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Dear Friend and Reader,

The Friday edition of Planet Waves Astrology News has been sent to subscribers, covering the Full Moon in Capricorn, the energy crisis, Judith Gayle’s account of the ripple effect and of course, the weekly horoscope.

Speaking of the weekly horoscope, Eric is now including a look into the future with a special fantasy report from 2011. Here is “This Week in 2011″:

AS CERES walked over the Aries Point, a national survey indicated that 61% of Americans were growing home gardens. Even a majority of apartment dwellers in New York City were growing easy garden crops like herbs and tomatoes on their terraces and in window boxes. A bipartisan coalition in Congress proposed a garden tax, claiming it was designed to replace lost revenue to the government, as pharmaceutical companies lobbied for a ban on medicinal plants.

The Full Moon in Capricorn can be quite challenging, and Eric writes about this and the people he is close to with a Moon in Capricorn in his lead article:

I take a special interest in the Capricorn Moon. My mother, several significant lovers, a few of my closest friends and two of my very favorite artists have this Moon placement. It always seems to be following me around, and it was certainly showing up with emphasis and a bit of cosmic humor Thursday. It is an interesting, soulful and often difficult Moon to have, and to live with. Its natives often seem to go through undue suffering, and about half the time that suffering engenders not compassion but rather a detached quality, which is often about detaching from one’s own feelings and needs.

The Cap Moon has an astonishing power to compartmentalize; it can keep many different situations going in life, but have them all in separate rooms, and sometimes whoever is stashed in one of those rooms can be forgotten for a while, anywhere from a few weeks to a few years to a couple of decades. Well, maybe not forgotten, but stashed away, out of the way. If you want to have an affair with someone who can keep things both secret and in perspective, this aspect of the Cap Moon’s nature makes them a good choice.

If there are any Aquarians out there who are considering subscribing but are holding back, take a look at your horoscope this week, and realize why thousands of people pay for Eric Francis’ weekly horoscope:

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
You know there is a lot you don’t know about yourself, and usually this doesn’t faze you. Now you’re about to make some surprising discoveries, and to unfold some of the hidden dimensions of your psyche that you may not have known existed. In astrology, Aquarius is variously known as one of the most equitable signs, and as one of the most controlling. This power-focused aspect of your nature probably confuses you, as does your tendency to become rigid at certain key times when compromise is called for. Now you can get a look at what is going on in those inner corridors of power. You can see the way your parents imprinted you with their fears and their old-fashioned worldview, clearly enough to do something about it. Don’t worry, even after you revolt against so many dusty old ideas that have nothing to do with who and what you are, you will still have enough old-fashioned respect for tradition to hold your life in order.

Eric Francis will be returning to write for Daily Astrology and Adventure on Monday. Until then, I hope you are enjoying the Full Moon and have a relaxing weekend. Scroll down for the full weekend’s aspects.

Yours and truly,

Today’s Oracle takes us to Jan 04, 2007 - ARIES - Weekly

You’re in no mood to have your precious ideals challenged, but I suggest you not take this as far as looking for a fight. You finally have clear goals that you value more than your beliefs, and it’s time to keep your focus on what really makes a difference. Indeed, your time this weekend would be well spent focusing your priorities and sorting what actually matters from what does not, and there is a difference. It may seem that real progress is going much slower than you had planned, but early next week, a series of rapid developments on the professional front will call for swift decisions that you get right the first time. To the extent that you’ve gained ground as a leader, you now need to back it up with clarity and vision.

Friday 18 July 2008

Eris stations retrograde (21+ Aries)
Venus (6+ Leo) trine Pholus (6+ Sagittarius Rx)
Mercury (12+ Cancer) septile Sedna (21+ Taurus)
Mercury (12+ Cancer) quincunx Ixion (12+ Sagittarius Rx)
Sun (26+ Cancer) opposite Moon (26+ Capricorn) - Full Moon
Mercury (13+ Cancer) quincunx Nessus (13+ Aquarius Rx)
Pallas (23+ Taurus) square Neptune (23+ Aquarius Rx)
Mercury (13+ Cancer) semisquare Orcus (28+ Leo)
Venus (7+ Leo) quintile Admetos (25+ Taurus)
Mercury (14+ Cancer) quincunx Great Attractor (14+ Sagittarius)
Venus (7+ Leo) sesquiquadrate Uranus (22+ Pisces Rx)
Apollo (21+ Leo) trine Eris (21+ Aries Rx)

