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Astro News You Can Use December 31, 2018 – January 6, 2019

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - December 31, 2018 - Blog post

ASTRO NEWS YOU CAN USE
from Karmic Evolution’s Astrologically Speaking’s Sheri Horn Hasan December 31, 2018–January 6, 2019:

Mars, the god of war, marches into his own sign of Aries on New Year’s Eve, December 31st, & energizes the Scorpio Moon’s trine to Neptune in Pisces almost immediately following. Have fun and dance the night away, or spend it engaged in a deeply soulful, empathic reverie, but either way try not to do anything you’ll regret, because when the Capricorn Sun meets Saturn on January 1st or 2nd—depending on your time zone—you may find yourself having to account for your actions!

On January 3, Mercury in Sagittarius squares Chiron in Pisces & it pays to remember that words can wound, even if they’re said in the name of a cause…or perhaps BECAUSE they are said in the name of a cause…
However, Mercury follows this aspect shortly after with a trine to Uranus in Aries, which tells us a better way to heal our karmic wounds now may be by viewing them from an alternative perspective, rather than simply from the same old viewpoint…

Charity & compassion prevail on January 4 when the Capricorn Sun sextiles Neptune, but Mercury’s entrance into Capricorn that day lends more gravitas to our communication and paves the way for extreme Capricorn energy at the Capricorn New Moon & total solar eclipse on January 5.

That’s because, just after Venus in Scorpio trines Chiron & applies some soothing balm to any of our wounds, the Capricorn New Moon & total solar eclipse occur right in the middle of transiting Saturn & Pluto at 15 degrees 25 minutes (5:28 p.m. PT, 8:28 p.m. ET!)

This Capricorn New Moon sets the tone for a more solemn 2019 as the two luminaries–plus Mercury, Saturn, & Pluto–all congregate as they move toward the Capricorn South Node now. Also, Uranus in Aries squares the transiting karmic nodal axis, & Venus quincunxes Uranus, which means more surprises are likely in the beginning of the new year, particularly around the collective and its changing set of values…

This is particularly true because this total solar eclipse lunation can act like a sudden jump start to a car battery, meaning we must always expect the unexpected! Look for where 15-16 degrees Capricorn lands in your natal chart to determine the area of life where new information may shine through as the Sun’s own light is “eclipsed” now.

Further define the meaning of this eclipse by observing which, if any, planets, angles, or house cusps aspect the Capricorn New Moon/total solar eclipse within three degrees.

A grand water trine between Venus, Chiron, & the Cancer North Node softens all this Cap energy some, as does the Moon & Sun’s sextile to Neptune, & Jupiter in Sagittarius’s square to Neptune.

Sun sextile Neptune provides opportunities for us to realize & ground emotional, charitable, & spiritual energy through the process of visualization; while Jupiter square Neptune cautions us that ungrounded flights of fantasy rarely become manifest reality.

The grand water trine lightens all this earthy, traditional, empirical, rational Capricorn energy by juxtaposing it against tender, sensitive, nurturing, empathic, & deeply-felt emotions, & asking us to find healthy ways to integrate all this earth and water…

Finally, the great change-maker Uranus stations direct in Aries on January 6, a direction he’ll continue as he plans to re-enter the sign of Taurus March 6 for the next six years. This will further strengthen and emphasize the need for value shifts as time goes by…

https://karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking/ Join me Thursday, January 3, @ 11 a.m. PT & 2 p.m. ET, to explore this current Capricorn New Moon/total solar eclipse energy, & to take a look at the major astrological influences on tap for 2019! See you then!

(Also, don’t forget—if you can’t catch the show live, there’s always the replay Sundays at 4 p.m. or 7 p.m., respectively, OR you can access the archived recording at the same link above anytime!)

#Capricorn, #solareclipse, #eclipse, #partialeclipse, #newmoon, #Moon, #Sun, #Mars, #Aries, #Neptune, #Pisces, #newyearseve

Namaste…

#NewMoon, #newyear, #solareclipse, #wound, Aries, Capricorn, Chiron, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Venus

Cancer Full Moon December 22

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - December 21, 2018 - Blog post

Sun Into Capricorn December 21/Winter Solstice
Cancer Full Moon December 22

On December 21, the day before the Cancer Full Moon, the Sun enters Capricorn & the winter solstice–the shortest day & longest night of the year, at least in the northern hemisphere—arrives.

As the Sun moves out of happy-go-lucky, adventurous, & optimistic Sagittarius and into more solemnly serious Saturn-ruled Capricorn, it’s time to recognize that hard work results in a strong sense of accomplishment & satisfaction as we move through life.

When we put our nose to the grindstone, we’re capable of achieving much & our resulting sense of accomplishment is what leads to us to feel like responsible adults.

Saturn, and by extension it’s sign Capricorn, represent the no-nonsense, physical, concrete empirical world where persistent perseverance and the will to rise to a challenge rely on our assurance that feeling successful in life is what counts most.

And this is true, as long as we are clear on what defines “success” for each of us individually. This definition may change from our younger years to our middle ones, and again later in life, depending on our natal Saturn placement, the house(s) it rules (with Capricorn on the cusp), planets in Capricorn, and our response to transiting Saturn’s journey throughout our lifetime.

The Saturn/Capricorn archetype often manifests early in life, meaning we may carry a strong sense of seriousness & adulthood about us—even before we’ve lived long enough to truly achieve the title “adult.”

As we age, however, the wisdom of maturity allows us greater flexibility as we realize we need not emulate “adulthood” based on what we were taught, told, or forced to believe is its definition. Over time, we learn “that which will not bend with break…”

As we reach the northern hemisphere’s shortest day of least light at the winter solstice, the entrance of the Sun into more melancholy Capricorn reminds us there’s hard work ahead. And the definition of hard work may just turn out to be our ability to trust…

Trust that we’ll make it through to the other side, that winter truly will recede and make way for the approach of spring, & faith that we’ll once again feel the warmth of the Sun on our faces.

I Keep Fighting Voices In My Mind That Say I’m Not Enough

The ancients saddled Saturn with the moniker the “greater malefic,” which comes from a more fatalistic view of life in general. The bad reputation acquired by both Saturn and Capricorn through the ages is often based upon the association with authoritarian, restrictive, harsh, strict, stuck, suppressed, repressed, or depressive energy—in short, anything that causes us PAIN.

Modern astrologers—especially psychological & evolutionary ones–don’t accord Saturn such a fateful role. As the Lord of Karma, Saturn (and by association his sign Capricorn) teaches us how to grow up and survive while providing us with the kinds of experiences that lead to self-discovery.

“The frustrating experiences…connected with Saturn are obviously necessary as they are educational in a practical as well as a psychological sense,” writes Liz Greene in her book Saturn, A New Look at an Old Devil. “Whether we use esoteric or psychological terminology, the basic fact remains the same: human beings do not earn free will except through self-discovery, and they do not attempt self-discovery until things become so painful that they have no other choice…it’s not the enjoyment of pain that Saturn fosters, but rather the exhilaration of psychological freedom.”

Astrologer Steven Forrest echoes this sentiment when he talks about Saturn transits, saying they often deliver to us two choices: depression or exhaustion.

“Saturnian depression is often the kind that arises from very concrete outward situations that are ‘stuck,’ Forrest told me during an interview on the subject several years ago. “Depression is so ‘medicalized’ in the popular imagination now. It is important to remember that people get depressed for good, specific reasons: bad health, no money, overwhelming but meaningless responsibilities.

“Saturn requires hard work, and that is sometimes the cure,” he continued. “But it also requires that we mature–a situation that was formerly engaging to us might grow sort of stale. For example, when you are young, it is good to date. As you get older, you might need to move on into marriage. If you’ve gotten there inside yourself but you haven’t made the changes, you’ve flunked Saturn–and you will experience depression.”

Remind Me Once Again Just Who I Am

How often have we heard other people say to us at one time or another in life “you’re just like your mother,” or “you’re just like your father?”

The Cancer Moon reflects back to the Capricorn Sun its own light at this Cancer Full Moon, highlighting the parental axis and our early upbringing, both literally and psychologically. That means this Cancer Full Moon raises issues about our childhood and asks us to review whether or not we’ve matured into our own best loving parent.

The Moon rules Cancer, an archetype of nurturing, sensitivity, security, the past, habit, memory, family, and mother. Saturn rules Capricorn, and archetypally represents authority, hard work, responsibility, achievement, success, and father.

Cancer associates with mothering, while Capricorn suggests the authority figure in any family, usually the father. Of course, this is not always so, and Capricorn energy can reflect back to the one who sets the rules, be that mom or dad, or anyone else during our youth.

In pondering the meaning of this Cancer Full Moon, the question arises: from whom did we learn how to be our own best adult or parent? And, are the terms “adult” & “parent” synonymous based on our early experiences?

Authority figures most often come in the guise of literal parents—be they biological or not—but can also be represented by teachers, clerics, judges, or other institutional organizations. The point is that it’s through these “role models” that we absorb our ideas & perceptions about, and opinions of, ourselves.

Now, these ideas—and the way we think about ourselves as a result—may be accurate or inaccurate, true or false. The problem is that we’re exposed to them from birth and through our early childhood developmental learning phases, and so are not capable of objective rational analysis, or looking at ourselves from the outside.

In short, how do we see ourselves–through someone else’s eyes, or through our own? If through someone else’s eyes, then who? Mommy? Daddy? Grandma or Grandpa? Your second-grade teacher, your priest, reverend, minister, rabbi, or imam?

This makes it all the more important that we utilize this Cancer Full Moon’s energy—along with the Capricorn/Cancer transiting karmic nodal axis for the next 16 months—to ascertain the accuracy of our self-perceptions, and to release those which prove false…

In doing so, we may begin to shed any “false” personas acquired through what we were taught, told, or forced to believe when young, and replace these with what we’ve discovered about ourselves on our journey toward true mature adulthood thus far in this lifetime.

Try A Little Tenderness…

As in the past few lunations, Uranus—still retrograde in Aries—squares the transiting Capricorn/Cancer karmic nodal axis. We know this is in large part an energy affecting the collective, and that Uranus represents change, especially social change.

A square is frictional energy, so something’s gotta give and we’ve had many examples of what that something has to be over the past few months or more. Uranus energy revolves around the need for evolutionary change, but the more we resist such change, the greater is the force of change that may suddenly shock or surprise.

And what’s ripe for change now?

The Capricorn South Node, which is a kind of “keep a stiff upper lip, man,” and the rigid upholding of tradition, regardless of whether that tradition has outlived its useful purpose or not, is faced down by Cancer’s more sensitive, nurturing and protective energy.

Authoritarian Capricorn—much more likely to tell you to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and make something out of yourself and stop your whining already—is being asked by Cancer to lighten up. Mom says you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, but Capricorn believes all you need do is work hard and you’ll reap your just rewards.

