New Moon May 16, 2007

New Moon May 16, 2007

3:27 pm EDT

12:27 pm PDT

25:33 Taurus

Cosmic Sneak Peak! Cosmic Sneak Peak!! Upcoming attractions! Our new moon in Taurus on May 16, 2007 will give us a sneak peak at what our journey of Saturn through Virgo will entail. We are going to see a cosmic movie trailer of what our Saturn in Virgo journey will involve. Saturn in Virgo will ask us to work with or on our Saturn skills to develop, perfect, assess and balance Saturn’s contribution to the world. We will become apprentices to Saturn while we work with him and through him when he is in Virgo. Now Saturn in Virgo doesn’t officially “happen” until September when he leaves Leo and enters the sign of the skilled maiden and valued craftsman. However, like all things, our future is based on the choices and actions taken in our past and present. The New Moon in Taurus will cosmically sum up and conclude what we’ve learned from our journey while Saturn was in Leo and get us ready for our next step ~ Saturn in Virgo starting in the fall. Ready or not here it comes!

First, I want you to cast a chart for the Saturn/Jupiter conjunction for May 28, 2000 at 11:05 am EDT Washington, DC (or your current location on earth and your natal chart). Make the Saturn/ Jupiter chart be the base chart. Next I want you to put the May 16, 2007, New Moon chart for Washington, DC (or your current location on earth and your natal chart) against that Saturn/ Jupiter chart in a synastry wheel so you can see what I am talking about. Any planets that within 5 degrees of each other count as having an aspect! Pretty amazing eh? For those of you without a computer handy, SJ is the Saturn Jupiter chart, NM is new moon chart in the paragraph below.

Skip this paragraph if you have the charts in front of you and can analyze them for yourself: A) SJ Saturn and Jupiter are joined to the NM Sun and Moon in Taurus. B) SJ Sun is joined to NM Mercury in Gemini. C) SJ Mercury is joined to NM Midheaven (Washington, DC chart) in Gemini. D) SJ Ascendant and Athena are joined to NM Saturn (Washington, DC chart) in Leo. E) SJ Ceres IN VIRGO in the second house) is joined to NM Equatorial Ascendant, Part of Fortune and Ascendant (Washington, DC Chart) ~ what the whole point of the Saturn Jupiter conjunction in Taurus is for! F) SJ Pluto is joined to NM Vesta in Sagittarius. G) SJ Chiron is joined to NM Jupiter in Sagittarius. H) SJ Uranus and Juno are joined to NM Neptune and Chiron all four are in Aquarius. I) SJ Moon is joined to NM Mars in Aries. And those are only the conjunctions! There are a number of cross, square, trine and inconjunct aspects too! What a juicy and delicious New Moon in Taurus this one is going to be ~ pointing us forward and towards the purpose of the Saturn/ Jupiter conjunction that kicked off a new 20 year cycle in May 2000. Don’t you just love astrology?

What the paragraph above means in English: A) the New Moon elicits from the conjunction of form, creation and earth in May of 2000, a new vision of what and how to move forward with that dream of expanding and building your life. B) You can verbalize and describe what you want to do ~ put words to the purpose so to speak. C) The communication and idea back in 2000 was a vision but not clear. The path is now laid out before you and offered to you, provided of course, that you want to walk it. D) You see a strategy and an approach to take towards your goals. E) You understand the various values of what you want, how it can serve you and others as well as how it has brought you to this place in time. F) It is about going back into your soul or you heart’s fireplace hearth for warming, finding and embracing the burning embers in your being and depths. G) The old soul wound from before is bathed in the healing energy of purpose. If you hadn’t experienced what you had to go through, you wouldn’t be able to use it NOW to help others and create the life you want. H) The whole point of life is to figure stuff out and teach others in the community and tribe how to do it too. We build on the shoulders of those who went before us. I) Impatience is a virtue! While your emotions were fiery, passionate and clear in 2000, how to EXECUTE on your emotions and soul/heart call is clearer now. You are ready and able to take direct and concise actions to build your life.

