Weekly Weather February 19, 2007
Expect a bit of rock and roll on earth as four planets change signs within a week ~ Venus into Aries, and Mars into Aquarius. Yesterday, the Sun went into Pisces. And next Monday, Mercury retrogrades back into Aquarius. Venus and Mars will continue their sextile dance with each other, slowly, as they are separating. Now they are out of earth and water and into fire and air. You know what fire and air do to each other! Expect the fires to flare, even with their moving apart. There are a number of crabbier aspects in the week ahead too ~ squares, semis and sesquis. Squares, semis and sesquis make us FEEL like we need, want or have to take action, even if we don’t KNOW what we need, want or have to take action toward. Not fun.
Focus, as Mercury moves deeper into his retrograde, on getting your things in order and doing what you love. There is not anything you can do about the stuff you do not love. There is not anything you can do about the stuff you are worried about. You can only do what you love right now. Focus on that. Work on it as much as you can.
Mercury and Saturn are both working on the bigger problems in your life. They are both going retrograde and having a conference about what they want to do about the situation in your life. Let them go work it out. Leave them and it alone. Give them space and time to work on the problem. Now, as for You ~ you go work on the stuff you can do something about. Get ready for when Saturn goes direct mid-April. He’s going to move like a house a fire once he switches direction. Get your papers in order now while Mercury is backwards and get ready for when Mercury goes direct early March. Get your dreams moving towards a new reality to take advantage of the Saturn opposition to Neptune at the end of the month. It feels like the sides of the world are softer and more open to being pushed towards what you would like to create.
And, last but not least, we are in the first day of the Chinese year of the Golden Pig, a magical year occurs every 600 years. It is calculated using a combination of the Chinese zodiac and yin and yang theory. This year is also called chonghae which means a red pig. A red pig year occurs every 60 years. The red pig year is believed to be a most auspicious year for starting businesses and expanding family. Pigs in the Chinese astrology system are symbols of wealth and good luck. Pigs are omnivorous animals that survive well under any climate and circumstances. They are fertile, giving birth to 6 to 12 piglets on average. Pigs grow faster than most other animals. Dreams about pigs are thought to be auspicious, foretelling the gain of wealth or abundance.
I love it when the various astrological traditions arrive at the same information using different methodologies. Here, I have been making noise about it being the beginning of the next 12, 14 or 30 years of your life while the Chinese astrologers are saying the next 60 or 600 years of your life! Gotta love it! So, regardless of which tradition you look at, get your world ready. Focus on the stuff you can get ready, for the next 12, 14, 30, 60 or 600 years of your life! Once Saturn goes direct mid-April, your life is going to take off like a rocket.
Monday, Venus has an opening square to Pluto bringing up her issues from early December 2006. Right after Saturn stationed, she joined with Pluto to start a new cycle. Now she has an opportunity to adjust those plans to get what she truly wants. She is also in a bit of a snit with Juno as she forms an inconjunct with her. Now Juno is about tradition and the way things are supposed to be to support what society wants. Venus is NOT in the mood to support what society says Venus should be. Venus wants what she wants when she wants it. She is NOT going to be happy today. Her desire nature is thwarted. However, in a couple of days, after she moves into Aries ~ well watch out world! If you are frustrated by NOT getting what you want because it is not nice, kind or perfect or whatever every one else or your mother or society wants you to have, today is one of the days when you are going to get a bit snarky about it. Temper tantrums abound. Smile, nod and go on your way. Bide your time and your temper.
Tuesday, the Moon in Aries makes nice aspects with Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn. In a few weeks, when Venus gets to the late degrees of Aries (and she will), she is going to remember what fun Moon had today. I find during readings that folks often do not know what they want. They know what they DO NOT want. So creating a positive list out of a negative list is the way to go to figure out what you want. Yesterday, you were VERY clear about what you did NOT want! So make your positive list today as the Moon aspects Neptune, Jupiter and Saturn. Venus is paying attention. She may not be able to move toward it yet but she is listening. Moon, on the other hand, is irritated and VERY clear about what emotionally irks her ~ so you will be quite clear if you write it in positive words.