Now, neither of them is correct when taken to an extreme.

Extreme Capricorn can be found where there is no compromise, no bending, no negotiation, it’s dad’s way or the highway. And extreme Cancer coddles and overprotects to the point where a child will never learn to grow up and face the real world.

The nodal axis calls us to look for middle ground here, without going to either extreme. And Uranus square the Nodes tells us that whichever side we’ve gravitated toward that’s caused imbalance in our lives is where we need change, & perhaps drastically so…

When the scales have been tilted too far to one side for too long—and this nodal axis says it’s been more heavily weighted toward the Capricorn South Node, since the South Node is always about past karma—then it’s time for a change our perspective. And it’s Capricorn’s polar opposite, Cancer, that we need to gravitate more toward.

And change can happen by recognizing that yes, all of us have to be responsible individuals, do our part, pull our weight and all of that, but that we can also have compassion for both ourselves and others as we go through life.

And I Believe, Oh I Believe…

This lunation brings into play a waxing Mercury/Jupiter in Sagittarius square to Neptune in Pisces. Mercury squares Neptune exact on December 24 and may contribute to some over the top good feelings during this holiday period.

However, Mercury’s influence here is brief because he moves so quickly through the zodiac, so it pays to be alert about what you hear or say now and to make sure you can verify any communication you receive or distribute.

Jupiter’s square to Neptune, however, takes on greater import because after exacting on January 13, it will occur twice more in calendar year 2019—in July and September. While normally this can be an extremely altruistic combination, it cautions us to beware of over-idealism, especially in the realm of religion, spirituality, relationships, and finance.

Beware false gods & gurus on the spiritual side—the guru/disciple relationship often mirrors a parental one (God our father, anyone?), while this Cancer Full Moon & the Capricorn/Cancer transiting nodal axis call us to become more confident of our inherent capability to be our own best parent. Others may guide us, yes, but not ask us to be subordinate, especially when the goal is conscious self-fulfillment and freedom of expression.

Money and gambling become other themes to watch closely during this period, as we may all have to try hard not to fall for any get rich quick schemes! As always, whenever Neptune’s involved, it’s good to remember that all that glitters is not necessarily gold. If you can’t afford to lose it, don’t put it into play…

The Moon sextiles & the Sun trines Uranus at this lunation, too, telling us that the opportunity certainly exists for us to take advantage of working on changing up any internal concepts that move us from self-judgment toward self-compassion.

Release self-conceptions that don’t prove nurturing—or worse yet promote only self-harm—at this Cancer Full Moon, and prepare to wrap up another year by understanding that no matter what happened in the past, we did the best we could with what we had to work with, i.e., limited resources, be they physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual, at the time.

If we work on this now, we may go forward into the new year cherishing all that we’ve learned from our past experiences and grateful that we’re developing into mature, learned, adults who can take loving and compassionate care of ourselves—mind, body, & soul–in healthy ways…

You Say I Am Strong When I Think I Am Weak

I chose this song You Say by Laura Daigle, a contemporary Christian singer, because its lyrics best exemplify how to create a positive internal point of view that differs from a current negative one.

She speaks here of God, but I believe god, goddess, creator, universe, source energy–call it what you like–is INSIDE of us. Rather than searching for an external father or parental figure, why not recognize that for every negative or pessimistic put down we can think of about ourselves, there’s always an alternative positive perspective with which we can replace it.

That’s Uranus square the Nodes at his best! Shift your reality, increase self-discovery, and get younger and more flexible as you age!

You Say

Laura Daigle

“I keep fighting voices in my mind that say I’m not enough

Every single lie that tells me I will never measure up

Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low?

Remind me once again just who I am because I need to know

You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing

You say I am strong when I think I am weak

And You say I am held when I am falling short

And when I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours

And I believe, oh I believe

What You say of me

I believe

The only thing that matters now is everything You think of me

In You I find my worth, in You I find my identity, o-ooh

You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing

You say I am strong when I think I am weak

And You say I am held when I am falling short

And when I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours

And I believe, oh I believe

What You say of me

Oh, I believe

Taking all I have and now I’m laying it at Your feet

You have every failure God, and You’ll have every victory, o-ooh

You say I am loved when I can’t feel a thing

You say I am strong when I think I am weak

You say I am held when I am falling short

When I don’t belong, oh You say I am Yours

And I believe, oh I believe

What You say of me

I believe

Oh I believe

Yes I believe

What You say of me

Oh I believe…”

Namaste…

#Fullmoon, #karmic, #nodalaxis, #selfdiscovery, Cancer, Capricorn, Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, solstice, Uranus

Astro News You Can Use December 17 — 23

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - December 18, 2018 - Blog post

ASTRO NEWS YOU CAN USE
from Karmic Evolution’s Astrologically Speaking’s
Sheri Horn Hasan
December 17-23

This week began with December 17’s Aries Moon square Pluto in Capricorn, followed by the Moon trine the Sagittarius Sun, & then its conjunction with Uranus in Aries–a bit of an emotional roller coaster that hopefully enlightens us all in some way, particularly about our relationships!

The Sadge Sun squares Chiron in Pisces on the 19, calling us to utilize the inherent tension between our ego-oriented selves and our inner hurt or pain to develop stronger emotional boundaries. This means putting up a façade when we’re hurt doesn’t necessarily help us heal over the long term as much as will a sense of self-compassion, self-acceptance, & the elimination of guilt.

When the Sun trines Uranus on December 20 we may be in for a happy surprise, a welcome change to our routine, or an aha! moment meant to further enlighten us in some way. And when Venus in Scorpio trines Neptune on December 21 notice any increased loving & charitable emotions toward family, friends, and/or the world at large, as this is an aspect that opens one’s heart to the concept of “there but for the grace of God go I…”

Mercury meets with Jupiter in optimistic Sadge later that day, just before the Sun enters sobering Capricorn & the winter solstice occurs. This meeting is bound to be about something important and an announcement of some kind may be made, so keep your ears open and stay optimistic!

The Sun’s move December 21 sets the tone for the next month, as he joins Pluto & Saturn already in the sign of serious, responsible, “no pain, no gain” Capricorn. Our thoughts may turn inward now, so best to remind ourselves of our love for others by making a gratitude list while the Sun’s here to prevent negative thoughts and to continue to build a solid strong foundation when the Capricorn Sun meets both Saturn AND Pluto later this month…

December 21’s shortest day and longest night of the year is followed by the Cancer Full Moon on December 22 when we’re asked to release any externally-derived negative self-images in order to replace them with a more realistic, positive, & conscious understanding of who we really are.

For a clearer perspective of this, here’s a hint: We are ALL solar, unique, individual, creative beings here for the purpose of growing in conscious about our mission in life and what makes our us—meaning our true soul—TRULY happy!

Like the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, the winter solstice reminds us spring is not really all that far away. No matter how bleak or dire the dark may seem here in the northern hemisphere, the literal growing of the light will soon become obvious. All we need do is hold on and have solid faith that the Sun will come out tomorrow…

https://karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking/ Join me Thursday, December 20, @ 11 a.m. PT & 2 p.m. ET, when I’ll dive more deeply into the upcoming Cancer Full Moon, & the Capricorn archetype & its potential connection to depression…see you then, namaste!

#ahamoment, #Fullmoon, #wintersolstice, Aries, Cancer, Capricorn, moon, Pluto, Sagittarius, Saturn, Uranus

Aries Full Moon September 24

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - September 24, 2018 - Blog post

We’re Not Gonna Take It (Anymore)

This Aries Full Moon, occurring at 2-degrees Aries/Libra–@ 7:52 p.m. PT & 10:52 p.m. ET–sets up a confrontation between clearly male & female archetypal energies, and between our rational ego-dominated beliefs and perceptions & those that hail from a more intuitive lunar landscape.

Every month a different full Moon sets up an archetypal confrontation between two polar opposites, and between the rational, objective ego (read: Sun) & intuitive, subjective unconscious (read: Moon) realms of our psyches.

This serves the purpose of providing us the opportunity to make conscious our unconsciously-driven (or subconscious) emotions, habits, and deeply-rooted needs for security. The need to release our ego’s attachment to the empirical factual world only, & its reluctance to acknowledge the importance of intangible feelings & intuitions, is what’s highlighted at every full Moon lunation.

Why is this so?

Because when we can release our ego’s stubborn reliance on the empirical world by entertaining the notion that emotions are not necessarily antithetical to objective rational reasoning, we may begin then to integrate any given set of opposite archetypal energies.

In general, the Libra Sun is an archetypal energy that doesn’t feel whole without a partner, and identifies itself as relationship-oriented. Libras are kind, artistic, considerate—they are after all Venus-ruled!

Archetypally, Libra energy applies its principles of fairness, balance, justice, & harmony to relationships, which is why this archetype is so very good at mediation & striking compromises.

The down side of Libra energy, however, lies with the fact that so good is one at seeing, hearing, & understanding both sides of an argument, the result can be confusion about how one really feels.

This can virtually paralyze those who carry Libra energy to any great degree, as they become hampered by their indecisiveness & truly unsure about how they feel about any particular subject.

Such indecisiveness earns Libra the reputation of “fence sitter.”

Further, so skilled is Libra at brokering a compromise, the person forging the compromise doesn’t always realize whether or not the end result of that negotiation will prove long lasting. In other words, will the truce negotiated truly satisfy them forever?

The bottom line here is that Libra prefers to avoid confrontation at all costs and would rather give in or compromise than fight.

This sets up a situation that results often in passive-aggressive behavior by this Libran archetypal energy. In other words, compromising too much for the sake of a harmonious relationship may make us angrier in the long run.

And so any given compromise may come back to haunt us—and often does–sometimes in the not so distant future…

The question ultimately becomes: Where does the Libra archetype draw the line? When does she find that compromise is no longer the answer because she feels too strongly about an issue to sacrifice her dignity, pride—perhaps even her entire identity—as she’s too greatly threatened to compromise away her rights?

In short, when does Libra decide she has no choice but to fight?

We’ve Got The Right To Choose, No Way We’ll Lose It!

The Moon in Mars-ruled Aries is a fighter. This archetypal energy can run the gamut from the violent warrior–in the fight purely to satisfy his blood lust nature–to the higher-minded understanding that one can (& should) fight for those who are too weak to defend & protect themselves.

The Moon signifies our emotions, our inner child, & our intuition. It’s the repository of our past & dwells in the realm memories, habits, & the less conscious behaviors we exhibit throughout our lives. Thus, the Moon depicts female anima energy that uses the intuitive process to alert us to what we need to feel truly secure.

The Moon in Aries seeks to move and express itself freely, be that mentally, physically, emotionally, &/or spiritually.

