Spring Fever : Full Moon In Libra

This year the annual full moon in libra, a sign of balance and harmony, is especially unbalanced, disharmonious and intense as it is swept up with electric Uranus the disruptor of the planetary Gods and irristable cosmic lure of compulsive anus jokes.

This full moon is opposite a busy swarm of activity in the sign of Aries, with the sun, venus and Mars adding heat, urgency and complications to the already crazymaking element of Uranus. Because Mars rules Aries and is present here means that he "rules the day" and his agressive, caustic spirit effects the usually soft and romantic libra moon. This activity will be felt wherever Aries is present in your natal chart and will be especially noticable by those with Cardinal rising signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn) and even more so to those with natal planets that align in some way with the Full moon and the constellation of planets in Aries.

Often people think of Love when they think of Libra and this is partially true. Libra is also social harmony and partnerships that have a kind of agreement behind them such as in the case of business partnerships. However not everyone will experience this full moon about Love per say, but the themes of Libra (balance, equanimity, harmony, agreements, judgements) will be present, affected and/or disrupted by this lunation. Where Libra and Aries sit in your natal chart will give added focus to this edgy, stressball period.

Where is your libra house? First you will need to find your ascendant or "rising sign" which can be generated all lickety split right here: Ascendant calculator. The rising sign determines what order the zodiac falls into and what corresponding house a particular sign rules.


Rising sign:

Aries - Assertiveness and Self-centeredness VS give and take within relationships. Of all the signs, relationship disturbances are strongest among those with Aries rising. This period will be when you will want to do whatever you want/need or are compelled to do. If there is something obstructing your self expression you may experience a bout of vulcanism in your personal life. Because the Moon is in your 7th house partnerships may be effected. This could be the consumation or combustion of an important relationship. Be careful about both commitments and burning bridges.

Taurus - Aries rules your 12th house of hidden activities, retreat and self-undoing while the full moon occours in your 6th house of Work, service and physical health and illness. Because of the hidden, perhaps unconcious stress you could experience psychosomatic illness within your body. Your work can also be effected perhaps by events happening in secret.

Gemini- Your circle of friends, networks or group you may belong to could be especially exciting or fun and there is a possibility of Romance. If already seeing someone it could get more intense or suddenly dematerialize. Performances or dramatic renactments could go well if they need the fire and enthusiasm of mars as fuel. The 5th house is also associated with the conception of a child so sex could play a part in the sense of procreation. Perhaps more than some other signs, this particular situation is dependent on other factors within your natal chart.

Cancer - Career and public standing are under the erratic effects of Mars and Uranus. The changes could effect your home or something in your home life could be effecting career. A new job (or lack thereof) may require moving to a new location. If you are experiencing unusual amounts of stress at work, try and leave it there. Don't bring it home with you. If you work from home then you just might be screwed.

Leo - Travel, school and courtrooms are the themes activated now though most of you will experience only one of those areas. The moon is situated in your 3rd house of communications wich can dovetail back into the weirdness, stress and heat you are feeling in those aforementioned life areas.

Virgo - Money -especially other people's money is effected by the planets in Aries and your own personal finances are effected by the unpredictable activity here. Urgency regarding finances could improve after venus leaves Aries in mid april but for now things may be rather unpleasant.

Libra - like Aries, Relationship issues will be at the forefront with you or a partner needing space as both of you could be acting unusual. This is a difficult time for long term relationship stability and with Uranus in your 7th house of partnerships until 2018 things are going to be tricky for a while.

Scorpio - Unusual heatlh and/or work issues could have you in a relative state of confinement. You may need to lock yourself away from the world or somehow confined even if against your desires. Unusual illness and physical alements may be experienced and the result can lead to a feeling of having to be taken out of pubilc view for a while.

Sagittarius - Jupiter is traveling your house of partnerships which is an excellent time to be expanding your world through friendships. This full Moon may take that to a new level with social activity that puts the spotlight on you and your wider circle of friends. You could be performing, literally or metaphorically with the result being a new networks forming around shared goals and long term dreams. creativity, romance, Performances and partying will be likely now but are also subject to the erratic and crazymaking presence of Uranus and Mars.


Capricorn - Sudden changes and reversals in your home life could effect work and vice versa. The erratic effects of Uranus could up-end your homelife and find you spending more time working or working at finding a new home. Public attention and career advances are possible as are personal secrets being broadcasted to the world.


Aquarius - The day-t-day life of Aquarius rising is effected by the lightning storm of activity in Aries. Communications, travels, neihbors, roommmates and siblings are unusual to say the least. use caution when traveling around town or abroad. For some the activity occouring now is a prequil to a trip or vacation. For others a major move is in the works in the upcoming eclipse in may.

Pisces - Money matters are an issue for a lot of people right now but especially for you. It's not all bad but right now it doesn't look all that good at least as far as lending and borrowing go. With your money ruler, Mars, at home you might be subject to a major increase in cash flow but speculative ventures will be much better when Jupiter, your ruling planet, moves into your 5th house later this summer. Money can go as fast as it comes in right now so watch out for unexpected costs.

