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Welcome to my world! What follows are general daily energy influences that affect all of us. These are general daily transits (all Pacific time), not personal transits (available by arrangement). If you have a plan or want to devise one for your day, these interpretations of what's going on generally with all of us can help you with timing. They also serve to improve our relationships by helping us to understand, generally, what's going on with everyone else at the same time. Your personal transits assist with your personal timing needs. Should you wish to have your personal transits interpreted or to have a personal birth chart interpreted, please email or telephone me at your convenience. To email me, click on the Email Sun Button at the bottom of this site. For itemized services, click on the "Services" Sun Button.
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Following the daily Energy Influences, Moon Void of Course dates and times, and Goal Achievement focus dates, are Reminders of longer-term Energy Influences. There is also information about the "Inner Guide Meditation" -- another tool with which to better manage our lives.
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Following are Daily Energy Influences for the week of May 12, 2002.
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NOTE: Remember to adjust times according to your time zone. The Energy Influences are interpreted according to Pacific Time.
SUNDAY, May 12. Happy Mother's Day to all Mom's who nurture their children and consciously do their best to bring joy and understanding to them!
On the one hand, the Energies Influencing this day favor group activities; on the other hand, communications are erratic and not consistently warm. However, relationships between genders are fairly smooth, and, because the focus is on Mom, it should be a very pleasant day for them, in particular.
Otherwise, until 5:30p, this is a day for new beginnings and goal setting, for the New Moon cycle. Because we are in a major cycle of instability, new beginnings should not, however, include binding commitments.
After 5:30p, there are unexpected communications, and/or communications tend to be more intense, strained, and more shocking than exciting. Relationships are by no means predictably pleasant, and there may be some excitement we DO NOT want. It is likely to be a nervewracking day and night.
The main thing is that we are under a Void of Course Moon* until 8:04p that brings UNpleasant surprises from humans AND Mother Nature. Even after, 8:04p, the Energies Influencing us are not helpful! Communications are more intense and could definitely be suddenly explosive. Concentration is very difficult, and people are generally very restless. Our thought processes and/or computers are subject to breakdowns. It is definitely NOT a good night for travel; there are likely to be more freak accidents and more headaches -- literally.
MONDAY, May 13. We can look forward to a much more pleasant time between 5p and midnight than during our daylight hours. Computer AND commuter problems and other communication problems are particularly annoying until 5p.
Until 2:50, there are more surprise communications than we DO NOT want to hear than those that we DO want to hear. There are sudden, surprising events to contend with that can make the early part of our day nervewracking.
Concentration is scattered all day and all night; however, between 2:50p and 5p, may be the worst time for concentration. People are very restless. It is also the most likely time in which plans are suddenly changed and/or there are surprising communications. It is the most unstable time of this day, and the time during which we can expect the most breakdowns. Key will be to focus more on the mental side of the picture than the emotional side. On the one hand, it will be a good time to talk about our feelings -- on the other, anger or otherwise intense feelings are likely to overwhelm our reasoning processes UNless we consciously focus more on objectivity.
After 5p, communications are much more sensitive, and creativity is greatly stimulated -- particularly in the communication arts of writing and speaking. It is otherwise a very good time to read and visit. However, there may be some rather shocking news, or, if someone with whom we are conversing is in a bad mood, we can more easily get into a bad mood, ourselves. IF, however, we are able to meditate or otherwise relax our bodies, our minds will likely take us on a pleasant journey to useful insights.
TUESDAY, May 14. The most congenial part of our day is after 4p; the most productive part is between 11:45a and 4p; the most difficult part of the day between 4A and 11:45A.
The difficulty lies in the intensity of what is not working well -- whether that means electrical failures, computer viruses and other computer problems, mechanical breakdowns, health issues, relationship issues, or uncooperative, unusual weather. Fire danger, with wind pushing it, remains until May 26th. Obviously, it is crucial how we handle ourselves in the midst of all these negatives. NOT so obviously, there is help -- we have to seek it. Opportunities lie in communications with friends, in participating in something larger than ourselves, and/or consciously turning the intensity INward to open our receptivity to Universal Intelligence which, in turn, shape shifts the intensity to manifest something more positive than it otherwise might.
The area of productivity most likely to reap positive results lies in discovering new information on any subject of interest. While concentration is scattered, the Energies Influencing the hours between 11:45a and 4p help us to quickly wrap our brains around what we need to know and aggressively advance past go to the next subject. Productivity being relative, depending on the objective, those who, unfortunately, take an otherwise aggressive path, as in sudden, surprising, explosive conflict, will meet with an equally aggressive reaction -- thus reaping a world of hurt and unfortunate consequences.