Aries is an instinctual, naturally proactive energy which manifests often inathletes, soldiers, adventurers, and entrepreneurs, or those who forge ahead independently in any given industry or area of life.

When that freedom is thwarted, regardless of the reason why, this lunar energy can become frustrated or angry.

Aries Moon energy wants action & wants it now! This is soothing to the Aries archetype: witness anyone you know with Aries energy (or a fire Moon for that matter) who needs to run, exercise, scream & yell, or take some kind of outward action when frustrated or angry.

How we manifest our frustration &/or anger in the concrete physical world of our current incarnation is up to each of us. Mars, known to be impatient, impetuous, fast-moving (as in acting before thinking), motivated, & assertive, can also be aggressive, angry, & potentially violent when feeling thwarted. This is the sign of male sexuality.

At this Aries Full Moon, this more subjective emotional Aries Moon—prone to movement & freedom of expression as part of its need for security–pits herself against a cooler, rationally objective Sun, which believes compromise is the only way to end a dispute.

We’ll Fight The Powers That Be, Just Don’t Pick Our Destiny

One can almost feel the palpably rising tension & anger in the air as we wax toward this Aries Full Moon. And that tension becomes ever more heightened when we realize this lunation forms a cardinal T-square to Saturn.

And Saturn’s in Capricorn, meaning he’s part of the establishment. He believes that rules, boundaries, & barriers form the safest and most structurally sound foundation in life. When crossed, he can be rigidly inflexible, punitive, and adamant in his belief that carrying on old traditions is the best–& only–way forward.

In short, the Saturnine archetype—including as the ruler of Capricorn—often translates into fear of change…

What becomes extremely clear at this Aries Full Moon is that the battle between our need to be free to express ourselves vs. our need for peace born of compromise can fill us with insecurity about in which direction we may “safely” push the envelope.

Do we side with the Aries Moon, which meets up with Hygeia (the female asteroid signifying health) & wounded healer Chiron, the dwarf planet representing karmic wounds, including those from both past lives and this lifetime?

Or do we place our bets on the Libra Sun, Mercury, & Ceres, & simply hope that another mediated agreement will keep everything copacetic—for now?

The implications of an either/or scenario become more fraught when we realize that the presence of Ceres, known in Greek mythology as Demeter, can gives rise to a “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” kind of energy…

Demeter is the mother of Persephone, who’s infamously kidnapped, raped, & taken to the underworld by Pluto/Hades, the ruler of this territory, to become its eventual queen.

However, prior to Persephone’s terms of release (6 months in Hades, 6 months above ground with her mother), Ceres’ grief and wrath at her daughter’s sudden shocking disappearance continues unabated as she begs the gods to release her daughter.

When they refuse—mostly by throwing up their hands and saying “what can we do?”– Ceres storms the earth, unable to contain her rage & grief at what she deems to be an unnaturally forced separation of mother & daughter.

Thus, as she allies with the Libra Sun & Mercury now, opposite to the Aries Moon/Hygeia/Chiron, she seems to be saying “I’m mad as hell & not particularly interested in the establishment’s inability to act right now!”

Crimes Against Nature…

It’s this deeply-rooted karmic anger and grief that the Aries Full Moon asks us now to act upon in order to ultimately release it. She asks us as well to let go of our rational objective animus-oriented reliance on the past as protocol for the future, implying that action is necessary for positive growth & movement forward, and reminding us that progress is not made by standing still…

We realize that revolutionary Uranus—square the transiting karmic Nodes of the collective at this Aries Full Moon—demands change as well. Retrograde, but still in Taurus, Uranus calls us to find new, innovative, & outside-the-box solutions to old dilemmas, particularly as they relate to any old, outdated, or outworn value systems.

Mars on the Aquarius South Node square Uranus says much the same thing, and calls to us to release that which keeps us stuck in a past that refuses to accept change as a natural law of physics.

In recognizing the undeniable winds of karmic change blowing now, we may ask ourselves:

Do we want to go forward or remain forever stuck in our old ways?
How can we affect change if we don’t even try?
What are our revelations at this time about how we can intuit outside-the-box revolutionary solutions to old problems?

We must remember that stasis is unacceptable, as change is part of the law of natural cycles. Likewise, these cyclical attributes of nature demand to be respected. Anything less will be considered a denigration of anima-related holistic, healing, time-honored intuition, and considered a crime against nature…

Finally, it pays to remember that “hope” was the last thing to fly out of Pandora’s box of evils once opened & sent out among humankind.

We may see some salvation out of this seeming impasse through the positive flowing aspects of the Aries Moon & Libra Sun to the Aquarius South Node/Mars & Leo North Node now.

Any actions taken (read: release) as a result of this lunation can’t fail to move us in the right karmic direction—both personally & collectively.

Let’s just try to remember that killing the messenger—ultimately—won’t do any good for our future prospects of living in peace & harmony. If we can release our karmic wounds so that healing may begin we’ll be able to move into a more positive, less combative, more harmonious future…

…one that doesn’t require so much compromise that the same issues simply continue to arise again and again and again…

It seems most appropriate at this Aries Full Moon to post both the lyrics & video
of Helen Reddy singing at the Million Women March in Los Angeles in early 2017:

I Am Woman

Helen Reddy

“I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back and pretend

‘Cause I’ve heard it all before
And I’ve been down there on the floor
No one’s ever going to keep me down again

Whoa, yes, I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained

If I have to I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman

You can bend but never break me
‘Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I’ll come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
‘Cause you’ve deepened the conviction in my soul

Whoa, yes, I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained

If I have to I can do anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman

I am woman, watch me grow
See me standing toe-to-toe
As I spread my loving arms across the land
But I’m still an embryo
With a long, long way to go
Until I make my brother understand

Whoa, yes, I am wise
But it’s wisdom born of pain
Yes, I’ve paid the price
But look how much I gained

If I have to I can face anything
I am strong (strong)
I am invincible (invincible)
I am woman

Oh, I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman
I am invincible
I am strong
I am woman…”

~ Helen Reddy, Ray Burton

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August 6 – 12, 2018 Astro News You Can Use!

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - August 12, 2018 - Blog post

THIS WEEK’S ASTRO NEWS YOU CAN USE!: The Leo Sun squares Jupiter in Scorpio, Venus enters Libra, and the Gemini Moon squares Neptune on Monday, August 6. Have fun, relax, enjoy, & remain mindful that it’s time to realize that no dispute, previous confrontation, or conflict is incapable of being met head on and mediated. Try not to escape into the fantasy that either you are the sole victim here or that burying your head in the sand will bring you greater consciousness.

Uranus—ruler of the currently transiting lunar nodes—stations retrograde in Taurus August 7 and later that night the Cancer Moon makes frictional aspects to both Mars and Pluto. Try to utilize this energy to further your evolutionary push by going deep about the TRUE source of your anger. Uranus’s about face will bring the number of planets currently retrograde to 7, so check in with your inner guidance system and remember it’s time to react & strategize, NOT ACT!

On August 8th, both Venus in Libra and the Leo Sun provide opportunities for triggering AND healing our deepest wounds, aided by a grand water trine between the Cancer Moon, Jupiter in Scorpio, & Neptune in Pisces. Emotional vulnerability continues on August 9 when the Cancer Moon opposes Pluto in Capricorn, Venus quincunxes Uranus, and Venus squares Saturn in Capricorn, setting us up for the arrival of the powerful Leo New Moon solar eclipse on Saturday, August 11. On Sunday, August 12, Mars retrograde enters Capricorn, and we’ll be called to build a stronger foundation around utilizing healthier ways to express our anger AND our proactive tendencies in the future. Namaste…

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Cancer New Moon Solar Eclipse July 12

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - July 12, 2018 - Blog post

The Mother & Child Reunion

The Sun in protective, sensitive, caring, nurturing, vulnerable, watery & emotional Cancer represents home, family, roots, tradition, mother, security, habit, memory, & the past. In a nutshell, it’s childhood.

Ruled by the Moon, Cancer is your inner child, your emotions, what I like to call your “soul.” It doesn’t reason, it FEELS. And in so doing, it tells us what we need to feel truly secure. But Cancer energy often hides her true feelings. Deemed too painfully fragile or confusingly emotional to reveal, Cancer subjugates her emotional needs to those of others.

So, while the Cancer archetype shines through the figure of a loving, sensitive, & nurturing mother, her darker archetypal side lies sometimes in coddling & over-protecting her children and, more importantly, herself.

Think of it this way: who wants to expose their most sensitive vulnerable parts to the world? Not Cancer! No! Archetypal Cancer energy is far more suited to deflect attention from its own emotional well-being and to distract people from worrying about her by focusing on taking care others.

Such behavior is often driven by FEAR–fear of exposure of one’s most vulnerable sensitive parts, one’s most fragile emotions–which often sends the Cancer archetype diving back into her shell for safety & the comforting reassurance that no harm will befall her there.

Compassion, understanding, mothering, & security fall into the category of “emotional needs,” at least for most of us. This Cancer New Moon opposite Pluto calls us to dig down to the bottom of our emotional depths to contemplate whether we’re getting what we need emotionally or not.

Do past memories and habits influence what we think we need to feel emotionally secure? Or does staying tied to the emotional past make us feel better? Do we mistakenly assuming that old habits & behaviors (relationship dynamics, for example) are better (read: less scary) than developing new habits and patterns?

That which is familiar is comfortable, but not necessarily the healthiest, as many of us know.

When the Cancer Moon meets up with the Cancer Sun and both luminaries oppose Pluto in Capricorn July 12 we will experience a showdown between our need to expose our true emotional needs and our desire to keep them hidden.

The question now becomes: what’s truly beneficial for your soul on an emotional level? How can you become your own best, nurturing, mother?

Heart & Soul Of The Matter

Pluto’s about transformation. He says: “kill or be killed.” Any death in our external world—be it literal or circumstantial (say, like the death of a relationship or job, for example)–is representative of an ending.

But death need not be literal, and in fact most often is not. Rather, often death is symbolic, metaphorical, figurative. Literal or symbolic, it’s of utmost importance to understand that death paves the way for new life, and that when something dies it creates space for something new to be born.

It’s simply that often we don’t recognize such symbols, synchronicities, or circumstances for what they really represent, and so we grieve endlessly, pine, whine, beg and cry, praying to go back to the future again though we know it’s impossible…

This Cancer New Moon takes on greater import because it’s also a solareclipse. Solar eclipses are like jump starts to a car battery. Often, they can give us a jolt. We may be shocked, surprised, taken aback, nonplussed, etc., but whether we deem such surprises “good” or “bad” remains to be seen.

An eclipse’s energy may take effect in our lives up to three weeks prior to the actual event, so think back. Certainly, this eclipse’s energy was in play at the June 27/28 Capricorn Full Moon, which aligned Saturn & the Moon in Capricorn and pitted them both against the sensitive, vulnerable, Cancer Sun.

