joe Armstrong's Astrology.

As an Aquarius, Billie Joe Armstrong understands the group experience, maybe that's why he is so into audience interaction when he performs. Check out his voice: Venus conjunct Chiron trining both Neptune in Sagittarius and Ceres in Leo. This is music that can heal a broken heart (Venus conjunct Chiron) because he knows what a broken heart is and because his voice is beautiful.When Billie Joe performs he runs around the stage the whole time (Mars trine Jupiter - lots of energy and enthusiasm). He is a fixed sign, and he has been in the same band since since 1989 and played with his base/guitar player, Mike Dirnt, since their childhood. That's fixed staying power for you.

Transiting Jupiter Just Conjuncted Armstrong's Sun. While Jupiter (long distance travel) is on the last degree of Aquarius, and just having conjuncted Billie Joe Armstrongs's Sun, Green Day is continuing their world tour in the Far East yesterday Singapore, tomorrow Hong Kong. According to the Green Day website, it seems this part of the tour ends on January 25, and they start touring again back to Europe in the beginning of June.

Transiting Chiron Conjunct Sun in March. In March, Chiron will conjunct Billie Joe Armstrong#s Sun. Maybe he will go back home to his family and have to assimilate somehow after having been on tour for months and months. He may be feeling wounded around his role in "the group" as we tend to do when we have been away from home for a while, or if we have Sun - Chiron contacts, or Chirion in Aquarius. As he is an Aquarius, and Chiron will be conjuncting his Sun, the theme of fitting in will be important.

Transiting Neptune Conjunct Sun April - May. Green Day's show "American Idiot" moves to Broadway. Opening night will be April 20, 2010 while Neptune is slowing down to a station and to conjunct Billie Joe Armstrong's sun - twice. If I can imagine how it would be to be him and listen to his own music sung by Broadway singers with Neptune on his Sun, I'd say he could well get swept away and feel something divine listening to the new voices. There may a chance of some disappointment or disorientation, but most likely he may go with the flow and let his own music wash over him in Neptunian transcendence.

Let' s be on the lookout for a possible new body of work inspired by the triple conjunction passing over the Sun of Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day.

A Complete and Utmost Energy Shift Opens the Energy for The New Moon Eclipse

This energy shift happening at this moment is serious, intense and long lasting. The number and the way of the transits happening all at once now is absolutely historic. I am so saddened about the earthquake in Haiti. Yesterday I heard news that a girlfriend of mine from high school passed away suddenly in her home of an apparent sudden heart attack. She was 47 years old. These two incidents are tragedies.

Though tragedies are not all that is happening now. Many people will come to the aid of Haiti. Hundreds will attend the viewing of my friend in Friday and the funeral on Saturday. Hundreds of people will deeply connect, re-connect, hugging each other seeking comfort in their mourning and despair and finding human contact in community.

The New Moon Solar eclipse, happening at 2:08 am EST, Friday, January 15, is making a positive connection to Venus. This is an ideal, extremely positive and powerful time to set our intentions around personal love and manifestation, letting any bitterness or hardness be replaced with the outpouring of a serious kind of love available to us now.

Yesterday my father, who had written to me about my friend who died on Monday, at the end of his email he wrote to me:

"You never know, do you?
Enjoy the day, every minute of it.
Love, Dad"

Running in Place

Sagittarius likes to run, and may run around a still life till Friday, when Saturn and Mercury station.

Favorite Places Medley brought to you by Retrogrades Between Eclipses

Do you ever find yourself visualizing a non-narrative moment from your past? I do. I sometimes visualize the space between the stove and the sink where a light was attached to a ceramic tile in the kitchen where I grew up. I used to put my eyes on that space when we sat at the table, not the whole time we ate but it might have been a resting place. I have a string of places like this, like where I sat in front of the fan playing with dolls, the location of my desk in 7th grade study hall, or the pantry part of the kitchen in Providence.

