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Astro-logical Forecast for Monday 6/10/2013: Briefly….

Dear Readers, I’ve been traveling and will post a lengthier forecast later. Briefly, take advantage of the creative and proactive New Moon energy we have today. Launch a project; take the initiative; make the call. The Moon will be void of course in Cancer starting at 5:15PM ET….not to enter Leo until 12:58AM ET on WEDNESDAY. You know what that means: get it off your desk today or deal with it on Wednesday. Roll with whatever twists come your way in your efforts to move forward in a straight line, and do your best to chill, baby chill. Take care of routine projects at home — whatever will make you feel emotionally secure (the Cancer Moon supports this). Feed your soul…and your tummy.

Other Moon voids this week — so you can plan around them: Friday, 7/14AM Et – 12:26 PM ET. Not bad — you can get a lot done this week — film at 11.

Astro-logical Forecast for Thursday 6/6/2013: The Secret’s Out & Mind the Void

We are still in the long void of course Taurus Moon, which started yesterday at 9:25AM ET and will continue to drive the day pretty much nowhere until 11:32PM tonight, when the Moon enters Gemini. I know, I do go on and on about these voids, but after observing them for years, I feel they are significant. And thus I seek to inform you about how they work, so you can live your life better.

For example, during Tuesday’s void when the Moon was in Aries, I wrote that we should be aware of the potential for some to be rushing about in a dangerously self-absorbed and unaware frame of mind. In my world, this was reflected by a handyman flaking on a scheduled appointment. Then, as I was walking to the subway, I paused before crossing the street, even though the “walk” signal said it was OK. To my left, I saw a truck barreling towards the intersection, and I sensed the driver had no intention of braking. My sense was correct; the truck flew through the intersection and the crosswalk. And while my pause at the crosswalk caused me to miss my subway train by a matter of seconds, it also prevented me from becoming road kill.

Missing the subway, led to me missing the shuttle bus that would take me to my final destination, where apparently a meeting had been scheduled that I did not know about, because I failed to notice the email announcing said meeting when I logged on to my office computer. But there were no consequences for my missing the meeting — and I am not sure if anything productive came out of it, anyway. Meanwhile, there was a kerfuffle over some missing video footage, which was eventually discovered after a few fiery Moon in Aries exchanges. But alas and alack, another issue was discovered with said footage during yesterday’s all-day Moon in Taurus void, etc., etc., etc. Get the picture? If you do not have the luxury of chilling for the next 15 hours, go with the flow and do not let your egos turn molehill snafus into mountains, even if others around you are visibly stressing out. You can be like oil on troubled waters, given your special awareness of planetary patterns.

While there are no exact aspects today, there is a huge truckload of other patterns that will be exact tomorrow and are being felt, especially in the news. First, as we mentioned yesterday, we’ve got mental, communicative Mercury in homeland security-focused Cancer being challenged mightily by the Uranus-Pluto. So what secrets have hit the fan? How about this bombshell: a domestic surveillance program that seems to involve the Obama Administration getting records of perhaps every phone call anyone has ever made. Really, it looks that intrusive…and why? Perhaps because they can. Thus is it really a surprise? There was another story about seizing information — SCOTUS ruled a few days ago that it is OK to take DNA samples from anyone taken into custody…

In other front page news, American prosecutors charged Chinese scientists working in the US with leaking trade secrets involving technology. Another leak — this one involving Neptune themes of water and Uranus-Pluto themes of radiation — has been discovered at the Fukushima nuclear plant, just as two planets (Mercury and Venus) hit the Aries Point this week, which was where Uranus (nuclear energy) was on the day of the original earthquake/tsunami in March of 2011. When Mars and Jupiter hit the Aries Point in the first two weeks of July, we’ll probably see more headlines on this story.

