Long Range Astrology - The February 2008 Lunar Eclipse in Virgo-Pisces and What It Means

by Robert Wilkinson

Soon we'll have the first Lunar Eclipse of 2008 at 2 degrees of Virgo-Pisces. The midpoint of this total eclipse will occur on Feb 20 at 10:26 pm EST, Feb 21 for Greenland and points east. This is very close to the last Lunar Eclipse of August 2007 at 5 Virgo-Pisces, so expect echoes. Since Full Moons always fulfill the energies of the previous New Moon, this Eclipse will sprout the seeds of the Feb 2008 Solar Eclipse. Both eclipses are shutting some old ways of life down forever (as all eclipses do), leaving us space to embrace the new already waiting for us exactly mirroring what we've prepared for up to now. These will shine a light on closures, courage, and transmutation of energies into personality strengths in our process of going through our "liberating ordeals" that are protective mechanisms ultimately restructuring our lives, and what work we consider important.

As the eclipse is total, it's considered a very important influence wherever its shadow falls. This eclipse will be able to be clearly seen in most of North America, South America, Western Europe, Africa, and West Asia. The total eclipse lasts 50 minutes, implying this Eclipse will be a very strong influence for the next month for those under the total shadow. The eclipse lasts 3 1/2 hours in all, which equals 3 1/2 months of coming influence for everyone.

We will all be able to find a better way of seeing what is essential and discard irrelevancies while weaving what's left into a higher or broader vision. This eclipse will move us into preparations for things to come, and help many to find protection against those who are too aggressive. The yearning for something greater, or distant horizons, will bring forth adaptability, intuition, and flashes of brilliance.

Before we go into more details about this eclipse, I must remind you that we're still heavily influenced by the eclipses of 2007 as well as others before them, discussed in Eclipses Past and Present – A Look At What They’ve Brought All of Us in 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, and 2001. The Lunar Eclipse of March 2007 fell very close to the Lunar Eclipse of September 2006 at 15 Pisces-Virgo and continued some long lasting patterns of change. Examining the Virgo-Pisces eclipses of the past couple of years can yield interesting insights as to how the polarizations of this axis manifest. The last Solar Eclipse of September 2007 was very powerful, and is still an influence in our lives. Go to the link to find out more about that eclipse, as well as two articles on the Lunar Eclipse of September 2007. For now, here are a few paragraphs about the eclipses in 2006-2007 that may help you understand why so many things changed as they did:

... expect some unexpected events to revolutionize your life. For those pitting their little will against the Higher Law or the greater evolutionary trend, there will of course be crashes through abrupt and unexpected explosions... Those who have trained and prepared to escape from "a narrow destiny" can do this through being willing to rise to some task or duty, and be joyous in "enlisting in a task which broadens the life horizon"... That 2006 Autumn Full Moon Eclipse yielded major transformations. The line of greatest development was in honoring our unique way of responding to the Divine Will and finding inspiration in new routines and rituals. For some, it was a liberating ordeal. For others, the unveiling of cloaked totalitarian attitudes. At 15 Virgo-Pisces, we fulfilled a form of culture, and rehearsed and prepared to take the training into the world.

The September 2006 Solar Eclipse fell at 30 Virgo, Mars' degree at the Lunar Eclipse (setting) Mars into motion and a) shut down some things forever after the Solar Eclipse, or b) activated things after the Solar Eclipse that yielded major results. Of interest is that those eclipses fell at 15 and 30 degree of Virgo, both said to be the fulfillment of that sector of the sign... the September 2006 Solar Eclipse will be an influence through 2013...

The March 2007 Lunar Eclipse was a See Saw, with Moon in Virgo opposing a cluster of planets in Pisces. Saturn was also in long term opposition to planets in Aquarius, showing oppositions and polarizations... (forcing) adjustments, lessons in discrimination and forgiveness. There was also a Grand Fire Trine of Venus at 14 Aries, Jupiter at 19 Sagittarius, and Saturn at 20 Leo. (yielding) lightness, brightness, and inspiration that burned up old forms no longer appropriate to our new direction. Disappointments (taught) us how to navigate polarities leading to Chiron's healing wisdom. We formed unique relationships while dealing with the weirdness of the revolutionary conditions that freed us for greater activity and expanded feeling capacity.

