Aquarian Message in Flight Spills Manifesto All Over Earth

Yesterday, as the Sun moved from the sign of the water bearer (Aquarius), to the sign of the fish (Pisces), we surprisingly learned that the pilot who had crashed his plane into a building, was also the author of a manifesto. Not many of us were expecting that to happen yesterday.
An Aquarian can be a container for information, it is an air sign. Aquarians can be rebellious, charismatic leaders. The airplane yesterday was like a water bearer. Pisces can send information everywhere in an un-orderly fashion, much like a spilled glass of something. The crash happened while the Sun was in Aquarius; the manifesto is being distributed while Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Uranus are in Pisces. Through the internet, the entire world has access to the pilot's manifesto.
These are surprising times and the astrology suggests that surf is building. The local police chief in Austin stated that the plane crash was a "lone wolf" incident, not connected to a major terrorist organization. When Uranus, the planet of sudden surprises, moves into Aries, the sign of the lone individual, in early spring, the rage of the lone wolf may be howling even deeper into the cosmos.
This morning I got an invitation from another RISD artist living in Hamburg, Laura Honse, to an event called "MAN SON 1969. The Horror of the Situation" This exhibit, first shown at the Hamburg Kunsthalle in 2009 will be shown again in the Villa-Merkel in Esslingen, Germany. The aesthetics, politics, lifestyles, subculture and history of 1969 remains unforgettable for any of us who lived though it even if we were only nine years old and making beaded jewelry in our bedrooms. The astrology of that time, 1969, is back this year and what I found fascinating is that it exactly corresponds with the timing of the spring exhibit, "MAN SON 1969. The Horror of the Situation".

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2010, a Surge to a Point

I heard a story today of a man who became a millionaire when he was 32 and then he kept on making money. He bought yachts, airplanes, a helicopter and a luxury home in Tirol on a lake. When he was 47, he decided to raffle his house off, let somebody else get it and then move to Africa and work in micro loans.
I am really interested in the point at which people make huge sweeping changes in their lives. Often huge changes can be traced to a place in our hearts where the political meets the personal and the personal meets the political. It is like a fire is lit, like a spark plug which gets our engines going.
This is a place where a huge emotional end leads to a hugely exciting beginning. In astrology this is where the last degree of Pisces meets the first degree of Aries. The last degree of Pisces is all fish aligning to one point. The first degree of Aries is like alchemy which can convert water, or emotions to fire which is inspiration energy and in the ideal situation expressed with love. All of us have this point somewhere in our charts. It is 0° Aries, or The Aries Point.
The day when the Sun crosses this point this year will be March 21, the first day of Spring, the day the Sun aligns with the Vernal Equinox, and this year we may see some mini-signs of what's up with our Aries Points, which could be helpful soon. I say helpful because don't we all want to be as liberated as the man who raffled his house and moved to Africa? We might not want to do exactly that but isn't it satisfying to move toward a big dream and align ourselves with our life purpose here on planet Earth? As Jupiter and Uranus are hearding all fish toward the Aries Point, there will be a historic convergence on June 8, 2010. We can check out our charts to see in which house the Aries Point falls, brainstorm about what can be invented there and most of all dream big.

If you want to schedule a reading with me, email me at deirdre@cosmicguidelines.com and we can look at where the Aries Point falls in your chart and see what the astrology of 2010 may be saying to you.

Fire and Flowers from the Dark Hours and into the Light with Ground Hogs, St. Brigid and Moveable Feasts

Today is 40 days after Christmas, or half way between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Today is Ground Hog Day, St Brigid's Day, Candlemas, and Imbolc, one of the four main festivals in the Celtic calender.

Regarding Ground Hog Day, I am not sure this weather prognostication works here in Hamburg because it is so dark and the winter long. However, if there are ground hogs here, they did not see their shadows in this classic Northern German flat grey weather. Yet the days are in fact getting longer, and there are some early signs of Spring in the sounds of birds I hear.

According to Gaelic folklore, it is time to gather firewood for the rest of the winter. The symbology behind St. Brigid is that she brings us light and power to carry us from the dark of Winter and into Spring. Also symbolic of this time is lighting fires or candles in our homes to bring in extra warmth as well as the image of flowers rising through snow representing the half way point between Winter snow and Spring flowers.

This year the exact moment of this celebration happens when Moon is in Libra, the sign of symmetry and balance. I made this image combining candles, flowers and the symbol from the Haitian flag with prayers that the energy of St Brigid helps carry the Haitian people out of a darkest hour into the light.

About Getting There after the Full Moon Shines the Light on our Issues

When the Full Moon may have just lit up our "issues" (Saturn square Pluto) over the weekend (and for the last little while), then being motivated, as we are, may feel like the way a clothing hanger does (Moon in closet-organizing, all-hangers-face-north Virgo) riding a bike (mutable) on tomato wheels (exposed issues in Aquarius season) and going there anyway (Mars in Leo retrograde). Just a feeling.