More news involving the void of course Moon. As I have mentioned before, the 113th Congress — the one driving all the legislation for the next two years, started its session during a persnickety and ultimately ineffectual void Moon in Virgo. So it is no surprise to see this story alleging that it plans to vote on legislation to defund an organization that no longer exists…and which it already defunded back in 2009. How’s that for an action that is of no consequence?

For news involving Mars-Neptune themed fraud, here’s an important safety tip about fake websites on Facebook that will attempt to wipe out your bank account — presented here as a public service. Mars-Neptune also refers to razzle-dazzle and Hollywood glamor, and thus it is interesting to see a front page article arguing that Hollywood film stars are losing their luster when it comes to selling magazines.

Last but not least — another PSA. Robert Reich, a Berkeley professor who served as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration and whose Cancer Sun was just blessed with a communicative hit from Mercury and Venus, has posted another intriguing video, this one in response to last month’s revelation on how corporations like Apple avoid paying taxes, and specifically, what it means to you when corporations rebel against the boundaries of a nation-state. It concern the battle for control of resources, another Uranus in Aries square Pluto in Capricorn ongoing theme. Whether you agree with his take or not, it’s good fodder for a (hopefully) intelligent discussion. And don’t you just love the quote about astrologers on Reich’s website (the first link in this paragraph)?

Have a lovely day, and thank you for reading this forecast.

Astro-logical Forecast for Wednesday 6/5/3013: Tonight At Noon*

A restless buzz battles the comfort and stability-preserving needs of the Moon in Taurus, which goes void of course with a long sigh at 9:25AM ET. This void period…during which the Taurus Moon will make no aspect with any other planet…lasts until 11:32PM ET on Thursday. And we are at the end of the lunar cycle, in that listless phase where we sense that something new is on the horizon, but we don’t quite know what it is. Chill, baby, chill!

The restless buzz is attributable to a number of patterns, First, the information and communication-oriented Gemini Sun is, as the Moon soon will be — unaspected — and thus running wild in cosmos, demanding focus, even though it isn’t quite sure how to fit in. Jupiter is also unaspected — and running wild like a giant wind bag — also in blah blah blah Gemini. Third, mental Mercury is fast approaching a supercharged alignment with Uranus (the mad scientist) and oh-so-perspicacious Pluto, which is what got me up at 4:45 AM, even though the exact aspects won’t happen until Friday and Saturday, respectively. Finally, we’ve got action-driven Mars in multi-tasking Gemini, about to square off with nebulous Neptune. This connection can be starstruck, surreal, irritable,bewildering, visionary or infectious…and you’re feeling that particular pattern if you were born around the 23rd of February, May, August or November…or if you have a planet or angle around 5 degrees of Pisces, Gemini, Virgo or Sagittarius.

Over the next few days I expect we’ll see a number of startling revelations and breakthroughs, including news from underground. Here are two from today’s pages: an update on an ancient underwater city and this bit about a Brooklyn townhouse with a deceptive facade (Mars square Neptune). Falling into the category of Revolution in General here’s an update on the situation in Turkey (government cracks down on protestors fighting to save a park from being turned into a shopping mall), and a few setbacks for Monsanto here and here — which the mainstream media doesn’t seem to be covering as much as it could. Cue Joni Mitchell now, please…

…and be patient with whatever twists and delays may crop up over the next two days in your efforts to move forward in a straight line. That crisis that just landed on your desk is likely “much ado about nothing”.

*a reference to a wonderful book by Sue Mingus about her life with jazz great Charles Mingus — which fits the musical, magical and surreal potential of current planetary patterns…

Astro-logical Forecast for Tuesday 6/4/2013

OK, so yesterday was a bad day for links. If you’d like to see the Cheerios commercial and the story about colonoscopies mentioned in yesterday’s forecast, the correct links are now on the post on the website.

Most of us are waking up to an impulsive Aries Moon that is void-of-course, suggesting you can catch a few extra minutes of sleep (guilty!) without consequence. Roll with whatever twists you may encounter until 11:53AM ET, and realize that the people who are running around madly don’t appreciate that during Moon voids, wheels are more likely to spin than take you directly to your destination. Be patient with them.