Saturday 19 July 2008

Ceres (16+ Cancer) opposite Jupiter (16+ Capricorn Rx)
Vesta (6+ Taurus) opposite Hidalgo (6+ Scorpio)
Mercury (14+ Cancer) septile Saturn (6+ Virgo)
Sun (26+ Cancer) quincunx Galactic Center (26+ Sagittarius)
Mercury (15+ Cancer) quincunx Juno (15+ Sagittarius Rx)
Mercury (15+ Cancer) septile Pallas (23+ Taurus)
Mars (10+ Virgo) septile Varuna (19+ Cancer)
Venus (8+ Leo) square Asbolus (8+ Taurus)
Mercury (15+ Cancer) semisquare Amor (0+ Gemini)
Mercury (16+ Cancer) opposite Jupiter (16+ Capricorn Rx)
Eros (5+ Leo) semisquare Logos (20+ Virgo)

Sunday 13 July 2008

Mars (6+ Virgo) sesquiquadrate Eris (21+ Aries)
Pallas (21+ Taurus) septile Aries Point (0+ Aries)
Amor (28+ Taurus) square Orcus (28+ Leo)
Ceres (13+ Cancer) semisquare Orcus (28+ Leo)
Eros (28+ Cancer) quintile Sisyphus (10+ Libra)
Amor (28+ Taurus) semisquare Ceres (13+ Cancer)
Mercury (3+ Cancer) quintile Eris (21+ Aries)
Sun (21+ Cancer) sextile Sedna (21+ Taurus)
Arachne (8+ Libra) quincunx Asbolus (8+ Taurus)
Eros (29+ Cancer) sesquiquadrate Great Attractor (14+ Sagittarius)
Mercury (4+ Cancer) conjunct Kronos (4+ Cancer)
Venus (0+ Leo) sesquiquadrate Juno (15+ Sagittarius Rx)
Mercury (4+ Cancer) sextile Vesta (4+ Taurus)
Eros (29+ Cancer) quincunx Pluto (29+ Sagittarius Rx)
Sun (21+ Cancer) sesquiquadrate Pholus (6+ Sagittarius Rx)
Venus (1+ Leo) sextile M87 (1+ Libra)
Mercury (4+ Cancer) semisquare Apollo (19+ Leo)
Sun (21+ Cancer) sextile Pallas (21+ Taurus)
Sun (21+ Cancer) square Eris (21+ Aries)
Mercury (4+ Cancer) sesquiquadrate Chiron (19+ Aquarius Rx)

Dear Friend and Reader:

There are actually eight seasons in the year. Each of the traditional four seasons is divided in half, for a total of eight, six-week mini-seasons. We reach the turning point within one of the official seasons when the Sun’s apparent position is halfway between an equinox and a solstice; that is, when the Sun reaches 15 degrees of any one of the fixed signs, which happens Monday. The fixed signs or the signs of the fixed cross of the heavens are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. Memorize them! They are the core of the zodiac.

Here is a page from the old Astrology Secrets Revealed series that explains this in some more detail. Here is a Google search that will give you about a day’s reading if you’re still curious.

What’s interesting about Monday’s New Moon is that it occurs with the Sun exactly on the cross-quarter. As the Earth orbits the Sun, it moves through the seasons in an extremely predictable cycle. The Moon’s cycle is slightly off that kilter: there are 12 signs of the zodiac per year and approximately 13 lunar cycles per year. So the lunation cycle is always gaining a little time on the solar cycle. (This is why the Jewish holidays and Easter slide around the calendar — they are planned based on the lunar months.)

