Sixto Rodruiguez : Finding Sugarman

Though you may have never heard of him yet, mysterious folk-rock singer songwriter Sixto Rodruiguez is quickly becoming a world-wide superstar as the film Looking For Sugarman, a biopic and detective story of his unusual life, is seeing a wider distribution now that it has been nominated for an academy award. After a promising start recording with some of the great producers of the 1960's/70s his expected success and popularity was a no show and the "Bob dylan of Detroit" quickly faded into obscuritya fact lamented by bewildered managers and producers who had such high expectations of him.

After a dissapointing stateside response to his works he turned to a modest and humble life as a steelworker in detroit. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to him and his producers, his popularity surged to superstardom in Africa where his music went on to become not only "more popular than elvis" but stirring anthems for solidarity, racial unity and opposition to apartide. His voice was powerful enough to even gain the ire of the south african government who suppressed some of his music.


While his name and notoriety was on par with the beatles, jimmie hendrix and other superstars of the time, he had no idea, made almost no money from record sales and never toured again. Rumors circulated through south africa that he had committed suicide on stage and thus his absence form the world stage. In the late 90's he was discovered to be alive by some of his fans and he was booked to perform in south africa which was to his surprise several sold out arena sized shows.

The film, documenting this detective trail of his fans is catching the filmgoing world with the same enthusiasm he has been receiving in south africa for decades. It is widely regarded as a deeply moving film about the power of music and the beautiful spirit of this musician.


His sun is in cancer, a shy and retiring sign which is sensitive to ones environment and the emotions of those around them. His sun is not far from Jupiter which is powerfully placed in cancer, the sign of it's exaltation where it's effects are best expressed. Jupiter-sun aspects tend to be a sign of a rather huge ego yet Instead of jupiter's grandstanding, big-mouthed and puffed up, here it is quietly but deeply caring for the wellbeing of all people especially those in need. This is the calling card of the exalted status of Jupiter in cancer touching the sensitive and shy Sun in the same placement.


I am guessing he was born early in the AM before the sun rises, giving him a nocturnal chart which gives more emphasis to his moon than sun, also emphasizing his quiet demeanor and lack of haughtiness so common with sun-Jupiter connections. A nocturnal chart also emphasizes venus as the more beneficient sign (rather than Jupiter in diurnal charts) and his moon is probably just between Venus and Saturn which is a sign of inhibitedness towards dramatic expression and animated affections. Instead he is careful, retiring and quiet -yet his works, obviously coming deep in his heart, moved millions of people to take a stand against the oppression of apartide in south Africa, a beautiful and loving oveture of the "peace and Love" generation that was so often muddied by polemic and grandstanding. It's no wonder his works took so long to be noticed in the US.

Finding Sugarman

In 1996 His progressed Jupiter came to conjunct his sun, activating the natal promise of a luck in the performing arts and just two years later, at age 56, while Progressed jupiter was just a degree from his sun (an exceedingly lucky and beneficient phase) he was rediscovered by the filmmakers of Looking for Sugarman and his rediscovery led to gigs in whcih performed before thousands in huge arena sized stadiums.

Oct 7 2012 As transiting Jupiter was passing through gemini and his pile of Gemini planets, Rodriguez was featured on the CBS news magazine 60 mins. Just as the moon was conjunct his sun/Jupiter midpoint. Venus conjuncted his natal North node and the sun in libra trained his natal venus.


The documentary Looking for sugar man, which is still sweeping the nation has nominated for an academy award on Feb 24 2013. The sun trines his natal jupiter and squares his saturn. Transiting jupiter also conjuncts his saturn. It's likely that Jupiter conjuncting his saturn will unshackle him from his belated fame once and for all especially considering that transiting saturn was square his progressed Jupiter-sun conjunction at the height of his South African revival. With these signs it seems like his popularity will continue to surge in the coming months as the film will get more theater screenings leading up to his Jupiter return this summer.