The New Moon in Taurus illuminates what and how we are to do the next phase of our Saturn/ Jupiter journey. Often when a new cycle starts, we go “hmmmm how is that going to show up?” We look for clues in the chart of the conjunction to see what it tells us about the cycle about to begin in our world. Both Saturn and Jupiter joining in Taurus want us to make a concrete, earthy, solid, and valuable contribution to the world and humanity while they travel around the zodiac in their 20 year journey through the heavens. We were each born to serve a purpose as described by our chart. We are here to learn what our soul sought to experience by incarnating on the cross of matter at this time in human history.

The purpose of Saturn heading through Leo over the past few years was to SQUARE the 2000 Taurus conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn and get that conjunction moving along and creating things. The purpose of the square was to make you take action with, crystallize, clarify and clear OUT (via a crisis of consciousness or familiar emotional conflict) any old Taurus stuckness, slowness or plodiness. It was about giving yourself permission to do what you love. The square harnessed Taurus’ bull. The square got the bull to plough the fields and plant crops. The square brought Leo sunshine, joy, creativity and love join into the mix of what you are creating in your life via the 20 year Jupiter/ Saturn conjunction. Now that Saturn has almost finished his journey through Leo, we’ve seen how our fixed parts required a bit of sunshine, creativity and love from us to help us make our lives. They are about as glorious and wonderful as our fixed parts can be right now!

So why is this new moon in Taurus a sneak preview of our upcoming journey of Saturn in Virgo? Well, Pluto is inconjunct, in a Virgo style inconjunct, to the Sun and Moon in Taurus. We are learning how to adjust and transform our individual vision to create what we want. So often we don’t understand the process of creation. We, by contributing emotional, intellectual and spiritual energy towards our wishes, help create those same wishes in form. Now, we can create easier stuff or harder stuff. We create what our soul said it wanted to learn about when we were up on the cloud before we incarnated.

And, like all things in astrology and the world, there are better uses of the energy and more difficult versions. How the planets show up on a good or bad day so to speak. Energy, as described by the planets in signs, houses or aspects are not right or wrong. They are only energies. We can use energy well or not so well. It is our call how we choose to use it. That is why we are conscious critters so we can be aware of our choices!

The problem with the lunation chart, if one can call it a problem, is the Sun and Moon are sitting on the fixed star of Algol, bringing Algol‘s energy into the chart. Algol is one of the nastier stars in the sky ~ associated with great tragedies: war, mass murder, violence, mass disasters like earthquakes, piles of corpses, fires, plagues, and mob violence. Algol was Medusa’s eye on her beheaded snake covered head! Algol is a blinking star ~ an eclipsing binary ~ which like a giant cosmic eye blinks for two hours every 68.818 hours. Additionally, our star watchers announced a major collapsing star right near Algol in the heavens ~ so we astrologers pay attention to THAT kind of news! Once we are aware of it, we integrate the new cosmic energy into the charts to see what they tell us. So major collapsing star near the most difficult star in the heavens all involved in the new moon lunation. Hmmm. Going to be fun.

We can expect
a sudden collapse of things
as the way the Algol energy will show up in addition to the usual Algol characteristics ~ literally transforming or disappearing in a “blink of an eye”. When you hear people using that catch phrase about something that left their life, it is often Algol’s position or action in their chart. As Saturn and Pluto are in opposition declination to each other, it will probably be structures that we think of as secure and safe ~ financial institutions, governments or corporations’ as well physical building kind of structures. Going to be interesting.

When Algol is involved in a lunation or planetary picture, it often means we as a culture (or as individuals) must come to terms with violence and the darker side of the human experience. We don’t have to STAY in the dark side but we DO get to go through it, witness it and watch it. We must confront and assimilate the harsher aspects of the human condition into our being.

So, confront your fears and look at the things you are afraid to look at in your life. Understand how they were part and parcel of how you got to where you are now. If you continue to embrace your fears and refuse to look at the things in your life that require looking at, you will have a long, and not particularly fun, struggle with Algol while Saturn is traveling through Virgo.

The entire point of Saturn in Leo is to get your to LOVE your fears. The entire point of Saturn in Leo was to get you to LOVE at your fears as the creative wellspring of your being even if you‘d rather cut their heads off and kill them. Your fears are what drive you. So get to KNOW what your fears are and MORE IMPORTANTLY, understand how those fears inhibit or contribute to your behavior. That is really what Algol asks us to do ~ look at our shameful, embarrassing or difficult parts. Then we are to confront and assimilate these harsher aspects of ourselves into our being rather than giving them away to someone else. They are part of us! We need to claim them and take them back. Once we claim ownership, we can begin to work with the energies instead of having them flying willy nilly all around our lives being brought to us by the folks in our lives.