Monday’s New Moon is exactly at the midpoint of Taurus — precisely between the spring equinox and summer solstice. This rarely happens; I have not had a chance to ask one of my more technically competent friends to figure out how often this happens, but it’s rare enough. The obvious question is the significance of this astrologically, and it’s in two parts. One part is that we get the “symbolism” (lacking a better term) of the precision. Though there are many ways to time Beltane and it is traditionally May Day (the 1st), I recall from many past lives as a devoted astrologer to the High Priestesses that you time the rituals by the positions of both the Sun and the Moon.

Beltane is the holiday about balancing the male and the female, and it’s a beautiful metaphor to have them exactly together on the cross quarter. There is a deep seeding moment here, and as I (and my colleagues Rachel and Jude, who have written tomorrow’s lead essay in Planet Waves) have suggested, you can use it to your benefit and that of your community. If you don’t think that there is a connection between celebrating Beltane and cultivating prosperity, I suggest you give it a try. This is not magical thinking, which I shun at every turn. Rather, this is about as practical as planting seeds in the spring and harvesting them in the autumn.

The second half of the equation is a bit more technical. If you’ve been reading Planet Waves for more than 10 minutes, you’ve probably heard me talk about the Aries Point. This is the first degree of Aries and by extension the first degree of Cancer, Libra and Capricorn — that is, the cardinal points, collectively. As shorthand, all four are called the Aries Point, though I’m developing separate delineations for all four of the points. They are, however, closely related. They are all associated with big events that link the public and private orders of reality. Glance at this piece called The Personal is Political for some additional insight.

To make a long story a bit longer, the Sun and Moon form a conjunction exactly 45 degrees from the Aries Point on Monday. Astrology is based on math. Beneath all the signs, symbols, aspects, cycles, archetypes and the whole freakin’ cosmic flea circus is a lot of math (ask anyone who programs an ephemeris). In the maths of it all, anything related to the 90-degree aspect is (for some odd reason) supreme our plane of reality. That means half of 90 degrees (45 degrees), it means double 90 degrees (180 degrees) and it means 135 degrees (90 + 45 = 135). Don’t glaze over from the numbers, this is as easy as playing with Legos. Be thankful you don’t have to figure out what time Eris is conjunct 1992 QB1.

So when we get a big alignment on the Aries Point or one of its derivatives (Cancer, Libra or Capricorn) or when you get an alignment at one of the cross quarter points (15 degrees of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius), you get some potent energy moving.

What do you do about it? As your astrologer, I recommend that you get the energy going. Do it however you can. For example, drum, dance, go outside, have sex, masturbate, make art, make fire, get your friends together, have a party, clean your fish tank, plant the garden, forgive the debts of people who owe you money, give gifts, say yes in general, call your therapist and see if you can get an appointment for Monday and clean out a psychic closet, forgive someone who has given you a hard time in the past, cast divination, take the day off…you get the picture.

Remember that this is the day of balancing the male and female energies, the basic polarity we contain, express and (as it works out) struggle with in the physical world. Part of this game can involve shifting the energy of a monogamous relationship specifically by opening it up in some way. You will not keel over and croak, I promise you. The chances are your relationship will get more intimate, not less so. You can confront your jealousy and make a tangible commitment to letting go of your attachment that you demonstrate in action and not merely in words. This will help get the energy moving, flowing and growing. This, in turn, helps you manifest, create and develop prosperity, which in turn you share in some way and keep the exchange going.

You can help the process by sending loving energy toward lovers (i.e., people in couples); wishing hot sex for people besides yourself (shock them pleasantly and SAY the words); keep your own energy fresh and sexy and smile back when people send you a lusty glance; encourage your partner to share his or her fantasies and cheer them on; and say yes in general. If you are single, you have a few choices here. One is to fire up some unusually hot selfloving. Dare yourself to go places you don’t usually go. Get with a mirror or two. Write your fantasies out and let someone see them. Submit a contribution to Solotouch.com, the hottest website on the Internet because it’s written by real people. Get out your digital camera and make some racy photos of yourself and dare yourself to share them. Call up someone who has been propositioning you and feel the energy out — this would be a great time to say yes. If you don’t want to marry the person, explain your offer, that this is a one-time gig in honor of the Goddess. Yes, practice “safer sex” but get wet! Sex is all about water.

