Deep Oceans to Sizzling Fire..... Spring

The beginning of this month finds us swimming 

in very deep water.  

Pisces, the last water sign of the old cycle, like all water signs is emotionally based.  It is also the last sign in the winter and corresponds to twelfth house energy.  It is a time to release old patterns in preparation for new energy that is coming in with the equinox.

If you are holding on to any old emotional baggage, it is time to release it.  You don’t want to be carrying into the new cycle.

You can’t swim through Aries, you have to be light and loose in the fire sign this year.

So, in preparation, the Universe has given you just the right energy to do Pisces in a big way, to let go of the little prisons you have made for your emotions and to really drop them off into a sea of transformation.

How is this done?  It starts with forgiveness.  It is not a confrontational forgiveness that just gets it going all over again in the same circles.  It is a personal forgiveness.  You just forgive the person who you see as causing the pain you are holding.  Then you release the energy.

This kind of forgiving allows you to let go of the patterns that have been holding you back, keeping you going into the attic of your soul and going through the old memory trunks that bring back the painful memories.

When you forgive, you very often have to take a good look and notice that the person you are forgiving was only being himself or herself as far as they knew how to be at the time.  You can’t be blaming someone for that.  So forgive them, forgive in your heart, don’t tell them, just feel the release.  Drop that old emotions into Pisces’s deep waters and let the water transform it.

You will often find that when you explore these areas, you realize that you could have done a bit better at the time too.  So forgive yourself.  For everyone you need to forgive, forgive yourself twice.  Just let it go.

And if you reel the need as you see things more clearly, go ahead and apologize of anyone who might be holding negative ideas of things you may have caused.  You didn’t know better then, but if you have learned, you can do this honestly.

When you know better, you do better.  

After the 21^st, this month will shift abruptly and be all about doing.  You want to be light and loose going into it, because it I going to have a lot of energy and you’ll want to play with it.

This is about as far as I have ever written an astrology blog without mentioning which planets are where.  We start March with Sun, Mercury Mars and Uranus in Pisces.  This called a stellium, a concentration of planets in one sign.  It emphasizes the energy of the sign.

Mars is one of these planets; Mars is usually your power planet.  But fiery Mars kind sizzles and sparks in this much water, it can’t help you much. 

Mercury is about thought and communications. Here in this sign he thinking about feelings, he doesn’t do that often or very well. 

The Sun in there and always the energy of the chart, it can handle the water very well, but it won’t let you pretend that these emotions are not there, he makes you focus on it. 

Finally, thee is Uranus, powerful change and transformation!  Uranus has been hanging around here for years, he knows the place,  he has recently had a visit from Jupiter and Uranus now has a chance to proceed with knowledge of the change that is needed.  But Uranus is impatient.  He wants the change now, and this is his last pass in Pisces for about 160 years!  You will feel pushed to change this emotional area during the first two weeks of this month.

Still think you can hold out?  Well the moon joins all of this for three days on the 3rd, 4th, and 5^th.  The Moon is all about emotion.  You might as well dive in, get this done and be ready for the changes later in the month because they are pretty intense.

Aries Comes IN, in a Big Way.

The Vernal Equinox, the first day of spring, little crocuses appearing, hints of warm breezes.  This year though, Yowzah!  There is a lot more energy than usual in this seasonal change! 

Remember Uranus, the one who likes to make changes fast, the one who takes no excuses and demands Change NOW?

Well he is entering Aries today with the energy of the SUN exactly with him.  The first degree of Aries is one of the most active in the Zodiac.  It is a birthing time for the year.  The zodiac’s Happy New Year without all the alcohol.

It is opening, trying new things (everything is new) being fearless.  Aries makes a motorcycle seem like a great idea, doesn’t mind trying a little mountain climbing even though it might still be a little slippery.

Jupiter, the Great Beneficent, is already there preparing the way with confidence and high expectations. And now it begins with the Sun and Uranus teaming up to begin the business of change.  Don’t hang on, go with it.  It is play time.

