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When Moon is in Virgo

Virgo heals our soul with earth energy. This drawing, which I did in 1996, is my ex-husband while I was still married to him but before we tiled the entire kitchen together. When I did this drawing, I was thinking about the way high Virgo energy grounds us all, so there is a big accent on the floor, as it is a beautiful puzzle. In the floor maker's hands is a five-sided tile, the same shape as home plate in baseball, symbolizing the connection between home and ground. The mood is pensive - Virgos think a lot! There is a lot of "empty" space as I have never met a Virgo who did not appreciate open surfaces.

Ultimately ultimately ultimately ULTIMATELY.... Virgo energy is service. And I have something to say about the Jewish holidays this week. This is big because family holidays can make us nervous. Grudges may have built up from fundamental cracks, some teenagers may be wrestling with eating disorders and we have all just been through some of the most toughest astrology in decades. So the advice for sitting down to dinner with our tribe is service.

If you feel nervous to attend a dinner with your family, just think what can I do to help - and I mean really help. What does the host or hostess need? Not what do you think they need, but what do they think they need? Do they need you to bring light to the table? Then do. Do they need acknowledgement for bringing the family together? Then thank them with every gesture happily and peacefully. Do they need us to come over the day before and prepare? Do they need us to definitely NOT come over the day before? What does your partner need? Is you partner suffering? Does offering you hand under the table sooth his soul? You know what is best because you know your family. If family is not available, then finding someone lonely at a Jewish Community Center to share time with could be comforting for everybody.

There is almost always a way to rise above our fears! I wish all of my Jewish friends a lovely season with treasured closeness and security and with laughs and love. May the new Moon in Virgo assist us all with our soul healing so we can offer ourselves in service in this, our Book of Life.

When Moon is in Leo

When Moon is in Leo I find it can make sense to put fun into even the most serious equations.

This drawing depicts a long-haired, jewel-crowned person seated upon a kind of a throne, holding a sceptre, symbolic of leadership. This sceptre is also a toy with bells for playing with a cat. This person has one foot on the ground and the other foot playfully kicking around a colorful ball. The sky is clear, the sun is shining and the atmosphere glows with warmth.

While the moon is in Leo, I continue the special, $75 for a reading, now for Leos. If you are a Leo or have a special Leo in your life, email me at design (at) deirdretanton (dot) com to set up an appointment for a reading.

When Moon is in Cancer

Cancer often depicts a crab - an animal who lives by the water withdrawing into her shell when she needs protection. As far as I know, only one crab fits into one shell, and thus the crab is lured out of her safe world when she wants to cook, eat, nurture or protect her family or territory.

The home is of huge importance to a Cancerian. Her decor needs to keep her safe and the kitchen must be exactly as she wishes. The sense of home extends not just to architecture, but also to political boundaries, the countries where we were born, or the country that has nurtured us the most. A Cancerians' patriotic and political involvement is deeply, authentically and emotionally connected to the personal.

Many Cancerians can have extremely strong feelings about their families and extended families. The book on this woman's lap symbolizes a family album. The pages show a white and a black rose to symbolize the strong feelings around family members - there is often black or white feelings and not a lot of shades of grey in between.

When the moon is in Cancer, as it is today, we may be tuning into our shell, our families, our food and our security. This drawing is an image of a woman in a kind of meditation, sitting in front of her home at the sea side looking through a family album. On her home flies a moon flag, the ruler of the sign Cancer. This is an image of a Cancerian at home in her world.

While the moon is in Cancer, I continue the special, $75 for a reading, now for Cancerians. If you are a Cancer or have a special Cancer in your life, email me at design (at) deirdretanton (dot) com to set up an appointment.

The Gemini Moon and Movable Air

Today the Moon is in Gemini, a sign which rules communication and siblings and it reminds me that recently my sister asked me if I had any symbols I had already drawn of the zodiac and I do. So while Mercury is retrograde, I am digging them out of my past and looking at them again. These symbols were also used by Planet Waves for their 2006 Annual. What a history!