The August 28 2007 Lunar Eclipse had a powerful Grand Mutable Cross between Mercury at 17 Virgo, Mars at 14 Gemini, Uranus at 18 Pisces, and Jupiter at 11 Sag... (functioning) more as a strong T-square throwing the void into 14, 17, and 18 Sag, which Jupiter triggered as it moves through that span late Sept-early October 2007.... expect major developments when the Moon, Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Mars cross over these degree spans in Virgo, Sag, and next Pisces. The void shows us... our need to contact the Ageless Wisdom, our "spiritual ancestry," renew ourselves in relationships that help us "come out of darkness and despair," and value what protects us from too great a light or feelings.

... expect splits from the past wherever the Mutable signs fall in your chart. Mercury is on a degree of "volcanic eruption," so besides many explosions to come, we will be offered the chance to "break up old complexes" and find our "will to wholeness." Things will erupt in a big way as a result of this, so be as creative and regenerative as you can while things, people, and whatever else whirls through the air around you... Venus in this eclipse is the same degree as Saturn in the March 2007 eclipse. This should help us find people, resources, and values that make personal the larger lessons of maturity promised by the Grand Fire Trine. If we've "done Saturn correctly" the past six months, we should be able to capture pleasing and enjoyable forms perfect for our personal situations.

So what can we expect from this March 2008 Total Lunar Eclipse? This Eclipse features a dramatic See Saw pattern, with 8 planets in Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces in opposition to Moon conjunct Saturn in early Virgo and Mars hanging out on the periphery at 27 Gemini. Mercury and Jupiter are rulers of this eclipse, and are in an obscure aspect called the quindecile, said to be 24 degrees and specializing in a minor way. Mercury, ruling the Moon and Saturn, is in its sign of exaltation at its stationary direct degree indicating it's time to launch a vision, whatever that means in our lives.

The Moon and Saturn opposition the Sun is cut into a favorable sextile-trine configuration by Pluto at 1 Capricorn, a degree of power. This eclipse will take away power players from the past, while opening the door to some fairly extreme energies for good or ill. Many will make critical decisions over the next few months, find a broader perspective by giving up old limited approaches and searching for a wider view, and actively give up the lesser so that elements of a new life can begin to come forth. "Feather your nest," and prepare for new activities, new relationships, new needs, new things and people to care about, and new ways of securing your day to day security.

Perhaps the outstanding quality of this Eclipse is that despite the See Saw polarizing views and lives, there are no squares. This can provide many realizations without the gear grinds that squares usually symbolize. The See Saw cautions us not to get marginalized or out on the periphery of things, and find a whole view to any opposition that can include both views and more.

Neptune leads the Sun, showing a metaphysical bent to this eclipse, where much concerning the collective consciousness and unconscious will be illuminated, articulated, healed, and called to its higher function. Neptune is in a training degree, again reinforcing our need to get in shape to "pick up and deliver" some form of higher power in the near future.

Mars is a harmonizing force in this eclipse, so follow your yearning for larger things. It is still quintile Saturn, trine Neptune, and biquintile Venus, all productive of unique and harmonized understandings and relationships. Other notable aspects are the out-of-sign trine to the Sun and opposition to Pluto, and a sesquisquare to Mercury.

Astrologers should take special note of Mars' 65+ degree aspect to the Moon, one of the aspect series I've termed "Elftile," as they are based on the division of the circle by 11. This division yields nonrational aspects that are much different than the irrational aspects of the Septile series. I have researched these for years, and find these aspects (32+, 65+, 98+, 130+, and 163+) offer us a chance to transcend and master duality by making leaps of faith. In this eclipse it will primarily work out in the areas the Moon and Mars affect in our lives.

Adding another layer to this subtle but powerful aspect is the Moon-Jupiter aspect in this same "higher irrational," duality-transcending aspect series. Many will have to make leaps of faith to transcend some old duality, and in doing so will achieve a measure of mastery in that realm of life. This will work out wherever late Gemini, early Virgo, and mid-Capricorn fall in our charts, and obviously affect Aries, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, and Pisces houses and planets.

