The loose ends that began before summer begin to get wrapped up this month as the luminaries all change moods at the same time. It’s like we’ve all been on a long summer vacation, oh wait, we HAVE been on a long summer vacation - and the stars have been supportive of this time out of time. But we all have to get back to normal sooner or later, and much of it happens this month.

Mercury Retrograde alert! Mercury enters his shadow on the 3rd, he won’t go retro until the 24th but the whole cycle is in Libra and lasts well into October. Relationships, partnerships and contracts are all under heavy scrutiny and review during this cycle. Between the 3rd and the 24th we are getting advance notice of the ‘issues’ that he rest of the cycle will unearth.

On the 8th Jupiter turns Direct at 13′ Capricorn and then on the 9th Pluto turns Direct at 28′ Sagittarius. So if there is a prize or goal you’ve been putting off all summer - get ready because you will suddenly feel the need to plow full boar forward towards it once these two power players change directions. Because Jupiter is aligned with Saturn all month, much of this progress will be a direct result of current pain, problems and limitations. There’s nothing like a challenge to motivate people towards a new plan.

Aries: There’s a whole tangled mess of knots and string that you need to unwind, untie, wrap and organize this month and it’s called partnerships. Nothing is clear or straightforward. But you’re mission, should you choose to have a clear path forward through the underbrush, is to untangle the mess and make something organzed out of it. Nobody can do it for you, and it’s purely up to you how much effort you put in and what the rewards are that you get out of it. Weigh it all carefully, you need to address this with your eyes open.

Taurus: It’s time to create a set of semi-permanent, solid but malleable, carved-in-stone plans that are open to interpretation. In other words: don’t hesitate to make your plans and move forward with them, but be ready to change them and cling to your dreams and aspirations with everything you’ve got. This is one cycle where you WILL be able to attract the team, the partners and the help you need. The only downside with having a team is that then you’ve got to learn how to negotiate with them.

Gemini: You are standing on the precipice of having everything you want. The key of course is to learn to recognize it when the ‘total package’ walks into the room. You see, you could get stuck feeling like you are pulled between many different directions. You could also think that these options collide with each other. Let me make this perfectly clear, those many directions are within YOU - the package is all there. All you have to do is open it.

Cancer: Sept 15 is a New Moon in Pisces then Sept 29 is the Full Moon in Libra. A mixed bag of things emerges for you this month. On one hand great good luck and good fortune is opening up for you in your partnerships, but this blessing may come on the heels of something you need to give up or let go of. Releasing an old useless attitude or philosophy is extremely important if you hope to take full advantage of the new and good that’s coming your way - so don’t hang on to the past TOO tightly.

Leo: You are focused on the group and what the group needs and wants. Your feelings of loyalty to the ‘team’ are commendable but don’t be surprised if this same team you are defending suddenly acts unpredictably making you wonder why you even bothered. The Universe is trying to give you more freedom, so don’t cling too, too tightly to routines, tradition and the status quo. The current stars will break these, so learn to roll with the punches.

Virgo: SheEesh! What a month you have in store, I can hear my Jewish ancesters hitting their foreheads and saying oy-vey! Time to focus on what you can organize and dig into the hard work in front of you with both hands. This WILL BE your road to freedom when all the crazy, crazy chaos hits your arena of financial partnerships and alliances. Please, whatever you do, don’t be tempted to think that any final word you get this month is actually the FINAL word. Oh no, there is much negotiating and changing of minds for you to live through still.

Libra: Well, you are the center of the storm this month. The true secret to being a wizard in the world is to remain as the eye of the storm and allow the swirling, twirling mess to spin around you while YOU remain calm and centered. The more focused you can remain on what you want and how you want it, the better you will be. Do not be distracted by the man behind the curtain - that man who calls himself the wizard of Oz. The real wiz is you, don’t forget it!

Scorpio: A subsconscious conflict is coming to the surface this month and it effects your entire equalibrium. Your sector of secret and/or bedroom pleasures is being lit up like a 4th of July fireworks display. Wowza! That’s a whole lotta good time goin’ on for you. Is it something secret and dirty? If so, don’t expect yourself to be able to get away with it scott free. If nobody else punishes you, you’ll be sure to punish yourself, so be very careful where you tread this month.

Sagittarius: Pluto spends his last gasp on your doorstep between now and the end of ‘08. This ends a 15 YEAR cycle for you. Has it been good? Not? Now is the time to review it all, look it over carefully and bless it as you release and move onto something brand new. The good news is that now I’ve given you advance warning and you get to spend the next few months clearing out the rubble and releasing all the power-plays and intensity that this Pluto cycle has represented. Get ready for something new, it’s coming.