It is after 4p that people can express themselves most congenially and creatively. It is after 4p that any mental work is the easiest, most productive, and most creative. Writers will be especially surprised that their work product is unusually colorful, even powerful, yet also sensitive. Social interaction is also colorful but also has a certain charm. Strained relationships are only somewhat eased due to the instability and inability (or unwillingness) to truely understand where there must be compromise. Impulsive, provocative words and impulsive spending can, ultimately, make for an UNpleasant night.
WEDNESDAY, May 15. Technically, Mercury Retrograde* begins today at 11:50a; however, yesterday, there were notable indications of misunderstandings, miscommunications, and delays. For example, you might have tried to telephone the number shown on a letter, brochure, or invoice in your own area code and heard that your long-distance service had been disconnected - - only to find out that the number being tapped in was changed. Other example of the kinds of things most likely under a Mercury Retrograde cycle include delayed packages and messages, IF we get them at all, and misunderstandings, miscommunications, or mixups about meeting places for lunch or dinner. We have to keep a sense of humor about all this, because, in the current cycle of instability, it will otherwise make us extremely irritated and irritating!
MIScommunications will be greatly diminished by writing what is important to say before we even get into important discussions, and, on the receiving side, to write down what we think we heard and ASK if it was in fact what was said. MISunderstandings are otherwise going to be the norm until June 8th.
What people are likely to desire most today, in particular, is security, safety, and emotional support -- do not count on it! In fact, what is MOST appreciated today is to go out of our way to BE SUPPORTIVE in some small way -- even IF there is friction. "Supportive" may simply mean PATIENCE, and definitely means NO CRITICISM! To the extent we can be SELF-critical, there will be less criticism to give someone else. Safety and security are within our control ONLY to the extent we are able to consciously protect ourselves.
We have other tests today, among them being how much freedom and independence we can actually expect and both of which people dearly desire this particular day. In the normal scheme of things, this is one day when we must nod our heads "yes," and keep on doing whatever it is we are doing, because we chose it. IF what we chose is something we can get into heart and soul, today's Energy Influences will, for the most part, support our efforts with fewer irritating side effects.
Generally, the Energies Influencing us favor studying subjects that add a new dimension to our lives -- make it more interesting, help us to understand others better. Unconventional, creative mental work is also favored -- as in ideas that inspire our individuality yet also contribute to others. Any excitement we crave may be found in making some creative and constructive changes in our living spaces or, perhaps, in making contact with unusual friends and family members.
GENERAL VOID OF COURSE MOON* DATES AND TIMES (Pacific Daylight Time) (source: Jim Maynard, Pocket Astrologer Calendar):
MAY
1 WED 10:16A
2 THU TO 9:43P
5 SUN 5:46A-8:46A
6 MON 7:10P
7 TUE TO 9:22P
10 FRI 6:47A-9:32A
12 SUN 5:29P-8:04P
15 WED 2:08A-4:33A
17 FRI 4:27A-10:52A
19 SUN 1:34P-3:01P
21 TUE 9:53A-5:19P
23 THU 4:39P-6:38P
25 SAT 6:20P-8:20P
27 MON 11:39P-11:45P
29 WED 4:46A
30 THU TO 6:35A
*MOON VOID OF COURSE :
For those unfamiliar with the term "void of course moon," this refers to the period of time the moon is "in between" signs, and it occurs at the same time for everyone (though according to our respective time zones; e.g., if the V/C Moon occurs a 9 a.m. on the west coast, it is occuring at the same time but 12 p.m. clock time on the east coast. An example of the moon being in between signs would be, when the moon leaves the sign of Sagittarius and hasn't yet moved into Capricorn. This period can last a minute or a day. But it is DEFINITELY a time during which we chill, take a break -- time out. It is not the time to take a test, go on an interview or have any important meeting, start a new job, have surgery (unless it is an emergency, of course), and certainly not the time to get engaged, let alone married. We plan nothing, decide nothing in particular, commit to nothing, and purchase nothing. If we do, the result is not what we intended. Relationships begun under a void of course moon go nowhere. A Jim Maynard astrological calendar is extremely useful for planning around V/C Moon dates and times for the whole year.
Examples of what can occur during or because of action planned or taken during a Void of Course Moon include: Al Gore's nomination for, and acceptance of, the nomination to be the Democratic standard bearer for President AND Joe Lieberman's nomination for Vice President in 2000; the 2000 Election Night, various court proceedings related TO the 2000 Election; President Nixon's nomination for President AND also his election in 1972; the Watergate break-in; and President Ford's swearing in. Among others: countless accidents, jobs taken that don't last, romances that go nowhere, marriages or other partnerships that fail; as well as major and minor purchases that are major disappointments.
