Sagittarius New Moon

The Sagittarius New Moon ushers in the holiday season, usually with exuberance, confidence and a hopeful attitude.  These are the underlying themes of Sagittarius but this particular New Moon on November 26, 2019 has some somber overtones.

With the warrior Mars opposing the master of surprise Uranus, adversarial is the key word here.  Opposing is just that, opposite view points, positions and the difficulties inherent in all of this.  The New Moon chart set for Washington, DC has the Sun and Moon in the 11^th house of Congress, Parliament, State Legislatures and the big opposition between Mars and Uranus straddles the 10^th/4^th house axis.   This axis represents the party in power/the party out of power.   You get the picture, more of the same on the political front.

Mars has all the dignity here. He’s elevated, at the top of the chart, in his own sign, which means that all those martial traits operate at full bore.  Mercury in Scorpio is high in the sky as well, in the 10^th house in aspect to the 1^st house of the people, the consciousness of the nation.  Mercury in Scorpio signifies an intellect that drills down, gets to the bottom of things, and always wants to know what makes people and things tick.  When Mercury travels through Scorpio the tongue is sharp and incisive.  Here this aspect points to a public that will not be deceived no matter how unpleasant the news is. 

Venus sits in the 12^th house of secrets having just moved into Capricorn from Sagittarius.  Venus in Sagittarius is the good time girl. In Capricorn she dons her power suit and sits on the Board of Directors.  Venus is the money planet, here, aware of the coming winter she squirrels away all of her precious acorns.   Venus in Capricorn reminds us to mind the budget.  In matters of love, Venus in Capricorn prefers a traditional partner, someone who is established, a pillar of the community as it were.  Sometimes it can signal a love interest with someone older.  In general, love affairs that begin under Venus in Capricorn are slow to start but usually long lasting.  This will not be one of those sizzling love affairs but it will be one you can count on.  

In the 12^th house as well is Jupiter in the late degrees of Sagittarius.  Jupiter rules judges, courts and the clergy.  As Jupiter moves into Capricorn during the first week of December a major shift occurs.  While posited in the 12^th house there is a possibility of secret deals and behind the scenes manipulation.

At the Full Moon on December 12^th the Moon in chatty, news gathering Gemini, sits at the top of the chart.  Whatever was hidden, if it is going to come out, it will come out now.  Mercury rules this chart, Virgo Rising, Moon at the Midheaven, and Mercury in Sagittarius on home ground in the third house.  This will be a news worthy period.  A weather event, environmental issue shoots across the horizon.  In addition to the ongoing political stuff going on this will be an interesting period leading up to the Winter Solstice.  Expect some seismic shifts in attitude.

A Cosmically Active Week – Ending With a Shocker!

This week we have more impeachment hearings, a Last Quarter Moon, sign and directions changes.  All of the planetary activity signals changes and shifting of energy and attitude.  Expect some bombshells, literally and figuratively. 

Tuesday Mars moves into Scorpio.  Here Mars rules and can be Mars without restriction.  Mars is the planet of action and recently that action has been dressed up pretty in Libra.  Mars does not like pretty.  Here Mars is only restrained by the Scorpio desire to dig to the depths before taking action.  When action does come it can be explosive.  Scorpio thrusts Mars precisely into the heart of things cutting to the quick.  Mars in Scorpio is passionate and not just sexually passionate. 

The Last Quarter Moon on the same day has the Sun at 27 Scorpio and the Moon at 27 Leo.  That we are going to see some action on the impeachment front is a given.  The Moon sits on Donald Trump’s natal Mars and Ascendant.  These two points in his chart are very important and reveal a lot about his personality.  Mars in Leo here says I am going to fight to the end.  Bring it on I love and thrive on it.  The Sun squares these points. This is not an aspect of ease, bringing action, agitation and difficulties that have to be addressed.  Also Venus at this time sits exactly opposite Trump’s Sun.  Venus rules diplomats and here in opposition signifies exactly that, opposition.  A conflict between the Diplomatic Corp and the President. 

Mercury is poised and ready to go direct on Wednesday afternoon, the 20^th.  When planets change direction there is usually activity pertaining to the nature of that planet.  Mercury is all about communication, transportation, and information. When Mercury moves from retrograde motion to direct motion, information surfaces, new ideas form and things are viewed differently. Expect a lot of activity around this day, before and after.

On Friday, the Sun moves into exuberant Sagittarius and a very different energy prevails.  Whereas Scorpio is secretive and keeps things close to the vest Sagittarius throws it all out there.  Sagittarius is ready to move.  This sign is also one of high ideals, justice and the deeper meaning to it all.  Judges, the judiciary, foreign and faraway places are all part of the Sagittarius makeup. 