At that time, the Capricorn Full Moon asked us to release unnecessary judgments, both self-judgments and those which condemn others. We could not ask for a clearer archetypal metaphor representing the split between our inner judgmental authority “father” figure and our internal unconditionally nurturing “mother.”

Now, however, as the two luminaries unite in Cancer & face-off with Pluto in Capricorn, we’ve got a repeat of similar energies—at least up to a point since it’s a Cancer/Capricorn kinda opposition still. It’s the two luminaries’ opposition to Pluto that provides us the opportunity to kill off old, outworn, obsolete internalized shadow parental figures of yesterday, yesteryear, or yester-life. Pluto, the king of “endings,” symbolizes quite clearly that it’s our own fear of becoming conscious of our shadows that needs to die now…

Eclipse energy can influence us for between six months to two years, in general, or longer depending on the duration of the actual eclipse. This is a partial solar eclipse, and so likely to be of shorter duration than past or future total eclipses of the Sun.

No, I Would Not Give You False Hope

Take heart, as the intensity ratchets up as we approach the July 12 Cancer New Moon solar eclipse @ 20-degrees 41-minutes @7:48 p.m. PT, 10:48 p.m. ET.

Jupiter, the planet of higher consciousness, stationed direct in Scorpio–the sign ruled by Pluto–July 10 @13 degrees, providing some context for our intensity and for that of those around us. Jupiter direct (expansion of consciousness) in Scorpio (shadow side, secrets, truth, transformation, etc.) provides the opportunity for us to more consciously confront our shadow side–both personal & collective.

And who’s the best protagonist to represent one’s shadow side? Right you are, it’s Pluto! That’s because Pluto’s evolutionary purpose lies with allowing us to transform from being scaredy-cats—you know, afraid of our own shadows!—into strong empowered individuals.

In essence, Jupiter’s station direct in Scorpio increases its expansive affect upon this Cancer New Moon solar eclipse, allowing us to better recognize the not so nice parts of ourselves and to realize they’re not so scary after all…

Meanwhile, Venus entered virtuous Virgo on July 9, proffering us additional background information leading up to the July 12 Cancer New Moon solar eclipse. Venus in Virgo offers us a way to better digest, cope with, & integrate our shadow through the incorporation of daily rituals and holistic (read: metaphysical & energetic) practices.

Don’t Let The Shadow Win!

As with all new Moons, this is an extremely fertile time. This Cancer New Moon solar eclipse invites us to plant seeds of unconditional self-love & self-nurturing so that we may stand strong and work in tandem with the evolutionary forces of Pluto rather than against them.

How do we do this?

Whenever Pluto’s concerned, it’s always better to go with the flow than against it! And any death—be it literal or metaphorical–clears the way for new birth.

We can start by bringing our unconscious thoughts & behavior patterns into consciousness. While we’ve got so much retrograde activity in the heavens currently, why not review (or look back at & acknowledge) unhealthy habits or behaviors, negative thinking, & harsh self-judgments in the cold hard light of day.

The more we need to learn empowerment, the greater our challenges will seem leading up to this Cancer New Moon solar eclipse. It’s now we may come face to face with that which we fear the most: our unconsciously driven behaviors, so often reflected back to us in the behavior of others.

Yes, that’s what I said: if we’re not conscious of our shadow side, we project that energy out and it’s mirrored back to us through others, particularly as this Cancer New Moon solar eclipse opposes the king of shadows, Pluto…

Only then can we determine whether to continue to repress these negative thought patterns & behaviors, or to plant seeds to begin integrating them into our consciousness so that we may become whole. At a certain point in each of our lives, we’re called to come out of hiding and practice being our own best mother.

Healthy mothers don’t make negative judgments about their children. They don’t treat them badly, cruelly, starve them of sustenance in the form of either food or love. And in that way, they nurture us into happy, healthy, emotionally mature adults who’ve learned how to nurture ourselves.

Try A Little Tenderness…

We may all plant seeds at this Cancer New Moon solar eclipse that can blossom into true internal emotional security & the knowledge that it’s ok to tend to your own emotional needs first.

When that happens, you’ll withdraw the projection onto others of your own needs, stop attracting needy partners, and come clean about what it takes you make you feel happy, healthy, and emotionally secure FIRST before you go out to nurture others…

As always, easier said than done, but Venus–now in virtuous, service & health-oriented Virgo–says we must practice. We all know Rome wasn’t built in a day, so take it slow, as every step forward represents progress toward greater consciousness…

Pluto as an archetypal energy likes to tear down or destroy that which is no longer necessary for us as we make our way along our evolutionary path. The more we resist moving forward, the harder we may fall, at least in our own minds and hearts. So, our mission revolves around getting to the heart of the matter in ways that don’t devastate us.

Now’s the time to discern what we need to feel truly nurtured through non-judgmental self-compassion. We might ask ourselves the following questions now:

· If I were a plant, how often would I need to be watered (or fed,or held, or listened to, or simply to cry without being judged a wuss or a softie or a pansy, or attacked?)

· What makes me feel secure at my core, makes my heart & soul sing–how can I do (or get) more of that?

· What can I do to nurture myself without having to rely on others to do it for me? (Be especially mindful of the smaller things you may incorporate into your life on a daily or other regular basis such as meditation, yoga/exercise, or the exchange of one habit for another—such as, say, smoking for juicing, or tv watching for walking!)

When we tend to our own hearts, we need not waste extraneous energy on others and thereby deplete our own emotional reserves. So, asking who or what drains you and/or makes you unhappy vs. who or what lights up your heart because they nurture you?Therein lies the secret of what makes people & all living things grow healthy, tall, and strong!

Here’s Paul Simon’s Mother & Child Reunion, which seems perfect for this Cancer New Moon Solar Eclipse energy!

Mother & Child Reunion

Paul Simon

“No I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away

Oh, little darling of mine
I can’t for the life of me
Remember a sadder day
I know they say let it be
But it just don’t work out that way
And the course of a lifetime runs
Over and over again

No I would not give you false hope
On this strange and mournful day
But the mother and child reunion
Is only a motion away

Oh, little darling of mine
I just can’t believe it’s so
Though it seems strange to say
I never been laid so low
In such a mysterious way
And the course of a lifetime runs
Over and over again…“

~ Paul Simon

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Aries New Moon, Mercury Direct, Chiron Into Aries!

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - April 19, 2018 - Blog post

Shoot For (Not At) The Moon

This Aries New Moon may have a shock or two in store for us–of the “change or be changed!” kind–when the two luminaries in this proactive fire sign collide with Uranus, the symbol of unexpected events, also in Aries.

There’s an awful lot of cardinal energy at this Aries New Moon, what with not

only the Moon, Sun, Uranus, & Mercury in Aries, but Saturn, Mars, & Pluto in Capricorn, too.

Cardinal energy is initiative and Aries energy impatient.

The Moon will meet the Sun at 27 degrees & 2 minutes of Aries @6:57 pm PT

& 9:57 ET on April 15 & go on to conjoin with Uranus about four hours later. To say this energy holds the potential to be explosive would be an understatement!

This Aries New Moon brings the two luminaries & Uranus together into the energy force field of the proactive & action-oriented warrior, athlete, or otherwise motivated individual. It’s meet up with Uranus indicates we may be impatient because on some level—conscious or unconscious–we know that we are ripe for some kind of change.

At March 31’s Libra Full Moon I suggested we all think about the following:

How can we find greater balance between going it alone & getting our own needs met?

Whatever answers you came up with at the time are part of what will hit home for you at this Aries New Moon. Whatever decisions you procrastinated making–or perhaps made too hastily–may come back to you now through some sort of change, particularly in the realm of partnerships.

Whenever Uranus is involved, we astrologers also know that the longer we’ve spent resisting change, the more sudden and surprising that change is likely to be. Some the questions you might want to ask yourself now include:

Where have I been feeling frustrated, depressed, or dissatisfied with my life?
How has this made me feel: angry, frightened, impatient, sad, or in some other way unhappy?
How do I process fear around the thought of change, and actual changitself? Do I resist it, welcome it, or something in between?

Over The Moon…

So, remember I mentioned that Saturn, Mars, & Pluto are in Capricorn at this Aries New Moon? Well, not only that, but during the hours leading up to the Aries New Moon the Moon will square Saturn, then Mars, and then Pluto.

These past few days may have seemed up and down for some of us, and turbulence the name of the game. For those who pay attention to the national & international scene, U.S. President Trump last week said he wanted to pull U.S. troops out of Syria soon.

He then announced on Wednesday that he’d rain down missiles on Syria in retaliation for the gassing of its own citizens earlier this week. On Thursday he said he might OR he might not. Friday evening he launched the threatened missile strike, joined by French & British allies.

What’s THIS got to do with your life?

As I’ve noted before, it’s important for those of us attempting to grow in consciousness not to separate the outer world from the inner, but rather to integrate these two energies so that our inner self is in greater attunement with the world around us. If we create our own reality, then we must first define what that “reality” is, right?

So, we can use outer events—even those that may not happen TO us directly, yet still affect us in one way or another—to better understand how the collective’s energy has manifested externally.

In this case, as we’re approaching the exact joining of the Aries Sun to the planet Uranus on April 18–and it’s as this energy grows in strength that we’ll be experiencing the Aries New Moon on the 15th–we can tell what’s going on internally by recognizing how these energies manifest externally.

We can see how the past week or so has been filled with ups and downs, twists & turns, one step forward one step back type energy. And those who are metaphysically-minded also know that “as above, so below, as within so without, as the universe, so the soul…”

This Aries new Moon is a force to be reckoned with because it’s as if once the train has started down the track, it’s hard to stop it. Its forward motion is exacerbated by its pending meet up with Uranus because the combination of Mars (ruler of this Aries New Moon) & Uranus is like a speeding train (or missile) with no brake…

Evolution Vs. Revolution

Pluto in Capricorn has been about the long-term evolutionary trajectory of changing the way we do “business as usual.” Saturn in this sign of ambition & success tells us “slow & steady wins the race,” while Mars in Capricorn is like the general leading the army with deliberation, & planned & well thought out strategies designed to “win.”

While Mars continues to wax into an exact meet up with Pluto in Capricorn onApril 26, it pays to bear in mind that–although Capricorn energy is cautious,

slow, & steady—Mars/Pluto energy is extremely powerful, and not to be underestimated in its potential for explosiveness… So, while this Aries New Moon challenges us to find new and innovative ways to allow change to happen–but through a measure of controlled action—it pays for us to be aware that Mars will increasingly push his call for action onto evolutionary-minded Pluto!

So, the message becomes both dichotomousand clear: change is coming, but how we decide to handle that change is up to each of us individually. If the spark that ignites change propels an unstoppable juggernaut into action, we might want to be sure it’s heading in the right evolutionary direction.

