Your Milky Way Horoscope June 29-July 5, 2014

By Milky Way Maid

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The Sun at 7 degrees Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces at 3:23 am Sunday. This is followed by: Venus at 7 degrees Gemini squares Neptune in Pisces at 3:31 pm Sunday. Both transits hitting the same day are probably going to cause lots of confusion and lost objects on the mundane level. I know I had a bit of a tizzy earlier today with trying to locate some items I had misplaced, etc tho I eventually found most of them. Neptune, whether in supposedly good or bad aspects, is just as likely to cause losses or the fear of losses in your personal life. 

 

Mercury is Stationary Direct at 24 degrees Gemini at 8:50 am Tuesday, July 1. Yay! Some of you out there hardly breathe until Mercury goes direct again, so now you can finally exhale. Let's hope you learned some previously unrevealed details about whatever issues concern you. I know that I have gone through a period of temporary fixes and the long-term solution will go into effect on the day that Mercury just happens to go direct. So I couldn't hold my breath and refuse to make any decisions. What happened was that I put in the temporary fix, but went for help in finding something else that might save me money and still protect my interests. 

 

The Sun at 12 degrees Cancer opposes Pluto in Capricorn at 4 am Friday. This is the kind of transit that calls on us to dig deep for inner resources and fortitude to overcome obstacles. And yet, if you are trying to “fight City Hall” you may have to throw in the towel and accept defeat. If this contacts personal planets especially the Sun or Mars, you might truly have to fight for your life. On the positive side, you have the chance to clear the air, get to the bottom of whatever is a stumbling block in a relationship, and start afresh. Since Pluto is also symbolic of transformation, this is also an opportunity to remake yourself, make vital changes in your life now that you see what must be done.

Please look to the right-hand column on Blogger if you would like these articles translated into Spanish, French, German, Japanese or any other language. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/

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LATE DEGREES – see my popular article on late degrees of all the signs. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2008/08/planets-in-late-degrees-what-do-they.html

POPE FRANCIS – I finally posted a little article on the new Pope Francis and also a kind of book review on a book that accidentally talks about ancient astronomy. The article on Pope Francis is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/a-look-at-the-new-pope-franciss-astro-charts/ And the article on the best book that both is and is not about ancient astronomy is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/the-best-book-about-ancient-astronomy-that-isnt-about-astrology-per-se/

COOL WEBSITES – In no particular order of importance: Check out Astrology.com -- free lessons online. Watch astronomic animations at http://shadowandsubstance.com/. Go to http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ for a view of our solar system and nearby stars. This guy called the correct winner of the 2012 election, and he puts out a monthly column: http://www.howardbeckmanvedicastrologer.com/wordpress/

This guy writes a cool weekly astrology newsletter and sells astro books: Dave at www.astroamerica.com.

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Readers can follow not only their Sun sign horoscope but also their Ascendant for further clues to how your week will develop. NOTE: some aspects are exact on a weekend but may find opportunity for expression on the Friday or Monday nearest the exact aspect. Times given are in Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time depending on the season.

ARIES - March 20-April 19 – Monday afternoon finds you in a friendly game with friends, or offering a friendly wager on a sports event. Tuesday's Mercury station in your solar third house brings a rain of messages tumbling all over each other so take time to read every one and sort them out. Relationship issues burst into arguments Saturday pm; make a point of showing up for major events and being mutually supportive or seek counseling.

TAURUS - April 20-May 20 – Financial matters may finally go forward as Mercury turns direct on Tuesday; you get things straightened out and on a better footing, and probably will save some money in the bargain. You may be able to borrow a few bucks from a pal Saturday morning. Health matters may suddenly demand attention Saturday pm so do not delay seeing your practitioner.

GEMINI - May 21-June 20 – Sunday's Venus square Neptune is also conjunct Juno in your sign; you may be very confused or worried about relationship status but this should get cleared up pretty quickly. Mercury goes direct at 24 degrees of your sign on Tuesday morning; expect a backlog of messages to suddenly be dumped in your lap. It might be best to read all messages before responding. It would be prudent to delay any financial decisions until midweek. You may find someone who can trade favors with you Saturday morning.

CANCER - June 21-July 22 – It would be prudent to delay making decisions until midweek, or whenever updated facts can be gathered. You may succeed in getting that moneybags hubby of yours to give you a few bucks Wednesday at dinner. A family member may secretly do you a favor Saturday morning.

LEO - July 23-Aug. 22 – The Moon is in Leo from 4:43 am Sunday till Tuesday evening. The Moon in Leo sextiles Venus Sunday night, putting a glow on social gatherings with friends; however do keep an eye on their drinking since you may have to close the bar early. You will probably have to keep the nose to the grindstone Monday, but the evening looks energetic – you might get in a few rounds of basketball before dinner. Early risers catch messages at the office that would otherwise have gone to the voicemail.

VIRGO - Aug. 23-Sept. 22 – The Moon is in Virgo from 5:24 pm Tuesday till Friday morning. Thursday fireworks may or may not go off without a hitch due to the timing mechanism being off a bit; nevertheless you enjoy being out with boon companions. You may be able to borrow a few bucks from a pal Saturday morning.

LIBRA - Sept. 23-Oct. 22 – The Moon is in Libra from 5:43 am Friday till next Sunday afternoon. The office may be snowed under with a backlog of messages Tuesday, so you might have to stay late. Friday fireworks displays will probably be quite artistic, so bring a camera along to the show. Mid-morning Saturday favors time spent with dear ones, or concentrating on creative projects. The afternoon and evening can be emotionally explosive so remember to count ten before shooting off your mouth.

SCORPIO - Oct. 23-Nov. 21 – Insurance matters and any other eighth house stuff gets straightened out by the time Mercury goes direct Tuesday; you could save a bit of money in the bargain, too. Health matters may suddenly demand attention Saturday pm so do not delay seeing your practitioner.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 22-Dec. 21 – Relationship matters are improved by the time Mercury goes direct on Tuesday, so you might even celebrate this weekend with some fireworks of your own. Friends may not be supportive of your creative efforts or of all the time you are spending at classes or rehearsals, especially on Saturday.

CAPRICORN - Dec. 22-Jan. 19 - The office may be snowed under with a backlog of messages Tuesday, so you might have to stay late. Saturday pm focuses tensions on trying to juggle demands of career and family; try to make time for loved ones and make a point of attending as many family events as possible.

AQUARIUS - Jan. 20-Feb. 17 – Prudence may demand you delay decisions about children until at least midweek when messages are confirmed, etc. Get-togethers with dear ones are favored for Saturday; try to organize a picnic or a morning outing with children.