If, on this new moon, you look at your fears, understand their source and acknowledge how they drive your being, Saturn in Virgo will be about learning how to productively work with your fears, (your karmic material) like a skilled craftsman works with basic raw materials, to get those fears of yours integrated into you and training them to do your bidding. We construct our lives out of those basic materials ~ what we fear and love.

If, on this new moon, you avoid or let your fears grow or run unchecked or unfettered, Saturn in Virgo will be about your fears get more and more critical, wild, crazy, worrisome or problematic.

It is your call. If you go hang out and work with your Saturn, he’ll take care of you! As the lunation, with Algol blinking for two hours every couple of days, lights up the Taurus Saturn/ Jupiter conjunction from 2000, work with your Saturn! The reason I’ve keep telling you to do your Saturn is because Jupiter can take care of himself. Saturn is why you incarnated. Saturn is for what and why you are here this time. Saturn is your job. Now, we tend to want to side with Jupiter and ignore Saturn. Saturn will not be ignored! He knows, even if you don’t, that the reason you are here is to do your Saturn ~ all the other stuff is frills and sparkle and glitter and butterfly barretts for your hair. The other wandering stars are decorations to support your core purpose ~ your Saturn.

The Sabian image for 26 Taurus is A SPANIARD SERENADING HIS SENORITA. Lynda Hill’s interpretation of the image is:

Commentary: ‘A Spaniard Serenading His Senorita’ is a lovely image of singing, music, romance and love. The ‘Spaniard’ pours his heart out to his beloved in the hopes that she will listen and respond to his advances. Beautiful words and music can lift the spirits and we all need a little romance now and then! The ‘Spaniard’ is ‘Serenading’ his love, his ‘Senorita’, who may or may not know the depth of his feelings. Whether she accepts his advances or rejects them, this will not stop him from celebrating his feelings in a show of emotion.

Oracle: In this situation there is no guarantee of getting your message across, but you must act if you want any chance of success. It is by being brave and confident enough to put our feelings on public display that we can convince others of our sincerity. It is possible that the worst that could be damaged is your ego, so think positively and play your role with enthusiasm and passion. However, be wary of any insincerity or coming on too strongly. This Symbol can also point to people covering up their real feelings because they are looking for a calculated response from another. This ‘Serenade’ should not be like some kind of desperate act, but, instead, an act of devotion and love. True expressions of feeling can lead to grand actions and reactions. The situation around the question is full of emotion and passion. To say “I love you” or “I care for you” or “I believe in you” or “I trust you” to those who want to hear it makes it even more special and encouraging. The confirmation of deep feelings is rewarding to all involved.

Keywords: Looking through pretense. Shared feelings, love or passion. Spontaneity. Welling expressions of romance. Being in tune with another. Soul mates. Chivalry. Reverting back to the old methods of relating. Spinning tales to get a response. Knowing what to say and when. Music, singing, crooning, talking. Instruments. The use of the voice.

The Caution: A ruse performed to achieve a goal by deception. Lies, deceit and propaganda. Not believing messages being given by loved ones. Feeling like something is missing from a relationship. Superficial judgments how things should look or be. Emotional manipulation. Selfish agendas.

For long time readers of my column, the Sabian Image reminds me of the Bullfight/Medusa story we went through in Fall 2005. Now, having completed our bullfight and slain our personal Medusas, we’ve moved on through the sign of Saturn in Leo. We’ve found and begun to embrace our one true love, our dear little Saturn. We will begin to Serenade our own lovely Saturn with passionate songs of creation, love and joy ~ and all the other Leo words. Get out your guitars, flutes, drums, pianos, or violins! Start practicing. It is time to serenade your new love with all your heart and soul. And, please know that you will be serenading your love in public, in front of the marketplace, your friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers as well as cranky folks who don‘t have a clue WHAT you see in your love and will criticize you. Yep, singing in the square, practicing with your Saturn, in public, for all the world to see! Start practicing! Do your Saturn!

Copyright ©2007 Anne C. Ortelee

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