Today is Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. The Moon is in Taurus all day today and tomorrow, before moving to Gemini at 4:05 am EDT on Sunday. The Moon is said to be exalted in Taurus and this means that you could feel relatively comfortable emotionally — safe, secure, nurtured and with a solid sense of self worth.
Visually, the most notable thing about the Moon this weekend is that she will be with the planet Jupiter and the stars of the Pleiades. This conjunction is easily visible if skies are clear. The bright star near the Moon is a nearby planet 1,200 times the size of Earth. Jupiter (or Zeus, in Greek mythology) had sex with just about anyone he wanted. He was always on the move trying to seduce someone.
The Moon is also near a constellation, the Pleiades. In mythology, the Pleiades were nymphs who served as the attendants of Artemis (or Diana, Goddess of the Moon). They were doggedly pursued by Orion, the great hunter, after he fell in love with their beauty and grace. Artemis asked Zeus to protect the Pleiades and in turn, Zeus turned them into stars. Zeus or Jupiter himself had quite a reputation as a pursuer, using all kinds of tricks such as turning himself into a swan in order to win the objects of his affection. So the Moon is moving past both a planet and a group of stars this weekend that highlight the theme of amorous pursuit.
With both the Sun and Mars nearing their changing of signs, and so crossing into new territory, the tension within our masculine/active drive is palpable. Mars moves into fiery Leo Sunday evening, reviving the passion and heat of summer, at least metaphorically (it’s starting to get chilly in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere). The Sun is also nearing the end of Virgo, before the change of seasons. Planets near the end of signs often become more intense, as if there is a mission to complete before they can move on. Like the Buford T. Justice character in the film Smokey and the Bandit, the Sun and Mars could find us “in hot pursuit” and fixated on something.
Venus, on the other hand, has good reason to be skeptical of these pursuers. She has just entered her own sign of Libra. So, on the Monopoly board of the zodiac, anyone landing in her space owes her. If you want to keep the attention of this lady, you will have to be sure not to order your meal like Sheriff Buford did: “Give me a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it quick, I’m in a goddam hurry.”
Actually Venus has bigger things on her mind than just lunch. There’s a couple other cats hounding her who don’t exactly follow the rules of politeness. Venus is aligning with Uranus and Pluto, who are trying to start a revolution. Clearly they are trying to recruit her, and she’s interested. Venus is more rebellious than most astrologers recognize, and she envies those who are willing to stir the pot (that would be Uranus, to name one). So there could be a meeting here, but you have to see what develops.
There are also other aspects that are pulling the emotional attribute of Venus out of her usual depth (for example, Venus square Pluto and Icarus). So before Venus gets her official ‘get out of the Underworld free’ card, passes Go and collects her 200 bucks, she’s got to deal with these revolutionaries and deep dark influences. (Eric describes this aspect structure in detail at the beginning of his podcast yesterday.) So, if Venus tells you that your idea for a date this weekend is not germane to her principal concerns, don’t take it personally.
If you are getting the sense that I’m telling you to cool it a bit and try not get too awful worked up just yet, that’s basically the idea. But you still don’t need to take it quite as far as the good sheriff. “Don’t go home, and don’t go to eat, and don’t play with yourself. It wouldn’t look nice on my highway. Now, you can THINK about it… but don’t do it!”
Of course, with all this energy (especially sexual energy) flying around, you just might find yourself doing something that you’re not expecting. Just make sure you use your head. Don’t try too much more when you’re tipsy than you would do when you’re totally sober; alcohol may boost your confidence, just be cool.
— By Gary Caton with Eric Francis
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For such a sexy weekend I post my latest and sexiest poem ever!!
September Loves
Fresh from our
bed
I can’t sleep
head buzzing with
ideas, worries
memories
of pleasure we just took
in each other your kindness
accepting me tending my
changed body
changing
needs
that g spot
we finally found learned
to use lovely
wiring there
thank you
our rhythm is
different
now but
still
good
you feel
the same to me
2:30am
I keep lights low look
out window see
other
lovers
across the street
in the park, young,
younger
than us
shadows
beautiful they
are drawn together
heads tilting
kissing,
moving apart
kissing again in
dance
beautiful,
light
falls
behind them
they are shadows
he wears his baseball cap backwards
she sways, bends, turns
before him an
open flower
her skirt
pushed by breeze
they are drinking
from bottles
I watch
shamelessly
admiring
their silhouettes
dark against park lamps
dark against fall of water on
concrete behind them
water shining
through
light
rhythmic fall of
water
from sprinkler
over-shooting its mark
splattering on
concrete
he does not overshoot
they move together, apart
she bends, sways
turns
kneels before him
at park bench
bends
quickly sits beside
him in
darkness
someone walks through
light, someone
not lucky enough
to see them
as I do
their beauty
her grace
his protective passion
they begin again
stop again
when
car’s
headlights
light them up momentarily they
begin again
moving, bracing
bending, swaying, turning
finishing
he places the condom in the trash
she puts their bottles in the trash
they walk away
together.
Thanks, folks for the space to air this out. The headline was just too much after last nights outburst.
I lost it. Or nearly so… one is still alive, so that a testimony to my self-discipline. Pluto snapping forward in my solar 7th? Check. Mars in the anarectic degrees of Kallinectes — and sitting on my natal Mars/Uranus conjunction. Double… no make that triple check.
And many, many thanks to Liminali, who sat with me for the blazing hour last night while I brought all of those horses back to the barn. Thank goddess I live in another city.
Strangely, the energy is still running joyfully in other areas. Still… when I slip on the Plutonian glasses I can see all kinds of beautiful mayhem.
Mote it be.
M
wrrrp prrrmrraowww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvCjyWp3rEk&feature=related.
Mar 02, 2009
AQUARIUS – Monthly
Recent weeks and months have been a profound time of self-discovery, and I’m sure you’ve been doing more sexual experimentation than you usually do; unless you are feeling injured and keeping to yourself. What you are learning about now is the relationship between being hurt and being powerful. These two concepts need to be in a dialog, informing one another of their respective truths. Most people refuse to be conscious of both their pain and their power. If you can be aware of both, you will heal a long struggle and begin to find your inner voice with greater strength and clarity.
One pisces’ weather and astrology today. Seems to be in the same sort of area’ish as today and this weekend’s planetwaves?
“Of course, with all this energy (especially sexual energy) flying around, you just might find yourself doing something that you’re not expecting.”
Yeah.
Does that include tailing my X last night when he drove off with my son? I so did. . . for about 30 minutes while they whipped around town, trying to shake me off. He pulled over and got out at one point, and grinning like the hyena he is, said: “Would you like a piece of gum?” “You’re no Ken Kesey,” I observed, “send my son home.”
A year of lawyers, therapy, bribery, more therapy, appeasing, cooking, waiting, conferences, more lawyers, more waiting and now I find my rage is not staying in goddamn box where I have tried so womanfully to contain it.
Tailing him was the only way I could convince myself not to go out and buy Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.
One dead kid, one living with a hyena-vampire. Fabulous.
“Of course, with all this energy (especially sexual energy) flying around, you just might find yourself doing something that you’re not expecting.”
Oooooh…..already feeling that and will keep your advice in mind. ::::lustful grin::::