Capricorn: Jupiter moves forward in Capricorn on the 8th. You finally get the green light from the Universe to go ahead with your plans and goals. The screwy Mercury/Mars/Venus cycle in Libra will create drama though. So expect your career/marriage status to be up in the air and unsettled for the next few months. Oh, to heck with it, why not just focus on your career and leave this relationship stuff to sort itself out for the next few months? I think that might be a much easier way to deal with it. Focus on your goal, let the drama take care of itself.

Aquarius: Teams and groups are in sharp focus for you all month long. You’re sure to attract at least a few charming and delightful teammembers this month, which will bring a big smile to your face. Getting people all riled up and motivated by a dream, goal or aspiration is the key ingredient and leads you to be surrounded by exciting and stimulating new people. Just what the doctor ordered - a shot of excitement to help you get things done.

Pisces: Cockeyed optimism, delicate balance and unsteady alliances rule the month for you. Yes, you know it’s time to team up with people, yes you know there may be strange dealings ahead, yes you know you might not be able to fully count on what they are saying now. But you’ve got to make progress, so you’re willing to set sail with it - no matter how weird and unproven this ships track record might be. Well, try to minimize your risks, and then remember, no risk, no reward. Expect setbacks and changes and be prepared for anything and you’ll be on a good path.

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In general, what the Lunar Eclipse does: Reveal secret or hidden information, upset the status quo, shed light on areas where the physical is dominating the emotional/mental/spiritual levels of existence. Reveal physical problems and addictions.

What it means in Aquarius: Technology can be effected. The masses of humanity and large crowds of people can be unpredictable. Politics and politicians are thrown out of their routines, skeletons come out of the closet, groups of people re-establish social order (revolution), friendships are tested or go through sudden changes. Electrical & technical problems emerge and show themselves. Other areas that might be effected: shipping, trucking and mass transit, utility providers (like Edison, or phone co’s), large housing developments, computers and companies in the technology fields.

THE EFFECTS: are MOST powerful on the 2 days before the day of and 2 days after the Eclipse itself (Aug 14-18). The effects are still VERY powerful for the 2 weeks before and after the actual Eclipse (Aug 1-30), and the effects still MAY BE FELT up to 3 months before and after the Eclipse (May 16 - Nov 16).

Here’s my own Eclipse story:

This Eclipse took place exactly on my Nadir (the roots of the chart) and is opposed to my Mid-heaven (career and worldly reputation). The Nadir is literally ‘where you live’ on an emotional - and sometimes physical level. So, it should come as no surprise to learn that I am moving, and have been gearing up to do so over the past month. This is textbook.

In the meantime I am house-sitting for a close friend who has gone to Hawaii on vacation with her Husband and 2 kids. Last night, in the middle of the night the house alarm went off - and believe me it was LOUD. It did so right in the middle of an electrical storm with flashes of lightning going crazy everywhere. This added a nice dramatic and terrifying backdrop to the screeching alarm sounds. I finally got it disarmed, whew!

But then I found the back door open. This was more than a little scary. AND, since I didn’t get to the phone in time (I was too busy trying to deal with the back door) the Sheriff had been dispatched. Great, that’s all I need, men with .34’s coming up and quizzing me on my identity while I run around in a filmy nighty. The brief hope that maybe one of them is cute flashes through my mind as I call my friend in Hawaii. It was only late evening there, so at least I didn’t wake them up. But they already knew about it since the brother had been called by the Sheriff’s dept. I wondered momentarily if I had time to make my hair sexy before the guys with guns showed up?

After a little finesse and more than a few phone calls, the sheriff was called off - whew! I can just picture myself trying to explain why I don’t have the right name, the right ID, etc. etc. Visions of “Law and Order” and spending the night in lockup flashed briefly through my mind. OK, disaster averted. But still, my heart was pounding harder than the drums at a Kyoto festival.

Turns out that the back door is very testy, and I didn’t lock it well enough so the wind blew it open. Well, now I know (the hard way).

So, now I am tired and shaking off a “False alarm hangover” induced by the Lunar Eclipse. In defense of my peace and well-being I am nursing a cup of Jasmine Green Tea. I don’t know if it’s working, but it sounds good.

Meanwhile,

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Here’s what it will do for you: These changes CAN be good - but it takes a careful look to see how to make them work for you. I can do this for you. A private reading will give you the tools and insight to make the most of any changes you are going through, AND plan for success. Remember, anything can be used to your benefit, the difference lies in being prepared. The Lunar (and Solar) Eclipse this month are making waves for many of us - you CAN use it to your advantage!

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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.

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I keep saying on this blog that the Solar Eclipse allows the feminine energy of the Moon to ECLIPSE or overshadow the standard business as usual stale old boys club Solar energy of the SUN. Well, now Paris Hilton has gone and proved it, in a very hilarious way.