LA Cop Killer

Christopher Dorner, the LA "Cop Killer" is allegedly dead, burned alive in a house fire and/or gunshot wounds, perhaps self inflicted.


To those that have been watching, hearing or personally witnessing cases of police corruption across the country (particularly in LA and NY), it perhaps comes as little surprise that someone finally retaliated in such an explosive and violent manner. If you have not read his manifesto you may find it interesting to do so before reading (or skimming, rather) this report though it is not necessary. As is often the case with emerging stories like this we don't have an exact birth time and miss out on the crucial aspects to the ascendant and midhaven...

big ideas and big mistakes

Starting with his gemini sun I see it is strengthened with the sign's planetary ruler, mercury, nearby in a conjunction. This shows someone with an active, thoughtful mind and a personality that is based on thoughts and ideas rather than emotions, habits, sensation, ect . His mercury and sun are both opposite his natal neptune with mercury in almost an exact aspect. This suggests that despite being thoughtful and contemplative there is trouble separating fact from fantasy and clarity and coherence take a back seat to imaginative, sometimes blurry ideas that aren't always grounded or expressed in an understandable way. His communication style is unique and somewhat scattered, a hallmark of this aspect. He has been widely regarded as rambling in his long winded, 6000 word manifesto posted on his Facebook page.


Mercury is well placed in gemini but is distorted with the tight opposition to neptune and to make matters more extreme, the declination of his mercury is out-of-bounds, a quality that gives someone thoughts and speech that is "out of the bounds" of what is considered normal or acceptable. People with moon out of bounds are eccentric personalities with special needs, yet with mercury they have eccentric, unusual and taboo ideas. This aspect takes whatever trouble is in the opposition to neptune and elevates it to an extreme. Right or wrong in his actions, and there are strong opinions on both sides, he is definitely outside the box of normality and went well beyond the bounds of legality to communicate his message.

His sun is also in a wide square to Saturn showing a stressful relationship with authority and perhaps his father as well who apparently was a military man as he moved quite a lot while he was young. His perspective of authority is strict and tense. Despite being rebellious against it he also has a definite and strong sense of right and wrong and a identification with integrity though obviously it is one that is complicated by passions.

His sun is conjunct the asteroid Atlantis which is described by asteroid astrologer Martha Lang-Wescott as "to be proud of one's ethics and to view the self as "one who knows things other's don't"; to have had invasive or retributive experiences through the father, but to feel that they contributed positively to the development"

Again, this aspect shows a peculiar and strong identification with both ethics and ideas and also shows a troubled relationship with the father, though he may not see it as such.

Bellatrix : shadow star

Finally, yet by no means least significant, His sun is conjunct the fixed star Bellatrix, a troubling star associated with violent death. It's keyword is "success through the shadow" and when conjunct the sun it is considered an omen of violent death.

According to Ptolmey, Bellatrix is like Mars and mercury and "It gives great civil or military honor but danger of sudden dishonor, renown, wealth, eminent friends and liability to accidents causing blindness and ruin."*

If positive properties can be drawn out, will lead to advancement and success, but those who succeed always have to allow for being surrounded with envy and hatred. Quick decision making, thoughts and plans being realized with energy, courage, fighting spirit, strategic talents, ability to organize, discrimination. Reckless aggressiveness of a belligerent daredevil. [Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.33.]*



If we are to believe the claims in his manifesto, he was indeed surrounded by hatred from his fellow police officers, if not then they certainly do now! and clearly based on the events (and wording in his manifesto), his plans have been realized with energy, courage , fighting spirit. His strategic talents, fostered by training in the military, seems to be aiding him as he is yet to be caught -a remarkable achievement in todays surveillance state. Opponents of him certainly will see him as being "reckless" with "aggressiveness of a belligerent daredevil".

