A dear friend of mine wrote me the other day about a moral dilemma troubling her. She asked: "Is there ever a situation when bending the truth is necessary for the well being of a person or group of people?" There were layers to her question which deserve consideration. This is a major dilemma for all who know more than they can say, as well as all who are called to say something truthful even when it looks like it will lead to a major problem. If you're interested in my response, read on.
In a recent article, I offered some ideas of what we can expect during this Mercury Retrograde in Pisces. This Pisces energy influences the coming months, as will Mercury's time on the very important last 5 degrees of Aquarius through the rest of its retrograde period. Then it moves forward through this span again and re-enters Pisces at the Solar Eclipse of March 18. For the near future, expect signs, signals, and communications related to this time of transfiguration we're all going through one way and another. Now that it's in Aquarius, what is it good for?
This week we'll directly experience the transfiguration energies of the New Moon in Aquarius, thanks to Mercury retrograde traversing that span. Things will continue dynamic forward movement even though other things seem to be spinning sideways or even backward. The Lunar Eclipse portends the next stage of development in "escaping from a narrow destiny" begun in the Autumn 2006 Eclipses, and Saturn exactly opposing Neptune will bring a LOT of things into focus.
In a few days we get the first Lunar Eclipse of 2007 at 13 degrees of Virgo-Pisces on March 3 at 3:17 pm PST. 15 days later we experience the first Solar Eclipse of the year at 29 Pisces just before the Vernal Equinox at 5:08 pm PDT on March 20. Both eclipses will shut some old ways of life down forever, leaving us space to embrace the new that is already prepared for us exactly mirroring what we have prepared for up to now. These will shine a light on closures, courage, and transmutation of energies into personality strengths in our process of "escaping from a narrow destiny," promised by whatever has educated us since September 2006's Solar and Lunar Eclipses.
Mercury, the principle of Mental Coordination, and the Sun, the Life principle itself, do a unique dance. Each year they conjunct three times in a "Superior" conjunction, when Mercury is faster than the Sun, and three times in an "Inferior" conjunction, when Mercury is retrograde. These each have importance in the relationship of Life to Mind in our yearly affairs, and so for your consideration, "Mercury retrograde and the Superior and Inferior Conjunction"
This is an edited version of a treatise inspired by a reader who asked about some important issues of human existence. It offers some of what I have learned about the Eternal Light-Life we all live within, and may serve as a guide to where we ALL always live, whether we perceive it or not. So what's really going on here on Earth, and just why ARE we here?
Though I gave you these a while ago, I figured it would be good to assemble them all again as a one stop shop for learning about the coming Year of the Fire Boar, or Fire Pig. Included are other articles written from a Western Astrological view, so you have even more information about what 2007 holds for your sign, whether Eastern or Western. Links to the various articles are below the fold, so enjoy!
A brief note on this very special moment in time. The Sun is now in the final 3 degrees of Aquarius, an important point in knowing how to prepare for the future, emerge from our chrysalis, transforming our everyday lives in significant ways to embrace a greater social-spiritual connectedness with our true group.
I'm often asked what Mercury retrograde is good for. We all know we're NOT supposed to sign contracts, make purchases of electronics, make major moves or decisions, and are supposed to hang out with the energies, seeing that things may not be as they appear, and so on. That said, there is much that a Mercury retrograde period is good for, such as traveling, research, and other important things.
This is a rerun of last year's Valentine's Day post, and provides useful guidelines for knowing when someone's trying to manipulate or fool our affections, as well as how to know when they actually care for us. I've also included a little history on Valentine's Day, since it started in Rome during a dark period in human history. So for your renewed consideration, Happy Valentine's Day - Courtship v. Seduction. Enjoy, all you lovers - It's your day!
A reader once commented that she had had a love affair with Astrology for over 30 years, and I agreed that calling the pursuit of Astrology a "love affair" is a very apt description. That inspired this post. I'll bet there are more than a few who have a "love affair" with Astrology, if its popularity throughout the ages for billions of people in every culture on Earth is any measure of affection. So on this Valentine's Day 2007, here's a reflection on my "love affair" with Astrology.
I forgot to post Mars' activity for February, so here it is. Mars triggers whatever happens of note in our charts. In February 2007, Mars moves from 12 degrees of Capricorn to 3 degrees of Aquarius, with major productivity due to the Venus in Pisces sextile Mars exalted in Capricorn. This month Mars organizes and implements all that began when it made the conjunction with Pluto at the Galactic Center, even though it may take a while to see concrete results. This month we can get a lot accomplished through organization and discipline.
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