That would imply we have many dualities to transcend by making multiple leaps of faith, these leading us to expertise or at the very least a greater faith in our abilities and how the Divine Plan is working out in our lives. Uranus also configures in the same aspect series with Moon and Mars, but the orb to Jupiter is a bit wide. Still, for you researchers, take note.

Speaking of irrationality, we also have Moon triseptile Venus and Mercury triseptile Saturn adding more of the usual choices, changes, and forks in the road wherever they influence. Add the Venus quincunx Saturn from a degree of "communing with the Spirits of our ancestors," and no doubt the pressure will be upped to a great degree offering us chances to demonstrate expertise in some skillful way. Expect major karmic adjustments, as well as the ability to transcend old ways of experiencing our inner nature.

Much will be triggered as Mars moves into early Cancer during the first half of March 2008 and creates a Mystic Rectangle with the Sun, Moon, and Pluto positions of this Eclipse. Very definitely we will see major "sea changes" in our world, as well as our individual lives, though it may take a while to recognize it.

Here are some technicals for astrologers: This activation will be given substance each time the Moon moves through the Rectangle zone, just as the Light or Illumination of what this eclipse is about will be understood much better in mid-March when Mercury and Venus traverse the Solar eclipse position. The Earth trines from Moon-Saturn to Pluto will be stabilized and understood with greater clarity the 3rd week of April and beginning of May with transits through early Taurus.

Expect major development of whatever voids Mars is activating in March to come around the Summer Solstice and early July, when we have lots of activity in early Cancer and Mars is activating the Virgo points. Of course, the profoundest insights will come in August when Mercury, Venus, and Sun all cross the Virgo points of the Eclipse, capturing whatever Mars has promised.

So that you may prepare, in North America the Lunar Eclipse will have 25 Virgo rising in LA, and 29 Libra in Washington DC. The Aquarius stellium will occupy the 5-6 houses in PST, and the 4-5 houses in EST. London will have 21 Sag rising, Amsterdam has 24 Sag rising, and Tallinn has 30 Sag rising. These places will have the opposition between the first and second houses and the 7th and 8th.

Istanbul has 1 Aquarius rising, Johannesburg has 25 Aquarius rising, and Baghdad has 26 Aquarius rising. In these places the opposition primarily occupies the horizon, which I would think would be significant. Moving east, New Delhi has 14 Aries rising, while Trivandrum has 11 Aries rising, thus accenting the 5 and 11 house axis. Hong Kong has 27 Taurus rising, offering the 8-9-10 houses opposed by planets in the 2nd and 4th. Tokyo has 30 Gemini rising, showing the 3-9 house axis accented.

In Western Australia, we find mid-Taurus rising with the opposition between the 2-4 and 8-10 houses, while in Melbourne we find 3 Gemini rising and in Brisbane 14 Gemini rising, putting the emphasis on the 3-9 house axis.

In Part 2 we'll explore more about the qualities of this total Lunar Eclipse, as well as the critically important Lunar Eclipse degree, which I noted earlier is exactly the same as Saturn's stationary direct point. Stay tuned!

© Copyright 2008 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Lainie]

Thank you so much Robert . . though I feel a little seasick! Could you explain what you mean by saying Mercury at 17 Virgo was in a degree of "volcanic eruption" at the August 2007 eclipse? Thank you and many eclipse blessings to you.

[mary]

Thanks so much Robert. This time has been pretty intense for me but I am already experiencing internally the yearning and actual elevating of my own soul and other;s around me. My ascendent is 29 degrees of libra, my moon is 1 degree of capricorn at my nadir -- every eclipse for the past two years has conjunct directly something in my chart and with pluto see sawing over my moon for the next year, well i guess selling a home, moving states, starting a new career, handling familial issues that rival doesteyevsky (sp?)

oh well at least I'm not stuck anymore! Best to everyone.
Mary

[Jessi]

Robert, mucho thanks for especially this article! I always appreciate any/all insight you've shared with us, but since my Sun is at 5 degrees Virgo and Mercury at 17 degrees Virgo, well, life's been interesting to say the least! And your insight is even more appreciated than usual as I hug, well, clutch to my dogs for comfort. :) The eclipses are times for me to have a conversation with the Universe. (Not that I stop generally...hehehe...)
Should you be putting up an article on the next New Moon in Pisces I'll be looking forward to that too, since I think it touches my Pisces Moon, have to confirm the degree again.
Thank you for your continued guidance Robert!