PISCES - Feb. 18-March 19 – Family matters or housing issues should be ironed out by the time Mercury goes direct on Tuesday; celebrate with a family gathering for the holiday at your place. Saturday morning favors working on creative pursuits to exercise your artistic muscles. Saturday pm raises financial tensions and arguments over money; work out that budget and keep to it.

Your Milky Way Horoscope Feb. 23 – March 1, 2014

By Milky Way Maid

The Sun and Neptune are conjunct at 5 degrees Pisces at 1:11 pm Sunday. As I was saying in last week's column, perhaps you ought to let someone else drive; it is way too easy for you to get confused and lost today. To put it another way, you probably couldn't find your way out of a paper bag. It is a good day for shooting yourself in the foot, literally or metaphorically, so leave new matters for another time. In some ways it can be an expression of the anxious or confused energies around you, which you have absorbed like a psychic sponge. It may be good to reinforce a kind of protective blue aura around yourself. 

 

Venus at 23 degrees Capricorn sextiles Saturn in Scorpio at 11:50 pm Monday. One interpretation is “kind advice” – which to me is the best type of advice to give. If one of the planets is in a money house, it may bring an opportunity to earn what you need. If one of the planets is in a career house, it can help you schmooze with the movers and shakers in your corner of the world. 

 

Jupiter at 10 Cancer squares Uranus in Aries at 2:33 am Wednesday. This aspect is basically generational but can be quite disruptive in one's personal chart. You may feel like you are on a roller-coaster ride. You may feel like you were “born to be wild” while at the same time reporting as usual to a button-down job. You may burn a bridge or two, hopeful that you can now journey to a land where the grass is really greener. 

 

Mercury makes its Direct Station at 18 degrees 10' Aquarius at exactly 9 am Friday. Yeah, I can see you breaking out the confetti and balloons. I hope you have taken the opportunity to clear the air (since it occurs in air sign Aquarius) and put communications on a solid footing, with all parties on the same page. If you have Mercury retrograde in your natal chart, you may have enjoyed a vacation from miscommunications or internal chatter. 

 

The Sun at 10 degrees Pisces trines Jupiter in Cancer at 11:05 pm Friday. Luck can land in your lap under this transit, or maybe you are king/queen for a day. Try not to be too haughty! Travel is generally favored since you are optimistic and open-minded, ready to make friends wherever you go. It is a good day for visualizing a better life in every way. I must add, however, that sometimes a Jupiter transit contacting your personal planets is more protective than lucky, although given the current economic realities, protection of your main source of income is very lucky indeed. 

 

Mars makes a Retrograde Station at 23 degrees 32' Libra at 11:24 am Saturday. Just as Mercury gives us a chance to correct erroneous thinking, Mars retrograde gives us a chance to change bad health habits, possibly because you are forced to by some health wake-up call. If this is close to natal planets, your energy may be low, so make sure to get enough rest. You may have difficulty with sports, competition in general, or with expressing anger or standing up for yourself. On the plus side, it is easier to count ten before responding with inappropriate anger. On the minus side, you may let resentments fester until you explode later; to fester is BAD, do not fester. Depleted physical energy can make it harder to heal, slower to recover from ordinary infections, fevers, injuries. You may find it helpful during this time (and for the long term) to take up some yoga exercises, if only some breathing exercises, to help your body recharge its battery.

Please look to the right-hand column on Blogger if you would like these articles translated into Spanish, French, German, Japanese or any other language. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/

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LATE DEGREES – see my popular article on late degrees of all the signs. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2008/08/planets-in-late-degrees-what-do-they.html

POPE FRANCIS – I finally posted a little article on the new Pope Francis and also a kind of book review on a book that accidentally talks about ancient astronomy. The article on Pope Francis is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/a-look-at-the-new-pope-franciss-astro-charts/ And the article on the best book that both is and is not about ancient astronomy is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/the-best-book-about-ancient-astronomy-that-isnt-about-astrology-per-se/

COOL WEBSITES – In no particular order of importance: Check out Astrology.com -- free lessons online. Watch astronomic animations at http://shadowandsubstance.com/. Go to http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ for a view of our solar system and nearby stars. This guy called the correct winner of the 2012 election, and he puts out a monthly column: http://www.howardbeckmanvedicastrologer.com/wordpress/

This guy writes a cool weekly astrology newsletter and sells astro books: Dave at www.astroamerica.com.

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Readers can follow not only their Sun sign horoscope but also their Ascendant for further clues to how your week will develop. NOTE: some aspects are exact on a weekend but may find opportunity for expression on the Friday or Monday nearest the exact aspect. Times given are in Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time depending on the season.

ARIES - March 20-April 19 – Monday night is definitely a time to schmooze with the higher-ups at the company. On Wednesday Uranus in your sign squares Jupiter, when the roller-coaster ride you have been on these past several months takes a spin and a jerk. The Mercury station occurs in your solar eleventh house Friday morning; make sure that friends are clear on who is meeting whom and where and what. A profitable role with a family business may fall into your lap Friday night; get all the details before deciding.

TAURUS - April 20-May 20 - The Mercury station occurs in your solar tenth house Friday morning; check with the boss that his memo says what he meant it to say. Your guardian angel may prevent a traffic accident Friday night, but buckle up anyway. The Mars retrograde on Saturday affects your health sector; you may need to rest more, or find a regimen that helps charge up your inner battery. Ceres enters your solar seventh house of partners, where a quiet and mutual nurturing strengthens the bond between you.

GEMINI - May 21-June 20 – Geminis are generally unhappy while their ruler Mercury is retrograde, so the Direct Station is probably a federal holiday as far as you are concerned. Undoubtedly you will pick up where you left off, in mid-sentence while conversing with Aunt Jane... Career matters look confused for the long-term, unless you are working for a non-profit or humanitarian concern. You discuss your needs with a romantic partner, possibly with the help of a counselor.

CANCER - June 21-July 22 – Mars goes retrograde in your fourth house on Saturday; there may be problems with the heating system or with a stove, so have the phone numbers of repairmen handy. Shakeups in the career sector may affect you very personally, as Uranus squares Jupiter; you may wonder if the grass is greener elsewhere. Ceres enters your solar fifth house, spurring you to spend time outdoors or bring the outdoors inside. Ceres in your fifth house also can coincide with the adoption of a child, either of the two-legged or the four-legged-and-furry variety.

