Summer Solstice, a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse, and Solar Initiation - Setting your mark and hitting the bull’s eye

At Midsummer, June 21st, the Sun is at his zenith—its highest point – as he enters Cancer. He appears to stand still to us here on earth, if only for a short time. After the Sun reaches his zenith, he begins to wane...he steps onto the path that leads to the fall harvest and eventually winter (in the northern hemisphere).

Midsummer is also called the Summer Solstice, Litha, St. John’s Eve, the Oak Festival, and Sun Blessing, to name a few. It is the longest day of the year and thus, also the shortest night of the year (this is reversed in the southern hemisphere – shortest day and longest night – it is Yule rather than Midsummer).

In 2010, the Sun’s move into Cancer acts as an initiation, preparing us for the increasing potency of the (almost) Cardinal Grand Cross which will culminate in intensity at the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on June 26, 2010 at 7:30 am (US EDT). The Sabian Symbol upon the Sun’s entry into Cancer is On a Ship The Sailors Lower An Old Flag And Raise A New One…and as the Universe is always perfect, this symbol, too, is perfect for the upcoming grand cross. This IS a time of initiation for all of us, but particularly for those of us with planets resting at 0 – 4 degrees in the Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer, Libra, & Capricorn) as well as those with planets in the mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces) at 28 – 29 degrees. The imagery of a flag being lowered and replaced is a sign of great upheaval and change. It is the image of one country taking over another; an image of a pirate capturing a ship and raising the crossbones; an image of a stale relationship ending while a new one is initiated. This isn’t about simply entering into a new phase of life, it is about endings as well as a new beginning. It can be exciting and terrifying all at once, depending on your own situation and personality.

Symbolically, as the great Solar god moves into Cancer, males will be asked to honor their emotional needs. Over the next few months, as we all deal with the energy of the Grand Cross (which will morph back into the ongoing T-square of Saturn, Pluto, Uranus, & Jupiter once the Sun is out of orb on June 27th - 28th) as well as the upcoming Lunar (June 26, 2010) and Solar eclipse (July 11, 2010), I would not be surprised if men begin to take the lead in asking for what they want in relationships. This is a new flag in itself as that in the past, in heterosexual endings, the woman is usually the one to finalize and sever a long-term partnership. The Cancerian Solar initiation for heterosexual men may well be a deeper embrace of their feminine side, including recognizing their emotional needs, wants, and desires in partnerships; as they recognize what they are missing, they could begin to seek it with the cardinal Grand Cross and ongoing T-square, especially as Saturn re-enters relationship-oriented Libra (think balance and equality) on July 21st. The old Karmic task-master will then move forward and oppose Uranus for the last time (this time around) on July 26th.

At the time of the Summer Solstice (Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere), as the Grand Cross is created and activated, the Moon is supporting the Sun with a trine, adding to the emotional intensity. Some of us may become overly defensive or self-protective, preferring to pull back into a shell of our own creation…unfortunately, if you are the one holding on and clinging to the past and refusing to change, you will find that your shell will be shattered before the summer is through. There is no going back. No return to the womb. No return to ‘how things used to be,’ especially in relationships. Only if both you and your partner are in a total state of denial, which means you certainly aren’t reading this blog! As men are likely to take the lead now, women trying to sort out a partnership may need to check and double-check themselves and how they are behaving in their relationship. Have you been neglecting your lover? If so, it’s time to wake up and give yourself a good shake because if a lover decides to leave now, he may be half-way out the door before you know what is happening. Of course this works both ways and women are just as likely to overthrow their relationships if their needs are not being met or they’ve outgrown a partnership…this, however, won’t be as shocking as the male leaving a long-term live-in situation or marriage. Why? As previously noted, heterosexual men who have been taught to repress their emotions are usually the last to recognize or acknowledge that their relationship is a dead-end and even if they do, they may try to make it last due to a feeling of responsibility, concern over how much money they will lose in the process of divorce, or feeling obligated due to needing to be the strong man and do what is ‘right.’ These themes can play out in gay as well as straight relationships, depending on which partner is the more ‘masculine’ or solar-oriented.

I feel it is important to note the aspects to Chiron at the Solstice, as the Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Uranus, and Pluto are all in a tribal meeting with the sacred healer…the Chironic energy can help us to seek new paths through deeper understanding and a shift in perspective. Chiron’s Sabian Symbol is In a Crowded Marketplace Farmers and Middlemen Display A Great Variety Of Products…this can be interpreted, in the context of unsettled relationships, as the availability of others who we may bond with on a deeper level. If you feel at a loss and are in the process of separation this summer, Chiron promises that there are other fish (Chiron is at Pisces 00’50) in the sea and they may well be better suited than the unfeeling mercenary you’ve been living with. If there is still hope to work things out with a lover and revitalize a partnership, Chiron may be reminding you that if you want your partner you should always keep in mind that there are others out there who would be just as interested as you are. Juno has also just passed out of a weak Grand Cross formation as she opposed Pluto from June 15th – 18th, so issues raised in a long-term partnership during this time period will be reaffirmed and intensified when the Sun moves into this position and passes over the same degree (4 – 5 degrees Cancer) at the Full Moon Lunar Eclipse on June 26th.

The planetary ruler of the sign on your Descendant should be watched closely between the Solstice (June 21st) and the Lunar Eclipse (June 26th) for aspects made can provide clues as to what may happen for you in your relationship, as well as providing information on how to handle the energy. The aspects formed on the approach of the Lunar Eclipse will be the most powerful and resonating, but don’t expect the entire process to unfold on that day! It could take weeks to see the full results of this time period manifest in your life.

The Summer Solstice & Winter Solstice Charts are below:

The Grand Cross formation is not exactly a tight one at the Lunar Eclipse. The Moon joins Pluto at 4 degrees Capricorn and together they oppose the Sun at 4 degrees Cancer (actually 4’46 Cancer and 4’46 Capricorn; retrograde Pluto is at 4’05 Capricorn). This in itself is a powerful event. Secrets or desires can be exposed now that rock the very foundation of our perception of a relationship…or our perception of our self within that relationship. Pluto retrograde conjunct the Moon in Capricorn (approaching a sextile with Chiron) may ask us how our financial beliefs or desires are affecting us emotionally. We may come to understand that we have been sacrificing our very own Soul because our material security needs are too powerful. The Sun can shine some light on this by making us aware that our emotional needs are important too. Ask yourself, do you need to make a temporary financial sacrifice in order to improve your emotional life? If we are unhappy in our most important relationships, we are not functioning at our best…vibrating at a lower level or feeling depressed or put upon constantly means that you are not capable of living an abundant life. Monetary gain is empty and potentially difficult to come by if we are unhappy emotionally. Feeling happy gives us a glow that is naturally attractive and it raises our vibrational energy levels exponentially…happiness is a powerful attractant for all resources, money included.

Three other planets are involved in this Grand Cross…Uranus on the Aries point at 00’33, Jupiter at 2’14 Aries, and Saturn dragging behind at 28’25 Virgo. He will formally enter Libra again on July 21st, working his way toward the final exact opposition with Uranus on July 26th. Six degrees from Saturn to the Sun and Moon-Pluto is quite a large orb to use for a transit but he is pulled into it via Uranus on the Aries point…this energy will be active. In Cardinal signs, the Grand Cross suggests that we will be driven to make changes quickly, but we cannot overlook the fact that Saturn is still lagging behind in Virgo…this won’t even officially be a ‘Cardinal’ T-square until Saturn is back in Libra. Virgo, while mutable and able to shift with the tides, is a very detailed earth energy. Saturn here will slow things down as he will feel a great need to attend to the details even as Uranus and Jupiter are pulling on him in an attempt to drag him along. He will come…when he is good and ready. The Moon and Pluto are also in an earth sign, and Pluto is retrograde. There will be a need to ground the emotions and deal with all the inner turmoil and exposure as it arises. Though Saturn is going to slow things down a bit, it is likely that we need it. Aries is impatient and can overlook the importance of tying up loose ends…Saturn will ensure that the details are taken care of and will feel pressured to do so quickly. The Lunar Eclipse Grand Cross suggests that much of what we experience will take place internally as Pluto churns things up for review…we may find ourselves beginning to take care of the details as fast as possible so that we may begin to make an opening in our life for a new journey. The Sun is going to highlight our emotional needs while the Moon and Pluto examine how our security needs are preventing us from attracting all the good and wonderfully unique experiences (Jupiter and Uranus) we desire into our lives. Grand Cross energy is intense, dynamic, and motivating…but it is a closed circuit and it can bounce back and forth – corner to corner – within our beings unless we make a conscious effort to focus our energy and take small but necessary steps to create what we desire.

The good news is that while this energy will resonate for a while due to the Lunar eclipses involvement, we will not be caught up in the Grand Cross for very long. The Sun will be on his way by June 28th, releasing us back into the arms of the (almost) Cardinal T-square…and a T-square IS dynamic and will push us to push ourselves out of our stale beliefs, perspectives, and relationships. Things will really start heating up in July, with a Solar Eclipse in Cancer and Saturn’s approach to Libra, which will form the Cardinal T-square with an outlet point of 0 – 3 degrees Cancer. It’s a time where we will realize that in order to nurture our selves we must take a very close look at our relationships, our financial security issues, and our individual needs. We will come to a deep understanding of how old Soul desires that no longer suit us can capture and exhaust us. To revitalize our own Selves, we need to break out of old patterns and embrace what makes us happy now. Sometimes we must relinquish things in our lives we never dreamed we’d want to let go of but if you wake up in the morning and your relationship (or home or job) seems like a prison cell, then the sell by date has long since passed. Soul satisfaction is not just a desire, it is a need…during this unsettled yet dynamic summer (or winter, if you are in the Southern Hemisphere) find what (or who) makes you happy, aim carefully, and pull the string of the Cardinal T-square back with trust and certainty that you will hit the mark.

The Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Cancer Chart follows:

The Jupiter-Saturn Opposition and the potent relationship brew

The stagnation of the past several weeks eases up as the wheel begins to turn at a faster pace, bringing Jupiter at 27’52 Pisces into his first of three oppositions with the old Sea Goat Saturn at 27’52 Virgo on May 23, 2010 at 1:04 am US EDT. This is a powerful confrontation marking the culmination of a ten year build up in intensity, which began at the last Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in Taurus at 22’42 degrees on May 28, 2000. On a personal level, think about what began in your life around that time and how it has changed your life. For me, personally, the conjunction took place on my Saturn-Juno conjunction in the 8th house…this was my first Saturn return and brought the gift of astrology more vividly into my world (trine my Mercury/Pluto conjunction on the 12th house cusp, sesquiquadrate my Uranus). Throughout the past ten years I have been studying and working hard, indulging myself thoroughly in this love and turning it outward to help others understand their lives and personalities on a deeper level. What did this energy do for you personally? What have you been developing and working on since that time?

As the series of oppositions unfold in your world – the 2nd opposition takes place on August 16, 2010 and the 3rd on March 28, 2011 - think about what is changing or what you’d like to change regarding what you began back in May 2000. Once this time period passes, we will begin to integrate all that has gone before, entering into a period marked more by reflection and relaxation as we come to terms with all that has changed in our lives. The oppositions represent an opportunity to reorganize our long term goals so we can continue to grow and develop anything of lasting value brought into our lives in May 2000 at a somewhat slower pace. The time of experimentation may fade into a time period of confidence as we share what we’ve learned on a broader scale. For me this coincides with the desire to step back a little and do deeper astrological studies and writing behind the scenes, so that I may disseminate what I’ve learned through my own experiments, research, and trial and error over the past 10 years. Saturn will remain in his retrograde motion at the first opposition, giving us time to finish cleaning up anything that is necessary so that we can prepare for the future. It’s good to begin developing a new strategy at this time as old fears can interfere with progress. Jupiter will help you to confront any challenges head on, urging you to deal with those old demons symbolized by transiting Saturn’s placement in your chart at 27’52 Virgo. Let go of anything that is harmful, painful, or inhibiting that came about through the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in May 2000 at this time and you will feel freer and better able to embrace hope for a positive, inspiring future.

Being not only an astrologer but very much a relationship astrologer, I cannot talk about a major astrological event without discussing how it may potentially affect us in our relationships. As always, it depends on your personal chart and current relational circumstance, but if we take a closer look at the exact opposition chart, there are several tense relationship markers. Lovely Venus is caught up in Pluto’s intense gaze as she enters into an opposition aspect with the Dark Lord, shortly after having important, perhaps secretive, discussions with bombastic Uranus on May 19th. Pluto wants to know what is going on; what insight did Venus gain from her rendezvous with Uranus? With Venus making recent Neptune and Chiron connections as well, it is a clear message that many of us have been concerned about our relationships and their direction. We see support for this conclusion with Venus in contact with our Mother dwarf planet Ceres, asteroid Hygeia, and her approaching trine to Pallas at the time of the Jupiter-Saturn opposition. Uranus may have filled her head with very vivid and fantastic ideas about how to improve her love life, whether that means leaving a relationship for greener fields or making the most of what is available in a present relationship in order to revitalize it. With the background of the Uranus-Saturn opposition lingering, many of us are unsatisfied with how our relationships are progressing. The old ways no longer work. As Jupiter opposes Saturn and we look back over the past ten years, we may realize that a relationship begun (or one that changed) around the time of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in 2000 simply is not what we need any longer. If this is true for you, take the positive memories and developments (especially any children born during the past 10 years), and let go of what isn’t working. This may mean that you and your partner need to revitalize the entire connection from the ground up. Or it may mean that it is literally time to let go, move on, and heal. Chiron and Hygeia in connection to Venus are present for a reason. Healing is needed, whatever that means for you in your personal circumstances. Pluto and Pallas are waiting in the wings to help Venus transform her situation and find happiness for who she is becoming now. Pluto in Capricorn will help to transform old relationship structures while Pallas in Scorpio will dig, dig, dig for the truth, enabling Venus to find her way around obstacles and transform her vision of what she is capable of. With Venus in the sign of home-loving, nurturing Cancer, children may be the primary concern and focus…they may also be used as an ‘obstacle’ or excuse to stay in a miserable relationship situation. Pallas’ presence will help Venus figure out how to make the most of any situation, protecting her own needs as well as her children’s. One of the primary questions we may ask ourselves at this time is, who do we belong with? Who is part of our natural ‘tribe?’ Who do we truly resonate with, and is our current home truly our ‘home?’ We need deep bonds to others like ourselves when Venus is in Cancer, but many of us tend to confuse bloodlines and ancestry with tribal connections. Not everyone in our ‘family’ is really our family; not everyone we live with really resonates with who we are. Pluto and Pallas together will make us very aware of this at this time.

We are in the tail end of the First Quarter Moon phase during the Jupiter-Saturn opposition. With the Moon in Libra, we see, again, that the focus is on relationships. There is a need for harmonious communication but that may be impossible with all the tension she is under, indeed, in square to Venus herself. At the same time she is separating from a conjunction to sober Saturn, an opposition to expansive Jupiter and wild Uranus, and approaching a square to Pluto and Mother Ceres, as well as a semisquare to Hygeia and a quincunx to Chiron. Her recent trine to Vulcan brings even greater resonating sensitivity and intuition into the mix. The Sun is supportive, but his links to Uranus, Neptune, and the Black Moon Lilith may only serve to heighten any underlying anxiety felt by the Moon. Mercury in Taurus will try to hold back and contain his thoughts, but this may only serve to create more tension. Mars may be overly dramatic and confident in Leo, as he contacts Neptune, Cupido, and the Black Moon. Used positively, this energy makes for a time when Mars can be a powerful leader, cutting through the crap and helping those caught up in unfair predicaments to make necessary changes. Used arrogantly, and he can upset the applecart and then lash out in anger as he is super sensitive right now.

May 22nd – 23rd may be quite dramatic days for many of us as the tension that is brewing beneath the surface may become uncontainable. Unexpected expression of dissatisfaction in relationships is possible, and this opening can create positive change if you are able to talk things out with a partner and come to an understanding or fair agreement. It can be time of renewal, for you personally or for a partnership. Keep in mind, however, that once the talk begins, it will be very easy to express more than you ever intended and not only that, but whatever is said now may not sink in immediately, leaving you feeling unheard and potentially frustrated. Mercury in Taurus is too busy holding onto the past to truly allow the future thought-waves to penetrate too deeply. It could take some time, perhaps until the next Jupiter-Saturn opposition on August 16th. Or it may be sooner, when Mercury enters Gemini on June 10th. It truly depends on your individual state of affairs. Saturn turns forward on May 30th and this can help to speed situations along as we will be more eager to begin establishing new foundations – but honestly, there will be no true stability or foundation building at this time. Don’t expect it. Saturn will have the final face-off with Uranus on July 26th. Only after this time will we have the ability to truly sink the concrete or establish the roots for anything of permanence in our relationships. Between May 22nd and July 26th, we all have some serious clearing out to do. First we must find the way, and this is what the planetary energy of May 22nd – May 23rd will help us discover.

Below are the charts for the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction of May 28, 2000 and the Jupiter-Opposition of May 23, 2010

June 2010 Erotic Love Scopes - Eroscopes

June 2010 Erotic Love Scopes - Eroscopes - Sex Scopes - Scopes from Venus

Aries Sex Scope

The need to make changes in your life and to experiment sexually will become a prominent focus in June. You simply can’t allow yourself to stagnate and will actively seek out excitement this month…some of you...
 
 
Taurus Sex Scope

If you are feeling uneasy or even swamped by fears of the unknown, be patient with yourself and those you are close to in June. Financial concerns may appear...
 
 
Gemini Sex Scope
There’s a sense of confusion regarding your direction and what you truly want to happen in your sexual relationship as deep desires continue to build up between you but seem elusive. The more you try to...


Cancer Sex Scope

Partnerships and how they are playing out in your life will be the focus for much of your mental energy in June. It is clear that others are not treating your fairly and this...
 
 
Leo Sex Scope

If, over the past several months, you have felt too worn down and focused on day to day living to make plans for your future, you will find that you begin to dream again in June. Although...
 
 
Virgo Sex Scope

Deep rumblings of the Soul may break through into your consciousness throughout the month of June. There is a lot brewing beneath your calm façade but only those closest to you will have...


Libra Sex Scope
The urge to spread your wings will be quite strong for much of June but you can expect opposition to your big dreams to arrive in the form of a family member, a lover, or even your employer or work partner...
 
 
Scorpio Sex Scope

You may have a lot to say to a lover early in June, but whether you actually open your mouth and speak depends on how comfortable you feel stirring the pot and invoking change…and many...