Don’t be afraid of change, unless your life is absolutely perfect, change is good news.  Even if you have been hunkering down like many have in this time of economic difficulty, it is time to get into action.  It doesn’t have to be pointed towards the practical this month; this is more of an unexpected breakthrough.

You don’t have to work with this kind of change, just join with it and play along, push through further when you see an opportunity.  Don’t be afraid of going too fast, don’t try to catch your balance, there is time for all of that later.

As we get to the end of the month, Mars is about to enter Aries too, its own sign.  The energy changes again.

February, a change in energy.

Talky dreamy friendly.

After a long January in Capricorn, February looks like a whole new thing, and most of us can use a new thing.


With seven planets in air signs, quick thinking and communications are highlighted. Venus and Jupiter are both in fire signs. Things are moving now, it is not just thinking it out, and there is an urge to be doing.


We start February with a new moon on the 3rd this one has Mars on it. It could have you making new plans for action, especially in the next couple of weeks. It might bring a new man into your life or magnify your own masculine side to make things happen.


On the fourth, Mercury moves into Aquarius and revs up your social side. But at the same time, that crescent moon is right on Neptune and that can bring dreams and these are very strong times to experience your own psychic side, feeling your feelings deeply and sensing other people’s, too. Pay attention to those little voices in your head at this time and stay clear.


You don’t want to do any kind of drug that is not absolutely necessary at this time, it will mess with you in unexpected ways.


Venus meets Pluto on the ninth and they are squaring Jupiter. This happens at about 3-9 degrees in Earth Signs or squares in Cardinals. If you have a chart check those degrees, the more exact it is the more likely it is to be an issue for you.


You will see transformations in relationships and deep but beneficial changes. It is a powerful and very positive, but don’t try to hold onto things as they have been when change like this is at hand or it can be difficult to navigate. The Moon trines here too, trines are good so it might help you with the emotional side of the issue.


Pluto has a “you can pay me now, or you can pay me later” quality that is way easier to deal with if you go with the flow.


Saturn is dancing in Libra at the moment, making that sign a bit tricky and not at all easy to deal with. Bumping along with responsibility and authority figures is tiring anywhere in mid Libra. But all this Aquarius energy this month might just lighten it up a bit.


And we have this year, one of the most interesting Valentine’s days I have seen in awhile.


The emotional Moon is trining all those Aquarius planets, one after the other with Neptune strongly in it at the moment. It will be fun, no doubt but it is probably not your best time to make commitments. Try to put them off until next month when you’ll all be in a better emotional spot than on Valentine’s Day. Play, have fun, talk and dance and dream, things that happen today might jut turn into something but not right now.
This is such a Neptuney month that I am going to add information about Neppie’s energy at the end of this. You need to know that this is why you are feeling kind of different with all of this.


On the 20th especially with Mars and Mercury both smack on Neptune at 28 degrees in Aquarius. Uranus, meanwhile, is at 28 degrees in Pisces. So this planet of change will be affecting all of this too, making it a time that would not be great to make big decisions or to try to think things through.


Just enjoy the trip for a bit. Toward the middle of March you will see things beginning to move along quickly and the things that are just a germ of an idea now will move along very quickly then.

Neptune is the energy of connection with the limitless state of the universal mind. Neptune eats away at ego perception. It defies logic and rational approaches. Neptune operates on a very subtle level. It is beneath the place where we keep our conscious awareness, beneath the area where we have words.


Neptune is often called a higher vibration of Venus. It is love beyond relationship, unconditional. Neptune doesn’t recognize conditions. It is inspiration as opposed to creativity.


Neptune always brings confusion to the rational process. There is no order to it. It works with the creative forces without a rational filter. When you think about it, you don’t have any idea where inspiration came from, it just came.


Musicians have strong Neptune placements. So do addicts.


