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Weekly Weather April 12, 2010

There are two main focuses for the week ahead. The easy focus is Mercury stationing to go retrograde. Mercury retrograde causes us to retrace our steps and redo, revise, rewrite, reorganize, reconsider, revisit, reedit, and any other “RE” word you can think of. We will be busy “RE”ing for the next 24 days until May 11.

The Winged Messenger of the Gods, ruler of communications, transportation, writing, connections and the marketplace, encourages us to take the time to back up our computers, cell phones, I-pods and laptops, double check our papers and be cautious around what exactly we are committing to and who we send that snaky comment in an email to. Mercury just LOVES to cause trouble and pull stunts when he goes backwards in the heavens. He is the King-of-Freudian-Slips-that-WANT-to-Slip! Mercury loves to expose, via communication “mix-ups” what is REALLY going on so everyone is informed. Or perhaps Re-formed.

Right now, if you watch the western sky right after sunset, you can see the fiery messenger of the heavens hovering below Venus, the first evening star appearing in the night. We don’t often get to spot Mercury as he usually is too close to the heavens. Right now he is the farthest he gets from the Sun before turning back towards his buddy Apollo. He’s going to snatch information and carry it back to Apollo for rumination as well as new inspiration. When Mercury is this far ahead of the Sun as well as in a different sign that Apollo, he’s in charge of seeing the future and where you are going. He’s acting as a scout and gathering information. Once he reunites with the Sun, the two of them will figure out what they want to do with the information Mercury gathers this week and stuff he found out since April 4. Where ever you have 2 to 12 Taurus in your chart is where Mercury is causing your world to want to redo itself.

The other area under strong development challenge is a bit harder as we aren’t quite clear what it looks like yet. Juno, the asteroid in charge of partnerships, marriages, and all “united” relationships is under enormous pressure to shift, change and adjust. Partnerships want to unravel, dissolve or disappear. Relationships want to be re-imagined or redesigned. Disillusionment, dismay and disappointment can be very high where formerly everything seemed peachy keen. Not so much any more! The peach is rotten.

Juno receives or makes aspects to Ceres, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Pluto, Chiron, the Node of Destiny and changes signs into Gemini. Essentially what looked like done deal when Juno was in Taurus is now ripe for options, many new sides, different voices and multiple paths after the week Juno has ahead of her this week. Plan A is replaced with Plan B, C and perhaps even D. Juno was known for her loyalty and dedication to partner, perhaps at times misplaced, to the “right” way to be a partner and to upholding traditional values. Juno flies around encouraging folks to stick and stay together because they are together. This week, Juno says, “Well, this partnership is NOT working. It may NEVER work!”

We aren’t going to know for sure what happens until NEXT week and ultimately we may even have to wait until April 26 when the situation explodes before us and the structures shift yet again into new positions. But this week, Juno, the upholder of traditional values and the proper way to partner is NOT so sure that she wants to continue to partner with whom she is with. As a client said, “This is the horse I am riding on right now!” It may or may not be the horse she is riding on next week!

Your job with this changing and highly pressurized energy pushing on your and the other person’s concept of partner is to FOCUS on what YOU want from the partnership. What is the VISION you have of the partnership? What is the vision of where you want to GO with your partner? Remember, anyone you work with in a dyad is up for partner evaluation, conflict, examination and possible re-evaluation.

Juno used to chase down Zeus’ many mistresses to punish them for having sex with Zeus. This week, Juno goes “Hey, why am I blaming THEM?” She sees the world through new eyes. She might blame Zeus. She might ask herself why she is staying with such a hound dog. She might get into therapy and figure out what she is choosing and why. She might ask one of the mistresses how the situation with her husband took place, exactly. It does take two to tango! That said, you might decide you don’t want to tango at all! Perhaps a new tango partner is needed? Maybe it is time to learn the Bolero?

A few weeks ago, the heaven’s asked you to start to focus on your new vision for your life. Chiron and Neptune joined, asking you for a different, renewed or changed vision of your life. Dig out those notes and jottings. Use them to help you navigate this week. What is the overarching vision for your life? How can the partner relationships that you are questioning this week support or hinder you in reaching your goals? That is the question to keep asking yourself as you move through the week. Does the partner before me serve my vision for myself and my life? How can I focus on MY vision for MOI?

Now the second part of this evaluation of partners and partnerships is critical. You have to do it without blame. No blaming them for being a screw up. No blaming yourself for choosing a person who now appears to be a mistake. You tried. They tried. It isn’t working. Or maybe it can work with some effort, revision and modification (see Mercury retrograde) by either side. Or you may decide to pull the plug. They may decide to pull the plug. The key is to focus on your vision to know what to do. And no announcing THEY have to change. They are NOT going to change. And you can't make them change. If they “force” the change under these aspects, it won’t stick or hold. The glue will let go and crack, bang, boom the energy will slide into chaos.