Slow your roll there, Ladies and Gents: Mercury Retro and Direct 101

Mercury is about to end it's foggy retrograde cycle through Pisces but we are not out of the woods yet. It won't be until the 20th until Mercury starts moving forward and, Until then, it is actually the most powerful time for Mercury to be expressing it's wonkiness.

There are a lot of misconceptions about mercury retrograde. So for y'alls edification and such:

Mercury Retro and Direct 101

Most everyone knows about Mercury retrograde period and some understand that retrograde periods are when a planet appears to move backwards in the sky and is a cycle where the planetary virtues are turned inwards, backwards and skewed in some way. Like all of astrology this is symbolic.

Mercury rules the mind, words, writing, numbers, details, communications and the like. It's retrograde period does not cause relationship breakups, fights or generally "bad things" to happen though it can cause problems related to the things it generally corresponds to. Justin Beiber's hamster dying is not one of them (I actually read this) unless he accidentally misread "hamster poison" as "hamster food" and fed it to him. Then, yes, dang it.

Retrograde planets

A retrograde planet will effect you MOST when it is slowing down to the point where it appears to stop in the sky before going reverse or before switching forward again. Speed is more important than direction but forwards is still "better" than backwards only because it's going to stop and retrace it's steps. It isn't a curse though it can be very frustrating.


A planet stationing to go forwards or reverse will be making an aspect to one of your personal planets or points for it to be noticeable. However other people connected to you can be vicariously effected, as in the case of accidentally feeding someone 'people poison' instead of 'people food'.

Retrograde movement is not "bad". It can be but It can just as likely be good. it depends on other factors. There are many long-winded, wide-eyed and spiritual takes on retrograde processes being necessary for evolution and whatnot. I don't discount them but I'm not going to indulge in it either. Often it is a time when we realize an error not necessarily the time of the error itself though the realization is when we must deal with the mistake.

Planetary dignity or debility can be Good or bad, respectively and most noticeably when making aspects to you. Dignity is when a planet is in a sign it rules or has a special affinity with. Debility is when it is in a sign opposite the sign it rules or opposite a sign it has a special affinity with. Mercury is dignified in Gemini and Virgo and it is  debilitated in Sagittarius and pisces.


I hope this clears things up and alleviates undue anxiety about this process for some people. You can't hide from life and we can't always wait for the stars to align in perfect symmetry before taking action, but listening to intuition and observing this process with proper awareness can help direct our lives in small but significant ways.

New Moon in Pisces

New Moon 21 degrees Pisces
Pisces is known for the soft dreaminess of the ocean at night but this period may seem a bit more turbulent than usual as there is a swirl of planets occupying Pisces including retrograde mercury which is about to turn direct. Mercury stationing direct is it's most powerful moment of this retrograde cycle. So, right now those waters may seem a bit more turbuent than usual especially for those with mutable rising signs, Piscse, sagittarius, Gemini and Virgo. Turbulence may be just what is needed, however and the movement may break us out of our ruts and get some much needed momentum.

Kicking up the possibilites of turbulence is that Pisces ruler, Jupiter in Gemini, the sign of it's detriment. Here Jupiter is more talk than action and his customary warm expasiveness has a tendency to turn into hot air and mixed messages. Increasing this susceptability of vice over virtue is that Gemini's ruler, Mercury is also poorly placed in the sign of pisces and is more confused than coherent. and, to make matters worse -er more pronounced(!), mercury in Pisces is in a tense square aspect to Jupiter where it is slowing down to stop in it's tracks and begin direct motion.

This stationary period is really where mercury retrograde gets it's bad reputation and, truth be told, it really only effects people who are being aspected by it personally ...and those talking to, relying or depending on the person being aspected. Even though Mercury will be going direct it doesn't mean we are clear of the whole retrograde menace as it will be stationary from March 16 to the 20th. Adn then there is the issue of it being in the sign of Pisecs until April 13th (my birthday!) where it is more suited to dreams than clarity.

As I said, you won't be feeling the more exasperating vibes of Retro Mercury unless is is aspecting you peronally and stationing to go direct or reverse. It goes direct March 16-20 at 5 Degrees Pisces so unless you have a personal planet or angle (rising sign, midhaven,ect) at 5 Pisces you will not experience it. Go to astro.com to calculate your chart or hire an astrologer (like me!) to see if you have any planets on that degree. Quickly get your ascendant here: http://www.cafeastrology.com/ascendantcalculator.html

I had Mercury square my neptune as it went retro and discovered I had lost the title to my car and, long story short, lost my car as a result.

anyway, back to the New Moon...

Mercury going direct near this New Moon could also signal plans moving forward, albiet slowly and with caveats. Important calls may come in signaling forward momentum JUST in the nick of time.