Rudhyar says, "Every force which denies limitations and tends to make us whole, which saps the strength of a particular viewpoint and injects into it the fluid of unearthly desires; every agency which dissolves crystallization's and puts the lens of the ego out of focus, which stirs us with divine longings through days of second puberty and enravishes us away from family and home into the snow white peace of convents or to the living fermentation of the jungle, all belong to the Neptune symbol."


It is clear that the Neptune symbol is not the favorite energy of the social order or the rational mind. It is completely transcendent and while in Neptune's energy these things are insignificant and the individual floats above them.


In order to embrace Neptune energy, you must give yourself permission not to know. The position of the person seeking a vision quest is, I know nothing". So it is with Neptune.


When Neptune cycles come up in a person deeply rooted to a Saturn world, (social structure, rules, laws, rational order) It is the confusion that is most unsettling. When so much energy is based in structure and left brain activities, the right brain making known a larger awareness is not often welcomed.


Illumination is received holistically and as it tries to enter the perceptions which are carefully guarded by logic, the senses seem to be deceptive.


The relevance of Neptune effects are often discarded because it is not possible to apply them to the rational mind. Still under the surface of the most closely guarded ego, Neptune is working its wordless alchemy both in the highest connections of the soul and in the part of the brain so deep, it has no words. Change will happen. Slowly, almost imperceptibly, change will find its way into the rational mind.


During this process the rational mind will only find confusion and illusion. Still, it knows that something is changing, something over which it has no control, cannot describe. this can be very unsettling.


It is often a point when a person with a dim perception that it is time to open the limitations, will get involved with drugs. Drugs can give the illusion that barriers in the mind are broken. This thought is deceptive and can lead to addiction.


Under addictions, the perceptions might change, the limitations might be challenged but the holographic perceptions of a larger reality cannot be perceived. This is the reality Neptune would have you seek.


It is a strange land and cannot be seen through the filter of the known. It dissolves ego, to remove limitations and introduce the soul to a higher order of perception.


The effect being accomplished is a higher connection to the collective unconscious. With cooperation (allowing yourself not to know) it can become the connection with the God source.


Transcendent is the key word. The transcendence is beyond the personal, beyond the social, beyond anything the mind has perceived, out into the space where every quark is made of unconditional love and dimensional space does not exist and time is a whole new ball game.

Big Day Coming

We are going to start the New Year with some extraordinary energy this year.  If it is a taste of 2011, this is going to be quite a year! 

The Date to look for is January 4

It is a Solar Eclipse at 13 degrees Capricorn.  At the same time,  there is an exact conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus at 27 Pisces and that is trine to Venus in Scorpio.  

Also, Venus is squaring Neptune which of course semi-sextiles Uranus and Jupiter.

This is a lot of energy interplay and as an eclipse it will influence the energy for at least half the year and make that point at 27 degrees a point that springs to life when other planets hit it all year. 

Four planets in Capricorn emphasize that energy, ambition is key as is practicality.  But Pluto is one of them and on its long Journey through Capricorn will transform Capricorn’s issues of government and business, so expect the ripples to begin.

Jupiter and Uranus are causing change, in Pisces it is kind of a finish up with emotional issues change.  

This is necessary because next they both transit high energy Aries, not a place to be dragging old issues through.  

So use this end of year time to forgive and forgive more, forgive yourself twice every time you forgive someone else.  Tidy up your emotional issues and free yourself to begin a new journey through Aries this year.

With this trine to Venus, you can expect some really emotional, even romantic issues to come up where they are least expected.  Oh my, they will be deeply emotional too.

But notice Neptune at the square. so it might not be exactly what it seems. 

Juno at 26 Virgo is very much in this too, opposing Uranus/Jupiter and sextiling Venus.  Juno is about relationships, contracts, marriage.  Uranus is about dramatic change or unexpected conditions, Jupiter seems to bring beneficial, if larger than life results.

If your chart shows planets at 27 degrees (three or four degrees away will count too).  This might be the drama you are dealing with during this time.

And remember this is not just a one day transit, the eclipse holds the energy for some time.