There are general void of course moon periods, AND our personal void of course moon periods coincide with or precede the general v/c moon periods and are important to know and use in conjunction with the general v/c moon dates and times. Those whose personal moon is not void of course still have to work within the parameters of the general void of course moon; it simply won't be quite as frustrating.
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VOID OF COURSE MOON DATES/TIMES
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GOAL ACHIEVEMENT: the use of moon phases provides the extra support that enables us to achieve something worthwhile by the end of each moon cycle. The New Moon cycle supplies potent energy to, in effect, creatively renew our lives during its cycle.
However, specifically at any New Moon, one should not have surgery on the part of the body ruled by one's sun sign. Briefly, those include: Aries, the head (including eyes and nose and upper teeth) and pituitary gland; Taurus,the mouth, lower teeth, throat, tonsils, vocal cords, ears, neck, and thyroid gland; Gemini, the thymus gland, nervous system, lungs, shoulder area, arms, and hands; Cancer, the stomach area, diaphragm, uterus, and breasts; Leo, the heart, upper back, spleen, and sides; Virgo, the lower abdominal area, small intestine, gall bladder, and upper bowel; Libra, the lower, small of the back, bladder, kidneys and adrenal glands; Scorpio, the pelvis, reproductive organs, gonads, colon, and rectum; Sagittarius, the hips and thighs, the liver, and pancreas; Capricorn, the knees, bones, gall badder, teeth, cartilage generally, and lower leg; Aquarius, the calves, ankles, retina of the eyes, and parathyroid gland; and Pisces, the feet, lymphatic system, and pineal gland.
There are eight moon phases under which we have specific steps to reach our goal by the next New Moon.
The Taurus New Moon cycle begins at 3:45a.m., May 12th, and ends at 4:46p.m., June 10th. The First Phase of the New Moon cycle; that is, from 3:45a.m., May 12th, to May 16th at 9 a.m., is the time to set a goal to complete by the end of this New Moon cycle. The goals we set under this particular New Moon cycle should be focused on INNER accomplishment and OUTER savings -- for example, inner change, securing our INNER resources, and/or saving money.
The specific focus dates to help us reach the goal are:
The Crescent Moon phase from 9a.m., May 16th, to 12:42p.m., May 19th, during which we UNDERSTAND THE FOUNDATION needed to reach our goal (financial or otherwise).
The First Quarter Moon phase is from 12:42p, May 19th, to noon, May 23rd, during which we come to UNDERSTAND THE RISK we must take to reach the goal.
The Gibbous Moon phase is from noon, May 23rd to 4:51a.m., May 26th, during which we learn what we must ALLOW INTO OUR LIVES to reach our goal.
The Full Moon phase is from 4:41a.m.Sunday, May 26th, through May 29th. This few days is when we look at WHAT HAS COME TO FRUITION since the New Moon of May 12th and, therefore, what we must integrate into our lives in order to reach our goal.
The Disseminating Moon phase, begins May 30th and ends at 5:05p.m. June 2nd, during which time we determine what it is that we must SHARE OR GIVE AWAY in order to reach our goal.
The Last Quarter Moon phase is from 5:05p.m., June 2nd, thru June 5th, during which we come to understand what we MUST BE RESPONSIBLE FOR to meet the goal.
Then the final Balsamic Moon phase begins June 6th and ends with the New Moon at 4:46p, June 10th, during which time we learn what we MUST LET GO OF or UNLEASH so the goal is possible. new Moon cycle.
REMINDERS:
RETROGRADE PLANETS
What does it mean, in astrology, to say a planet is retrograde? It means that for a certain period of time, depending upon the planet, a planet seems to be moving backward as it is viewed from Earth up against the stars. When planets are in retrograde motion, they are closest to the Earth. The Sun is about our self-expression and is NEVER retrograde, yet the Sun determines how long a planet is IN retrograde motion by the distance between the retrograde planet and the Sun.
When a planet is retrograde the ego's (or the Sun's) self-expression is challenged to develop further or totally withdraw in the area of the natal chart where the retrograde planet is posited (or placed). When someone is experiencing a retrograde transit to one of their natal planets, or, if an individual comes into this life experience with one or more retrograde planets, the INNER life of that individual is magnified around the area of the retrograde planet in order to constantly adjust the FEELINGS on the INside according to the experience on the OUTSIDE.
