This means that for the next few weeks we will be playing ‘goundhogs day’ with the events that took place from about May 12-26. Expect to see and hear from those people again, expect to have the same information come across your desk (or inbox), expect to have those contracts you thought would be finished come back to you revised and changed. Expect the neighbor kids to play a lot of basketball in front of your house while shouting wildly, expect to get strange news from your siblings or co-workers. It’s all part of God’s punchline. These are all things governed by Gemini.
I could regale you with stories of my travels to the East Coast on Labor day weekend (when Merc was slowing down). I could tell you all about the flight delay, getting in too late to get a rental car, then the booked up hotels, forcing me into the worst over-priced room I’ve ever stayed at; with no hot water for a shower in the morning. I could tell you about how the place I reserved my car CLOSED at 12 noon, so when I got there at 1 pm I had to turn around and go back to the airport – an hour away – to get a car (at 3 times the price). I could go on and on. But then I would be acting like Gemini!
The good news: I bought my tix way in advance and it all worked out. The better news; having a great time with friends I haven’t seen for ages. Mercury RETROGRADE brings people back to our life – be prepared!
On June 3rd the NEW MOON triggers all this RETRO activity. Get ready because things should get very interesting for the next few weeks. It’s all about negotiation (planets are in Gemini!) It’s all about NEW BEGINNINGS after the 3rd – but those new beginning negotiations could be bumpy because there will be review and re-review for the next few weeks (remember Mercury Retrograde? )
That same week, May 25th Chiron turns Retrogade, then on the 26th Neptune Turns Retrograde TOGETHER AT ALMOST THE SAME DEGREE in Aquarius (the sign of the masses and politics).
Then in August – just before the Democratic Convention – we have a pair of Eclpses; one Solar Eclipse and One Lunar Eclipse. Each of these things means something. But TOGETHER they paint a picture.
People keep saying that the Democratic race has race as it’s core issue. But I disagree. The conflict is NOT about Black V White, it is about Blue V White (collar that is). In other words Obama is the White candidate – he represents the white collar segment of the population. Clinton is Blue – she represents the Blue collar worker. McCain is Red – he represents the status quo and conservatism. OH, look America is red, white and blue after all. Just not all at the same time.
I personally think that if we must spend the next 4 or 8 years discussing race and reverend Wright I will have to shoot myself. If all we can talk about is race, this means we are all racist! The opposite of that conversation is not more of the same, it is something completely different and new. I want us all to get PAST the race consciousness. I may be dreaming, I know that. But still, I am tired of this.
THE BOTTOM LINE: I look at the three remaining candidates as representing different planets. This has NOTHING to do with their Horoscopes or Sun Signs. When someone becomes a public figure they represent one of the Archetypes of the human mind (these archetypes are also the planets of the solar system). These are the ones that the 3 remaining candidates represent.
McCain: The Red (collar) candidate is SATURN- he’s all about the rules, the status quo and the idea of being ‘conservative’. It remains to be seen weather he can beat the red (ink) that the current admin is leaving behind. Pro war (red) McCain wants to follow through on the Republican agenda. He’s the Daddy figure, rule maker, authority figure, expected style of candidate that Saturn loves. He is the classic, the standard and the traditional. Fighting is always a staple of the ‘red collar’ idealogy.
Obama: The White (collar) candidate is JUPITER – he’s all about philosophy, big expansive speeches and the notion of sweeping change. Can he deliver what he promises? Who knows. Jupiter sometimes makes empty promises, just how far can good intentions get us? Obama’s an unproven quantity. His popularity among college students is again a very Jupiter theme. He is about advantage, opportunity and success.
Clinton: The Blue (collar) candidate is URANUS – she is an innovation, she speaks about the needs of the masses and those who work for a living. Her core message is about unions and programs that serve large numbers of people, like health care – all of which are subjects of Uranus. Complicated, contradictory, unpredictable and revolutionary are all Uranus qualities, so we never know what to expect with her.
