Astro-Notes on February 23, 2012 – acting on ideas

Mercury in Pisces opposes retrograde Mars in Virgo and forms a semi-sextile with Venus in Aries,

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confronting us with the need to review our approach, work on uncompleted projects, reset schedules and adjust our priorities accordingly. The Sun in Pisces’ square to Juno in Sagittarius challenges us to get a better understanding of our role in relationship dynamics to avoid a potentially overwhelming effect as well as an overflow of exchanges, which could either utterly confuse us or lead to self-undoing or both. After the Moon’s ingress to Aries at 9:47 pm EST and instant semi-sextile to Neptune in Pisces, we will feel a lot more energetic, but this will only be short-lived as the day is almost over. So, this emerging action urge has to be saved for the next day.

Tarot card of the day is the “Page of Pentacles”, a card that encourages us to begin to put in place clear plans and actions that will ultimately lead us toward the fulfillment of our goals and dreams. It is time to start acting on all those grand ideas and concepts that have been brewing in our imagination. No matter what’ll take, we need to see the project through and work on the realization of our vision.

Astro-Notes on February 22, 2012 – highly perceptive

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The Sun-Pallas conjunction in Pisces begins a new synodic cycle that involves our sense of Self and self-expression and the mental strategy we use, colored in the receptive, imaginative, sensitive and idealistic template of the sign Pisces. Consequently, we’ll be showing our emotional intelligence today or the lack thereof together with our ability for holistic thinking and synthesis. We’ll be highly perceptive to all kinds of influences and vibrations, which calls for discernment. Venus in Aries’ quincunx to her dispositor, retrograde Mars in Virgo, requires an adjustment of our evaluating faculties in order to be motivated accordingly and to ‘function’ properly.

Tarot card of the day is “The Moon”, suggesting that things are vague and illusive, neither clear nor certain or definitive in any way. We may be torn between many influences and these distractions could have taken us away from our core path. Therefore, we need to reflect upon our life and use our intuitive abilities or listen to our inner voice to get in touch with our vision. Renewal is possible and secrets may be revealed as we’re walking these dreamscapes. The Moon is moreover a symbol of the turning tides and can refer to healing abilities and other psychic or intuitive work.

Astro-Notes on February 21, 2012 – Pisces New Moon

A semi-square between Venus in Aries and Neptune in Pisces urges us to pursue our ideals with undeterred

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spirit, but also with the application of higher values. Enforcing our desires or responding with anger or from the lower primal instinctual level might be helpful to release these ‘heated’ emotions, but get us nowhere. After the Moon’s ingress to Pisces at 12:31 pm EST and instant conjunction with Neptune, sentimentality and sensitivities run high, which could have a potentially overwhelming effect on feelings and composure. Mercury in Pisces’ tense sesqui-quadrate to retrograde Saturn in Libra acts as a reminder that calls us back to order and mental discipline, demanding that we restore control over our mind and stabilize our focus, because we have to be organized and prepared for situations that require proper management. This is the lead-up to the Pisces New Moon that will transpire at 5:34 pm EST, followed up by the Sun in Pisces’ semi-sextile aspect to Uranus in Aries, which emphasizes that our self-image should complement the changes and progress we’ve initiated. Therefore, Self-awareness is needed, if we want to live up to this vision we have of ourselves and this has to inspire our actions accordingly. It’s moreover the time of the year, where we have to close accounts, tie up any remaining loose ends and attend to unfinished business. As we empty ourselves, purify and purge, we make space for new seeds to be planted and liberate ourselves from the ‘karmic residue’ that’s staining our soul so that a new life can emerge, which allows us to start over at the Vernal Equinox.

The Sabian Symbol for the New Moon at 2:42 Pisces states:

“Petrified tree trunks lie broken on desert sands. Keynote: The power to preserve records of their achievements, which is inherent in fully matured cultures – INDESTRUCTABILITY.”