Notice if you feel guilty or “impure” for any of this. Notice whose voice it is in there. This is called shadow material, and it will often arise where sex and love are present. Resentment, anger, guilt, fear and/or fear of diseases are all part of the same negative thought complex that blocks energy, vitality, intimacy and prosperity. If you are struggling with any of this, remember that you are part of nature. You have a right to exist. Go beyond the struggle for self-esteem and jump right to self-awareness. If someone judges you or if you fear they will; stand strong in your life force.

You are alive, just like a tree, a bird or a skunk, and you not only have a right to exist: you actually do exist. This is not debatable, it is a cosmic, scientific, spiritual and practical fact.

All hail the Beltane New Moon!

Aspects for Friday 02 May 2008, courtesy of Serennu.

Sun (11+ Taurus) sesquiquadrate Galactic Center(26+ Sagittarius)
Sun (12+ Taurus) opposite Hidalgo (12+ Scorpio Rx)
Sisyphus (14+ Libra Rx) sextile Great Attractor (14+ Sagittarius)
Amor (1+ Taurus) trine Saturn (1+ Virgo Rx)
Vesta (5+ Aries) semisquare Chiron (20+ Aquarius)
Pallas (22+ Aries) conjunct 1992 QB1 (22+ Aries)
Mercury (29+ Taurus) sesquiquadrate Sisyphus (14+ Libra Rx)
Hidalgo (11+ Scorpio Rx) semisquare Galactic Center (26+ Sagittarius)
Mercury (29+ Taurus) quincunx Juno (29+ Sagittarius Rx)
Vesta (5+ Aries) septile Nessus (14+ Aquarius)
Venus (2+ Taurus) conjunct Asbolus (2+ Taurus)
Mercury (0 Gemini) sextile Aries Point (0 Aries)
Mercury enters Gemini (direct)
Venus (2+ Taurus) quintile Chiron (20+ Aquarius)
Mercury (0+ Gemini) trine Arachne (0+ Libra Rx)
Sun (12+ Taurus) septile Uranus (21+ Pisces)

Friday Oracle returns June 06, 2002 - Gemini weekly

I recognize you may feel like you’re under enormous pressure. There has not been a solar eclipse in your sign for nearly a decade and Monday’s is quite impressive combining forces with Saturn Pluto and an odd grouchy point called Hades. For the past year or more cosmic influences have conspired to mature temper and focus your soul. But you’ve never been called upon to go more deeply toward the roots of what has held you back in life. You may not like it when you find it but you’ll like it a lot when you leave it behind. Yet at this time there is no forcing anything. You can only let your life unfold. And it will.

Happy New Years eve, everybody! So we made it — another trip around the Sun. Mars squares the Aries point and re-enters Gemini today, inching closer to his opposition to Pluto. I have a mixed bag of feelings as this year ends and the new one begins, albeit symbolically — some would say, it’s just another day isn’t it? In the astute words of the Onion: “What the fuck just happened?” It’s been an intense journey on all accounts; just thinking of the mindless war we seem to be sinking deeper into is enough to fry my brain.

Ever since I announced Jupiter was in my travel zone, I find myself overcome with wanderlust — I was in DC over Christmas, heading to India soon, and a friend just called me an hour ago with an offer for a possible free ticket to Egypt if I choose. I also just got back from visiting Eric in Kingston this weekend; he had invited his dad (Joe) and his wife over for dinner and they were kind enough to give me a ride upstate.

After dinner we were sitting around watching videos on the Onion website and the conversation turned to satire in the media — whether or not it was an effective medium of communication, when what we are dealing with in the world feels like a giant rubber band waiting to snap. Especially so, since what is supposed to be satire is unfortunately more true than what we hear in the news.

Joe observed that there was more apathy in the current and younger generations than there ever was before, with society more geared towards amusement than a making a meaningful contribution to the world we live in. That we could be doing more is hardly a debatable point, but I don’t think the problem lies with any particular generation.

Violence is so common these days, we have to try and avoid it rather than seek it. To be honest, it got so bad that sometime around summer I stopped watching the news. It can make one want to shut out and off — personally I don’t need to know a body count, because to me even one death is too many.

