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Barren and Fruitful Signs

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At the fag-end of this luscious autumn, with the scent of rotting apples in the air, and a surprising, last flush of magenta roses on the other side of the pond, my thoughts have turned, briefly, to fertility. Here is what the English Renaissance astrology William Lilley, had to say about the fecundity or otherwise of the signs. Aries By reason Mars, a sterill planet hath that for his house, and the Sun for Exaltation, is rather a Sign of Barrennesse than otherwise. Taurus Is reputed more fruitful than barren, being the house of Venus, who is fruitful, and the exaltation […]

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October 25th, 2018: Sorting Through the Full Moon’s Fallout

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Photo by Austin Guevara from Pexels

Photo by Austin Guevara from Pexels

  • Moon in Taurus square Black Moon Lilith in Aquarius (8 deg)

  • Moon in Taurus trine Vesta in Capricorn (13 deg)

  • Moon in Taurus sextile Neptune Rx in Pisces (13 deg)

  • Moon in Taurus square Mars in Aquarius (17 deg)

Moon/BML indicates tension between familiar scenarios versus what’s radical and uncomfortable. The Moon is a classic expression of female energy – mother. BML is the opposite – the outcast, the woman who breaks the rules. In mythology, Lilith is associated with the death of children, so when she is in hard aspect to the Moon in Taurus, there may be tension between fertile and destructive scenarios.

This tension will peak with the Moon’s square to Mars- the buildup of anger/impatience (with a fixed situation) that finally results in jarring action. But before this, the Moon’s smooth aspects to Vesta and Neptune are an opportunity to focus (Vesta) on what matters most. What are you attempting to grow? Neptune adds a hint of creativity and transcendence – a whisper that there’s more to this than what you see in front of you.

But the main energies will be the two squares, which can push you to question the value of what you have. This will take you back to yesterday’s Taurus Full Moon – those results may have been jarring, but they revealed truths about a relationship, your values or your resources. Now, you’re sorting through the fallout.

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Taurus Full Moon: Good Grief

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I had a moment last week, not one of my clearer ones, even though it yielded some good, profound realizations. I had been interacting with a lot of people in grief energy, which I in turn thought was mine, which is always tricky. So, for some time, I went deep into the energy of grief. […]

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October 24th, 2018: Juno Returns to Taurus

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By Cecilia Beaux - This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons by as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org

By Cecilia Beaux – This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons by as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org

  • Juno Rx re-enters Taurus

After her brief Gemini ingress (starting on September 29th) Juno Rx has now returned to Taurus. This is a shift from multiple, flexible choices and info (Gemini) to to a fixed focus on what’s already known (Taurus).

Juno is about contracts and relationship agreements. In Gemini, there was something new to consider (a new agreement, a new angle to an existing agreement, a new partnership). But when she stationed Rx at 0 deg Gemini (October 12th) there were questions and revisions required. What was new was not quite acceptable, so now we go back to a safer, more certain place. Juno in Taurus is the absolute commitment and focus on material security.

But Juno will be Rx until December 23rd, so what’s known/safe will also be up for revision. Perhaps a key resource (money?) needs to be reviewed before the new options can be implemented.

As Juno retrogrades back through Taurus (she will station direct at 20 deg) consider what you thought was a sure thing. There’s a set part of a contract that requires your attention, and this may refer back to September 28th. It could be solid, or maybe something has to change.

Juno will re-enter Gemini on February 10th, 2019, and the new agreement can move forward.

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Trickle Down Racism: The Not So New Platform of The Republican Party

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From October 19, 2018, here’s a disturbing topic recently addressed by Thom Hartmann:

~:~Astrologically all the -isms are children of the Pluto-Chiron combination of energies and include racism, exploitation, oppression, abuse of the weak, primal violence, criminality, and plutocracy. The pair by transit last conjoined on December 30, 1999 @11Sag22. Rounded up we have ’12Sag’: "A Flag That

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