Therefore, how we all handle any resistance to change through clinging to old ways: mindsets, beliefs, loyalties, security (including to the material world) is key at this Aries New Moon.

If we’re blindsided now, all the more reason to let go; but only to the point where you can hang on loosely! Steering will become important as you go, so keep this mind: sudden actions, be they fortuitous or grievous, can still be handled, and handled well. The key is not to panic or to lose one’s head altogether…

Material Re-E-Value-Ation

Also at this Aries New Moon, Venus in Taurus opposes Jupiter retrograde in Scorpio. This tells us that our values are up for E-VALUATION, and as we pursue our evolutionary course, hopefully consciously, we may also contemplate where or how our values may be out of sync with our true soul’s needs.

Huh?

This means we can all ask ourselves the question now: Is what we think wewant really what our soul truly needs?

This is always the case with frictional Venus/Jupiter aspects. Jupiter expands, Venus wants what makes her feel good. Both are well-advised to stop and ask whether it’s quantity that will bring true happiness, or quality…

Venus trines Pluto now, too, and from Taurus to Capricorn can be a grounding influence. Just as the slowly building Capricorn Mars/Pluto energy will eventually counterbalance the quickness of Uranus at this Aries Full Moon & beyond, so may this trine temper it as well.

Remember, however, that Mars/Pluto is about evolutionary change while the more fleeting Venus/Jupiter energy is about our true values. And Venus, of course, is also about relationships…

As the Aries New Moon takes up where the March 31 Libra Full Moon left off, it also pays for us to ask whether we find more success in going it alone or together. And, either way, what is our evolutionary end-goal?

Mercury Direct–Wiser Through The Ages!

Mercury stations direct early morning April 15, about 16 hours before the Aries New Moon exacts, and this coming week communication should slowly begin to return to normal.

Wait, watch, & listen for it—your phone will ring, your email will ping, your texts will chime, and letters appear in your mailbox…it’s almost like all will return to normal.

As you begin to wind your way back into the flow of all things communicative, remember this: you’ve just spent 21 days during which your left brain has been suspended, and your right brain reigned supreme.

This is primarily why so many astrologers caution against signing contracts, buying high ticket items, etc.—for fear that our normally logical, empirically-oriented brains will miss the details, the small print, the bottom line.

And often this is true, but let’s remember also that this has been a period during which our psyches have brought up from our subconscious into consciousness important messages from our soul’s higher self. Likewise, objectively learned information was transferred down into the unconscious to become embedded there as true wisdom.

And it’s this wisdom that will be carried with your soul into future lifetimes, just as the wisdom from prior lifetimes was embedded in your psyche to make you as wise as you are today! (Don’t snicker—regardless of any mistakes you feel you’ve made since birth in this incarnation, your soul has to have learned a thing or two from past life karma!)

Saturn Retrogrades & Chiron Into Aries April 17

This coming week will see Saturn station retrograde, Chiron move into Aries– both on April 17–and on April the Sun moves into harmonizing Taurus.

The keyword for Taurus archetypal energy is “serenity,” and hopefully this is what we we’ll all strive for during the next month.

Saturn’s retrograde period—which lasts until September 6—is a one during which if anyone or anything leaves our life it means they were not instrumental to our future growth…in consciousness…

Any departure now—of a person, a job, a material possession—means you have no use for them or it in the future, and the astrological advice is to let it go…often this is one of the hardest lesson to learn…

Yes, it’s true that Saturn can bring tears, sadness, isolation, lonliness, &depression, but please, please, pleaseremember that his mission is ultimately a positive one: to help us all understand that we can make it on our own!

This is to say we don’t need anyone or anything—contrary to what our feelings may tell us—to survive. And, as time passes, not only does a departure create space for a new arrival, but being able to stand on our own means we get to choose who and what we want in our lives rather than simply having to accept what we get!

How glorious to know that if the world were to disappear right in front of our very eyes, we’ve got what it takes to survive because we are our own best friend, nurturer, and authority!

Saturn always says “the buck stops here,” and his purpose is to mature us ot the point where we can sustain any setbacks and not only survive, but thrive, because we always know we have ourselves to depend on and trust.

And that’s a good thing…

Chiron’s another story, as he moves from the watery Piscean domain he’s inhabited for the past eight years into fiery independent proactive Aries energy on April 17 until June 19, 2026. (He will retrograde back into Pisces twice during this period, but more on that anon…)

Chiron’s move into Aries tells us all the time is ripe to begin (or continue) to heal wounds around any inability to express our personal will, be it on a mental, physical, emotional, or spiritual level.

So plant new seeds now at this Aries New Moon that state your intentions: if you’ve been too dependent on others for your own happiness, use this time to nurture & grow self-confidence & self-love.

If you’ve been too independent, & in being this way denied your own need for nurturing, take this Aries New Moon opportunity to institute into your life some self-care and perhaps explore where you might unburden yourself through the help of another or others.

Let’s face it, most of us did not come here to be alone. But neither did most of us come here to remain co-dependent our whole lives. Use the enegies of this potentially explosive change-oriented Aries New Moon to recognize in what area of life change is necessary, roll with it, but then seize the tiller & navigate your way toward your desired evolutionary future!

Here’s a song that I think perfectly fits this Aries New Moon energy:
Bob Dylan’s revolutionary ode, covered by Tracy Chapman

The Times They Are A’Changin’

Tracy Chapman

“Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown

And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won’t come again

And don’t speak too soon
For the wheel’s still in spin
And there’s no tellin’ who
That it’s namin’
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin’

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be who has stalled

The battle outside ragin’
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don’t criticize
What you can’t understand

Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin’
Please get out of the new one
If you can’t lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin’

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast

As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin’
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin’…”
~ Bob Dylan

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Capricorn New Moon January 16, Venus & Sun Move Into Aquarius!

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - January 16, 2018 - Blog post

Do You Know What You Don’t Know?

Tonight’s Capricorn New Moon @26-degrees 54-minutes in the sign of the goat calls us to get serious about both what we KNOW and what we have still to learn.

Capricorn, ruled by authoritative serious taskmaster Saturn, is never in it for the kicks. Rather, this is an archetypal energy that’s old and rigid when it’s born and slowly relaxes to become more flexible as it ages.

What does that mean?

It means that right now we find the ruler of this perigee (closer to Earth than most full moons), blue (two full moons in the same month) Capricorn Full Moon large, in charge, & relentless in its goal to make us wiser…

This is particularly true now not only because the Moon & Sun, but also Saturn, Mercury, Venus, & Pluto are in the same sign—hoo boy, that’s a lotta Cappyenergy! In addition, and at least until March 8 when Jupiter stations retrograde— all planets are in forward motion now.

Most astrologers liken Capricorn energy to serious, success-oriented, and goal-driven behaviors, and all of this is true. Capricorn energy possesses a propensity for hard work, organization, upward mobility, and maintaining a positive reputation in a particular field, specific industry, or the wider world in general.

Astrologer & Jungian analyst Liz Greene tells us in her book “Saturn: A New Look at an Old Devil” that Saturn’s placement in our birth chart informs us where we came into this lifetime feeling inadequate. Likewise, any house (or houses) ruled by Saturn’s Capricorn are likely to be areas where our personal inadequacies rear their ugly heads.

Where Saturn resides in our chart (by house & sign), and the house or houses ruled by this mentor figure, tells us where we’re likely to feel frustrated, thwarted in our self-expression, and/or to meet with difficulties.

However, here’s the good news: We come in with a road map—where Saturn lives in our chart (and the house or houses ruled by him) is where we’re CONSCIOUS of our self-perceived inadequacies. For this reason, many of us spend a large part of our early lives feeling flawed, but aware of our feelings, which eventually allows us to change them.

And how do we do that?

Simple: we learn!

“The frustrating experiences connected with Saturn are obviously necessary, as they are educational in a practical, as well as psychological, sense,” Greene states.

At this Capricorn New Moon, we’re all being asked to discover what we DON’T know, and how to best learn it. Likewise, we’re called to own what we DO know—what we’ve studied or worked hard to learn, whether it’s on an intellectual, emotional, physical, or spiritual basis.

Live & Learn From Fools & From Sages

In this day and age, I doubt there’s much dispute that different people learn best in a variety of different ways. So, some of us may have been handed our lessons from the harsher more subjective school of hard knocks as opposed to an objective, factual, logical, empirical, classroom & book-learned setting.

Capricorn is, after all, a practical earth sign, and it’s possible our lessons were learned through physical or mental repetition, whether in a classroom or out on the streets.

You know, repeating the same thing over and over until you finally “get” it…

Any way you slice it, Saturn-ruled Capricorn is about coming into this lifetime with a perceived deficit, and turning it—through hard work, dedication, and a desire to be the BEST you possible—into your metaphorical treasure chest.

Saturn represents lead. In the middle ages, alchemists attempted to change lead into gold. Little did they know this is impossible, and that what they were really attempting was to find external physical “proof” of the internal intangible metaphysical notion of transformation.

Whether we start out life thinking we possess a physical, emotional, mental or intellectual deficit doesn’t really matter. What’s important is that when we look back we recognize the slow, steady, determined, progress we’ve made to overcome being saddled with, or hampered by, this “deficit.”

This Capricorn New Moon’s exact message depends on the stage of your individual Saturnian journey, or where you’re at in the transformation of lead—or your perceived short-comings–into metaphorical gold.

However, whether we’re still young and working on it, middle-aged and more accomplished, or post-second Saturn return, it’s time for self-validation and to admit to ourselves that we have learned a thing or two from our painful past experiences.

If these experiences hurt us deeply enough, they likely propelled us into some level of self-awareness. If so, then Saturn’s done his job. However, what you dowith this newfound self-awareness ultimately makes the difference between “real” success and its mere outer trappings.

Sometimes it’s discerning between these two that presents the most serious Saturnian challenge.

Our lessons can come from anywhere—a parent, family member, teacher, friend, cleric, cop, lawyer/judge, colleague, boss, etc. Hell, we might even occasionally hear words of wisdom from our car mechanic or that dude on the checkout line in the grocery store…

It’s not where you hear it, it’s whether or not it applies…

You Got To Lose To Know How To Win

Pain is the mightiest teacher, as Liz Greene states, and it can teach us to become bitter, cold, and non-caring, or kind, appreciative, loving, and compassionate. Most of all, it teaches us self-compassion, something many of us may believe is unnecessary.

This Capricorn New Moon calls us to realign our thinking on this matter. First of all, where are you in your Saturnian journey? Do you use your self-perceived deficit to beat yourself up mentally or emotionally by thinking you’re not good enough and never will be?