The day gets into gear when the Moon enters Taurus, contributing its material security and comfort-seeking energy needs to the already static emotionally self-sufficient qualities of the Grand Water Trine we discussed yesterday among mental Mercury, stern Saturn and nebulous Neptune. Should be a rich week for creativity, finance, art and social expression — though not without a dose of magical, infectious or irritable weirdness suggested by a fast-approaching challenge between nebulous Neptune (viruses, pixiedust, sublime spiritual states) and aggressive Mars in double-talking Gemini, which is exact on Friday at 7:58PM ET. Oh, the TMI that may blow our minds between now and then.

And here I would be thinking of a TMI, nitty-gritty (Saturn in Scorpio) interview now going viral (Neptune in Pisces), pun obviously intended: Michael Douglas allegedly talking about what may have caused his Stage 4 throat cancer. A quick glance at Douglas’s horoscope and we instantly see a pixiedust hook-up between his Libra Sun and nebulous Neptune (glamour! intrigue! bewilderment — possibly — about one’s one identity) squared by an enterprising Moon at 3 Capricorn. (isn’t it interesting that Douglas has a solid reputation as a no-nonsense, enterprising producer — more so at various points in his career than as an actor). With those placements of the Sun and Moon we conclude there would have been a tremendously intense period of development in his life in 2009 and 2011, when Uranus in early Aries and Pluto in early Capricorn put pressure on them. We also note a hook-up between mental Mercury and expansive Jupiter in detail-obsessed and health-conscious Virgo (!!); so it’s no surprise that Douglas would be so forthcoming about his health — in all of its excruciating detail — instead of telling the reporter to mind their own business.

I have been meaning to write about Catherine Zeta-Jones (who is married to Douglas) ever since it was announced a few weeks ago that she was seeking treatment for mental health issues. Why? Because when I read the story, I immediately thought — “oh — her Mercury (mind) must be under pressure by the disruptive Uranus-Pluto square”. And that is exactly what was going on! Her Mercury is at 10 Libra (retrograde), and was exactly opposed by Uranus at 10 Aries and squared by Pluto at 10 Capricorn when this story broke on April 30th. This is why I find astrology so intriguing. Something happens and astrologers expect to see a certain planetary pattern; and there it is. Of course there are other measurements in Zeta-Jones’s horoscope which suggest a possible need to collapse on the nearest faintest couch, and there are also some striking similarities between her horoscope and her husband’s chart that would make for a compelling article. If you’re interested, I’ll write more on the subject tomorrow. Right now, I gotta run….

Astro-logical Forecast for Monday 6/3/2013: Attitude Dancing

Today’s Aries Moon suggests no dilly-dallying at the start of the work week. Get up and boldly go — where no one has gone before (that’s the Aries pioneering fearless thing). And just where might that be? Into the higher mind, perhaps? Your dreams or the subconscious? I was definitely going somewhere in mine this morning, and I chalk that up to mental Mercury in the sensitive, watery sign of Cancer, now forming a Grand Trine to structuring Saturn in Scorpio and dissolving Neptune in Pisces. Grand Trines are a relatively rare planetary pattern, and a lot of people get all excited when they happen. Why?

First, many people think of Grand Trines as lucky and stable. Thus they buy lottery tickets and we often see a positive trend in the markets. We saw this trend reflected by a Grand Trine in Earth Signs in March of 2012. This feeling of ease and self-sufficiency is good, right? Well it can be. Astrologer Jeff Jawer suggests this is an excellent time to broach a delicate subject requiring diplomacy and sensitivity in communication. You can also download a major creative hit right about now — the seeds of which you can seriously plant after the weekend’s New Moon.

