December Full Moon Haiku

You say you want a

revolution, goes the song.

A mirror grants it.


Not only do we have the usual Full Lunar Moon lunacy to deal with under Luna's full gaze this December, but Uranus, great god of chaos stations direct. This means that Uranus changes gears from reverse to forward motion. If we've been wondering where all the hippies went, we may spot a few now.

Too many messages, too many ideas, and too much (trivial) news are portended by the Gemini Full Moon. Chaotic events may come through contact with family or the past; old issues can be cleared--but if we do that, we risk a less stressful holiday.

At this Full Moon Sun aligns with the great star Antares, the Heart of the Scorpion. Moon aligns with Aldebaran in the Eye of the Celestial Bull. The line between these two stars is an axis of polarity, seeing issues in black and white, and also an axis of war and peace. We can channel this energy by imitating Henry David Thoreau when he said that the true reform can be taken any morning before one opens their door--and that by doing so, we can reform two thirds of the world ourselves.

But if we really want to embrace the Uranian spirit of chaos we'll channel it by stopping by our local coffee shop and making polarizing political statements out loud into our cell phone (whether its an actual call or not).

Horoscopes for the Full Moon week are up at Trish Marie Astrology.

Never give your birthdate to an astrologer,
Trish Marie

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Afghan Astrology

Last night upon leaving a local pub happily content in the contemplation of how good the vegetarian burrito had been, the night sky confronted us with a different contemplation. Gracing the sky as we stepped out the south facing door was a waxing crescent Moon, with Jupiter hanging like a jewel directly below it.

McChrystal is going to get the troops he wants, Karzai is going to be happy, Obama's going to face criticism from Left and Right for the decision (what Barnam said about pleasing people).

And if you're thinking we had too many martinis with that veggy burrito if we're seeing answers in the sky this easily, let me tell you--all we had was coffee.

But--pictures are worth a thousand words. In this planetary picture Jupiter (a crown prince) sits beneath the Moon. Moon rising over a planet is power being taken away. In the first week of December, the Moon will then pass underneath Mars (a warrior). Power is being given to a warrior. The Moon continues on to then pass underneath Saturn (a king). Karzai is an elected president, but also essentially a king and certainly presents a more Saturnian figure (old, traditional, power hungry) than princely Obama (c'mon, admit it ... sometimes we can almost hear all the little animals break into song when Obama appears, just like in the Disney movies).

Today I turn on CNN during lunch break just to make sure no one's reported a meteor hurtling toward Earth (because if they did, I'm not going to bother finishing the laundry) and hear that Obama is promising a decision on Afghanistan soon.

Will McChrystal and Karzai get their desires fulfilled? I think that the Moon thinks so. How will it take power from Obama?--see note above about whose going to be unhappy.

Too bad the President doesn't have a horse. Horses are great therapy (or escape). Look at Reagan--he had a horse, and he was happy no matter what happened. (If Bush had had a horse, Cheney would've probably shot it--accidentally of course, so good thing Bush didn't. Besides, the former president, despite his fondness for cowboy diplomacy, was scared of horses. Don't believe me? Google it.)

And yes, website's horoscopes haven't yet been updated--sometimes doing astrology (for people) gets in the way of doing astrology! If you know what I mean ...

Moon over Jupiter image is from the open-source software Stellarium. Stellarium is free and can be downloaded at Stellarium.org.

Copyright © 2009, Trish MarieAll rights reserved

November Full Moon Haiku

Conversational

lines are gonna be crossed;

can words get passports?

"It sure is quiet out here," I thought while watching a brilliant Full Moon rise--then the astrologer brain kicked in and replied, "Are you kidding? Who can hear any quiet through all this shouting?!" November's Full Moon rises into conflict as aspects favor mental and verbal warfare ... this in addition to the usual Full Moon lune-i-ness.

The Full Moon opposes Mercury, a difficult position as the Moon is considered an enemy of Mercury; Merc is the planet of pure thought and verbal clarity while the Moon is emotions and personal preferences. "Pure thought and verbal clarity" are in short supply when people are emotional and taking everything personally. And foo on anyone who disagrees, so there.

Mars, god of war, is intimately mixed up with the Full Moon as well. Mars is anything that's got a keen edge (Mars=war=weapons=sharp objects), Mercury is communication, Moon is instinct and security needs. Mix them all together and we've got sharpened tongues driven by instinctive defensive behavior. That'll liven up a party any day. (Shorten it too, usually). Of course there are productive ways to use every aspect--we could sharpen our minds or pencils for instance. Resisting the urge to channel our inner two year old will be easier said than done under this Full Moon energy, but then in the end, everything is easier said than done unless we're speaking Welsh and short on vowels.