If you’d like to see it at it’s original exclusive location it is at funnyordie.com.

This Paris Hilton video is a satire of the very successful campaign ad that McCain just ran. And just in case you’ve been stuck in the outback fighting off Dingo’s and walleroo’s for the past 2 weeks and missed the original McCain AD that closed a 9 point gap between him and Obama in just a week here is the CBS coverage of it:

Well, it is true that she’s way hotter than either the white haired old wrinkly guy OR that other guy. And no matter how you slice it, I would vote for her policy way before either of those b*tches. How come it takes a *dumb blonde* to bridge the gap that neither the Political parties, the pundits nor the posers can manage to achieve?

Hmm, maybe she’s not so dumb after all.

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MARS in Virgo - Well behaved and focused energy, attention to health and the discipline (usually) to follow through with new routines and habits. BONUS: Mars is currently crossing the generational planets (Pluto and Uranus) for the entire Generation X crowd who have these two in Virgo. THEN Mars crosses Generation Y’s Pluto and Uranus in Libra starting August 19th and finally Mars gives a good shove to the Boomlet generation (also known as Millenials) as he traipses through Scorpio starting on October 4th. What does it mean? If you are between 35- 45 now is a great time to start getting in shape. If you are between 20-35 you will feel the urge to exercise (or fight if your not getting enough endorphins) starting in Late August and into September, and finally, if you are under 20 you’ll feel it starting in October.

How can I use Astrology to improve my fitness? Over the next 6 weeks I will attempt to not only answer that question - but prove it as well.

Just like everybody else, I want to be in shape. Just because I am an Astrologer doesn’t give me any excuse to sit around on my lazy assets! SO, for your benefit and mine I am embarking on the simplest - but most powerful - exercise challenge that I can find. It’s called A Hundred Push Ups, just follow the link to check out how simple and easy it is to follow. It only takes 30 minutes a week (10 minutes 3 x per week). My schedule expects to be crazy for the next few months - but even with all that, I know I can do this program.

TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS WITH THIS PLAN: First and foremost I must be sure that I have the commitment, determination and willingness to follow it through all the way. First I ask myself if I do, my answer is YES! Then I muscle test myself to be sure that I don’t have any hidden subconscious blockages that will sneak up and sabotage my efforts. Good news - the muscle test also says YES!

My muscle test technique involves pressing my left thumb and pinkie together into a loop, then making a hook out of my right index finger. Then I ask myself if I can follow this program through, despite the inevitable distractions and obstacles that will arise. Since I can’t break the loop with my index finger, the answer is yes. If I COULD break the loop - then I’d need to do some inner work to clear my obstacles.

The method that I use for clearing subconscious obstacles is Hypnotherapy, and it really works. If you’d like to schedule a session for yourself (to get through your 100 push-ups program, quit smoking or break another bad habit) then call my office 1 (310) 455-2210 to set up a session.

THE ASTROLOGY - OK, since I was all excited by the 100 push-ups website and decided to take the challenge, I had to check the Astrology and see if it was supporting my efforts. For any exercise program to work, you will need to be getting good transits (influences) from and to Mars (he rules athletics, muscles and action). It will also help to get good Pluto transits - but those are long and slow and less important for choosing an exact date to start. Good aspects from or to Venus will also help since Venus rules beauty, and, admit it or not, most of us are working out to improve our attraction powers!

Here’s what I found: Transiting Mars in Virgo (the sign of health and daily habits) is making a MYSTIC RECTANGLE in my chart by conjunction to my Uranus (the public - this is why I am blogging about it), Sextile to my Neptune (energy and long range commitments). On the other side of the Kite Mars is opposing transiting Uranus (Unpredictability - my schedule is going to be crazy for the next 6 weeks, and could easily be unsettled by social drama) and Mars is making a Sextile (ooh baby!) to my Sun (this is Me and my energy levels - good news) My Mercury is Conjunct my Sun (I will want to talk about this process).

All of these aspects help me get what I want out of the program, except for the Mars - Uranus opposition. BUT, and this is a big exception - since it is part of a MYSTIC RECTANGLE I am supported by the overall energy and the whole pattern it creates. In other words, the disruptions won’t be such a big deal. The only exception I can think of is if the 100 push ups website goes down and I can’t access it. Hmm, for good measure I will download the program to my Mac. Now I have insurance.

