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Sagittarius New Moon, Conjunct the Queen of Heaven
Dear Friend and Reader:
Tuesday [at 7:19 am EST, 12:19 UTC] the Moon and Sun form a conjunction in Sagittarius; this is the annual Sagittarius New Moon. This event is bristling with energy; in part for being in Sagittarius, the sign of cosmic fire, and in part for being amplified by other celestial elements.
With Juno, the consort of Jupiter and the Roman Queen of Heaven, so prominent in this event -- the exact conjunction to the New Moon is unusual -- the emphasis is on relationships, and agreements within relationships. These are the domain of Juno.
The age-old question of commitment versus freedom may rise to the surface. Sagittarius emphasizes independence and free movement; Juno emphasizes pair-bonding and emotions such as jealousy that would seem to restrict freedom, or even the concept.
Yet with Juno it's necessary to look deeper, for example at the dynamics in the relationship. Can partners express their needs and desires? To what extent are they autonomous people, and to what extent are they "half of a couple," as Erica Jong once put it?
Juno is saying that there can be real freedom in a mutual awareness of where people in a couple stand. Are the ground rules agreed to? Or are they silent? And how is it possible to maintain balance in a time of change and even chaos? We live in an era when everything is changing at once, and this often presents a temptation to camp out in overly-rigid forms of relationship.
Juno, for most astrologers, inherently raises the question of monogamy, even though Juno's consort Jupiter was an infamous philanderer. When discussing monogamy, it's helpful to remember that everyone has their own definition of what that means. These definitions vary wildly; they often contain internal contradictions; and worst of all, they are rarely articulated.
Juno has one additional concept that's relevant today: that of social justice. This works in partnerships where people really must stand up for one another, and give one another space, sometimes to their own detriment. And in a more public manifestation, Juno is a call to action by people everywhere, in a time of global crisis.
The New Moon is positioned in a way that emphasizes the potency of the turning point, and the need to turn away from the denial and deception of the past. At a certain point truth must be embraced as a greater value than denial, and it would seem like the time is now.
Lovingly,
Beyond the Internet: Your Future is Real
The Book of Your Life 2017 Readings
Dear Friend and Reader:
This has been a challenging year. Everyone is feeling it. We all need a break.
Change is catching up with us fast -- with each of us as individuals, and with the grand experiment of modern society: that is, of freedom and of responsibility.
Astrology describes this beautifully -- for those who are interested. Astrology is big enough to encompass anything, particularly if contemporary methods and planets are used. Best of all, astrology reaches into who you are as a person, and helps you see your options.
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What led to the strange phenomenon of the election of 2016 -- whether you're horrified or think the outcome was just fabulous -- is still developing rapidly.
Using a past era as a comparison: were this the 1960s, we would be in December 1965. So much seems to have happened; very nearly everything has yet to happen.
Where will you be positioned as these radical transformations take hold? You have things you want to do with your life. You want to keep your peace of mind and deepen your inner relationship. You want to do your bit to take care of the world -- the world that the young people in your life will inherit from us.
I'm right here with you. My goal is to prepare you for the passage of time, so that you can make the most of your life.
Each year (going back to 1999), I write an annual extended reading for all 12 Sun, Moon and rising signs. This year, that reading will be called The Book of Your Life (or What The Astrologer Said). Unlike past years, this will be exclusively in writing; I am striving for simplicity and clarity.
Read more...
Your Monthly Horoscopes -- and our Publishing Schedule Notes
Your extended monthly horoscope for December was published on Wednesday, Nov. 23. We published your extended monthly horoscope for November on Thursday, Oct. 27. We published the Moonshine horoscope for the Scorpio New Moon, by Len Wallick, on Thursday, Nov. 3. Your Moonshine horoscope for the Aries Full Moon was published Thursday, Oct. 13. Please note: we normally publish the extended monthly horoscope on the first Friday after the Sun has entered a new sign.