I did this drawing originally in 1996. Still when I look at it I think there can't possibly be any other symbol for Gemini from me, although that probably means there are endless sets of symbols yet for me to born. The idea behind this image is that Gemini is about mutable air, or air that is always moving, thus the windmill. Gemini is also about two, which is why she has a mask, symbolizing an alter ego. The ruler of Gemini is Mercury, the winged messenger which is why she has wings on her ankles and is a delivering a message. I made this drawing with chalk pastel on top of gouache. The blue strokes in the background emphasize the idea of motion. Often to me Geminis have the energy and weight of a butterfly, landing from flower to flower, thus the bow on her shirt.

Gemini rules siblings like I said, and about the conversation with my sister, Pamela, who is a writer, we were taking about promotions, special offers and gift certificates, and for me to offer a special on astrology readings for each sign. So today because moon is in Gemini and there is a flow, the special is $75 for a reading for Geminis. If you are a Gemini or have a special Gemini in your life, email me at design (at) deirdretanton (dot) com to set up an appointment.

Virgo:The Mermaid Who Works 24/7

It is September 1 and that means deep Virgo season. I have been looking carefully at the mermaid in the fountain outside of the cathedral in Amalfi Italy because I was commissioned to paint her.

In doing so I learned that at that time, in 1760 when the fountain was designed, the intention of having an eternal fountain was a dedication to the apostle Andrew who later became a saint. In essence this fountain symbolizes divine eternity.

And so this mermaid works eternally according to a divine plan and humbly in accordance with the divine. This speaks to me of the Virgo Pisces axis, and the connection between dharma and karma. The energy of Virgo is ideally humble, providing service as a role in the divine plan.

This is the first Virgo season in four years when we have not had Saturn in Virgo. Most likely we have all honed in on our tasks during these years, now being more careful about what we eat, say and do. This September we mortals can think of the mermaid working 24/7 in Amalfi keeping the trickle of energy going in her dharma. Maybe this can be inspiration as we get back to school, back to work and back to our lives.

Sign on a bridge as symbol for Cardinal Cross

One of the ways to get from Baltimore to Chincoteague involves crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Looking at the pictures I took as I was crossing the bridge with my brother, I noticed how dramatic it seemed to have a Crisis Hotline sign posted to a telephone poll in the middle of the bridge. The next frame seemed so stable in comparison with the symmetrical, steel structure creating a stable path to the future. As I put these two images side by side, it occurred to me that this juxtaposition created a visual metaphor for this summer's historic astrology called The Cardinal Cross.

The Cardinal Cross is a rare and powerful square alignment involving slow-orbiting planets. The slowness of the orbits means that the square pattern holds and the window of time for an effect is longer. This can be compared to getting a medical degree, which takes a lot of time, patience and hard work, but then you have the doctorate degree for the rest of your life. Some people are in med school right now doing just that. Other people are in Afghanistan on a tour. Other people look like they are going to work like always, but they may have a lot on their mind.

Wherever we are, we may be noticing that the topic of shifts in the bigger picture, is like this image of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Change may be perceived as a crisis. Help is always available from somewhere. And the new steps we take can create powerful and stable paths in our future.

To see how The Cardinal Cross is taking shape in your chart, contact me through facebook or send me an email: design@deirdretanton.com to schedule a reading with me.

Truth Here Shift There

I got an email today from a friend who said, "...my career isn't happening fast enough, I'm obsessed with why I'm not happy right now...". The chart of this friend is the cardinal cross. Can you imagine how much she wants her life to go forward!

Also, the lunar eclipse made a powerful contact to her 4° Cancer Moon, the ruler of her 10th house. So she is feeling fully frustrated. There were a number of other factors going on in her chart as well, but the point is now, while we are in the middle of two eclipses, she can alter her routine which will alter her consciousness which will create a shift, which will make some movement to get her out of a hazy territory which seems to feel so powerless to her.

Today as Mars conjuncts Vesta, we may find Truth sitting on our laps. Interestingly, Juno is making a positive aspect to the Mars Vesta conjunction. This is an opportunity to define our Truth with a partner or a consultant. And lets not forget, we are between eclipses, the time when we can alter patterns in all of our lives. Today we can define our truth in relationship and move toward it.