I also feel I must mention that because of my Natural Retrograde Mars I have very low energy levels and poor circulation naturally. This is just an extra hurdle for me when getting into any exercise program. As I commit to the program though, the Moon is crossing my Mars and the transiting Sun is making a sextile to it - this strengthens my energy and aligns the conscious with the subconscious so that I can take the right actions. And finally, my Mercury - Neptune opposition is being eased by the aspects from transiting Mars. This should help with my natural respiratory weakness. You see, I am NOT a born athlete, I gotta work at it.

SO, please leave your comments, and especially let me know if you are also starting the 100 push ups program. I will be updating my progress here. Strength in numbers - that’s what I say, so I invite you all to join the challenge. I will be starting next Monday (with a little prep this week to gear up for it). But you can start anytime you like. Let’s all use Astrology to improve our Fitness! I can’t speak to the aspects for YOU personally without looking at your chart, but I CAN say that the universal Mars pressure that is in high gear for the rest of August is best used in some kind of workout program - just be careful to take care of yourself and not get hurt.

Now that you have some idea of how to use Mars to improve your fitness, join me!

The Solar Eclipse is HERE
It is exact August 1st, but it’s range of power & influence started two weeks ago (around July 15) and lasts for another two weeks (about August 15). THEN we have the Lunar Eclipse on the 16h (who’s influence starts today and lasts until about the end of August).

This is what I mean by Eclipse season - and we are right in the middle of it.

Is it effecting you? The only real way to get a good look at it is to have a private reading.

Traditionally the Solar Eclipse (like the one we are having AUGUST 1 is a sign of loss of honor, position, title or other outward state of the status quo. This Solar Eclipse is in Leo - at the extremely testy 8/9th degree. It aspects the 8th degree of Aries and Libra - both of which have been implicated in assassinations - both successful and unsuccessful ones. This, I believe is why so many Astrologers (and even Hilary Clinton) are throwing the word assassination around in connection with Obama. If anyone wants to pull a stunt like that, then the entire month of August would be prime time for it to happen.

And yes, it could happen. The most dangerous dates for assassination attempst on Obama are August 6/7, August 14-17 and August 28-30, so mark those words. But if August stays clear, there are other dangerous dates in September that I will post in next month’s Horoscope.

Then there’s the Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius on the 16th at 24′ Aquarius (the sign that rules politics). LUNAR ECLIPSE themes relate more to secrets and hidden information coming to the surface, so get ready to release your skeletons from the closet once and for all. The good news about this is that we can finally unburden ourselves from something, but be prepared because Eclipse Events usually come as a surprise.

Taken together, the Leo-Aquarius Eclipse theme highlights drama around ego, identity, social scenes, politics the masses and strong leadership figures. The topsy-turvey Eclipse roller coaster will upset the status quo, bringing some people down and tossing other’s a well-deserved (but unexpected) bone.

Aries: You are tangled up in a heap of unpredictability all month long. Add to this a healthy dose of fantasy and you’ve got a good recipe for a sudden and unplanned fling with a friend which will do nothing but create waves of drama through your whole social circle. Unless, of course you have learned the lessons of discretion.  But it is the rare Aries indeed who understands this fine art. So don’t start something you can’t handle.

Taurus: The Eclipse’s are shaking you at your core and suggest huge and sweeping changes in your life. Sometimes it is good to completely clean house (or move house, or re-invent yourself). Now is the time for you to make a major overhaul. It might be hard for you to let go of the old stuff, but try to remember that the Universe always wants you to grow and always offers you MORE of who and what you truly are. New beats old in spades this month.

Gemini: Rules vs. fantasy. Friendship vs. family and all of it challenges your inner knowing to grow and expand beyond the easy ‘pat’ answers that have satisfied your relentless curiosity up until now. Your greatest asset is that intrepid mind that needs to know more, because that will send you on a journey to the depths of soul where you can finally marry all these splintered parts of yourself into one whole (and satisfied) being of true power. It’s the splintering that weakens you. You answers are inside, the outside authorities will only continue to weaken and splinter you further.

Cancer: It is your day. Every time there is a Solar Eclipse, you get to step onto the throne and take the power away from the King - what will you do with it? And will you be prepared when the Lunar Eclipse sends you an equal challenge? A challenge of obsession? This time you might think you have the answers, you might even get filled with self-justified rightiousness, but think again. Rightousness is the playground of the Ego - and this Eclipse season demands us all to throw ego to the wind.

Leo: Ahhh, you own this Eclipse season, or should I say it owns you? Either way, you must learn to detach, detach, detach. This is especially true for anything from which you have been getting a piece of your identity, recognition or status. (More true for those born between July 29-Aug 4th). For those born between the 12th-19th on the other hand, expect to deal with secrets being revealed and handled carefully.  These are the kinds of challenges that really bring out the best and worst in people, so now is really the time to get busy focusing on letting go of control and doing your inner work - it’s the only thing that will help.

