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The Taurus Full Moon falls at 14 degrees, 26 minutes I don't know about you, but I could use a planetary transit respite about now.  Fortunately, the Taurus Full Moon grounds us and even reminds us to practice self-care while indulging in sensual experiences. (I'm including this chart just to give you a general layout of the planets around the Full Moon.  You can make a chart for your region in the world). In the Pacific Northwest--US where I reside this beautiful Moon occurs at 2:23 p.m. and it's an interesting Moon since it opposes the Sun conjunct Venus while trining Pluto in Capricorn and squaring Jupiter in Leo.  So basically we experience a Full Moon with a Fixed T-Cross with supportive energy which comes from Pluto (which squares Uranus). And lately, I've been contemplating the Grand Shift that began it push decades ago.  Now, it gathers momentum with each Moon cycle, meaning the Moon has played a bigger and bigger role in aligning our feelings and emot

I bought the planetary guide calendar for 2015 and after glancing through it, I noticed a Jupiter trine Uranus in February, the Uranus-Pluto Square continues now at 14 and 15 degrees in February/March, and Saturn squares Neptune for much of the year.  When Saturn retrogrades next summer it returns to Scorpio for 3 1/2 months.  The eclipses fall in Aries/Libra bringing more of that powerful Cardinal energy to the forefront. This holiday season, I  am offering gift certificates and a referral special.  Anyone who sends me three referrals receives $15 off on a full-hour reading.  You can purchase either a $50 gift certificate (good for a 30 minute reading) or a $100 gift certificate (good for an hour reading).  The gift certificates expire after one year from the purchase date. For more information about my services, go to Metaphysics for Everyday Living.

Photo by Patricia Herlevi Normally I only write a single post about Solar Eclipses and usually with just a quick glance.  However, today's Solar Eclipse (October 23, 2014) brings a powerful awakening that launches even more powerful transits that occur during November and December. For those of you already on your path to mastership, today's transits invigorate and empower you to step further along that path to awakening of the Divine Feminine/Divine Masculine.  The Sun leaves Libra and moves into Scorpio at 4:57 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time) and if we failed to regain our balance when the Sun traveled through Libra, we might fall off kilter with this powerful Sun energy.  Especially since Venus conjuncts the Sun at 1:52 p.m. followed by the Moon conjuncting the Sun at 2:57 p.m. (Moon enters Scorpio at 2:10 p.m.) and all three planets conjunct Pallas with a one degree orb.  Pallas for those of you not familiar with the asteroid, represents a fierce intellectual feminine

Photo by Patricia Herlevi For those of you who found the energies of 2012 intense, hold on to your hats.  In November the winds of change come on like a monster storm thus leaving us on the crossroads of transformation.  Those of you who choose to heal your deepest wounds and get in touch with your heart will fair better than those of you who ignore the lightening bolts in the transformational sky.  Now more than ever set the intent to love yourself and reflect love into the world. This November we experience several challenging transits include the tightening orb with the Uranus-Pluto Square which forms an exact orb around the American Thanksgiving (November 27) and remains exact until December 28 (30 days).   In addition the Jupiter-Saturn Square in fixed signs of Leo and Scorpio continues throughout November with the powering up Saturn on November 8th and Venus wedding Saturn on November 13 then Mercury joins up with Saturn on November 25 around the same time Uranus in Ar

Saturn has spent most of the past two years crossing and recrossing over or parked on my Midheaven and Neptune.  Saturn in Scorpio (using the Koch House System) has brought awareness to my Natal Neptune in the form of building stronger structures in my life and practicing integrity.  And Saturn opposing my Natal Jupiter in my Fourth House has me reevaluating my relationship with mother, mother images and home. Now Jupiter in Leo comes along and squares Saturn in Scorpio, this tells me that those of us who have done the work around building new structures and practicing integrity can experience positive expansion in our lives. And those of us who ignored Saturn in Scorpio's teachings (remember Saturn is a wise elder teacher), head back to the drawing board.  This doesn't bode well for anyone experiencing a Saturn Return at this time and the Jupiter in Leo Square could deter from the necessary work in securing a more solid foundation.  You know the old saying that if you buil

Aries Moon (photo taken on October 8, 2014) by Patricia Herlevi If you have your Sun, Moon or Ascendent in a Water Sign, you're going to love the Solar Eclipse at 0 degrees Scorpio.  Remember that 0 degrees always marks a new beginning and is ripe with potential.  In order to reap that potential (no matter your Sun or Moon Sign), take inspired action.  With a Scorpio Moon and Sun (with a New Moon the Moon conjuncts the Sun), meditate or go deep within your subconscious mind to hear your intuitive voice. Most of my drama around eclipses happens around the Lunar Eclipses and the Solar Eclipses depending on how the Moon and Sun aspect planets in my Natal Chart or house placement usually brings a boon in the areas of my life it highlights.  Yet, despite this boon I experience, all eclipses shake up our lives to let loose all that no longer serves us in the areas of our lives it contacts.  For instance, those of you in unworkable partnerships (business or romantic/life) receive a

My intuition told me to take a more detailed gaze at the Grand Fire Trine involving Mars in Sagittarius (16 degrees), Jupiter in Leo (17 degree) and Uranus in Aries (14 degrees) in connection with the Total Lunar Eclipse at 15 degrees Aries/Libra.  Both the eclipse and the Grand Trine lock into the Uranus-Pluto Square (3 degree orb) as well as a Kite configuration.  What this means is the energies could cause either destruction to a current situation or bring a sense of justice (at-peace). We have already taken a look at the Total Lunar Eclipse with the Moon in Aries and Sun in Libra.  And we now gaze at the push-pull affect of the Kite which involves sextiles between the Sun and Venus with Jupiter and Mars, oppositions with the Sun and North Node with Uranus and the Moon, a Square with Uranus and Pluto as well as, the Sun and Venus square and Pluto and the fire trines with Jupiter, Uranus and Mars. Since the Sun, Moon, North Node, Venus, Uranus and Pluto lock into a Cardinal

Night photo by Patricia Herlevi In October, Uranus and Pluto begin a move into a perfect square which culminates in the last week of November then continues through December.  A Total Lunar Eclipse in Aries/Libra occurs on October 8th, Mercury goes retrograde in Scorpio and continues into Libra, and a Solar Eclipse in Scorpio (0 degrees) takes place on October 23rd the day the Sun enters Scorpio. In November Neptune and Chiron, both in Pisces go direct, Mercury transits through three signs, and Venus two signs. Then in December, Jupiter turns retrograde, Uranus goes direct and Saturn switches signs after two and a half years transiting into Sagittarius on December 24th. Find out how these transits affect you personally. Sign up for a transit reading at Metaphysics for Everyday Living. The first five full-hour readings have the option of paying through PayPal (which is on this blog). Virgo, Libra and Scorpio Suns get $10 off on a full-hour transit reading in October.  Your re

Since I have experienced Uranus, Neptune and Pluto transits to my Sun, Moon and Rising Sign in recent years, I believe that I have become an expert on these transits.  And what I discovered revolves around the style and themes each outer planet brings through its transits to key points in a Natal Chart.  Starseeds in particular experience multiple outer planet transits to their charts that prepare them for their true life paths.  The trick is to find the silver lining and not play the role of victim. Let's start with Uranus transits.  When Uranus opposes the Sun, our identity comes under scrutiny.  A person with this transit finds that sudden events bring upon life challenges. Though these "sudden events" came at the end of subtle and not so subtle warnings.  Uranus is a great liberator in that it blows up any weak structure or situation.  Uranus does not bode well with the energies of "should" or "have to" or common logic that brings forth lack an