Sagittarius Sex Scope
A deep urge to make changes in your relationship(s) and how you connect to others in your life will be strong throughout June. You can learn a lot about yourself and what you need...


Capricorn Sex Scope

You may feel quite vulnerable due to the seismic activity taking place within your psyche in June. Deep rumblings of the soul can be disturbing, especially if one isn’t consciously...
 
 
Aquarius Sex Scope
Thoughts of settling down and making a nest will flit about in early June but that will soon give way to a need for more adventure, romance, and erotic pleasures. It’s clear that you...


Pisces Sex Scope
Some uncertainty about your finances can create difficulty in your love life in June, leaving you feeling unsettled and potentially unable to move forward with a plan...


Read the full June 2010 Erotic Love Forecast for all 12 Zodiac Signs

May 2010 Eroscopes - Erotic Love Horoscopes

Aries Sex Scope

You may feel a bit unsettled (perhaps even sleepless) as you sense the approach of Uranus as he moves closer to entering your sign…he will arrive on May 27th to check to see how things...


Taurus Sex Scope

Money fears and feelings of being financially insecure can cause miscommunications in your love relationship in May. You may feel rather unsafe and could spend a lot of...


Gemini Sex Scope

Confusion and frustration marks the beginning of May for the Twins. Mercury, your ruler, is traveling backwards until the 11th and will continue to affect your thought processes...


Cancer Sex Scope

May will be a month where your relationships with others will be tested. This is not likely to be about a lover or a marriage (though it could be) but more about how...

Leo Sex Scope
Some of you may feel at the breaking point now, especially if you haven’t made the changes your heart has desired over the past several years. By the end of..

Virgo Sex Scope

Although you may be eager to make long-reaching changes in your relationships, Saturn is temporarily back in your sign and slowing things...

Libra Sex Scope
If you find yourself dreaming of a getaway, this may not be the best time to purchase plane tickets. It’s fine to dream and think about getting away...

Scorpio Sex Scope

Uncertainty regarding what you truly desire in a partnership will stir you deeply and create emotional turmoil at times in May; this is particularly...

Sagittarius Sex Scope


You may find that you are attracting more attention than usual from potential lovers, which could be a healthy boost if you have been suffering...

Capricorn Sex Scope

You want what you want when you want it and will not take too kindly to the interference of others or any obstacles that are currently blocking your way. exploration...


Aquarius Sex Scope

You’ll find yourself less detached and much more possessive of your lover in May, which can be unsettling to you both, especially if you are...

Pisces Sex Scope

It may feel as if someone is stepping on the brakes and forcing you to rework or reconsider your plans for the future and this will be not only frustrating, but quite...

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Bite the Poisoned Apple – The Moon & Venus in aspect now available as a download

When she breaks the tender peel

to taste the apple in my hand,

her breath will still,

her blood congeal.

Then I'll be the fairest in the land!

 
The poisoned apple and the sleeping death can be viewed as an analogy to the Moon (Sleep, Dream-world, Unconscious) and Venus (the Apple has long been associated with Venus and the feminine, love, fertility) in aspect.

Biting the Apple (a Mars action – penetration) leads to a deeper understanding and awakening of womanhood or the feminine, but one must experience ‘love’s first kiss’ in order to be truly initiated.

The Moon – Venus aspect can become ‘poisoned’ and painful at adolescence. The first love is a rite of passage for these individuals and often, our first love is our parent of the opposite sex. Yet, as the Moon-Venus individual blossoms into womanhood, she may be suddenly thrust away from her father or shamed (by her mother or other female role model) for expressing her love and affection in a natural way.

A simple hug or kiss can turn into the ‘poisoned apple’ (tainted love) without warning or understanding. The initiation (recognition that one is changing – becoming a woman, becoming fertile) can feel like the death of her relationship with her father…and her mother.

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Saturn Retrograde in Love & Relationships - Astrological Workshop

Due to time constraints, this session is limited to 10 active participants only. I will limit the session to observers only once the limit is reached.

For a person with Saturn retrograde in the natal chart, intimacy fears are enormous. They may have an easy time connecting with others and could be very friendly and seemingly outgoing, but if you take a closer look you will soon realize that the Saturn retrograde person gets along fabulously with strangers or ‘new’ friends but tends to shut off - castrate -those who grow to love him or her or anyone who gets close enough to notice the fine cracks in their façade. The fear of not being good enough, not being what is expected, of being weak and vulnerable to others or worse, superseded or totally unneeded by anyone, drives the Soul with Saturn retrograde deeper and deeper into a cocoon of their own making…an isolated and lonely place to be, a stranger in the shadows watching others and wondering why he (or she) feels so horribly alone.

This 4 1/2 hour workshop is set up with the intention to help one overcome the burdens of the Saturn retrograde in the natal chart by means of in-depth exploration through an anonymous peer group. setting. We will share our charts and do personal chart work. You do not have to have Saturn retrograde to participate, you may wish to gain insight into a loved one who has the Saturn retrograde or you may desire to simply attend and learn more about how the Saturn rx functions.

If you would like to actively participate, please sign up and have your chart information to me at least one week prior to the workshop. If you wish to use an alias, let me know when you send your birth information. I will erect all of the charts and email them to all participants in PDF format.

Saturn Retrograde in Love & Relationships - Astrological Workshop

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Coming soon to a place near you...Mercury Retrograde - April - May 2010

Mercury is retrograde from 4/18/10 - 5/11/10

We will enter the Mercury retrograde 'shadow' period at 2’40 degrees of Taurus on April 4, 2010 - Mercury will return to this degree again and pass over this point May 11, 2010 as he stations direct and prepares to leave the storm on May 22 - 23rd. Prepare to rethink, redraw, replan, renegotiate, etc something that happens over April 11th - 12th around then (May 22-23rd)! This Mercury retrograde will stir up the most trouble for Taurus, Scorpio, Leo, and Aquarius - particularly the degrees ranging from 2 - 13 degrees. Check your natal charts to see where your Sun (or other planets, points, etc) lie in any of these signs to see how this Mercury retro will affect you (or let me do it for you! Online Consultations and Readings) .


On April 12th, Mercury enters its 'Storm' (this is when the planet moves less than 40 minutes of arc per day) so if you have a lot of things you need to get started, I advise you get it moving now...
 
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Bite the Poisoned Apple - the Dark Side of Moon & Venus in Aspect

The Moon & Venus in aspect is often considered a positive, even beneficial, aspect in the natal chart...however, there is a darker side to the Moon & Venus combination, as many with this aspect - both male & female - experience it. From damaging experiences during adolescence to the resonating pain in present day relationships, understanding the 'poisoned apple' will help one heal and experience deeper connection in his or her relationships.

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Venus, Saturn, a New Moon & the Love we’ve all been searching for - Valentine’s Day Weekend 2010

The Valentine New Moon is exact at 25’17 Aquarius and appears to be a very supportive New Moon to make far-reaching (perhaps unusual) changes in the way we interact with one another, not only on a broad Aquarian scale but also on a very personal level with the approaching Moon-Venus-Jupiter conjunction on Valentine’s Day itself (Venus will not exactly conjoin Jupiter until the 16th, but they are within a 3 degree orb at the New Moon) in the spiritually erotic sign of Pisces. The Moon will kiss Venus at 3:52 pm on the 14th (US EST) and then cozy up to Jupiter four hours later. Our need for love, affection, and inspiration will be underlined and thus, we should do whatever we can to create a loving, open, mutually supportive environment with our loved one. The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon degree is “A Butterfly With The Right Wing More Perfectly Formed” which suggests that we may feel a need to overcompensate. Perhaps we have been approaching love too intellectually and now find our feelings need to be honored and expressed. Emotions can easily get out of control and should be channeled into creative love-making or artistic endeavors.

While this energy is likely to be very uplifting and should help create a deep sense of connection between highly conscious and spiritually in-tune lovers - it could potentially be one very sensual day - other planetary signatures and aspects support the quest to break away from outmoded, stagnating partnerships. If you are involved in a rocky marriage or caught up in a situation you haven’t been able to get out of with a lover, Valentine’s day may take on a more somber or frustrating tone with transiting retrograde Saturn (in Libra) and transiting retrograde Mars (in Leo) both in very close quincunx to Venus (forming a yod, with Venus as the apex planet), just as she emerges out of the Sun’s arms and back into our view as the Evening Star (you should be able to see her in the US about 15 minutes after sunset - look to the right of the very slim beginning crescent Moon on the 14th. Jupiter will be close by as well…Venus is brighter). The ability to give and receive love may not feel easy within difficult relationships, especially if we aren’t even sure we still love the one we are with. This energy is amplified due to the recent (February 4 - 5, 2010) transiting Juno T-square with the nodal axis that may still resonate uneasily in long-term relationships. It was a pretty potent time with T Jupiter and T Pluto in exact sextile at the same time (along with the exact Saturn-Pluto square!). If you found yourself caught up in disagreements that seemed relatively minor on the surface, be aware that whatever cropped up is much more deeply embedded. In other words, it may be a symptom of an underlying ‘dis-ease’ lingering between you. The outlet point for this tension is Libra 20’49 so take a look at your chart(s) and see how you are supported or hindered in releasing the energy in a creative Mercurial - Venusian manner (Mercury is the decan sub-ruler for this degree). Writing out your feelings may help…speaking creatively and lovingly are also good bets but it is possible you will be misunderstood by your partner - on purpose. Juno in Aries can be a frustrated and angry placement, and with the recent square to the nodal axis in Cancer/Capricorn it is easy to see that autonomy and individualism may be a priority. Some of us may feel threatened by the demands and expectations of our partners and long to break out of the relationship…and this is exactly what can happen if we work to manifest our goals consciously and productively. If you want to make the relationship work, it is time to figure out how to work together and compromise…it may be time to let the secrets out of the closet or allow yourself to show those parts of yourself that you’ve kept hidden because your partner may not approve. The message of the Sabian Symbol for Libra 21 degrees is “A Sunday Crowd Enjoying The Beach”…in order to truly enjoy your relationship and to interact freely as who YOU are, you must be true to your own inner Self. No one has fun at the beach if they are wrapped up in layers of clothing or hiding out in a tent.