Virgo: So much to do, so little time, and so little help, this is your battle cry all month. It’s enough to make you want to protest, strike, send in your pink slip and take a long vacation where they wait on you hand and foot. I’m not against this as part of a plan, I just notice that when you get back, the old problems will still be there. In other words, deal with these unpleasant situations AND take a vacation afterwards. Then you’ll feel as though you’ve earned your peace. Read Aquarius.

Libra: You won’t admit it, but you’re becoming a little bit fanatical this month, or at the very least, you’re being a driven perfectionist. Well, don’t worry too much about that, since all the drama and chaos that’s rocking your love-life and social scene wind up making the desire for perfection and control downright laughable. Yes, you are in for an eventful August, and no, it’s nothing you will be able to control. So learn to expect to deal with the unexpected.

Scorpio: Seeking answers and solutions outside yourself this month will leave you feeling like little more than a pile of peices of yourself. Not fun. What you need now is to go into the center of the wheel and find the true cause of these opposing forces - they all exist inside of you. No, there is no outside drama. It may look that way, it may FEEL that way as pieces of your identity fall away and revelations about your true nature emerge -but this is a deeply spiritual journey of self-re-invention (I just made that word up, but I like it - I invite you to do the same with yourself on the soulular level).

Sagittarius: The Eclipses can really help you this week. But still, you’re not getting off easy. Ultimately you’ve got to figure out where the real work needs to be done - and just get busy doing it. Outside changes and drama can drive your efforts forward if you are smart about it. In other words: a change in other people’s philosophies or the status of the group you belong to can lead you to reveal secrets and information of a profound nature - this helps you take on your divine role as a teacher - but be prepared for the hard work of it.

Capricorn: You are getting the help you need to get things rolling, but the road is clearly not a smooth one. Money, loans, banking, mortgages and finances are suddenly thrown up in the air like a deck of cards in the wind. Consider this: how can chaos benefit you? If you can’t answer that then study some great (and innovative) business minds like Warren Buffet or Rockefeller.

Aquarius: Read Leo, you are both in the same boat. Relationships are getting rocked harder than the earthquake that recently hit the West coast. Your whole identity is under scrutiny and you are going through major change - the kind of change that leads you to a whole new identity. This can be easy or hard, it’s up to you. The more you fight it, the harder it will be. But if you push and help, like a snake shedding it’s skin, the sooner you will see all those bright shiny new colors from the freshly revealed new you.

Pisces: The birth of a new form of service is just waiting to leap forward into your life in much the same way that Athena the goddess of wisdom lept full grown from her father Zeus’s head. (No wonder he had a headache). You too can releave your discomfort by releasing your newest genius onto the world and then letting it have a life of it’s own. After all, wisdom doesn’t need to be controlled does it?

WHAT’S A TRANSIT? I’m glad you asked. A transit is when a planet moving through the sky makes an aspect or a pattern with the planets in your own Natal Chart.

WHAT’S AN ASPECT? A mathematical degree used by Astrologers to see what planet in your Natal Chart is being ‘touched’ and how it’s being touched, ie: caressed or throttled? and for how long this ‘touching’ will continue to go on.

WHAT ARE PATTERNS? These are shapes made by a few planets together, like squares and triangles and long stretchy triangles. Remember art class? See, that stuff was useful after all.

WHAT’S A NATAL CHART? It is the snapshot of the heavens at the moment when YOU were born. It is a lot like a snowflake or a fingerprint. It is unique. Most Natal Charts only refer to a flat view of the heavens. But there are at least 3 more dimensions to see than this. You will learn about this in the FREE ASTROLOGY SECRETS REPORT that you get when you subscribe to my WEEKLY NEWSLETTER. You can learn more about the 4-D NATAL CHART by going HERE.

Saturn WILL ONLY BE IN EFFECT when he is within a ASPECT of a Natal Planet (A planet in YOUR birth chart.) During those windows of time THE ASPECT will trigger events in your life. I consider it in effect when within 3 degrees - no more.

DON’T FORGET THAT THE ENTIRE GEN X is getting major Saturn Transits sometime in the next 2 years.

Saturn is no pick-nick by any stretch - regardless of what others have said. Here are some types of Saturn experiences:

LAWSUITS
DIVORCES
ILLNES
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY
FATHER FIGURE PROBLEMS
BOSS PROBLEMS
PARKING TICKETS - TAXES - IRS
BANKING RED TAPE (yes foreclosure!)

and YES, when I was having bad Saturn transits - several people in my life died.

Additionally: It is the Patters that are triggered that suggest if you will come out on the winning (or losing) end of tangles with Saturn.