I didn’t mention Chiron who has been traveling with Neptune for some time.  To me this indicates that the whole drama is given to you so that you might use the experience to help others heal.  

With Neptune there, though, it might be awhile before you realize what this energy was about; because Neptune has a way of blurring reality.

All in all this is a big day for the energy of the next few months.  Enjoy the ride!

Solstice Eclipse...and Galactic Center!

This map is completely NOT to scale

On December 21^st we have a lunar eclipse right on the Solstice.  This particular eclipse lines up with the Galactic center.  That is the Earth, Sun and Moon in a straight line to the center of the Galaxy where all of the energy comes from that we have been beginning to experience.

There are waves of energy emanating from the center of the galaxy that have marked certain periods of change in the Earth’s history.  We are entering one of those waves now.  It is not just Earth; every planet in the solar system has been changing.

This line up is sort of a precursor to 2012 energy.

The eclipse points become charged for year ahead, but certainly for the next six months. Expect to feel the energy get more intense around you.

This is not a bad thing if you are working with the energy.  It makes the energy easier to access, not so ephemeral but a real force.  It makes healing easier because the energy around you is easier to feel and direct.

Remember that the real power is unconditional love.

This particular eclipse pulls in Uranus and Jupiter energy in a tee square so expect changes continuing for awhile.  It is not a bad thing, change, it just makes you have to stay on your toes, be ready to change directions positively and quickly.

There is no point in trying to stop the change or even to hold it back. That is what can make this time difficult.  You have to learn to flow with it.

Mercury is part of this change, so be careful if anger needs to be expressed, to point it at the right person. Mars is pretty close too which can cause quite a lot of extra need to express explosively.  Make sure that you do it appropriately.

The winter solstice is a good time for ceremony and with the lunar eclipse visible all over North America; it gives a real opportunity to take a moment for whatever kind of practice you do.  I know that it is cold, but do go out and watch it; a lunar eclipse is a wonder.

December Clusters

December looks like a really interesting month. Lots of planets in Capricorn, it is quite a dance.

This energy is mostly in one place, so if you look at your chart, it is all in Capricorn, well, mostly.  So if you know what house Capricorn is in, early Capricorn, in your chart, you should be able to discover what area of life this is all operating in.

You can’t use house placements unless you have your time of birth, they are all based on that.  But there are other things you can see without it so here goes.

On December 10^th Mercury goes retrograde, again.  And with that come all the little hassles retrograde Mercury brings around communications.

Then there is Pluto, just waiting for them, just lurking to join the party.   Pluto in Capricorn is about transformation of the earth energy that rules government and organizations.  This energy will be an area of transformation for years. 

On December 5^th, Mercury swings past Pluto,   Pluto is less than a full degree from the North Node that day, So we are looking at: transformation, spiritual evolution and communications energy in the energy of Capricorn: practical,  ambitious,  stable.

Mercury moves fast, this is normally a quick one, day pass.  But not this time, remember the retrograde?   Mercury turns around just a degree and a half from Pluto, so that communications and mental energy it brings is going to transform.

On the twelfth Mars conjuncts the North Node, bringing whatever past issues you haven’t yet dealt with.  Mars brings direct energy and often energy around men.   Karmic issues that need resolution in order for you to progress.

All of these energies are functioning together for the next week, until the 13^th and 14^th at least with those two days being the strongest energy.

Then on the 13^th through the 16^th, the Sun squares Uranus and Jupiter with the Moon on Uranus and Jupiter on the 13^th.   That is a LOT of energy for a particular day.  And all of the energy is toward change.

Uranus likes immediate change.  Pluto generally gives you a lot of time to transform.   And Saturn who usually slow down the change is completely out of the picture.

Mercury and Mars are active personal energy.  This can be an amazing time.

In your chart, look for planets between 2 and 6 degrees for the strongest impact.  Look especially at Earth signs (Capricorn, Taurus and Virgo) for the easier but no less profound changes.  And look at Cardinal signs (Aries, Cancer,  Libra and Capricorn) for the most intense changes.  Other signs at the degree will feel this, but not as intensely.

