11 December 2006 – 17 December 2006
The Week beginning December 11th, 2006
Week as a Whole:
We finally enjoy consistent earth energy with Venus now in Capricorn and the week begins under a Virgo Moon for an additional earthy bonus. Make those major financial commitments and decisions now if possible; chances are you’ll find value and avoid oversights. That small voice in our heads that asks us to consider the costs and time required for our choices is back. It’s been many months since our feet were solidly on the ground and we’re less likely to be swept away by time’s currents and eddies. Our senses are more alive to taste and smell just in time for holiday feasting.
Mars and Jupiter align on Monday in early Sagittarius making those itchy Sag feet even itchier today. Mentally we may suffer from too many ideas and concepts, but that’s not really a hardship. This Mars – Jupiter combination encourages expanding every point of view and pushing our ideas enthusiastically. The Virgo Moon can help channel this into areas where there may be a genuine result, and it will pay to listen to those voices bringing up important details. Mars – Jupiter would rather plunge ahead than carefully weigh the next step, but it’s a well-known fact that a disciplined racehorse can outrun a wild one.
Midweek is relatively quiet, after this extraordinary Fall, I welcome relatively quiet periods as time when I can have more control rather than keeping the alligators from rising above my waist.
Mercury makes a square angle with Uranus on Friday. This is a twice-a-year mental electric shock treatment. Sudden outbursts of blunt speech are possible, little boys pointing at naked emperors. If you’ve been stuck trying to solve a puzzle, the solution make flash upon you late this week. It’s not a time to be stuck in routine tasks, and not a time to micro-manage people you work with. This comes and goes quickly on Friday.
The weekend sees the Sun connect with Saturn as he approaches Pluto. This blending of the Sun‘s light with the power of Saturn – Pluto is a true opportunity for growth and change. This is a time when we can own a new self-image and disown old habits that tie us down. The Sun sheds his light on Saturn in Leo’s message about ego-boundaries and the precise application of our will. Those of us with “boundary issues” can really benefit during the days between Saturday and next Wednesday’s New Mon when this is reaches an end.
Every year when the Sun aligns with Pluto we get a hint of our mortality…sometimes more than a hint. After the initial shock, we can make “death our advisor” as Don Juan advised Carlos Castenada. Knowing that each moment is precious and one of a finite series does wonders to focus the mind and brushes aside trivialities. It brings to mind the Zen story of the man chased over a cliff by a tiger. He grabbed a strawberry vine to save himself from falling. And with the tiger growling down at him and the vine slipping through his fingers, he saw one ripe strawberry before him and ate it. Nothing had ever tasted so sweet.
There is a summing up of lessons learned this fall as we spiral in toward the New Moon aligned with Pluto next week. All of us have come a long way toward realizing, whether we like it or not, that the world has changed and we’re all together on this cosmic bus ride.
Daily Forecasts:
Monday 11 December 2006
The Virgo Moon can help us from running off in all directions at once with Mars and Jupiter aligned. (Also visible at sunrise below Mercury for those early risers.). The Moon passes opposite Uranus around midday (PST) adding to the nervous edge.
Tuesday 12 December 2006
Pay attention to details today. Important consequences are clear at the Last Quarter Moon and certain details cannot be ignored or brushed aside today. The Moon goes Void at 6:32pm/9:32pm aligned with Pluto.
Wednesday 13 December 2006
The Moon has entered Libra overnight and proceeds to make a series of helpful contacts to the Sagittarian group throughout the day. People are friendly and open to cooperation. Take someone to lunch and enjoy.
Thursday 14 December 2006
Beneath the easy Libran flow, we have depth from Venus in Capricorn. Yesterday and today are suited for making socially useful connections…graceful politics, if that’s not an oxymoron these days.
Friday 15 December 2006
The Moon goes Void at 7:33am/10:33am and remains Void until she enters Scorpio at 2:42pm/5:42pm. The Mercury – Uranus square can be a little gawky, so keep your inner nerd under wraps until the Moon unvoids. Tomorrow it will be easier to find an audience for your ideas.
Saturday 16 December 2006
Ego-lessons often sting but so does removing a splinter. Keep focused on non-attachment : non-attachment to other people’s opinions, non-attachment to your mistakes and history, non-attachment to outcomes. Focus on the process and finding joy in the moment. It will never come again.
Sunday 17 December 2006
Take note of your heavy dreams overnight. Look for a lesson there. The Moon goes Void at 3:31pm/6:31pm square to Saturn. Serious doesn’t have to be sad. Don’t get weighed down by the feeling that everything matters, even though it does. Ego is best when acting as a point without extension…”you’re invisible, you got no secrets to conceal…”
Long Range Forecast:
February 13th – Mercury begins three weeks of retrograde motion that ends on March 7th. Signing important documents should be postponed. Plan to best use this time to re-organize all things mental and communicative. Expect to lose and find somethings.
Long-Long Range Forecast:
April 14, 2009 – December 21, 2010 - Saturn makes a series of squares to Pluto newly in Capricorn. The end of business-as-usual politics. The nationalistic dinosaurs will enter their twilight times. The transition to organic regional government will not be smooth…the result may be some corporate feudal mixture.
June 24, 2012 – April 17, 2015 - Uranus in Aries forms his first major hard aspect to Pluto, a square angle, since they were aligned in the second half of the 1960’s. Hippie dreams may come true when the ecology and/or petroleum-based economies fail. Plan to live where there is food and water and you don’t need a car. Plan to live where you’ll know your neighbors…maybe even love them. What a thought! We may have to choose between eating grain on a commune or growing very thin in the city.
Notices for Los Angeles area readers:
Ongoing Classes:
10:30am Class in Astrological Methods - Heroes and Villains. On Hiatus until January 13th.
Lectures:
January 7th – 10:00am: a discussion of the Full Moon followed by a talk at 11:00am entitled “Cancer roots and Capricorn branches.” At the New Age Center, 1139 Lincoln Boulevard, 310-395-4346.
Visit the Celestial Weather Web Site at http://www.celestialweather.com
Copyright 2006 Rich Humbert