stellArium & ethereal counterparts

Pisces by Johannes Hevelius, 1687 (stars are heightened in gold) The last new moon before Nowruz and the spring equinox... occurs in the midst of a mega stellium with no less than nine 'bodies' (the Sun, Moon, five planets and two asteroids) in Pisces... with Mercury still retrograde,  and the Sun.Moon conjunction forming two major aspects: a trine with the Nodes a T-square with Lilith, Ceres and Vesta on one side and the Galactic Center on the other. This unusual stellium with a mass of planets in Pisces, is actually simpler to interpret than most planetary configurations. The planets are blurring each other's specific function; their activities dissolve and merge into one sole electromagnetic wave. What really stands out is the Piscean vibration, which results in a disintegration of the personality as a separate entity. It requires a "going with the flow" and a channeling of energies through the activities of

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

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

The knot as an interconnection of spiritual energies with life forces. Full Moon chart for 12 October 2011, at 2:05:43 GMT, 7e15 43n42 symbol 19° aries  : The "Magic Carpet" Of Oriental Imagery according to Rudhyar this symbol refers to the "use of creative imagination' "A way of life refusing a hectic involvement in social competition and waste-producing overproduction allows for the development of unattached and transcendent understanding. The static floor (carpet) on which man's feet (symbols of understanding) rest can become transformed into the means for great flights of imagination and super-physical perception. The period of rest from outwardly directed activity bound to collective normality presents the creative mind with the possibility of surveying in dreams the totality of the present-day social situation, thus "to see whole." We can also consider a carpet as a grid made of knots and perceive its magical visu

painting by Caspar David Friedrich we collectively need to face up in all consciousness to the karmic consequences of many cycles' accumulated errors and abuse.. before writing the next chapter! new moon 3 February 2011, 2:30:39 gmt, 7e15, 43n42 symbol 14° aquarius a train entering the tunnel according to Rudhyar this is in short about mastering timing and techniques in order to achieve a precise goal and progress .. it indicates a certain form of "penetration"  on a personal level, thanks to will power, intelligence and the mastery of one's body (yoga) we may accelerate our natural process of evolution. the main feature of this New Moon chart is a stellium in Aquarius composed of Ceres, Sun, Moon, Mars, Neptune, Chiron with two pairs of planets flanking its sides and in a square aspect. thus on one side, we find the ruler of the Aquarius stellium Uranus in Piscis, still conjunct Jupiter now in Aries - while on the other, we have Venus in S

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

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