And remember that even if it misses hitting your chart, you will be dealing with a lot of people that will be finding these intense energies making changes and transforming their lives, probably very unexpectedly.

If you have old forgiving to do, this is the time.  If you have old issues to resolve do it now, so you can move ahead.

If you stay in the light this transformation can be amazing; it is an opportunity to leave old issues behind and rapidly transform your personal destiny to a higher space. 

It Is Getting Funky Out There Again

I have been slack for a few months, it seemed like every astrologer on the Internet was writing about everything going on so I let them write the story.  But nobody seems to be taking a look at the overview of the next couple of months, so I guess its time I jumped back in here.

It is time to take another look at the planets out there, because they are getting a little funky again.

 Just now, they are not bad.  Jupiter and Venus are going direct today with Venus trining Neptune, which just went direct a few days ago. 

We are still feeling the effects of Neptune’s new direct motion, dreamy, unmoored.  And as it went direct there was Chiron waiting for another conjunction.    Those two have been dancing together for quite awhile.  They do tend to keep a lot of information under our level of consciousness.  In that place where we can feel them, but don’t quite know what it is about yet.

And Venus is trining them today so watch out for your instincts in relationships.  It may be too dreamy.  With the Sun squaring the pair today you can’t even count on your energy to set you straight.  Wait a few days until this clears up.

But what I am really looking at is the events toward the end of the month through the New Year.  Lots of things hitting as Pluto and the Uranus/Jupiter dance heats up.

Honestly, Neptune is the least of our concerns.  But it does keep popping in and out of the picture.

Venus is stationary direct now still trining Neptune/Chiron, its direct motion is in Libra. Oh dear, Libra is so about relationships.  And the lovely trine to Neptune is going to feel so good …but it is not a good time for commitments. 

A better time is coming in December 2^nd when Venus sextiles Pluto and the North Node, with the Moon passing by.  It could bring on some real serious relating for people with planets in early Scorpio or really at one degree, pretty much in any sign, water signs particularly.

November 24^th ‘til December 2^nd, the period begins with Mercury and Mars applying a square to Jupiter/Uranus.  For several days one or the other of them is exact.  Mars square is exact to Uranus on the 3^rd of December, the day Mercury conjunct Pluto. 

That is a lot of activity; you can find things happening really quickly.  Mars/Uranus squares can be out of control so if you have planets at the very end of Mutable signs, Pisces, Gemini, Virgo or Sagittarius, be careful.  No quick moves, quick decisions with Mercury conjunct Pluto can change everything in your life, when you meant to do something much gentler.

The last few degrees of any sign WILL be affected one way or another, so care is advised all around. 

Of course, Mercury and Pluto conjunct in Capricorn, at 4 degrees, so the first degrees of Cardinals (and to a lesser extent, everyone else) will be affected.

Uranus goes direct on the sixth, which should give us all a bit of a kick toward change. 

DON’T PANIC

Change is only difficult if you really like everything about your life just the way it is.  Even then change can be for the better.  Often, in times like this change is what is needed and what you have been expecting for awhile, but things slowed down when these two planets (Jupiter and Uranus) went retrograde.

Mercury goes retrograde on December 10^th, WAY too close to Pluto.

On December 12^th things get real intense again.  Mercury/Mars/Pluto and the North Node begin a conjunction that will go on for a week; the most intense time is December 13^th.  That is at 4 Capricorn.  So look at your planets between 2 degrees to 6 degrees to see if it will be personally intense, and again, especially the ones in Cardinal signs:  Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.

The Sun squares Uranus/Jupiter on the 19^th and that just begins another ride.

On the 21^st Mercury returns at retrograde to square Uranus and Jupiter the two of which are getting closer and closer now, and remember, the Sun is still on the square adding POWER.  Be very careful with communication of all kinds now.  Mercury is about communication and quick thinking, Uranus is about explosive Change and Jupiter makes things bigger.  You can see where this can get out of hand. 26 degrees in Mutable is the most intense degree but 26 in anything will be involved and give this one 5 degrees in either direction.

