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From an Eclipse into Venus Retrograde
Dear Friend and Reader:
Today's eclipse in Pisces was what you might call a watershed moment: a point of transition from one phase of your life to another. This one put us under considerable pressure to wrap up old business and make way for new experiences.
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Ruy Queiroz caught the Feb. 26 eclipse in Sao Paulo, one of the world's major financial centers and the most populous city in Brazil. |
Eclipses have lasting effects, and this one is not over. The Sun is still moving toward Neptune in Pisces, which will be inspiring if you can stay above the confusion.
To work with Neptune you must keep your confidence and clarity of mind, while still honoring your creativity and intuition. You can do it; it will help to take one thing at a time.
While this eclipse is pulsing through the water of Pisces in circular waves, another event is happening in Aries: Mars passing through the Uranus-Eris conjunction. This is radical astrology, it's bold and it's also asking for careful and reasoned thought.
Remember, the Sun is conjunct Neptune at the moment, which can be idealistic or foggy. Mars is mixing it up with electrical Uranus and rebellious Eris. So you'll want to think before you act, even if you want to make some kind of sudden move. The problem with Neptune is that it can either conceal information, or make you think something is a great idea when it might not be. Hence, discernment is necessary. Real-time tests are necessary, before you go all-in.
One relevant example is that, often, people will smoke a little pot and think something is a great idea. It may be, it may not be, but you need to think it through in the morning, and maybe test it out in real life. Mars-Uranus-Eris can indeed spark inspired ideas; it's just not guaranteed.
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This mosaic image of the Feb. 26 annular eclipse is from Slooh.com, which captured the event live in Coyhaique, Chile, and broadcast it around the world. |
I covered both events in detail on the current edition of Planet Waves TV.
Later this week, on March 4, Venus stations retrograde in Aries. That will last through April 15. Venus in Aries seems like a permanent condition of our society: people demand and respond to focus on themselves. It's so pervasive as to be invisible. And self-obsession is being fed by the most sophisticated mirror ever invented, the glitzy and glamorous internet.
The problem is that most people don't know it's a mirror. It's easy to forget that the entire internet is an extension of your senses and your nervous system. It's easy to think that it's about all these other people.
Venus retrograde turns the emotional quest inward. This is astrology that's demanding self-awareness and a measure of humility. Humility does not mean acting humble. Rather, it means staying close to the ground, and staying moist rather than hot and dry. Venus will soon be retrograding back into Pisces, which is an image of going deeper into oneself.
Pisces represents the emotional realm, as well as what we think of as creative. And Pisces takes us into a wide space of humanity, where individuals swim together in collective experience. Much of the 'cosmic teaching' of this retrograde is about the relationship between the individual and all these other beings around us, and their feelings.
I'll have more to say about Venus retrograde in Tuesday's edition of Planet Waves FM, and in my article this coming Thursday evening. Your weekly astrology reading is below. It applies to both your Sun and your rising sign.
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Your Monthly Horoscopes -- and our Publishing Schedule Notes
Your extended monthly horoscopes for March were published Thursday, Feb. 23.
We published your extended monthly horoscopes for February on Thursday, Jan. 26. Your Moonshine horoscope for the Cancer Full Moon published Thursday, Jan. 12. 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 Feb. 27, 2017 | By Eric Francis Coppolino
Aries (March 20-April 19) -- Yesterday's eclipse in Pisces opened an inner doorway for you. This is a standout event, even on the scale of your current rapid phase of self-discovery. Now that this door is open, it will remain so, for as long as you keep using it. You have access through any inward-seeking practice such as meditation, art or spiritually grounded sex. There's one more message that's coming through, and it involves discerning the difference between need and desire. Most people tend to describe their desires as needs, since they're easier to justify that way. I suggest you lean in the direction of desire, and learn to say the words "I want" without guilt. You actually have very few needs, and most of them are met. You will benefit from an honest relationship with wanting. It's powerful for two reasons: first, it's more direct and to the point. Second, if you want something that turns out to be unavailable or unreasonable, it will be easier to let it go.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) -- Venus, Taurus planet number one, is slowing down for one of its unusual retrograde phases, which lasts from March 4 though April 15. This is a cool-off phase for you, and a time for reflection and review. It comes with a special message. Among its topics that are vital to the human spirit, Venus is about values, and this retrograde is about valuing your community. Specifically, it's about truly appreciating a community that accepts you for who you truly are. You're at a time in your life when you don't need to pretend. At the same time you have mastered adapting to your environment without compromising who you are. Three cheers for maturity. Now you get to take this deeper, and maximize the other side of the equation: really bringing the best of who you are to your community, recognizing the unique role you have to play. That's true even when you have your doubts.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) -- You must stay on-message, especially where professional matters are concerned. By this, I mean that you would be wise to work from talking points, rather than ad-libbing it. There are rather significant aspects this week in your house of reputation, achievement and success. They are creative and inspiring combinations of planets -- and they are slippery and a bit dreamy. To make the best use of these aspects, you must be well prepared and on time and must plan carefully what you're going to say. You don't need a script; you need to have your basic necessary discussion elements and main points together. Don't veer too far from this, at the moment; obviously flexibility is a must, but keep yourself on a short leash when it comes to what you write and say. Remember: on-message, for effectiveness.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- Your work -- that is, your real work -- is a vital aspect of your life, your identity and your growth. Far from being the sign of hearth and home, your solar chart reveals you as ambitious, driven and someone who must fully inhabit your mission or your calling. Start with what you're doing now, and do it with a brassy and bold sense of adventure. The more you assert yourself, the more unusual results you will get. Keep in mind that everything you do is part of a relationship, no matter how casual or formal, fleeting or long established. Therefore, work on the level of human contact, and remember the necessity for mutual service: the facets of life where real meaning manifests. Some of the best opportunities that emerge for you will take the form of mistakes, surprises, or positive advantages that come out of seeming conflict. For maximum benefit, you must assert yourself, and let the atoms of thought collide into new elements and compounds.
Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) -- Within an intimate partnership, one door is closing and another is opening. The relationship in question will need to develop into its new form before you really understand what it is. I suggest, till then, that you refrain from labeling or attempting to define the rearranged circumstance. There is still plenty of fog that has to clear, and that will take some time. You're learning to see your relationships beyond your rose-colored point of view. It will help if you keep your eye on the bank balance, and on matters of balance that involve sexuality in any form. Everyone involved must be willing to bring their whole truth to the discussion. Be aware of seemingly passive forms of deception, such as when you're not provided with full disclosure and are expected not to care. There remains one additional question, which is what you do with the truth when you have it.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) -- Any decision that you seem to make rapidly or unexpectedly was probably brewing for a long time. You might inquire with yourself as to how long. Look for the roots of the situation. Go back to the times of first meeting, of inception, or of any initial agreement that was made. Then plot the way forward; you're likely to see a series of steppingstones you followed that got you to where you are today. If you start to encounter confusion, that's a sign to persist. You cannot smooth out the surface of the water with a canoe paddle, but you can read your journals and old emails, and you can study photographs for information. Take your time with this research. Work more like a novelist than a lawyer, which is to say: the narrative counts for a great deal. You will gradually plot your way to a better place, even if you get blown off course every once in a while.
Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) -- I'm curious to hear from Libras and Libra rising what last week and the coming week have brought into your life. You're living through astrology that's pretty darned bold and brassy. It looks like you're keeping the company of a mad genius who is equal parts magician, scientist and military strategist. You may wonder about your role in any or all of this; the group constellation that surrounds you seems to have a mind of its own. You may also feel like you're getting drawn deeper into something that you don't quite understand, and which bristles your desire for calm and balance. At the least, I suggest you let your current environment shock you into a new level of inner consciousness. It really has something to offer you -- and I can all but assure you that you're not getting drawn into anything. By all indications, you seem well intent on going your own way.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) -- If you seek understanding from an emotional rather than psychological level, what you're trying to figure out will be more obvious. This is a matter of logic; that is, what kind of logic you use. Psychological logic is supposed to make sense; emotional logic gets a pass from that requirement. Let your eyes blur out from the figures before you, and gaze into the background. Feel your response as you allow yourself to be more vulnerable, more receptive, more willing to take the chance of resonating with emotions and desires that may take you into deeper water than you might trust. What you can trust is yourself.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) -- One way to look at cause and effect is as a linear series of steps. Another way is as a dynamic between ground and figure, or between an entity and its surrounding environment. We're all familiar with the 'one thing leads to another' method. Ground and figure causation explores the environmental dynamics as the factor that leads to any manifestation. Your life right now is a study in your environment. This works many ways: from your immediate surroundings and how you experience them (currently a rather complex equation), to your social environment, to vast and wide questions of existence. Rather than trying to take things one step at a time and deduce how things got to be the way they are, consider how you respond to your environment and what you do to shape your environment. This requires slowing down and suspending the usual rules of logic. The question to ask is, "How am I a product of my surroundings?"
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) -- Your life these days seems to be characterized by a struggle for mental clarity. Yet your solar chart suggests you ease back and listen to what your intuition tells you. If you are grappling with whether something is the right choice for you, you might try not reaching so far into the future. Study your present situation and how you feel about it. You seem to have discovered something over the weekend -- a factor that was right before your eyes but that you somehow managed not to notice. It will be easy to forget, even if you have a revelation of some kind. Rather than trying to think things through, or prove them with your eyes, listen to the space around you; let your thoughts pulse like the sounds of waves rather than the sound of your fingers typing on a keyboard. You already know the truth; you just need to listen, and accept.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You must be careful what you say and what you write. This is a great week to set everything on a one-hour delay, or an overnight delay. It will be easy -- very easy -- to say things that you regret, particularly if you are angry. Deal with any anger first, and then figure out what to say, and to whom. Your words have the power of a weapon right now, and even in the coolest and calmest state of mind, you want to use that delicately and judiciously. A good policy is minimal force; subtle persuasion is preferable to the heavy-handed kind. What I suggest you do is look for the most efficient, effort-free way to make your point. Think like a pool player rather than a football player. There's no need for a Hail Mary or to tackle anyone. Look for the angle that will sink the ball, nice and easy. Then aim carefully and measure your shot.
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