LEO - July 23-Aug. 22 – Mercury goes direct Friday in your house of partners, so take the opportunity to get on the same page again with your mate, as you synchronize your watches. Mars goes retrograde in your solar third house Saturday, where you lack the energy to make the rounds of daily errands and meetings; get copies of the meeting minutes, and do as much as possible via email and fax. NOTE: Pallas is about to retrograde back into your sign, so be prepared to finesse every situation and know instinctively how to approach others in a way that instills confidence in you.

VIRGO - Aug. 23-Sept. 22 – Pallas is still in your sign tho retrograding back into Leo in March, so if you need to wrap up any consulting jobs please do so promptly. If you are having problems with a newish partner, possibly someone who is not completely honest with you, be aware that this is a long-term situation and not something that is going away soon; do not sign over any power of attorney or similar legal powers. On the plus side, Ceres has entered your solar second house of finances and that should help you to grow your bank account. But right now Mars goes retrograde in your money house, where you are hit by fees, commissions or taxes; demand a full quote before signing papers with contractors.

LIBRA - Sept. 23-Oct. 22 – A family member may help you find a way to earn some extra money Monday. Vesta is almost conjunct Mars in your sign and next week it will go retrograde, retracing its steps, and therefore will not leave your sign until the beginning of August. Vesta with Mars this week should spur you to find an outlet for your physical energies; since Libra is a natural dancer, that might be your ticket to fitness. Vesta in Libra tends to sacrifice itself for the sake of the partner, and your lesson is to learn to state your own needs in a loving way.

SCORPIO - Oct. 23-Nov. 21 – Definitely schmooze with the higher-ups at the company you work at (or wish to work at) mid-week. The Mercury station occurs in your solar fourth house Friday morning; check out a company's reputation before signing contracts for repairs. Mars goes retrograde Saturday in your solar twelfth house, when you want to recharge your batteries at the retreat or a rustic cabin hideaway. Ceres enters your sign and gives you a certain spartan yet classic quality to your style, also making you more dedicated to creating a house beautiful.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 22-Dec. 21 – The Moon is in Sag from Sunday till Monday morn. On Sunday you may have an opportunity to play the gallant knight by assisting some poor stranded traveler. You put something extra into your early morning jog Monday. The Mercury station occurs in your solar third house Friday morning; think before putting mouth in gear. Mars goes retrograde in your solar eleventh house of groups; you may feel like your friends drain your energy, and need to get away to the mountains and wilderness to recharge.

CAPRICORN - Dec. 22-Jan. 19 – The Moon is in Capricorn from 8:50 am Monday till Wednesday morn. It is easy to fall in love with your mate all over again Monday night. Monday ends with dispensing or receiving some kind advice. You are in Power Mode Tuesday morning. On Wednesday morning it is too easy to zip thru a task only to find that it has to be redone. The Mercury station occurs in your solar second house Friday morning; check your bank balance before writing just one more check.

AQUARIUS - Jan. 20-Feb. 17 – The Moon is in Aquarius from 9:55 am Wednesday till Friday morn. You talk out your feelings at the breakfast table Thursday. Schedule uninterrupted work time for midday Thursday. Early risers Friday can ride out the day on a burst of energy, although the Mercury station in your sign that morning calls for some caution and safety awareness. Ceres enters your solar tenth house of career, and makes you a good administrator. Mars goes retrograde in your solar ninth house, and legal matters may be delayed or put on hold.

PISCES - Feb. 18-March 19 – The Moon is in Pisces from 9:53 am Friday till mid-morning next Sunday, March 2. The Mercury station occurs in your solar twelfth house Friday morning; it is very easy to shoot yourself in the foot, so think before speaking. Your feelings are apt to be very confused Friday night. On Saturday you awaken convinced that you can accomplish anything that day. You may enjoy a heart-to-heart chat late Saturday. Juno in your sign is inconjunct Vesta and Mars in Libra; you may clash with your partner over sexual issues and this ought to get resolved with the help of some couples counseling.

Your Milky Way Horoscope Nov. 10-16, 2013

By Milky Way Maid

Mercury goes direct at 4:12 pm Sunday, Nov. 10 at 2 degrees 32' of Scorpio. By this time you may have stumbled upon some information that you were not supposed to find out, or anyway, info that explains a small mystery in your life. A past event may prove to be the deeply rooted trauma that prevents you from moving forward in some way, and now that you have brought it to the light, it no longer has power over you. 

 

A forward-moving Mercury trines confusing Neptune at 2 degrees Pisces at 3:48 pm Monday. Mercury and Neptune do not get along too well, even with a trine aspect. It becomes TOO EASY to get confused, to get scammed, to lose you way or lose your wallet, to be worried out of your mind. Try selecting an affirmation to conquer a fear (Neptune), or sessions of altered consciousness like hypnosis or meditation to resolve or dissolve old programming. 

 

The Sun at 20 degrees Scorpio trines retrograde Jupiter in Cancer at 11:39 am Tuesday. A lot of benefits are ascribed to a Sun-Jupiter trine, but more often it merely lends a screen of protection around one's person. You may lose one job, but financial supports or other income kick in and you manage to pay your bills. Or, you lose an apartment but find shelter with relatives or other friends. Since Jupiter just went retrograde last week, it is yet virtually at a standstill and exerting especially strong power in this transit. You could be thrust into the limelight under this transit, if it falls on an angle in your natal chart. 

 

Neptune makes its Direct Station on 2 degrees, 35' Pisces at 1:43 pm Wednesday. I wish to quote extensively from Dane Rudhyar's brilliant chapter on Neptune (in An Astrological Triptych) to explain the influences of this planet and effects of the stations---

“The Neptunian era that followed during the nineteenth century actually built the substance of our modern society – its machines, it industries, its commerce and travel – but it built upon the intellectual foundations of scientific materialism. It built upon spiritual scarcity and upon the power vested in the remnants of ancient feudalism to corner the more abundant life under the cloak of rugged individualism. Neptune is the wholesale builder of collective substance. Its power of proliferation is immense, but it builds only according to man's attitude toward Uranian creativeness. If this attitude is one of resistance to the unfamiliar New, of fear before the revealed Glory, of weary withdrawal into the Saturnian shells of social security and privilege, then Neptune's power of growth leads to the senseless mushrooming forth of hectic cities, tabloid newspapers, glamor-crazy motion pictures, murder-storied radios, (hallucinogenic) drugs – and to generalized cancerous conditions due to unorganic living and unnatural habits of physical or psychological feeding.

“Neptune, nevertheless, in its true positive being, is the substantiality of the spirit. Neptune is the substance of creative space, the astral light, the Ocean of spiritual Sound, the encompassing gift-waves of divine grace the all-inclusive charity of the compassionate ones. Is it the divine Substance which feeds what the Uranian spirit has aroused into creative being. . .