On the 26^th, things get intense again, December is QUITE a month.  The Sun Conjuncts Pluto, Mars is moving toward a square with Saturn which is exact on the 28^th when the Moon joins in conjuncting Saturn for a little emotional push.

Mercury goes direct on Dec 30.

On January 4^th Venus again is in an interesting situation.  Squaring Neptune, she feels all dreamy and trining Jupiter and Uranus she makes changes in unexpected places.  Venus looks to be pretty fickle, but strongly so for the rest of the year and into next. 

This is particularly strong at 26 degrees in water and right around the chart, especially in the mutable signs.

In general what we are dealing with at the moment is the difficult positions of the outer planets.  They are in the sky in places where the continually aspect each other and when another planet, either personal or social gets into the mixture, it can have quite a serious effect on us, both societally and personally. 

Every year the Sun Enters Capricorn on around December 21^st, but the past few years, Pluto has been waiting right there.  The personal planets (Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars) are often near the Sun.  That is what begins to make this year particularly intense.

But also this year we have Uranus and Jupiter traveling together at the end of Pisces, right in the area where the planets in December will aspect it, before meeting Pluto in Capricorn.  And Neptune is at the same degree in Aquarius and comes in aspect to a lot of the personal Planets too…especially Venus this year.

So you can bet on it, it is going to be interesting.

I'll be writing about some of these transits as they get closer, but tonight, I thought I'd just write an overview.  For a rundown on the energy of the Planets mentioned above look at http://terrawolfe.com/astrology/index.htm

If you need a personal reading as to how these planets effect your chart, you can write me at terrawolfe08@yahoo.com for an appointment.

Relationship Planets Enter the Cardinal Dance.

We have been watching the Cardinal Points for some months now.  We had two eclipses, we have had six planets at that point.  It has been heavy going this summer.

Most of us have at least one planet being affected in our personal energy; the ones who don’t have to deal with others who do. 

But this week is special. Both relationship planets will be passing the Cardinal Point conjuncting Saturn, opposing Uranus and Jupiter, oh and there is Pluto energy coming up.

If this were not enough to get your attention, when Mars hits that point on Saturday, the Moon will join Uranus and Jupiter in opposition.  This is a real push-me-pull-you in relationship energy with the Moon’s emotional energy on transformational Uranus with Jupiter adding impact.  Add the opposition of Mars’s really direct energy, the masculine side of relationships and Saturn’s attempt to maintain stability.  We are likely to see all kinds of things happening.  People will probably be falling in and out of love, quickly deciding to marry or divorce.

This is just the beginning.  On the following Saturday, Venus, the female energy of relationship will be on the same point.  This time the Moon is on the Cardinal point in Cancer.  Emotions Change structure and relationship all are at squares or, if you will, odds.  As this happens, Mars is not out of the picture at all, still in orb of the point, just not as focused as Venus here.

The dance moves on into Libra, the relationship sign.  The Moon joins Venus and Mars as they move closer together on the 13^th. 

The 19^th finds Venus and Mars Conjunct in Libra.  This is HUGE for relationships.  And the conjunction Stays to the degree until the 22^nd.  That is a long conjunction for personal planets. There is serious relationship energy here.  On the 20^th, the Moon is back in the picture at square and conjuncting Pluto, a highly transformational energy. 

Is this good or bad, the client says, I always answer, it’s interesting.

But it depends on your own chart just how interesting it is going to get for you and, of course, the charts of significant others. 

If you need help with figuring this energy out, I am always looking for new personal clients.  I’m at terrawolfe08@yahoo.com. I’m a professional astrologer, so it is not free, but I try to keep it reasonable.

This long planetary dance is not at all over with this one.  It doesn’t really end for years, until Pluto and Uranus complete their dance of squares.  We do live in interesting times.