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Move over Pluto and Uranus. Neptune and Saturn take the spotlight in 2016.  If you have a Mutable Sign sun, moon or Ascendant, you will either feel liberated or challenged, depending on where you are on your spiritual path, in 2016. If you have a Cardinal Sign sun, moon, or Ascendant (from 15 to 24 degrees) you’ll experience tension between Pluto and Uranus, particularly during January, February, and then towards the end of 2016. However, the planetary fireworks for 2016 revolve mainly around Neptune and Chiron in Pisces, Saturn in Sagittarius (newer energy for us to deal with), Jupiter and the North Node in Virgo. Now, I’ve already covered these oppositions and squares in previous posts, so I’ll just give you some dates to watch out for if you’re Virgo, Gemini, Pisces, or Sagittarius because you’ll all feel these energies a bit differently given the natures of your signs. In addition, 3 of the 4 eclipses for the year (2 sets of lunar and solar eclipses) land in Mutabl

This holiday season, pledge to delve further on your spiritual path and expand consciousness. If self-exploration is the ticket for you then purchase Hay House products through the affiliate ads on Whole Astrology. Please note if you have a cookie blocker on your browser, you won't be able to view the ads and click on them. Please allow cookies for this blog for one time so you can click on the ads. Hay House currently has many of their most popular products at 50% off or better. In fact, I'll be making my own purchases through the Hay House holiday catalog. I look forward to this event each year. I'm also offering $10 off a full Natal, Pediatric, or Solar Return chart reading for anyone sending me payment and requesting a reading from now until December 24. And if you would like to purchase a reading for a friend or family member, I offer gift certificates too. You can even start with a mini-reading which includes the Ascendant, moon and sun in your Natal chart (prov

Recently, I reached the conclusion from my own experiences with the Solar Return Moon, that the sign of the SR moon colors my personality for the Solar Return year. For instance, in 2014, my Solar Return Moon was in Leo so the themes of that year possessed a Leo flavor. I felt more creative, I noticed that I preferred to have the spotlight shown upon me (which is strange for a Cancerian) and now with the Sagittarius Solar Return Moon, I seek freedom to roam. I also feel more idealistic than usual. My theory goes something like this. Cancer rules the moon and having the sun in Cancer or even an Ascendant in Cancer in the Natal chart gives us more access to the moon's energies. For most signs, the Solar Return moon is just another energy in the transit chart, but for the Cancer, ruled by the moon, the sign of the Solar Return Moon matters a great deal. Not only will Cancers experience the themes of that moon, but expect the personality to alter a bit or a lot depending on the sig

It will be an interesting Christmas holiday for my family comprised of Cardinal Signs (Cancer, Capricorn and Aries) since the Cancer Full Moon (3 degrees) falls on December 25. Cancer rules nourishment, motherhood, and the home so some of us will feel at home on Christmas, while others might focus on the troubles affecting our home planet. The December Full Moon chart features a wide Cardinal T-Cross (yes, the Cardinals are back for a final showdown), with Mars in Libra clashing with Uranus in Aries, and Pluto and Mercury in Capricorn. I'm not dragging the opposition between the Cancer Moon and Capricorn Sun into the cross, but some astrologers might which would bring us a Cardinal Grand Square. Although what you find with the Cancer-Capricorn polarity has to do with mothers, fathers, family dynamics, work verses home, individual verses family, nourishment verses barren, rules, authority, intuition, practicality, home, food, lineages, and traditions. I have this polarity play

As the moon travels void-of-course in Capricorn, I'm sitting here listening to Bach's Cello Suites on YouTube and contemplating the exact Saturn Neptune square occurring from November 26 to December 4, 2015. We will experience a series of exact squares with Saturn and Neptune in 2016.  This will definitely mark a surreal time where we bend reality or reality bends us into an awakening or madness depending on our current state of mind. This could even be a dangerous time, especially while traveling since people will be spaced out or possibly intoxicated. We're not just dealing with Saturn squaring Neptune exact, but the sun and Mercury in Sagittarius join up with Saturn so now we have our identity and self tied up with the square. Will we see men running around saying that they are Napoleon? Probably, something to that effect. Mental illness ramps up as well confessions of addictions. I'm including the chart for November 26, 2015 at 4:18 Pacific Standard time when