The August Eclipse’s WILL UPSET THE APPLECART. Get ready for a heated season because the fight is ON. Eclipse’s will reveal secrets in AUGUST and remove powerful figureheads from the picture. All of this makes for some great NEWS HEADLINES.
RIGHT NOW and into mid JUNE: Lies and manipulations of words are EVERYWHERE. News is distorted and we would be smart NOT TO BELIEVE WHAT WE’RE BEING TOLD. The picture is not clear until September.
The wild card is always the people themselves. Candidates can slit their own throats (the way that Guiluini did), the public is often manipulated by the media. These things cannot be predicted by Astrology. Free Will always exists. These are the trends, the rest remains to be seen. What do you think?
The Saturn Station Direct happened today at 2′ degrees Virgo.
This will have the strongest effect on Capricorns (who are ruled by Saturn) Aquarius’s (also ruled by Saturn in Ancient Astrology) and Virgo’s – since Saturn is actually IN Virgo.
Saturn in Virgo – What does it mean?
Saturn represents hardship and difficulty. Many times Astrologers try to candy coat him and say he has something to do with responsibilities that we must take on, either by choice or necessity. I disagree. I say it is rarely by choice and almost always filled with hardship and challenge. Saturn rules the collective shadow we face at any given time, or if you prefer he represents the dark shadows of the world. Remember, all bullies – Saturn included – work very hard to HIDE their smallness and meanness. If we hope to defeat him, we must look into the darkness and try to heal it. This isn’t for the fearful or the faint of heart.
“He pointed at the Sun and said, the Sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken.” – Bob Dylan
That doesn’t mean we can’t do something good with Saturn’s energy. It’s just always hard. The best we can make of it is to get really organized and disciplined in the area he is focusing on. Right now that means the area of Virgo. Virgo rules health, habits, routines, employees and pets. Take extra care of your wee little critters, their health is precarious now. The same is true for us, we need to eat extra well. I’ve been saying for years that it’s getting harder and harder to find real food in the stores. We need to pay attention.
It also rules service industries, especially those where someone wears a uniform, as well as details, paperwork, filing systems and bureaucracy.
I was in the store the other day and overheard a man talking about going to court for a traffic ticket. It was an electronic ticket he’d gotten from a camera at a stop sign. He lost his case because he hadn’t stopped for the full 3 seconds before moving forward. He said that the court was filled with people in the exact same situation. They all lost. Saturn loves to go to court, and these kinds of no-win details are the sorts of hair splitting (and hair pulling) scenario’s Saturn will just love to heap on the world for the next 2-3 years. Oh yes, the hall monitors of the world are about to get their revenge. Consider yourself warned!
In the near future, we have until New Years Eve 2008 while he will be in Direct motion again. For the past 6 months he’s been Retrograde – which means he’s been underground and in hiding (just like the chicken he is). Now he leaves the shadow and moves forward and won’t start to gain new ground until Mid-August. Basically what that means is that he’s been laying little booby traps all over the place, mostly physical ones (Virgo is a physical sign) and we will all start to get bitten by them over the course of the next few months – up until mid August. Watch those electronic traffic cash machines – they’re getting ready to take a collective bite out of our wallets.
Booby traps are everywhere – just like this crazy sounding traffic rule. So be extra, extra, extra careful. When Saturn is in Virgo the bean counters of the world rule us all – they know it – and they laugh at us for not being able to do anything about it. It is the very definition of petty.
Saturn in Virgo can be really mean. So if you want to take revenge on someone, you can be equally mean and trap them in some meaningless detail. Tell them that they have 2 oz. too much body fat, treat her as if having a pimple is a felony worthy of prison time, hide his car keys or re-arrange your co-workers desk while they are in the other room. This should succeed in making steam come out of at least one ear. To complete the picture shred some important identity documents or even better, sell them to some guy in Russia named Vlad. (Obviously I am joking).
