Nov 12 2008
Oct 13 2008
Dear Friend and Reader:
We are in a week that will prove to be interesting, as the Full Moon crests and Mercury stations direct within 24 hours. Mercury is known for casting a spell of mild to hot chaos during those days six times a year when it changes directions; the Full Moon comes with an emotional peak, and this time around happens to be in Aries conjunct the new planet Eris.
Yours & truly,
Kendall, Illinois. By Danielle Voirin.
13 Monday: Moon enters Aries at 3:07 am EDT, moving into the full phase, ahead of Tuesday afternoon’s exact Full Moon in Aries. Mercury, slow and powerful in the sky right now, is about to station direct Wednesday Today it is semisquare Venus. Pallas trine Eros. Sun square Varuna. Sometimes it happens that the simplest comment can turn an entire project in a different direction. It is important to understand why we keep things back and why we choose to speak out. Mercury semisquare Venus says we need to get underground communications out in to the open. More important than that is understanding the emotional reasons behind why we don’t speak up when we need to; and this can include seeing the emotional costs of silence — and the underlying struggle. Sun square Varuna suggests that the option to be truthful might be hard to make due to the fact that what we know may not fit into the agenda we have signed up for. If this the case, I would ask myself how much more energy I am willing to spend on playing along, and what I’m doing it for.
14 Tuesday: Full Moon in Aries conjunct Eris, with the Moon conjunct Eros. Eris is a new planet larger than Pluto, a bit further out from the Sun. Eros is an asteroid. Eros opposite Eris. The god of eroticism has teamed up with the goddess of discord. This is prime time to be daring, for better or worse. We are seeing how futile a daring rescue of the economic system is proving to be with Mercury retrograde. With the Sun, trine Neptune, harmonizing with the planet of dreams and illusion, it is one of two things: either you are being enveloped by your dreams, or they are coming true and you can feel it. Well, it may feel like some chaos as well, with the energy of the Full Moon at full strength in the midst of the Mercury storm. Expect the unexpected would be an understatement.
15 Wednesday: Moon enters Taurus at 5:31 am EDT. Mercury stations direct just after 4 pm EDT. Vesta square Nessus. Sun opposite 1992 QB1. Vesta and 1992QB1 (Radharani, at Eric’s suggestion) are both planets that involve giving yourself in service to others. Specifically, giving yourself in service of the changes of others. Vesta square Nessus speaks to the difficulties that can arise when your own internal darkness takes over that process of giving. Sun opposing QB1/Radharani implies that there must be some exchange in the relationship.
Sep 14 2008
Dear Friend and Reader:
With the Moon now in Pisces heading for the Full Moon, we are all honorary Pisces, at least in potential. Moody, psychic, emotional, absorbent, creatively charged and perhaps a bit lost: that’s the energy of Phish, added to the Moon — the core personality, one’s needs, the child self.
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Eric Francis.
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The Moon reaches an exact opposition to the Sun Monday at 5:13 am EDT. It does so in a close conjunction to Uranus. The Full Moon almost always represents a breakthrough of some kind, a release of tension and in extreme situations the breaking of a deadlock. The conjunction to Uranus to me looks and feels like a creative breakthrough, deep and generous, which will take plenty of stuck energy with it.
Uranus is the planet that’s full of surprises, and art is the biggest surprise of all: when you’re really doing it, you have no idea what’s going to come out, what it’s going to look or feel like and in truth little concept of where it came from. This is, by the way, why art is threatening to anyone connected to an ordinary ego state of consciousness: it shows you how ridiculous the notion is that you know who you are. Or for that matter, what you feel.
The Virgo Sun is occupying a critical degree of the zodiac: 22+ degrees of that sign, in the exact place of the Mars-Chiron conjunction of July 7, 1995. This Full Moon may have some overtones of an initiation or growth experience that occurred during that time. Its story is about the controlling or taming of primal instincts; or looked at another way, it’s about having a conscious, respectful relationship with our primal instincts.
The days before a Full Moon are typically high-tension times. World news has been grim the past few days: devastation created by Hurricane Ike and the frustrated relief effort in and around Galveston, Texas and elsewhere; a head-on train crash in Los Angeles; a series of bombings at Gaffar Market and Connaught Place in India. A plane went down in Russia.
Sun is opposite Uranus, now and for the Full Moon. The Moon, when the crash happened, was exactly conjoined with Neptune, but it has been looming pretty close during the other events. This Moon/Neptune conjunction was one of a series of exact occultations of the Blue Planet by the Moon. This is a little advanced shock of Pisces power infusing the Moon while it’s still in Aquarius.
Remember, we don’t hear the good news on the news, only what has gone wrong. The good news of these days is most likely to apply to anyone who guides their mind, body and soul in the direction of their creative impulses. Get out your camera. Tune your guitar. Dust off your paints. Reality is pliable with these things in your hands.
Additional contribution Genevieve Salerno.
Jul 18 2008
‘No Values Voters’ Looking To Support Most Evil Candidate
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.
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)
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