Under the background of this energy with Juno, Uranus and Saturn are approaching their fourth of five oppositions scheduled for next week but in orb this week. Uranus had no father and was one step away from Chaos in the creation mythology. He can’t deal with authority figures because he never had an authority or a father he respected. He doesn’t much like women either as his mother created him and had sex with him. Icky family story. Our rebellious inner teenager doesn’t play well with others. Saturn, on the other hand, is in stick up the butt Virgo making him an authority figure that is critical, uneasy to please and petty as well as fear based. So imagine the rebellious teenager facing off against critical authority figure. And the critical authority figure is retrograde, asking the teenager to do things he can’t comprehend why he would want to do those things!

Focus on the vision of where you are going to keep your head about you while others are losing their heads. Let things leave if they want to go. Let things change if they want to change. If they criticize, ask them to come up with a solution. Let the solution evolve out of the criticism. It is very easy to criticize. It is not so easy to DO or fix or revise. Or to make something right. Saturn in Virgo wants a plan to make things right again. Give him the latitude to work his considerable magic. Get that vision of your future dusted off and maybe even make a plan to run it by Saturn to see what he says!

The early part of the week we start in an aggressive Limbo state. We don’t want to be where we are but we don’t know where else we can go. We are caught in Limbo. When I was little, Limbo was a big part of my Catholic upbringing. All the babies that weren’t baptized went to Limbo. All the people who weren’t Catholic weren’t going to heaven either so THEY were going to be in Limbo too. Limbo was a darn big place ~ full of crying non-baptized babies and non-Catholics! Between heaven and hell, there was Limbo. I must say I worried about my friends who were not Catholics, particularly Cathy Hickey and her family. The Hickeys went to the Presbyterian Church every week but they were not getting into heaven and were going to be left in Limbo forever! It seemed SO unfair! At one point, I started to question some of the tenants and doctrines of the Church and decided Limbo was not probable or even talked about by Christ so I wasn’t going to believe in it any more. And low and behold, the Catholic Church dropped the concept of Limbo! I felt vindicated! And very relieved for the Hickeys and the unbaptized babies. And then Limbo reappeared!

In my early 20s, I had lapsed Catholic friends who decided they were not going to have their baby baptized. My mother was simply appalled. She suggested I perform a baptism of convenience, which involves sneaking the child into the kitchen sink and baptizing it quickly while the parents weren’t watching. I was shocked my mother would suggest such a thing! I told her that Limbo no longer existed as far as the Catholic Church was concerned so one didn’t have to do that kind of thing any more to save the baby from getting stuck in Limbo. My mother, Irish- Catholic-God-is-Going-To-Get-You to her very core, mulled, very briefly, the possibility that Limbo might not exist any more. Mom paused and replied in one of those ‘Mother’ voices, “Well I think you are all taking one HELL of a chance with that baby!” So, I snuck the baby into the kitchen sink and baptized it. Just in case, yes, just in case Limbo still DID exist, the baby was covered. And if Limbo DIDN'T exist, no harm, no foul ~ just water and a sign of a cross in the kitchen sink. No dreaded Limbo was in store for little Alexander Ferrazoli!

Monday you find yourself in an advanced Limbo state. Don’t take a HELL of a chance with the baby you‘ve been nurturing for so long. Whether or not, the next few days go your way, consider how you would baptize the baby AND you can laugh at your silly fears about taking a hell of a chance with the baby not being baptized. I was greatly relieved, even though I didn’t really believe in Limbo any more AND even though I had stuck Alexander under the kitchen sink for a quickie baptism, when his mom and dad changed their minds and had Xander formally baptized, by a priest, in the church. Unfortunately today, Tuesday and Wednesday you are rocking back and forth in Limbo ~ baptize or not. Save the baby or let it risk Limbo forever. Change horses or keep riding the same one. Shift the direction you are heading or stay the course. I can’t tell you want to do ~ you are in Limbo! But don’t take a hell of a chance with your beloved baby! Hedge your bets. Do your version of a baptism of convenience JUST IN CASE Limbo still exists. At the same time, work with what you have. Dreams are wicked last night as Mars and Saturn are fighting with each other. It is a stressful day today. Lots of squabbling and arguing. You might laugh at your mother or who ever warns you that you are taking a hell of a chance with that baby of yours but just in case, hedge your bets. (This is why hedging your bets exists as an option!) Lots of energy about stimulating the wound. People are going to say some nasty stuff to each other today. You have to understand the point is to get you clear. My mother using her mother voice and suggesting I was condemning the poor child to the same Limbo that I had worried so often about as a child was enough for me to violate my friends’ decision to not baptize their child. I justified my behavior in my own mind. You may have to justify your decision in your own mind. But you aren’t 100% sure. Your sense of confidence is not as assured as you would like it to be to for you to proceed as if you weren’t in Limbo! Or as it Limbo really didn't exist any more. Acknowledge Limbo! That acknowledgement alone counts for SO much! And saying you are working with the knowledge that Limbo may or may not exist, will make you feel so MUCH better. Mail your taxes on the VOID MOON between 8:51 am and 9:51 am EDT to “make nothing come of it” regarding your relationship with the IRS.