The Aquarian energy (Mercury, Black Moon Lilith, the Sun, Chiron, and Neptune all in Aquarius - along with the New Moon on the 13th) can help us step back and envision our own happiness for the future while the supportive Pluto aspect to Venus (a lively sextile) and Mars in Leo sextile to Saturn all promise that although we may be frustrated in our relationships, it is this very frustration that will propel us to do something about it. At this time it may still be a mental project, but our feelings and our very hearts are deeply involved in creating necessary change in how we approach life and love. All this thinking about what we want - and do not want - in our relationships is akin to preparing the soil and planting the seed for a more potent, soul-connected future relationship. Once Mars turns direct on March 10th we will be more prepared to act upon our desires…by the time Saturn starts his forward motion on May 30th (on the heels of the 4th Saturn-Uranus opposition on April 26th…interestingly, the Moon will move over the Juno/Nodal axis T-square outlet point - 20’49 Libra - within 8 hours after the exact Saturn-Uranus opposition), we should be able to look back over the past few months and see how far we’ve come. If we are dissatisfied with our progress at that time, we will finally gather the strength to start building something serious for ourselves. If we haven’t done our mental work and laid out the blueprint for developing our relationship potential by the end of May, shock-waves may be in store with the final Saturn-Uranus opposition on July 26, 2010.

This Valentine’s Day weekend may be frustrating for many of us, although there is also such great promise that we can enjoy ourselves and fall deeper in love. Along with those involved in a tense marriage or long-term partner relationships, star-crossed lover’s will also find themselves struggling to deal with separation or distance issues. They may long to be with one another but may find it impossible (as shown by the retrograde Libran Saturn quincunx Venus in dreamy Pisces)…it is important to keep a positive perspective and utilize any mode of communication possible to keep in touch with one another and show how much you love each other. Although you may not be able to enjoy the sensual love-making and solidarity of touch at this time, open and loving communication is all that is needed to connect your hearts and minds and experience a deeper sense of love with one another. As your intellect and emotions connect (Mercury semisextile Moon/Venus/Jupiter), you may realize that what you share and create with one another now is preparing your relationship for a more solid future…although your love may seem illusive at times, it may well be the very pearl that you must dig for in order to express your love nature fluently. It’s long been said that anything worth having is worth working for.

The very essence of this weekend can be summarized as the search for - or development of - the type of love symbolized in this short line by Keats:

"Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."

The Valentine's Day Chart is below.

If you have problems with the website, please don't act like this woman

It is just too funny NOT to share! This lady ordered 2 computer readings that reached a grand total of $11.95. She ordered at 3:47 pm and sent the following at 3:50 pm...which I received to my blackberry while I was driving down the road:

"I just completed TWO purchases through your website - one was a 3 month romantic forecast report and the other was a compatibility mini report for TWO people. Your site took me right to paypal but never asked my birthdate, my lovers birthdate, none of the VITAL info that you would need to complete these reports. I recieved NOTHING. I want my money back and I want it back within the next 2 days. If I don't hear a response or get what I paid for --- I WILL report you to the better business bureau and I will make sure your site comes down for false advertisement."

Can anyone say IMPATIENT, RUDE, and OBNOXIOUS??? No where on the site does it say the computer readings are instant; in fact it says I personally deliver within 24 hours! (not 3 minutes!)

See what sort of behavior I must deal with online? She couldn't click a 'return to merchant link' or write an email to ask me what is happening. Btw, I always PERSONALLY confirm all readings, either my own or the computer ones as I do everything myself. If she had just waited 20 minutes I would have been home and would have written her to ask for the necessary info.

This type of thing is so sad. Luckily 98% of my site visitors and clients are absolutely FANTASTIC people and know how to communicate in a friendly manner. As for the other 2%, I don't care what they do with themselves. Especially this woman...who has a 3 minute limit on patience. Oh, she got her money back as soon as I returned home along with a note NEVER To come to any of my sites again.

All comments are welcome...if anyone wants to guess her signs, we could make a game of it.

Personalized Readings and Consultations by an Astrologer vs. Computerized Readings

I am sharing an article I wrote a number of years ago that I recently found buried in the maze of Through Night's Fire...my virtual mansion with many hidden rooms, LOL.

So you are looking for advice and let’s face it, there are many astrology sites out there offering services. How do you know which service or reading is right for you? Many of the computerized sites are run by people who don’t even know astrology themselves! Since I’ve recently began offering computerized readings myself, I thought I would take a moment to explain to you the difference between a personal reading by an astrologer and a computerized reading. What are the benefits of each? What are the drawbacks of each?

A computerized reading can offer good general insight. Say you want to know what is coming up over the next few months, just so you can have some idea of what could happen. The type of computerized reading that could help would be a forecast (otherwise known as a planetary transit reading)--be it a Love Forecast, a Business Forecast, or just an overall view, a computerized reading is the best way to go. For an astrologer to personally calculate and interpret your transits, she (or he) would have to spend many long and possibly torturous hours working with your charts. If you want a personal forecast by an astrologer, you are going to have to pay good money to receive one. Sure, some astrologers will tell you they are personally doing your transits…but guess what, they aren’t! Unless you are paying about 100+ for a 3 month forecast, they are selling you a computer reading they are trying to pass off as one they ‘personally’ worked for you. Any time you see these types of readings (example follows), you are probably receiving a computer reading:

Venus trine Moon

(with a paragraph or so of text)

Pluto square Ascendant

(with a paragraph or so of text)


And so on and so forth. This is NOT a personal, handwritten reading, even if the ‘astrologer’ managed to take a few moments to input a few paragraphs of their own advice (in fact, most professional astrologers won‘t write their readings out anyway. Many simply talk to you via the phone or send you a tape. It is more difficult and time consuming to write out an astrology reading, which is why many won‘t even bother). If you just need a general overview, spending a lot of money just doesn’t make sense. However, if you have an important date coming up--your wedding, a major move--you may want to spend the money and hire a professional astrologer to get deeper insight and advice into what may happen.

My personal thoughts on computerized astrology readings is that they are best used to gain basic insight. If you want to know more about your compatibility in general with someone, get a computerized compatibility reading. If you really NEED to know the potential of a relationship and receive advice on how to navigate the relationship for the best possible positive relationship (particularly if you are in a difficult situation and need help), hire a professional astrologer to work your compatibility or even perhaps enter into a consulting relationship with your astrologer for ongoing advice and support. A computer reading can just look at your aspects and spit out various aspects (sometimes conflicting ones!) that can help you understand each other better. It obviously can’t give an opinion or offer support. But overall, a computerized compatibility can give you good insight into your relationship in general.

Here is a basic checklist of the benefits and drawbacks of each type of reading:

Computerized Readings

Plus

~ Excellent for Future Forecasts
~Great for General Information
~General Insight into your personality, relationships, and life
~Very inexpensive
~Tons of info (although you will have to take all of the conflicting information into consideration yourself)

Minus

~Very limited in it’s ability to answer SPECIFIC questions
~Conflicting information that may make some aspects of the reading feel that it isn’t describing you or your relationship accurately. You will have to determine what is right and discard the rest yourself.
~You can’t ask the computerized reading what it meant about something said in the reading
~Can’t Offer an Opinion or advice
~Can’t Offer Support

An Astrology reading with a Professional astrologer
(Written, Taped, Phone, In-person, Chat room)

Plus

~ Excellent for Specific advice and answers to your questions
~Great for deeper insight and advice into your personality, relationships, and life
~Your Astrologer will take all conflicting information into consideration while working your reading and will provide you with a much more concise and fluid, integrated reading. No astrological understanding should be needed to understand what your astrologer is saying. (Of course, there are some who do work readings in astro-lingo. I am not one of them!)
~You can ask your Astrologer what he or she meant by something in your reading
~Ongoing support if needed
~Many Astrologers offer a retainer service or ongoing consulting
~Some Karmic Astrologers can offer you specific past life details (in conjunction with channeling. This is one service I provide for my clients. A computerized karmic reading will be very general and simply be full of possibilities, not specific information).


Minus

~Can be quite expensive, depending on the quality of the service, the experience level of the astrologer, and whether the astrologer is in demand (how many clients the astrologer works with has a direct bearing on the cost. Obviously an astrologer who is sought after for their skill and knowledge will have a heavy client load and must limit how many people she or he works with. One way to limit the client load is to raise the cost of service).
~There may be a significant waiting period for your reading or consultation. Please see above about demand.
~Your reading will be shorter, but should offer much more specific and concise information

Stop in to my Readings Page and see what I offer!

I am now offering both Computerized Readings AND Personal Consultations!

