I waited to buy my Iphone. I waited over a week actually, for several reasons.
FIRST: My astrological philosophy is that when something is hard to do - IE you must wait 6 hours in line to get your hands on a coveted iPhone device - then that is a BAD aspect and I don’t want to buy a phone at that time.
SECOND: As an Astrologer, I know that electronics croak when they are getting bad aspects from Neptune or to one’s own natal Neptune. I could regale you with sob stories about the PC that I had which crashed and burned like clockwork every few weeks until I finally had to force it back into Circuit City’s reluctant hands and demand a refund. But you get the idea.
Once that PC problem was solved I had a flash of insight: why not look at my own compatibility with the endlessly troublesome Microsoft/Windows platform. OHhhhhh, lookie, lookie - it couldn’t possibly be any MORE INCOMPATIBLE for me. Specifically we clashed in all directions Neptune related. Yep, that was it for me - no more Windows. My Mac and I have been living in digital bliss ever since.
Soooo, the moral of the story is that I waited to buy my iPhone until any pesky Astrology aspects that might threaten my lust affair with my new iphone were irrelevant. Even better, I made sure I was getting GOOD aspects. And it already paid off.
You see I went to court today to fight one of those new fangled camera snap-shot traffic tickets (we can all thank Saturn in Virgo for these). Ultimately the only way to fight this ticket is to create a shadow of a doubt that the grainy traffic enforcement picture might not actually be YOU, driving YOUR car. You must create this shadow of a doubt even though the snapshot strongly resembles YOU and has technical timestamps proving six ways to Sunday that yes, the person in the drivers seat did actually enter the intersection AFTER the light turned red. Things looked bad, they looked real bad. But I had an ace up my sleeve - I had my trusty iPhone.
Above is the “alleged” photo of me running a red light.
You see, there on my iPhone was a picture of someone who looked enough like me that she could have been a relative who had just happened to drive my car. Basically the court just wants to see proof. It worked to my advantage that I gave proof in a way that the court had never seen before. Both the prosecuting officer and the Judge we so distracted by the sleek beauty and glossy appeal of my iPhone that she ruled in my favor. Or at least that’s the story I like to tell myself.
It’s probably closer to the truth to say that she had doubts and thought the woman in the photo might be mistaken for me. But, for my part, thanks to Neptune, I’ve fallen a little deeper in love with my iPhone. I know it’s not healthy, I know people will condemn our love - but I can’t help it, I’m a geek.
There is an Eclipse in Virgo today (Feb 20). It is a total Lunar Eclipse - completely blocking out the Sun for those of us living in the US. The Eclipse takes place at 2′ Virgo and will impact you directly if you have planets in your own chart at 28′-5′ of any sign, or if you were born on the cusp of your sign. To view a short video I create about the Lunar Eclipse and help you understand how it works:
Because this is a total Eclipse it is extremely emotional. It also impacts the seasonal degrees (0′ Cancer, 0′ Capricorn, 0′ Aries and 0′ Libra) which are the most primal degrees that we have here on planet Earth. This picture relates directly to our approach to survival on the planet and our ways of being either in alignment or the way we live today which is (mostly) out of alignment with mother Earth.
The influence of Virgo is very related to the routines we are in and how they impact our physical health. Accordingly (and disturbingly) yesterday there was a story on NPR about colonies of bats being wiped out by a strange new health problem. This is being compared to colony collapse syndrome which has decimated the US honeybee population. This is extremely upsettings since Honey is one of natures ways to boost the human immune system, and the health of the bee population directly effects the health of the human population. So far, science can’t even figure out what’s killing these bats - virus, poison, climate, etc. Any farmer will tell you that Bats really help in keeping down the pests to crops, so this could lead to really disastrous consequences.
To me this speaks to the issue of health problems that were previously secret coming into our awareness. Ultimately, it comes back to a core principle that I hold about sustainability and what it means to be and create a sustainable life that will bring us security, support, joy and health.
Most of our current systems are based on a pyramid system. This system is NOT sustainable and only the person(s) at the top reap the rewards of such a system. The people at the top also hold the power. Sustainable systems are based on a circular or hub style shape. They share power and work in a model that empowers each and every participant. This empowerment allows every one of its members to feel valued, supported and given what they need. Pyramid systems nearly always benefit a few select members at the expense of those at the bottom or base of the pyramid.
All get rich quick systems promote the idea that once you get involved you will get to the ‘top’ of the pyramid and reap the rewards. These systems work, but only for the person who is really at the top, and that person is the person selling to you NOT you!
What has this got to do with the Eclipse you may be asking yourself right now. Well, everything actually. This eclipse is bringing up feelings of disappointment, alienation, frustration and failure for many people, not to mention physical illness. These are emotional feelings. But most of us cannot quite put our finger on the source of the problems.
The reason for this message is to point out that the real source of the problem is the false foundations under which many of us are living - and laboring. These false foundations are those that are not sustainable, and they are mostly connected to our extensive efforts in the world that are usually supporting the lifestyle and dreams of other people, not ourselves.
The opportunity here is to look inward and decide how to create a different and TRULY SUSTAINABLE system in your own life. Here is an idea that I believe truly represents this sustainable system.
visit Humanity Unites Brilliance for more info. If you want to learn more then send an email to auracle*astrologychick.com.The Eclipse is bringing the problems of non-sustainable (pyramid) systems to the surface. The solution is to create a new system. The foundation for creating a new system is the willingness to take full responsibility for creating it in our own lives.
This month we have two eclipses, starting with the one on the 7th - a Solar Eclipse in Aquarius. The Lunar Eclipse in Virgo takes place later in the month on the 21st. To get a more scientific eclipse explanation check out NASA and get the whole technical skinny on it.
Since every eclipse involves the Sun & Moon they automatically impact Leo and Cancer people. But the real story is always told in the ASPECTS and not every eclipse will aspect every person - thank god! Otherwise our lives would be nonstop endless drama! That’s what direct Eclipse hits tend to do to us! So if you’d like to see what the current pair of Eclipse’s is doing for (or to) you have a report done, that will give you an overview of the 6 month trend - with all the specific aspects - you are experiencing.
Later this year we have two more Eclipses, a Total Solar Eclipse on August 1 in Leo and Lunar Eclipse August 16 in Aquarius. To really understand the Eclipse’s we need to pay attention to the Moon’s Nodes and Saros Series of the Eclipse pattern. The Nodes are also called the Head of the Dragon and the Tail of the Dragon and they represent the souls journey towards spiritual development (Head of the Dragon) or away from it and towards darkness. Collectively on the date of an Eclipse the Head and Tail of the dragon show us where we are all either collectively moving towards a dream or aspiration vs. how and where we are all collectively delving into our darker or shadowy nature.
You can see where every eclipse takes place here if you want to take a sightseeing trip!
Blidgets are cool, they are sexy, they are new and best of all they’re 100% free (and sugar free, not to mention low-fat). Our new Blidget could get you a date, but I’m not making any promises.
We’ve created a cool Astrology Blidget that those of you with Websites, myspace profiles or other Web locations can have for your very own.
Here it is:
Just click the Icon above to learn how to make put it on your site. (It’s really easy, I swear!)
Can Blidget’s save the World? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