As a side note, Bellatrix is the female warrior and called the "amazon star". In his manifesto he makes several negative remarks about lesbian officers who he deemed to be especially violent. He also seems to hold Hillary Clinton in surprisingly high regard. Perhaps his fixation of women in positions of power are tied to his own inner female and his troubled relationship with violence and justice?


also aside, with the sun conjunct Bellatrix comes blindness by accident and though he is obviously not blind he does complain about a head injury in college football and wants his brain to be examined by neurologists to study the effects of concussions on the brain.

Malefic Mars and the promise of violence

In cases involving violence Mars is of particular interest and his Mars is certainly afflicted.


His entire natal chart is an aspect pattern called a locomotive with Mars leading the way (this aspect pattern touches on the train as metaphor with mars as the conducting car pulling the rest along) His whole chart is oriented towards Martial inclinations, perfectly fitting for a police officer with a military career who was also a former college football player.

His mars is afflicted by being in the sign of Taurus, opposite it's ruling sign of scorpio. Here it opposes uranus which is associated with sudden, violent outbursts that are atypical of the slow and steady Mars in Taurus. This is a tense, high wire aspect and when coupled with a confusing quincunx to pluto shows a difficulty to properly channel the deep plutonian instincts of survival, control and power-dynamics.

Mars is also conjunct Chiron which, along with his sun square saturn show that he may have had a troubled relationship with his father, certainly with authority and mars-chiron aspects are signs of physical abuse or misuse of martian energy on him as a child. It is also known for "quarrels for not following the rules, to declare independence from regulations and expectations and to argue ones point of view."** His entire manifesto is this former summary including his declaration that he is "not a fucking christian"

This is deep wounding relating to the martial nature. He totally identifies with it yet it is troubled and wounded and his "last resort" to expressing it is by giving in to the urges of violence.

With both chiron, Uranus and pluto in hard aspect to a debilitated mars in Taurus it's no wonder he is now exploding with rage.

Menkar : Star of victim and victimizers

Finally, Mars is also conjunct the fixed star Menkar whose key word is "a victim of the unconscious" and with mars it is associated with "Evil associates, immoral, violent, murderous, violent death."*

The star is linked to the forces of the collective unconscious, that which can emerge from the sea of the collective and greatly influence the individual for better or for worse.*


He is adamant about having "evil associates" and wether or not you judge him as immoral he is certainly murderous and will, considering sun conjunct Bellatrix, probably die a violent death.


Mars here is the "victim of the unconsciousness" and perhaps his actions are indeed the will of the collective unconscious which seeks retribution against the growing and increasingly corrupt police state in america. I believe that he is a victim of this fore and that this is an example of how astrology can assist those afflicted with such aspects by bringing it into conscious light so that they can make decisions that don't backfire upon themselves.

His mars sits on his Sun/Pluto mid-point which is someone who takes action on his feelings of identity vs powerful entities such as an entire police department. Mars here is difficult to control and passionate, violent outbursts may have happened before or, their unexpressed pressures have led up to one final violent explosion.

Timing of the events

Looking at the secondary progressions I see that Christopher's Sun is square his natal Pluto and his Mars in Gemini is square the natal Saturn in Virgo. Both of these aspects show potential for a conflict with authority with him as the agressor. His mars, being earlier in the zodiac than saturn, shows that he has the upper hand against authority (saturn) where he works (virgo). Sun - Pluto aspects are associted with life-or-death dramas and conflict with powerful entities that may be utilizing their authority and control against the common good. These aspects can, and often are, internalized and the drama was likely also playing out within his own mind (mars in gemini)

Looking at the transits...

Jupiter stationed at his sun/mercury midpoint (Identity and ideas) and retrograded until 6 Gemini where it stationed direct squaring his natal Saturn. He may have spent the retrograde period planning, stocking up on supplies and preparing a safe house. Perhaps this is why he has remained so elusive. This is occurring as his progressed sun squares Pluto (tensions and struggles with authorities, violence and power) and as his progressed mars in gemini squaring his natal saturn, activating the internal tensions of his sun square saturn.