These non-narrative visuals range in size from about 12 inches square to views seen from long distances. This drawing is a medley of parts of favorite places that have gotten stuck in my mind and parts of places I would like to visit, like the Charles River and the Thames River, or the Fort Point Chanel area and Dubai, Key Biscayne and Bodrum Turkey. This is also about how a river can divide a place, like Hamburg / Harburg, Boston / Cambridge and New York / Jersey City.

The moment now as Mercury and Mars are in retrograde and we are between eclipses can be like a non-narrative moment too. With the retrograde energy people, names and places are coming up from the past. The wheel of fate is turning but has not jet turned. We may be in the spot which is where our eyes may rest in the future when we will be in a different place.

Twixt Eclipses

If you feel like you are living in a world of new and psychaedelic symbols recently, remember, we are twixt eclipses, one of two dimensions in the year when the wheel of fate cranks toward one direction or another. This is an excellent time to change course. Even if it seems to be the decision of your subconscious board of directors, take some kind of heed, and keep your hands on the wheel.

This course is about letting go of some aspect of security in favor of aligning with our life purpose here on Earth. I say this because the lunar eclipse (a letting go) on New Years Eve was in the sign of Cancer (security), and the coming solar eclipse (new orientation) will be in the sign Capricorn (life calling).

Pay close attention to the winds and the tides. This is our ship and this is our time.

Sign by Sign Astrology 2010

Happy New Year one and all! Here are some short thoughts of mine on how the 2010 astrology will effect each sign. For a more detailed account of how the eclipses, the cardinal T-square, Jupiter changing signs or Pluto in Capricorn can work with your love life, family, school, work or heath, write to me, deirdre@cosmicguidelines.com, to set up a reading for you.

ARIES: Emotional stability colors your life, stabalizing your lightening impulses. Working with a partner may feel blocked, but with patience, the results can be real and long lasting.
TAURUS: Good friends are here to help - lots of them, too. You can achieve your goals this year, make sure to remember them often. A stricter diet of the healthiest foods could make you happier than you may imagine.
GEMINI: More people will know your work, your reputation and you, too. This is a year to work internationally, all across the globe - big. The more you honor your creativity as a strict discipline, the greater success in life and love you will have.
CANCER: Although you love your home, this is a great year to go far outside your comfort zone either in the world or your mind, find adventure and bring it home to rest. Relating to people has been intense; rising above unnecessary ego conflicts will keep the power in your hands.
LEO: The new year may be starting out on humble footing compared to your dreams. This year you can expand financially, carefully. Invest with others for others and by others.
VIRGO: Whereas you normally take up the slack for others, this is the year others can take up the slack for you, should you accept the offer — but please do! Investing as a group may catch you at your most innovative and genius moments. While your income may seem small, let its steadiness give you peace of mind.
LIBRA: You're at the helm, Libra, getting more done in a day than you have imagined in years. The more responsibility you take on, the better you will feel.
SCORPIO: It's been a lot of work, and you have built an exciting, solid and healing home base. Now here's to finding solitude, if you can, to hunker down and find the words to explain an obsession which can help your sisters, brothers and your mental hygiene too.
SAGITTARIUS: This year each inhale strengthens your self confidence; every exhale releases you from former negative thoughts which are no longer necessary or true. With this slow, steady and sure process, you are building your fortune. How new!
CAPRICORN: You are doing at least as much as you've always done, but the ante is much more dramatic, and your leadership style, although it is gleaming you success, the psychological part may be bugging you with a heaviness or intensity. As the captain, the fairer you manage your team the more satisfaction you will have in your home and your bank account.
AQUARIUS: You may remember days gone by, when you used to be the person who organized street festivals, neighborhood get-togethers and large back yard parties. This year you may happily and surprisingly find yourself in that role again — now with more wisdom than ever and a feeling for the collective pulse, you may feel more connected than ever.
PISCES: Although the good luck planet Jupiter is in your sign, it does not mean the year is the easiest or gets you success on cruise control. And indeed the new, and undeniable self confidence so unfamiliar to you may take you by surprise when you find setting goals may be worth while for the first time in your life.