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December 9, 2017 Daily Almanac, With Your Daily Horoscope (see below)
Today is Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017
Hebrew date is 21 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 21 Rabi'-I 1439
Mayan Tzolk'in Day is 11 Ix
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.14
Julian Day is 2458097
Today's Birthdays: John Milton (1608-1674), Tabitha Babbitt (1779-1853), Clarence Birdseye (1886-1956), Emmett Kelly (1898-1979), Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985), Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), Kirk Douglas (1916), Redd Foxx (1922- 1991), John Cassavetes (1929-1989), Judi Dench (1934), Junior Wells (1934-1998), Dan Hicks (1941-2016), Joe McGinniss (1942-2014), Neil Innes (1944), Joan Armatrading (1950), Michael Dorn (1952), John Malkovich (1953), Jesse Metcalfe (1978).
"Imagine how asleep or utterly unperceptive and clueless you would have to be not to see yourself as absurd, for the most part."
-- John Malkovich
Amanda Painter | Harnessing Steam with a World on Fire
Socially and politically, it feels almost as though the world is catching on fire. Significant activity in all three fire signs -- especially Sagittarius -- is mirroring that sensation astrologically. Amanda Painter suggests that when Mars enters Scorpio today, the steam it generates (fire plus water) could be channeled into some important transformation.
Moon Phase: Moon is in Disseminating (waning gibbous) phase and enters Last Quarter phase tonight at 11:51 pm PST / 2:51 am Dec. 10 EST (07:51:16 UTC).
Next New Moon in Sagittarius is on Dec. 17-18 at 10:30 pm PST / 1:30 am EST (06:30:20 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Cancer on Jan. 1-2 at 6:24 pm PST / 9:24 pm EST (02:24:00 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Virgo and enters Libra on Dec. 10-11 at 9:01 pm PST / 12:01 am EST (05:00:51 UTC).
Sun Degree: 18-19 Sagittarius.
Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Mars enters Scorpio at 1:59 am PST / 4:59 am EST (08:59:11 UTC).
Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
-- Venus square Orcus at 3:16 am PST / 6:16 am EST (11:16:24 UTC).
-- Mercury conjunct Ixion at 12:20 pm PST / 3:20 pm EST (20:19:45 UTC).
-- Mercury trine Pallas at 12:52 pm PST / 3:52 pm EST (20:52:07 UTC).
-- Sun trine Ceres at 1:59 pm PST / 4:59 pm EST (21:58:44 UTC).
-- Vesta opposite Mors-Somnus at 8:12 pm PST / 11:12 pm EST (04:12:08 Dec. 10 UTC).
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If Your Birthday is Dec. 9
(The Day of Flamboyance) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
In order to take charge of your life, you must set aside a desire to be liked or appreciated. The desire to be popular too often implies you will act like the people whose values and priorities you don't share. Being the master of your own life might make you unpopular with others. You have your agenda and nobody but you has to approve of it, or of you.
Written in the Planets
What do you want? If you know, are you willing to ask for it? How deep does this desire run -- emotionally, physically, sexually, spiritually, creatively? Mars entering Scorpio today suggests a newly refreshed ability to recognize and go for what you desire. With Scorpio being a fixed sign, it also warns against being too strong-willed and stubborn about it. Remember to listen to the responses you're getting -- from other people, from within yourself, from your environment, from your intuition -- and adjust accordingly. With the Sagittarius Sun trine Ceres in Leo, you can express the twin flames of heart and spirit in ways that nourish.
New Features Added:
Understanding Key Life Transits of Saturn, Chiron and Uranus
Dear Friend and Reader:
The Art of Becoming is your 2018 annual reading. This is my 20th time at the rodeo! And that's a good thing, because to write about the transits of the coming year will take experience. If you're new to the discussion of this project, I've linked a letter in the last paragraph.
I've added three new features to The Art of Becoming, for those who pre-order all 12 signs: videos that cover Chiron in Aries, and Aries Chiron returns; Uranus in Taurus, and Uranus oppositions; and Saturn in Capricorn, including those two Saturn return groups (first and second). These cover many age groups and sub-generations.
These videos are included if you pre-order all 12 signs. Then they will be spun off as separate products. They will not be included with post-publication orders, or single-sign orders. Each will be offered separately for $37.37 each.
I've wanted to do transit readings like this for years! One distinction about my astrological career is that rather than predicting transits, I've been listening to my clients tell me the stories of their transits for more than two decades.
The current pre-order price is $99, which includes written readings for all 12 signs, plus the Saturn, Chiron and Uranus video presentations. Those will be published before the written readings, by the way.