For some, it’s time to continue to learn things for the first time, and this Capricorn New Moon asks you to commit to overcoming any personally-perceived inadequacies by moving forward and not giving up.
Giving up is not usually part of Capricorn’s lexicon, although initially this energy is capable of dragging us down farther than it is of lifting us up.

No matter how strong the downward pull toward negative thinking or depression becomes, it pays to remember that there’s another meaning to this energy. While negative past experiences may have hurt us deeply—partners leave, jobs end, possessions and/or money disappear—the message is often a deeply Saturnian one.
Initially, these painful losses most likely strengthened our conviction that we suck big time at something or other in life.

However, the truth is that those people, circumstances, or things are/were not instrumental to our future growth and that to achieve our highest goals we’re better off without them.

In fact, over time, you may understand how it was these external people or circumstances that dragged you down in the first place…

In fact, some of us may too often fast forward to feeling another’s pain, but lack the ability to acknowledge our own pain and learn self-sympathy as a result. This can seriously trip us up as we’re faced with learning life’s lessons.

It pays to remember there’s an alchemical process at work here.

This Capricorn New Moon may depress us, slow us down, or make us exceptionally cautious; however, it teaches us also that slow and steady wins the race.

While some of us may feel inert, depressed, or as if the world has turned an even darker shade of black at this time, we can remind ourselves that we’re in the middle of a transformative process…

Perhaps we can conceive that our thoughts have a grander purpose–one that can assist us to find a raison d’etre in the microcosm or macrocosm of our life at any given point, or help us recognize our true path forward…

…one that’s meant to lead us to our internal metaphorical gold.

We metaphysicians call this “soul growth.”

Dream On

For others, the impetus behind self-improvement initiatives resulted in the feeling that you’ve “arrived.” You’ve learned what there is to know in any particular area of life and now you’re ready to become a mentor.

Helping us out at this Capricorn New Moon, regardless of which pattern fits your life right now, is Jupiter in Scorpio’s sextile to Pluto in Capricorn providing us the opportunity to expand our own consciousness through self-empowerment.

Remember that Pluto, the slowest moving planet in our galaxy, set the Capricorn backbeat in 2008 when he first moved into this sign I like to call “business as usual.” At that time, we experienced here in the U.S. a great recession, as housing prices tumbled and many home owners fell into debt.

We’ve come back from that now, but Pluto’s journey through Capricorn has a few more years still to go. Last December he was joined by Saturn moving into its own sign, which strengthens this Capricorn theme even more for at least the next three years.

The other planets in Cap at this Capricorn New Moon are a definite statement that our chickens have come home to roost and that the piper must be paid…no longer can we run from our perceived inadequacies by sweeping them under the rug or pretending they don’t bother us.

Now is the time to plant seeds that will grow into greater self-empowerment, not despite our perceived inadequacies or flaws, but because of them!
Insecurity is insecurity whether you let it drag you down into the quicksand or you turn it inside out and mask it behind a facade of superiority. Either way, you’re burdened by not being true to yourself…

“If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in ife, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you. On one level, we all know this stuff already. It’s been codified as myths, proverbs, cliches, epigrams, parables; the skeleton of very great story. Teh whole trick is keeping the trugh up front in daily consciousness.“ ~ David Foster Wallace

Outside The Box Structure

At this Capricorn New Moon, we also have Mars quincunx Uranus, the planet of unexpected change, reminding us not to move too carelessly or too fast.

Aquarius energy, when deemed to be ruled by Uranus, is conceived of as revelatory and revolutionary. When we consider Saturn to be the ruler of Aquarius, we find a recipe for building or rebuilding new structure from within.

A Capricorn New Moon would not call for revolution, even when followed so closely by the Sun’s ingress into Aquarius, the sign of humanity.

Rather, the signs seem to point–as Mars moves into a trine to wounded healer Chiron, that we use our own willpower to shift around some of our internal energies. If we bring them into greater alignment little by little, we can face our future boldly and without fear.

When Venus moves into Aquarius on January 17, our relationships become a bit more daring and less conventional. The Sun follows Venus into the sign of the water bearer on January 19, and it’s then we’ll be called to take this Capricorn New Moon’s commitment to build a stronger sense of internal security to heart.
How?

Through knowing that if we’re ever left totally on our own WE WILL SURVIVE!

And that, if the foundation under our feet crumbles away unexpectedly, we’ll soldier on, and rebuild it stronger and better than it was originally. It’s this kind of knowledge that helps us become a little less fearful day by day…

Remember the Capricorn backbeat–all else springs from, reverberates around, and resonates to this bass line. When we attribute Saturn’s rulership to forward-thinking, ahead of its time Aquarius, we can rest assured we’ll download how to rebuild or restructure any system by tapping into something greater than ourselves…

Steven Tyler‘s song/video Dream On seems to have the perfect lyrics to capture this Capricorn New Moon energy’s message that as time goes by, we live and we learn…

Dream On

“Every time when I look in the mirror
All these lines on my face getting clearer
The past is gone
It went by, like dusk to dawn
Isn’t that the way
Everybody’s got the dues in life to pay

I know nobody knows
Where it comes and where it goes
I know it’s everybody sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life’s in books, written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know it’s true, oh
All the things come back to you

Sing with me, sing for a year
Sing for the laughter, and sing for my tear
Sing with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Yeah, sing with me, sing for the year
Sing for the laughter, and sing for the tear
Sing it with me, if it’s just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

Dream on, Dream on, Dream on
Dream until the dream comes true…”

~ Steven Tyler

Namaste…

#astrology, #compassion, #depression, #empowerment, #insecurity, #NewMoon, Aquarius, Capricorn, Mercury, Pluto, Saturn, Sun, Venus

Cancer Full Moon January 1, Happy New Year!

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - January 2, 2018 - Astrology, Blog post

RESOLUTION TO BUILD A FIRM & LOVING FOUNDATION

The message emanating from today’s Cancer Full Moon is one that reminds us to relax and release any rigid thinking keeping us chained to a tough love mentality of the “pull yourself up by your bootstraps and simply succeed, man!” kind…

What’s wrong with that way of thinking, you ask?

Nothing, as long as it’s NOT at the expense of one’s ability to feel and to exhibit compassion—especially self-compassion.

Since Saturn began his journey December 19 through his own sign of Capricorn—where he’ll reside for three years–he’s joined Pluto, the king of slow transformation, already in Capricorn since late 2008.

The Sun & Venus followed Saturn into Capricorn for their monthly stays on December 21 & 24, respectively, and we’ve seen a shift over the past two weeks since December 18’s fiery Sagittarius New Moon energy into staid Capricorn–a far more grounded, earthy, ambitious, practical, success-oriented archetype.

In short, we got a whole lotta Capricorn energy goin’ on right now…

This Cancer Full Moon is fine with that, but what she craves most is emotional safety and security. To her, achieving THAT defines success!

At this lunation, The Cancer Moon—the sign of family, security, the past & its memories, habitual behavior, nurturing mother, vulnerability, & deeply ingrained emotional psychological patterns—opposes the harsher less emotive Capricorn energy.

As she stands in opposition to not only the Capricorn Sun, but to Saturn, Pluto, & Venus in Capricorn as well, she tells us now’s the time to release any fears that prohibit the building, maintaining, or expanding of our foundation for future success.

And by foundation, I mean both the inner & outer structures upon which we may work toward a successful future…

NO LOVE WITHOUT COMPASSION!

The Cancer Full Moon highlights for us all the issue of fear, and asks that we initiate the process of non-attachment—from both our material and emotional worlds…

In its quest for success, Capricorn energy often forgets how rigid and cold (two archetypal traits of its ruler, the planet Saturn) it can appear when making judgments, signing cut and dried contracts, and myopically climbing the ladder of personal success.

We can almost hear the uber-sensitive, compassionate Cancer Full Moon beseeching this cluster of planets (stellium) in Capricorn to hear her plaintiff plea: “Yes, but what’s all of your success FOR? If it’s NOT about building a heartfelt connection to those we love for the purpose of emotional security & fulfillment, then WHAT?”

This Cappy stellium is likely to reply ingenuously, “what’s love got do to with it?”

Ah, yes, what indeed?

Capricorn, ruled by Saturn–Father Time & Lord of Karma–is always about structure.

And any foundational structure encompasses our fundamental belief system because it’s our beliefs which provide us a strong sense of external reality. Capricorn, a cardinal earth sign, represents taking initiative in the material physical world.

On the more metaphysical side, Capricorn the goat wasn’t always a dry land creature—he was once of the sea. This sea-goat, who climbed ambitiously out of the chaotic emotional waters of the ocean deep and onto terra firma, did so to adapt, evolve and, eventually, to thrive.

Think of the huge amount of motivation & ambition it took for this sea creature to drag himself from the ocean onto the shore, and the subsequent power he must have felt through accomplishing this goal. Such a feat was seconded only by his survival, adaptation to new terrain, and his ability to sidestep any potential environmental perils.

Despite the sea-goat’s metamorphosis—or more precisely because of it–the symbolism is clear: the Capricorn archetype originated from emotional beginnings. Its watery inception, however, was shed—like a snake sheds its skin—and replaced by earthy, practical, physical concerns.

The Cancer Moon in opposition to this strong Capricorn energy alerts us to remember that the Capricorn archetype contains within it the watery beginnings of the sea-goat. Ergo, it’s very existence is rooted in FEELING…

EVERY TIME I OPEN UP IT HURTS

Capricorn is uber-responsible; Cancer uber-sensitive…existential loneliness is the potential plight of the Capricorn archetype, while extreme emotional vulnerability through fear of abandonment is the Cancer archetype’s Achilles heel.

Cancer represents a more obviously emotionally vulnerable and compassionate archetypal energy rooted in early family life. However, her plight is the same: she’s driven not by fears of a dearth of physical resources, but rather by a lack of emotional ones.

Capricorn energy is more likely to take an uber-responsible stance and emotionally FEEL: “I’ll do it because I HAVE to—because nobody else will!” At his inner core, Capricorn is not convinced there are enough resources to go around, so he strives to achieve emotional security and satisfaction through the physical material plane.

It’s almost like saying the sea-goat realized intuitively that staying in the ocean forever wouldn’t ultimately provide enough boundaried security and safety. The sea is uncertain, amorphous, ever-moving. Capricorn’s archetypal energy isn’t comfortable with such uncertainty and inconstancy.

What’s was a Cap to do when he feels so ungrounded?

One possibility is that his deeply ingrained distrust of the finite nature of his world (read: current resources) led to his compulsive expansion onto land. Once there, however, his distrust that scarcity might leave him vulnerable again convinced him to keep pushing upward and onward…

Meanwhile, exposure of one’s soft white underbelly to the world at large frightens the heck out of the Cancerian archetype, causing her to fearfully run and hide from the world she deems to be too big, cold, and cruel to emotionally bear.

