Saturday 8/29/09

Heart spirit hits bottom, rebounding in primal power and grounded constructiveness, charged with emotional expression and loving mind, blending with soul vitality in practical fruitfulness.

(Moon into Capricorn 7:44am Pacific time, meets Pluto 9:09am, opposite Mars in Cancer 1:00pm, square Mercury in Libra 2:12pm, trine Sun in Virgo 9:51pm.)

Wednesday 8/26/09

Earthy adjustment, intensifed feeling. Emotional expression energized by primal power, mind seeking harmony.

(Virgo sun, Scorpio moon. Mars in Cancer opposite Pluto in Capricorn, square Mercury in Libra.)

Tuesday 8/25/09

In a time of earthy adjustment, intensified feeling, with action impulse into emotional release.

(Sun in Virgo, moon in Scorpio, Mars into Cancer.)

Wednesday 8/19/09--Leo new moon

A convergence in peak passion, energized by healing dreams of right relationship with life. It will drive us forward from here.

(Moon with sun in Leo, opposite Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune in Aquarius, 3:02am Pacific time Thursday August 20.)

Saturday 8/15/09

We have reached a defining moment in the process of cleansing and renewal.

August is notorious for developments of long-building tension breaking into manifest expression. While some have been dark--Hiroshima, Manson murders, Nixon resignation, Saddam in Kuwait, Marilyn Monroe and Jerry Garcia dead--others have had healthy, lasting consequence. This is the 40th anniversary of the inexplicable heroic cultural improvisation that was Woodstock and the Beatles coming together one last time to complete their defining salutation, "Abbey Road."

Last year we entered a new era of heavy power (Pluto into Capricorn), undermining relationships based on control, supporting new ones rooted in nature. This year has been something of a lull, stripping us to our essence, getting us right with awareness amidst the pattern of our involvements. The midsummer full moon on August 6 was a reinforced experience of power alignment. Now, the new moon at 3:02am Pacific time on Thursday August 20 is a culminating convergence at the peak of passion (sun and moon together in Leo), energized by creative healing dreams of life's interdependence (opposite Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune in Aquarius). Though it could bring a flare of heat and drama, the shock of disruption, it will catalyze the next phase of global transformation, leading us into new frontiers of sustaining nurturance.

This is the apocalyptic moment, the light of truth breaking through its denial. We must accept the magic of creation, yielding to the tide of nature with faith in the underlying goodness of divinity unfolding.

"And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make."

Wednesday 8/5/09--full moon

Sun at the peak of passion, moon at the peak of awareness. A power alignment turning point.

(Leo full moon in Aquarius 5:55pm Pacific time.)

Tuesday 8/4/09

Last year, deep power Pluto shifted to the ground of enforced realism and constructive new beginnings, Capricorn. We have entered a new era of primal power, anchoring us at the bottom of things, empowering us with the force of nature. This year, the creatively energized alignment of wounded healing and deepest feeling has stripped us to our essence and isolated us at the center of awareness amidst the pattern of our involvements (Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune meeting in Aquarius). This has reached a peak of internalized experience lately (they are all currently retrograde).

Now we come to the mid-summer full moon, a power alignment turning point, where energy that's been building for awhile breaks out into manifestation. The sun/soul is at the peak of passion (Leo), the moon/heart is full at the peak of awareness (Aquarius). A new order of interrelationship is forged. In this time of primal power, in this year of creative healing dreams in the visionary perspective of the enlightened mind, we've reached the ripening point, turning toward a harvest of fruitful developments.

(Leo full moon in Aquarius Wednesday August 5, 5:55pm Pacific time, joining Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune Thursday afternoon.)