There are a few pitfalls, however. If everyone is feeling so self-sufficient, they may act as if they don’t need anything from anyone else — and this can be challenging for relationships. I learned this from astrologer Noel Tyl, who notes that a Grand Trine in a natal horoscope often conveys a “I am a law unto myself” attitude. Plus, as astrologer Bill Herbst observed several months ago, the stability suggested by the Grand Trines we’ll see in this month may resist the need for change suggested by the ongoing square between rebel Uranus and ruthless Pluto. Thus those that have, may hold on and hold out.

If you have to ship this week, today and part of tomorrow would be the days to do it. Moon goes void at 2:09AM ET on Tuesday and enters Taurus at 11:53AM ET — ship it after 12PM ET. Moon will be void on Wednesday at 9:25 AM ET until late Thursday — 11:32PM ET, suggesting two days’ of listless wandering, augmented by the last few days of the lunar cycle. This is the time to be wrapping up projects you initiated a few weeks ago, and get ready for the New Moon that begins on Saturday at 11:56AM ET. The closer we get to the end of the work week, the greater the potential we will see for some ground-breaking, out-of-this-world ideas to hit the headlines. Some of them will be driven by pure pixie dust — from the sublime to the truly ridiculous.

Here’s an example of the power of the self-contained, self-sufficient Grand Water Trine working well with the potential of the disruptive Uranus-Pluto square. What could be more mundane than a box of cereal and two parents with an adorable young daughter? And yet this charming commercial for Cheerios is freaking some people out. I suppose they just can’t handle a new (to them) reality, now concretely expressed in our collective mindset and communication.

Also reflecting reality (Saturn), this one of the comparative cost of healing (Neptune): a thorough piece comparing the cost of a colonscopy (with Saturn in nitty-gritty Scorpio, of course we’re going there) in hospitals around the country with the cost of the same procedure in other countries. Read this and tell me if you fling a shoe at the television next time you hear a Congressperson demanding another hearing on Benghazi instead of this scandal. And consider that the 2014 Congressional elections may offer a serious opportunity to change the political agenda. I’m just sayin’. Take it away, Carly Simon.

Astro-logical Forecast for Saturday & Sunday 6/1-6/2

I can’t believe it’s the first day of June!

Briefly: yesterday’s Moon in Pisces was challenged by the Sun around 3PM ET, but somehow that tension generated between a need to connect intuitively and a need to be informed (just the facts, ma’am) was not great enough to send the 1998 QE2 asteroid crashing into Earth. Two planetary shifts that may have made yesterday a little “wobbly” included mental Mercury leaving Gemini for Cancer and assertive Mars leaving Taurus for Gemini.

For the former, Mercury in Cancer will soon connect with the Saturn-Neptune trine discussed in the last forecast, suggesting thoughts and communication focusing on spiritual and other intangible concerns, like this. For the latter, Mars is only too happy to be out of pokey Taurus and into the zippy, airy, multitasking realm of Gemini. Expect activity to happen in veritable flurries over the next few weeks as the pace noticeably picks up.

For today — Moon continues its dreamy sojourn in Pisces, buoyed by an expansive and expensive connection to Jupiter. If you’re hitting the stores today, your wallet may feel less expansive by the time you’re done — but not as much as if you did your shopping last weekend, under even more indulgent and pleasant patterns. Meanwhile, a communicative connection between the Gemini Sun and wonky Uranus in pioneering Aries suggests you try something innovative today — and be open to a startling revelation from a far-out source. Hey, that asteroid story fits this category of news we can expect to see hitting the headlines.

On Sunday, Moon enters Aries at 2:33AM ET. If Saturday was hot; Sunday could be even hotter with this me-me-me Moon falling down stairs because it’s faster than walking. A snippy challenge to the Moon from Mercury could create a kerfuffle in the early morning hours; a greater clash or jolt may hit by midnight, when the Moon is challenged by ruthless Pluto and rebel Uranus.

Other news of note on Sunday is Venus leaving fickle Gemini for Cancer, where it is very much at home. Put a shrimp on the barbie and let’s feed the world now, shall we? Venus in Cancer suggests a more nurturing, sensitive approach in social expression and a greater concern for emotional security. Look for women, relationships, motherhood, money, art and any other number of Venus-ruled concerns to make the news now, as Venus will be at the Aries Point (the first degree of Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn).