It is not about weakness or UNconsciousness or introversion -- it IS about greater conscious effort to express one's ego Energy in the area of the retrograde in order to fully express one's SELF. Retrograde planets in one's chart are not necessarily bad or good, healthy or UNhealthy -- it is a matter of Self-Knowledge -- which can be substantially gained through astrology by understanding what's going on in one's natal chart and/or transits, and dealing with it in an intensely personal, caring, and creative way to counter an intense INNER struggle to NOT be isolated from others in that area. The battle must be fought with an awareness of what is occurring.
MERCURY RETROGRADE. May 15-June 8. This is THE time to re-think, re-do, re-define, re-organize, and/or re-orient ourselves. THIS Mercury Retrograde cycle, we should be re-thinking our responses to emotional issues. This is particularly the time to just "SIT with a thought" awhile -- NOT make hasty decisions or take impulsive action -- emergencies excepted. Our intuition is heightened and our choices expanded.
We are being forced to loosen our grip on one or more situations in order to prepare for what is coming. The first half of Mercury Retrograde, is the time for the greatest introspection. Shocking and freak events have a life of their own, but we humans get inner signals (sometimes great big OUTER signals) as to what we should be reflecting upon.
During any Mercury Retrograde cycle, one should not enter into any binding agreements or life- altering commitments. Commitments made during a Mercury Retrograde cycle are most often commitments not kept. Where agreements cannot be avoided, there should be an expectation of having to modify the the agreement at some point during its term. The signing of any important document should either be put on hold or signed with the knowledge that it will likely have to be changed in some way.
During the second half of Mercury Retrograde, people will be inclined to be especially experimental -- foolishy so. Added tension stems from a new perspective and added awareness that we are literally blocked from using to the fullest extent we feel ready to DO. What we SHOULD focus on is gathering information and resources for concrete, effective, and appropriate use after June 8th, and, for best results, after July 4th.
Sleep deprivation, during Mercury Retrograde, causes extreme confusion, inflexibility, and general difficulty staying in reality-based thought. When we feel the least bit sleepy it is extremely IMPORTANT, not to mention -- refreshing -- to STOP what we are doing, and close our eyes just long enough to allow the sleepiness to subside. It can be as little as 2-5 minutes.
Mercury "rules" those individuals with a Gemini or Virgo Sun. Those who have a Gemini moon, Gemini ascendant, Virgo moon, or Virgo ascendant, will ALso experience the ill-effects of Mercury Retrograde. NO ONE escapes, however. Wherever we have Gemini or Virgo in our natal charts we are going to experience the effects of the Mercury Retrograde cycle.
Around those individuals with whom we have difficulties, IF we can get to "toleration" of one another -- like or love will either happen or it won't -- but AT LEAST we can avoid explosive outbursts where things get out of control. With toleration, we have fewer expectations, less tension, more laughs, stronger friendships, and stronger families.
We can use a Mercury Retrograde cycle to retreat from major activity and focus on translating our emotions to constructive thought, then to manifestation when the cosmic energies best support our efforts. The lessons we learn during Mercury Retrograde relate directly to our ability to be flexible. The challenge is to acknowledge our emotions -- whatever they are -- and STILL resist extremes in responses, moodiness, and general feelings of anxiety.
Mercury Retrograde also affects all modes of travel and all modes of communication. This is definitely not a good time for travel. Also, it is no secret that people are greater sources of danger when they are using car phones. During Mercury Retrograde, the hazard is multiplied when those who use them are so busy talking, they go through red lights or don't stop for pedestrians on a busy street because they can't think fast enough to negotiate both the situation and their telephone conversation.
Pluto in retrograde in Sagittarius, March 20-Sept. 26, intensifies the impact on the 9th House -- the House of beliefs, philosophy, politics, adventure, exploration, truth seeking, religion, education beyond elementary school, travel of the mind and body, longer and larger trips, laws of the land, laws of the universe, INlaws, foreign lands, and foreign interests.
Pluto in the 9th House of Sagittarius relates to the transformation or death of a part of ourselves -- transformation and regeneration. One's physical death in a Pluto transit through the 9th House would involve other personal and general transits to Pluto. People are more attracted to mysticism and/or occult philosophies -- all knowledge that is EXPERIENCED -- not just learned intellectually.
A Sagittarius Pluto cycle is a cycle during which RADICAL transformation is required of all 9th House matters. Wherever that individual is not living out his or her soul's purpose, life seems to fall apart OR, depending on other personal Energy Influences, ENDS. Pluto is about ultimate transformation and power --whether it is a power for good or evil and transformation during life or departing FROM life depends on aspects TO it.