Delivery is expected in January. That's the time estimate, based on 20 years' experience doing this project. If you're curious to read more about The Art of Becoming, here's a detailed letter describing how I do the readings and what they contain.
And if you have not read your 2017 reading, you may do so here at no charge.
Sign up today. The next price increase will be soon!
Thank you for trusting me as your astrologer, and for participating in Planet Waves.
With love,
Daily Horoscope for December 9, 2017 | By Eric Francis Coppolino
If Today is Your Birthday
In order to take charge of your life, you must set aside a desire to be liked or appreciated. The desire to be popular too often implies you will act like the people whose values and priorities you don't share. Being the master of your own life might make you unpopular with others. You have your agenda and nobody but you has to approve of it, or of you. You share a birthday with Redd Foxx, Judi Dench and Imogen Heap.
Aries (March 20-April 19) -- The question so few people ask about a sexual encounter is, does this serve my best interests? You're certainly feeling the pull in a certain compelling direction, and you also have the discipline and self-control to make a choice about what's right for you. It may not be -- but it certainly may.
"Self-awareness, both of your thoughts and of your conduct, is your most powerful tool to influence your experience of growth into the new forms that you are. This includes reaching deep enough into yourself that you make some contact with the aspect of you that is timeless and changeless."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) -- You're about to make a discovery about how confident in yourself you've become. A discussion that might, in another era, have shaken you up or made you doubt yourself is now welcome and productive. What you learn, you'll be able to apply easily, by making small adjustments.
"There is a genuine skill in creative mastery that involves standing back from judging what you've created. You might listen to what other people say; you might work until what you're doing feels good; you might take a swashbuckling attitude and not care; you might trust the fact that you always strive to do better (or any of these at the right moment)."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) -- Don't let your security lead you to a place of self-doubt. There's always that moment where you feel yourself questioning your abilities or your role in someone's life, and you get to decide whether you're going to fall for it. Catch that moment in time and send yourself a bold affirmation.
"You're the one who has to negotiate between your potential and what you do with it. This is an active, everyday challenge being a Gemini. The world can seem so much bigger than you are, and in one way it is -- but your mind is the thing that encompasses the world, all the world's people and all your experiences there."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- You may be tempted to let your emotions guide you, particularly through a work-related issue. Yet any opinion grounded in how you feel is not entirely dependable at the moment. While Mercury is retrograde, think for an extra day or two before you change course or think you've solved a problem.
"Notice your true feelings for people and make peace with the fact that you feel that way. You may have had a habit of resisting intimacy, and now you have little choice but to yield and open up to allowing others to touch your soul. In this way, you will come to the direct experience of growing into the soul dimension of your life."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) -- Where a career matter is concerned, proceed with a certain kind of caution: the ability to revise your choices. Conduct small experiments to see some results of your ideas, and to test how others respond. Whatever you may be doing, sketch in pencil rather than in ink, and be grateful for your eraser.
"Rather than thinking of yourself as the entity that holds all the planets in orbit, think of yourself as someone who grounds the Sun into the Earth. This is actually what you do in the physical and spiritual sense, and it grants you some relief from the much larger responsibility of providing all the power and all the gravity."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) -- Holding steady means dancing to the music. Virgo is famous for control, and at the moment, there's no way for you actually to do this. So you need other options, such as being flexible, seeking a deeper understanding of events, and setting aside judgment. From that space, you can truly listen.
"There comes that time in any growth or improvement project where you have to ease back, have a glass of wine or even smoke a cigarette. Radical, I know. However, you're at a stage of your life where you must follow your own rules, and to do that, your rules must be practical and workable."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) -- Being honest with yourself this weekend may be challenging. It'll be easy to forget some of your basic needs, and you might find yourself making excuses to others that you believe yourself. That would be the first thing to pay attention to. Listen to yourself carefully, and check your facts.
"Rather than being a clear mirror, relationships can often feel like a house of smoke and mirrors. This is especially a concern due to the experience of projection: ascribing to others feelings that are actually your own. Anais Nin is credited with saying, 'We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are.'"
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) -- Mars has entered your sign, which will come as a relief. You may notice that an odd tension has left your thoughts, and that you no longer feel like you've gone missing. You are back. Now, all you have to do is act like that's true. Walk around and ask yourself, "What do I want?"
"The self-esteem theme, described by the union of your 1st and 2nd houses, is the claiming back of your natural desire as a birthright. If you are in doubt about what you want, or if you consider it a potential moral affront, it's difficult to feel good about yourself. For you, taking possession of desire is integral to your respect of yourself."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Sagittarius Astrology Reading by Eric Francis is Ready!