Mercury Retrograde...coming soon to a place near you

Mercury is retrograde from 9/6/09 - 9/29/09
We will enter the Mercury retrograde 'shadow' period at 21’38 degrees of Virgo on August 18, 2009 - Mercury will return to this degree again and pass over this point September 29, 2009 as he stations direct and prepares to leave the storm on October 6 - 7th. Prepare to rethink, redraw, replan, renegotiate, etc something that happens over August 17 - 19th around then (September 29 - October 7th)! This Mercury retrograde will stir up the most trouble for Virgo, Pisces, Gemini, Sagittarius, Libra, Aries, Cancer, & Capricorn - particularly the degrees ranging from 21 - 29 (Virgo/Pisces & Gemini/Sagittarius) and 0 - 6 (Libra/Aries & Cancer/Capricorn). Check your natal charts to see where your Sun (or other planets, points, etc) lie in any of these signs to see how this Mercury retro will affect you (or let me do it for you! Online Consultations and Readings) .

On August 28th, Mercury enters its 'Storm' (this is when the planet moves less than 40 minutes of arc per day) so if you have a lot of things you need to get started, I advise you get it moving now...

Click here to read more about the September 2009 Mercury Retrograde, read about the Mercury Retrograde in Virgo and in Libra, and see the upcoming Mercury aspects

The Starving Soul & How to Feed it - Breaking Barriers to Love

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

Rumi

While it is easy to recognize the symptoms of a physically starving person, the atrophy, fatigue, apathy, and weakness of one who has not had food or has been unable to eat or digest what food they did have for weeks or months, it may be considerably more difficult to recognize or acknowledge a starving soul. There are many among us here, now, incarnated in form who are wasting away spiritually and are in need of guidance, understanding, and most of all…food, in a spiritual sense.

Some Souls may be so disconnected from their own being that they do not know who they are or what they want out of life. They wander from relationship to relationship, job to job, place to place, spiritual camp to spiritual camp, searching…always searching for that one thing that continually escapes them, a sense of their own Self and their place in the world. As the search continues, these Souls may turn to mind-numbing experiences in order not to feel the pain…others become depressed or ill. They may enter counseling or see a doctor, seek out an astrologer or metaphysician, try a variety of healing exercises, get more exercise, practice yoga, go on a pilgrimage…do anything, anything, to ease the pain! While they can obtain some relief for a while, if they haven’t discovered the true source of their problem, the symptoms will gradually return.

The symptoms below will help you to recognize the Starving Soul of yourself or another:

Never-ending search for your Self

Ongoing feelings of discontent or worthlessness

Constant and significant escapism in all of it’s forms. Each Soul will chose a different form of escapism. Drugs, alcohol, sex addiction, food addiction, competitive sports (pushing the body until it becomes a mindless experience), etc

Trusting the ‘word’ of another, especially a so-called authority figure, over your own knowing and intuition

Looking for a savior to save you from yourself

Allowing abuse in your relationships

A dreaded fear of being alone

Mindlessly following a set of religious or spiritual beliefs but lack a sense of connection to those beliefs

Going along with the crowd, sometimes at the expense of your own being

Jumping from one religion or set of spiritual beliefs to another more than two times in your life

Extended episodes of depression, lasting more than a year (it is not uncommon or undesirable for us to experience depressive episodes. Melancholy itself can be a symptom of deeper Soul healing taking place).

Extreme co-dependence in relationships, with lovers, family, and friends

Lengthy episodes of floating anxiety (no known or obvious source)

Inability to give or receive sincere compliments or value the source of the compliments given

Lying, to the Self, to others - about the Self, about others

If one has two or more of the above symptoms, it is likely they are suffering from Soul starvation. The more symptoms, the deeper the gravity of their condition. These Souls are cut off from the bounty of the Universe - the Soul food of Spiritual connectedness - and while this may seem simplistic, the underlying culprit of this starvation is the inability to love. Without love we wither and waste away on a Soul level. When we are starving, we stop evolving, stop manifesting, and have little to share with the world. We are too weak to carry ourselves, let alone others. We have nothing to give.

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Thanks to those who have sent Donations and Happy 4th to all US Americans

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July spending time with family, friends, and loved ones.

I wanted to say Thank You! too, to those 3 people (out of literally thousands) who have shown consideration and kindness by donating to help me keep the Karma Scopes alive...thank you also to the few who have left me kind words of appreciation.

Special thanks go out to those who sent donations:

ST in Brisbane, Australia
LS in Ontario, Canada
LA in Miami, Florida

Blessings to you!

For all US site visitors, clients, and customers - and to those who love the United States of America or a US citizen :)




With love, light, and amazing abundance,

Dena

Sue's Kewpie Doll

The Kewpie Doll prize goes to Sue, the first (and so far only!) person who has offered a donation for the Weekly Karmic Love Scopes! Thanks so much, it is greatly appreciated. Please see the birthchart of your Kewpie below:



And here is a Merlin Natal Report for the Kewpie:


The Merlin Report for


Sue's Kewpie Doll
June 19, 2009
2:31 AM
Brisbane, Australia





Through Night's Fire Astrology
http://www.throughnightsfire.com


You will find that the interpretation of your chart is written in simple language, uncluttered by astrological jargon. If a statement appears to contradict another statement, then you exhibit these opposite qualities at different times in your life. For example, a statement that you are highly sociable and gregarious and a statement that you prefer solitude seemingly contradict each other; this means that you vacillate, and need both sociability and solitude at different times.

The astrological factor that the interpretation is based on is also given. The astrological factor is given for the benefit of astrologers and students of astrology. If you are not a student of astrology, then obviously the factor will not be meaningful to you, and you can ignore it.

If you find this interpretation of your birth chart interesting and informative, you might want to discuss your birth chart with a professional astrologer to learn more about the astrological influences on your life.

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Your birth chart interpretation is based on the positions of the planets at the time of your birth. For the benefit of students of astrology, these positions, along with other technical information, are listed below:

Sun 27 Gem 34 Pluto 2 Cap 06
Moon 1 Tau 15 N. Node 0 Aqu 40
Mercury 5 Gem 06 Asc. 3 Tau 22
Venus 12 Tau 18 MC 5 Aqu 28
Mars 13 Tau 10 2nd cusp 2 Gem 23
Jupiter 27 Aqu 00 3rd cusp 3 Can 12
Saturn 15 Vir 49 5th cusp 7 Vir 40
Uranus 26 Pis 33 6th cusp 7 Lib 25
Neptune 26 Aqu 22

Tropical Placidus Standard time observed
GMT: 16:31:00 Time Zone: 10 hours East
Lat. and Long. of birth: 27 S 28 153 E 02

Aspects and orbs:
Conjunction : 7 Deg 00 Min Trine : 5 Deg 00 Min
Opposition : 5 Deg 00 Min Sextile : 4 Deg 00 Min
Square : 5 Deg 00 Min Quincunx : 3 Deg 00 Min
Conjunct Asc: 3 Deg 00 Min Above, 5 Deg 00 Min Below
Chapter 1: General Characteristics

Your fundamental needs, values, and orientation towards life are symbolized by the four astrological elements. Each person has their own unique balance of these four basic energies: fire (warmth, inspiration, enthusiasm), earth (practicality, realism, material interests), air (social and intellectual qualities), and water (emotional needs and feelings).

Your "elemental make-up" is described below. Remember that most people are "unbalanced" or lopsided, and if you are lacking or deficient in a certain element (or elements), it simply means that you need to consciously develop that aspect of yourself to learn to appreciate and/or to work harder in that dimension of life.

Sometimes we overvalue the element that we are least endowed with, sensing it as a lack within ourselves, but more often we neglect or ignore it. The qualities described below will be reiterated and explained in more detail in the following chapters.

You value order and security in your life and prefer dealing with known quantities, following clearly defined guidelines in order to achieve your aims. Reason rather than emotion rules you, and you think in clear, practical, no-nonsense terms. You are uncomfortable with ambiguity, emotional impulsiveness or extremism, and things which cannot be explained in rational terms. Even spiritual or mystical realms, if you have any interest in such things at all, must have either some scientific basis or be proven to you through your own experience and practice.

You think a situation through thoroughly before deciding upon a course of action, assessing and analyzing the matter carefully, and can be relied upon to come to a fair, reasonable, and sensible solution to whatever confronts you.

You are able to handle practical matters very efficiently, using both deductive reasoning ability and manual skill. However, it is easy for you to become overly "adult" and to lose touch with the spontaneous, playful, vibrant, and childlike side of yourself. You can become too organized and controlled, not allowing your emotions or creative, playful impulses full expression, and a certain dryness or emptiness will result. You need to learn to appreciate a certain degree of "creative chaos"!

You are likely to be overly humble or unsure of yourself and to look to others for inspiration, motivation, reinforcement, and approval. Tending to be somewhat passive, you must learn how to take initiative and motivate yourself.

A lack of warmth (either physically, emotionally, or both) may be evident in you, which can show itself physically as a low energy level, paleness and lack of color in the skin, or a tendency to be easily chilled, and emotionally as a marked coolness or aloofness with little spiritedness, joyfulness, or enthusiasm for living. Eating warming, spicy foods, living in a warm, sunny place, and using fire in your daily life (lighting candles, using a wood stove or fireplace for heat) can help balance you. Also, spending time with warm, cheerful, positive-minded people and developing a philosophy based on spiritual optimism can stir up your own zest of life.

Positively, you are unlikely to be egocentric and have a capacity for great patience and peacefulness.

