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February 23, 2018 Daily Almanac, With Your Daily Horoscope (see below)
Today is Friday, Feb. 23, 2018
Hebrew date is 8 Adar 5778
Islamic date is 7 Jumada-II 1439
Mayan Tzolk'in Day is 9 Ok
Mayan Long Count is 13.0.5.4.10
Julian Day is 2458173
Today's Birthdays: Jean-Baptiste Morin (1583-1656), Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Franz von Stuck (1863-1928), W. E. B. DuBois (1868-1963), Maude Royden (1876-1956), Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), Victor Fleming (1889-1949), Majel Barrett (1932-2008), Peter Fonda (1940), Johnny Winter (1944-2014), Allan Boesak (1945), Rebecca Goldstein (1950), Sallie Baliunas (1953), Niecy Nash (1970), Emily Blunt (1983), Tye White (1984), Dakota Fanning (1994).
"In any land, in any country under modern free competition, to lay any class of weak and despised people, be they white, black, or blue, at the political mercy of their stronger, richer, and more resourceful fellows, is a temptation which human nature seldom has withstood and seldom will withstand."
-- W. E. B. DuBois
A Moment of Awakening
Dear Friend and Reader:
Something extraordinary is happening. Yesterday, survivors and families from last week's Parkland, Florida, school shooting attended an epic 'listening session' with Pres. Trump, who for once behaved like a human being and actually sat there paying attention.
On the same day, other survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School confronted Sen. Marco Rubio at their state capitol in Tallahassee, and it was a real showdown.
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Therese Gachnauer, center, an 18-year-old senior from Chiles High School and Kwane Gatlin, right, a 19-year-old senior from Lincoln High School, both in Tallahassee, join fellow students protesting gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, FL., on Feb. 21, 2018. Students at schools across Broward and Miami-Dade counties in South Florida planned short walkouts Wednesday, one week after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS. Photo by Mark Wallheiser. |
Thousands of students across the country staged a walkout from their schools to demand stricter gun laws. There are two direct actions planned for March, including a nationwide walkout at 10 am local time on March 14, and the Million Kid March on DC for Gun Control on March 24.
The kids are showing the way. They're being the adults, and the rest of us need to listen, follow and do everything we can to support and encourage them.
The Parkland shooting took place the day before a solar eclipse, and any event around an eclipse can be a turning point. This eclipse, though, had a special quality: it was conjunct the Moon in the United States natal chart, which is conjunct the asteroid Pallas Athene. The U.S. has politics scripted into its personality. But typically it's naive, and has a love for hucksters, con men, phonies, preachers, and the good old days.
Suddenly, there seems to be an awakening, which is led by young people -- the ones who have the most to lose, the most energy and the strongest ideals. It's been fantastic to see students taking action, and planning to take more action. It's been beautiful to see young people stand up in support of claiming their own destiny.
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Moon Phase: Moon is in Waxing Crescent phase and enters First Quarter phase at 12:09 am PST / 3:09 am EST (08:09:04 UTC).
Next Full Moon is in Virgo on March 1-2 at 4:51 pm PST / 7:51 pm EST (00:51:15 UTC).
Corresponding New Moon in Pisces is on March 17 at 5:11 am PST / 8:11 am EST (13:11:29 UTC).
Moon Sign: Moon is in Gemini and enters Cancer on Feb. 24 at 7:06 pm PST / 10:06 pm EST (03:05:55 Feb.25 UTC).
Sun Degree: 5-6 Pisces.
Planetary Stations and Sign Changes
Juno enters Pisces at 12:11 pm PST / 3:11 pm EST (20:10:45 UTC).
Asbolus stations direct at 7:48 pm PST / 10:48 pm EST (03:48:02 Feb. 24 UTC).
Interesting Selected Aspects | Data by Serennu
-- Sun sextile Pelion at 4:54 am PST / 7:54 am EST (12:54:26 UTC).
-- Sun sextile 1992 QB1 at 5:50 am PST / 8:50 am EST (13:49:38 UTC).
-- Mercury sextile Hylonome at 9:54 am PST / 12:54 pm EST (17:53:47 UTC).
-- Mars sextile Okyrhoe at 10:15 am PST / 1:15 pm EST (18:15:17 UTC).
-- Mercury square Altjira at 3:59 pm PST / 6:59 pm EST (23:58:33 UTC).
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If Your Birthday is Feb. 23
(The Day of the Viable Candidate) | Pisces Birthday Reading | All Other Signs
Confront the many ways you're different from others, and therefore, will never meet their expectations. Yet once you accept who you are, and the many ways you view life differently from the people around you, you'll be on the path to finding your true happiness. Accept that you take an original view of relationships, and never pretend to be someone else.
| Current Pisces Weekly Horoscope
In astrology, the 12th house is the one that is usually said to correspond with yours, the 12th sign. This is the most mysterious house, which is about all things invisible, and not available to the normal senses. How have your dreams been?
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Current Pisces Monthly Horoscope
You are made up of all of who you are. To be yourself, you must be completely you, and draw on all of your experiences and all of your feelings, and count every need and desire as valid. Be aware of when you try to cast away or disown certain elements of your being.
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Written in the Planets
Today's first quarter Moon marks one week since the Aquarius New Moon and eclipse. (Does it feel like it's been longer?) What projects are you starting to build some momentum with? Do they relate at all to any intentions you set last week? With the Moon in Gemini, notice whether you feel like you have to operate on two (or more) tracks at once. Is that comfortable for you, or do you feel a little scattered? Figuring out your most pressing priorities on paper might help in managing it all. Meanwhile, the asteroid Juno enters Pisces today. What does it mean to you to have a 'spiritual' bond with a partner? Is that a priority for you? Between now and the end of April, track your emotional needs in your relationships, and notice whether you're more inclined to imagine expressing them rather than actually express them.