Rare, Square & Extraordinaire

The astrology of now is rare. Early on the morning of June 26, on the East Coast, a full Moon eclipse was part of the extraordinarily powerful square alignment involving slow orbiting planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and dwarf planet Pluto. With this configuration, there is immense clarity and push for prioritizing what is important in our lives. In this astrology, Claiming Leadership + Pressing Forward + Not Giving Up = Happiness (Eventually).

The signs most effected are Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. Also if you have personal planets like Moon, Mercury, Venus or Mars in any of these signs you may feel a powerful surge of motion or energy in your life.

From now and for the next two weeks until the solar eclipse on July 11, it is important to take note of events happening in our lives. These are eclipse events. The events are in the news as well as in our personal lives as this planetary alignment is near the zero degree mark in cardinal signs, the astrology of where the personal meets the political.

In our personal lives, whether we meet someone new at a barbecue, find out about new projects at work or become part of a new team, eclipse events represent the hand of fate and we are put on notice to pay particular attention to how we direct the current changes on our path.

I am here and available to read your chart regarding how the eclipses and powerful square alignment are connected with you. Email me to set up a reading: design at deirdretanton dot com.

A Sense of Ease in Nature

I did this illustration today thinking mostly of the intensity of the astrology in the moment and how helpful it is to find some inner peace in whatever way we can. I started out drawing a man and a woman kissing. The woman looked to me like Egyptian / Native American royalty and the guy looked like Joe Highschool, so I decided to just focus on the princess. To me the flowers in her hair were like the feeling of swimming with long hair and feeling it go back along your scalp and shoulders as you come up from the water. And then I imagined some sort of being who may be like an ascended master and the idea of an ascended master swimming in the Gulf of Mexico diffusing fears and thoughts as the shadow side finding some ease in nature.

For a personal reading, contact me through facebook or send me an email design@deirdretanton.com to schedule.

A Diagram of the Summer Eclipses 2010

This morning I realized I had an image in my mind of a bridge as a way of structuring the upcoming astrology. I was picturing the two eclipses as towers supporting a suspension bridge, like The Tower Bridge of London. This bridge itself is such an event with a hodge-podge of elements and experiences. It seems you could be on one part of the bridge, like deep inside one of the towers, and forget you are on a bridge. Or you could be racing across in a hurry to get to the other side, and be oblivious to what's going on in the towers.

The bridge I have diagrammed is, from left to right in chronological order, made of the Northern Solstice, the Lunar Eclipse, and Uranus retrograde on the Aries point halfway through the eclipses.Then comes the Solar Eclipse and right after that Chiron goes back into Aquarius and Saturn goes back into Libra.

The Tower Bridge, because of its unique components and important location, has become an icon and a symbol. The astrology of 2010, as I perceive it here from our important location, Earth, could also well become an icon and a symbol in the future. We may look back and remember the summer of 2010, when we built a bridge to the next part of our lives.

To see how the specifics of your chart work with this summer's unforgettable astrology, contact me through facebook or send me an email to schedule your reading, design@deirdretanton.com

Unfolding the Wings of this New Moon

When butterflies come out of a cocoon, their wings are wet and they hang there, suspended from their cocoon, attached to the underside of a leaf, vulnerable to the outside world. As soon as the wings dry, the butterfly can flutter around in its light way, looking like the social butterfly it becomes.

Today is the new Moon in Gemini. There may be a new beginning in the way we are in our neighborhoods, or in the way we speak, think, write, read or the way we communicate with relatives. The shift may feel heavy at first. As we get our bearings and let our wings unfold, we may feel vulnerable for a bit, but soon enough we'll be flying around collecting information and sipping nectar on our paths!

Today USA plays England in the soccer World Cup! I will go to the neighborhood bar and sip some nectar there. Hope I find some Americans.

The Aries Point: But I want it NOW!!!!!!!!!!