FOR EXAMPLE: If Saturn made a conjunction to your URANUS IN VIRGO - and you also had a GRAND TRINE in your own Natal Chart with say URANUS - SUN - JUPITER all in EARTH signs, then the hard work that Saturn triggers might put you in charge of your own business, or get you organized to open your own massage school. This is exactly what a client who has a Grand Trine being triggered by Transiting Saturn, is doing.

clearly this is NOT bad for her!

But that’s not all: HARD PATTERNS triggered by Saturn = tough times. Hard patterns are: Squares, oppositions, quincunx, T-squares, Grand Crosses, Yods and a variety of others. Not to mention the Saturn midpoints and the challenges that they can unleash!

It can be difficult for those of us pros who want to look a the WHOLE PICTURE to boil it down to one small sound bite or another.

For your sake: Here’s my best effort at a sound-bite on Saturn IN VIRGO:
**by the way Saturn rules the anus**

The bean counters have taken over the world! Death by a thousand paper cuts!

IE: Camera traffic cops are enforcing every intersection in the major cities. Seems like no way to win against those bean counters.

The only way to fight beans is with beans!

Details, details, details, hair-splitting and a puckered behind, especially with laws. This is how you can win in the end. In other words: got an electronic traffic ticket for $400? Well, you DO have the right to face your accuser.

Huh? Face a camera? Not exactly, but you can demand to know if it was functioning right, you can demand paperwork. If they can’t produce it - or if no cop shows up, you win. Technicality. A shell game for cash.

Don’t be the dupe, have your facts screwed on nice and tight.

REMEMBER: he or she who has the tightest behind WINS all Saturn battles!

Want to know what Saturn has in store for you? Then order a NATAL CHART and instead of entering info for your partner, just type in SATURN!

Please note that this information will be good for a range of about 6 weeks from the date of delivery. For the first 5 people I will also include a list of SATURN WARNING DATES when you must avoid contracts, starting a new job, moving, or other important beginning - the trouble this could save you is priceless!

Don’t wait to get your 4D-NATAL CHART, once Saturn is in your back yard, it’s too late to get prepared.

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Mercury is no longer Retrograde, but he won’t leave his shadow until the Fourth of July - which should make for an interesting display of patriotism, especially in the media and in computer discussions (both ruled by Mercury). Meanwhile Apple has announced that the iPhone with new G3 software will be available on July 11, a full week after the Retrograde shadow is ovuh! Good news. This platform will be stable and incredibly powerful, so if you’ve been holding off on getting your shiny new gadget, now’s the time to pounce.

I fully believe the NY Times when they say that we are witnessing the birth of a new software platform, now there’s windows, mac and iPhone. I’m not kidding. The repositioning of Mercury in Gemini on that date and other power aspects virtually guarantee a sell-out of the gizmo. Get in line!

The New Moon on the 2nd takes place at 13′ Cancer and this months Full Moon is at 26′ Capricorn on July 18th. In other words, goodbye papa, hello mamma! Cancer New beginnings favor motherhood, community, emotional ties and emotional bonding. The Full Moon brings an end to rigid father-figure rules and restraints. It can also end a job title, relationship status or other worldly label we may feel accustomed to. Weeheee! Overthrow them there structures and dive into the depths of your emotions this month. On a more basic level, I see this as not paying attention to the rules so much and trusting those inner ‘nudges’ more. I for one am using this influence to fight a traffic ticket.

Aries: The month begins with you kicking into high gear and getting a lot done. You can even connect with powerful people and leverage the efforts of others now. But around the 7th-11th you will suddenly feel mired in concrete and faced with obstacles. Plow through, it gets better. Towards the end of the month you are feeling family oriented and around the 26th you have luck on your side.

Taurus: This month you are ahead of the curve and where you lead, others will follow. You have the prescience to be about a week ahead of a powerful figure, and this makes you come off looking like a genius. Gather your big plans together, express your big vision and inspire a team to follow you. They’re doing it anyway, you might as well have a destination in mind.

Gemini: The doorway that is opened by the New Moon on the 2nd (in Cancer) is just begging you to run through it on the Full Moon (in Capricorn) of the 18th. Be very careful with this one, it is very likely that someone’s reputation will get trashed in this process. Publishing, storytelling and the feelings of the ‘crowd’ are all highlighted. We’ve got the fixins for a ‘mob-think’ kinda moment goin’ on. On the other hand, there’s never been a better time to buy cheap mortgages - just do your due diligence.

Cancer: The crowd is all over at your house, and they show no signs of leaving any time soon. That’s probably fine by you, you love a good sing-a-long, especially with a fired up bar-b-que (hold the tainted tomato’s please). It’s times like these when you get to really stretch out, feel your castle king or queenliness and gather all your guests around for some good old-fashioned storytelling.

