Weekly Weather January 31, 2011
We have a busy, bustling week ahead of us. In terms of energy, it is divided into before and after Wednesday. The early part of the week, the energy feels slower and more emotional. The back half of the week is rocking and full of craziness.
First, a lovely New Moon in Aquarius, the sign of hopes and dreams takes place on Wednesday. The Full Moon divides the week in half. The universe is going to be talking to you about your hopes and dreams for yourself, your future and your life’s purpose.
The Aquarian moon makes us aware of how we are loved (or not loved). Opposite Leo, the sign of receiving love, Aquarius is all about giving love. Big doings under this New Moon as it makes some powerful aspects to both the creative and action taking functions.
The New Moon takes place on the same day as Candlemas or Imbolc which marks the half way point of the season. We are halfway through winter up here in the northern hemisphere and halfway through summer in the southern hemisphere. Time to check in on your progress with the season and assess where you are.
From the internet: “Called one of the cross quarter days, this holiday honors the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. The name “Imbolc” has it’s name derived from the Gaelic “oimele” which means “ewes milk.” and the beginning of spring. It is for the Maiden, and her renewal. The plough is an integral part of Imbolc ritual, this being the earliest time of year to begin ground breaking or preparations for spring planting. Some cultural groups decorated ploughs or held processions around the fields. Seedlings for early spring planting can be started indoors.”
“Imbolc is when the first spring cleaning can be done. Having hunkered down for the winter, what can go to make room for the growth of spring? Brigid has many associations with healing. Spend some time with activities for yourself and your own health, either to warm the chill of winter or to ready yourself for the coming spring.”
“Celebrations around this holiday can include a healthy amount of candle burning, offerings for deities and guests of fresh baked breads, cheeses, and a roaring hearth fire. Craft projects can include making corn maidens, or priapic wands using acorns, corn dollies and Brigid’s Crosses are woven from wheat stalks to honor her. Traditional altars featured corn dollies placed in a Bride’s Bed, with candles and other offerings placed around to welcome and celebrate the new Bride, the transformation of the maiden into the mother and the new season of Spring.”
Use the Imbolc and Candlemas energy to change your lights and brighten up your home. Undertake a releasing ritual on Monday or Tuesday. Let go of stuff you don’t need any more while the Moon is in Capricorn ~ free up your Saturn to have a bit more space in your drawers, shelves and closets for the new things that want to come in to your life. Monday and Tuesday are great days for juice fasts, colonics or a sea salt blended with olive oil scrub in your bath of all the dead skin that seems to accumulate on your extremities in the winter.
The back half of our week is particularly rocking with two planet changes, Mercury and Venus, into signs they both are quite comfortable and happy in but which make them more serious and direct bout their choices.
Mercury zooms along from 25 Capricorn to 4 Aquarius setting off all planets in your chart with those numbers. Mercury in Capricorn is minimal worded. The strong silent type, he prefers to observe, stand back and think quietly. When Mercury moves into Aquarius on February 3, he takes off into his exaltation in fixed, intelligent air. He is detached, communicative, brilliant and has a masterful command of strategies on how to approach his, yours or any one elses’ problems. When Mercury shifts signs this week, you’ll have a mental break through and “get” something you’ve been wrestling with. You will have lift off and be able to see the big picture much better.
Venus zips from 25 Sagittarius to 3 Capricorn setting off all planets in your chart with those degrees. She moves from a spending, wild and crazy party gal when in Sagittarius into concise, precise, valued and NOT flamboyant Capricorn on Friday, February 4. Cappy Venus loves to be elegant, gorgeous and expensive ~think Chanel with Mikimoto Pearls and a chignon up do. When she was in Sagittarius, her inner jock, exercising in a running sweat suit with her hair pulled back in a spongie was more dominant. Now we focus and get serious about love, money and matters of desire.
Sun moves from 11 Aquarius to 18 Aquarius setting off all the planets in your chart with those degrees. Sun also meets up with Mars ~ promising fire works, anger, irritation, fights as well as plenty of energy to get a burn on, take action, zip about getting things cross off your list, launch projects, get the word or work out the door. We will have a slow, irritated early part of the week and a very busy back end of the week as the planets Mercury and Venus shift and Mars meets up with Sun.