So what constitutes action? How can we say we are part of the solution and not the problem? With the highly charged Aries Point, (a point that illustrates ‘the personal is politcal’), about to be triggered again by the Mars about to oppose Pluto, we are now being called to action. It can be extremely overwhelming to make sense of the world we live in.

But the way I see it, we get to choose how we express our concern for the larger world. Some risk their lives, some write, some serve and some make people laugh. We all have our innate abilities, and not everybody was born to be an activist. This to me is the message of the Aries Point — that we do what we can to make a difference, however inconsequential or insignificant it feels. Even if it means making just one person smile, or listening when someone wants to talk.

As Mars approaches his opposition to Pluto, it’s classic story of an ending and a beginning. We are on the brink of evolution. The Aries Point suggests this is a very personal story and each persons story is a mirror for us all to learn from. The coming year has much in store for us in the way of change, which we can do lot in steering the direction of — we will have the opportunity now.

Looking back on the year personally, I feel a sense of peace and triumph. I have learnt to be more forgiving of myself, and I find this makes it really easy to forgive others. If I am not perfect, how can I expect anyone else to be. There is a quiet knowing, learning and accepting that in reality, I really don’t know anything. All I am aware of is that there is a ‘now’ and this ‘now’, holds the potential for as much joy as it does sorrow. It is my choice that dictates my experience, and every moment is a moment to choose again.

I will probably head out with my friend Cole tonight and try to get into the spirit of things. As I look forward to 2008, I can sum it up to the lyrics of ‘The Wind’ by the then Cat Stevens, playing on my Itunes right now. I wish all of you a happy, joyous, lovey, New Year under the ever charming Libra Moon. Make nice, let bygones be bygones, let’s learn our lessons and move on. Be safe, I leave you with the Oracle and I’ll catch you in 2008!

Love,

Priya

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== Full Aspects

Amor (18+ Pisces) septile Ceres (9+ Taurus)
Moon (9+ Libra) square Sun (9+ Capricorn) - Last Quarter Moon
Eros (26+ Aquarius) trine Hades (26+ Gemini Rx)
Sisyphus enters Scorpio (direct)
Sisyphus (0 Scorpio) quincunx Aries Point (0 Aries)
Psyche (13+ Scorpio) septile Logos (21+ Virgo Rx)
Saturn (8+ Virgo Rx) square Pholus (8+ Sagittarius)
Ceres (9+ Taurus) sextile Pallas (9+ Pisces)
Sun (9+ Capricorn) sextile Chariklo (9+ Scorpio)
Mars (0+ Cancer Rx) trine Sisyphus (0+ Scorpio)
Venus (1+ Sagittarius) sextile M87 (1+ Libra)
Mars enters Gemini (retrograde)
Mars (0 Cancer Rx) square Aries Point (0 Aries)
Vesta (5+ Aquarius) septile Great Attractor (14+ Sagittarius)
Apollo (3+ Leo Rx) trine Hylonome (3+ Sagittarius)
Venus (1+ Sagittarius) quintile Chiron (13+ Aquarius)
Sun (9+ Capricorn) trine Ceres (9+ Taurus)
Mercury (18 Capricorn) quintile Aries Point (0 Aries)
Sun (9+ Capricorn) sextile Pallas (9+ Pisces)
Psyche (13+ Scorpio) square Chiron (13+ Aquarius)
Venus (1+ Sagittarius) septile Arachne (10+ Libra)

== Archive Quote

“Perhaps you liked it better in the dark, though by now, with your eyes adjusted and the landscape of life making an impression on your brain, you’re probably not complaining so much any more. Shifts ranging from the subtle to the not-so-subtle have occurred on all levels and in all directions of your life. Your task now is reorientation, and this means reassessment of purpose and redistribution of time. The phase of fertilization and seeding is now complete, though if you create an atmosphere conducive to growth, you will be quite surprised the gusto with which your creations go from sprout to bloom to fruit. What would be conducive to such growth? Devote your life to working-out, to human contact, and mainly to simplicity — then watch those flowers grow.”

– Eric Francis, Planet Waves Oracle, Mar 01, 2000, Pisces - Monthly