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Shaking, Shifting, Life-Changing October

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Patricia Herlevi September flew by quickly and so did summer in my part of the world.  Now, as the wind and rain are upon us, I turn my thoughts to October 2013 transits and boy are these whoppers!  In October we will experience a Lunar Eclipse in Aries (26 degrees) which means the Libra Sun is also at 26 degrees, Mercury retrograde in Scorpio, a loose continuing conjunction with transiting Saturn and the North Node in Scorpio and an exact square between Pluto and Uranus.  And before you push the panic button, please understand that all this shaking up is going to usher in a new era. We could see the collapse of large financial institutions the last week of October with Mercury RX conjuncting transiting Saturn in Scorpio along with the Uranus/Pluto Square at 9 degrees.  If you don't already do your banking with locally-owned banks or credit unions (which will be fine) it's time to switch over from the large corporate bank. Also don't invest in Wall Street and instea

The Horseman Cometh--Pluto in Sagittarius Generation coming of Age

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Photo by Patricia Herlevi   (In the city where I live, some members of this generation were involved in a drunken riot over the weekend of October 12 & 13.  Prior to that a college girl was sexually assaulted in a different neighborhood. I have picked up a bad vibe from some of the incoming freshmen, especially the young men who think college is about getting high or drunk.  While you could always expect this with college age kids, it seems more prominent this year and dangerous.  Hopefully, the Pluto in Virgo folks will set these kids straight.  Here's hoping.) http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2013/10/14/3258877/wwu-president-dismayed-by-weekend.html It's hard to believe that Friday has arrived.  And all week I have been thinking about this post on the Pluto in Sagittarius Generation which lasted from 1995 to 2008.  We are now seeing the first of this generation coming of age, 18 years old and entering university as freshmen.  The confusion lies that 1995 was actu

Trick or Treat--Mercury's Communication Style through the Zodiac

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The Magician, Wikipedia I have experienced a challenging week with the heavy planets beating me in the brow and kicking me in the butt. So this week's post falls on the lighter side.  Let's take a look at Mercury, the communication and technology planet and how the different sign placements cause us to fall into traps or trip ourselves.  As an added bonus, I'm including movies trailers that further describe the energies of each Mercury placement.  The title "Trick or Treat" revolves around the light and dark side of this dualistic planet with its dual rulers Virgo and Gemini.  So are you ready for some fun on a Friday? Mercury in Aries speaks in hot or fiery tones.  Even when this Mercury placement falls on the shy side, you can still feel the heat underneath.  He might not be the most intelligent or articulate one in the room, but he will champion your cause as long as he can look chivalrous in the process.  On the darker side, this Mercury in Aries become

Rise of New Age, Manes & Exaggerated Celebrities: Neptune in Sagittarius (January 1970 - November 1984)

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When I grew up during the 1970s, young girls were obsessed with horses, wild manes were the hair styles for both men and women, and Hollywood celebrities received exaggerated salaries for appearing in television network shows. And from January 1970 until November 1984 (Jan to May 1970, November 7, 1970 to January 1984 and then June 1984 to November 1984), Neptune transited in Sagittarius.  From March 1974 to March 1975, Jupiter transited in Pisces giving us a double dose of Neptune fog, religious fervor, new age exploration and celebrities with big hair. While I was shuffling around on YouTube last night I ran into an expose of the 1970s big hit sitcom, Three's Company which starred John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt and Suzanne Somers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlMGfy7D8Qg and many of the Neptune in Sagittarius themes surfaced in this behind-the-scenes movie-of-the-week.  In 1977, when it was still controversial for unmarried women to shack up with unmarried men (hard to believ

Pluto-Uranus Square--Messages from the Deep End

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Wikipedia Any of us experiencing direct Pluto/Uranus transits at the moment and for the past three years have experienced our share of breakthroughs and even disturbing metaphors.  Last night, after watching two movies, meditating and everything else I did within a 24 hour period, I saw the metaphor of toxins pumped out from a stomach with what happens when Pluto pumps out our subconscious.  If what the experts like Bruce Lipton are saying hold true--that most of our mental and emotional programming happens during our first five years of life and that we have no awareness of most of the programming in our brains, then a Pluto transit truly comes as a blessing! To the outer world a Pluto transit looks like divorce, loss of a home or a job or a family member.  A Pluto transit could look like someone getting cancer or another life-threatening disease while they are at the peak of their career or in the prime of their life.  The Pluto transit is so powerful that it stops us in our tr

Ascension Sign--Rising from the Womb into the Light

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In ancient times, astrologers found more significance with a person's Rising Sign, also known as Ascendent Sign, than with a person's Sun Sign.  This required that some one recorded an accurate time for a birth or natal chart. I read one article about an attendant hiding in a closet to record the correct birth time for a king.  And usually, birth times were only important for kings and emperors.  In medieval times, most people didn't even know the day they were born let alone the time as I learned when I was reading biographies of Joan of Arc in search of her birth date and time.  The situation was even more vague during the 12th Century with Hildegard von Bingen who didn't even know the year that she was born! Many modern people don't know their Ascendent Signs because they don't know their time of birth.  When I was researching a time of birth for the famous Canadian piano virtuoso Glenn Gould, no one knew his time of birth.  I even contacted his most cred

Planetary dances & movement (what's going on?)

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Found on Wikipedia When I first began learning astrology, I read in many books that Venus moved one degree per day and that Mars transited through only six signs per year.  Planets were expected to behave (anthropomorphizing) a certain way and that the transits were predictable.  However, in the last year since I began focusing more intently on astrology, I noticed that Mars, Venus and Mercury have transited more rapidly through the Zodiac.  I visualize one of those gunnysack races from my childhood where partners or singles in the race stumble their way to the finish line, often falling face down in the mud. Some of you will have no idea what I'm talking about here. Mars will transit through 9 Zodiac signs this year starting with Aquarius last January and ending in Libra this December.  Venus appears to sign hop at least one time per month and Mercury is moving more rapidly than usual and seems more erratic too--no wonder we're all having trouble staying on the same page