You can now get instant access to ten signs of the 2018 Planet Waves annual, The Art of Becoming. Order all 12 signs here to read your Sun, Moon and rising sign and those of loved ones, or choose your individual signs here.
Daily Horoscope for February 23, 2018 | By Eric Francis Coppolino
If Today is Your Birthday
Confront the many ways you're different from others, and therefore, will never meet their expectations. Yet once you accept who you are, and the many ways you view life differently from the people around you, you'll be on the path to finding your true happiness. Accept that you take an original view of relationships, and never pretend to be someone else. You share a birthday with George Frideric Handel, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Majel Barrett.
Aries (March 20-April 19) -- You have big dreams; and you can make them real, if you bring a little discipline to the table. For you, that means working with time rather than against it. Commit to sustaining your efforts, which is easier than it may seem, with time moving so quickly. Stick with your goals, day by day.
Taurus (April 19-May 20) -- Once a conversation enters public consciousness, it changes. There are certain matters in your life that are appropriate for an open discussion, and others that are appropriate for one-on-one. In the end, all things may be known; though, for now, there is a subject demanding quiet sanctuary.
Gemini (May 20-June 21) -- By now you're aware that most people, when given power, will tend to abuse it in some way. You must take the opposite approach: your influence is a gift that's given to you for the common good. Be aware that all of your actions and choices have consequences. Use that fact wisely.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) -- You're processing some deep feelings, and your inner life has taken on a resplendent quality. The light within you will reveal where you need to direct your healing. Many of the issues you think are your own are actually inherited property from parents and grandparents. Keep that in mind.
Leo (July 22-Aug. 23) -- If you allow yourself to make contact with your darker feelings -- your uncertainty, ambiguity or sadness, for example -- you will make room for love, kindness and forgiveness. If you stuff down the dark feelings, you're likely to withdraw and shut down. Both options are open.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sep. 22) -- It's easy to avoid deeper subject matter in relationships, though there's a price for that. Avoidance takes energy, and blocks the flow of life force. Embracing the truth of another person takes caring, acceptance and courage -- and lately these things are in short supply. It's time to stock up.
Libra (Sep. 22-Oct. 23) -- Much of what you're working through are your ideas about something. That's different from the reality -- and it will help to keep that distinction in mind. You're in a situation where considering something from a different point of view can have deep and lasting changes, and offer you some peace.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22) -- Guilt is different from regret. Usually, guilt is a general feeling, disconnected from specific action. Regret has a focal point. Make a commitment to release guilt and, therefore, to enjoy your life. Recognize that it's an artificial emotion, usually planted in our minds by religious zealots and other cops.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 22) -- You may be experiencing emotional matters from the distant past bubbling up unexpectedly. This is part of a natural healing process. The only thing we have to heal is what happened in the past, and usually this is about clearing the emotional body. Let your feelings come up, and go out.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) -- You may feel a need to give something up, and that would be the right choice for a while. Do it long enough to understand how you feel, and what this aspect of your life means to you. You will benefit from having some space between your thoughts, and the opportunity to reflect.
Aquarius Solar Eclipse Reading from Planet Waves
Dear Friend and Reader:
I've just finished the Aquarius audio reading. It's now available for instant access.
This is a separate project from the annual edition, different in every way. This is a 75-minute astrology reading in two sessions, based on Thursday's solar eclipse in your sign -- the last solar eclipse in Aquarius until Feb. 17, 2026.
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Chart for Thursday's solar eclipse. The monograph behind it is by the German philosopher Dieter Duhm. |
This chart has a lot to say about relationships, self-esteem, family and ancestral matters. I do my best to help you orient inwardly to experience these dimensions of growth and healing not only as real, but as accessible, workable places to focus your energy and time.
Your reading is available for $66. My audio readings are some of the most unusual astrology you'll encounter. I believe they go deeper than the work that most professional astrologers do, reaching the spiritual essence of the chart's message, though without the need for a natal chart. This reading will stand up to many playings.
Doing this work takes experience and preparation; if sold as "self help" these readings would be going for many times the price. My intention is to keep them accessible and affordable.
I've prepared a sample of the reading lasting about six minutes, which you can play as an mp3, or download as a zip file. The music is an original piece by Vision Quest, the Planet Waves in-house ensemble.
My method of reading opens up so many dimensions that I could devote hours to each chart. Yet this reading distills certain vital messages, catching you up on the past few months of Saturn in Capricorn, and previewing the transits of Chiron in Aries and Uranus in Taurus.
I'll be following up with a tarot reading in a month or two, a feature that's included with your reading, though is about to be split off as a separate product. That's not delivered on a schedule -- it's ready when it's ready.
Your reading also includes access to last year's audio reading (so that you can review it) as well as The Book of Your Life 2017 written reading.
Thank you for being a Planet Waves customer, and for trusting me as your astrologer.
With love,
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- You are making some important decisions, and it would be helpful if you understand why you might choose one option over another. Who is influencing you? What would you do if you didn't need anyone's approval -- meaning, anyone from the past, the present or the future?
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) -- Whatever you're doing, you're in the role of public servant. You can emphasize that aspect of your work or of your calling, and others will benefit. The thing you must do is make your choices and your actions work for you. Start with basic functionality. Make sure you have what you need.
Monthly Horoscopes and Publishing Schedule Notes
Your extended monthly horoscopes for
February were published on Thursday, Jan. 25. We published your extended monthly horoscopes for January on Thursday, Dec. 21. 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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