Wednesday, Venus enters Aries. As the ardent nature of zodiac fire pulses through Venus’s being, feel the flaring of her desire. Venus ignites when in the Cardinal primal nature of Aries flames and essence. In an interesting juxtaposition, it is also Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. All around the world, folks are walking around with ashes crossed into the middle of their forehead. The ashes mean they were reminded, “Remember that you are dust and unto dust you shall return.” I always loved Ash Wednesday ~ life is short. Make the most out of your life before you turn back into dust! Neptune has an aspect with Ceres to remind us of the cycle of life.
Thursday, there are a couple of squares with Mercury and Mars as the Sun joins with retrograde Mercury. When Mercury is combust the Sun, he gets a certain crystal clear and penetrating clarity about the things in his world. Expect to see or process more ideas about the pattern you observed at 20,000 feet last week. Mars continues Venus’ argument with Juno about the role of tradition versus what your own unique dreams are. Lately, I have been noticing how hard it is to hold on to our OWN voices and thoughts. Clients have been commenting on it too during our readings. SO many other voices speak, talk, and demand we listen to them. TV, radio, advertising, images, internet. Voices of others fill our days with chatter and shoulds and coulds and woulds and have tos. Take time today, as Mercury squares Vesta to think what makes YOU happy in your own home and hearth. What is your voice asking you to do? Give your voice some time to speak to your soul today.
Friday, has a bit of an emotional crabby feel ~ what did you dream last night? Your dreams were particularly important and possibly quite disturbing. I want you to write them down. The Moon in Taurus made aspects to Neptune and Saturn as you slept. The heavens were giving you important information in that dream of yours. Make sure to tell it to a few people to see what they think of it. Neptune is trying to point out the pattern to you. Saturn is trying to get your attention to do what you love and let go of the shame. No judgments. Just notice the dream. Tell your therapist. Tell your friends. Tell your diary. Tell your family. Just get it out of your head and heart. Get it written down and in front of you on paper so you can see it. It is an important dream!
Saturday, again a bit of a break through kind of energy with Mercury chatting with Uranus by declination. Mars and Pluto are having a bit of a spat. Then Mars goes on to argue with Uranus. These three planets talking together are generally NOT fun energies on earth. They are violent, mean and nasty. In our lives, they are clarifying if unpleasant. Go back to yesterday’s dream or disturbances. They are all related. Saturn is aspecting Pallas asking you to try and see the pattern between the dream, the synchronicity of events in your life and the events of yesterday and today. Unf
ortunately, our consciousnes
s is revealed to us slowly over time. Poke at it a bit. Dig at it a bit. Gnaw at it like a bone. It is all about releasing and changing the fixed parts of your being and letting them evolve into the best they can be. Chat up any and all ghosts who appear today. Don’t be afraid. Look them clearly in the eye and chat them up.
Sunday, Venus is a busy gal as she aspects and links up the energy of Neptune, Saturn and Vesta. Neptune and Saturn are tightening up their opposition for next week, round two. If you think about the story from last August and early September 2006 and what is going on now, do you see the pattern? See how the stories are related? It is time to dissolve the old structures that no longer serve you. Change. Evolve. Grow. A tree is about to tip over in the forest of your life. You are going to see the sky. Rain. Sunshine. A structure in your life is moving on. Time for you to get ready to move! As Mars enters Aquarius, air of Mars combines with the fire of Venus in Aries. Yes, the energies are separating, for now, but soon they will join up again. In the meantime, let Venus speak to your heart about what you desire. Let Mars make a big picture plan for how to get it. Get your ducks, ideas, dreams and plans in a row for when Saturn goes direct in Mid-April and Mercury goes direct next month.
Mundane: I love weeks like this. The astrology promises a rocking and rolling week on earth. We are going to find out such cool stuff! The aspects are all over the place. With this kind of turbulence, things inevitably pop to the surface of the water, bob along and let us scoop them up. Read the message in the bottle and watch for clues!
Copyright © 2007 Anne C. Ortelee