“In the physical body, this power is the source whence are derived the antibodies, white corpuscles, and special hormones or enzymes which are sent through the blood to heal and purify whatever part of the organism has been injured or exhausted. At the level of the great spiritual organism that may be called Man, this Neptunian power is Grace (Charis) – Grace which comes to every soul that has recognized and accepted its participation in the 'works if the spirit', and its companionship in the mystic Christ with all that is of the spirit.

“To the individual limited and bound within the structures of his ego, the universe as a whole answers as Karma, the Mosaic Law of exact compensation. But to him whose soul has become a hallowed shrine for the Living God, whose circumference of self includes potentially the whole universe, whose mind establishes its formulations in terms of the reconciliation of all opposites, leaving nothing outside of its all-inclusive multi-dimensional logic – to him God answers as grace. Though his path be strewn with collective obstacles and harsh memories of his individual past, he is nevertheless secure – with the only security that is of value, the security that comes from being the Whole in active expression at one point, and this point, one's immortal self.

“This faith in Grace is the Neptunian consequence of a courageously met and assimilated confrontation with Uranus and its creative transfigurations. The two factors cannot be separated, and both are expressions of an utterly changed conscious relationship to spirit and to God, its cosmic Source. Spirit is the 'universal creative' not in the sense of it being the builder of worlds and physical organisms, but because it is that constant harmonic Motion which emanates and releases incessantly whatever is necessary to compensate for and to harmonize any disturbance in the equilibrium of the universal Whole. Spirit creates solutions to every need – including that vast solution to the need of chaos which we understand as universe or solar system. Every human birth, considered as the release of an immortal self can be harmonized and balanced by the potentiality of a victorious future, is a solution presented by the spirit. Every birth-chart is a plan for regeneration an individual creation of the spirit, a logos sent by the Father to save a portion of humanity. . .

“Grace comes to pervade the soul that has left behind the sense of individual lack inherent in the nature of the ego. As an ego, man knows himself apart from the spiritual Whole; as a soul, he experiences himself a part of this spiritual Whole. In and through this experience he becomes actually and consciously suffused with the vitality of the Whole. He partakes of the Blood of the Whole, of the creative substance of the spirit – the mystic Wine and Bread. He partakes of the Eucharist – the perfect gift of Grace – as the cell of the body partakes of the vital essences and the healing chemicals of the forever flowing blood in which it lives and has its being.

“This is the life more abundant, the life in Grace; a life from which has vanished the gnawing sense of frustration and lack, and the regrets or remorse of ego-bondage, ego-fulfillment and ego-conditioned tragedies; a life now filled with the presence of the unfolding God-seed within the soul and with the downflow of Grace this unfoldment summons because it requires it. It is also the life of charity, for charity is man's only true way of responding to the charismal gift of the spirit, Grace. Faith in the creative power of the spirit, Hope that the Transfiguration shall come and find us fully awake to behold this 'marriage of heaven and earth'; and the greatest of all, Charity to men everywhere – in the name of the spirit.

“True charity (agape) can only be, at the level of still ego-bound men and women, the pouring out of what the traveler on the Illumined Road has received as Grace. The man flooded with Grace must give charity, which is perfect love, if he is to receive greater spiritual abundance in his soul; but that charity can only be true to the spirit, if it comes indeed from the divine spirit, even though it be released through the individual man. To give out charity means, first of all, to experience oneself as an agent of the spirit, as a focusing of the divine Whole. Charity is not of the ego, but of God through the ego transformed into soul. It is as the soul overflows with Grace that the whole organism of the spirit-illumined man or woman is also able to radiate charity. The gifts of a privileged nation filled with earthly goods, egocentricity and collective self-complacency can be bitter to the peoples ravaged by a catastrophe for which the whole o humanity is responsible.

“Yet it was as the presence of Neptune became revealed to Western man that society at large began to respond to the call of mercy and humanitarianism, and even the most egocentric business baron found it necessary to henceforth to bestow the social semblance of charity to the victims of the system that had enthroned him...”

Venus at 9 degrees Capricorn squares Uranus in Aries at 8:13 pm Thursday. Venus-Uranus aspects seem to always involve meeting foreigners or unusual people who shift you out of your comfort zone. These are almost always short-lived relationships, even the romantic involvements. The Uranian person serves his purpose and moves on . . . Sometimes this aspect accompanies a sudden job change. 

 

Venus at 9 degrees Capricorn is conjunct intense Pluto at 4:30 pm Friday. The conjunction (and the square) are often aspects of obsession, especially romantic obsession. Sometimes comes with meeting one's Soul Mate. It may just bring intense experiences in that department of your life. Capricorn is not a very romantic kind of guy, so maybe it will take the form of a transformation (Pluto) of his financial (Venus) condition. 

 

Looking Ahead – We have a Full Moon at 25 degrees Taurus at 10:16 am Sunday, Nov. 17 – this is way too close to the dreaded Algol for my comfort, tho Jupiter is in a kindly and protective trine to the Sun.

Please look to the right-hand column on Blogger if you would like these articles translated into Spanish, French, German, Japanese or any other language. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/

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LATE DEGREES – see my popular article on late degrees of all the signs. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2008/08/planets-in-late-degrees-what-do-they.html

POPE FRANCIS – I finally posted a little article on the new Pope Francis and also a kind of book review on a book that accidentally talks about ancient astronomy. The article on Pope Francis is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/a-look-at-the-new-pope-franciss-astro-charts/ And the article on the best book that both is and is not about ancient astronomy is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/the-best-book-about-ancient-astronomy-that-isnt-about-astrology-per-se/

GREAT WEBSITES – In no particular order of importance: Check out Astrology.com -- free lessons online. Watch astronomic animations at http://shadowandsubstance.com/. Go to http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ for a view of our solar system and nearby stars. This guy called the correct winner of the 2012 election, and he puts out a monthly column: http://www.howardbeckmanvedicastrologer.com/wordpress/

This guy writes a cool weekly astrology newsletter and sells astro books: Dave at www.astroamerica.com.

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Readers can follow not only their Sun sign horoscope but also their Ascendant for further clues to how your week will develop. NOTE: some aspects are exact on a weekend but may find opportunity for expression on the Friday or Monday nearest the exact aspect. Times given are in Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time depending on the season.