Once a therapist told me, "Misery is wishing things were different" and that's true, isn't it? There can be different reasons for feeling miserable, whether it's from feeling lost, confused, disappointed, impatient, or not knowing what we want. Sometimes if we can just see a map and find out where we are this can be relieving and even interesting.
One way of finding some sense of a map in the cosmos is to track and compare time cycles among planets and other bodies. When slow-moving planets orbit into new territory, especially a few of them at the same time, this can create new a new era, which is what we are witnessing now. The marker in astrology which marks the beginning, is the first degree of Aries. When some of the slower moving planets pass over this point, this also marks a new era's beginning - and we are also witnessing this now. This is quite a shift from go-with-the-flow Pisces to the strong-willed, determined impulse of Aries. This energy demands us to find patience, although this may make us miserable! I find inspiration in the picture of the baby in this picture. He strains to hold his head up, eyebrows raised, fists clenched, a moment of pure will leading to action, progress and empowerment. Currently in the sky Moon, Jupiter and Uranus are all in Aries. Although in itself this is exciting, breaking news, historic astrology, at the same time it's just the beginning, so practicing patience in the same proportion as being impulsive may helpful. This may help us stay relaxed and content so we can see what we what, hold our heads up, eyebrows raised, fists clenched and then go for it!

Photo by Tinna Bessadóttir

To see how the specifics of your chart work with June's exciting astrology, contact me through facebook or send me an email to schedule your reading, design@deirdretanton.com

Water From The Asteroids

I was talking to my friend Paloma about the recent articles about water and how its source seems to be from asteroids. This inspired me to do the image here as we were thinking we have the asteroids inside of us. This image is about what i was seeing as I was thinking about the birth of water and the journey it has made.

You can read more of Paloma's thoughts on the recent astrology here which is the Google translation in English.

I am going to the Baltic Sea today to put my toes in the water and read Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss (recommended to me by Yuko).

Deirdre's June Horoscopes 2010

In June we experience the historic Jupiter Uranus conjunction which can be great inspiration to fulfilling our life's dreams. The new Moon in Gemini, the Northern Solstice, and the Lunar Eclipse is astrology which can help lead to the most positive changes we have ever imagined as the Cardinal Square moves closer to exact.
To find out how these cosmic patterns work with your chart, send me an email, deirdre@cosmicguidelines.com to schedule a reading for you.

ARIES: Your recent winter hibernation has officially melted and you are finally off and running! The completely new way of thinking, being and writing, which has everyone excited included yourself, suggests it is also okay to let go of an aspect of your role in the world. This letting go can make room for and bring focus to a significant other who wants to build a nurturing nest in a new and equal way.
TAURUS: At a certain point Marco Polo stopped traveling so the book of his journeys could be written. Your astrology suggests the fireworks in your dreams are calling you to do something similar. You have gathered the knowledge; you see the big picture. Never before has it been so important to express your dreams — the more details you see, the more stability you can create.
GEMINI: The new Moon in your sign this month suggests that the role you play in the company of new and different folk you keep creates a new phase in your life where you can sell isolation for personal profit. The ideas and sense of home you find in the lively community surprisingly strengthens your self confidence in ways that give you relief and independence for the first time in a long long time.
CANCER: You may understand one of Life's Big Secrets this month: that you are the angel who has manifested the power you experience with partners and significant relationships. This realization may be the source for the courage you find to define security in your terms. Opportunities in the world may present you with the need to finalize the spelling of your real name or to choose a pen name which keeps you safe as you share the secrets with a larger public than you imagined.
LEO: After a long winter, you are now sure of your great value and worth. The new Moon on the 12th, highlighting an inspired audience, can create a shift in your life plan concept. A new way of structuring your day supports your earning power and gives voice to your subconscious mind while all and far-reaching eyes are on you.
VIRGO: The power is in your humble court this month as opportunities which come your way are but a reflection of all the hard work you have done the past few years. You may find the resources of a group particularly valuable as you let go of an aspect of responsiblity you have held onto since you were a child. Make the new opportunity at work the stepping stone to long term goals becoming more and more real next month.