[Laura]

Hi Robert,
Thank you so much for all of this insight, it is very helpful. I was wondering if there was anything I should be watching out for as the lunar eclipse is occurring on my birthday tomorrow.
Thank you,
Laura

[danae]

yes, thank you Robert for your continued guidance and insight... its an interesting cosmos alright - there seems so much to learn. I for one would love an eclipse that shows us all that we are healed and only need to remember how perfect we are and live this into daily experience. I still struggle to integrate the lessons of the past two years eclipses and feel too strongly the dualism around which so much of our world is built.

but there's always hope :)

[Sue]

I like that you say Mars is the harmonizing force in this eclipse as it is conjunct my natal Uranus in the 8th house. The eclipse itself is conjunct my natal Saturn in the 11th house and opposes my natal Sun so harmony is good. I'm reading all your posts on the eclipses avidly and looking forward to the next one. Thanks for your insights - Sue

[ann]

My dearest Robert,
Thank you for the insights...its marvellous to find encouraging words of wisdom in your article to identify with my situation..Honestly,I dont know what really happening here in aceh,what with all the weird behaviours of people around.At the same time,my personal relationship seems to be in turmoil..all I did is take a deep breath and go with the flow...seems,the more I thought of going of from this place,which I did,but only last 3 days,i had yet to come back to make sure my on going work are on track.am an aries born on 1st april 1968 time;1pm...please advice...thank you for your kindness...warmest regards

[ann]

by the way,an hour ago,there was an earthquake that shook Banda Aceh..been awhile since this hard of an earthquake happened to us..I shudder to think of what more to come,as the eclipse will be tonite here....love always

[maria]

Dear Robert
Thank you for your wonderful illuminations on this long dual codimension that became almost a principle in my life the last years. Still confused(at the crossroads), I’m learning to trust intuition or insights coming from nowhere. This lunar eclipse falls on my solar return with few hours difference; feels like a turning point and know the decisions taken now will be in my life for many years to come. Currents almost may lead me to something that it is not right for me- kind of injustice and more and, at the same time I am not able to pursue my dreams due to practicalities- duality. The syndrome of martyrdom is far from me but I am humble as always felt I am lacking meaningful direction. Since 1989, I am spinning around and yes evolved in different ways and now I may have to embrace acceptance and compromise which are virtues but this will make feel big time martyr, narrow-minded in pursuing a dream that makes me a victim and much more. The dream was different and now seems that it is an either or not time. So , I will very much appreciate your insights. My natal sun is Pisces 2°13 on the 3rd house and Asc Sag 15°12. This lunar eclipse hits my 9th house, Saturn is there as well, Pluto conjuncts pallas on the first and squares my moons node (0 aries), transiting note (3rd house) squares mars and Neptune on the 12th house and venus conjuncts mercury on the second. My solar return sees sun, Uranus, pallas, vesta on MC and node on the 9th conjunct MC together with Neptune while Saturn oppose and squares many planets (sun, netpune, mars, asc). Apologies for putting so many details on your forum but will honestly deeply appreciate any feedback. Thank you, Blessings.

[Jo]

Hi

How will this eclipse impact on those who have Moon in Virgo(particularly in the early degrees)?

I am a Piscean with moon just in Virgo!

Thanks.