Dear Friend of Planet Waves:
This weekend, I completed the astrology portion of the Sagittarius reading. I wanted to make sure it was recorded before Mercury stationed retrograde in your sign, and before the Full Moon in your opposite sign.
We're in an astonishing moment globally, challenging though it is -- though, for Sagittarius, it's particularly amazing. Saturn is set to leave your sign. Mercury will be retrograde for the next three weeks, highlighting the Saturn-Pholus-Galactic Core conjunction.
This is rock-and-roll astrology, and I've done a reading to match the vibrant, growth-oriented and downright beautiful quality of your charts.
We have two astrology sessions for you right now. In the first, I describe the process of Saturn in Sagittarius, and what Mercury retrograde is suggesting you do, in preparation for Saturn's change of signs.
I also talk about why Sagittarius is an utterly unusual sign, containing two deep-space points that can serve as a direct connection to source. I also talk about the relationship of Chiron to Sagittarius, which describes how to harness this energy.
In the second section, I look forward: to the sign changes of Saturn, Chiron and Uranus, which take hold between now and your next birthday. These three sign changes take us beyond the Uranus square Pluto era (2011-2015) and into the next distinct phase of astrology -- a short but powerful one that will peak in 2020 (the Saturn conjunct Pluto era).
This is fresh, alive astrology that's easy to follow. I am at my best as a motivational speaker, wherein it's my role to make your own potential compelling to you.
You can get the reading at the current order price of $44. In a month or so, your tarot reading will follow along.
The reading includes many resources, such as articles relevant to your astrology that will provide helpful backstory, and your 2017 written reading from The Book of Your Life.
(Yes, we are over-delivering here, though the moment calls for it.)
Get instant access now!
With love, your friendly neighborhood astrologer --
P.S. If you've never listened to one of my audio readings, you're invited to check out last year's Sagittarius reading as a gift. It's a great way to review your last year during this Mercury retrograde phase, and prepare to make the most of your new reading.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) -- Be sure to appreciate the currently wild astrology in your sign, which is some of the most exciting in the whole history of Sagittarius. Of course, you may not be having fun if your relationships are going wonky. But if you bring some compassion and curiosity, you will have a lot more fun.
"The overwhelming message of this series of South Node eclipses is that you must get beyond your own past, and find the present. Finding the present means sorting out your emotional reality to the point where you understand what happened, and what it means -- and use it as a source of strength rather than of weakness."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) -- Saturn's entry into your sign over the next 10 days may feel like a metal splinter rising up out of your skin. You forgot when it got embedded a few summers ago, and your body has been gradually pushing it out. Then when it breaks the surface, you think it'll hurt, but it's the best feeling in the world.
"If you're worried about your reputation, this is merely another way of assigning power over yourself to others. You cannot control what anyone thinks, and no matter how pure, sinister, friendly, loving, raunchy, talented or slothy you might be, people will think what they want. What they might think is not your business."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Avoid the allure of power. Emphasize service, in the form of supporting others. Focus on fulfilling your commitments and responsibilities. Concentrate on living as if your life is an example. Be a source of ideas, in the form of proposals, which would count as leadership. But power? Forget it.
"It looks to me like you need to call an end to a certain line of conduct or thinking that has been in your family for a while. The opportunity you have is based on the fact that you can actually see this issue for what it is. It's normally difficult to discern, and it's been masked or veiled recently by its prevalence in society. Once you have it in your sights, address it on the spot."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- You have many resources for how to get results. Basically you have every tool in your toolbox to choose from. So make sure you use the right one for any specific job. Two of the most useful are an ability to peel back any situation to see what's really going on, and your charming persuasiveness.
"You mean a great deal to the people close to you, and though they may not say anything about it, they certainly know it. If it ever seems that people benefit from you more than you benefit from them, rejoice in that fact. You need less than they do; you are more complete in yourself than most people around you; and anyway, that self-completion is the major theme of your astrology."
-- From your 2017 annual reading by Eric Francis, The Book of Your Life -- which you can read here. Eric's beginning work on the 2018 annual edition. Pre-order now.
Monthly Horoscopes and Publishing Schedule Notes
We published your extended monthly horoscopes for December on Wednesday, Nov. 22. Your extended monthly horoscopes for
November were published on Thursday, Oct. 26. Please note: we normally publish the extended monthly horoscope on the first Friday after the Sun has entered a new sign.
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