Febuary 2nd when he murdered his first two victims transiting mars in pisces was conjunct his uranus/pluto midpoint, the two planets aspecting his natal mars showing a predeliction for sudden outbursts of violence. The transit to this midpoint shows him doing just exactly that.


Febuary 4th Police find materials in a trash can linking him the murders in Irvine california. This same day Mars and mercury (the two trigger planets in this event) came together in conjunction at 5 Degrees pisces, square transiting jupiter (errors in judgement, missing details) and, most ominous, this conjunction was exactly conjunct his Part of death, perhaps a foreshadowing that he had sealed his fate with murky judgement.


The New moon in Aquarius on Feburary 10th was trine his natal mercury which adds fuel to his slippery ellusivity and also saw a peak in the media attention regarding this case which included a police announcement of a 1 million Dollar award for information leading to his arrest.


Febuary 12th transiting Mars and Chiron in pisces came conjunction, the same aspect indicating trauma and violence in his natal chart while mercury will soon conjunct his south node, associated with karma, loss, finality and history. Mercury coming to exact conjunction with his south node on thursday Feb 14th will likely bring out reports of his past as media attempts to piece together the back-story, reflecting on why someone would act out such explosive violence, perhaps while ignoring the underlying issue of police corruptions.


The picture presented is one where faulty, blurry reasoning mixed with passion and violence played out on the public stage.


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*All star lore from http://www.constellationsofwords.com

**Mechanics of the future : Aseroids by Martha Lang-Wescott

Full Moon Virgo/Libra

As we have probably heard this upcoming Full Moon is a "super-moon" meaning it's as closer to the earth than usual causing the moon to appear larger in the sky and cause higher than normal tides and perhaps increase likelyhood of earthquakes and other natural disasters. Solar Flare activity, which we have been having, also seems to correspond to earth changes so we have a do have a bit of a double-whammy on our hands. Remember though, there are about 5 "super moon's" a year and you have lived through lot's of "supermoons" before.

the moon will Appear to be quite large, especially as it rises over the horizon. The higher it appears in the sky the smaller it will appear. So if you want get a good look at the "Super Moon", go look at it comes up at 7:49PM PST.


The Solstice Full Moon also features the Sun's Conjunction to Uranus as it enters the first degree of Aries. Astrologically speaking, this is a wildcard as Uranus is the God/Planet associated with unpredictability, disruption, chaos as well as Genius, Liberation, collectives, Networks and the Promethean fire of Magic and Technology. Sudden reversals, unusual synchronicities or weird events are part of the Uranian influence at this time.

So as the transiting Sun conjuncts Uranus and "pours out the light into the moon" we could see some dramatic and critical events. That the Moon is at Perigee ("Supermoon") the amplitude of the energetic signature is especially high and emotions will be naturally be effected. Restlessness, nervousness and the feeling of being "Amped up" is common during these times. Sexual and psychic energy is high as well.

In terms of western Astrology it is the tense aspect between the slow moving planets Pluto in Capricorn and Uranus in Aries that is most associated with brakdown and restructuring of Civilization and it's infrastructure. Uranus was last in Aries during the Great depression and the build up to WWII, the Two clashing from summer 2010 through 2013 is about as dramatic and explosive as it gets. Pluto and Uranus were conjunct in the 1960's and the aspect they are making is a kind of Turning or maturation point of the energies and themes born during that time. The hippie ethos has percolated and matured and mainstream culture could see a new acceptance of what was once radical : home gardens, permaculture, psychedelics, values of indigenous cultures, hacky sacks.. ect

Neptune moving into it's home sign of Pisces on April 4th will be the "spiritual"element associated with these transformational times and will likely be expressed as people turning and REturning to spiritual traditions as the dominating paradigms come falling down. Uranus in Aries could also feature new technologies or scientific discoveries that give a fresh understanding to our spiritual traditions. Still others will cling to their passions and beliefs and may become more zealous and passionate about whatever paradigm they are attracted to. This could be the time of a subtle but powerful shift in consciousness so needed now.