Jo
Australia

[Micheline]

well this full moon eclispe is in my first house (like you Robert), and I know with Saturn there right now, I need to reinvent my self and my life, i need to clean house, I don't feel like my old self party due to age, not that i am really old now or anything, but i definetely feel like i am not excercising enough, and all my bad habits must go, i am not sure how to tackle this....also i must master the new things I want to do and try to make those dreams that are in my soul waiting to blossom....so much work....as for the work situation, i know it is time to move on....i am a baffled king singing halelujah
but hearing the echo come back.....pluto at 1 degree cap is hitting my moon/sun midpoint also at one degree, this should be interesting...and yes it is becoming easier for me to let go of outmoded and innefctive and unhealthy ways of thinking about relationships and some people are leaving my life....

[nandy]

Dear Robert,

Hope you are doing well. I have Pluto at Virgo 3.4, and I am Pisces rising -- just wondering what does this lunar eclipse at 2 Virgo-Pisces mean in this context for me?

Many thanks, and blessings.

[Robert]

Hi Lainie - The Sabian Symbol for 17 Virgo is a "Volcanic eruption," so it's fairly self-explanatory.

Hi Mary - Saturn septile your Ascendant is no doubt putting you at a major fork in the road of however you've defined yourself since 1982-83, while Pluto is helping you contact parts of your feeling nature you've never explored before. While things probably are extreme from time to time, whatever is in dynamic transformation is leading you to where you need to be during the coming changes, so bless it all.

Hi Jessi - Trust your experience and maturity in taking the long view, and drop everything you no longer want nor need to put up with. The next New Moon will of course accent your Moon, the house it's in, and the house it rules. And of course you're most welcome.

Hi Laura - Yes, check out your feelings, come to realizations, and know that over the next few months you will be liberated from something you no longer need to be dealing with.

Hi danae - Well, eclipses do heal us, if only through removing stagnant stuff we no longer need in our hologram! While our Divine Pattern is in fact perfect, there is much in our body, emotional, and mental patterns that are not in alignment with our Higher Self, and these are what require removal so we can attune through going inward after the withdrawal of external things. Life in form will always be dualistic, but we do not have to suffer from getting trapped in it.

Hi Sue - Mars should have stimulated your genius and uniqueness in many ways the past few months! An old Saturn function will be left behind, so expect old friends, goals, and ambitions to leave, opening space for new ones to come. With Sun opposed Saturn, you need a good challenge from time to time that helps you leave behind lesser purposes and obligations.

Hi ann - I promise we will connect in the near future! Aceh is in an area of the world that will be perpetually unstable for some time to come. When the ground shakes regularly, people tend to get unsettled in many ways. I learned that in California. Many relationships are also unstable right now, since we all are getting repositioned in some ways so we are ready for what's coming in the next 2000 days. Remember, fellow April Fool, the old song that tells us that there are times to hold 'em, times to fold 'em, times to walk away, and times to run. Please take care of yourself in the present so you can take care of others in the future.

Hi Maria - Yes, many of us are making decisions that will profoundly impact our lives for years to come. Affirm your willingness to glimpse elements of "a meaningful direction," and you will surely get them. Do not frame things so extremely ("acceptance and compromise which are virtues but this will make feel big time martyr, narrow-minded in pursuing a dream that makes me a victim and much more.") Find the right point of view on how it's leading you to Dharma and authenticity. You're more indestructible than you think, and even if your life is in dynamic revolution, affirm your willingness to see the ultimate good of the process. As for Solar Return, make sure you're using an Equal House system. Saturn's not squaring anything right now, so I assume you're talking about your natal chart. Narrow your focus to get a better sense of the larger whole of your life purpose and ideals, let go of lesser chains by accepting a greater challenge over the long haul, and re-frame your sense of higher "Truth" by being diligent in the details of how you're learning to serve. This is a preparation for major professional movement later this year into 2009.

Hi Jo - It should help you let go of unhelpful habits and feelings, especially any sense of limitation or bondage due to Saturn also on your Moon. Decrease sentimentality and get on with more important things, and let go of rules and shoulds so you can take care of yourself and others more appropriately, and be taken care of by them as well.

Hi Micheline - Yes, this may take away some routines that are too small a focus. I also am not exercising enough, due to being chained to a computer doing this blog, which is growing by leaps and bounds. That's why I don't know how much longer I can answer comments as I have in the past, and will begin structuring classes to answer such things in the future. There are greater aspects of a larger work beckoning, and there's only so much time in a day.