Mercury feeling picked upon by Mars and Moon can indicate that our communication equipment, electronics, and schedules are feeling picked upon too. A martini or two will help, unless our computer takes things as personally as HAL did in the movie 2001.

Did the events of Halloween weekend surprise us? If so, we may have forgotten to check our weekly horoscopes at Trish Marie Astrology.

This Thursday, Nov. 5th friendly neighborhood Astrologer will be appearing live at Equine Gatherings, Metamora's wonderfully unique Tack Store/cozy community gathering place for all lovers of things equine. Six to Eight pm.

Scorpio Horses

Name your Scorpio

horse "Lassie," and she still won't

want to lick your face.


So now the Sun has entered Scorpio (Fri. Oct 23-Sat Nov. 21st). Once upon a time it marked that stage of the year when people began spending more time indoors than out, huddled by a cheerful fire.

Nowadays we huddle round the television sets. I always love those hokey horse-lover westerns where the hero or heroine is about to be done in by the Bad Guy, when suddenly hero's faithful steed clatters into the barn, and the last thing we see is Bad Guy falling backwards into the stall, while faithful horse rears up and down with sounds of trampling and righteous nickers. These movies are written by the Walt Disney school of animal behavior, but hey, if we wanted reality we'd go muck out a barn.

I know horse people who swear their horse *would* rush to their defense should it ever be required. These people usually have a healthy dose of Cancer in their charts--Cancerians tend towards a "Timmy & Lassie," view of the world, which is why they're so devastated when other people in their life prove to have more complex motives than television collies. (If we're in a relationship with a Cancerian, channeling Lassie every now and then will help keep the home fires burning warmly; just keep the panting to a minimum or our efforts may be misconstrued).

If a horse were to gallop in and trample the Bad Guy, that horse may well be one born between (approximately) October 24th and November 22nd, when Sun is in Scorpio. Scorpio's do not like it when others mess with their stuff! A Scorpio horse is territorial. They don't usually need to get out the heavy artillery though. Scorpio horses, like Scorpio people, get the point across by freezing the opposition with one cold, hard glare.

When not playing Medusa a Scorpio's eyes are among the most beautiful in the zodiac; deep wells of inscrutable passion. It's not a passion like the Aries horses' passion though, flung all over the place willy-nilly and for any reason; Scorpio is stoic. Best not to reveal strengths or weaknesses so as to keep the advantage.

Scorpio horses don't request respect, they demand it, and this horse requires a confident rider who doesn't mind being tested--because the Scorpio horse will test you. They want a rider they can respect, so be willing to meet the challenge. And don't go baby talking and kissy-kissying your Scorpio horse in public unless you want her to dump you on the way home.

Scorpio horses make spectacular endurance and event horses; they enjoy having their mettle fully tested and like activities that let them use their bravery (okay, their desire for domination) to openly defeat rivals.

In 2009 Scorpio horses experienced many changes on the home front and may have had some trouble maintaining their position in the herd. Better news in 2010 though, as the stars favor accomplishment in competitive games as well as finishing up some significant realm of training. And while it's no more true that Scorpio horses spend all their time thinking about sex than it is true of Scorpio people (both also spend significant time thinking up ways of manipulating themselves into positions of greater power in the herd), foals will be a more prominent part of the Scorp horse's life in 2010 as well.

New to First Quarter Moon Haiku

Thin lines between love

and war makes it easy to

keep feet in both camps.

Once upon a time Native Americans of the western United States thought that gold's chief value lay in it's softness--it could be molded into bullets without having to be heated first. When natives discovered that using gold in this manner inspired some whites to try and get themselves shot at (so they could collect any bullets that missed) the tribes were certain ... there was something intrinsic to gold that made white men crazier than white men were already deemed to be.

The stellar energy between the Libra New Moon (Oct 18) and the First Quarter (October 25) inspires modern versions of wanting something so badly we're willing to get shot at to get a chance to have it. Just ask "Balloon boy's" father--it doesn't take a wise old tribal elder to see that he is one crazy dude, and we don't mean in a good way.

Passion runs high, and we may love, hate, or want with a vengeance. This energy can also be channeled into impassioned creativity but love, hate, and desire get more movies devoted to them.