Saturn in Gemini: A “BIG EVENT” for Geminis occurred on April 20, 2001, when Saturn made a major shift off Taurus and ONTO Gemini for a 2-year, plus, stay. That shift means the greatest testing in all areas of life for Gemini Sun people and for ALL of us in the Gemini House/area of our personal charts. Be advised that the intensity of a Saturn occupation is also determined by the General Daily Energy Influences and by one's Personal Energy Influences. However, the implications for any Sun sign impacted by Saturn are several and serious. With Saturn in Gemini, one's thinking and problem-solving abilities are systematic, and communications are more considered and cautious.
The Gemini can expect to make profound inner changes and significant OUTER changes, such that people who “knew” you may find they now DON’T.
When Saturn visits a Sun sign those people ultimately get the opportunity (or are forced) to examine what they THINK they want and determine what it is they TRULY want -- what direction they will be committed to -- for the next 29 years according to the House of Gemini activity. Those Geminis who have not got a clue about this Saturn cycle do not get a conscious vote on what is occurring to them and are unable to plan ahead or even be prepared. Taking a deliberate higher path, for example, the Gemini Sun can UTilize one's talents to help ORganize her or his OWN life and/or others -- OR can otherwise communicate support for others to accomplish something worthwhile for ALL concerned. Saturn's visit is not ALL bad, but we KNOW when a lesson is triggered by Saturn, assuming, of course, one knows where Saturn is visiting in the first place. Call or email me for your personal reading (birthdate, time, and place necessary).
Moon Wobble: May 7th-July 4th. This is a major cycle of instability. Human Nature and Mother Nature take bizarre paths. It is not the time to provoke ire, nor is it the time to make partnership commitments.
NEPTUNE in AQUARIUS. From January 29, 1998, and over the next 14 years , we have an opportunity to both observe evolution among the collective and individually evolve in the areas of illusion and reality, idealism and self-reality, deception vs. Truth, trust in the Universe to help manifest our ideal, and ecstasy in achieving it! By the time we leave this "age," there will be more UNLIKELY alliances, and we will have a better grip on transforming the "ugliness" of the past in our collective attitudes toward racism and our angry projections upon one another to true humanism, deeper spirituality, brotherhood and sisterhood.
I look forward to hearing from you and working with you on the greatest journey and challenge of our individual lives: the journey into self. May you be Star Centered and Moon Linked.
**THE INNER GUIDE MEDITATION
Just what is the "Inner Guide Meditation?" It is a tool for getting valuable information from our unconscious to our conscious mind involving active imagination, archetypes, astrology, Tarot, and Kabbalah.
These time-tested tools have been combined by Ed Steinbrecher (1930-2002) to give us a meditation for working in and on our inner plane. Within the meditation we experience and communicate with our Inner Guides, who give us the love, protection, and guidance no one on the outer plane could hope to give us over our life time. They neither tell us what someone else is thinking or doing, nor do they help us take revenge upon someone else.
The archetypes in our inner world are neutral living aspects of Spirit within us; each appearing in a way our individual egos can experience and understand what they are willing to communicate to us if we ask. They influence behavior from and projected onto us.
My own involvement with the Inner Guide Meditation began in 1992 when I went for what I thought was merely a "reading" of my natal chart by Ed Steinbrecher. An astrologer myself, I was interested to hear Ed's interpretation of my chart and, perhaps, learn more about giving good readings. I heard through the grapevine that Ed was a good astrologer -- I had not heard anything else.
To my amazement, Ed began telling me how my family members are barometers for what's going on in my own life. Then he took me on an inner journey I didn't want to end.
Since that time, regular meditation has proven its worth in my relationships, career, and decision-making. The inner work has changed my outer world for the better. I completed training to be an initiator of the meditation and encourage people to begin a new and improved cycle in their lives with the Inner Guide Meditation by doing the initiation with me. We have all the answers inside ourselves -- we just need a tool to get them out and working for us. Here it is!
Ed Steinbrecher's book is "The Inner Guide Meditation, a Technology for the 21st Century." You might find it useful to peruse the following pages of the book before reading it cover to cover -- which you are likely to do more than once. These page numbers are based on the Revised Sixth Edition.
xi Preface
3-5 Introduction
12, 15, 16, 19, 27 Projection
22, 23 Active Imagination
27, 29, 36, 39 Becoming Conscious
64, 65, 71 Symbology and Resistance
73, 74 Religion (last paragraph p.73)
113, 114 Negative People
97-203 Questions/Answers
STAY CONSCIOUS!
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