Hi nandy - You should be liberated from old things through Pluto being nurtured. You can find a greater self confidence through self awareness, and your magnetism with others will go through major changes. Use Sun on your Asc for illumination of a new self image allowing you to leave corrosive or dishonest relationships behind forever. Saturn on your Pluto trine Pluto should be helping you stabilize your Divine Power in grounded practical ways.

[s]

Yes, please! Classes! I'm all for the classes! Sign me up!!

[Susan]

Dear Robert,
Thank-you So much for all your insight and work!
Just out of the Mercury retrograde and into this eclipse!
I found you and your Aquarian Papers just this evening, as I was looking for Astrological info on the Ecliplse!
I am Gemini ( 15 degrees) with (0.6 degrees) Scorpio Rising and Libran Moon (24 degrees) , Pluto in Virgo (11th house) Saturn in Capricorn ( 3rd house) ..so I have been feeling the Pluto and Satrunian aspects bigtime!
I was in a relationship with a *man with 5 planets in Capricorn for a nearly a year and it broke up! ( *He moved across the country to be with me and arived on the before the here on the day of the last Lunar eclipse in August 2007)) with promises of Marriage and children and then in Mid-November everything "blew up"/ fell away! He told me of his fear and unwillingness to have children.
I have been feeling heavy-hearted and much emotion (deep sadness)
around loss of the relationship and the possiblity of having children in this Lifetime!
This man's unfulfilled "vows" shocked and hurt me, and yet I have been having a hard time letting go!
And I know that I must go on and forge a new life!
Are these eclipses good times to meditate and pray for release from old patterns of behaviors?
I know I am getting somewhat personal and detailed here...reading your helpful answers to people inspired me to be forthcoming about what I have been experiencing.
Your words are wise and compassionate..a balm! ( and a breath of fresh air!)
Thank-you so very much,
Susan
P.S. I want Classes, too!

[Lainie]

Thank you, Robert, for your generosity. I like the idea of classes too.

[d3mill]

Hello Robert and everyone,
I've been cooking, I think I am almost done. It's a big article and I want to go over it again in my own time, but sometimes things just jump out, "escape from a narrow destiny" was one, the other "feather your nest'. Oddly (or not) I wrote a poem, still "giving form' to it. But it began:

Who knew the heart was unflegded?

and ended:

feathers will give form to shell
so no matter
whether crow or starling
it will fly.

Just working on the middle bit. Not quite hatched, can't rush these things.
Best to all
Diannem

[Virgo Rising]

Hello,
My natal ascendant is 5 degrees virgo. I am a 49 female grad student.
Please advsie re this eclipse.

Thank you

[ann]

my dearest Robert,
Thank you so much for the kind advice.will take a good care of myself.yup,its shaky this side,relationships too of all kind.. :) life as it is ya...the earthquake yesterday was quite hard,horizontal and evenly rythm...hope to catch up with you soon...love for always

[maria]

Dear Robert,
Good morning from europe and thank you for your healing insights. Comfort my soul, smile for my “drama queen song for the goat” words, feels like where passion bumps into reality and, release of “old” forms seems to be the point for one more time. .. Using the equal system, the planets are rather on the 8th house and yes, Saturn on the solar return chart makes oppositions to the sun and mc and squares mars, neptune and asc. on my natal chart.
Strangely enough, today I feel so much energised…guess is the luna….Thank you again and blessings!M.

[Sue]

Hi Robert, As always you are spot on. Thanks once again. You write that I need a good challenge from time to time to help me leave behind lesser obligations and purposes. Well - this time around I've been co-opted into becoming an assistant producer and script writer of a play! My little introverted world of working away quietly in the background at my own creative projects just got blown wide open. It's a wild ride but just what I need. When i first started asking you questions about my chart you said that the theater was where I was heading. I denied the possibility but it turns out you saw something I didn't even imagine.
My gratitude goes out to you. - Sue

[daryl]

Hi Robert, have just seen the news about the satellite/missile "strike" at 10.26pm last night! Unbelievable? There must be something really important about this eclipse...comments?

