Astrology of Now: Full Moon First Baby

How sweet that this round-faced baby should be our Full Moon messenger. This Full Moon is, of course, in Aries, the sign we associate with firsts and infancy. Neve Te Aroha, born at the summer solstice to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, is the first baby to have blessed the UN General Assembly, while her mother gave a speech on peace. This picture was taken yesterday, just as the Moon was leaving Pisces and moving into the sign of the Ram. Neve was born with the Moon in Libra, so this Full Moon is opposite to her own, while […]

September 25th, 2018: Sun Square Vesta/Saturn and Chiron Returns to Pisces

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  • Sun in Libra square Vesta and Saturn in Capricorn (2 deg)

  • Chiron Rx re- enters Pisces

Vesta/Saturn

Vesta’s focus and Saturn’s limits indicate a hard point. There’s an area that’s demanding your absolute attention, and the responsibilities associated with it will be quite rigid. The square to the Libra Sun suggests this may feel unfair and unbalanced, with restrictions on certain social connections. Perhaps there are some relationship rules that must be obeyed.

You can’t fight Saturn – sometimes you just have to go along with program. Nonetheless, remember that Vesta’s focus can become so extreme that you lose sight of everything else. If you can, take a moment and step back from the relationship issue; it’s possible that your extreme concentration is tipping the balance in a certain direction.

This aspect is connected to yesterday’s Full Moon.

Chiron

Chiron’s return to Pisces is a reminder that you can still forgive or say goodbye. Even as you revisit a wound from April 2018, this time it’s about easing away those last bits of discomfort. The wound won’t vanish, but you’re being given a chance to accept a loss or area of pain. The acceptance is for you (not them) – you can’t move forward if you hang onto bitterness or rage. You can’t move forward if you refuse to acknowledge that it hurts.

Chiron in Pisces is a chance to temporarily retreat from Chiron in Aries’ fight. You’re shifting gears, maybe pulling back to take a breath. As you pull back, remember to let go.

Chiron will re-enter Aries on February 18th, 2019 and the new battle/new expression of courage will start up again.

Horoscope: United Nations w Sept 25, 2018 planets

Please enlarge chart image to read my study notes. You see the brutal Mars-Pluto-Saturn trio in the UN natal chart and in current transits (see center of chart). The transiting Nodal axis is involved in 2018 making things more…fated or karmic (2018 …

Sprouting New Growth | Astrology Horoscope

Tonight’s passionate Aries Full Moon can REALLY fire us up; encouraging a deep-seeded need to take action, as a way to gain some sense of control.  A new truth will be illuminated under this sacred light on Monday September 24; uncovering what has remained in the dark and unknown. If we’re brave enough to face […]

Astrology Detective: Princess Diana’s Birth Time

As you may know, there are conflicting reports of Diana, Princess of Wales’ birth time, so I was interested to hear a fellow astrologer explain how she had approached the issue – and how she reached her conclusion. The following article shows just how tricky an unreliable birth time can be to rectify. Studying royal natal charts is particularly interesting, because exact birth times are usually available and reliable.  For instance, the birth information for Louis XIV of France, has come down through history as September 5, 1638, at 11:11-11:13 am in Saint Germain-en-Laye, France. A natal chart for either […]

September 24th, 2018: Mercury Trine the South Node

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  • Mercury in Libra trine the Aquarius South Node (4 deg)

Mercury/South Node (part of today’s Full Moon) indicates that some compromise or agreement is possible. The South Node is about what’s habitual or culminating from the past. It’s already in existence (while the North Node is still developing). So although you’ll be dealing with this Full Moon’s difficult Chiron and Saturn energies, there will be an area where it feels natural to communicate.

It will likely be something from the past and the Air sign emphasis means objective observation (keep it light) will work best. Aquarius is about the group while Libra is one-on-one, so you should be able to translate a big-picture issue into something more personal. Mercury also makes a sextile to the Leo North Node, so you can go further with whatever is discussed. The conversation’s not over.

In general, this aspect encourages you to talk about it, no matter how challenging things are.