Monday Morning Horoscope for Nov. 28, 2016 | By Eric Francis Coppolino
Aries (March 20-April 19) -- You need a new perspective, and it looks like you're about to get one. You've been so consumed with your own changes and developments the past year that it's been difficult to see much past that. Now you're getting a view over the edge of your own horizons. This will give you some space to consider your possibilities without feeling pressured or cramped. The picture in your chart hints at a few other ideas. One is to go beyond seemingly concrete notions of right and wrong. There are many shades, hues and colors to explore. Another involves whether you want or need to consider the interests of a partner in your future. I suggest you question this especially if you've taken the answer for granted in the past. An example of this would be never traveling without a partner. Maybe it's time to go somewhere on your own, with nobody else to answer to.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) -- You've passed through a kind of initiation. In the process, you seem to have figured out something about 'sin' being a useless concept. Keep exploring and you'll discover that it's a ruse -- it hides something deeper and more beautiful. That 'something' is direct experience, the kind that you own entirely and about which you get to make up your own mind. Another 'something' is gratitude. Take that with you, and give it out generously, as you continue to aspire to new adventures. Gratitude offered to your brothers, sisters, teachers and students is always appropriate. The more you give, the more you will have, and the more you'll appreciate the abundance that you get to receive by the graces of others. This will make you a softer and more humane person. And in this particular moment when your leadership counts for everything, you will level the ground between you and those who assist you -- and those who, with their power, open the way for you.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) -- You will need to maintain inner discipline in your relationship transactions during the coming weeks and well into January. There is a double influence at work. One involves a kind of marriage impulse, and the other looks more like anarchy. Neither is especially trustworthy. Each contains deeper emotions or motives, and you would be wise to look for them. One thing I want to emphasize is not having relationship conversations when anyone is under the influence of any mind-altering substance, even a little alcohol. There's room for some serious distortion. Therefore, conduct discussions of relationships and sexuality out of bed, such as at the kitchen table; and stone cold sober. You need to know what you're saying, hear what's being said to you, and fully trust the understandings and agreements you come to. There's no wiggle room here. It's essential that all parties state their true needs, and listen to those of the other. Beware of scorekeeping.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Take it as it comes. That's the best approach to your relationships right now. Someone close to you has been through a particularly challenging transformation. You may have been involved, directly or indirectly. Here's the thing to remember, at this juncture. People arrive in your life with what they have to offer: their integrity, their desire to share, their growth needs, their unfinished business, and whatever gratitude they might offer. You might take some time and space to observe what changes they're experiencing, and how they're making sense of their new self-perception. Remember that this is a kind of reflection for you. There's information available that will shift your perception of yourself and of your relationships. This may turn out to be a profound life-lesson disguised as something ordinary. Your relationship orientation is likely to have been shifted by this event. Now, gently plot the way forward -- that is, your way forward.
Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) -- You might find yourself offering quite a lot of your personal resources to someone close to you; that would include the erotic and creative kind. You seem to know what others need, and you have plenty to offer. You can safely let this flow. Whether or not anyone expresses appreciation, you will find some happiness in the giving. One thing you'll gain is experience you're craving. It's vital to honor that. You will receive good information that will help you sort out some puzzling issues related to partnership and marriage. These themes and questions can never be answered in theory; they must be explored through direct and conscious experience. Though this may sound strange, one way to look at your quest for independence and self-directed creativity is a social justice issue. You crave freedom, and so does everyone around you. Usually it's a fantasy. Now you can take steps toward making it real.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) -- Continue to tread consciously and carefully in your relationships. There are many layers to what is going on. What is happening on the surface is merely an invitation to look deeper, including into the dark corners. You will need to penetrate through the layers of confusion and deception to get to the real material. Over the next eight weeks, this will invariably lead you into family constellations that set up the current scenario of your life. Be mindful that no one discovery will explain everything. Along the way, though, there will be many revelations, each of which takes you to a deeper place. You will need to keep an open mind, and not cling to any one discovery as a 'cause'. To do this, it will help if you have a circumspect point of view: keep your senses moving, and alert, and pay as much attention to the background as you do to the figures in the foreground. Here's one last clue: you will learn much from studying the relationships of your ancestors, from your parents back at least three generations.
Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) -- You seem to be pushing loose from some lonely residue of your past. The longer story of your astrology, going back years, is about cultivating your emotional independence. Most people who know they want to possess this kind of self-containment never get there because one of the requisite steps is giving up what's blocking you from doing so. And you will never want to release something that you feel is helping you, or that you cannot live without. Taking the first steps into the visceral level of that independence is almost always lonely. The old way of existing is dissolving while the new one has not grounded fully into your awareness. Yet you're closer than you've ever been right now. Many seemingly separate circumstances of your life are conspiring to put you in a position where you must encounter yourself as the center of your existence. From that still point of the turning world, profound growth is possible.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) -- The nature and meaning of your personal possessions and resources is now the front-and-center theme of your life. What do you have? What do you value? Who do you value? What about yourself is the most solidly and dependably your own? There's a real question arising with the current astrology about what's yours, and what is community property. Community may range from housemates to your colleagues to your family of origin. It's any circumstance where you must fan out your personal resources into a group of any size, going back to the beginning of your life. If you are feeling anger in any form, you might want to consider what of yours is being treated like some kind of collective property. Once you get a handle on what that might be, you can begin to claim yourself back, step by step. The goal here is not to be covetous of what you have, but rather to claim it as your own, so that you may share it as you wish, with whom you wish -- or not.
Travel Into the Future with Your Sagittarius Reading
"You are investing events with energy, vision and momentum, and that means infusing them with the power to travel into the future, to develop and to grow."
-- Eric in the Vision Quest reading for Sagittarius
Dear Friend and Reader:
Does the thought of investing your actions with energy, vision and momentum excite and inspire you? Or does it sound intimidating, because you're not exactly sure where to direct your journey next?
Wherever you are on that spectrum, it's not too late to engage with your primary astrology and get things going. Your 2016-17 Sagittarius Birthday Reading will point you in the right direction.
Saturn halfway through your sign is only part of the picture. And nobody puts the pieces of that picture together quite the way Eric does, to show you the opportunities, challenges and points of liberation you may encounter.
"I'm looking forward to the Sag birthday reading as well as the annual. I always appreciate your advice and unique point of view."
-- Josh
Made up of two audio astrology segments of at least 30 minutes each, plus a tarot reading using the vibrant Voyager Tarot by James Wanless, this reading can now be pre-ordered for the significantly discounted price of $19.97.
Note that the price will increase in stages between now and when the final section (the tarot reading) is published. The earlier you pre-order, the better the deal. Our regular customers understand its value:
"About a week ago I went back and listened to last year's Sag report and was blown away by how it seemed to describe my personal journey."
-- Sagittarius customer via email
This reading works for Sagittarius Sun, Moon and rising folks, and makes an amazing gift. Pre-order it here and save.
Yours & truly,
Amanda Painter
Planet Waves Astrology Editor
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) -- Steam, heat and flames are roiling and boiling inside of you. This is often true; these days it's a bit more than the usual. There's so much that you want to make sense, and so little that actually does. It's as if you're looking for yourself in the middle of a hurricane. Note that this may be under the guise of seeking the love of your life, or trying to figure out what happened (or is happening) in a relationship. However, it would seem that anything of any relevance is happening inside of you. If other people are involved, they're more like supporting actors who briefly come onto the stage in the midst of your one-person show. If that's true, there's only one direction for you to look, which is within. You might have to forgive everyone and everything around you to get there; you will definitely need to forgive yourself, and journey inward. You may discover it's not so dark or foggy after all.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Life never lives up to fantasies, but if that's true, then what are they for? I would propose that one use of fantasy might be to get you to try something, and then be led to a different place or experience. You might not have gotten there otherwise, even if what you were imagining and what you discover are two different things entirely. As you do this, you may realize the difference between fantasy, which is essentially a passive state, and imagination, which is an assertive and creative state. The thing is, society -- this place where you try your real-time experiments -- is a major mess at the moment. So anything you do is likely to be transformed rapidly, and this may happen in a quick succession of create-recreate experiences. If you ride with this, and pay attention to your surroundings, you will notice that a pattern emerges, and that's the thing you're looking for.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- In the solar chart of a Pisces, Sagittarius is the sign of achievement, notoriety and success. Sagittarius is the sign of the hunter with his arrow pointed at its mark. Alternately, it's the sign of Chiron the centaur, the morph of human and horse, whose distinction is to be the greatest teacher and mentor in all of Greek mythology. Once you tap into this fiery Sagittarian quality in yourself, you will connect with the experience of drive, intention and wholesome ambition like you've never felt it before. It's funny, though; you never read about this in any description of Pisces; at least I never have. Tuesday there is a stunning New Moon in this area of your chart. This represents the beginning of a new cycle of achievement and success. Saturn, the planet of discipline and self-mastery, has been here for more than a year, opening the way. Keep your focus. Keep doing what you know to be right. Do not worry about what others are doing, or compare yourself to them. A revelation is at hand.
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