Honestly, I’m not a paranoid person, but the other day when I got a phone call from my merchant account asking me to fax them my statement red flags went up all over the place. If they are my Merchant account – why don’t they already HAVE my statement?? Hmm, I don’t think so.
“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” must have been written when Saturn was in Virgo. For this cycle caution is the operative word.
A Month Full of Retrograde Planets! Oh my. No, we’re not in Kansas anymore Toto.
May’s complicated celestial ballet begins with the May 3rd Station Direct of Saturn (2′ Virgo), a New Moon in Taurus on the 5th and a Retrograde of Jupiter on the 9th (22′ Capricorn). Early May looks like a time for some kind of complicated financial restructuring. By then the Banking crisis will have reached the point where bailouts (for Banks, not consumers) and other large scale solutions to the Mortgage Crisis are underway. The forward movement of Saturn brings unacknowledged problems front and center, while the Retrograde of Jupiter tends to pull the covers off of the protections that have been at work. This gives us all no other choice but to work on real solutions. This is really good news for people who actually HAVE real solutions and not just more band-aids. Expect to see the Eco-boom begin in earnest now. People are seriously going to be looking for real, sustainable long-term answers to ongoing trouble – like gas prices, mortgage crisis, escalating costs of living, etc, etc. The list goes on.
But the dance does not end there, later in May a whole new set of shifting sands rearranges the picture once again. On May 25th Chiron turns Retrograde (21′ Aquarius) and on May 26th Neptune Retrogrades (24′ Aquarius) both of which tangle with the planets in Taurus, creating a financial tug-of-war on the personal level. But once again, long term new beginnings for business are really favored and we’ll see some real innovation happening now, it could be time for you to buy that solar powered egg-beater you’ve had your eye on. Also, get ready to revise all of your long-term ideas and plans now in light of a new set of information. And finally, last but not least the Full Moon in Sag on the 20th asks, in a not-so-gentle way, to let go of useless old ideas or ways of looking at things, and may even demand that we leave a group, association or affiliation behind. Remember, when one door closes another one opens!
Overall May is a very powerful month for the Earth signs: Taurus, Capricorn and Virgo to get busy with all your wordly Earth-changing plans. This is especially true if you were born in the first week of any of those signs or if you have significant planets in the first degrees of Earth, even better if those planets are exalted (like an early Taurus Moon, Mars in Capricorn or Uranus in Virgo for example). You’re getting a strong tailwind from the stars which can only help you gain altitude.
Mercury Retrograde ALERT! Mercury enters the Shadow on May 11th at 13′ Gemini and becomes Retrograde on May 26th at 22′ Gemini – and no, the condition is not curable. But if you’d like to learn more about how to USE it and not LOSE it (your mind that is) then check out my video here:
aries – Around the 11th of May there is a window of opportunity calling your name – don’t let it pass you by. Especially since around the 17th there is a burden or hardship on the horizon that you either must or choose to tackle or be forced to handle. So, if you get a nice tax return in early May, save it for the rainy day that sneaks up on you a week later. Towards the end of May, it won’t matter what comes your way, you’ll have the fortitude to get through it come hell or high water, or locusts, or dragons to slay, or, or…
taurus – Play like Nike and ‘just do it’ – whatever IT is. You can plow through a two ton concrete embankment now (and you might just try for the fun of it). There is some kind of momentum on your side and a big win is getting ready to pop for you. This isn’t the sort of out of the blue dumb luck that Sag’s take for granted all the time, this kind is for stuff you’ve worked long and hard for, so breath it in, enjoy it and celebrate. You deserve it.
gemini – You probably don’t think you are fickle, but sometimes other people do. And all month long you are gearing up to do something that will either make everyone else think you are fickle, or make them scratch their heads trying to figure out how you were 3 steps ahead of the game. Mercury enters the Shadow at 13′ Gemini on the 11th and goes into full-out Retrograde at 22′ Gemini on May 26th. This means for the next 2 months 87% of Gemini’s will drive 92% of the worlds population into a dizzying state of distraction. Could someone please get me the anti-dote?