Those with Mutable rising signs (or planets) will be feeling this New Moon the most (click here if you don't know). That is : Pisces, Gemini, Virgo and Sagittarius. Here are brief overviews for Mutable rising signs. Remember this is a Verrry incomplete look at what is going on and is very impersonal. The only way to get a fine tuned reading is to hire a professional. Re-read that last sentence beause Mercury in Pisces is a classic period for being mis-heard and mis-read.

Pisces Rising : You are going through a major personality overhaull. Mutable signs mutate so this isn't exactly unusual for you but right now with New moon sharing the 1st house of Self with Mars, Venus and Retro Mercury, you could be going through a major identity shift or crisis. The last Virgo Full Moon was in your 7th House of partnerships and this identity shift could be coming from a major relationship change that happened at that time. With mercury going direct you could call back someone from your past -or someone from your past may come back to you in some way. Be extra careful in making or accepting promises during this time. You are likely feeling mystified about yourself and your own feelings. Don't let anyone agitate the already fluctuating reflections you are seeing in the mirror.

Gemini Rising : Jupiter is transiting your 1st house which is an excellent, once-every-12-year cycle, but Jupiter is not as strong and reliable as he could be so be extra careful about expanding or growing too much or too soon. This warning is particularly so in the case of career where the New Moon is occouring. A promotion or new start in the career is occouring for a lot (but not all!) of you. Make sure you are presenting a truthful image of yourself to superiors as Mercury stationing direct could alter any agreements about work, pay or job duties if someone finds out you have concelaed or altered something about yourself. However I don't mean to give undue fear in this scenario as it could be a wonderful development and your sense of self could be transformed in a wonderful way due to this new sense of authority and accomplishment. Just be weary of sudden change of agreements and miscommunications during the next few weeks.

Virgo Rising : Jupiter is transiting and boosting your 10th house of Career and prestige right now but the focus during this New Moon is set on relationships, which may dovetail back into career issues especially if you work with clients or have close relationships with co-workers. Mercury here can give misundestandings, misunderestimatings, mispeakings and smitakes in cnumicatins -especially in regards to your interpersonal relationship dynamics (as opposed to family or children). It's possible that relationship issues are beset with deception -intentional or not- and coming from you or coming AT you. If you are feeling like someone isn't being truthful especially in regards to career and buisness -wait, go slow and see how things develop as Mercury goes direct and passes out of Pisces. It's difficult to tell what is going on -your suspicions could be mistaken... or not. Get opinons from others without mistakenly inititating the conflict yourself by publicly intimating untrustworthiness from someone who actually IS worth your time.


Sagittarius Rising : Jupiter is transiting your 7th house of partnerships which is opening doors via friends and associates. A new relationship with someone especially giving or helpful is also possible and will continue to be possible until this june when Jupiter moves into the sign of Cancer. For some this will be due to a major move or shift in your home-life occouring or climaxing now. This is a time-period where you are likely to move but It might not be the BEST time to move as Retrograde Mercury in Pisces is issuing fog and confusion here as well. Signing rental agreements are very tricky right now. This isn't to say things will go wrong but they will likely end up different than you expected especially if there are certain difficult aspects your Natal Moon and or Natal Jupiter. Regardless there is major activity here: rennovations, remodeling, moving, roommate issues,ect will all be a highlight to this period and will continue to aggrivate and confuse until mercury goes direct and finally passes out of this house into your 5th house where the focus will turn to Love and romance, thank God. Unless things are looking grim and ready to collapse -then Goddamnit it all!

As I said, Horoscopes are brief and vague as they don't take into account a persons full Natal chart. That said, I really hope this helps some er, four or more of you!

One of the best ways to utiliize this moon is to do some active ritual dreaming! Take 5-HTP or melatonin (both increase dream activity and vividity, wake yourself up multiple times through the night and then write down your dreams or, if you are lucky and/or talented, document your Astral projection journeys! Let me know how it goes!

Synchronicites: The fall of Rome?

Recently Lightning struck the Vatican as the pope announced resignation which came abruptly and among continuing acusations of aiding child rapists as well as criticism for being a former member of the elite SS youth brigade for the NAZI party. Photos of him engaged in NAZI salutes and standing before Adolf Hitler shocked many who came across the viral photos though they have been widley dismissed by true believers who seem unable to cope with the reality of the situation.



Today a second synchronicty signifying the fall of the catholic empire occoured as the pope released a dove as symbol of peace before a group of children and was soon attacked by an errant seagull. This is significant as the dove is a bird sacred to the Goddess of Love, Venus aka the greek Aprhodite (among many names to many cultures). In astrology venus is said to be “exalted” or especially well-placed in the sign of Pisces, a sign associated with Christ, the “fisher king”. Venus placed in Pisces equals, among other things, the pure love of Christ for humanity. As the Catholic and Roman empire colonized the pagan world they took venus, the symbol of the Goddess as their own gender-neutral symbol for peace and love.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/29/popes-dove-of-peace-attacked-by-seagull-of-irony/