Anyway, back to this powerful Full Moon,

With the Sun and Uranus Opposing the Moon on the Cusp of Virgo/Libra radical breakthroughs and disruption will be felt in areas of Health, routines, and service. Nervousness and restlessness can be a element of Virgo so naturally people are a bit worried about health issues right now especially with toxic particulates (Virgo rules particles as well).

With the Libra element added we can see issues highlighted in regards to relationships, balance and our sense of Justice. IMBALANCE can also be a theme and things, people, relationships, systems that require precarious balance may lose it, or there could be great effort in sustaining it.

One expression of the Virgo/Libra cusp is equal and fair distribution of important medicines and "particles" such as Iodine or the spread of Radiation in the atmosphere. Another expression my be the linkage of unlikely (uranus) friends (libra) at a time of crisis (Full Moon).

Remeber always, How all this aspects individuals will vary greatly depending on their natal chart.

This moon is powerful but the Eclipses coming this summer will be powerhouses as well and probably even more eventful and filled with dynamic tension and disruptive or transformational energy. There will be THREE back to back June 1st, June 15th and July 1st. Just a heads up on times to come.

Pisces New Moon

This new moon is relatively mild as it makes no significant aspects to the outer planets, unlike the past few Lunations however it is potentiated by 5 planets joined in Pisces underscoring it's "softness" but increasing the possibility to mislead or be mislead by illusion or fantasy. Mars is still nearby and Sextiles Pluto giving potential for claiming available power for spiritual pursuits or working behind the scenes. Mars is katabolic energy which breaks down as does Pluto, the higher octave of mars. Pluto in Capricorn is especially related to breaking down structures too rigid or unbending to the winds of fate. Together there is an opportunity to cleans and purify through surrender and perceive the unity behind the multiplicity of polarity consciousness. seeing the forest for the trees is easier now and staying grounded is more important as it is more easy to float away towards castles built in the air.


Neptune, ruler of Pisces is still in Aquarius and this new moon may herald insights into Neptune's passage into his oceanic home in April. Insights had now, through dream or revelation, may be a preview of what is to come later in the year.

This, and Neptune's transit of Pisces, will be a time where people will turn away from materiality and surrender to a higher form of being, which may be a form of religious devotion, mystical exploration or involvement with compassionate service of those who suffer. This will mark a turning point where technology and scientific discovery, along with enviromental/economic collapse pushes us to examine the big questions in life.

The stellium (collection of planets in the same sign) in Pisces make this a very watery lunation. Emotions and feelings may well trump intellect. With Saturn square venus aspecting the lunation by quincunx, there could be tensions between ideals and expectations that are challenging to incorperate with our deep feelings at the time and ideals (Pisces) may not mesh with expectations and duties (Venus, Saturn).

Sphynx Moon - Full Moon Leo/Virgo Cusp

The age of Aquarius is said to be an age of plurality, collectivism and liberty through technology and new ideas, a theme that is certainly apparent through the Internet and social networking.

However each age has a hidden counterpart, an additional component that arises from the polarity of each sign. In the age of Pisces we also saw an occulted or hidden age of Virgo. As the archetype of the sacrificed God came to power and dominated the consciousness field of humanity, another more subtle age also reigned, the Age of Virgo or the Virgin. Suppressed by the church, the sacred feminine in the form of the black Madonna and concubine to Jesus Christ flourished in secret.

Each age has a counterpart. The age of Aquarius is also the Age of Leo and the age of the SUN. Co-current with the group consciousness of the internet and discoveries of new physics that we are all interconnected, is the self-centered and proud Leonic current apparent in "MYspace" and the multiplicity of spotlights that is the internet and social networking. "in the future everyone will be famous for 15 minuets" Andy Warhol, in his prescience, claimed. Fame. and everybody gets some.