[Your Enchanted Gardener]

5:36 AM
February 21, 08

Robert,

Just woke up with the moon shining in through my window.
Thanks for sharing information about the Lunar Eclipse
and getting me refocused on 2009-2010-2011-2012.

I was having a Vision about the inportance of
stepping up awareness about theEnchanted Garden
as a name for our Renewed Earth is 2012.
I have been working for more than 30 years on
breaking World Peace down into bite size pieces
many of us can understand. I do believe it is essential
that we can be on the Web and are called to be part
of the Web of Life in real ways.

The Earth and the Soul are Soilmates.

Has been a difficult Mercury Retrograde.
Good to be reminded that this is a time to Let Go.
Good to reflect on those things I want to let go of
so my soul shines through.

I will blog more on this on the Plant Your Dream Blog
here: http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1116373

Good to have you back.

I welcome your excellent astrological insights and your team
of avid participants in my life.

Your Enchanted Gardener
Leslie

[pamela]

I thought it worthwhile to examine the sabian symbols for both 2 degrees Virgo & Pisces as follows:

Virgo 2
Sabian Symbol: A simple but impressively large white cross has been set up in splendid isolation on top of a commanding eminence.

Kozminsky Symbol: A waning moon in a sky, half of which is clear and studded with stars, and half of which is covered with dark clouds which herald an approaching storm.

Pisces 2
Sabian Symbol: Almost as if possessed with man's intelligence a tiny squirrel remains watchful on a limb, hidden from the hunters.

Kozminsky Symbol: An old man sitting beneath a leafless tree with bread in his hand and a bag of money by his side.

Kind regards,
Pamela

[Robert]

Will structure classes and for sure let everyone know how to sign up, etc. in the near future.

Hi Susan - Saturn and Pluto are helping you restructure your life long term for the better, making you more efficient. Glad you got clear about the Cap before having children, since that could be a real drag to be with someone afraid to be a dad. You should feel glad you didn't get trapped with someone unavailable emotionally, and stop power struggling with ghosts. As for kids, well, even if biology is not an option, adoption is. There are also many ways to care for a child or children here and abroad. And then again, if you ever do find a good relationship, it could be with someone who has children, and suddenly you're a step mom! These eclipses are good for moving forward into larger lives. Definitely pray for release, but at some point just forgive and forget! The more you focus on the past and its illusions and disappointments the less time you're giving to the present. Do not give disappointment more power or reality than it deserves!

Hi d3mill - Yes, we're all on track to leave the past behind, whether "win, lose, or draw." Great verse, and definitely describing elements of a larger process for many.

Hi Virgo rising - Leave the past behind, stop worrying, see the light of a greater work/service, and since what's done is done, remember that for some years to come if it works it's true, and if it doesn't work it's not. The past cannot matter, since you're in transition and will experience things leading to a total emotional reset a few years down the road. Things should also get clearer for you later this year and next.

Hi ann - When the ground shakes, we find out who has courage and who doesn't. As an Aries, you need to fly with eagles, and leave the chickens on the ground to cluck.;-)

Hi Maria - Well, life is transitional to begin with, and these times do challenge us to release whatever we need to of lesser ways. When we let go of old burdens we do in fact feel lighter and more energized. Focus on more important tasks to come, and let go of old things blocking your heart.

Hi Sue - Congrats on the play! Now play at the play and enjoy! And of course, you're most welcome. Glad I could see what I did.

Hi daryl - Well, it could portend the resurrection of the ill-conceived "missile defense system" which can only destabilize our fragile political position and further alienate our friends from outer space.

Hi Leslie - Welcome to the cantina. Gardens are the hope of the world, individually and collectively. We must stop poisoning ourselves! Yes, World peace starts at home. There are many analogies between gardening and our own growth. Kiss the San Diego ground for me.

Hi Pamela - I studied quite a few symbol systems years ago, and Kozminsky's can be quite profound, if somewhat judgmental and more specifically focused on individual birth patterns. Still, there is much to consider in that series that if extrapolated and depersonalized can yield great insights. Thanks for reminding me of them.