We had better get used to hearing the word mutable since we're swimming through a season of planets transiting in mutable signs (Pisces, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Gemini). On December 11, the New Moon transits at 19 degrees Sagittarius and now we have the sun, moon, and Saturn in the sign of the fiery satyr. Pie in the sky or responsible idealism? Will we laugh our way through this new moon phase? That wouldn't be a bad way to get us through the Mutable T-Cross tension when the moon and sun square Jupiter in Virgo and Chiron in Pisces. It's hard to laugh at the wounds that come up for us to heal. Jupiter in Virgo will have us exaggerating our faults or the faults we find in others. Chiron though asks us to have compassion for our wounds, after all we acquired them as helpless children so why be so hard on ourselves? And if we can heal or at least accept those wounds, this leads us to a road of service of one kind or another. We look around and see more problems than sol

Wikipedia Why do we choose to be born under a particular Sun Sign? Why did I choose for instance to be born into a family where every member is part of the Cancer-Capricorn polarity and I have a Cancer Sun and Capricorn Ascendant? I believe that astrology is the art of becoming or connecting with the higher purpose of our souls. Aries--You came here to develop courage, boldness, and to foster a pioneering spirit. You relish in a youthful and fun spirit. You probably have issues around confrontation, facing your fears, and speaking your truth in this lifetime. Foster your courage. Taurus--You came here to enjoy the sensual pleasure and to bring your gift of beauty to the world through art of one kind or another. However, you tend to get stuck in the mud as opposed to growing things in it. You tend to act rigid and opinionated when you give into fear. Practice your art instead. Gemini--You came here to communicate clearly and decisively, while still having fun at the same time.

found in Google images for education use We haven't heard much for the Fixed Signs lately, at least not since Saturn moved into Sagittarius and Jupiter into Virgo. As we wade through seasons of Cardinals and Mutables, we forget that action requires stillness. With the Scorpio New Moon stillness runs deep and but we uncover turmoil when we delve into our subconscious minds. Actually, this new moon at 19 degrees Scorpio that falls on November 11 looks promising for Water and Earth signs. We experience a Triple Conjunction with sun, moon, and Mercury in Scorpio so still waters run deep. Don't mistake a stoic expression for nonchalance or boredom. For any of you who have had intimacy with Scorpios know that there's a volcano brewing underneath an icy exterior. We're reminded of the planet Pluto who we've been told astrologically is dark, but then the NASA photograph of Pluto arrives on the scene and the planet comes off as peachy white with a heart carved its bott

Having undergone my own transformation in recent weeks (again), and noticing irreversible changes occurring on the planet, I want to talk about the types of transformation you can expect in your own life by astrological signs. But for the sake of brevity, I will group the signs into qualities (Mutable, Cardinal and Fixed). First let's look at the Mutable signs which include Virgo, Pisces, Sagittarius and Gemini. With the North Node now in Virgo, Saturn in Sagittarius, Jupiter in Virgo; Chiron and Neptune continuing their transits in Pisces, Mutable Signs are asked to go with the flow of changes coming your way. But since you are a restless group anyway, you welcome the changes on some level which include relocation (even to different cities and countries), adapting to new situations beyond anything you could have ever imagined, death of loved ones (that actually liberate you), divorce (again, that liberates you), and change of career. Some of you could sell or move out of an ow

Starting on November 26, 2015, we're going to experience an exact square with slower moving planets and it's not Uranus and Pluto this time. Saturn in Sagittarius which has been teasing us by playing cat and mouse with Neptune in Pisces throughout this year (due to retrogrades of both planets), moves into an exact square with the dreamy planet on November 26 and this square launches the first week of December also. So we already know what Saturn represents and what Neptune represents; we can also predict how this planetary dance will play out on the big stage. If not, let me give you hints: Religion (big organized religion and religious structure, hierarchy, ancient practices, traditions and patriarchy), universities and academics, mental health, hospitals, big medicine, big industry, the structure of the human body (blood and bones), cinema, big movies as entertainment, music, music industry, music therapy, travel and foreign relations, government with Saturn involved, f