ARIES - March 20-April 19 – The Moon is in Aries from 2:39 am Wednesday till Friday morning. Avoid shopping after work Wednesday. Someone really gets your goat Wednesday night. A good laugh accompanies dinner, possibly at a comedy club. It is too easy to overdo Thursday afternoon. On Thursday night, a new Someone finds you exotic and fascinating. By Friday afternoon you may be totally bonkers for one of those new friends. Friday is also an all-or-nothing day career-wise.

TAURUS - April 20-May 20 – Wednesday's Neptune station in your eleventh house may accent impossible hopes and dreams, just make sure to build a solid foundation under them. The Moon is in Taurus from 9:49 am Friday into next Sunday. A friend may tempt you to play hookey from work Friday afternoon, but you know better than that. A dear one may offer Saturday to pay your way so you can accompany him or her on a long trip. On Saturday afternoon, you feel like your companion is cramping your style.

GEMINI - May 21-June 20 – The first half of the week finds much activity in the workplace. Watch out for gossip that affects your professional reputation Monday. A coworker may be lucky for you Tuesday. Neptune goes direct in your career sector Wednesday; keywords include Charity, Grace, Altruism, and Mercy. Insurance issues and prices are under consideration Friday. Saturday afternoon may find you visiting elders in the hospital; take a book to loan out.

CANCER - June 21-July 22 – Your mate does you a favor and takes one of the kids to school Monday morning. Monday afternoon might actually be a highly favorable time for a bull session; write down any old pipe dream that pops into your head. You get to play the hero Tuesday. Your mate enjoys putting on a fake accent to make you laugh Thursday. Try to avoid making power grabs in relationships Friday. You may not like your instructor in the Saturday art class at first, but I think you will learn a great deal in the course.

LEO - July 23-Aug. 22 – Pay something forward Monday morning. Family issues are high on the agenda this week. A family member helps you find a favorable insurance policy Wednesday. The news may be very inspiring mid-week. Be very careful what kind of gossip you feed the rumor mill at work Friday. Playing practical jokes is on your mind Saturday, but think twice.

VIRGO - Aug. 23-Sept. 22 – You can have fun Tuesday generating a list of ideas for later evaluation. Midweek can mark a turning point in realizing you have a psychic connection with your child. A coworker can upset you terribly on Wednesday, or make you laugh yourself silly. You realize your baby is growing up Friday. Saturday may be your best day of the week, when a mentor and a relative play a part in an idea-generating bull session.

LIBRA - Sept. 23-Oct. 22 – On Monday you may have to track down a lost paycheck or misplaced office funds; it may be in a drawer. An altruistic, sharing spirit infuses the workplace from midweek. An addition to the family may be announced Friday.

SCORPIO - Oct. 23-Nov. 21 – Your sign is very active all week. Mercury goes direct in Scorpio Sunday; shake the tree for some more of those details you wanted. Mercury then trines Neptune Monday; hypnotize yourself into believing you can do it. Sun in Scorpio trines Jove Tuesday; success! A coworker introduces you to a new, rather strange, friend on Thursday. Be extra careful online Friday. On Saturday try to let up on your partner a bit, because he or she is feeling cramped.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 22-Dec. 21 – The Moon is void all day Tuesday so stick to routine matters. Neptune goes direct in your fourth house of family on Wednesday; give even the little tykes a disposable camera and orders to take pictures – assemble the results in a scrapbook. Finances can be shaken up Friday; be sure to have cash on hand until the tyme machine is fixed. You might visit sick relatives in the hospital Saturday.

CAPRICORN - Dec. 22-Jan. 19 – Tuesday might be favorable for a vacation day when you take the family on the road to a rustic campground. A family member gets everyone laughing at the dinner table Wednesday – have everyone share funny stories or jokes. Thursday night brings fascinating or even strange new people in your life. It gets even better on Friday when you meet a Soul Mate. You enjoy talking about characters from the family history Saturday morning.

AQUARIUS - Jan. 20-Feb. 17 – The Moon is in Aquarius from Sunday morn till Sunday night. The Moon is void all day Sunday till it enters Pisces, so stick to routine matters. Your ruler Uranus shakes up the life of a potential loved one; visit relatives who may be shocked yet fascinated by your strangeness. You may find a financial backer Friday. On Saturday you enjoy a quiet family getaway, possibly at a campground.

PISCES - Feb. 18-March 19 – The Moon is in Pisces from 9:36 pm Sunday till Wednesday morning. Monday morning favors having breakfast with a dear friend, or sharing the commute. Monday afternoon includes meeting with your mentor. Best day may be Tuesday morning, when Jove is good for luck and good for you personally. But Tuesday p.m. hours are only suited to routine matters. You want to give your mentor a special thank-you Friday.

Your Milky Way Horoscope July 14-20, 2013

By Milky Way Maid

We have an interesting week, astrologically speaking. We have two planetary stations – Uranus goes retrograde and Mercury goes direct. Then we have not just one Grand Trine in water signs, but a series of Grand Trines being triggered as two planets become exact at any one time.

First up – the Uranus retrograde station will be at 1:20 pm Wednesday, at 12 degrees 31' of Aries. Where will that fall in your chart, and will it contact any natal or progressed planets for you? It will make major aspects to two of my natal planets, so it will be interesting to see what transpires. Dane Rudhyar says that Uranus stations express an ego that becomes an expression of “the God whose countenance is now at least dimly perceived – The Star in the sky has become the pulsating heart of the Christ-child within the utterly renewed human person.” 

He also says that at times “the Uranian challenge to ego-structures and social-religious privileges . . . is perceived as a kind of Visitation from the spirit – It may be a vision, a summons to action, a sudden realization of the next step to be taken or of the distant goal.” Uranus is the power of the Annunciation, or of a Transfiguration that allows spiritual light to shine from within. Uranus can throw off the base matrix stone that encases the brilliant diamond of the soul.

Stephanie Clement says of the Uranus retrograde period that “you can expect the unexpected. Things are subject to sudden fluctuation and you may be feeling a bit stubborn, rebellious, your emotions explosive and uncooperative toward anyone or anything that represents the status quo.” [for her complete article please, go to http://www.skyviewzone.com/astrology/retrogradeplanets.htm]

I should also add that when Uranus has a station, whether retrograde or direct, things can be rather chaotic or even manic.

Mercury goes direct at 2:22 pm Saturday, at 13 degrees 23' of Cancer. Note that this is square the Uranus station, so if you have natal planets in aspect to the one, you will likely feel another whack on the side of the head when the other makes its station. We have covered Mercury retrogrades several times already, but in summary, the retrograde gives you time to correct your thinking, try a different formula, find the error and fix it, or find out new information that causes a re-evaluation of the situation. Also, people may find that it is easier to write things down than to communicate verbally.