cancer – Early in the month some new social life is born for you where you could find friendship and romance. The Full Moon on the 20th urges you to let go of some idea or philosophy about your routines, employees or heath/food habits. The downside here is that if you can’t seem to let go wrath could take over. If you find yourself in this position, aks for outside help. The Retrograde of Mercury in the subconscious part of your chart stirs up trouble and asks you to dive deep to find the source of any current problems.
leo – Battles over possesions and taking on too much stuff in your daily routines could leave you feeling zapped this month. Get some R&R and dive into the depths of your philosophical truth, this is where your own personal alchemy can take place. In fact the Universe is asking you to spend the next 6 months re-evaluating the validity or depth of a truth you’ve been taking for granted. The Zen Buddhists would say, that if you want to know the meaning of truth, you must first come to know the oneness of all things.
virgo – You can do very well in the early part of the month, and later too provided that you don’t get bit by the Mercury Retrograde in Gemini double-speak bug. That’s one bug you don’t want to give OR to get. So check and triple check all of your agreements and make sure that there are no loopholes or slippery slopes for people to weasel out of, because under this influence all forms of dealmaking are subject to interpretation and mucho morally grey area. Put a chastity belt on your daughter and pay extra careful attention to the legal-ese.
libra – Time to take inventory. It’s always a good idea to know what stock you have in the store – even when that store is your own inner warehouse of feelings, thoughts and beliefs. Your deeper side is dying for attention, expression and long walks down the garden path. Don’t get lost in the maze of philosophy that presents itself now. Your salvation will come from real, tangible deals and financial connections you can make with others this month.
scorpio – This month presents a mixed bag of confusing possibilities. It would be wise for you to meditate on your options and mull them over rather than leap like a Mexican jumping bean. You don’t want to put all your enchiladas in one basket, but you don’t want to miss the Fiesta either (it is Cinco De Mayo after all). My suggestion: take as much of an educated guess on the future as possible, then make a well thought through (but not exciting) decision. Then grab a Margarita and dance to the Mariachi music.
sagittarius – Holy Moley. That’s the official term for your Horoscope this month. Things are shaking more than a dance party in a California earthquake. Nothing, and I mean nothing is stable this month for you, so get used to the ground shifting and shaking. You will wind up having to let go of something near month’s end. Try not to shed huge crocodile tears, it’s something you need to let go of anyway. Romance and dating is so unpredictable that you should just set your alarm for mid June and take a break ’til then.
capricorn – Well, Saturn moves into direct mode early this month and it does help you to gain control over the crazy schedule you’ve been keeping. It also lands a heaping helping of control over your environment onto your plate – so make use of it while you can (for the next 6 months). Halted projects, delayed interludes and stalled motors get going again for you. Not a moment too soon either, so make your plans clear, set your schedule and organize all travel plans early in the month before Mercury messes with all of your routines after the 11th.
aquarius – This month you get into a ‘team up with others’ mode that could lead to financing, or getting into the financial markets. A cautious approach is best for you and be sure you fully understand the obligations you are taking on – because you WILL be obligated. At least you suddenly feel like your head is in order, just as family ’stuff’ looms out of nowhere and creative projects (or children) get crazy and really hard to manage as the month progresses. You’ll need to have your mind clear just to deal with everyone else!
pisces – Guppies dive into the safety of escapism while swimming in captive fish bowls, sharks must keep moving to sink teeth into their next meal and trout seek out the most crisp and beautiful environment in which to thrive. Which are you? Each has its own challenge this month, the guppie never even gets in the game, the shark finds the tables turned when tangling with a hunter and the trout can make a clean getaway if he avoids the bait. It takes awareness to navigate these strange waters. Keep a fishy eyed lookout.
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