stellArium & ethereal counterparts

During this Full Moon, the Sun in Pisces is conjunct Chiron and Neptune and Venus is about to join in when she enters Pisces the following day... while the Moon in Virgo is trine to Pluto, quincux Uranus, and sextile to Saturn which in turn is trine the Sun. Jupiter seats at the apex point of a T-square, forming an exact square to the Moon - Sun axis Mercury which turned retrograde a couple of days ago will be in exact conjunction to Mars at 19° Pisces on the following day. The mutable Virgo Pisces axis represents a transition and indicates adaptability. Full Moon in Virgo, 25 February 2013, 20:26:04 gmt, 7e15 43n42 symbol a five-year-old child takes a first dancing lesson key: Learning to use one's capacity for emotional self-expression according to cultural standards. The process of emotional experiencing under controlled situations is shown now to demand self-induced, active movement; yet the movements are still conditioned, if not totally determi

With the February New Moon started the chinese year of the Water Snake. New Moon, 10 February 2013, 7:20:07 gmt, 7e15, 43n42 Symbol for the New Moon: A rug is placed on the floor of a nursery to allow children to play in comfort and warmth. Key: The warmth of understanding which comes to those who, early in life, are open to new possibilities.  Man is never left without assistance when eagerly seeking to grow emotionally and spiritually. Even if he does not consciously realize the intent and value of what sustains his self-development and cushions the shocks which life provides his growth in understanding, still the assistance is there. He may think: No one understands me. But the understanding is there if he does not egotistically take for granted that life and society owe him everything. This symbol contrasts the kindness inherent in so many of life's situations with the tragic feeling of disillusionment. Through a warm APPRECIATION of basic opportunities

While we are still under the sober influence of Saturn in Scorpio's sextile and mutual reception to Pluto in Capricorn, the first New Moon of 2013 has a stellium with five planets and Juno in Capricorn where the energies are concentrated to really start the season. The Sun.Moon.Mercury conjonction in Capricorn doesn't make aspects other than a loose sextile to the North Node in Scorpio. Meanwhile Venus, still in sextile with Neptune and Chiron in Piscis, is fast approaching Juno.Pluto in Capricorn and their square to Uranus in Aries and on the other hand Mars in Aquarius is slowly separating from a trine to Jupiter in Gemini and a square to Saturn in Scorpio. New Moon, 11 January 2013, 19:43:37 gmt, 7e15 43n42 ° Symbol By accepting defeat gracefully, a general reveals nobility of character. Key : The realization that one may grow through defeat as well as, and perhaps more than, through success.  While the preceding symbol referred to the drive