Astro-logical Forecast for Thursday 5/30/2013: The Impossible Dream

Moon continues its sojourn in humanitarian, cerebral and quirky Aquarius, seeking to be seen as socially significant, even as it comfortably operates within the group. Most of that energy is delightfully supported by easy connections from that lovely pile-up of planets — mental Mercury, loving Venus, jolly Jupiter — in Gemini (if you have a planet or angle between 23 -28 degrees of any Fire or Air sign, you’re feeling this sense of ease more than most). As we get closer to 7:57PM ET, when the Moon’s need to be unique is challenged by assertive Mars in stubborn Taurus, then we have the potential for a feisty clash of wills or display of intractable resolve.

After a Moon void so brief you’ll hardly notice it, Moon enters the dreamy sign of Pisces, shifting the focus from the cerebral Air realm to watery depths of intuition and feeling. Music, faith, dreams and other beautiful escapes may be on your agenda.

And speaking of dreams, there is another planetary pattern going on — exact on June 11th — that we really need to talk about. It addresses a question raised by my Pisces (intuitive, sensitive) friend Lisa, who asked me yesterday what was going on in the stars that felt so weird — and the dynamics of the disruptive Uranus-Pluto square did not fit the bill. What’s going on is another relatively rare pattern: a trine betwteen stern Saturn, which structures and limits reality and nebulous Neptune, which dissolves whatever it touches. Immediately you see the potential for bewilderment when structures are dissolving beneath your feet, yes? And yet you can also appreciate the potential for the sublime to materialize when dreams are backed by enough substance. Which will it be for you? Maybe a little of both, and you are feeling it more than most if you were born around the 23rd of just about any month — or have a planet or angle around 5 degrees of any sign.

This dance between Saturn and Neptune has been going off and on since the middle of October, and the exact hit on June 11th will be the 3rd in the cycle, and thus especially potent. FYI, the last time we experienced this pattern (prior to 2012) was after the Summer Solstice of 2001 — and didn’t the world seem dreamy back then, in comparison to the rude awakening we experienced on September 11th? Hmmmm.

What does the trine between Saturn in Scorpio and Neptune in Pisces hold for us as individuals and collectively? I have no idea. One headline that seems to reflect this unfamiliar pattern, combined with the disruption of Uranus and Pluto jumped out at me this morning. It’s a story about glaciers melting in Switzerland, affecting other structures that were once reliable. How are we supposed to navigate in a situation like this? Where is the map? That’s the point. There isn’t a map. We’ve never been here before — or so it feels. We will muddle through as best we can, and presumably intuition and creativity will be the best tools to help us on the way. Left-brained thinking may be overwhelmed by nebulous Neptunian fog. Right-brained approaches — as well as your dreams — may provide more clarity and guidance during this period.

To be continued….

Astro-logical Forecast for Wednesday 5/29/2013

Moon in humanitarian, friendly Aquarius coasts through the day, boosted by a balanced connection from the Gemini Sun and a communicative connection from innovative Uranus. Take advantage of the easy flow and a receptivity to that which may be unconventional and/or on the fringe.

The airy, frothy excess of yesterday’s hook-up between Venus (money, women, art, social expression) and expansive Jupiter is still in effect (and duly noted in yet another market high at the close of business on Tuesday), even if the hook-up is on the wane.

Meanwhile, a bit of leftover news from the weekend. Regular readers know that the needs of Saturn in Scorpio suggest a focus on the nitty-gritty in issues involving sex, no matter how disturbing, including stories of rape, abortion rights and yesterday, a baby rescued from a sewer line (!). Here’s a lengthy piece about the female sex drive that graced the cover of the NYT Sunday Magazine. Did you know that there’s a pill in the works that aims to do for women what Viagra does for men?