Jupiter makes two trines Wednesday – Jove trines Saturn at 1:32 pm, and trines Neptune at 8:16 pm. They are at 4 degrees, 50-some minutes of the water signs. The Moon in Scorpio trines Jupiter and Neptune on Tuesday. The Saturn-Neptune trine becomes exact at 9:28 am Friday. Mars gets into the act on Saturday, trining Neptune at 3:43 pm, and then Saturn at 5:34 pm. The Moon in Capricorn sextiles Neptune and Saturn the same day, and opposes Mars and Jupiter late that night. (Mars won't be conjunct Jupiter until next Monday.)

So you can see that the Grand Trine is continually urging new beginnings on many of us this week – which also means that we may have to say good-bye to something first. Good-byes and losses are part of the Neptune dynamic – sometimes translated as “easy come, easy go”! So if that part applies to you, I hope that you took the opportunity to make good use of the good that came into your life to get on your feet again. 

Please look to the right-hand column on Blogger if you would like these articles translated into Spanish, French, German, Japanese or any other language. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/

LATE DEGREES – see my popular article on late degrees of all the signs. Link: http://milky-way-astrology.blogspot.com/2008/08/planets-in-late-degrees-what-do-they.html

POPE FRANCIS – I finally posted a little article on the new Pope Francis and also a kind of book review on a book that accidentally talks about ancient astronomy. The article on Pope Francis is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/a-look-at-the-new-pope-franciss-astro-charts/ And the article on the best book that both is and is not about ancient astronomy is here: http://milkywayastrology.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/the-best-book-about-ancient-astronomy-that-isnt-about-astrology-per-se/

GREAT WEBSITES – In no particular order of importance: Check out Astrology.com -- free lessons online. Watch astronomic animations at http://shadowandsubstance.com/. Go to http://www.solarsystemscope.com/ for a view of our solar system and nearby stars. This guy called the correct winner of the 2012 election, and he puts out a monthly column: http://www.howardbeckmanvedicastrologer.com/wordpress/

This guy writes a cool weekly astrology newsletter and sells astro books: Dave at www.astroamerica.com.

Readers can follow not only their Sun sign horoscope but also their Ascendant for further clues to how your week will develop. NOTE: some aspects are exact on a weekend but may find opportunity for expression on the Friday or Monday nearest the exact aspect. Times given are in Eastern Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings Time depending on the season.

ARIES - March 20-April 19 – Sunday may be stressful, and end with a bit of a power struggle. Monday night is perfect for a dinner out or for loving family times. Wednesday and indeed most of the week favors a family getaway. A friend may provide surprising insights this month. A joy and a boon can arrive by the weekend. Mercury's direct station on Saturday can deliver some surprising information. Be careful who you confide in this week.

TAURUS - April 20-May 20 – Ruler Venus receives loving support Monday and midday Saturday. Ceres in your solar fourth house may find you trying out more new recipes and storing summer's bounty in the freezer. If you have not partnered up with someone at work by now, do so in a hurry, in order take advantage of Juno's energy in your solar tenth house. Visit ailing friends. Organizations which had previously supported you may suddenly withdraw that support, or your position may be eliminated.

GEMINI - May 21-June 20 – There is a great deal of energy in your solar second house, with Mars-Jupiter, Mercury and the Sun; you have many resources to draw upon to improve your earning power. One avenue may be creative writing, because Ceres in your solar third demands expression. Friends can be relied upon for laughs, and come back from vacations with the best stories to tell. Career matters may suffer reverses this week, but you will likely bounce back next week.

CANCER - June 21-July 22 – Pallas is entering your sign; attempts to logically analyze feelings will likely come to naught. However, your executive abilities may come to the fore. You can come up with creative ways to get new income streams going this summer, possibly renting out seldom-used equipment. Saturn in your solar fifth house indicates photography as a hobby, odd as that may sound. The water signs can ride emotional highs and lows this week; put your sensitivity to good use in artistic expression and in relationships.

LEO - July 23-Aug. 22 – Ceres in Leo is trined by the Uranus station in Aries on Wednesday; you may find that creative work with the hands is very rewarding – consider pottery or sculpture. Vesta is in your sign until mid-September; this can make you even more closed-minded. Now don't be that way, Leo; be magnanimous enough to concede that others may possess a sliver of the truth! Joint finances are not favored this week; get advice from others rather than trusting your own judgment just now, or put things on hold.

VIRGO - Aug. 23-Sept. 22 – You may find it helpful to buddy up with a pal for jogging around the neighborhood. Opportunities to teach may open up at local schools or the college extension. You have great energy to offer local non-profits or other local groups, so get into volunteering. You may enjoy a seminar or retreat focused on creative arts this summer. You may find your mate's emotionalism this week a bit hard to deal with.

LIBRA - Sept. 23-Oct. 22 – The Moon is in Libra from 3:41 am Sunday till Tuesday morning. The Moon receives nothing but squares on Sunday, which might ignite your “I'll show you!” sense of determination to get things done. Friends offer favors and pats on the back Monday and Saturday. You have to bite your tongue to keep from mentioning the M word to your beau, at least until September. Meanwhile, careful attention to your health needs will keep ailments from stealing your summer from you.

SCORPIO - Oct. 23-Nov. 21 – The Moon is in Scorpio from 10:24 am Tuesday till midday Thursday. Tuesday night would be so great with those trines to Jove and Neptune, except for a depressing conjunction to Saturn – but you just get your head on straight and square your shoulders, and march right up there. Mid-morning Wednesday brings an offer to help but nail that down before Mercury goes retro on Saturday. Jove makes his Grand Trine to Saturn in your sign and to Neptune, so put that emotional sensitivity to good use.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov. 22-Dec. 21 – The Moon is in Sag from 1:54 pm Thursday till Saturday afternoon. Your thinking may be confused late Thursday night; maybe you better sleep on it. You really would like to carpool with someone, but its been hard pairing up with anyone. Housing issues continue to plague you, with moisture problems top of the list. You greatly enjoy foreign friends or the beau with the delightful foreign accent. Be careful to pay all proper fees and taxes, or that could bite you late on.

CAPRICORN - Dec. 22-Jan. 19 – Sunday is a stressful day for various reasons, plus it can end in a bit of a power struggle. You can get a lot done by working with a group Tuesday afternoon. The Moon is in Capricorn from 2:39 pm Saturday thru the weekend. You amuse others on your morning coffee break Friday. You are awfully tempted to take off early for the weekend. Midday Saturday you may be surprised by how much people really care about you.