You have difficulty dealing with your own and others' emotions. Feelings and the emotional reality of a situation are often ignored or discounted by you and you may thus seem insensitive or uncaring to others. Deep emotional rapport, empathy, compassion, and sensitivity to the feelings of others is something that you need to develop, and will be in more evidence later in life rather than in your youth.

Though you may appear emotionally self-sufficient or above it all, your denied feelings can result in physical problems, so it is wise and important for you to learn to acknowledge and express all of your emotions.

You may also find that you crave a great deal of liquid, or to live near bodies of water, as a way to gain balance.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 1:
Air and Earth are Strong (F,E,A,W Scores = 0,29,19,1)
Fire is Weak (F,E,A,W Scores = 0,29,19,1)
Water is Weak (F,E,A,W Scores = 0,29,19,1)



Chapter 2: How You Approach Life and How You Appear To Others

The following is a description of your basic stance towards life, the way others see you, the way you come across, the face you show to the world. In Chapter 3 you will read about the "The Inner You: Your Real Motivation", which describes the kind of person you are at heart and where your true priorities lie. Read this chapter and the next one and compare them - there may be significant differences between them, in which case "the inner you" may not shine through and others are in for some surprises when they get to know you at a more than superficial level. This chapter describes the costume you wear, your role in life, while Chapter 3 talks about the real person inside the costume.

You have a sensible and realistic outlook on life and your two feet are always planted firmly on the ground (though you may, on occasion, have your head in the clouds). Others often see you as a rock of strength, solid, reliable, dependable, and constant. You are, in fact, amazingly consistent for you possess great powers of endurance and do not like to make changes or adjustments in your regular routine. You do things deliberately and methodically and do not easily accommodate the unexpected. Though you have a gentle, even soft, appearance, you are enormously strong-willed and stubborn. You go at your own pace and refuse to be rushed or pushed into anything before you feel sure about it. You can be coaxed and persuaded by charm, beauty, love, or affection - but never forced. You won't fight either, but simply stubbornly resist any attempt to coerce you to do something you do not want to do.

When you have a purpose, you are extremely fixed, immovable, and bullheaded about it. Your obstinacy is often infuriating to others, especially since it takes much provocation to make you flare up or respond to their anger. You appear calm, unruffled, and unemotional most of the time, but behind your easygoing and peaceable appearance there lies great strength. When it comes to a contest of wills, you often win simply due to your relentless persistence, your ability to outlast just about anyone. Another reason for your slowness to make changes is your very strong need for security. You are most comfortable in stable, relatively unchanging conditions and you also have a strong desire for tangible security - a home of your own, money in the bank, job security, etc. The other side of your steadiness is that you easily get caught in a rut and will stay in a familiar situation (be it job, marriage, or whatever) long after it has lost its vitality and interest.

You have a keen appreciation of the natural world and get much happiness from simple creature comforts and the physical world, with all of its myriad delights. You are quite sensual in a very natural, wholesome way and you know how to enjoy yourself. You are appealing to the opposite sex in an earthy way. You are also a great lover of beauty and your tastes are basically conventional or classic - not modern.

You are impressionable, sympathetic, and responsive to the emotional tone and atmosphere around you. You harmonize, blend, and adapt yourself to other people. Often you are rather quiet, just listening and feeling. You are subtle and know when to keep silent and wait. You act instinctively, sensing and intuiting when the time is right for action.

There is a certain intensity, charisma, or compelling attractiveness about you that may have little to do with your physical features. It's an energy, a subtle sexuality, that you emanate. Also, you tend to do everything wholeheartedly and with passion, which is quite fascinating to other people. Your instincts and psychological perceptions about others are quite incisive.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 2:
Taurus Rising
Moon Conjunct Asc.
Pluto Trine Asc.



Chapter 3: The Inner You: Your Real Motivation

Although you have a sensible, realistic outlook on life and you are able to dedicate yourself wholeheartedly to your interests (as described in the previous chapter), you are also very adaptable, flexible, and varied. You appear more conservative and conventional than you are. From your appearance, others may not realize that you are familiar with a wide range of life styles and you have varied tastes. You are able to put ideas into practical action and you are likely to be successful in an field that requires good communication skills and presentation of ideas.

You are, in many ways, an eternal child. Your mind is bright, alert, curious, flexible, playful, and always eager for new experiences - and your attention span is often quite brief. You grasp ideas quickly and once your initial curiosity has been satisfied, you want to go on to something else. You crave frequent change, variety, meeting new situations and people.

It may be hard for you to decide just where your talents and true vocation lie, for you have a multitude of interests and are loathe to limit yourself by concentrating on just one. You are easily distracted by all of the other fascinating possibilities. Your curiosity and restlessness propel you into many different experiences in life, and you are willing to taste or try anything once. Doing the same thing over and over again, even it is something you do well, is real drudgery for you.

You live in your head a great deal - reading, observing, thinking, spinning ideas around - and you need mental stimulation every bit as much as you need food and drink. In fact, if you had to choose between a good book or movie and a good lunch, you would very likely choose the former. You have a creative mind and often live by your wits.

You are also a very social creature, with a strong need to communicate and to interact with people. You enjoy using and playing with words and have a real flair for getting your ideas across in a clever, interesting, articulate manner. Writing or speaking are areas you have talent for.

You also have a rather light and mischievous sense of humor, and often do not take anything too seriously. Though you crave emotional involvement, it is hard for you to achieve it, for you are frequently unwilling to commit yourself to anything, to take responsibility, or to limit your personal freedom and mobility.

Your happiness lies in using your creativity and your language skills to communicate something meaningful, to teach, inspire, or bring people together. You have an unbiased mind and can usually offer a fresh, clear, uncluttered perspective. Your faults are your lack of constancy and persistence, and your tendency to overlook or ignore deep emotional issues and other people's feelings.

Ownership gives you a sense of security, and you have a strong attachment to your possessions. You also have a natural instinct or understanding of economics, finance, trade, and appraising the value of merchandise.

Your subconscious needs and feelings blend well with your conscious intentions and desires, therefore you are able to proceed in your life's pursuits relatively unhampered by internal resistance or inconsistency. Your male-female relationships will reflect this state of internal harmony also.

You have big aspirations but do not struggle or labor to achieve them. Your self-confidence and inner harmony attract success and benefits to you in an almost magical way. Your optimism and cheerful generosity also win you many allies and successes in life.

Impulsive, restless, and spontaneous, your life is apt to be somewhat unstable and full of sudden changes. You are extremely independent and crave excitement, adventure, freedom, and discovery. You have a rebellious streak and often feel you are unusual and different from the mainstream of society. The unorthodox and novel appeal to you.

You are imaginative and sensitive to anything colorful, beautiful, or magical. You are attracted to artistic and creative pursuits, music, and mysticism. Your spiritual values color your whole perspective and approach to life. You are idealistic and perhaps impractical.

You are infused with a sense of personal destiny or mission, and can be extremely driven, obsessed, and fanatical. Learning about power and how to use it for good is definitely part of your path. You confront abusive power, tyranny, and dominating people who will teach you about power, and eventually force you to claim your own.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 3:
Ascendant in Taurus and Sun in Gemini
Sun in Gemini
Sun in 2nd house
Sun Sextile Moon
Sun Trine Jupiter
Sun Square Uranus
Sun Trine Neptune
Sun Opposition Pluto



Chapter 4: Mental Interests and Abilities

You have an extremely active, lively and versatile mind with a multitude of interests and an inexhaustible curiosity about life. You are quick to grasp new concepts and equally quick to lose interest in an idea or project once your curiosity has been satisfied. You like to taste a little bit of everything -concentration and disciplined study are not your strong points. Mentally restless, you may change jobs or locations frequently, or do work that involves movement, travel, and variety.

You have a flair for language, playing with words, speaking, writing, or teaching in an entertaining and informative way. You also enjoy meeting new people, conversing and learning a little bit about them, and you work well with the public.

Sales, advertising, communications, journalism, or public relations are good areas for you. Your ability to be articulate and to communicate well is one of your greatest strengths.

Your mental skills and intelligence are directed toward practical matters, and you are interested in the tangible effects of any abstract idea or concept. You are very interested in finance, economics, and moneymaking strategies.

You have a probing, penetrating mind and in your view, nothing is as simple, innocent, or straightforward as it appears. You may not totally understand the hidden undercurrents you perceive, the secret machinations, the dark underside of a person or situation -- but it intrigues you and sometimes you can't stop thinking about it. Once your interest has been piqued, you can become obsessed with getting to the bottom of the matter. At times you make more of something than is actually the case, like assigning dark, convoluted motives to a person where none exist.

You have a charming disposition and love to socialize and meet new people. You also like to be surrounded by beautiful things and like to talk to others about your views on love problems as well as your views on beauty, fashion and art in general.

You are physically vigorous and always ready for action. A quick thinker, you are able to make swift decisions and may unknowingly create for yourself opportunities to take control over others or to be a leader.

You are somewhat restless and in constant search for variety and change. Cautious in one way and optimistic in another, you frequently change your mind and your philosophy of life. You may prefer mental work and are likely to choose a scientific field.