Sphynx Moon

The degrees between Leo and Virgo are said to be the degree of the Sphynx as they occupy the point between the Lion and the Virgin, two component parts in the Sphynx of Giza which is the body of a Lion and the head of a Human.

The mythic archetype of the Sphyx is an archetype of Elemental wholeness, more than just Beast (fire) and Man (air). A sphynx was said to be part Lion, part eagle, part bull and part human. It is a composite of the cherubs of apocalyptic visions in the bible which are also the animals of the fixed signs of the zodiac, each of the fixed signs are where the sun rests in it's seasonal peak. Taurus the Bull is the height of spring. Leo the lion of summer, Scorpio the eagle of Fall and Aquarius the Human of winter. Each element is not simply the gross (or essential) substance of materiality but also the emotional components of the human condition.

Earth - sensiousness and the ability to maintain form
Water - Emotionality and the ability to reflect
FIre - Energy also called "intuition" by Jung
Air - Mentation and the ability to ideate

all four together allow us to imagine which is essentiall the creative act and the power of a God. The composite of these are Akasha or spirit, the 5th element. However the 4 do not make the 5th, rather the 5th like a prism, makes the 4.

The elements also have their shadows

Earth - avarice and stubborness
Water - sadness
Fire - anger
Air - caprice

when the elemental parts of the self are brought to balance the 5th elemental creature is the Sphynx, keeper of the myteries of the universe.


Use this time to contemplate your own elemental fullness and cultivate awareness of what you need to nurture and what you need to reduce to come to a place of equanimity and stillness, and to be like the sphynx herself, resting in the fullness of her secret.

New Moon Aquarius - Inventing new realities

The yearly New Moon in Aquarius is a time where the energies of the new age are released and activated within our personal lives and the mundane world at large. Depending on how the Lunation is aspected there will be relative ease or friction in the expression of the principals cognate to Aquarius: Revolution, evolution, and Ideals associated with Liberty, freedom of experimentation and the open road to the stars that is our future.


Although Aquarius is the "water bearer", it is an air sign and the element of Air corresponds to ideas and mental constructs. The glyph of Aquarius appears to be wavy lines of water but could also be interpreted, perhaps more correctly, as waves of air. During this time we are stirred by our ideas and ideals rather than emotions and sentiment (water), need for action, stimulation and change (fire) or desire for stasis, fixity and stability(earth).

To further illustrate and add to this concept, Take the example of the process of Invention, an Aquarian concept.

First a mental construct comes to the mind. Through reflection and memory (water) we are able to refine the idea until our Will (fire) brings the creation into manifest reality (earth). Before we can bring an idea into the manifest we must mold it in the substance of imagination and before we can receive inspiration (literally in-breath) we must make ourselves still and like an empty vessel.


"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein, North Node Aquarius


During this time we are open to inspiration that will allow us to rise above the consciousness that created the problems and challenges we face.


Mars will be conjunct the sun and opposite the moon so it will be highly energetic and full of vigor unlike most new moons, which can be a bit of a lull before the moon waxes to it's fullness.

Saturn will trine Mars and actions now are blessed with Saturn's "stickyness" and potential for longevity, stability and measured output. Although this lunation contains themes of "taking action" based on needs of freedom, the usual hastiness of Mars may be diminished with this aspect active.

Although the trine is associated with ease, Saturn is still known as the Lord of the scythe and it may be that you or a loved one is able to sever ties with a relationship that has run it's course. Apparent Endings may be easier than apparent beginnings at this time, depending on your situation.

Endings and romantic transitions are underscored by a tense T-square between Uranus, Venus and retrograde Juno the asteroid of Marriage and committed relationships.

Relationships and marriages may come to an impass or transformitive point.

Venus in Sagittarius wants to be free to explore and taste the banquet of human life. Uranus demands liberty to do what t pleases and the freedom to experiment. Juno wants stability and commitment. These three planets appear to be arguing for control and venus and uranus are both semisquaring the New Moon, a sign of friction, so whatever is started at this new moon may require us to adjust our relationship status perhaps allowing for more freedom or experimentation.