Fear can become the Cancerian manta and color everything in her world. Often this energy “hides” her extreme emotional vulnerability behind a mask of nurturing, compassionate mothering-type energy, and deflects attention away from her own deeply hidden emotional insecurities and fears of abandonment.

This Cancer Full Moon reminds us of the juxtaposition between these two archetypal energies, and that it’s integration that’s necessary.

We can’t go around being hard-asses our whole lives out of a desperate fear of losing our resources—a deeply hidden fear that simply perpetuates our need for more and more physical accoutrements.

Neither can we weep profusely, mire ourselves in fearful worry about emotional exposure and abandonment, or hide behind the guise of a “mothering” role forever…

YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART

Ah, but wait! It’s possible this Cancer Full Moon’s formation of a grand water trine to Neptune in Pisces and Mars/Jupiter in Scorpio can be of help!

While water equals emotion, a grand trine can work in one of two ways: it can cause us to tap into our emotional natures and have compassion for both ourselves and our fellow human beings, or it can create a kind of emotional closed circuit.

The latter means that our sensitivity at the Cancer Full Moon may flow inward ONLY and result in a kind of “why me?” mentality that sends us scuttling into our hard, protective shell. A shell from which we won’t emerge again until we feel completely, totally, unerringly SAFE.

What other defense does water energy have against such a seriously driven, boundaried, less emotional earth one like Capricorn?

The trick here is to recognize that, although Cancer & Capricorn are polar opposite energies, both have their origins in the watery emotional realm.

Helping us out is the sextile formed by Venus & the Sun to Neptune, providing us the opportunity to benefit from this a whole lotta feelin’ goin’ on now, too…

None of us survive on money alone. We can try, and many do, but when we recognize that our ambitious need to acquire is driven by our deeply hidden fears we see, if we are smart, the opportunity to better define and subsequently release these fears.

This Cancer Full Moon reminds such strong Capricorn energy—so likely to feel like the last man standing who develops an “I know this is gonna hurt, but it’s got to be done!” mentality—to remember that at heart it’s about HEART.

Capricorn may say “I’m doing it this way because this is the way it’s always been done!” Cancer reminds him that none of his knee-jerk rationales guarantee freedom from emotional hurt, and that lurking in the subconscious of Capricorn energy lies emotional depths about which this archetype is often unaware.

We know the Capricorn archetype seeks success but often perceives the universe as finite. So, it does not necessarily contemplate the emotional expansiveness that’s possible. Such expansiveness includes widening one’s definition of “success” out into the emotional realm. It’s here that safety and security for his soul might cause him to adjust his previous hard sought after goals…

If not, it’s too easy for the Capricorn archetype to continue to take his definition of success at face value, and to dismiss the more watery emotional realm that lies beneath.

The most obvious cliché stereotype is of the successful, rich, “I can have anything I want, long as I have money” business man who—although he owns a beautiful house in a desirable neighborhood, marries a beautiful wife, fathers beautiful children, and acquires many possessions—finds himself empty and unhappy. Charles Dickens’ Scrooge is a perfect example.

And so, this Cancer Full Moon reminds the Saturnian/Capricorn energy within each of us to be gentle with itself and to become aware of its vulnerabilities.

“Take down that mask of steely resignation and acknowledge from where such commitment to succeed comes!” this Moon cries. “Wo/man cannot live by reason and empirical success alone! WHY do you do what you do?”

Nor can one live by pure visceral gut-wrenching emotion alone.

This Cancer Full Moon asks us to get rid of anything that prevents us from integrating these two archetypal energies: the task master who wants to build the firmest boundaries possible through the material world, and the sensitive, vulnerable, frightened, hurt child within.

You know, the one who cries out in the night for love, acceptance, protection, solace, and healing…

SURPRISE, SURPRISE, URANUS STATIONS DIRECT

Almost exactly 12 hours after the Cancer Full Moon, Uranus, the planet of unexpected events, change, and revolutionary revelations, reverses course and will begin to pick up steam to travel full speed ahead.

What does this mean?

Well, within the context of the Cancer Full Moon, it’s going to be about not only tapping into your own capacity for self-compassion and forgiveness, but to then extend that out to loved ones and the world in general.

Uranus takes seven years transit through a sign, and usually a zodiacal house depending on the configuration of one’s individual birth chart. He retrogrades (appears to move backward) once annually for approximately five months each time.

Uranus last stationed retrograde on August 3, 2017 and now begins forward movement again on January 2, 2018.

The retrograde period for this planet, which rules the zodiacal sign Aquarius, is a time when we may reconnect to parts of ourselves that have been split off. If we think of Uranus/Aquarius as the harbinger of sudden unexpected events, we know that many times surprising events can be traumatic.

For this reason, sudden happenings can have long-term repercussions, both positive and negative in nature, depending.

What Uranus asks us most is to NOT stay eternally, perpetually, mind-numbingly the SAME forever! He’s anti-stagnation and for that reason seeks to shake us out of whatever rut we may have dug ourselves deeply into over the course of time.

Hence, his connotation with revelations, some of which may lead us to revolution in our personal lives or the wider world.

Erin Sullivan writes in “Retrograde Planets,” that “…the long-term process of the Uranus cycle is to gradually produce a new perspective.”

Aha! Eureka! Now we can ask ourselves as we begin the new year 2018 ahead, WHAT perspectives of ours need to be replaced? Where have our ways of thinking or our situations become outdated, no longer useful to us? And how can we replace the old with something new?

As we make our way into 2018, this theme will be prominent. It’s obvious in the politics of the world around us. Even if you’re not into national or global political happenings, one cannot fail to see that change is all around.

The external representation of internal changes? Methinks so…

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” ~ Lao Tzu

It’s up to us all to recognize the silver lining in any cloud of change we incur in our lives and to make lemons into lemonade!

And we can start—this Cancer Full Moon tells us—by examining the beliefs by which we live, upon which we’ve built our foundational security, and determine whether they still hold true for us or whether they actual hinder us more than they help…

Into the deep dark shell of Cancerian vulnerability and the vastly hidden iceberg-like nature of Capricorn’s darkest fears that finite resources will assure his demise—for who can outrun physical death–can we shine a light?

Can we acknowledge that change is good and that no matter what happens we can go with the flow instead of becoming more rigid and inflexible due to fear, or burrow our heads deeper in the sand believing that if we can’t see it we won’t have to deal with it?

Uranus says “no!” It’s time for forward thinking solutions to any problems. The grand water trine with Mars/Jupiter squaring the Nodes is another clue that a “skipped step” within the collective is ripe for a karmic replay.

Ceres in Leo, conjunct the North Node & squared by Mars/Jupiter, indicate that issues around “sustenance”—faith and/or literal food/resources—are in play right now. Let’s not forget that Ceres/Demeter is the mythological mother of Persephone, who was kidnapped, raped, and made queen of the underworld by Pluto/Hades.

Ceres is not only a mythical mother figure, she’s the goddess of the grain/harvest, the holder of the secret to fertility–from which both heavenly & earthly manna is made.

Mar/Jupiter is quick & easy action; as part of the grand water trine to the Cancer Moon & Neptune, it can cause us to act impulsively, or provide the spark we need to ignite our inner fire…

The universe is asking “where do you engage in angry nurturing” rather than allowing yourself to gain the necessary sustenance (both literal and metaphorical) in a loving compassionate way?

The answer to that question may lead you to discover that your self-talk isn’t so nice, and that you might better benefit from replacing the tape in your head with a new, more positive and affirming one.

So, plant the bravest smile on your face, and sally forth reminding yourself that you DO have faith in the universe’s infinite wisdom, that everything happens precisely as it should, and that’s it all meant neither to hurt nor harm, but to allow us to co-create our own futures in a world that’s ever-changing…

Happy new year!

Namaste..

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Sam Smith’s song/video, Too Good At Goodbyes provides a telling glimpse into what can happen when we defend ourselves too dearly against our emotions. Check it out here!

“You must think that I’m stupid
You must think that I’m a fool
You must think that I’m new to this
But I have seen this all before

I’m never gonna let you close to me
Even though you mean the most to me
‘Cause every time I open up, it hurts
So I’m never gonna get too close to you
Even when I mean the most to you
In case you go and leave me in the dirt

And every time you hurt me, the less that I cry
And every time you leave me, the quicker these tears dry
And every time you walk out, the less I love you
Baby, we don’t stand a chance, it’s sad but it’s true

I’m way too good at goodbyes
(I’m way too good at goodbyes)

I know you’re thinkin’ I’m heartless
I know you’re thinkin’ I’m cold
I’m just protectin’ my innocence
I‘m just protectin’ my soul

I’m way too good at goodbyes
(I’m way too good at goodbyes)

‘Cause every time you hurt me, the less that I cry
And every time you leave me, the quicker these tears dry
And every time you walk out, the less I love you
Baby, we don’t stand a chance, it’s sad but it’s true
I’m way too good at goodbyes…”

#astrology, #sea-goat, #surprise, #zodiac, Cancer, Capricorn, change, full moon, karma, Pluto, Saturn, success, Sun, Uranus, Venus

Sagittarius New Moon, Saturn Into Capricorn!

Posted by Sheri Horn Hasan - December 18, 2017 - Astrology, Blog post

Out With The Old, In With The New!

The Sagittarius New Moon brings together heart & mind—as do all new moons—allowing us to plant seeds around the Sagittarian archetype. At 26 degrees 31 minutes of the sign of the archer, this new moon occurs at 10:30 pm PT on December 17 & 1:30 am ET on December 18.

Sagittarius, ruled by Jupiter–the planet of expansion of consciousness–is an adventurous, optimistic, glass is always half-full type of energy. This sign represents expansiveness in general, but particularly in relation to our ability to expand our way of thinking…

Why?

Because this is how we develop our general belief system, or philosophy about life…

The December 3 Gemini Full Moon asked us to look at where old beliefs may no longer serve us and to jettison those deemed to have outlived their usefulness or purpose. The upcoming Sadge New Moon says: “hey, now you can replace old ideas by planting seeds for new ideas, philosophies, and beliefs!”

The importance of getting rid of old, outworn, inflexible, no longer profitable philosophies & beliefs was paramount during the waning Gemini Full Moon because as we did, we created space for new ideas and beliefs!

This is the gift of the Sadge New Moon! It tells us that now we can envision what we want for our future that’s more in alignment with what our soul truly believes is right for us individually, instead of what we’ve been taught, told, or forced to believe in the past.

Supported by Mercury, Venus, and Saturn—all in Sagittarius—this Sagittarius New Moon is the perfect time to get fired up about the new year as it approaches! As Venus moves into a favorable trine aspect with change-maker Uranus, we can easily see how new ideas and ways of thinking may support positive change and growth around our value system…

Co-Create 2018!