Your sense of reality seems a bit distorted and you tend to always think the worst. Your attitude toward the world is rather pessimistic and you place too much importance on matters that really are not important and ignore the ones that are.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 4:
Mercury in Gemini
Mercury in 2nd house
Mercury Quincunx Pluto
Mercury Conjunct Sun/Venus
Mercury Conjunct Sun/Mars
Mercury Opposition Jupiter/Saturn
Mercury Opposition Saturn/Neptune



Chapter 5: Emotions: Moods, Feelings, Romance

Even-tempered and peace-loving, you are not easily ruffled and are rarely given to emotional displays. You have a calming effect on more high-strung or volatile people, and an emotional steadiness that others find soothing. Though gentle and not easily provoked, you are tremendously stubborn and will resist any change which requires an emotional adjustment, such as changes in your home life or marriage.

You seek security and loyalty in love, are extremely devoted to your loved ones, and provide a warm, nurturing atmosphere for them. However, you tend to cling and seek to keep others from changing.

A great deal of physical affection, closeness, and touching is essential to your well-being, and you have a tendency to overindulge in sensual comforts and pleasures. At times you substitute food for emotional comfort and love.

Your own feelings and emotions are something of an enigma to you, and it is often difficult for you to share with others what you are feeling.

You frequently withdraw from contact with the world, and need a healing, peaceful environment in order to blossom and come out of yourself.

You identify with the oppressed, disenfranchised or underdog in any situation and want to help them or care for them in some way.

You enjoy emotional intensity and are attracted to the mysterious, the unknown, and to dangerous or challenging experiences which draw on all of your inner resources. You are able to handle an emotional crisis very well, and you are interested in the deep roots of emotional problems and how to cure them. You insist on bringing feelings between people out into the open, for you want real closeness and intimacy with others, without barriers or secrets.

You have a somewhat excitable disposition and your moods and thoughts change rapidly. Enterprising, original and intuitive, you have an instinctive correct grasp of a subject. You are intellectual, resent interference and it is hard to deceive you.

In love, you are steadfast and loyal, especially if you have a warm, demonstrative partner. You are very sensually oriented and need lots of touching and physical affection. You enjoy being pampered with a good meal, loving massage, or other sensual delights. You are a wonderful lover, very attentive to the comfort and enjoyment of the one you love. You are tremendously responsive to beauty and physical appearances, and the physical attractiveness of your partner is very important to you.

You are very much aware of your personal appearance, attractiveness, and charm, and you can be rather narcissistic. On the other hand, you are concerned with getting along with others and you have a pleasing, agreeable manner that people find quite appealing. You use tact or charm to get what you want rather than intense effort or force. Your desire for love and affection colors everything you do.

You are extremely amorous and it is difficult for you to go without a romantic involvement for very long. When you are attracted to someone, you pursue them very ardently and sometimes come on too strong. Doing creative work or artistic work can also satisfy the very strong desire for love and beauty that you feel.

Loyalty, fidelity, and security are very important to you in love. You are cautious about giving your heart away but true to the one who does win your love. Your tastes are simple, even austere, and you do not appreciate frivolity. You are interested in a person's character and inner qualities far more than their appearance. Casual or superficial relationships don't interest you at all, for love seems to get deeper and richer and more satisfying for you with time.

You are likely to have many romantic or unusual experiences in love. You tend to fall in love quickly and enjoy a conquest, but then tire of what has been conquered. If you don't keep this in control, you could end up in a hasty marriage and a quick divorce.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 5:
Moon in Taurus
Moon in 12th house
Moon Trine Pluto
Moon Conjunct Mercury/Uranus
Venus in Taurus
Venus in 1st house
Venus Conjunct Mars
Venus Trine Saturn
Venus Conjunct Sun/Uranus



Chapter 6: Drive and Ambition: How You Achieve Your Goals

Once you set your mind on a goal, your dedication, determination, and commitment to it are extraordinary. You pursue your ambitions tenaciously and will stubbornly refuse to give up, let go, or be influenced in any way. Like Aesop's tortoise, you labor patiently and steadfastly until you achieve what you want -or until it is clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that all is lost. You are a reliable, consistent, and productive worker, and often shoulder more of the workload than your co-workers, usually without complaint. The nitty-gritty work often falls to you. You prefer a regular routine, with definite hours and clearly defined responsibilities and tasks. In fact, establishing a pattern or routine is very important to your success because once you get started in a certain direction, is easy for you to follow it through to its completion. Getting started is more difficult. You have a lazy, comfort-loving side and there is often a good deal of inertia for you to overcome before you get going. Once you get a momentum going, your energy level is strong and steady.

You are interested in concrete results and solid, practical achievement. You need to have some tangible product or contribution to show for your efforts, and cannot be content with only intangible rewards (such as having a good time, learning, or spiritual enrichment). Material well-being and security is also a large factor in determining what you do. Your stamina and persistence is your great strength but it can also work against you; you can get caught in a rut and refuse to seize new opportunities. You also tend to play it safe, and to limit yourself in that way.

You are a doer and an achiever. Energetic, courageous, and often impatient, you will forge ahead with your plans regardless of others' reservations. In fact, you often feel other people get in your way and you prefer working on your own. You are active, assertive, and rather competitive as well.

You possess the gifts of endurance and perseverance, the willingness to work hard and seriously to achieve your objectives. Once you decide you want something or make a commitment, you'll do it "even if it takes forever". Self-discipline is natural to you and you instinctively realize that any creative achievement is "10% inspiration, 90% perspiration". You choose practical, realistic goals and pursue them step-by-step in a well-planned, orderly way. You like to concentrate on one thing at a time and do a thorough job. You enjoy working in solitude, and often feel your best work is done when you are alone.

Patience is not one of your strong virtues and you do what needs to be done impetuously and hastily, leading to great potential for accidents. You also have a streak of rebellion in you that could bring disputes and arguments with those around you.

You may have to overcome something in your background or personal past in order to achieve your long-range goals and ambitions. Sometimes you're apt to feel pulled in two different directions -- what others expect of you or what you need to do to progress, versus what your old conditioning or your emotional predisposition would have you do. Overcoming the pull of the past is the key.

Fluidity of speech and thought, and using intellectual gifts or communicative skills to achieve your ambitions in life are featured. Convincing, selling, persuading, reasoning, bringing ideas into public awareness are also part of your professional life.

You seem to lack confidence in yourself and worry about being compromised or exposed. You may feel that you are unable to defend yourself and tend to withdraw from others. It is more important to you to do the right thing than to be popular.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 6:
Mars in Taurus
Mars in 1st house
Mars Trine Saturn
Mars Conjunct Sun/Uranus
Moon Square MC
Mercury Trine MC
MC Opposition Sun/Saturn



Chapter 7: Growth and Expansion: Areas That You Enjoy

Your strength lies in your ability to be innovative, open to new progressive concepts, willing to experiment and to reject customs and traditions when they cease to serve any positive function in the present. Also, you have an expansive view of the world, one that includes humanity and not only your own small, personal circle.

Your career or contribution to the world at large is likely to touch many people's lives in a very positive, helpful way. You aim high and have an innate confidence and trust both in your own abilities and in life in general, which enables you to go far. You want to do something BIG with your life, and you attract the support you need to do so, for your aims are not solely for your own personal benefit. You want to give something back to the world, or to improve others' lives as well as your own.

You have an unusually expansive, far-reaching outlook on life. At times the everyday routine is far too dull and boring to you, and you are inclined to travel, daydream, fantasize, or philosophize on a grand scale.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 7:
Jupiter in Aquarius
Jupiter in 10th house
Jupiter Conjunct Neptune



Chapter 8: Areas That Challenge You Or Are Difficult For You

You have a penchant for order and precision, and an almost compulsive attention to detail. You are often hypercritical and can be such a demanding perfectionist that you discourage yourself or others from even attempting something that won't be done exactly the way you know it should be done.

You frequently over analyze or pick things apart mentally. You may be something of a hypochondriac also. You must learn that you do not have to rationally understand everything in order for it to be valid, and also to relax your unnecessarily high or strict standards.

It may be difficult for you to play spontaneously or just let your hair down, for you tend to inhibit that side of yourself by being too self-conscious and concerned with the impression you are making.

You may work very hard at some sport or creative medium in order to excel, for you want very, very much to be noticed, acknowledged, and recognized as special in some way. Though you may indeed be outstanding, you also need to learn to relax and enjoy yourself more.

You prefer to work alone rather than with other people. Content by yourself, you tend to become inhibited when you are with others, especially women. You may feel that the effort required to be with others is too great and probably not even worth it.

You are inclined to be rather serious and withdrawn. Feeling very uncomfortable in the presence of others, you shy away from social contacts and prefer to be by yourself.



Now we will discuss patterns of behavior which you instinctively and habitually revert to when under stress - a mostly unconscious process and one which you are apt to overdo because it is so familiar and thus easy for you. The direction you need to follow in order to develop balance, greater awareness, and wholeness is also described.

Your path lies in cultivating idealism and humanitarian feelings, being concerned with how your actions impact the world at large, perhaps becoming more aware of the social implications of your life style and personal choices or becoming active politically. Participating in organizations that support your ideals is one way to do this.

When under stress you are likely to become overly focused on yourself and your own little world.

Instead of "how will this benefit or hurt me?" your focus needs to shift to "how will this affect us all?".

Ideally, you need to strike a balance between doing for yourself and doing for others, by discovering how your unique gifts can contribute to the good of all.

The arena you are most likely to wrestle with these issues is in developing a personal vision or philosophy of life, whether this be through religious or philosophical studies, a broadening education, or visiting and drawing upon the wisdom in distant lands or cultures. Cultivate the qualities described above in this endeavor. Long distance communication and involvement with foreigners is likely to be significant to you.