AQUARIUS - Jan. 20-Feb. 17 – Juno is at the midway point in your sign now; by now you probably have definite mixed feelings about your independent and outspoken partner. Money seems to leak away lately; track all expenses and look for tips in cutting expenses. Relatives have hilarious stories to tell about their trips and family life. Your creative works may finally be ready for a showing. Personal finances are not favored this week; get advice from others rather than trusting your own judgment, or put things on hold.

PISCES - Feb. 18-March 19 – Money comes in spurts and squirts lately; analyze how to keep a steady stream coming in. You may be dating an athlete, or at least someone very energetic and talkative. You could get very creative about applying massage and other health techniques to yourself. The water signs can ride emotional highs and lows this week; put your sensitivity to good use in artistic expression and in relationships. Watch your step at all times; make sure walkways are well-lit. 

January 15, 2010 A Very Eventful Day in Astrology: Mercury Direct and a Solar Eclipse with Venus

by Milky Way Maid

I had to send out this bulletin because I hardly touched on the Annular Solar Eclipse of Jan. 15 in my regular weekly column. This will serve as the “What Will 2010 Bring to You?” article that I promised at the end of 2009. Not only does it kick off the first month of the new year and new decade, the eclipse is conjunct Venus, and the day also sees Mercury go direct. Talk about multi-tasking! There are portents affecting love, business (especially Big Business), government, transit, mail and email and all the other communications and tele-communications that tie our world together, and probably all the transfers of money that go on every second from one bank on one side of the world to another bank on the opposite side of the world. This is reiterated by the fact that the chart has Capricorn straddling the second and third houses in a chart set for Washington DC or even for a midwest location.

The eclipse is at 25 degrees 2 minutes CAPRICORN. It is the longest annular eclipse to occur this century with a duration of 11 minutes 08 seconds. The eclipse point is at one degree Capricorn, in the Vedic or sidereal system. The eclipse will begin at 05:14 Universal Time (UT) and end at 08:59 UT. This is about 2 hours and 45 minutes, and by some rules of thumb, that means that this eclipse's immediate effects will last nearly three months; its long-term effects may last nearly three years. And because Capricorn is a cardinal sign, you may actually start having 'events' in your life as much as six weeks ahead of the eclipse.

Those with planets conjunct the eclipse may feel a 'stop' signal in their lives. They may get a message from the Universe that they are not on the right track to getting what it is they want, or rather what is the best thing for them. Capricorn, as a very practical sign anyway, and at 25 degrees it is a very practical, here-and-now phase of that or any sign, and the conclusion I make is that this eclipse carries messages about what is actually working or going to work for you -- not what you wish would work, or what ought to work according to some textbook.

BTW according to another astrologer, the ascendant of the Federal Reserve is 24 degrees Capricorn. So we ought to keep an eye on any hints in the news about whether the role of this institution is in for a shakeup or alteration in any way. Has having a Federal Reserve actually worked for the United States?? Are we better off with it or without it? Those are questions that require a hard look and honest answers.

Much is being made of the fact that this eclipse contacts President Obama's Saturn exactly, which is positioned in the twelfth house. It is also widely conjunct his Jupiter a zero degrees Aquarius. In addition, the eclipse also contacts the 26 Capricorn Midheaven of the Jan. 2009 inauguration chart. He may have to deliver some bad-tasting medicine, you might say, to the American public. He may have to make some hard choices that he wished he did not have to make. And he may have to come clean about some sweetheart deals to Big Business or Big Banks in last year's bailout bills. These are all going to bring him down to the level of mere mortals instead of Chosen Ones, but hey, we are being called to deal with practical realities not textbook examples by this eclipse in practical Capricorn.

Mercury, which goes direct the same day, is conjunct Pluto in the second house and square Saturn in the eleventh house. Delays and misunderstandings may rule the day, so postpone signing contracts or holding important meetings or speeches. We are not saying you should stay home and hide under your blanket, but be aware this is a better day for bringing up matters for clarification rather than uttering final pronouncements.

And many of those matters will certainly be related to money and/or love, since Venus is standing at the side of the Sun-Moon wedding. Let you and your honey have a real heart-to-heart over what is really important to both of you. It is much more important, for example, to have a low-key date every week (say, at the local soda shop over a nice ice cream sundae) rather than a big, expensive vacation once a year. And maybe if you are able to meet each other at the soul level, all those other mis-communications will resolve themselves.

Readers may go to http://www.shadowandsubstance.com/ to view a nice animation of the eclipse path as it begins over the Congo basin of Africa, progresses to Nairobi, crosses the Indian Ocean to touch the southern tip of India, then goes on to Mandalay and China.

What does an eclipse in Capricorn and conjunct Venus portend? Most of the answer to that question will come from your natal chart and which house is affected, and whether there are any natal planets affected by conjunction or other aspects.