Leo: Someone’s excessiveness is wearing very thin about now. I wonder how much you can indulge them anyway? Yawn, you’ve heard it all before, seen it all before. You couldn’t be more tired of the same old hot air. It’s gonna take a lot more than words to sway your opinion now, there’ s too much water under those Bridges of Madison County.

Virgo: Like Gemini, this months Moon’s set you up for a one-two punch, but for you it is in the areas of kids and social scene. A little empty nest syndrome never killed anyone. Your offspring (literal or creative) need to fly and be free to go out into the world on their own eventually. That’s the only way they can ever be strong and successful. Think of this as evidence of the good job you’ve done.

Libra: After mid month, you feel like a social animal all of a sudden. Yes, you want to go to the party, you want to turn heads, you want to roar out loud. OK, I’m not stopping you. I’m just enjoying the show. You are in rare form and make such a splash that you could even launch a new craze or trend. Yes, your charisma is in high gear, use it wisely, don’t break EVERYONE’S heart just because you can.

Scorpio: You can get a TON done early in the month, and a lovely, loyal ally comes to your side at a group or event. But if someone wants to gossip, just close your ears and walk away, you don’t need that kind of mojo. Someone who loves pain or slander is nobodies friend and you want to stay far away from them, especially around the 7th-10th.

Sagittarius: Between the 6th-9th the world is literally your oyster and you can get whatever you ask for. The trick, of course is to be sure and ask for the right thing. The wisest among us are careful to ASK for divine guidance to align with SOUL and not merely the game you see. By the 18th you have let go of some struggle, pressure or outmoded picture of perfection. Why bother living up to someone else’s standards?

Capricorn: It’s almost as if they are trying to light a fire under you. Oh wait, that’s exactly what the STARS are doing this month - especially around the 7th-10th. False starts, frustrations and fitful new beginnings can lead to great progress and success - just as long as you don’t get in your OWN WAY! Don’t be the roadblock. The message is loud and clear - you need to let go of your limiting thinking!

Aquarius: It looks like the Tarot card: Death to me. This has more to do with transformation and a deep bonding emotional connection with other people than anything else. It also has something to do with a profound sexual & spiritual connection that blows your mind. Don’t let old subconscious blockages or unseen beliefs cause you to sabotage a golden moment when it stares you in the face. Nothing less than a spiritual awakening is at stake.

Pisces: It might take courage, it might take asking more than once and it might take nerves of steel - but you CAN get what you need from this situation. The creative inspiration of women and the company of women is nourishing to your soul now, and a solution to a problem will come from BELIEVING In yourself and your ability to overcome. You are stronger than you think you are - this is the biggest secret of the Zodiac.

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WHAT’S A TRANSIT? I’m glad you asked. A transit is when a planet moving through the sky makes an aspect or a pattern with the planets in your own Natal Chart.

WHAT’S AN ASPECT? A mathematical degree used by Astrologers to see what planet in your Natal Chart is being ‘touched’ and how it’s being touched, ie: caressed or throttled? and for how long this ‘touching’ will continue to go on.

WHAT ARE PATTERNS? These are shapes made by a few planets together, like squares and triangles and long stretchy triangles. Remember art class? See, that stuff was useful after all.

WHAT’S A NATAL CHART? It is the snapshot of the heavens at the moment when YOU were born. It is a lot like a snowflake or a fingerprint. It is unique. Most Natal Charts only refer to a flat view of the heavens. But there are at least 3 more dimensions to see than this. You will learn about this in the FREE ASTROLOGY SECRETS REPORT that you get when you subscribe to my WEEKLY NEWSLETTER.  You can learn more about the 4-D NATAL CHART by going HERE.

Saturn WILL ONLY BE IN EFFECT when he is within a ASPECT of a Natal Planet (A planet in YOUR birth chart.) During those windows of time THE ASPECT will trigger events in your life. I consider it in effect when within 3 degrees - no more.

DON’T FORGET THAT THE ENTIRE GEN X is getting major Saturn Transits sometime in the next 2 years.

Saturn is no pick-nick by any stretch - regardless of what others have said.  Here are some types of Saturn experiences:

LAWSUITS
DIVORCES
ILLNES
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY
FATHER FIGURE PROBLEMS
BOSS PROBLEMS
PARKING TICKETS - TAXES - IRS
BANKING RED TAPE (yes foreclosure!)

and YES, when I was having bad Saturn transits - several people in my life died.

Additionally: It is the Patters that are triggered that suggest if you will come out on the winning (or losing) end of tangles with Saturn.