Through this period, if we want something so badly we're willing to do crazy things to get it we might want to stop and think how our actions would be perceived if played out on television. If we like the picture presented, by all means, loose that arrow.

We could also channel the energy towards constructive creativity but the only person who writes movie scripts about authors diligently working on their novels is Stephen King, and we know how those stories always turn out. Why take chances?

New weekly horoscopes are up on my website as well as Void Moon times and an explanation of what the heck a Void Moon is and why we should care.

Never give your birthdate to an astrologer,
Trish
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October Full Moon Haiku

If Moon and Sun are

lovers, like the mystics say,

who's their therapist?


"If love is the answer," quipped Lily Tomlin, "can you rephrase the question?" The October Full Moon is usually one of the "looniest" of the year, as the opposition of Sun and Moon across Libra and Aries pits the part of us that wants to watch a happily-ever-after ending romance against the part that wants to watch, "Rambo VII."

Although there are many Libran's who would rather chew off their right arm than sing "Going to the Chapel," and certainly there's plenty of Arians who like nothing better than walking hand in hand with a significant other, in general Libra describes our social, and especially partnering needs while Aries seeks independence.

At the time of the Full Moon, Mars rises with the Fixed Star Pollux (beta Gemini). Twins in mythology embody the polarity between good and evil (Cain and Abel are a classic illustration of this, although I've always thought Abel hired lobbyists to swing things his way ...). Pollux is the "bad" twin in the Gemini pair, and when we team bad boy Mars with pugnacious Pollux, it's like sitting two class troublemakers next to each other. It's possible they channel their abundant energy towards healthy competition; teaming up to beat everyone else in the science project for example. It's more likely that they come up with mutual ideas for causing trouble.

Mix a Sun in Libra singing "I want to hold your hand," opposing Full Moon in Aries getting ready to bite whichever of its own hands is tempted into taking Libra up on the offer, add Mars rising with Pollux and the course of true love, as well as relationships in general, may run anything but smoothly.

We can channel this energy productively, as it favors hard work, athletics, and flexing mental as well as physical muscles, but projecting our issues onto our partner and fighting over the result is so much more entertaining for the neighbors.

Full Moon Sun is at 11 degrees of Libra, Full Moon Moon is 11 degrees of Aries; People born between OCTOBER 3-6th or LATE MARCH/EARLY APRIL may* be able to skip buying a diary this year, as we won't easily forget the year's events.

*If born within the date range, our birth Sun will be on or near 11° Libra or 11°Aries-the closer natal Sun is to these degrees, the more likely the odds we experience the effects. Check with your friendly, neighborhood astrologer for more details.

On to the Voids!--which are now posted through Mid November on my website, along with an explanation of what the heck a Void Moon is, as well as weekly horoscopes for all signs (can we stand the excitement?):

Trish Marie Astrology

Never give your birthdate to an astrologer,
Trish
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September New Moon Haiku

Renunciate means

we no longer let our stuff

lord it over us.


We've just passed the New Moon (Fri 9/18) and Saturn, planet of renunciation and separation, exactly aligns with Sun and Moon with backwards tracking Mercury hovering nearby.

New Moons are usually about new beginnings, but this New Moon is more about endings--new endings, I guess we could say. At the New Moon, Sun and Moon align together--that's what a New Moon is ... (if they are in a direct line together from perspective of Earth we have an eclipse). But along with Sun and Moon, at the same exact degree is Saturn, planet of endings, separations, and crystallization. By crystallization I mean things get very hard and real under Saturnian influence. And as if that wasn't enough, retrograde Mercury was backing into the bunch just a few degrees away. This combined influence can make for things seeming too hard and real, or life just a bit more depressing than it ought to be. This energy can be countered by concentrating on tasks that require discipline and hard work. What--we expected our astrologer to say the energy can be countered with martinis? Sorry, gotta wait for a Neptune transit for that.

New Moon influence will extend to the next Full Moon (2 weeks away) and in some regards, to the next New Moon. If we've anything we want to get rid of or classify (Saturn's influence is cold and dry--which means, discriminating), this period is a great time to do it! If the couch happens to be underneath what we want to be rid of, hey, drag them both to the curb.

New weekly horoscopes now up on my website: http://trishmarieastrology.com/. These horoscopes are based on the position of the New Moon in relation to the different zodiac signs and generalized insight into how the New Moon will affect you can be gleaned from the information. If we know our Rising Sign as well as our Sun sign, read that too.