And last but not least, Sedna our recently discovered Inuit Ocean Goddess stations on February 3. We are still getting to know the energy of these new members of our solar system. We apply the ancient rules and see how it appears when the new bodies are triggered. Sedna seems tied to deep and profound emotions, including losses tied to emotional betrayals as well as strange doings of or in the seas and oceans of the world. She was just discovered and active at the time of the Tsunami in Indonesia. When sharks attack or whales do weird things or huge rogue waves appear out of seemingly nowhere to slap around a cruise ship, Sedna’s doing something! Supposedly she sits at the bottom of the sea waiting for shamans to descend and comb her hair ~ except for lately! So watch for emotional swamping, flooding, excesses and deep feelings in your life and for exciting doings on the high seas as she stops at 21 Taurus.
It seemed appropriate with all the changes in the planets dancing above us to include inspirational lyrics! We have to take time for the things we love as the world seems to be spinning so fast and seemingly out of control. I love to sing and dance so this seemed an appropriate song : “I Hope You Dance” by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers.
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances but they’re worth taking
Lovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth making
Don’t let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
(Dance)
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder
(Dance)
Where those years have gone
(Dance)
It goes so fast so don’t forget to DANCE!
Monday Moon’s Day January 31 Moon in Capricorn with lovely closing aspects makes it a great day to finish up lingering projects and get them out the door. On awakening, think about the dream and what it says to you about your creative direction. Sun’s annual union with Ceres speaks to starting a new birth, idea or project that will help or inspire the community. Ceres finds herself suddenly emotional ~ look at what you’ve done up until now for inspiration. You can do it. Watch for connections that will help you bring this to life ~ some kind of doula or midwife will appear to help you. Today harsh words can permanently alter a relationship so be careful what you say. Folks are sensitive. Beautify your home, office or nest in preparation for new project ~ that means as simple as clearing a space in the file cabinet drawer, cleaning out the storage area or creating a nursery to grow it in. New life is arriving soon.
Tuesday Mars’ Day February 1 Moon in Capricorn with good closing aspects with a void between 2:32 pm and 6:21pm Eastern as it enters Aquarius also with working on the dream closing aspects. The void moon means you take that 4 hours this afternoon and give yourself rest, creative or spiritual time. We will have longer void moons this year ~ asking us to take more recreational or spiritual time as the Moon kicks back from her normal bustling schedule to start the new creative cycle. She needs more time off and you do too! Or at least unstructured time. Be firm with your words today as you need to set some clear boundaries ~ for your self or others. Make it be about your needs and not their misdeeds. You actually ARE doing it for yourself even if the impetus feels external. Inspired ideas about how to make money or find/fix love come flying in…. pay attention to them. You can feel blindsided by something you didn’t see coming. Don’t freak out. Gather information to use later in the week.
Wednesday Mercury February 2 Moon in Aquarius works on the dream of what you love. There is a New Moon today at 13:54 Aquarius in the fifth house of love, creativity, children and fun when cast for Washington, DC. It also is Candlemas, or Imbolc, the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. We are halfway through winter! Wee haw! Or halfway through summer if you are in the Southern Hemisphere. It is also Ground Hog day ~ look at your animals today for inspiration or ideas about what the heavens are trying to say to you. Sun is impatient and feeling very held back by things difficult to pin down or put into words. Mars energy builds so you may find you are irritated or angry for no particular reason. Or sitting on the edge of tears, your lips a quiver at the strangest things that normally wouldn’t bother you. It is the underlying tension that is at work here. Mercury has no words to express what is going on for him and his stressed aspect to Neptune, the planet of deep and profound feelings getting stimulated by Uranus in the ocean doesn’t help. No words express it. Find music, dance, meditative movements, shifting things, moving things, organizing things, or even just getting in your car and driving to the edge of a large body of water as a place to find refuge. You need to connect with something that makes you feel like home. It is a jumpy, hop out of your skin kind of energy today. And partners or friends, as nice, kind or connected as they want to be simply aren’t working for you. Mercury and Uranus conspire to create a great idea that you need to move forward on even as you don’t want to talk or hang out with any one you normally talk or hang with. Time for a change. Once the new idea arrives, your energy will find a focus and move towards creating the new idea. That makes the back of the week much less stressed than the front part was. Jupiter squares the node offering you a choice or option to exercise. Make sure to pick the wise option and go towards balance rather than following that foolhardy emotion stirring in you. Even if the choice offered to Jupiter is not one you particularly want to make, please do the responsible thing and choose in that direction. You need to make an adjustment to partnerships today. Do so. No worries. You know what you want to do. Do it. Read the new moon report on this site for more information on how to work with the releasing creative energy of the new moon. It is mighty powerful!