The fixity of Aquarius may also slow impulsiveness although, on the flipside, it may mire us in our rigid ideals and ways of doing things.

Aquarius as a fixed sign is a bit counterintuitive. Aquarius is the sign of transformation and metamorphosis and entry into the future. but Fixed signs are dogmatic at times in their ways of expressing and embodying their archetypal spirit, so to speak. This can be illustrated in the archetypal Anarcho-atheist who is ( or becomes) as dogmatic and rigid as the structues and normative values she/he opposes. For instance, pictiure a masked, black clad anarchist punk Hurling a molotov cocktail at police over the injustice of violence.

Aquarius is an air sign but Uranus is the only planet in a water sign at the time of this New Moon and the driving force of change and liberty at this time may be emotional rather than the intellectual, which is the field of consciousness at work in aquarius. Emotions we have discarded or neglected may come to the surface with suddeness or out-of-the-blue. Again, with Mars so tight in the lunation, we may feel urgency to make changes within our relationships based on these emotional revelations.

FULL MOON In Cancer / Leo Cusp

The power of emotion and compassion for family and the greater family of humanity will cross with the warmth and magnanimity of the solarly light of Leo. Following the heart and the gut will be in the field of our collective awareness and as the Sun begins to chase mars through Aquarius there will be a an urgency around collectives and families to work together for the sake of liberation, transformation and progress.

Impatience and urgency are keywords for mars and when aspected in a tense opposition with the full moon you can expect the usual psychic fullness of the lunation to be especially potent. In Aquarius it may manifest as being pushed to take action with a group it could just as likely be you who is doing the pushing, depending on how the lunation aspects you and how you deal with Martian and Aquarian energies.

The lunation will be favorably aspecting the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in the last degrees of Pisces so we can expect the lunation to shed light on the ongoing cultural shift into a new age and awakening to the greater reality of connectedness and unity of consciousness. Some themes we may see active at this time could be :The BP Oil spill catastrophy or similar natural disasters (-or fear of them), Wikileaks, UFO sightings, facebook and online-culture could well be features in the news again. Behind the scenes, as always in these days of media-theater, much is happening and at great speed.

Because the lunation is aspecting mars, the "lone gunman" phenomenon in the news of late could continue to be a theme either, through more shootings or enactment of new gun laws and, naturally, a backlash from pro-gun rights activists. The tragedy and atrocities like this bring us closer to the awareness and understanding of our unity and connectedness, sometimes more so than liberating spiritual experiences. The lone gunman theme (and Government reaction) activated during these times will continue as the rebel Uranus enters war-God Aries later this spring.


This is somewhat of a "blue moon" as both this and that last full moon were in the sign of Cancer, the former in the first degrees and this one in the last. Because the moons are bookends of sorts we may see the culmination of issues started around the last moon in december. Issues surround work-home dynamics are made complex with the sun and moon also being on the cusp of Leo/Aquarius respectively. Juggling the dynamics of this quaternary archetypes will be challenging and the answers we seek now will likely have equally complex solutions. Leo (sun, ego, warmth, singularity) will need to be balanced with Aquarius (colectivity, coolness, detachment, technology, evolution).

Cancer is the sign that is associated with familial bonding, emotional security and the nurturing impulse of the mother archetype that exists in all of us, to some degree, even if inhibited by repressive elements in the birth chart -it is still there, ready to be awakened as the psyche matures.

Knee-jerk reactivity, thoughtless reflex and seeking security over liberty are shadow qualities to be aware of if we are to act with consciousness and the fullness of our being. Look out into your environment to see both the shadow and light of this Lunation expressing itself in those around you and be as present and compassionate as possible to avoid getting sucked into the shadows of unconsciousness yourself.

Use this time to get in touch with your deepest feelings and emotional needs as tensions and crisis, common during full Moons, push that which is lurking in the depths of the nightside to come to the light of day.