LIBRA: New, exciting, strange and helpful people show up in your life distracting you out of a comfort zone as shadows of the past may turn out to be paper tigers. Boxing your way through your fears opens up a big and fascinating new world which can nurture you as you identify with playing the role of hero in your elegant and lovely life.
SCORPIO: The new Moon on the 12th, seducing you into curious, previously unknown positions, inspires you to tame the rodeo which has burst onto your daily scene. The energy you expend in the community may make you think twice about becoming president of the neighborhood association toward the end of the month. Pace your self as bigger mountains to climb appear on the horizon beginning in July.
SAGITTARIUS: Fun takes on a new dimension this month as Jupiter and Uranus, now conjunct in your solar 5th house, unleash super pleasant surprises regarding children, artwork, dance and a sense that all of life itself is romance. A new aspect of your life as a partner inspires a compelling message you may want to send out to the world.
CAPRICORN: No matter how the deck is cut, life as you perceive it may not be what you want AND you have all the powers in your possession to make necessary adjustments. A new project could present itself at work this month which can bring excitement to your home, even if at first it's just in the words you are writing. A voracious appetite for any bigger picture may provide relief to aspects of your ego which may have gotten in your way.
AQUARIUS: Something about a new perspective in your little neighborhood may inspire you where you most want to be inspired, jostling fears that have prevented community barbecues at your house for the last substance of time. If you want to see your people jump for joy then cut a rug and jig across a neighbor's lawn. This may surprise you when a buyer makes an offer you never expected.
PISCES: It could be worth defining new goals in your life and letting go of a group which you thought was vital to your existence. The new Moon in Gemini this month suggests you may re-consider what makes you safe; a new domestic style could present itself. An exciting new sense of self worth may see you so busy with the reinvention of your personal commerce that a partner may resort to trying on the grizzly bear costume to get attention, but will you notice?
To understand how the details of your chart work with June's powerful astrology, send me an email to schedule your reading, deirdre@cosmicguidelines.com I look forward to hearing from you!

A First Last Reading

In March I gave an astrology reading to a woman who was in advanced stages of an illness from which she had been suffering for nearly 10 years. She had read so much about her illness, that she knew exactly what the doctors were talking about at the appointment she had just had. She told my sister that she was going to die soon. When my sister told her that I was in town, she said she wanted a reading.

I am used to giving people readings about their lives before them. Usually we talk about relationship issues, family worries, or maybe power struggles at work. As I was preparing for this reading, I thought instead to talk about the meaning and purpose of her life. With her North Node in Gemini in the 7th, and her Mercury Retrograde in Pisces in the 4th, having a talk one-on-one in her home felt right and most likely we had done this already long long ago. When I looked up the Sabian Symbol for her ascendant, I wondered how this was going to work out. Sagittarius 1, was the symbol for her ascendant: Retired army veterans gather to reawaken old memories.

I knocked on her door and she took a long time to answer. I finally heard the chain slide and she told me to push the door open. I was surprised to find her in a wheel chair. I bent down and gave her a kiss and asked her if my sister knew she was in a wheel chair. She told me No, that this had just happened last night. She was pulling on some slacks, something gave way near her hip and she couldn't walk anymore. She told me it was impossible to stand and she was afraid of what it could be. She told the nurse that as soon as the astrology reading was over that they would go to the emergency room to find out what it was.

Normally people cancel astrology readings if something in their leg tears, but she was determined to sit down at the kitchen table and talk about her life. She had her paper and pencil ready to take notes. We sat down and looked at each other and we were both silent. I looked at her and she looked at me and so I began, telling her that I didn't use to understand past lives but it was something I learned about in astrology. I tried to make it sound like a casual by-the-by because I felt like I was taking a big leap.

I explained to her what it means to have North Node in Gemini in the 7th, with Mercury in Pisces retrograde in the 4th. I asked her if she enjoys having conversations with people and she said "Immensely." I told her I thought the contact she has had in her life of sitting down and speaking to someone in her home has most likely touched the lives and fascinated those she has spoken with. Most likely too they had learned a lot from her. This seemed to resonate with her whole heartedly and she ambitiously kept writing down each word I said. She also told me how happy she was that she always had such a good relationship with her ex-husband (7th house) and no matter what they cold always speak (North Node in Gemini in the 7th).

Then I told her about Sabian Symbols and how we all have one assigned to our ascendant which we get over and over each incarnation. She looked at me in disbelief and did not write that down. So I told her what the Symbol for her ascendant was: Retired army veterans gather to reawaken old memories, and she looked at me blankly. I asked her if anyone in her family had been in the military and then she lit up saying that her father had been in the military but just worked in an office and he looked so handsome in his uniform. She looked so happy to remember the image. I felt like we had invoked something important at least a clear and lovely memory of her father and we talked about him for a while.