Tuesday, Limbo continues. You get positive feedback from some sources. No Limbo any more according to the Church. You get negative feedback from some other sources, You are taking a hell of a chance with your baby! Give yourself the opportunity to try to go for what your dream is. Remember the Moon is dark right now as she approaches her New Moon tomorrow morning. You are not supposed to see the solution right now! You are in Limbo. Around 7:23 pm EDT things seem to calm down as Mercury has an fifth harmonic aspect of brilliance with Chiron. While not 100% perfect, the germ of the brilliant idea is in there. Nurture the baby even if it means sneaking it over to the kitchen sink for a quick baptism of convenience. The potential for brilliance can be seen. The potential for taking a hell of a chance with the baby can be seen. The wound is triggered as well. Talking is not helping. Life is not easy sometimes. Limbo sucks.

Wednesday, the New Moon in Aries takes place at 8:29 am EDT setting off the Finger of God forming in the heavens. Read the New Moon report on this site for more information. Focus on what practical steps you can take to create your vision of your life as Saturn as the apex of the Finger wants to have practical, predictable (to the level possible) steps to follow. Fingers of God offer us moments of cosmic choice where the heavens say to us, “Pick; Pick. You have to choose now!” Stick the kid under the sink, just in case. Laugh at your fears, Limbo doesn't exist you silly! Juno has a few aspects today. She is asked what she wants to create as she talks with Ceres joined to Pluto. Pluto and Ceres are traveling together asking us to evolve in how we nurture, parent or guide ourselves towards and working with the creation energy. Pluto with Ceres is an unlikely pairing as the two were sworn enemies for many years, both wanting control over Kore/Persephone, their respective wife and daughter. Watch for some wicked interesting dreams upon awakening and make sure to write them down. The ideas ARE brilliant. By giving the idea a name and a place to grow, you will nurture it into being. Neptune squares Juno so you see the partner for what and who they were, without the distorting effect of Neptune on your vision. The square means the illusion is going to start to dissolve and you will see it clearly. At virtually the same time that Neptune lifts the fog from your eyes, Uranus asks you to WORK toward what your vision of partner and partnership is. There is NO WALKING AWAY from this energy. You have to stand in your solid vision of what could work. Mail your taxes on the VOID MOON between 3:23 pm and 6:55 pm EDT to “make nothing come of it” regarding your relationship with the IRS. Closing aspect for things begun on Monday, Tuesday or today is a positive sextile to Neptune ~ Fire and Air CREATE ideas and visions!

Thursday is Income Tax day in the USA. Venus fights with the strategy desired by others. Either you or the other person is going to fight with the existing strategy. The strategy needs to change to meet the situation before you RIGHT NOW. No more delay unless you simply can’t get it done or stand it a moment longer. Moon in Taurus has a lovely closing trine to Saturn in Virgo so things begun on Thursday, or Friday will work out very well and create good things for you. Remember to try new ideas in the realms of situations that need to change. And be very clear that for every criticism, three positive suggestions need to be made. Limbo starts to ebb.

Friday Venus is fighting with Mom. Now that she has a moment to herself, again give her space to expand and create. Taurus Venus wants to say to crabby Ceres that the hell with this evolution business. The cartoon of two caterpillars looking up at a butterfly comes to mind. One caterpillar says to the other, “You’ll never catch me in one of those contraptions!” Of course, we all know the caterpillar soon will be in one of those contraptions. Saturn and Pluto both want to look on the positive side of partnership and work with the situations at hand to make things grow. Give yourself permission to approach the difficult stuff you struggled with in a positive manner with ideas about how it can change. It CAN change. And you are in charge of HOW challenges.