Astro-logical Forecast for Tuesday 5/28/2013: “Too Much of a Good Thing Is…”

…and we’re back. Did you have a good holiday break, dear Readers who live in the U.S.? I followed my own advice and shopped ’til I dropped on Saturday and chilled out on Sunday. On Monday, I improvised. And you?

Wherever you live, you may be feeling quite bubbly this morning and driven by the Moon in proactive Capricorn to make things happen. In fact, there’s enough optimism in the air from yesterday and today to carry you through the whole week — and with hardly any Moon voids to derail or delay your efforts to move forward in a straight line. If you’re new to this forecast and do not know what a Moon void is — here’s the 411.

Suffice it to say, the longest void of the week — a natural rest period, if you know what’s good for you — happens from 2:40PM ET – 5:48PM ET. East Coasters, you’ll want to be taking care of what’s important in the morning; West Coasters may want to wait until mid-afternoon to focus on projects you wish to be of consequence. Use the three-hour void to chill, wander and/or take care of the routine and the mundane. At 5:48PM ET, Moon will enter the networking sign of Aquarius, seeking to be of social significance and facilitating encounters with the avant-garde. Get out and mingle tonight if you can.

The highlight of the day is an exact hook-up between Venus (social expression, money, women, beauty) and expansive Jupiter in oh-so-charming and clever Gemini (23 degrees). And oh-how-sweet — and indulgent — this hook-up can be. It’s the pink frosting on the cake of Monday’s equally expansive and optimistic hook-up between Jupiter and mental Mercury, suggesting an overload of information and stimulation (which is not necessarily a bad thing).

This follows on the heels of Sunday’s bedazzling and sometimes bewildering challenge between the glib Gemini Sun and nebulous Neptune in sacrificial, soulful Pisces. This combination of patterns sounds like a perfect backdrop for the premiere of HBO’s latest original film, Behind the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas as “Mr. Showmanship” himself — Liberace. The furs, the ruffles, the bling; the enormous appetite for all things sensual…which is how co-star Matt Damon, playing Liberace’s much younger lover, Scott Thorson, enters the scene. And what was Liberace’s most famous quote? “Too much of a good thing is…wonderful”. Coincidence or conspiracy?

In other news — and also perfectly in synch with planetary patterns — here’s a piece — on the front page of the NYT business section, no less — about the empire of Amma, the Indian guru also known as “the hugging saint”. She’s just started a two-month tour in North America, in case you’d like to meet her…

Make the most of the opportunities for beauty, creativity and expansion that may come your way today. If you have a planet or angle at 23 degrees of any sign, but especially Aries, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius and Pisces, this especially applies to you. Follow your bliss!

Astro-logical Forecast for Friday 5/24/2013: Looney Tunes

In case you hadn’t noticed, the intense Scorpio Moon is void of course, suggesting twists in your efforts to move forward in a straight line. It’s 12:34PM in New York — and already my day has been filled with unexpected turns — though mostly of a benign and bemusing kind. Go with the flow!

Moon enters rambling, gamboling Sagittarius at 5:49PM ET, lifting spirits and increasing urges to get out of town or otherwise expand our horizons. That, and telling everyone exactly what we think about everything, even if what we think — or believe — is not entirely clear. Emotional intensity continues to run high, courtesy of tonight’s Full Moon/Eclipse — at 5 degrees of Sag, around 12:30 AM ET. There’s a loopy, pixie-dust vibe going on all through the weekend, as nebulous Neptune will be pulling focus — and is a key influence in the pattern of the Full Moon. Anyone who has a planet between 4 and 12 degrees of any sign is affected…which is pretty much the Entire Free World. Ground yourself by eating potatoes, suggests an old wives’ tale…and how fortuitous for me that potato chowder is on the menu in the office cafeteria.

Moon is in Sag on Saturday — not void –you’re free to shop. Moon will be void on Sunday –no shopping, please — will fill you in on the rest, later…

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