But it seemed like what she really wanted to know was if her 33-year old son would be alright after she is gone. So I got out his chart, which we had also done last summer and I told her all the wonderful things about her son. I described his grand trine in fire and how that is like an eternity flame of spirituality and inspiration. She told me she was worried that he was lazy and he is always late to work. This really worried her natal Saturn conjunct Mars in Cancer in the 8th. I looked at his chart and remembered his Sun and Moon conjunct in late Taurus and the South Node in the 6th. I told her he didnt come to this planet to work like that, he had done that plenty in past lives. This time around he was here to enjoy life. She looked at me uncertain, but she wrote it down. I saw his Pluto in Libra in the 12th and his Venus in the 6th. I also saw his Jupiter in Gemini in the 8th. I told her it seemed like he would be more and more involved with spirituality the older he got and it seemed like he was going to inherit a nice sum of money. She told me her mother was extremely wealthy and she did not seemed to be shocked at what I said.

I looked at her son's Venus in the 6th trining Neptune in the 2nd and told her he likes to have a pleasant atmosphere at work and how this makes him feel good about himself. She told me that her son and his husband were planning to open a flower store and I told her how much he will love being surrounded by flowers all day.

At this point the nurse came into the kitchen and asked us if we were finished so they could get going to the emergency room. I got the eye contact that we were done so I leaned over and hugged her for a pretty long time and then got my things together. We had another hug, a nice long farewell hug, and she thanked me so much for coming by.

Driving back to my sister's place, I was thinking about the Sabian Symbol, the North Node and if I would see her again which I would not. I just heard from my sister that our friend has died. She was at home. Many friends came during the last days, including her childhood friends from camp. Her son was there too, of course. She, a strong-willed Aries, was determined to hold out for her Taurus son's 33rd birthday and she did. She died at home with the transiting moon in Cancer with family and women around her. Farewell friend.

Photo by Anne D., Rhode Island

Chiron in Pisces Impressionism

Recently there was a shift in the sky which I think has an effect on the way we dream. Often times when we dream, like at night time, it can be hard to remember a part of the dream or make sense of it all. But the same can go for our dreams and ideals in our lives. We may want something but if we look closer, we may notice there can be a vagueness in exactly what we want.

Pisces can be the dreamiest of signs, we may simply want to live in a castle without considering the details of how to get there. When Chiron enters Pisces, as it did last week, we now have the possibility to look at the details in the dream. We can zoom in and look at the the pixels which create a larger impression. With Pisces there is no linear logic. Pisces works more like magic.

Chiron creates an indeniable awareness of detail in the dream. We can zoom in and zoom out and see the dream clearer and clearer with our awareness ever heightening to a kind of sensibility we may used to have described as silence or nothing. This could be why during the years when Chiron is in Pisces (the last time was 1961 - 1969) we tend to fight for our dreams more intensely - because we can see them and because we can.

Bikini Season Here I Come

Ladies and Gentlemen, If there has ever been a good New Moon for getting our bodies ready for bikinis (or one piece bathing suits or hot pants or baby doll bathing suits with aprons), it is this New Moon this Wednesday, so start your engines! One hour per day walk, run, bike, whatever, but just do it. The New Moon will be exact at 9:29 pm in Sydney; 1:29 pm in Hamburg; 7:29 am in New York and 4:29 am in California. So we need to be starting our exciting new discipline on or just before the exact New Moon. Today is Monday, so this gives us a day to get the equipment we need, like shoes, and to psyche ourselves up.

P.S. This New Moon aligns with my 3rd house of communication, so THATS why I am writing about it - to strengthen my intention.

If you would like to find out where this New Moon aligns in your chart to support your bikini body, write to me either in an email or on facebook to set up a time.