FOR EXAMPLE: If Saturn made a conjunction to your URANUS IN VIRGO - and you also had a GRAND TRINE in your own Natal Chart with say URANUS - SUN - JUPITER all in EARTH signs, then the hard work that Saturn triggers might put you in charge of your own business, or get you organized to open your own massage school. This is exactly what a client who has a Grand Trine being triggered by Transiting Saturn, is doing.

clearly this is NOT bad for her!

But that’s not all: HARD PATTERNS triggered by Saturn = tough times. Hard patterns are: Squares, oppositions, quincunx, T-squares, Grand Crosses, Yods and a variety of others. Not to mention the Saturn midpoints and the challenges that they can unleash!

It can be difficult for those of us pros who want to look a the WHOLE  PICTURE to boil it down to one small sound bite or another.

For your sake: Here’s my best effort at a sound-bite on Saturn IN VIRGO:
**by the way Saturn rules the anus**

The bean counters have taken over the world! Death by a thousand paper cuts!

IE: Camera traffic cops are enforcing every intersection in the major cities. Seems like no way to win against those bean counters.

The only way to fight beans is with beans!

Details, details, details, hair-splitting and a puckered behind, especially with laws. This is how you can win in the end. In other words: got an electronic traffic ticket for $400? Well, you DO have the right to face your accuser.

Huh? Face a camera? Not exactly, but you can demand to know if it was functioning right, you can demand paperwork. If they can’t produce it - or if no cop shows up, you win. Technicality. A shell game for cash.

Don’t be the dupe, have your facts screwed on nice and tight.

REMEMBER: he or she who has the tightest behind WINS all Saturn battles!

Want to know what Saturn has in store for you? Then order a NATAL CHART and instead of entering info for your partner, just type in SATURN!

Please note that this information will be good for a range of about 6 weeks from the date of delivery. For the first 5 people I will also include a list of SATURN WARNING DATES when you must avoid contracts, starting a new job, moving, or other important beginning - the trouble this could save you is priceless!

Don’t wait to get your 4D-NATAL CHART, once Saturn is in your back yard, it’s too late to get prepared.

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This Full Moon is about activation of our inner senses, our psychic perceptions and our deepest truth. This is not a light fluffy Moon by any stretch of the imagination (even if it IS in Sagittarius). You see, it’s complicated, just like the dreams, visions and inner turmoil that you are having. There is deep stuff afoot, so watch out for those crazy neon angler fish from the deep!

Strange and churning images explode onto the consciousness as something deep within the soul is being awakened by this Sagittarius Full Moon. The Galactic Center being activated, is literally activating the deeper meaning and purpose that exists behind the mundane level of our lives. In other words: the stable but unsatisfying job just won’t cut it any longer - the soul demands something more. The same is true for the ’secure’ or convenient relationship. Nope. Not enough. Time to pay attention to the soul and what it needs. The duality of Gemini-Sagittarius presents us with a clear cut polarity, a sense of love vs. lust, money vs. happiness, and on and on. Each of us may have a different X vs. Y scenario, but that doesn’t make it any less profound and meaningful for each and every one of us. A Full Moon by it’s very nature is always about duality - because it is always an opposition of the Sun and the Moon.

Like the Angel Gabriel sounding his trumpet, we are awakened to a deeper meaning, deeper purpose and greater calling with our outward lives by this Full Moon in Sagittarius. Now, more than ever we must ask our soul what it needs from us. We must make sense of our greater pattern, our role withing the force of life. Today, we are literally being asked to rise up and become who we truly are. We are being asked to open to and embrace our inner knowing, being and cosmic purpose.

The only trouble arises if we are not sure what that purpose is exactly. The intensity of feeling and desire that is ignited is confusing and frustrating. What do we do with it? Look within, find the truth behind the truth, learn to hear what the subconscious mind has to say to you.

Ok, that’s easier said than done. I for one have spent many lifetimes on perfecting this art. But try some meditation at least, to get a start on it. After that, find a person who is a clear mirror to ask for reflection time. They must be clear, so that they can show you what’s actually there. This will help you sort out what’s going on.

Just know that there is an ancient polarity that is being activated at this time on our planet Earth. We are being called to our role in the greater cosmic spiritual battle that we are being prepared for - know it or not. The time is getting nearer. We are all being called to connect with our soul-clan, our soul-partners, our soul-purpose and our deepest sense of direction. These are the confusing and profound images that are stirring from deep within at this time.

This cycle will continue to last throughout the summer - so pay very close attention to the people you meet and the places you go, there’s a piece of your soul in them. I always remind people, that in order to find their soul mate, you must first find (and listen to) your soul! Listen up! The activation of this Full Moon in Gemini conjunct the Galactic Center and opposing the Sun is causing the SOUL TO SPEAK.

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