On Sunday the 24^th Venus joins Jupiter.  This is a lovely aspect and can prove to be very lucky.  In Sagittarius, if you are looking for love and/or money this is the day for it.  Get out there, socialize, meet people and trust to the luck of the day to bring you something wonderful.  But be wary because along with that aspect is the much more dangerous one of Mars opposing Uranus.  This is an explosive lineup.  If anything shocking is going to come out of these impeachment hearings, it will come out now.  This combination surprises, stuns and brings the outrageous to our door.  It is not pretty. This is the bolt out of the blue that leaves us reeling.  Explosive is the key word here. Disaster is another. This energy will be in play for the entire week as Mars moves closer to the opposition point, reaching its peak on Sunday, then slowly waning into next week.  Hang on to your hat. 

By the time the New Moon arrives on the 26^th we will be facing an entirely different picture.  Attitudes, outlooks, feelings and desires will segue into something fresh and new as we prepare for the holiday season.

That is if we survive the earthquake and aftermath that the weekend will bring

A Friday Surprise- Marie Yovanovitch Testifies

Marie Yovanovitch has been in the Foreign Service since 1986. She was abruptly removed from her post as Ambassador to the Ukraine this year.  She will be the only witness to testify today.  Rudy Guliani allegedly orchestrated a smear campaign against her.  Donald Trump and his allies will learn today that they were “picking on the wrong chicken”.

Marie Yovanovitch is a Scorpio.  Along with the Sun in that sign she has Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and most likely the Moon.  She is one tough customer. 

The hearings are set to open a 9AM.  At this time Uranus, ready to drop a bombshell, sits on the Descendant.  Mars in the 12^th house, sits on the Ascendant.  The Ascendant/Descendant are important points in any horoscope.  Any planets at these points are prominent and their energy is concentrated and laser like.

The Moon in this chart is in late Gemini opposing Ceres the Dwarf Planet.  Ceres/Women, Moon/Women, I have always felt that women would be part of Trump’s downfall.  Not the bimbos he has paid off, but women in authority.

This testimony is set up for a Friday.  That is when all the bombshells drop.  Marie Yovanovitch has something to say that will change the picture, change some minds and probably shock a lot of people.  Although, I think we are past being shocked.

Written in haste!

Televised Impeachment Hearings. What Can We Expect?

Another dog and pony show?  Or will something substantive come out of this. A look at the chart for the opening of the hearings on November 13, 2019 at 10AM in Washington, DC may provide some clues.

The first thing that pops out is the Ascendant at 29 degrees Sagittarius 56 minutes.  29 degrees of any sign is a critical degree but here it is very close to the Galactic Center at 27 degrees Sagittarius. The information out there about the Galactic Center, both astronomically and astrologically, fills volumes.  This point is the rotational center of the Milky Way, while Earth, Moon and the planets revolve around the Sun, the Sun revolves around the Galactic Center.  So it is an important point in our universe.  Sagittarius is all about truth and justice, at the Galactic Center the task is to separate the wheat from the chaff. This combination knows no party nor has any loyalty to any individual. 

The second point is the Retrograde Mercury in Scorpio.  If you want to do some digging, get at the truth and expose any ugliness in the universe do so while Mercury is in this state. Retrograde Mercury champions revising and reviewing.  Reviewing is basically what these televised hearings are about.  Testimony has been given behind closed doors and the bombshells have been dropped. Now we get to see and hear these folks repeat what they have said.  Maybe some new info will surface.

The aspects throughout the day offer more clues as to what will go down.  Before the opening, Mercury will sextile Saturn.  This is an aspect that favors connections and assistance.  Saturn says let’s get down to business.  Mercury in Scorpio is ready for that.  Just before 1PM the Sun makes the same aspect to Pluto.  Sun rules the head, the leader.  Here it could be the President but it could also indicate who is running the impeachment hearings.  Pluto rules those in power.  There’s powerful forces at work on both sides.  With Mercury in Scorpio and Pluto the ruler of Scorpio involved things are going to get ugly.

The Moon at the open is in Gemini and will remain there throughout until Friday at 11:15 AM.  Moon in Gemini is totally neutral, neither one way nor the other.  Moon in Gemini wants information.  Gemini’s ruler, Mercury in Scorpio is happy to oblige. Throughout the course of these hearings Gemini Moon will roll over Donald Trump’s Gemini Sun, Uranus and North Node.  Thursday night, the Moon will oppose Donald Trump’s natal Moon.  Moon often acts as a trigger setting off what has already been set in motion by the slower moving planets. In this case Saturn/Pluto in Capricorn opposing Trump’s Venus/Saturn, North Node on his Mercury and Jupiter on his Moon and opposing his Sun.  A lot of action hitting his chart over these past months and for some months to come.