Rainbow Bridge To Higher Ground

Recently, I was talking to my friend Yuko, who brought up the 150° degree angle currently between Saturn at 29° Virgo and Chiron at 29° Aquarius. I had not been thinking about this quincunx at all, but I started to so I ran Saturn + Chiron + quincunx through my astrology program and noticed that we are currently in the 4th of a series of 5 quincunxes happening since Obama has been elected. This means that the quincunx has been running parallel to the Saturn-Uranus opposition. A quincunx is a connection that tends toward continual adjustment rather than a solid hunkering in, like a soup which is never finished where one minute we think the soup needs more salt and the next minute it needs more pepper, but then it needs more stock, and this keeps going.

The next quincunx between Saturn and Chiron will be exact on this coming Monday, April 12, less than two weeks before the next exact Saturn Uranus opposition on April 26. The Saturn Uranus opposition is the strong split opinions which have been dividing nations, parites, communities, friends and families since 2008. The upcoming conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus at the Aries point indicates quick, broad world incidents effecting us personally. The quincunx added into the mix may be asking for some fluidity in our opinions rather than getting so fixed on an issue.

As I started to think about this combination, Earth (Saturn in Virgo) and Air (Chiron in Aquarius) combined, I thought of the Virgo planet Mercury in exaltation in Aquarius, and how that (a detailed analysis for our future's solutions) may be a door to open to get out of the polarity. Yuko pointed out that Chiron, as ruler of Virgo, and Saturn, as ancient ruler of Aquarius, are in mutual reception until April 20 when Chiron will enter Pisces.

I also spoke with Paloma, who reminded me of Barbara Hand Clowe's Rainbow Bridge. Chiron, located between Saturn and Uranus, acts as a bridge between the inner planets and the outer planets, between the old and the new, the personal and the collective, the past and the future.

What this seems to emphasize is the importance of Chiron at the last degree of Aquarius pointing us to our personal and political futures. Many countries seem to be on the brink of extreme thought and change from Kyrgyzstan to Thailand to today's tragic accident bringing down an airplane with Poland's highest officials sadly now gone.

Saturn on one end of this quincunx at 29 Virgo is crying out for us to look into the details and heal on a soul level. The specifics in our health, our paperwork, and day to day life, often so tedious, may help ground us as we are crossing the rainbow bridge to a personal and collective higher ground. As this quincunx asks for adjustments in the way we think about our day to day practical affairs, it may be the nicest to structure the pondering during morning walks with the dog, or daily meditation. We may find fluidness helps while tasting the soup on our wild adventures on the bridge. ◊

Seeing and Being Seen; Transformed In Detail

A few months ago, I was at the Wax Museum in Berlin...

...and saw these eyes in a tray which felt creepy as they were displayed in styrofoam compartments and seemed like they had a soul. This reminded me of Scorpio, in that Scorpio people can sometimes make themselves invisible or detached, yet maintain intense eye contact - creating a very deep observation system.

I thought of this today as Pluto, the ruler of Scorpio, has just turned retrograde. This deep, invisible way of observing is now active within our consciousness - not just for Scorpios, but for all of us, — in our psychology, our souls, our minds and obsessions...

...also as today, Saturn re-enters Virgo, letting us not just spy on ourselves inwardly, but to see details in sharp focus

and take action even if we don't want to.

This is a chance to get over ourselves

(with great effort, of course).

Luckily, to add some momentum, a New Moon is coming up next week on Wednesday, April 14. This will be a New Moon in Aries, which may point to the beginning of the beginning of something we may have been trying to birth for a while.

As the days before the New Moon are building, the Dark of the Moon can be a time when the pending beginnings, wishes and longings may feel bleak or out of our reach every time - sort of like what PMS can do.

This New Moon is happening just before a Mercury retrograde, so one tact may be to sort through something old, to birth what we have been wanting to birth and have been working with our intentions for a while...

...like the big pile of old toys, school papers, clothes, magazines, books and stuff to sort and give away. Because by doing this we can, for example, transform a huge part of our living space from a big messy corner or even whole room to a peaceful library. This can change not just our physical space...

...but also our outlook on life!

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If you want to schedule a reading to find out how to use this astrology to transform an aspect of your life, contact me either through facebook or email, deirdre@cosmicguidelines.com so we can set up an appointment for your Spring Cleaning reading.

This blog is dedicated to Meg Alexander.