You tend to have far-reaching associations and have a strong desire to be involved with people of high society. You are likely to achieve great success through joint ventures with others and could do well in some political activity.

You seem to have an innate sense of cosmic awareness and are likely to have strong psychical or metaphysical talents. You are inclined to join some parapsychology groups where you may share your unusual experiences with other people.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 8:
Saturn in Virgo
Saturn in 5th house
Saturn Opposition Moon/N. Node
Saturn Opposition N. Node/Asc.
N. Node in Aquarius
N. Node in 9th house
N. Node Conjunct Jupiter/Pluto
N. Node Conjunct Neptune/Pluto



Chapter 9: Originality and Imagination
Areas Where You Are Creative, Unique, Unstable, or Compulsive

You have unusual, even eccentric friends, and you are likely to join groups, communities, organizations, or clubs which promote progressive or unconventional ideas, social change, or innovation in some form. You are dynamic and creative in business affairs and in organizations.

You are a very idealistic person, and you want to see your ideals, hopes, and dreams made concrete and real in the everyday world. You are driven to put your ideals into action.

When young you may be rather aimless or confused about your place in the world. In early adult life it is likely that you struggle to find ways to express your imagination, fantasies, and ideals in your career. Work that involves compassionate service (such as medicine or the ministry) may be your calling. If you lack personal integrity and honesty, you quickly go to the opposite extreme and you can con others through dishonesty and trickery. Music, art, film-making or entertainment are also areas in which you are well-suited.

You are a person of great depth and have a deep interest in the hidden or darker side of life. Issues and experiences others shun, you are drawn to and compelled to examine. The use and misuse of personal, social, and political power intrigues you. Death is also an area you are fascinated with and may explore in depth. You may have many experiences in which you are forced to burn your bridges and start over again.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 9:
Uranus in 11th house
Neptune in 10th house
Pluto in 8th house



Chapter 10: Generational Influences: Your Age Group

In this chapter we will discuss characteristics and traits of your generation. Of course, you may not share all of the characteristics of your generation, but you are greatly affected by the tone that is set by your generation.

The first topic is "The Subconscious and Emotional Drive of Your Age Group". In this section we will describe a deeply felt urge, even compulsion, of your age group. This deeply felt drive comes to the surface with great force and power, and consequently leaves in its wake considerable upheaval and change. The second topic is "The Ideals and Illusions of Your Age Group", that describes the dreams, fantasies, and spiritual aspirations of your age group. The third and last topic is "What is New and Different in Your Age Group", which describes areas in which your age group tends to be innovative, inventive, unusual, and also where it may be unstable and unreliable.

The characteristics described below may affect a group of people for anywhere from a few years to about 30 years. There are one or more different astrological factors described in each of the three sections below.

The Subconscious and Emotional Drive of Your Age Group

You are part of a 15 year group of people who have a very strong practical and realistic attitude towards life. You are an ambitious group also and you work hard to improve business, commerce, and other practical affairs. There always seems to be lots of hard work that needs to be done when your generation comes around, and your generation is ready and willing to do it.

Your age group is marked by its precociousness and seriousness. However, it is also as if you were somehow cut off from many of your inner feelings. There is very little of the "child" in most members of your age group, and you have a much cooler, more detached attitude to life than other age groups. You are mature, but also rather aloof. You are ethical but tend to lack empathy and heart. For many members of your age group, it is as if they were cut off from their deeper, emotional side. Naturally, it is important not to let this tendency become too unbalanced, as it can lead to a harsh, insensitive attitude, and a tendency to become involved in corrupt and unethical practices.

The Ideals and Illusions of Your Age Group

You are part of a 14 year group of people that are progressive and broad-minded in religious philosophy and spiritual attitude. You are not a mystical bunch, but you are not skeptics or cynics of mysticism either. However, you generally do not follow a religious philosophy unless it appeals to your sense of logic and reason. The more ancient and intuitively based religions are of little interest to your age group, and religions undergo much "modernizing" during your lifetime.

Your generation blurs the distinction between science and mysticism; your scientific discoveries are carried on with a spirit of awe and wonder, and the discoveries that are made only serve to increase that sense of awe and wonder. The dry, academic approach to science fades out during your generation.

Science fiction is also popular with your age group. Also popular are abstract artistic styles, which reflect your progressive imagination.

What is New and Different in Your Age Group

You are part of a 7 year group of people who are very creative in the arts, music, literature, and philosophy. Your age group draws upon some new inspirations and has a talent for weaving many seemingly disparate styles into a new, refreshing synthesis. Much of the creative inspiration of your period is very refined and sensitive, and some of the greatest artistic and literary works of your generation will receive full recognition only after many decades have passed. You are a group that is primarily concerned with the quality of your creative endeavor rather than its distribution and marketing.

Astrological influences analyzed in Chapter 10:
Pluto in Capricorn
Neptune in Aquarius
Uranus in Pisces

Weekly Karmic Love Scopes and those who feel I am 'disrespecting' them

It's a very sad state of affairs that I must write a blog about such a silly topic - seriously, I have much more constructive things to spend my time on, but I feel a need to set the record straight so that I may (hopefully) avoid being attacked, threatened, and basically 'disrespected' by my own site visitors in the future!

My websites are a labor of love. My offering the Karmic Scopes for the past 2 years has been a labor of love, one in which has cost me emotionally, energetically, and financially at times. I am NOT A CORPORATION! I am for the most part a one woman show - the entire site including the writing, the horoscopes, the site updates, customer service, rituals, calendars, articles...all of it are the work of me, myself, and I. I have one person who updates the weekly scopes and tarot when I can afford to pay her. It is a tremendous labor particularly in addition to my actual paid work, my clients, my family, my other sites, and my health. I do not have on the weekly scopes or tarot - "Guaranteed free weekly scopes (or tarot)". I have never misrepresented that I will, come rain, shine, hell, or highwater that I will do the horoscopes each and every week. Sometimes I simply can't, physically, mentally, or otherwise! My work can be extremely draining, especially with my neck/spinal injury due to the car accident I was in May 2005...sometimes I am unable to regenerate and focus enough to accomplish all my paid work and the free work. Of course my paid clients must be put first - business is business! Though I have actually been attacked for doing this! LOL See why I feel I must discuss this here publicly? I am 100% certain that if you were my client and I was failing in energy and needed to cut back on something that you would not want it to be your own reading, that you paid me for and trusted me to accomplish on time.

Those of you who know me, have been my clients, have came to the site for the past 8 years know that I do my very best - that I love my work, my clients, and my visitors (whether they ever pay a dime or not). Yet over the years I have been personally attacked by site visitors who become disgruntled if I made a mistake or error on the hundreds of pages of Through Night's Fire or fail to continue offering a service, free or otherwise.

Let me make this clear...I do not welcome threatening emails, emails tearing into me about me 'disrespecting' my visitors by failing to do the free scopes every week, or any other rude or ignorant complaint. I don't take kindly to being called names or threatening language - implied or direct. I DO welcome constructive feedback and having my visitors letting me know when I make errors on the pages. There is a difference between being helpful and being downright mean. I do not need or welcome unsolicited business advice by those who know absolutely nothing about my business or my life. I will not tolerate being treated unfairly, rudely, threatened, or attacked.

Having said all that, the majority of my visitors are lovely, evolved, and loving people who genuinely enjoy and appreciate the site and who get to know me over the years. I am here to be of service but I am not here to be trampled or enslaved. The wise reader/server of humanity knows instinctively that to be of any use to others that they must first take care of themselves. When I am unable to do any of the free services (or even the paid ones!) on the site, it is because I MUST take care of myself or be useless to anyone. It is unfortunate that some do not understand - or CARE - that I am also human and must regenerate. I work hard but when I must rest, I must. That is the nature of my life, the nature of my own astrological chart (which can be found posted on the site).

Regarding the Weekly Karmic Scopes, I have, in the past, asked for donations to help keep them going (it would be nice to at least be able to have enough donations to pay the lady who does the updates for me) and out of 3500 - 5000 visitors I have at the weekend to those pages guess how many donated anything? If you guessed ZERO you certainly win the kewpie doll. Now I am putting up the donation button again. This is my last attempt to keep the Weekly Karmic Love Scopes alive and Free. If no one chooses to donate (and the visitors can choose any amount!) then that will tell me that the scopes aren't all that valuable or appreciated (despite the web traffic to the pages). I will revisit this again in 1 month and at that time determine whether it is worth it for me to continue to offer them...I may elect to go to a paid service or just drop them from my weekly task list. It is now up to you, my visitors, to decide whether you value this service enough to occasionally toss a buck in the kitty to keep it going or not!

With love, light, and blessings,

Dena

Mercury Retrograde - May 2009

It's that time again! We enter the Mercury shadow period TODAY...Happy Earth day :D

Mercury is retrograde from 5/7/09 - 5/30/09

We will enter the Mercury retrograde 'shadow' period at 22’52 degrees of Taurus on April 22, 2009 - Mercury will return to this degree again and pass over this point May 30, 2009 as he stations direct and prepares to leave the storm on June 10th. Prepare to rethink, redraw, replan, renegotiate, etc something that happens over April 22nd around then (May 31 - June 8th)! This Mercury retrograde will stir up the most trouble...

Read more about the current Mercury retrograde period here