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December 11, 2017 Daily Almanac, With Your Daily Horoscope (see below)
Today is Monday, Dec. 11, 2017
Hebrew date is 23 Kislev 5778
Islamic date is 23 Rabi'-I 1439
Mayan Tzolk'in Day is 13 k'ib'
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.0.16
Julian Day is 2458099
Today's Birthdays: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858-1943), Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984), Rita Moreno (1931), Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho) (1931-1990), McCoy Tyner (1938), Tom Hayden (1939-2016), Brenda Lee (1944), Teri Garr (1944), Jermaine Jackson (1954), Tom Shadyac (1958), Nikki Sixx (1958), Mos Def (1973), Roy Wood, Jr. (1978), Tiffany Alvord (1992).
"The task of the artist is to sense more keenly than others the harmony of the world, the beauty and the outrage of what man has done to it, and poignantly to let people know."
-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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From Here to Saturn in Capricorn
Just before noon Eastern time on Tuesday, Dec. 19, Saturn arrives in Capricorn. Saturn's pass over the Galactic Core and through the last degrees of Sagittarius describes the high-pressure madness we've been seeing, as well as the feeling of some people waking up.
For a brief refresher, Saturn (associated with structure, productivity, responsibility and authority) orbits the Sun in about 29 years, and therefore takes about two-and-a-half to three years to pass through each sign. It's been in Sagittarius since late 2014 and is about to enter Capricorn. This particular change is significant in that Saturn will be entering a sign that it rules for the first time in a generation and, in the process, will make an aspect to the Aries Point, with its theme of the personal meeting the collective. This also commences the Saturn-Pluto conjunction, which peaks in 2020.
There are so many distinct astrological events between now and Saturn's ingress into Capricorn that it seems like we'll experience a microcosm of history in that time: of shuffling of developments and ideas, of changes, referrals in course, many little surprises and revelations, and a few big ones. World events have been so compressed lately that few might notice the difference.
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Moon Phase: Moon is in Last Quarter phase and enters Balsamic (waning crescent) phase on Dec. 13-14 at 8:19 pm PST / 11:19 pm EST (04:18:59 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 Libra and enters Scorpio on Dec. 13 at 5:59 am PST / 8:59 am EST (13:58:31 UTC).
Sun Degree: 20-21 Sagittarius.
Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Moon enters Libra at 9:01 pm Dec. 10 PST / 12:01 am EST (05:00:51 UTC).
Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
-- Sun conjunct Varda at 2:02 am PST / 5:02 am EST (10:01:50 UTC).
-- Mars square Varuna at 2:21 am PST / 5:21 am EST (10:20:37 UTC).
-- Mercury trine Eris at 1:47 pm PST / 4:47 pm EST (21:47:14 UTC).
-- Sun square Borasisi at 4:18 pm PST / 7:18 pm EST (00:17:43 Dec. 12 UTC).
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If Your Birthday is Dec. 11
(The Day of Intensity) | Sagittarius Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
When you depend on others for money, they gain power over you that you don't want them to have. If you want to actually be as free as you envision yourself being, that means being a master of your money. This must not be a separate thing but rather a deeply seated personal quality that you develop all the time. Gradually lean into this until you're at full tilt.
Written in the Planets
On its present retrograde journey through Sagittarius, Mercury is making contact with a lot of objects. Today it forms a trine to Eris. When these two bodies meet, that can bring out the trickster; and there's certainly a caution here about acting rebelliously just for the sake of it. Remember that words once uttered can't be taken back, and think before you say them. On the other hand, if you've been feeling stuck on a specific idea, and need some fresh creative energy, this aspect may prove eminently useful.
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 11, 2017 | By Eric Francis Coppolino
If Today is Your Birthday
When you depend on others for money, they gain power over you that you don't want them to have. If you want to actually be as free as you envision yourself being, that means being a master of your money. This must not be a separate thing but rather a deeply seated personal quality that you develop all the time. Gradually lean into this until you're at full tilt. You share a birthday with Rita Moreno, Jermaine Jackson, and Mos Def.
Aries (March 20-April 19) -- If someone you care about is ready to meet you and offers you an encounter of some kind, consider taking them up on it before you run away. Yes, this could lead to deeper feelings, whether you know the person well or even if they're a new friend. Depth would suit you well right now.
"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) -- If you're honest with yourself about how much space you need in your emotional and sexual relationships, you will be able to make honest demands on others. You don't need to be defensive; recognize what you need, and say it out loud, sincerely. Make sure your invitations are just as clear.
"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) -- A fog seems to be lifting, and you can see someone in their true light. Yet it still may be suitable to feel just a little awe or admiration, without idealizing them. Sincere respect is always appropriate, as long as it's deserved. You have a wise person in your life. Learn what you can.
"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 have sufficient information and context to sort out a complex situation at work, though proceed with caution. Take things gradually, and don't make the mistake of being overconfident. If your assurance level is a six on a scale of 10, proceed with the confidence of a four.
"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) -- You may be figuring out that it's time to address a family matter, though there are two routes you can take. You can lurch and take action, and aggressively try to solve things; or you can observe, gather your facts, and really get a sense what's going on. Which is the better approach?
"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) -- At a certain point you need limits; and if you cannot set them on others, then you must do so with yourself. If you've had enough of a situation, you may not be able to stop it, though you can remove yourself from it, or change your relationship to it. But this is your call exclusively.
"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) -- Your chart continues to emphasize the value of being real with yourself. You've conducted enough experiments in denial to know the truth of this. And you've seen how well it works to do what you know is right, and to act on what you know is valid for you, no matter what anyone else thinks.
"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) -- You may feel like you have to hold out for the perfect relationship, or at least the right person at the right time. That would be one approach to your current astrology. You can also try being generous with someone you just like, who also likes you. That would probably work out well.
"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) -- You may still feel like you're under considerable pressure to accomplish or resolve something, though for now, you've done most of what you can. The most helpful thing you can do is make a conscious effort to remember what you've put so much effort into learning, and make use of the information.
"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) -- In this last week of entries before Saturn goes into your sign, it'll be helpful to conduct a review of the past three years. Today, let's consider the question of career. Where were you in late 2014, and where today? Is your work more meaningful now? Do you look forward to showing up every day?
"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) -- Leadership is service, end of discussion. Anything other than service is not actual leadership but a form of power, control or aggression. Therefore, concentrate on the ways that you serve. Answer your calling to be of assistance, and if you actually succeed, be grateful for that fact.
"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) -- One asset you currently have in abundance is faith in yourself. Pisces never gets enough credit for its confidence, though right now you can draw upon it like the fully charged battery in a Tesla. When you have something challenging to do -- and you do -- remind yourself: I can do this well.
"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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