Thursday may prove critical, although much may go on behind the scenes.  Around Noon time Venus will square Neptune.  At that moment transiting Moon will be sitting on Donald Trump’s Uranus.  Some shocking news perhaps.  Venus rules women in diplomacy.  Trump’s natal Venus conjunct Saturn can indicate problems with women. 

Overall these hearings will be a big review with some new information surfacing.  I would like to say shocking but I think the public has been inured to so much shocking information in recent years that for something to be considered shocking it would have to be really over the top.  But who knows?

New information will surface but the true impact of it will not be felt until Mercury goes direct on November 20, 2019.  In the meantime, hang onto your hat.

Will Trump’s Phone Call to the Ukraine Bring Him Down?

The phone call to Ukrainian President Zelensky began at 9:03 AM on July 25, 2019.  The chart cast for that moment impacts Donald Trump’s chart as well as the July 4, 1776 chart of the United States.

At the time of the phone call Mercury was retrograde in Cancer conjunct Venus in Cancer at 25/26 degrees.  This conjunction was sitting on Donald Trump’s natal conjunction of Venus and Saturn. Now, in November, Mercury is retrograde again, in Scorpio, and it is in a favorable aspect to the phone call Mercury.  More “stuff” is being revealed.  Mercury will go direct on November 20^th and will not reach this degree again until the first week in December.  Expect a bombshell around December 6^th as more comes out. 

The phone call was made when Donald Trump was having a Venus Return, i.e. Venus had swung around the Zodiac and was sitting on his natal Venus.  This is usually a lovely transit.  Venus rules love, money and all the fun and games in life.  We usually feel pretty good about ourselves at a Venus Return.   Perhaps this return made Donald Trump feel confident, or over confident perhaps.  The interesting thing is that Venus also rules women in international diplomacy.  Marie Yovanovitch described some scary events in her testimony to investigators. 

Trump’s Saturn/Venus conjunction indicates problems with women.  That does seem to play out in his life.  And the problems come about through women with authority.

The Mercury/Venus conjunction in the phone call chart also impacts the chart of the United States.  The chart of the USA has retrograde Mercury at 24 Cancer.  So, this little conjunction was sitting on our country’s Mercury.  Mercury rules national opinion, news media, the Secretary of State and political meetings.  

The phone call was made with Moon conjunct Mr. Surprise, Uranus.  This conjunction squared the USA’s nodal axis.  The nodes are the points in the Zodiac where the Moon crosses the celestial equator going North and South.  Contacts with these points have a “fated” feel to them.  This is bigger than partisan politics.   Trump and his administration are part of a cosmic turn around as the USA heads into it’s first Pluto return in 2022.  Pluto takes 248 years to make a complete circle around the Zodiac.  Pluto eliminates, disintegrates and transforms.  Major sociological upheavals occur when Pluto rolls around.   These are not sudden and unexpected like a Uranus transit; Pluto is slow and inexorable.  With Pluto, the crap gets exposed first.  This will reveal not just Trump and the Republicans but all those in power who abuse that power. 

Another player in this game is Alexander Vindman the US Army lieutenant colonel who testified about his concerns about a July 10^th meeting as well as the infamous phone call of the 25^th.  Vindman is a Gemini, who also has Venus and Saturn in Cancer.  His Venus is conjunct Donald Trump’s Venus, his Mercury is conjunct Trump’s Sun.  They have a rapport.  He “likes” Trump.  Venus contacts attract and bring congeniality and all the social lubricants that make life pleasant.  At the time of the phone call the Moon/Uranus conjunction in the sky was conjunct his natal Moon.  Uranus is the shocker, the bolt out of the blue event that leaves you reeling. With a Taurus Moon, he is loyal, faithful and true.  Something occurred that shook him to his core and prompted him to come forward.  This guy did not do this lightly and it is probably very difficult for him to do this. 

The public hearings begin on November 13, 2019 with Moon in Gemini, information, and Mercury in Scorpio still retrograde.  A retrograde Mercury in Scorpio, reexamines, reviews and revises.  In Scorpio, it’s like x-ray vision.  Here Mercury wants to get to the bottom of things.  The Moon represents the public, in Gemini the message is, the people want the information, good, bad or indifferent, there is a need for the facts.