ARIES: The eclipse falls in your solar tenth house of career and reputation. Venus high in your chart certainly gives you a very good chance at earning more cash this year. The North Node is also very near the eclipse, and promises that the events that transpire in 2010 will be favorable to your soul development. Mercury and Pluto in your solar ninth house are incredibly favorable for publishing or telecom ventures. Do you have a book project in the works? This is a good year to promote your book using the internet, social media, word-of-mouth campaigns, and other mass communication media.
TAURUS: The eclipse falls in your solar ninth house of travel, college, publishing and law. Where have you failed to follow through on any of these issues? With Venus conjunct the eclipse, love or cash are somehow tied in with these areas. Do you have a book project? You may finally find a publisher who extends a handsome advance. Prospective college students may locate loans and grants. Legal cases may finally come to a conclusion where you are awarded a just sum in compensation. But you did not have the right information or contact info until now, and so you can finally move forward on commissioning the right attorney, writers' agent, or whatever to represent you in your ventures.
GEMINI: The eclipse falls in your solar eighth house of wills, estates, insurance, taxes, loans and debt. Geminis will have a great opportunity to clear their financial decks of the burden of debt. If you are deeply in debt, get the proper help you need and listen, it should not cost you anything. Look up your state online, and there will be state offices with a list of bona-fide counselors to help you learn to manage your finances. Go online also to find info on what you need to know in order to contest an insurance denial, or refile your taxes, or any of a million things related to these financial issues. The eighth house also covers generational matters, which means that families may see a new addition, elders may come to live with an adult child, and adult children may come boomeranging back to their parents' home.
CANCER: The eclipse falls in your solar seventh house of partnerships and marriage. You will have cleared up the communications difficulties with your prospective partner, and can now move forward with drawing up contracts specifying your division of responsibilities. You may have been stymied in finding a counselor or other help in ironing out any difficulties in your marriage, but now you finally locate a book, counselor, or program that works for you. You might look up the book, “The 5 Love Languages”, which is probably available at your library.
LEO: The eclipse falls in your solar sixth house of health and occupation, as well as hobbies. Here again, one's hobby or avocation may become a second source of income for you, if you are able to figure out how to communicate your skills to the public. Learning a few marketing skills would benefit you now. Perhaps you can share ad space with a related service company, or simply put an ad on Craigslist like everyone else. Guard your health, and control your intake of sweets (Venus rules sugar). You can greatly improve your health over the year to come if you are diligent about taking painless baby steps to improve your diet and exercise regimen.
VIRGO: The eclipse falls in your solar fifth house of children, sports and risk-taking. Venus smiles on you for 2010 if you are hazarding the stock market or other investments, or if you gamble on sports events, or take other calculated risks. Be very careful that you understand the game, tho. Venus may bring another child into the family, or at least a house guest who is quite charming and attractive. If you have been trying to conceive or adopt, you should finally find out what agency or clinic can be of the most help to you in achieving your goal. Virgo athletes may win scholarships.
LIBRA: The eclipse falls in your solar fourth house of house and family. Perhaps you finally manage to get your home loan adjusted in the mortgage relief program signed by Pres. Obama. Your home is very, very important to you Librans, and you have fought tooth and nail to save it all through this horrible mortgage crisis. Now at last some light shines at the end of the tunnel. You find out what info was missing from prior applications for relief, and your request sails through. Family matters brighten, and you are able to express the love that you really feel for one another. Perhaps you are able to live in some kind of extended family arrangement, possibly with one family living upstairs and one downstairs.
SCORPIO: The eclipse falls in your solar third house of siblings, neighbors, local schools, automobiles and transit, and your own community. You may be able to mend fences with estranged siblings (or with problem neighbors), and finally express the love that you feel for each other. Repairing and opening the lines of communication will be paramount in the following months and long-term.
SAGITTARIUS: The eclipse falls in your solar second house of money and personal resources. This does not promise lottery wins, Sag, this is just a promising indicator that your efforts at work will continue to be recognized and compensated accordingly. But it also could indicate a change in jobs, with the new job paying more than your present position. Make sure you understand all the details of the compensation package, because employers are not throwing money at employees for nothing. Check out the manager's or president's record with the company or prior companies.
CAPRICORN: The eclipse falls in your solar first house of self and appearance. This eclipse affects you the most personally, not just in your material needs but also your innermost emotional needs for love and affection and acceptance. Capricorn often is treated as Mr. Mealticket because they are quite good at making money, but they really need to know that they are loved for themselves as well as for how well they provide for their wives and families. I think that this eclipse will bring you a special someone who does love you for yourself, although the communication part of the relationship may well need ironing out first.
AQUARIUS: The eclipse falls in your solar twelfth house of privacy and retreat and hospitals. This eclipse may bring you an opportunity to withdraw and concentrate on developing a special talent or project. Writers may finally get the chance to attend a writers workshop or retreat, or musicians may get invited to a Chautauqua music camp. And if any of you have unfortunate drug habits that you wish to be rid of, then a stay at a progressive detox facility may help you to finally shake off a self-destructive lifestyle.
PISCES: The eclipse falls in your solar eleventh house of hopes and wishes, as well as friends, groups and social and charitable organizations. You may join a charitable organization or one that provides grants or special events such as Make-A-Wish. OR you and your significant other may join a club together, hoping that the shared experiences will help keep you together.

In addition you may try looking at which house is touched by this eclipse in your NATAL chart. Use the list that follows here. My thanks to Kaye Shinker for this list.

1.The appearance you present to the world -- personality/persona, image, appearance.
2. The income you acquire one dollar at a time
3. The vehicles in your life, siblings and neighbors, community, local schools, how-to.
4. The home, your house, where you start and finish your day. Family matters too.
5. Entertainment and your ability to take a risk; children, games and sports, stock market.
6. The actual work you accomplish; hobbies, health.
7. Your partnerships: business, and otherwise
8. Insurance and taxes, loans, debts.
9. Travel and higher education
10. Career, reputation, honors and rank.
11. Earnings and dividends resulting from career; friends, charities, organizations, all groups
12. Chronic problems, enemies, retreats, hospitals.

Then, one may take note of which planets are near or are aspecting the eclipse point. If the eclipse contacts your Sun, you may experience a milestone and find new ways to make money. Your work increases your income, and you find intelligent ways to set aside the extra money you have earned. If the eclipse contacts the Moon, you may take great risks with your money, and it may actually pay off. Income can be volatile. And the biggest impact on your life is that you may move to a new home.

Eclipses that contact Mercury improve your chances for success in schooling and other intellectually demanding programs. You may be in transit a lot, either driving on the road or piling up the frequent-flyer miles. Eclipses that contact Venus improve your chances of winning money, prizes, and other bonuses during the years following the eclipse. Business partnerships formed now can be very successful, and you enjoy the pleasures that money can bring you. Eclipses that contact your Mars may bring a desire to take risks, so be careful. It is great for buckling down to outline your goals and taking steps to achieve them!

Eclipses that contact Jupiter increase your income and returns on investments, but also you may decide to spend on capital improvements, hopefully ones that will increase your income in years to come. Eclipses that contact Saturn help you learn to drive a good bargain, and thrift becomes an ingrained habit. There is nothing wrong with buying on sale, after all. You tally up your accounts and analyze where your best profits are coming from.

Eclipses that contact Uranus may bring sudden opportunities in whatever house is affected. It may be a business or travel opportunity, for example, but it may carry some risk which you need to research how to manage successfully. But it will probably be worth taking that risk.

Eclipses that contact Neptune revitalizes your creativity; your avocation may become your vocation. Your hobby may become your business if you can finally figure out how to present it to the paying public. Eclipses that contact Pluto serve to close a chapter of your life. Maybe you need to scale down possessions in order to move into a smaller place; Pluto will give you the strength to consign items to the trash or the Goodwill box. You may have a household or a business where you have to prune the payroll; Pluto will give your the strength to make these hard decisions.

And a final note: If you have a relationship that is troubled, or that you wish to resume, you might try the 40-day prayer. It is a very simple ritual that requires only that you repeat the following words at least once a day: “(name of other person), I am praying to you. Thank you, (name) for everything you have done for me. I am sorry for anything I have done to you.” Many stories of reunions or phone calls out of the blue could be related here.