Likewise, Mars waxing into a trine with Neptune at this Sagittarius New Moon sets the stage for us to dream ourselves into the altruistic kind of energy necessary to achieve success in the new year…

This Mars/Neptune aspect tells us that—whatever changes we conceive of making for 2018—we’ll benefit most by playing neither the victim nor the martyr, but rather by understanding we’re part of a greater “each man’s joy is joy to me; each man’s grief is my own” whole…

This is important to remember moving forward, not least because a more realistic and compassionate view of the world (and our role in it) will undoubtedly increase our chances of greater success over time…

When you spend time thinking about 2018 and how to move forward to co-create your own future, you may notice new ideas slowly replacing old ones as they become less and less useful to you now…

Lending us a hand with this process, we’ve got Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius until December 22, calling us still to review situations, projects, relationships, etc. We’ll find ourselves going over old ground to revisit what needs to be tweaked in any of these areas.

However, Mercury’s retrograde period assures us this is necessary so we may either continue forward on more solid footing, or end or abandon what’s not working. In this way, when Mercury stations direct on December 22, we can embark on our plan for a new course of action, if need be…one that espouses a different set of beliefs, perhaps more grounded in reality…

Meanwhile, Mars entrance into Scorpio on December 9 is still in effect until January 26, when the warrior god moves on into Sagittarius. For now, motivated Mars in the sign of secrets—especially those to do with taboo subjects such as sex & money—will likely continue to excavate and reveal additional information about those who’ve crossed the line and perpetrated crimes in these areas.

This Mars/Neptune aspect tells us that—whatever changes we conceive of making for 2018, we’ll benefit most by playing neither the victim nor the martyr. Rather, part of our success will be derived through understanding we’re part of a greater “each man’s joy is joy to me; each man’s grief is my own” whole…

This is important to remember moving forward, not least because a more realistic and compassionate view of the world (and our role in it) will undoubtedly increase our chances of success over time…

Saturn Enters Capricorn: Time To Get Real

In order to really discuss the “truth” about astrology, it’s important to understand that this metaphysical tool can lead us to greater insight and understanding–both about ourselves and the world around us.

This entails not only understanding the positive attributes of planets and signs and their configurations, both in the sky and our individual charts, but also the negative side of their archetypal meanings.

Why bring this up now?

Primarily because Saturn’s entrance into the sign of Capricorn, where it will be from December 19, 2017 until March 22, 2020, tells us two things: we can use this time period to get real and get down to business, or we can waste it by avoiding our responsibilities.

The penalty for avoidance is that nagging oppressive notion that we SHOULD be doing something, but we’re not. You know, the kind that hangs over your conscious mind like a cloud, that sits just behind you when you’re trying to be in the moment & keeps tapping you on the shoulder, constantly reminding you of your “duties” and your inability to adequately fulfill them…

This, over time, can cause a type of slow spiraling depression from which it often feels like we cannot extricate ourselves. We may feel crappy about ourselves, like we don’t deserve good things happening to us, or that life it hard—often simply too hard—to even make us want to try. In short, we may develop a defeatist attitude par excellence!

When this happens, we may sink further and further down, increasingly aware of all the things we meant to do that have now piled one on top of the other, and all the things we mean to do now and in the future, but that we’ve done none of…

The reward for getting down to business now, while Saturn transits through its own sign, is that, as a result of hard work—often VERY hard work—we can not only accomplish much, but after doing so, we’ll roll into bed each night exhausted but far more fulfilled.

Why?

As a result of having tackled what needed (and needs) to be done, even if we’ve procrastinated in the past, even if we’ve made a million excuses, come up with a thousand reasons why we can’t or won’t or don’t have to do it, we’ll feel good that we accomplished something…

And, if we build on this momentum without allowing ourselves to self-sabotage, if we stand up to Saturn in Cap’s inevitable self-judgmental attitude when this energy is at its worst, then we can feel successful in the end…

Success, mind you, doesn’t have to be BIG. Rather, it can be incremental, on a day by day basis…please keep this mind, as Rome wasn’t built in a day…

When The Lord Of Karma Comes A ‘Callin’

“Seven moons and seven suns, Heaven waits for those who run…” ~ Audioslave

Let’s talk about Saturn as the Lord of Karma, which is also how this planet’s archetypal energies are often interpreted. In this astrologer’s opinion, it’s not simply all that happened in the past (either in this lifetime or past lives) catching up with us in order to torture/punish us as we stand helplessly victim to any “crimes” of our past.

Rather, karma is something we create every moment of everyday moving forward.

Therefore, we have the opportunity to change up our karma as we move forward, not because we need to eradicate the past (which is impossible to do, as those of us who’ve tried well know!) but to change our future, a.k.a., our destiny…

A time of reckoning is upon us all, but this is not the grim reaper calling. Rather, it’s the Lord of Karma, as Saturn is known in mythology, attempting to teach us into greater levels of maturity.

The method of Saturn’s lessons?

To learn by experience! When we have the guts to face our perceived inadequacies—meaning those areas where we feel “less than,” or like stupid, inexperienced, scared, lazy, far-from-perfect, no good, rotten ne’er-do-wells–Saturn rewards us for our bravery.

However, often the trouble is this: We don’t like to learn Saturnian-type lessons if we don’t have to. We’d much rather drift, coast, lay back, procrastinate, or generally avoid, avoid, avoid doing the kind of hard work Saturn requires of us.

And this means that Saturn’s lessons are designed to wake us up to the notion that “karma” is a fluid, ongoing, living, breathing, energy. It’s NOT a static, gloom & doom, no-way-can-you-change-your-future-no-matter-how-hard-you-try.

However, Saturn’s lessons, at the time they are being administered, often seem harsh. They can leave us to bemoan our fate, wallow in our

misfortune, mire ourselves in the darkness of depression, don the cloak of victimhood, or react in any other negative ways to people and events around us–especially those we feel have abandoned us in our time of need…

“The frustrating experiences connected with Saturn are obviously necessary, as they are educational in a practical, as well as a psychological sense,” writes astrologer & Jungian psychologist Liz Greene in her book Saturn, A New Look at an Old Devil.

“The basic fact remains the same: human beings do not earn free will except through self-discovery, and they do not attempt self-discovery until things become so painful that they have no other choice.”

In short, Saturn’s a “no pain, no gain” type of guy.

Sun In Capricorn Joins Saturn At Winter Solstice

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~ Desmond Tutu

On December 21, the shortest day of the year is finally here! For those of us in the northern hemisphere, we can rejoice that our days will lengthen in light by about 2 minutes each until we reach the summer solstice in June when the opposite will become our reality…

For now, however, it’s good to remember the adage “it’s always darkest before the dawn,” and to hang in there, even as we feel the morphing of energy at the winter solstice away from a more happy-go-lucky Sagittarian nature into decidedly more serious Saturnian territory.

This serious message is enhanced by the Sun’s meet up with Saturn in Capricorn on this day, too. It reminds us now that if we let go of old ways of thinking we’ll begin slowly to solidify our future ideas, plans, beliefs, and philosophies, so that they’ll be given the respect they deserve going forward.

How’s that?

Because they’re rooted in a more expansive personal value system–one that contains increased self-compassion and the kind of love for others that generates true brotherly/sisterly love.

How can such self-honoring and recognition that “there but for the grace of God go I” fail to result in the planting of seeds now for a realistic & more successful future?

Answer: It can’t…

**Here’s my tribute to the end of the shortest days of the year via Audioslave’s video The Last Remaining Light…Remember, it’s a future of sunnier skies from here!:**

“Roll me on your frozen fields
Break my bones to watch them heal
Drown me in your thirsty veins
Where I’ll watch and I’ll wait
And pray for the rain

Curl like smoke and breath again
Down your throat inside your ribs
Through your spine in every nerve
Where I watch and I wait and yield to the hurt

And if you don’t believe
The sun will rise
Stand alone and greet the coming night
In the last remaining light

Seven moons and seven suns
Heaven waits for those who run
Down your winter and
Underneath your waves
Where you watch and you wait
And pray for the day

And if you don’t believe the sun will rise
Stand alone and greet the coming night
In the last remaining light…” ~ Audioslave

Namaste…

#astrology, #NewMoon, #wintersolstice, Capricorn, karma, Sagittarius, Saturn, Sun, Truth

Sun Into Capricorn December 21/Winter Solstice Cancer Full Moon December 22

I Keep Fighting Voices In My Mind That Say I’m Not Enough

Remind Me Once Again Just Who I Am

Try A Little Tenderness…

And I Believe, Oh I Believe…

You Say I Am Strong When I Think I Am Weak

Laura Daigle

ASTRO NEWS YOU CAN USE from Karmic Evolution’s Astrologically Speaking’s Sheri Horn Hasan December 17-23

We’re Not Gonna Take It (Anymore)

We’ve Got The Right To Choose, No Way We’ll Lose It!

We’ll Fight The Powers That Be, Just Don’t Pick Our Destiny

Crimes Against Nature…

The Mother & Child Reunion

Heart & Soul Of The Matter

No, I Would Not Give You False Hope

Don’t Let The Shadow Win!

Try A Little Tenderness…

Shoot For (Not At) The Moon

Over The Moon…

Evolution Vs. Revolution

Material Re-E-Value-Ation

Mercury Direct–Wiser Through The Ages!

Saturn Retrogrades & Chiron Into Aries April 17

Here’s a song that I think perfectly fits this Aries New Moon energy: Bob Dylan’s revolutionary ode, covered by Tracy Chapman

Tracy Chapman

Do You Know What You Don’t Know?

Live & Learn From Fools & From Sages

You Got To Lose To Know How To Win

Dream On

Outside The Box Structure

Dream On

RESOLUTION TO BUILD A FIRM & LOVING FOUNDATION

NO LOVE WITHOUT COMPASSION!

EVERY TIME I OPEN UP IT HURTS

YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART

SURPRISE, SURPRISE, URANUS STATIONS DIRECT

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” ~ Lao Tzu

Out With The Old, In With The New!

Co-Create 2018!

Saturn Enters Capricorn: Time To Get Real

When The Lord Of Karma Comes A ‘Callin’

Sun In Capricorn Joins Saturn At Winter Solstice

Here’s my tribute to the end of the shortest days of the year via Audioslave’s video The Last Remaining Light…Remember, it’s a future of sunnier skies from here!:

Sun Into Capricorn December 21/Winter Solstice
Cancer Full Moon December 22

ASTRO NEWS YOU CAN USE
from Karmic Evolution’s Astrologically Speaking’s
Sheri Horn Hasan
December 17-23

Here’s a song that I think perfectly fits this Aries New Moon energy:
Bob Dylan’s revolutionary ode, covered by Tracy Chapman

**Here’s my tribute to the end of the shortest days of the year via Audioslave’s video The Last Remaining Light…Remember, it’s a future of sunnier skies from here!:**