(Dane Rudhyar, “An Astrological Mandala: The Cycle of Transformations and its 360 Symbolical Phases”, Page 270)

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”
Saint Basil the Great (329 – 379)

In this sense, reflecting upon what we wish to plant or to be remembered by will be essential in regard to our ‘karmic records’ and also for our soul’s peace or at least for a clean conscience.

Tarot card of the day is “Strength”, suggesting that we draw upon our inner strength and the power of our spirit and will. With compassion and understanding can we handle the most difficult situation and also tame the beast within. We have the ability to be tolerant, forgiving and accepting and thus can gently influence our environment. Furthermore, we can be assured that we have enough endurance to see things through to their end and get a lot accomplished.

Astro-Notes on February 20, 2012 – coming out on top of it

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The perfecting semi-sextile between Pallas in Pisces and Uranus in Aries indicates that a strategic adjustment toward progress has been made that ends a phase of waiting or cluelessness during which we weren’t sure if we could proceed with our projects as we had envisioned. As Ceres in Aries also completes her trine to the North Node in Sagittarius (sextile to the South Node in Gemini), we now know that support is within reach and thus that our long-term future prospects have been taken care of, because we can rely on revived connections from the past that help us to get ahead.

Tarot card of the day is the “7 of Wands”, suggesting that we’ve come out on top of the situation. Things should be going well and projects should be moving right along. Positive change is coming (this card follows the Tower card from yesterday) and we can go after what we want.

Personal Note: I was finally able to talk to my mom yesterday. She’s still very much incapacitated from her fall and the head wound she suffered, which came quite as a shock to me (The Tower card yesterday), because nobody had really said much about her accident and we had the impression that it wasn’t as bad as we had feared. Well, she has been lucky to get immediate assistance, which prevented the worst-case scenario as she’s a bleeder now due to the medications she has to take because of her heart pacemaker. So, the important thing is that she rests and slows down instead of being on her feet and doing chores, which is something that doesn’t come easy to her unfortunately. I urged her to be careful, but that would be the first time she would listen. Sigh. Also, I found out that she has sent me a letter with pictures and some funds, which hasn’t arrived yet or might even be lost. This has never happened before, but there’s nothing we can do about it. Hopefully, it might just be late due to the weather. In the world news an example of the daily astro-weather is provided in the avalanche in the Seattler area in the Cascade mountains that took the lives of 3 experienced skiers. The survivor, though shocked and devastated, says that she will definitely go skiing again.

Astro-Notes on February 19, 2012 – getting unstuck

Early this morning at 1:17 am EST did the Sun make ingress to Pisces, where he joined Neptune in

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conjunction. Therefore, this energy shift also begins a new synodic cycle that involves our sense of Self, our creativity and performance in relation to our visions, dreams, ideals and awareness, colored in the holistic, synthesizing, uniting and unifying template of the sign Pisces. Consequently, today we’ll be experiencing a heightened identity sensitivity, which could incline us to give in to escapism, no matter in which shade or disguise that comes. The Moon followed suit with an ingress to Aquarius at 5:28 am EST and instant semi-sextile to the Sun and Neptune. Whatever interfered with our sound sleep at that time has been discarded quickly so that we were able to dose off for another while. Throughout the day though, we’ll be excitable, a bit edgy, ready for change and prone to sudden mood swings. As Mercury in Pisces forms a semi-sextile with Ceres in Aries and then squares the nodal axis, we need to finish up what we’ve started in matters that refer to communication and connectivity, which means we have to take care of uncompleted texts and letters and act in support of plans we have envisioned. We’ve reached a turning point destiny-wise, where we have to release outdated thought patterns and instead embrace broader concepts in order to expand our horizons and extend our connections.

Tarot card of the day is “The Tower”, signifying inevitable change that can bring liberation and freedom. Our present lifestyle, attitude or people in our environment are changing. There might be shock due to the suddenness of the events as well as upheaval, but if we’ve been stuck in a rut this will help us to climb out of it.