Saturn’s day finds Moon moving into Gemini again with a lovely closing aspect of Moon sextile the Sun making the projects or tasks begun today and Sunday end with the ability to work them through to a positive and inspired conclusion. Venus is not at all happy with the controlling mind games that power hungry folks want to work on you so watch for her messages in your dreams. It is a troubled night of sleep. Chiron is square to Juno so the wounded nature of the partner appears clearly to you today. Juno connects with the North Node of Destiny ~ we always face choices in life and this is one of those moments. Go for the place or choose the choice that offers you a tribe you can call your own. Where will you be happy doing what you love to do? Can you name that place and start to move toward the possibility of getting there? Think of your chart as a giant cosmic wheel of potential asking you to give yourself support in taking the risk to change your beliefs. Juno enters Gemini today so do something toward your dream as well as living in your current reality. When I am trying to implement change in my life, I love to use my white and black river rocks. I fill a bowl with the dark rocks. Then each day as I perform the change needed in my life, I add a white rock and take out a black rock. Eventually, the color in the bowl shifts from black to white, corresponding to the change taking place inside of me. If I am trying to ground or grow something, I start with white rocks as the inspiration and slowly ground it with the black rocks. You’ll feel the connection of your desires to the Lord of Opportunity. Lots of opportunity out there. Give yourself permission to follow that Taurus ruled Venus where she leads. This is a good day to slip off the sobriety bandwagon so add a meeting in the rooms into the schedule for the emotional support you need. Mercury is stopped dead in the sky today so pay attention to what you find out.

Sunday Mercury stations to go retrograde for a three weeks and three days. So much energy today supports the process of naming and seeing your dream. All week Juno was under pressure to change, evolve and resolve her issues with partners and partnerships. She did the work. She made the choices. In some case, the other person made the choice for her. Today the Sun is SO HAPPY to finally have some clarity and closure as it aspects Neptune, Uranus and the nodes of Destiny. Pick a wise choice today. Your soul’s wound may be active too ~ so DON’T pick from a wounded place. Pick from a place that supports your growth for yourself. Seek out and stand in the vision of what you are trying to create. Let the sun shine on your back, head and face. Whisper a quiet resolve to the Sun ~ something similar to Scarlet O’Hara’s statement that she would never be poor again in Gone with the Wind. Come up with the positive, the POSITIVE version or vision of where you are going. So rephrase that Scarlet to “I will be wealthy!” State it as a declarative statement. Put a time limit on it so it doesn’t move from a current moment vow to a bad spell as it doesn‘t expire. Give it a statute of limitations ~ “I will be wealthy by 2012!” and stand back. See what you can do to support yourself and your dream. If YOU don’t support your dream, why do you think other people will help you?

Mundane: Last week a client mentioned her husband received a letter from Citibank advising him that Citibank could put a hold on his accounts for up to seven days, preventing him from withdrawing his money from what used to be considered an on-demand account. The increasing instability of the financial markets overseas combined with banking regulatory changes like these, makes this astrologer increasingly aware of the risk of the markets. Don’t lose what it took you so long to build and save. Preserve your capital by sitting on the sidelines until the cardinal cross passes in early August. Move into cash and gold. The money will be taken off the table so preserve your stash.

It should be a bad week for marriages. Expect lots of “We are divorcing.” or “We are separating.” Partnerships end under these aspects. Or, in the case of Dixie Carter, the end of her 26 year run with husband, Hal Holbrook took place in the form of death. Dixie, in my favorite role as Ms. Sugarbaker of Designing Women, inspired me to speak my truth, regardless of the consequences. Blessed journey and good speed, Ms Carter! Thank you for inspiring legions of young women!

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DiandraReborn25
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posted April 12, 2010 10:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DiandraReborn25     Edit/Delete Message
VIG

thank ou for posting.

Merc retro is bad now cause im still waiting for the results of my application job for administrative....

let´s see what happens

nevertheless this seems an interesting week.

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posted April 12, 2010 01:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Glaucus     Edit/Delete Message

VIG,

Thanks for posting. It's always good stuff.


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GypseeWind
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posted April 12, 2010 02:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GypseeWind     Edit/Delete Message
Everyone is being mean to me, make it stop.

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Diana
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posted April 12, 2010 03:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Diana     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks!


Why is it not on her site yet? Where did you get it?


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Citibank could put a hold on his accounts for up to seven days, preventing him from withdrawing his money from what used to be considered an on-demand account.


This was probably a line of credit and not his checking account...

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posted April 12, 2010 06:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lara     Edit/Delete Message
OMG 26th is my birthday!!!

VIG, I can't contact you on fb as I'm on my mobile at moment and can't access my email inbox to
message you! Will find you as soon as I get my computer back x

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