Thursday Jupiter’s day February 3 finds Moon in Aquarius still intent on pursuing the dream, the dream, the dream. Or perhaps it will be changing the dream it HAS been pursuing for a newer, different or shinier version of the dream. It is Chinese New year, the year of the Golden Rabbit, so no more TIGER tearing us into shreds. Thank heavens last is finished. Now, we get a cute, cuddly bunny year ~ we’ll be fast, frisky, fun, fertile, sexual, creative, compassionate and sensitive. Rabbit years are generally friendly, outgoing and when we prefer the company of others and avoid conflict. Golden Metal gives a strength, resilience and determination and that makes us more intense in our actions, whether work-related or romantic. Rabbit years are very sexual with a tendency to give more than we should. And with the sexual comes the babies ~ rabbit years are fertile years. It is a year to be comfortable at home, entertaining and hanging with family and friends. Work on building your self-confidence, self-worth and security ~ no scared bunny you! Take calculated risks so you don’t miss out on opportunities ~ channel your inner Peter Rabbit! Partnerships can be a bit hellish today as Venus feels rather rejected or rejecting as she squares Juno and opposes Hades. You can wonder why you bother. You bother because it might be better tomorrow. And it will be ~ keep your mouth shut today if you can’t say something nice ~ Venus in frank Sagittarius answering to Jupiter in fire is inflammatory rhetoric. Sedna, the Innuit Ocean Goddess, stations today so watch for the upwelling, swirling emotions and water from the deep, dark or very dangerous energies erupting from the oceans or seas in your life ~ literal and physical. The Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio folks in our lives are having tsunamis. Water is way too active right now! You can completely lose it with emotions too ~ too much fluid flowing out and around you. Mercury enters Aquarius so you see patterns you never notice before. Soar at 20,000 feet and notice the mass swirling below you as it breaks into patterns. Mercury love, love, loves being in fixed air as he finds his natural brilliance is enhanced. There is a huge swelling of energy as Zeus works with our egos to help us get it. Sure, it might hurt a bit, but once enlightenment happens, we can never go back.
Friday, Venus’ day, February 4 finds Moon in Pisces with a closing aspect of a union to Uranus asking us to emotionally end a situation and begin a new one. Venus enters Capricorn and become very serious about money, values and what her partnership duties and responsibilities are. Pluto is sesquiquadrate Sedna so the water incident from her station on Wednesday reveals the underlying loss today ~ stress that you need to adjust to on a PHYSICAL level. Sun joins with Mars so finally the tension finds a voice and an ability to act. Watch who you meet or what you hear today as Mercury is making important connections to move you and your idea forward. Love is not happy today. Again words, when spoken, will be misunderstood so speak carefully. Overall the events of today are reasonable and make sense even if you feel completely exhausted. You can also find that you have an amazing amount of energy to accomplish things ~ it actually is adrenaline (not really your natural energy) but do feel free to harness it and head it at something you want. Exhausted or super charged ~ or both at the same time. What a week!
Saturn’s day, February 5 finds Moon in Pisces in charge of releasing and moving forward into a new season. She is starting to lose all her buddies as one by one they move in the early degrees of the new world order. Pisces is a highly unstable energy so expect lack of stability today as she vacillates between choices and directions. Mercury sextiles Jupiter so air and fire want to work together productively. Air feeds fire ~ Jupiter loves Mercury. He found him highly amusing, and clever. Thus he promoted his son and made him his official messenger. Mercury would go out and talk to the other God and Mortals. Then he would report back to Jupiter, complete with improvised voices and mimicry. Pay attention to the story around siblings, communications and cars today. The authority will side with the one who is most humorous and who he “gets” which may not be the correct position the humorous it person. Don’t be too single minded in making your point today. Back off and let them figure it out. Express confidence in them (or in yourself) that you WILL make the correct decision for you (and you will). Romantic connections go wild tonight. Or you can find something you completely LOVE, that you HAVE to purchase. Great night for a first date or a get serious about you date. Lots of great energy for sex, creation, action, and getting things you want. Ask for them. Don’t go too fast just because you are there already and partner isn’t. You are not your mother. Or father. And no, they probably wouldn’t do what you are about to do. But who’s life is it? Make sure to at least make a grab at the golden ring before you.
