stellArium & ethereal counterparts

This Full Moon on December 12th is in chatty fast moving light Gemini... but the chart shows a Grand Cross locking the energies of Sun, Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Moon. A Grand Cross is fundamentally a very stressful configuration, and because it involves four squares and two oppositions, this pattern affects our actions and energy drive as well as our capacity for balanced relationships : a Mutable Grand Cross can feel like pressure building up to easily disjointed and scattered energies. The image that comes to my mind is the breaking of glass : put intense consistent pressure on a window for instance, it will resist and resist and resist a bit more until it just shatters to smithereens ! Full Moon, Dec.12.08 16:37 GMT - Nice, FR The major challenge here arises from coordinating reactions. With a Mutable Grand Cross we should expect the unexpected and we shouldn't be surprised if this pattern hampers the mood in the usual end of the year activities or even ...

mutilation of uranus by saturn 3° Saturn, Uranus and Pluto bells already ringing for 2010 "The challenge to become a greater and more inclusive individual is usually felt…At such times, the “greater” initially tends to appear as the enemy of the status quo. Therefore, if the challenge is accepted, one must inevitably break with his traditions on some level of existence. Symbolically, then, he must pit Uranus against Saturn. Habit patterns will always resist change; and when the pressure of some creative challenge is felt, the ego will experience a sense of impending doom, generating fear and resisting change... The more rigid the ego [Saturn], the sharper the break must be in the end. If a crucial phase of the Saturn-Uranus cycle coincides with some overwhelming emotional crisis, the cause will always be the rigid inertia of social customs, privileges, personal habits, or assumed behavior patterns which resist the call of the creative spirit within...." Alexander R...

Hermes with his mischevious gaze... 2° Mercury goes retrograde on Sept. 24th until Oct. 15th 2008. There is an obsession amongst conventional astrologers with Mercury going retrograde. Many start panicking way in advance, and usually isolate it from the larger picture. It might well be that they depend much on the particulars of Mercury for their own mundane activities. My stand on the subject is more detached. Because Mercury is the fastest of all planets in the solar system, it goes retrograde several times a year and I see more significance in the retrograde motions of other planets. All the planets (except Sun and Moon which are luminaries) have retrograde periods. Mercury is most famous for them, probably because it rules all things pertaining to communication. This said, the coming Mercury retrograde will have an unusual impact on the individual level, considering the contacts it will be making along the way, activating mishaps in personal realms. In astrology, ret...

when the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator What I've learned throughout the years, is that no matter how you convey anything related to astrology, there are very few people (astrologers themselves included) who will take heed and act with greater consciousness or freedom of will. When I lived in New York City, I was regularly consulted by several Wall Street brokers (they helped me pay my way through my degree)... At some point I was even asked to work for the US government. Following my instinct I declined, resuming also my collaboration with the brokers (except for one: "P" who was my close friend) and eventually decided to buy my one way ticket to Europe. Over the years "P" has been consulting me on a yearly basis, but since last year the tempo has changed and I've done a number of different studies for him offering thorough advice and solutions. Last night he called me almost in tears and recognized that he never really followed any of my ...

= one last chance Ange de la fontaine Subé à Reims-FR on friday the thirteenth of june, you may have perceived the shift : pluto turned retrograde and will soon re-enter sagitarius for the last time before another 248 years. from november on it will be pursuing its capricornian journey for the next 16 years. we now have a last chance to rectify and understand our recent "expansions" ! in fact during pluto retrograde we always need to turn our attention 'inside' and reflect upon our previous actions in order to integrate them at a deep level and EVOLVE as individuals as well as a collective. more than ever this period of our common history determines the future of our planet and humanity. what is at stake has become so evident even for the least perceptive one, it shows that we are becoming somewhat more responsible and conscious as a group. for a reminder, pluto in sagittarius has been a period when we needed to end our existing religious (as in religa...

nasa There are days when you may feel like an orphan. Days when there is no-one from outside to rely on. Days when something very deep inside is undergoing transformation and no matter which way you look, you don't find words to communicate it. Well, let's start another attempt to talk about Plutonian trials. Everything has a beginning a middle and an end : this may be the beginning of the end for Democracy. i mentioned earlier that even the notion of ownership is to disappear. Here I will extend it further : why own an identity? Is it not a tool, as much as the ego is also one, to help us go thru the social aspect of living. There is nothing wrong with having an ego or an identity as long as we are aware of their purpose and finality. The more potent an idea or concept on a collective level, the more people "identify" with it and are reluctant to let it go. However, there are also times in history when the need for change speeds up and those who were n...

Ever since Pluto entered Capricorn on January 25, you've probably been examining your life conditions, wondering where you want your life to take you. You've been trying to figure out which will be the ambitions and projects you want to invest yourself into.  If you have felt this, then be prepared for the next chapter: Pluto turns retrograde on April 2, so you can review your new plans. May I remind you a few things:  1- Pluto rules Scorpio the sign of power issues as well as their misuse.  2- Pluto is the energy, motives, purpose, and integrity of any form of power is made of.  3- In fact it is all the hidden motives in a person wielding power.  In the sign of Capricorn, a fear of authority will call upon our inner strength to become stronger than the outer situation: that is a typical "trial by fire" response to Pluto-related situations. So when activated, Pluto brings to the fore situations that contain issues of power: the kind of situations where we st...

Nasa A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America as well as Western Europe and Africa. During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray. An eclipse of the Moon can only take place at Full Moon, and only if the Moon passes through some portion of Earth's shadow. The shadow is actually composed of two cone-shaped parts, one nested inside the other. The outer shadow or penumbra is a zone where Earth blocks some (but not all) of the Sun's rays. In contrast, the inner shadow or umbra is a region where Earth blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the Moon. chart for the total lunar eclipse feb 21 2008, (on the 20th for the US) Nice (FR), 3:31 AM (univ. time) 2° Virgo: A Large White Cross Dominates The Landscape. This Eclipse feature...

the ownership society is bound to disappear!  eclipse chart, 7 Feb 2008 at 03:46 utc sky observers in New Zealand and parts of Australia will be able to see the partial solar eclipse, but not its annular aspect. The annular phase runs from 03:19:43 to 04:30:55 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). == for a computer-generated image of the solar eclipse on February 7, 2008 - go to: eclipse.org.uk == astrological symbolism: 18 aquarius: "A man being unmasked at a masquerade" key : secret motives exposed; facing the truth about oneself or others; being able to see through characters and trickery; wearing a 'mask' that suits the situation (campaign 2008); dropping pretense; stripping away cover-ups (oh goody!); aliases; the desire for authenticity . caution : detrimentally revealing yourself too quickly or too early; being found out to be a fraud; finding unwelcome answers; charades; pretense and ploys to manipulate; layers of deception discovered; lies; assum...