Mercury goes direct on November 20^th, expect new information to be revealed and some real action by the first week in December.

Stay tuned

First Quarter Moon - Mars and Pluto Mix It Up

Monday, November 4, 2019 brings us the First Quarter Moon.  Most folks are familiar with the New and Full Moons and much is made of these two phenomena but the Quarter Moons are as potent, if not more so.  At these times the Sun and Moon are at a 90 degree angle, in astrological parlance, this is called a square.  Squares are stressful aspects and they make things happen.

The Sun in Scorpio enhances our vision, we see beneath the surface and are sensitive to nuance and mood.  Aquarius Moon, while friendly, keeps it impersonal.  Scorpio Sun wants to get all up into your shit, this Moon in Aquarius, while curious, values freedom and does not have a lot invested in the motivations and secrets of others.  Scorpio Sun is intense, Aquarius Moon intellectual. Water and Air, emotions and intellect, sometimes it is hard for the two to meet.

At this Quarter Moon, Mars and Pluto are in square aspect, becoming exact on Tuesday, November 5, 2019.  This combination can get ugly.  Mars is the warrior, Pluto the transformer.  Both can be very destructive.  Mars/Pluto squares were in range at such horrific events as the Aurora Cinema shooting, the San Bernardino shooting, the RFK assassination.  The energies at this time are powerful, for those on the edge, it can push them over.  On the upside, Oprah Winfrey, Johnny Carson and Margaret Thatcher were all born with this aspect.  This combination can bring you to the heights and to the depths.  Be careful over the next few days.  Mars rules impulsive actions.  Don't run the red light, try not to get impatient with people and remember to breathe.

On Thursday,  November 7th,  the Sun reaches 15 degrees of Scorpio, this is the true Samhain, the midpoint between Fall and Winter.  Some who follow the old ways do celebrate on the correct day and time or celebrate over a period of days.  This is an important point in the wheel of the year as are all points when the Sun reaches 15 degrees of the fixed signs, as it marks the midpoint of the particular season,  Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.  Our ancestors were great sky watchers, it was their calendar.  At this point in time, they knew winter was closing in and it was necessary to be prepared.  Today we have the 24 hour supermarket, so the need to prepare is not so acute but deep in our being there is a primal response to this turn of the seasons.

During the height of this Scorpio season with Mercury retrograde in Scorpio the energy provides us the opportunity to look at ourselves with complete honesty, no sugar coating.   Look, acknowledge and forgive yourself.   Get ready to release all the negative at next weeks Full Moon.

Be well.

Venus - Desire - Love - Money

Today, November 1, 2019, Venus the planet of love, relationships, artistic endeavors and money moves from intense Scorpio into exuberant Sagittarius.  The intense passions of Scorpio give way to the more lighthearted endeavors of Sagittarius.

Venus in Sagittarius is setting us up for the holiday season, getting us in the mood for all of that frivolity.   Venus in Sagittarius wants freedom, the freedom to explore, the freedom to be.  Relationships formed while Venus is in Sagittarius tend to be exotic and international.   People are attracted to folks of a different background, foreigners or those who seem to be different from what they are used to. 

Venus is a fast  moving planet and will move into Capricorn on the 25th of November.  During her journey through Sagittarius she will square off with Neptune on the 14th.  Venus/Neptune combinations are the ultimate in romantic fantasy.  It can be quite lovely.  Under Neptune we are searching for the ideal.  With Venus it is either the perfect love or the perfect money making deal.  Keep in mind the old saying, love is blind, as well as, if it sounds to good to be true, it usually is.  That does not mean that  you cannot find true love under this aspect.  It does mean you need to take off the rose colored glasses and see things as they really are not how you wish them to be.

On the 24th, the day before she leaves enthusiastic Sagittarius, Venus snuggles up to Jupiter.  These are the two benefics of astrology the Greater, Jupiter, and the Lesser, Venus.  Think big, grand social events, huge productions, everything is "major".  All the "good time Charley's are out" , the Charlene's as well.   Money is no object here, not even a consideration.  If it brings you pleasure you'll buy it, spend it and blow through it like a hot knife through butter.   If you connect with someone at this time it will probably be a lot of fun.  Be wary of someone who promises more than they can deliver.  This may be a fun relationship but not one where the other person will be around when the going gets rough.  This is a fun person.  And that is fine if that is all you want.  Keep their number, you'll have it whenever you want to connect for a good time.

Things will look and feel differently when Venus moves into Capricorn on the 25th.  We start to sober up.  Venus in Capricorn is very different.  Stay tuned.