Sunday February 6 finds Pisces Moon finishing with a nice void moon from 2:13 pm to 5:45 pm eastern. Kick back and relax on the Void. It is in the last dregs of Pisces ~ the wild imagination place where the wild things are! Give yourself permission to dream or take a serious nap today. Mars aggravates the Node ~ if someone picks a fight with you OR if you pick a fight with someone, they /you want the relationship to change or end. It has a bigger energy behind it as it SO wants to change the situation it finds itself in. Poseidon stations today, offering us yet another major water eruption, flooding or profound feelings of connection. Sun and Mars trine Saturn so the energy is incredibly productive to get things accomplished and finished or moved forward a few giant steps. Today is one heck of a day for accomplishing things and getting them out the door. Finally, we feel we can move and take clear actions ~ at least in a section of our chart. Expect people who have been holding out to suddenly capitulate or move into a new mode of behavior. Things happen very rapidly today and require constant adjustment. Things have to change for the better or else. There is a sense of destiny about or around it. Venus squares Jupiter so there can be a sense of having overdone the spending, emotions, connections or loves. Yes, you did over do it. But you NEEDED to over do it. You WANTED to over do it. You almost HAD to over do it. It was part of giving yourself what you deeply, wanted. Be kind to yourself. This is also a great day to get pregnant so careful if you don’t want a little one. The water recedes bringing with it illness or infection~ often after charged emotional times, we get sick. The stress leaves, the illness arrives. You will hear bad news that needed to take place. Be careful with physical activity as you can overdo it and get hurt. Moon in Aries has terrific closing aspects of a union with Jupiter so the next few days will be very rapid.
The balance of the days will be here today.
Mundane: Egypt ( March 14, 1922 10:43 pm Cairo, Egypt) was in the news all last week as Jupiter entered Aries and Saturn stationed at 17 Libra Egypt has Venus at 0 Aries inflamed and set on fire by transiting Jupiter at 0 Aries lighting a match to Venus. Egypt’s Jupiter is at 16:32 Libra, a bit before the degree of Saturn’s station at 17:14 Libra last week. Egypt’s chart has Sagittarius rising, so Saturn stopping on Jupiter, Egypt’s Ascendant’s chart ruler essentially “ended” the last 30 years. Those of you reading the news probably noted that Mubarak has been in power since Anwar Sadat was assassinated on 6 October 1981. Sadat succeeded Gamal Abdel Nasser who was the architect of the 1952 Revolution that forced King Farouk to abdicate the throne. Do that 29 year math of Two, count them TWO, Saturn returns! Furthermore, the eclipse path from the January 4, 2011 eclipse rolls through Cairo.
The January 4, 2011 eclipse also went through Tunisia (to the left of Libya) where Ben Ali declared a state of emergency in the country, dissolved the government on January 14, 2011, and promised new legislative elections within six months. We can expect the energy of the eclipses taking place on the world axis and being triggered by Jupiter starting a new 12 year cycle to further spread along the path of the eclipse.
Astrologers notice that the eclipse path marks a “geo-political hotspot”.
I have friends in Cairo, Egypt so I would appreciate any of you so inclined to say a prayer or three for Phillip and Leila and their continued safety. Thank you.
Twitter! I am twittering interesting aspects with the help of my assistant Rose. So sign up for my twitter ~ anneortelee ~ to get hot aspects sent to your phone, ipad, or email! I’ll be sending dates and times with a brief description ~ particularly of those pesky void moons that are so hard to keep track of. You’ll get an alert when the moon goes void and enters the next sign so you can use the energy productively and proactively.
Interesting Offerings: I am helping coordinate an ISAR Counseling Course in New York City over President’s Weekend, February 18, 19 and 20. There are a four spaces left. The 20 hour counseling course is part of the ISAR certification process. It is mandatory for becoming an ISAR CAP. It usually is offered at conferences which requires you spend a couple of extra hotel nights with the related expenses to take it. If you’ve ever wondered what to say to a client when the chart or a reading opens up a difficult patch of emotions, this course is for you! It also is great for newbies who wonder just how to communicate with a client and wrestle with the astrology information at the same time. Confidence builds as it helps you learn actual counseling technical skills. It is a wonderful use of 20 hours of your time and $295 of your money. So come join us. Plus you get a lovely certificate suitable for framing!
My rates are going up in March when Uranus enters Aries. I haven’t raised rates since February 2008. To say THANK YOU for being my client, I am keeping existing clients at the 2008 rate IF YOU BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT(s) before the end of February 2011. Feel free to book your annual astrology reading or updates for the entire year now and I will keep your readings priced at the current rate. You don’t have to PAY for your sessions until the reading arrives (use the “pay later” option on the scheduling software). And, you can ALWAYS cancel your session 24 hours before your scheduled appointment. So drag out your calendar and book your appointment(s) before you forget and the rates go up.
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